Volunteers Return From War Game at Harpers Ferry
District of Columbia National Guardsmen arrived home after a multi section special train ending the year’s war game. Gen Harries praised the militia for high standards and improved drilling while noting a funeral for a fallen soldier and a smooth return to armories amid farewell cheers from sweethearts in Shenandoah City and Harpers Ferry.
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Harpers Ferry
District of Columbia National Guards
Haradiyi
Bolivar Heights
Halltown
Harries
Cook
Reynolds
Col. Durand
New York
Grogan's August Sale on Furniture Values
Grogan's promotes a money saving August sale on furniture with bold claims of great value. The ad highlights discounts and urging shoppers to act quickly to seize price reductions during the event.
Death of District Sanitary Officer Sroufe on Duty
Robert Sroufe district sanitary officer and grand chancellor of the Knights of Pythias died at his home after a three week illness. Born in Ohio in 1864 he served in the U S Army before joining the Metropolitan Police in 18 18 and rising to sanitary inspector in 1906. Interment will be at Arlington with funeral set for Saturday at 2 pm. Albert J Lynn may succeed him as sanitary inspector.
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Knights of Pythias
Albert C. Lynn
Robert Sroufe
Twelfth Street
Mr. Stoufe
J. A. Frank
Metropolitan Police Force
District
Sroufe
District Knights of Pythias
Pythian Order
Rathbone Temple
Pythian Sisters
Federal City Lodge
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Mark Stearman
Grand Lodge
Pythian Temple
Arlington
Stoufe
Ohio
United States Army
Metropolitan Police Forces
Frank
Albert J c. Lynn
Srouse
Excursions to Colonial Beach by Steamer St Johns
With midsummer drawing hundreds of Washingtonians to Colonial Beach the St Johns steamer runs weekend trips from Seventh Street Wharf at 2 30 pm Saturday and 3 am Sunday. The long sandy beach saltwater bathing and a water pavilion draw crowds as Chevy Chase Lake offers dancing and lively programs amid melodic performances and encores.
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St. Johns
Colonial Beach
Calonial Beach
Seventh Street
Chevy Chase Lake
Music and Dancing at Rundle Highlands Tonight
CIEY BULLETINS note events and items as scattered listings. Mentions music and dancing at Rundle Highlands tonight along with various shop notices and advertisements for dairy products, cocoa, fish, matches, theater listings, and druggists.
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Rundle Highlands
Horse injury and medical treatment described in brief
The report notes a horse incident yesterday afternoon leaving a man with a badly bruised shin bone. The wound was treated by Dr Bryson and the injured man was sent home in a militia ambulance.
Defender of the Sisters and the Good Shepherd Controversy
Editor T G Smyth defends the House of the Good Shepherd against a smear campaign linking Florence Cleland to White Slavery efforts. He cites longstanding global work by the Sisters, urges fair investigation, and condemns slander aimed at abolishing the institution. He portrays the Sisters as virtuous reformers deserving justice.
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House of Good Shepherd
T. G. Smyth
Fost
Florence Cleland
Sisters of the Good Shepherd
House of the Good Shepherd
Publc
Columbia Hospital
Institute of the Good Shepherd
Tyre
Dedication at Mount St Sepulchre Brookland Ceremony
Franciscan Fathers plan a 9 o'clock Mass at Mount St Sepulchre Brookland for the Feast of the Assumption. At 4 o'clock they dedicate the new Grotto of Lourdes south of the monastery, blessed by Bishop Charles W. Curlier of Matanzas, reproducing the Lourdes shrine.
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Otto
Brookland
Masa
Mount St. Sepulchre
Lourdes
France
Charles W. Cur~lrier
Matanzas
Municipal Charities Seek New Hospital and School Sites
The District Board of Charities plans to urge a municipal hospital and an institution for feeble minded colored children in its annual report to commissioners. It seeks an appropriation to build a cottage for twenty girls at the Training School for Girls and recommends a new site for an industrial school for white children. Estimates total about 1.9 million dollars, with a start on Brightwood municipal hospital likely.
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Board of Charities
District Board of Charities
Training School
Brightwood
Fund for Hospital Repairs Appeals to Public in Alexandria
The Alexandria Hospital, badly damaged by the July storm, seeks public subscriptions to fund repairs. Subscriptions opened at four city banks produced 95 dollars on the first day, with a goal of several hundred more. Donations of any size are welcomed and acknowledged. Fined for intoxication a stranger named F G Williams was fined 15 dollars and remanded to jail for further hearing. Funeral services for Mrs. Mary A. Burroughs will be held at St. Marys Catholic Church. City Sergt. Cox earned a government appointment as a prison conference delegate. Alexandria Chapter Alumni Association to meet for awarding a University of Virginia scholarship.
