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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1905
Page
13
UK Book Emporium asserts a premier position in Washington, crediting management energy and scholarly effort for the store’s success. The shop pledges wide literary offerings and swift delivery of desired technical or foreign books to patrons for their pleasure and profit.
The collection features choicest books published in this country and England over the past years. Editions imitate 4th and 15th century styles on fine paper with rich typography from Essex House Press Vale Dress Etagny Press Kelmscott Press and others including Eliston Merrymount Roycroft and Profraets presses with prices from five to forty five dollars.
A catalog note highlighting a series on the growth and progress of the nation with biographical sketches of notable contributors from all walks of life. It invites readers to explore related works on other countries, especially those frequently in the public eye, praising a fine collection available.
A catalog note describes Choice editions of Standard poets in cloth, half leather, full morocco, and watered silk from 25 cents to 5 dollars. It lists living poets such as James Whitcomb Riley, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Edward Markham, Helen Hay Whitney, Bliss Carman, and others, plus many soft leather and limp cloth bindings in dainty forms.
An assortment of titles devoted to the Ming and its functions, psychology, chushan science, psychical research, spiritualism, and the higher aspect of life. The collection highlights exploration of mind, energy, and belief systems with emphasis on personal growth and metaphysical topics.
The passage praises essays that explore everyday life and moral truths in an engaging way. It references numerous writers who follow Ralph Waldo Emerson, the Sage of Concord, noting their sermons and contributions without naming all figures.
A Washington gossip page reports the marriage of Miss Alice Marion Dewey to Mr. William Gurley Cook in the Strong home with Maj. and Mrs. Strong present. Also details the Bristow-Ruan noon wedding, Navy ties, and upcoming Comer Browne nuptials. Other society notes cover ambassadors, Berkshire breakfast guests, Annapolis navy wedding of Miss Green and Lt. Bowers, and various Washington and Lenox travel plans and visits.
A compact note notes that buying any article from Galts guarantees quality, a claim believed credible for over 100 years. The statement emphasizes Galts as a mark of trusted merchandise and durable value in retail tradition.
Mason Imacnen, formerly consul to Zanzibar and newly assigned to Hangchow China, arrives in Washington for State Department instructions before moving to his post in Hingechow a key inland mercantile center. The article also notes former President Grover Cleveland's arrival at Gray Gables in Buzzards Bay Mass for a ten day stay after a Boston trip.
Edwin Jones chief clerk at the Government Printing Office in Manila returned to the Philippines yesterday morning after weeks away. Judge Oscar Harvey Gray auditor for the War Department recovering from a leg injury suffered at Chesapeake Beach. Robert Williams deputy commissioner of internal revenue knocked down by an auto Tuesday night resting and likely to resume duties. he declined medical care, saying he was only shaken. An accident had two wheels of a car running over his abdomen.
In the London Truth two Abingdon laborers Ben Buckle and Frederick Butler are fined for using bad language at home. They argued indoors but voices carried outside, challenging the idea that a house is a man’s castle. The piece notes the oddity of punishing a husband for abusing his wife in his own dwelling and invites thoughts on relevant law or by law.
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