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Newspaper
Washington Daily Herald
Location
Washington, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1911
Page
3
Edith Campbell hosts at Ade summer school. many neighbors visit relatives from London to Columbus. Attendees include Nina Bonham, Florence Hardesty, Miss Alma Scott, and families like the Daughertys and Smiths. Also noted are births, travel to rites, and attendance at funerals and commencements.
Rev Father Fogarty led a large congregation at eight thirty Sunday morning for the first communion of twenty three children aged seven to fourteen. Girls wore white with veils and carried white prayer books and rosaries while the boys wore black with black rosaries. The ceremony featured rose and carnation decorations and electric lighting as the children renewed baptisms vows after three days of retreat with preparatory exercises.
Irma Thornton wife of Richard Thornton died Saturday at 2 o'clock at her residence on the Greenfield pike Funeral Monday at home time at Washington cemetery in Hurtal Washington city
A large crowd attended a Children's Day program at First Baptist Church. The church was beautifully decorated and the event was directed by the entertaining committee led by Mrs Harvey Townsley, chairwoman.
The June 16 concert at Presbyterian Church presents Miss Elliott lead vocal Miss Curtis violinist and violist Mrs Ballard organist with Mrs Davis. Critics praise Miss Curtis for enhancing elocution alongside music and acting. Evansville outlets note her engaging stage presence. A note hints at a forthcoming Washington Music Co sale of violins mandolins and guitars.
A damaged OCR passage describes a royal girl, likely a princess, living amid royal duties and family rules. It notes education by Queen Alexandra, expectations of homemaking and etiquette, and the contrast with leisure. It references royal titles, court rules, and courtesies within the royal family.
The passage discusses various wallpaper styles and their lighting impact, mentioning white blotting panes, yellow and orange papers, and blue tones. It notes how different papers reflect and refract light, affecting perceived wall brightness and color, with references to proportions of light and coverage.
Knights of Pyethias placed thirty six crates of honored dead at rest in the cemetery on Sunday morning.
The hame Missionary society of Girace church will meet at the home of Mrs Edith Gardner Wednesday afternoon at 2 o clock. Election of officers and a report from the district conference will be presented. A full attendance is requested.
Regular meeting notice for Hoval Chapter No 2% 1 FOS held Monday evening at 7:40 with a request for good attendance. Signatures include Rilla Coffman Wom Em Emma McSwope. Sees
The Public Library will close at 7 p m during the summer months except Saturday nights when it will remain open until 9 p m The change begins on Monday night and affects evening access to services during the season.
Regular meeting of Washington Temple No 680 Pythian Sisters held Tuesday evening June 1st at 7 30 o clock in the KR of P Hall. Certrude Veril M B C and Ida Gillesple M of ho listed among officers.
The article explains ribbon widths and their numerical designations. It lists No 1 through No 16 sizes with fractions of an inch and notes additional intermediate widths. It suggests manufacturers should standardize but acknowledges consumer confusion over the terms.
The Flower Mission Day in Fayette County honored Jennie Casseday by visiting the Fayette County infirmary and the Children’s Home. Visitors from across the county joined a large crowd, shared a long community dinner on the lawn, and delivered flowers and gifts to the children.
Members of the WROC will meet at Memorial Hall Tuesday evening at 8 o clock to arrange decorating graves of deceased members for Wednesday June 14. President Mrs Emily Baldwin and Secretary Mrs HS Limes urge full attendance.
The text questions why women feel compelled to wear smaller shoes than needed and why men think they should wear larger ones, presenting a fragmentary discussion on footwear and gender expectations.
Pearl Porter advertises moving and lifting homes with heavy machinery and boiler placements. Clinton avenue Washington D. H. 1237 presents lowest prices and careful contract attention.
A fragmented reflection on Port Arthur scenes and a wander through a surreal frame. The prose describes architectural sights, a shifting room, and distant hints of modern hotels and parks amid a vivid, dreamlike journey with scattered notes on places and people.
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