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Alexandria
Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria Hospital
Board of Managers
F. G. Williams
Justice Thompson
Williams
Mary A. Burroughs
Thomas Burroughs
J. W. Goods
South
Washington Street
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Robert H. Cox
Mann
The
Prison Association of the United States
Indianapolis
Alumni Association of the
University of Virginia
Gardner L. Broothe
Alexandria National Bank
Divorce Decree Invalidated In District Court
Mary Havens sought a limited divorce from J L Havens. Justice Barnard held Havens must answer the decree, noting he continued to reside and conduct business locally and that Maryland papers may have misled the court about residence. The ruling followed admissions of ongoing local ties despite claims of a Maryland divorce.
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J. L. Havens
Maryland
Jesse Lee Havens
New York Avenue
Justice Barnard
District Supreme Court
Mary Havens
Barnard
Havens
Havens Denied Divorce by Courts Lack Jurisdiction
Havens was not granted a legal residence and thus the courts lacked jurisdiction to grant him a divorce. He was ordered to pay his wife six dollars weekly temporary alimony and to cover a $30 counsel fee. The couple have been separated for several years.
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Havens
Legai
Three Wills Filed For Probate In Local Court
The newspaper reports three probate filings. Margaret Lynch leaves the house at 21 Street Northeast to daughter Margaret VT McKennzie with trust to her grandson Hugh Joseph McKenzie until age 30. Charles H Hinslander named executor without bond. Lavinia Anderson’s will directs real estate sale of Chillum Castle Manor and splits proceeds among children, Amy J Russell to receive personal property, Charles McCarthy named executor. Mary B Hodgman widow of Allen W Hodgman is bequeathed his entire estate with widow appointed executrix.
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Margaret Lynch
Margaret VT. McKennzie
Dharry H. Hinslander
Hugh Joseph MckKenzie
Lavinia Anderson
Amy J. Russell
Tate
Chillum Castle Manor
Charles McCarthy
Mary B. Hodgman
Allen W. Hodgman
Merchants Protective Association Formed in City and Baltimore
A new body named Merchants Protective Association Inc filed papers with the recorder of deeds to curb trade abuses. It aims to stop unbusinesslike practices and related evils, with incorporators J O'Shea J I Sacks J A Tarillo all from this city and H Herman C M Bolder from Baltimore. Capital stock is $600, 60 shares, headquarters 412 Fifth Street Northwest.
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Association
Baltimore
Recorder of Deeds of Papers
Merchants’ Protective Association, Inc
James O’shea
John I. Sacks
Joseph A. Tarillo
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Reichelderfer
Medical Corps
Anton Stephan
Heap
Florida Avenue
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Cooke William Greenburg
Shenandeah City
Mayor Wentzell
Chief White
Signal Corps
Camp Ordway
Washington
Leesburg
Fairgrounds
Brick Mill
Long Bridge
Sixth Street
William M. Fassett
H. J. Bryson
J. Bamunds
H. B. Cigars
Harry Standiford
Vanderbilt Hotel
ST. East
Park Ave
Walton
Grogan
Peter Gragan & Sons Co
Seventh St
Philadelphia
Chester
Wilmington
Union Station
Broad St. Sta
West Philadelphia
Deans.ory
Pennsylvania
R. R
Washington Market Company
Frince
Albert
Gress
Horn
tGe
Tunis
Munich
National Capital Brewing Co
Strauss Charity Club
Belmont
Bessie Weinberg
Della Sokul
Elizabeth Braunstein
Emma Cohen
Bessie Silverstone
Essie Feinstein
Anna Silverstone
Lillian Stein
Mary Starret
Ciey Bulletins
Reisinager
M. Srat
Eine
Goem
Tyree
Wisconsin Ave
John H. Magruder
Me Saas
the Pacific Limited
Ween Nee
S Angeles
Chicago
San Francisco
Los Angeles
California
Union Passenger Station
Milwaukee &St.Paul
Union Pacific
Ogden
San
Southern Pacific Company
O.S.L
Salt Lake
J. Lingoln
Chestnut Street
Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Prince
John Wanamaker
Advertiser’s Service Department
Washington Post
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