Wheat price cited as main factor in rising living costs
John Mitchell, former UMW president, says fixed wheat at 226 a bushel drives up prices for meat, hides, shoes, and textiles. He advocates government subsidies to cover the gap and promotes cooperative farming and warehousing controls to curb speculation and storage-driven price spikes.
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Patrick McEvoy
New York
John Mitchell
State Industrial Commission
United Mine Workers
Universal Service Today
America
Mitchell
Obituary notices from Washington area deaths 1919
Multiple death notices dated August 1919 list individuals such as Fohn J Carter at Berwin Virginia and Lucile Carter in Beltsville Maryland, Margaret C widow of William W Hardy, Lewis Hess of Georgetown, and Langford widow Mary J, with funeral plans and interment details including Arlington and Glenwood Cemeteries. Additional notices mention Martin Trip, late August 8 death, and Antonio P Sickles in Toronto, Ontario, noting spouses and funeral arrangements.
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Carter
Berwin Vd
Fohn J
Lash
Lucile Carter
Beltsville
New York
Hardy
Nion Street
Margaret C
William W Hardy
Edwant Mand
McCormite
Union Steed
Arlington Cemetery
Hess
St Herndon Va
Lewis Hess
Georgetown
Wises
Northwest
Chapel
Oak Hill
Langford
Washington Sanitariom
Takoma Park
WARY
Sidney W Langford
Rock Creek Church
Glenwood Cemetery
Martin
Tinmont Street
Hitam H
T'tter Martin
Jono R Wrent
Ilington Cemetery
Sickles
Toronto
Canada
Antonio P Sickles
Jackton E Sickles
Industrial readjustment dialogue on wage policy and unrest
A public interview discusses wage advances versus price rises and the path to social reform. The interviewee cautions against revolutionary or reactionary visions and argues readjustment is possible without major industrial breakdown if responsible leaders act earnestly.
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Mr. Lee
Central Labor Union Backing Wage Board For District Workers
The Central Labor Union adopted resolutions urging the Washington DC commissioners to create a wage board with equal representation from commissioners employed and the public. They voiced support for the police union and their demand of five dollars daily and weekly rest days, and asked Congress to consider higher pay for firemen.
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D. C
Central Labor Union
Policemen's Union
Legislative Committee
Congress
Com Sioners
Thomas McGilton
Painters’ Union
J W Cooper
Sheet Metal Workers’ Union
Thomas Jones
Stationary Engineers' Union
N A James
Otlers’ Union
Charles Frazier
Machinists’ Union
George Howell
Federal Employes’union
J. W. Reynolds
Elevator ,Constructors’ Union
S Tay
Highway Weather Service Reports City Roads
The Highway Weather Service will publish road conditions with daily forecast cards. A new branch of the Weather Bureau, approved by the Department of Agriculture, will place reports in post offices for traveler information.
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Bcardi Ag
Highway Weather Service
The
Weather Bureau
Department of Agriculture
Alexandria Post reports arraignment of D Worth Stanton for murder
News from Alexandria Virginia details D Worth Stanton’s arraignment before Judge Bailey on charges of shooting Jesse Rolph at the Virginia Shipbuilding yards. The trial in corporation court is set for morning with a 46-person jury pool. Also covered are local primary race entries, deed transfers, and the Rosenfeld alliance.
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Ashington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
D. Worth
Stanton
Jesse Rolph
Virginia Shipbuilding Corporation
Englesmith
Wees
Rosemont
Alexandria Hospital
Funeral Held For Oscar Hammerstein In New York
Hundreds gathered at Temple Emanuel in New York for the funeral of Oscar Hammerstein. John McCormack sang as Rabbi Joseph Silverman led the service and pallbearers included Lee Shubert and Georges M. Cohan as the coffin was interred at Wood lawn Cemetery.
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United Press
New York
Temple Emanuel
Oscar Hammerstein
John McCormack
Joseph Silverman
Woodlawn Cemetery
Lee Shubert
Abraham L. Erlanger
Marc Klaw
David Belasco
Georges M. Cohan
al Woods
William A. Brady
J. J. Shubert
Morris Gest
Percy G. Williams
Lyle D. Andrews
Henry Rosenberg
Ki lis Baby for Spite
A 13 year old girl Frances Suligaki confessed to Brooklyn police that she poisoned Solomon Kramer a three year old and attempted to poison the rest of his family with a disinfectant to spite the nurse she quarreled with The confession followed a dispute over a teapot serving as the poison vehicle and the infant’s death was avoided.
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United Press
New York
Frances Suligaki
Brooklyn
Solomon Kramer
Apite
R. R. Rate
Blind Evergreen couple wed in Montana mountains
Special to The Washington Post Evergreen School for the Blind announces the marriage of Ewart Wagner, a totally blind soldier in the poultry department, and Mee Nettie Gilmore, a secretary from Massachusetts. Wagner and Gilmore, both tied to Evergreen poultry work, are the first blind soldier and Evergreen worker couple to wed.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Department of Poultry and Agriculture
Evergreen
Three of family missing after power launch outing
Baltimore Aug 4 a family party set out by power launch from Hanover Street bridges to a Middle River shore. Father August A Flemming 1836 Orleans Street mother and two children Benjamin W Flemming 18 and Carrie Flemming vanished with fears they drowned. Neighbor Henry W Winkler invited many to his shore. most went by auto while Flemming planned to take his children by launch tried Saturday. Search failed to find the craft and police were notified.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Hanover Street
Middle River
A. Flemming
Orleans Street
Benjamin W. Flemming
Carrie Flemming
Henry W. Winkler
Flemming
Lorles Flemming
Shora
Wealthy Miss Williams Estate Valued at Nearly 975000
Miss Susan Williams of Queen Annes County dies leaving The Hermitage estate of 1200 acres and other properties. Inventory filed by J Fletcher Rolph Thomas J Keating and Pete T Forman shows total appraisement about 974919.43 dollars with primary asset The Hermitage valued at 75000 dollars. Her will directs multiple bequests to relatives and friends.
