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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1924
Page
9
Government plans to boost retirement fund deductions from salaries by 2 to 4 percent, aiming to raise annual contributions beyond the current 15.9 million dollars. Projections show a potential fund surplus of 34.0 million by 1974, with about 105 thousand retirees receiving an average pension of 556 dollars yearly and 2.99 thousand dropped from the roll due to death last year.
Five baby pelicans arrived at the National Zoological Park after a railway trip from Los Angeles. Head keeper H Blackburne fed them, and they will settle in a cage after rest. The brown California pelicans are new to the zoo, differing from white pelicans and brown Florida pelicans already present.
Ray Thomas J. Kirkpatrick chaplain spoke at Fourth Presbyterian Church on dangers of photographing Persian religious rites in Persia. He showed scenes of services and processions, noting the frenzy and self-flagellation, and avoided reference to the death of Maj Ro Ow Tinbuie, the American vice consul killed while photographing services.
BRW Everson 212 ¢ street north west and Thomas Dawes employed as the navy sand escaped injury yesterday though they were pinned beneath their automobile which overturned near Frederick W. A score of pedestrians righted the machine that had hurtled from the road.
A Blaama burg Pennsylvania man named Smith was arrested on Mann Act charges for taking a young woman from 300% G Street Northwest to Vir einigen. She is the mother of a six month old baby, and police say he is married. Detectives report the man, William Ho Marshall, aged 49, ordered the trip. He allegedly slept on a porch railing on a second story at LX Seventeenth Street Northwest yesterday and fell into a backyard, dying at Emergency Hospital.
At the Capitol and Sylvan theater two concerts feature guest soloists, band and vocal numbers, operatic selections, and grand marches. Highlights include Wagner Rienzi, Strauss operetta gems, Dvorak New World movements, and end with The Star Spangled Banner.
The American Federation of Labor declares both major parties morally bankrupt, urging a nonpartisan campaign to defeat reactionary interests. It criticizes Republican and Democratic platforms for failing to protect workers rights, child labor laws, and union organizing, while endorsing independent candidates aligned with labor.
The notice promotes two Washington Post insurance policies a $2600 accident policy and a $609 life policy with no required medical exam for readers who subscribe. It also includes a broad declaration against conscription and support for constitutional amendments and labor taxes, followed by AFL executive council pledges calling for pro worker candidates and protections for wage earners in the upcoming political campaign.
The readable snippet notes a weather and tide table with a wobbly forecast. It mentions sun and tide details and a partial entry possibly indicating wet conditions. The fragmentary text limits precise data but signals a brief daily weather and coastal tide item.
A long weather forecast describes a warm spell over the Great Lakes and Atlantic states with higher temperatures east of the Mississippi. Scattered thunderstorms are possible in the lower lake region and along the Atlantic coast. Expect generally fair skies in the Midwest and cooling to rain moving into the central and southern states by Tuesday.
A long, disjointed OCR fragment lists numerous pairings of surnames and given names with a mix of genders and familial roles. The garbled text shows couples and offspring across varied spellings and incomplete punctuation, including Woodburn Warshall Rhoden Mo hraft Ko Teary Oxiel Flenter McDonald Murphy Zappa Varnhall Moo Murphy Wand Harla Wi Appeltoy Wheeler and others.
Death notices list Andrew J Beurgeon 32 Luther Butler 47 Emmerens Hosp Der Us Manley 83 John Payne 51 Fuller 75 Chevy Chase Sanatorium and others including Teffay Rohe Pata and Maria Pagne. Names appear with ages and vague locations in a garbled OCR death notice.
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