Browmekar Race Shifts as Standings Tighten at Midnight
In a chaotic Browmekar contest, backmarkers surge toward the lead with May’s leap to tenth by yesterday’s 24,683 point gain. The big ten reshuffles as Febnitzkt falls from the top tier and others wobble, with three days left promising more upheaval. Coupons and subscriptions remain open this week, closing at midnight tonight, with postmarks after that not accepted.
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Atley
Brownfekar
Febnitzkt
Ole
Noor
Society Outside the Capital on Ocean Liner Outbound
A distinguished crowd gathers on the North German Lloyd Kronprinzess, with Commander Peary and family aboard, as wealth art and travel mingle. Notables like Mme Frances Alda and Andreas Dippel also sail, amid weddings, rumors, and plans for European theater ventures and antartic hopes.
Local residents listed in scattered street and organization records
A compilation of names and addresses including Gould Genevieve Rodway RP. Phelps of Montgomery. Mary Ella 1743. Horgan James 13 18th st nw. Miller Harry at Host nw. Hart Paul 97 N Y aye. William Carlo FR 1616 st nw. various entries show Drury Arthur 1432 Girard st aw. Johnson Luther 445 H st aw. Gordon igbland ave Takoma Park. Dewey Willam 103 7th st. Trumble Preston 136112 D st. Henderson Frank 1 Hansman Beam 19 Fin re ny. Moseley G W camden. Mayer My 4 Hat nw. Goldstein Barney 10 NC a io 10.
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Gould
Genevieve
Rodway
Phelps of
Montgomery
Mary Ella
Carnauti
Catholic University
Brookland
Adonis
Ganador
Horgan
James
Miller Harry
Hart Paul
Aye Carlo
William FR
Drexel
Joseph Twitts
Drury Arthur
Girard
Johnson Luther
Bert Lawrence
Carson Eleanor
Clifton
Dewey
Willam
Galloway
Gordon
Igbland
Takoma Park
Hazerd Frank
Hansman
Beam
Fin Reny Moseley
Camden
Trumble
Preston
Aw Brags
Roy
Duke St Alexandra
Mayer
Gary Kat
Kelly
Theodore Ibs
Klay Man Yetta
Goldstein, Barney
Kennedy Weds Miss Margaret Bolton Elmer in New Windsor
Special to The Washington Post reports Lieut J T Kennedy of the Sixth U S Cavalry married Miss Margaret Bolton Elmer at Oakwood New Windsor the ceremony with sister Grace Duncan Elmer as maid of honor bridesmaids Adel Brooks Randall and Carrie Leffert Taft. Best man Lieut Lawrence Wright Macintosh and ushers from units. The couple will reside at Fort Des Moines Iowa.
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Margaret B Elmer Bade
Washington, Post
Newburgh
Oakwood
New Windsor
Isaac Bolton Elmer
Margaret Bolton Elmer
Joan Thomas Kennedy
Sixth United States Cavalry
Grace Duncan Elmer
Adel Brooks Randall
Carrie Leffert Taft
Cornwall
Lawrence Wright Macintosh
Sixth Cavalry
Joseph Stillwell
Twelfth Infantry
West Point
James A Brice
Ninety-sixth Coast Artillery
Fort Warren
Mass
Kennedy
Fort Des Moines
Iowa
King at Prince's Lecture in Rome on Oceanography
Special Cable reports the Prince of Monaco lecturing at the Collegio Romano on oceanography witnessed by a large audience including the king and diplomatic corps. King Victor Emmanuel awarded the collar of the Annunziata at a Quirinal state banquet. the Geographical Society presented a gold medal.
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Washington Post
Rome
Prince of
Monaco
Collegio Romano
Diplomatic Corps
Quirinal
Victor Emmanuel
Hammerstein Surrenders Opera Empire to Stotesbury Deal
Oscar Hammerstein retires from grand opera after four years of conflict with Metropolitan Opera rivals. Edward T Stotesbury and associates acquire Philadelphia Opera House and Met acquires Hammerstein rights and Philadelphia, Chicago and Boston interests. Manhattan Opera House to be repurposed. Hammerstein’s singers join the Met roster for Chicago and Philadelphia engagements. Arthur Hammerstein says the sale netted more than 2 million dollars and notes the Manhattan remains in his possession.
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The
Washington Post
New York
Oscar Hammerstein
Metropolitan Opera Company
Hammerstein
Samuel Untermyer
Edward T Stotesbury
Philadelphia
Stotesbury
Philadelphia Opera House
Manhattan Opera
Metropolitan Operas Company
Philladelphia Opera House
Boston
Chicago
Manhattan Opera House
Louise
Metropolitan
Philadelpha
Metropolitan Opera House
Arthur Hammerstein
Manhattan
Married Guests Fill House For Early May City Weddings
A string of weddings fills the social calendar with details of attire and venues. William H Finckel and Chauncey Puga lead a ceremony at Trinity Episcopal Church with Miss Eleanor Gitliss Ashby and Walter Henry Heri, followed by a reception at the bride’s mother’s home in Oregon Avenue. Out-of-town guests include families from Wayne Pa and Virginia, with future homes listed in Washington and Park Road.
