Record-Breaking Sea Girt Rifle Team Prepares for NJ Meet
The District National Guard Brigade Rifle Team departs for Sea Girt New Jersey for the annual tournament running from August to September 9. General orders cover the meet with officers listed as team members and accompanying personnel. The event features national team and individual matches, with prizes including the National Trophy and Wimbledon Cup, and extensive participation from U S Army Navy Marine Corps and National Guard units.
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District National Guard
Gen Girt
Sptember
Goi
Luther H Reichelderfer
Flint Regiment
James E Bell
Alfred P Robbins
Alex. Summers
Frank Skinner
William W Cookwon
I RP
Frank W Holt
George G Dennison
Frederick
Heldenfeiel
Halph Alderman
I Rfp
Marshall Magruder
W Milton
Harry Bean
William B. Sullivan
Samuel B Weatherard
National Board For the Promotion of
National Board For the Promotion of Rifle Practice
The
United States
National Rifle Association of America
New Jersey State Rifle Association
Army Navy
Marine Corps, &c
National Rifle Associations
Sda
Natonal Rifle Association
George E. Cook
Washington
Naval Reserve
National Guard
Dr Cook
Membrs
National Rifle Association
Seabury
West Point
Annapolis
Fragmentary Notice on Inspection Procedures Remains Unclear
The readable text outlines practicable inspection steps and headquarters roles with Friday September 15 as a key date. It references a Field artillery unit and an Inspector General, but many phrases are garbled, leaving essential details ambiguous.
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Eers
Bettany
Artilerry
West Point rifle team to compete at Sea Girt
West Point cadet rifle team sails from New York for Sea Girt New Jersey to take part in the national rifle competition on August 21. Capt. Charles W. Exxton commands the team with Capt. Arthur Thayer as coach and Lieut. Herman Grade as shooter. The group includes cadets Campbell Blodgett Gatewood Hartel Lewis Macmillan Minick Tomey Westover Wikhierick Cotton Dixon Pettison Heard and others across classes. A five day practice march will precede maneuvers simulating wartime conditions with 230 cadets 75 to 100 enlisted men and 14 officers plus five artillery pieces.
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Marine Cars
New Jersey State Rifle Association
District of Columbia
New Jersey National Guard
Ohio
Ideal Company
Peters’ Cartridge Company
Ideal Manufacturing Company
Columbia
District of Columbia National Guard
National Guard of
New Jersey
National Guard
Naval Reserve of New Jersey
Scheutzen
Charles F. Roe
George
H Harnes
Lawrason Riggs
P. F Wanser
J. A. Haskell
George Gould
National Rifle Association of America
Biad W. Spencer
George H. Harries
Lawrason Baggs
J .A. Haskell
Reginald H. Sayer
New York
Albert @. Jones
New Jersey State Association
Gev Edward C. Stokes
P. Permer- Wanser
George E. Howard
William Hayes
Bird W. Spencer
Cavalry
War Department
Harry H. Pattison
Third Cavalry
Benjamin A Anderson
U 8
Alfred G Horn
Twelfth Cavalry
John A. Pearson
Eleventh Cavalry
Charles A Bomeyn
Thirteenth Cavalry
Alexander HI Davidson
Clifton R Norton
Fifteenth Cavalry
Aldea M Graham
First Cavalry
Sherwood A Cheney
Corps of Engineers
William H Hay
Tenth Cavalry
Arthur Williams
Corps of Engineera
Michael Kelly
Cora of Engineera
Robert Johnson
Jena E Stedie
Fourth Cavalry
Herman PC
Exworff
Fifth Cavalry
Peter St. Bomus
Sixth Cavalry
Augustus C
George C. Shaw
Twenty-seventh Infantry
Francisco Agostir
Charles E. Reese
Fifteenth Infantry
Arthur L. Bump
Eighth Infantry
Richard Lunsford
Theodore A. Ballwin
Twenty-fourth Infantry
William N Puckett
USA
John Dittmer
William Tate
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Charles Rie
Majera W Torrey
Townsend Wheles
Thirtieth Infantry
Robert S Knox
Sea Girt
West Point
N. J
Charles W. Exxton
Twentieth Infantry
Arthur Thayer
Herman Grade
Sixth Infantry
Campbell
Blodgett
Gatewood
Hartel
Lewis
Macmillan
Dawes Commission Work In Final Stages With Ryan
Bixby of Minnesota and Acting Secretary Ryan confer on Dawes Commission matters as the body nears completion after ten years of allotting land in severalty to the Five Civilized Tribes. Creeks Seminoles Choctaws Chickasaws and Cherokees formed the group. If Congress assigns no more tasks the commission may end next year though post commission work will continue for the Interior Department.