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Washington Pont Centerville
J_ Fletcher Rolph
Thomas J. Keating
Pete T. Forman
Orphans’ Court
Queen Annes County
Susan Williams
William
Hermitage
Miss Williams
Cook
Baltimore
Richard Chew Tilghman
Philadelphia
Bound driver robbed of $17.60 near St Agnes Hospital
Isaac Littman a chauffeur bound with belt and necktie was robbed of $17.60 on Union avenue near St Agnes Hospital early today by two men who fled in his car. He freed himself after a struggle and went to Western police station to report the crime. The bandits are suspected of other assaults around the city in recent months.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Isaac Littman
Sanford Place
Union Avenue
St. Agnes’ Hospital
Littman
Western Police Station
Sunday blue law rigidity expands in Virginia
Richmond Virginia August 4 Sunday blue laws in Virginia will be made even more rigid following a supreme court of appeals opinion today The court refused an appeal in a case involving sale of soft drinks by orthodox Jews observing Saturday binding license to such persons to sell does not grant authority for others to violate the law Other notices report YMCA camp accident three campers injured a 25 foot dive into the Potomac near Cumberland Md and a body found after a drowning near Ashland Va Mathews County marriage and engagement announcements conclude the day’s notices
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United Press
Richmond
Virginia
Supreme Cour of
Statfe
Washington Post
Cumberland, Md
J. Arthur
York
Central Ymca
South Branch
Potomac
Arthur Steiine
Funeral for Mrs F Durham Held in Danville
Danville Virginia obituary reports Mrs Fleming Durham age 38 died at daughter D Padkin eon residence on Ross Street after long illness. Survived by parents three children and three sisters. Funeral held this afternoon in Fredericksburg Virginia. Fairfax Republicans nominate R R Farr for the house of delegates.
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Washington Post
Fredericksburg
Mary Laulhe ‘Terrell
South Anna River
Ashland
Gwathmey
John M. Terrell
Danville
Mra Fleming Durham
Mra D. Pad Kineon
Ross Street
Chilldren
Car Fire Claims Foreman George Newmier In Md Crash
Granteville Md Aug 4 George Newmier night foreman of the Southern Railroad shops Denora Pa was burned to death in the fire that destroyed his automobile on the National pike about nine miles west of Granteville He was en route to Hughesville Pa In avoiding another vehicle his car struck a stone pile and overturned Four others with him escaped serious injury
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Washington Post
Granteville
George Newmier
Southern Railroad
Denora
National Pike
Grantaville
Hughesville
Newmier
Married twice over Kathrine Cook and Frederick Kuehle wed
Kathrine R Cook of Gloucester Massachusetts and Lieutenant Frederick W Kuehle of Baltimore married in Rockville Maryland by Reverend C C Barnes after being divorced from each other. They left for Washington after the ceremony. Funeral services were held in Gaithersburg for Benjamin F Bottlemay who died from burns in Semmes Motor Company plant in Washington with burial at Forest Oak.
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Washington Post
Rockville
Katherine R. Cook
Gloucester
Maia
Frederick W. Kuehle
Baltimore
C. C. Barnes
Washington
Bprdal
Washington Port
Benjamin F. Bottlemay
Washington Hospital
Semmes Motor Company
John J. Bottlemay
Gaithersburg
Forest Oak Cemetery
Marriages Noted in Rockville Area Couples
Rockville notices list three weddings in the last day or two. Ruth Viola Halterman of Mount Solen Virginia wed John W. Bailey of Mount Solen, Edith M. Thoman of Alexandria wed William R. Nolen of Alexandria, and Elizabeth Walker Cosby of Washington wed Thomas L. Younger of Washington.
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Washington Post
Rockville
Ruth Viola Halterman
John W. Bailey
Mount Solen
Edith M. Thoman
William R. Nolen
Alexandria
Elizabeth Walker Cosby
Thomas L. Younger
Washington
William V Briggs Dies in Gaithersburg
William V Briggs aged 31 died Saturday at his Gaithersburg home from a lung ailment. Survived by his wife formerly Miss Phoebus of Gaithersburg and two children. Funeral held this afternoon at Epworth Methodist Church Gaithersburg with burial in Forest Oak Cemetery Gaithersburg.
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Washington Post
Rockville
William V. Briggs
Gaithersburg
Phoebus
Epworth Methodist Church
Forest Oak Cemetery
Notable Frostburg Ex-Postmaster John N Henson Dies
John N Henson aged 67 a prominent Democrat and former Frostburg postmaster died after a long illness He founded the Big Savage Fire Brick Company where he served as vice president and general manager He is survived by one son and three daughters of Rockville Md
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Washington Post
Frostburg
John N. Henson
Cleveland
Big Savage Fire Brick Company
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