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Eleanor /Gitliss Ashby
Wiliam Todd Ashby
Walter Henry Heri
Trinity Episcopal Church
Richard T Williams
F Ft Wallace
Wayne Pa
Roberta Grant
C Fod Langworthy
T C Powell
Ohio
Walter Ebett
Virginia
Ellis Duvall
Richmond
F Ashby Wallace
Wayne, Pa
Todd Ashby
Walter Guy
Washington
Oregon Avenue
H H Pray
Massacchusetts
F R Wallace
Quiet English Bride Weds Dr Mills In Saint Thomas Ceremony
Miss Hildegard Annie Austin of England married Dr George W T Mills of Long Island yesterday at 1130 at St Thomas. The ceremony was conducted by Rev John W Austin with a maid of honor and a best man from New York. After a wedding trip to the South, the couple will reside on Long Island.
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St Thomasgnaren
Hildegard Annie Austin
England
George W T Mills
Long Island
Mr Baker
New York
John W. Austin
St Thomas Church
Mrs Mills
Double Wedding Ceremony in City Home
A double wedding joined Miss Misa Bertham Brown and Henry Campbell Black at 4318 Fourteenth Street, with the Rev George Dudley officiating. Simultaneously Miss Clara A Brown and Dr Fielding WH Garn wed, attended by out of town guests Mrs Albert Ball and Mr HA Gibson. A reception at the Black residence followed on Wednesday May 11 from 4 to 6.
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Nus
Ana
William H Finckel
Newton Street
N L Finckel
Conyers B Finckel
Miss Roberts
Germantown
Misa Bertham Brown
Henry Campbell Black
Distnet
J Henry Black
Fourteenth Street
Clara A Brown
Bertha Brown
Fielding WH Garnson
Army Medical Museum
George
Colonial Dames Honor Council Reception At Club
The Colonial Dames Club on Connecticut Avenue hosted a reception with guests from across the country and Washington. Mrs Samuel Spencer, club president, and hostesses led a well attended event with National Dames officers and local officials assisting. A late afternoon tea and bridge gathering followed, with several notable women in attendance and plans noted for an upcoming reception by the Congressional Club.
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Colonial Dames
Connecticut Avenue
Washington
Samuel Spencer
Mra Ricks
Johnna Patton
Council of
William Ruffin Cox
Richmond
National Society of Colonial Dames of America
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Sophy Carey
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Richard Knickerbocker Tyler
Bila Lorraine Dorsey
Ten Eyck Wendell
Bill Lo ‘Norton
Augustus Downing
Charles C Tucker
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The
Wiliam Ruffin Cox
Grege
Beagrenstonal Club
Ballinger
Dickinson
Ites Cannon
Lowden
Gamble
Jean Crosby
Bridge
Misa Cable
St Louis
Mrs McCormick Freed in Desertion Divorce Case
Mrs M cormick of Phoenix Arizona obtained a divorce from Jann f p McCormick on desertion grounds. The action sought to legally establish her late husband’s death after a presumed drowning at sea off Nortati Virginia in 1904. He reportedly left a letter saying she would never see him again amid financial troubles.
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Pheonix
Ariz
Mattle McCormick
Washington
LDC
Jann FP McCormick
Nortati
McCormick
Flour Prices Cut at A P Flour Store
A P Flour quotes lower prices than competitors. Fall barrels in wood six dollars thirty cents. Regular 14 and 7 pound bags priced at eighteen and forty cents respectively. Regular 24 and 14 pound bags one dollar eighty? cents.
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A&p
3 for 25 Cent Sale Offers Bargain Picks
A circulating sale notes a 3 for 25¢ offer on a broad range of standard goods. Customers may mix items and purchase any three, six, or twelve at the reduced price, with every article previously priced higher but now part of the sale.
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Florence
Grove
Eastern social notes from Washington to New York scenes
The Russian ambassador and Baroness Rosen attended Russian Easter events in New York and plan to return Sunday. Various society figures, guests, and travelers including Mrs Widridge Jordan to Maryland, Mr and Mrs J Upshur Moorhead at Chevy Chase, and Rev Artley B Parson visiting colleges for the YMCA movement are listed among recent movements and arrivals.
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Rosen
Elizabeth Rosen
New York
J Upshur Moorhead
Highlands
Chevy Chase
Norway Declares State Funeral for Bjornson Poet
The king sends sympathy to Bjornson's widow and Norway mourns his death as an irreparable loss. The storthing votes a state funeral with the president praising the poet in a house tribute. Theaters close in tribute and a Norwegian warship readies to transport the body to Christiania for Saturday procession.
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Washington Post
Chrisania
Bjornstjerne Bjornson
Norway
Storthing
The
Copenhagen
Christiania
Fear Uprising in Peking Sparks Servants Flight
Reports from Hunan and Changsha describe unrest as servants and coolies leave Peking in large numbers amid whispered uprisings. Officials say no outbreak, but fear persists among natives while foreigners begin returning to Changsha after rioting eased.
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Peling
Hunan
Peiing
Changsha
China
Monument to Old Black Mummy Urged as National Project
Appeals from leaders nationwide push for a $1,000,000 marble or granite monument to the Old Black Mummy of the South. Galveston officials led by President T J Grace aim to make it national, seeking subscriptions from Texas and other states, with Groce coordinating funds and promising substantial pledges by fall.
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Tex
Texas
Washington
Galveston
T J Grace
Galveston National Bank
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