First Woman Judge in DC and Pioneer in Law
Mary O'Toole of Washington is listed among America's early female pioneers. Named by presidential order as judge of the municipal court in Washington, she also became the District's first woman to perform a wedding and joined multiple women’s leadership roles, including the Washington Chamber of Commerce board and a DC bank. She helped found the Woman's City Club and was among the first woman attorneys in the country. An Irish native, she moved to the United States at seventeen, studied law while working in various roles, and served with the American Legion Auxiliary before accepting court duties.
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Mary O'Toole
Washington
District of Columbia
Lst
D. C
America
O'Toole
Harding
Washington Chamber of Commerce
District of Columbia Bank
Woman's City Club of
Miss O'Toole
Ireland
United States
Wheeler
Steuben County
New York
New York City
Wall Street
Government Forestry Service
Vincent B. Costello
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Man as Life Saver at Rockaway Beach
William Heineman, a World War II veteran from Greenville New Jersey, rescued six men and a woman under dangerous undertow at Rockaway Beach. He used a rope and an automobile tire inner tube to save the woman first and then pulled the others to shore without seeking medical aid. Heineman served with the 69th New York, later the 165th Infantry Forty third Division, and belongs to the local American Legion post.
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Rockaway Beach
N. CV
William Heineman
Meneui
Heineman
Sixty-ninth New York
One Hundred and Sixty-fifth Infantry
Greenville
N. J
American Legion
Engagement of Charles H. Duell and Lillian Tucker
The engagement of New York lawyer Charles H. Duell and artist Lillian Tucker, known for the play Three Faces Fast, has been announced in Paris where Miss Tucker is visiting. Duell is a judge in the United States Court of Appeals and related to Elihu Root. he served in the war with the Wilkes squadron from Queenstown.
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Charles H. Duell
New York
Lillian Tucker
Paris
Legions Man Up For Mayor In New York City
Henry H Curran, current Mintinti mayoral candidate, wins party nomination for New York City mayor. Close second by F H LaGuardia, ex board of aldermen president, as John Purroy Mitchel, former mayor and air service major, perishes after 1917 service deployment. Curran led with WWI veteran credentials and Legion ties.
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Henry H. Curran
New York City
New York
Henry B. Curran
F. &. LaGuartia
Curran
Mintintimi
Piitteburg
Three Hundred and Second Engineers
American Legion
F. H. LaGuardia
New York Board of Aldermen
Air Service
John Purroy Mitchel
ATHLETICS HIS STRONG WORK
Harry W Maloney, former World War I athletics director at Stanford and Camp Fremont, led American teams in inter allied games in Paris 1910 and supervised military athletic entertainment in France. He later commanded Fremont post of the American Legion.
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War Department
Ordevel
Harry W. Maloney
Leland Stanford University
Palo Alto
Cal
Maloney
Stanford
Camp Fremont
France
Eighth Infantry
Paris
Moloney
Fremont Post
American Legion
Story of the Redhabt Una and the Downfall of Judah
The fragment outlines a biblical lesson on drunkenness and its ruinous effects on Judah and Israel. It cites Am. 2:6 6 12 and interprets how strong drink weakens strength, honor, beauty, and wisdom, leading to judgment. The remnant is promised a future crown of glory through the Savior, while priests and prophets fall to debauchery and mock God's messengers.
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Tarel
Israel
Amon
Samearia
Miin
Cinl
Despoila Beauty
Hosta
Judah
Tabernacla
Judes
Ephraim
Sealeh
A Surer Way and Community Gossip Fragments
A jumble of snippets features product ads for Caticura ointment and soap, remarks on a neighborhood car, a teacher explaining surnames, a pupil’s father, and a New York Sun quip about briefcases. Miscellaneous observations on grief, fashion, and kitchen mishaps fill the page with light, domestic anecdotes.
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Mra
Jibway
Mre
Gadder
Goispur
Sweet Dreams and Sweet Potatoes Debate
Dorothy Jane, a three year old, insists on raw potatoes for a before bed snack. Her sister objects, warning raw potatoes cause bad dreams. Dorothy counters with sweet potatoes for sweet dreams, sparking a playful household exchange.
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Dorothy Jané
Dorothy Jane
Dorothy Dune
Confession by a Writer's Daughter Whispered
A Youngstown Telegram snippet recounts a little girl noting that her father's humorous stories are not true tales but all made up from his own head. The child reveals the writer father fabricates stories, in a quiet admission of imagination.
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Vyoungstown Telegram
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the. Orican
Legion Man
New Jersey Post
New York Legion
Legion
Harry Maloney
W. & Wilson
Navy
United States Navy
William 8. Wilson
Weatfield
Mass
Ufe
Wilson
Gailor
Atlantic
Azores
Columbia University
Bate Range
Fleet Naval Reserve
Fueawate
Ance Sunday
Hbor
Ruth
Raphael
Great Paiis
Charles
Tompkins
High Sciol
New York Sun
Red Cross
Af All Grocered
Bricept Tor
Postum
Thoas
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