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Bixby
Ryan
Tams Bixby
Minnesota
Dawes’ Commission
Actiing
Dawes Commission
Severalty Ides
Aoulatant
Interior Department
Florists Reach Baltimore for National Convention Delegation Trip
Five hundred delegates of the Society of American Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists traveled by special B&O train to Baltimore. They toured city sights, enjoyed a luncheon, a moonlight Chesapeake Bay excursion, and a silver service presented to retiring president J. C. Vaughan. Washington visit featured Treasury steps photo, engineer drill, and Knight Templar charm gift to George H. Cooke. An allied group formed the American Nurserymen and Seed Trade associations to coordinate mutual interests.
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Monumental City
Society of American Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists
Baltimore
Baltimore Gardeners’ Club
Baltimore and Ohio
Chesapeake Bay
National Society
J. C. Vaughan
Washington
Washington Florists’ Club
Treasury Steps
White
Washington Barracks
Edward Burr
George H. Cooke
JT Cooke
American Association of Nurserymen
American Seed ‘Trade Association
Society of American Florists
F. R. Pierson
SONS OF JONADAB MEET IN TEMPERANCE SESSION
Washington Council No 1 Fraternal Sons of Jonadab meets at 902 Pennsylvania avenue NW with a social program. Speeches reference Roosevelt's Wilkes-Barre abstinence speech and urge temperance advocacy. Officers and members from Fairfax Court House and local groups speak on the order’s work. Next meeting announced. Also notes withdrawals and international congress postponements.
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Washington Council
Fraternal Sons of
United States
al Advocatea
Temperance
Thomas J. Clark
John C Browner
Fairfax Court House
John R. Davis
F. J. le Barnes
John J. O'Brien
William A. Rickey
Wiliam
Soldier Poet Joyce Awarded Fifty Dollar Pension
Col John A Joyce veteran of Kenesaw Mountain and younger Civil War battles is granted a $50 monthly pension for wounds received in the line of duty. The Twenty fourth Kentucky officer, famed as a soldier poet and biographer, served as adjutant and earned multiple promotions including gallantry at Shiloh. He survived a severe thigh wound and long convalescence before continuing his postwar writings.
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Kenesaw Mountain
Home Guard
John A. Joyce
Fort Sumter
Circuit
Bath County
Home Guards
Joyce
Leutenant
Buckner
Bull Run
Lyon
Wilson Creek
Missouri
Kentucky
Gov Magoffin
Frankfort
Twenty-fourth Kentucky
Olympian Springs
Young Joyce
Lexington
Davidson
Nashville
Shiloh
Breckenridge
van Dorn
Twenty-fourth
Beauregard
Corinth
Brage
Alabama
Tennessee
Terryville
Knoxville
Tenn
Armstrong Heights
Holston River
Fort Sanders
Rocky River Heights
McLaw
Burnside
Darling
M. D. Mens
Cer
Resacce
Veteran Col Joyce Endures Wounds and Varied Career
On November 4 1964 a War Department order mustered out Col Joyce from U S service due to disability from war wounds. Since then he has been a schoolteacher political candidate lawyer clerk speaker revenue agent and Wall Street figure. Despite a life of activity his thigh wound still causes him pain as he nears sixty three and he has completed four volumes of his unpublished poems after decades of work.
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War Department
United States Service
Joyce
Iowa
Allison
Dubuque
Treasury Department
Wall Street
Cal
Foyce
Col. Joyce
Advertising Is Important News To readers of The Post
The Post promotes advertising as vital news for readers and merchants in Washington. Joyce Engraving Company, a leading firm in the Star Building annex, offers near perfect work and punctual service with broad reach in the East and South. Miss Louise A Adams of Norfolk visits friends on Quince Street.
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The
Post
Washington
the Post
Eder
United States
Joyce Company
Star Buiding
Ith
Paave
Jovce Engraving Company
Louise A Adams
Norfolk
Quince Street
Marian Turner
Balthmore
George W. Ashworth
Washington Street
Miss Turner
Kensington
Best Laundry Offers 20 Percent Off High Grade Work
The advertisement promotes Manhattan Laundry at 134 Florida Avenue offering smooth, low wear garments and 2 cent collars and cuffs. It claims superior finish and reasonable rates versus typical 21⁄2 cent workmanship. Notices Miss Gertrude Adams of Piney Branch road traveling to New York City to visit friends.
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Manhattan
Florida Avenue
Gertrude Adams
Piney Branch Road
New York City
Old Established Firm Promotes Growth in Northwest District
Twenty years in West End real estate and insurance, Martin Bros. promote growth with property sales, loans, rents, and rent collection. Columbian Iron and Wire Works offers elevator enclosures, screens, rails, doors, and custom iron work. Brooks Company supplies gas and electric fixtures to contractors. Mrs. Shepard and Mr. Shelton are mentioned in social notes.
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West End
Northwest
Martin Bros
Pennsylvania Avenue
Amt
Columbian Iron and Wire Works
Bealer & Schmid
Robert Shepard
West Virginia
Washington
E. F. Brooks Company
16Th St. Aw
Homn
Brooks
Ducker Gets A Dose Of His Own Medicine
Special Correspondent of The Washington Port, New York, Aug 19 reports a strong New York man who ducked girls at a bathing beach is grabbed by water polo star Joseph A. Ruddy. Ruddy drags him under, restrains him, and uses resuscitation, leaving onlookers convinced the bully learned his lesson.
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Washington Port
New York
Orre Ducker
Joseph A. Ruddy
New York Athletic Club
Wd Ruddy
Buddy
Ruddy
Ducker
Gome
Ufe
Dream of Robbery Ends in Seizure of Throats and Theft
An elderly Paris shopkeeper Mme Ella Boivine awoke from a nightmare to find burglars had entered her fishing tackle shop, tied her throat, and stolen gold scrip and jewels. Three men were arrested within a day and given long sentences in the Seine Assizes case. Separately a Lugano conference urged Polish arms against Russian oppression, promising a terrible struggle but hope to frighten tyrants.
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Washington Post
Paris
Seine Assizes
Mme
Ella Boivine
Bt Denis
Ons
Mme. Bolvine
Strahsag
Selhe Rabizes
Theington-Pr
Rome
Fust
Lugano
Pecalla
Manchuria
Center Market urged for wholesome food and cleanliness
Center Market merchants invite public support for a sanitary, clean, and economical food market. They emphasize strict market inspections, low prices, and weekly visits. Also notes on local engraving firms, tobacco and heat stove ads, and a bank advert promoting women’s savings.
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Keat-Equippe
Center Market
Galeara
B. H. White
Philadelphia
Eighth Streets
New Terminal Tunnel
Princess Clementine's Cup Becomes Farm Memento Tale
A Brussels report tells of Princess Clementine stopping at a rural house on a country walk. The farmer, recognizing her, served refreshment in a cup later claimed as a keepsake, asking the princess to drink from it again. She complied, delighting the farmer with a royal memento story. The tale is used to illustrate hospitality and fortify spirits in heat.
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Broves
A. Muddiman & Co
Hisabeth Spaulding
Hamilton Road
Colonial Beach
W. Burchell
F Street
uSton
Brusséliz
Clementine
Princeas
Farimevita
England's society voices grow louder in drawing rooms
Washington Post special correspondent reports London society speakers, especially in West End drawing rooms, now shout and laugh loudly. Observers note dainty women with refined dress emit strident tones, influenced by American habits, with talk punctuated by loud exclamations and noisy bursts. The piece frames fashion and manners as the cause of heightened volume.
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Washington Post
London
England
West End
Que Lady
Engilehworan
Local Ticket Dealer Receives Presidential Honor
Mr J Spiedt, owner of a ticket brokerage at 80¢ Pennsylvania avenue for twenty years, was notified by the Guarantee Ticket Brokers Association that he has been elected president. He is also a passenger agent for the Mallory Steamship Line and the Baltimore and Philadelphia Steamboat Company.
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J. Spiedt
Pennsylvania Avenue
Guarantee Ticket Brokers’ Association
A Fisher
Pliedt
Mallory Steamship Line
Baltimore and Philadelphia Steamboat Company
Keeble Childrens Health Tonic and Chapel Point Excursion
Keeble Children HORSFORDS ACID PHOSPHATE promoted for weak digestion among children. Chapel Point Maryland described as a pleasant resort on the Potomac with 25 cent round trips on the Pocahontas steamer. Trip times and ferry schedule listed, with saltwater activities and historical sights advertised. Balloon ascent at River View, with parachute drop by Hutchison expected Sunday, altitude target around 8,000 feet. River View Orchestra concerts planned after noon and evening. Steamer departures at 11 am 2:30 pm and 6:30 pm with regular fares. Police report says numerous washouts across precincts.
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Horsford
Chapel Point
Potomac
Maryland
Pocahontas
Chapal Point
Hutchison
River View
The Newest Automobile and Local Auto Showings
The Wayne Automobile Company displays a new 16 horsepower two cylinder car priced at 800 dollars, claiming it matches 2000 dollar models in performance and hill climbing. Ford agency Miller Bros markets a ten horsepower car noted for speed and endurance, demonstrated on Mount Pleasant. A Junior Daughters group hosts a lawn party by Esther Memorial Chapel at Randle Park. The Alhambra Summer Garden at 410 E Street NE runs nightly as Washington’s popular cooling family venue under Gus W Brahler, while A Butterfield of Birmingham visits in Randle Park.
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Wayne Automobile Company
18Th Street
Ifa
Esther
Randle Park
E Street
Ford
Miller Bros
Mount Pleasant
W North
Queen of the Milan Markets Sues Over Dress Expenses
Maria Nulli, dubbed the Queen of the Milan Markets, sues the Milan fete committee for 1.20 dollars spent on dresses data and carriages. The case, linked to exchanges with Paris market queens, awaits court judgment with notable interest. A stolen bust of Schiller during Goethe fetes in Goettingen sparks further excitement.
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Maria Nulli
Milan
Maria’ Nulli
Paris
Turin
Schiller
Fal Corret
Dener
Washington
Serlin
Goettingen
Fichiiheen
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