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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1918
Page
3
Summer vacations end as Congress returns to Washington with major bills in focus. House work on man power draft extension to ages 18 and 45 expected after talks on ending Senate recess. Prohibition questions and war revenue measures loom, while leaders seek to set aside vacations and proceed before elections.
The notice reports the marriage of COSGROVE to DR Henry S Coucen, with location details in northeast Washington DC. It references IND Z COSGROVE of Roswell now Mog, and includes garbled OCR fragments from the original.
A dense obituary page lists multiple deaths and funeral notices. Names include HENRY PERTY, HOFFECKER, REINHARDT, ROBINSON, SHANK, STONE, ISKARL, WALCOTT, and GRACE, with burial details at various cities and cemeteries. Interments span across Philadelphia, Arlington National Cemetery, and nearby regions, noting dates and funeral times in mid August 1918 and related memorial services.
Amid a crowded agenda the man power measure may pass in early next week if prohibitionists allow a side track. Hearings by the House military committee open to the public with Baker March and Crowder testifying. The war revenue bill targets 8 billion dollars, with House Ways and Means aiming for action by Monday. Water power development holds priority, threatening delay to the revenue bill.
The Associated Press and press associations implement a nationwide daily casualty list distribution by telegraph and print, delivered to papers from Washington Chicago and San Francisco. Families still receive private immediate notifications. The plan ensures simultaneous publication on a fixed date, with no pre-publication inquiries allowed.
Secretary Wilson announced yesterday the appointment of Charles Polayton of Maryland formerly assistant director general of the United States Employment Service to the rank of chief of the training admission service at the Department of Labor.
Moderately priced designs offered by Eunleral Designs. Includes contact details and phone number for Kald F Seredt, with a phonetic or misread listing. Readers are directed to inquire for variety in design services and pricing.
A wartime caption describes Yankee soldiers en route to the trenches and a smiling infantryman fisher enjoying breakfast while serving abroad. The two pictures depict American infantry in motion and a cheerful soldier with a breakfast catch “somewhere over there” as the nation gears for battle.
In Morgantown West Virginia on August 18 a domestic dispute led to Mrs Steve Salakevich being fined fifteen dollars and ten cents after police and municipal court testimony that she threatened to kill her husband Salakevitch.
In Baltimore a dawn bank raid at the Calvert Bank was thwarted when Mrs Florence Horlamus woke to noises on her roof and alerted her husband and a newsboy. Burglar tools were found and a glycerin blend prepared for a safe, but the thieves escaped. the bank held only about $1000 in specie. Patrolman Willy pursued but could not catch them.
Special to The Washington Post from Coketon West Virginia reports Tony Pershin of Coketon, convicted of possessing 882 gallons of wine, is held for the Federal grand jury on hoarding sugar for wine making. Louis Zedder of Thornas near Coketon faces a similar charge.
Special to The Washington Poor Cumberland report from Cumberland Maryland dated August 18 describes 28 year old Frank Baughman decapitated by a Baltimore and Ohio freight train near Sand Patch. He had traveled to Meyersdale with a party, became separated, and was returning on a freight train when he fell under the wheels near home.
News from Alexandria Virginia reports the upcoming school reopens under a state statute requiring compulsory attendance for children ages 8 to 12. District superintendents will determine exemptions for private school enrollment and health or learning issues. Violations may lead to fines up to $20. Magnus L. Robinson, a local former newspaper publisher, died in Washington and funeral services are at Roberts Chapel.
Lewis I Lyles aged 15 son of Mr and Mrs W Lyles died Saturday at his parents home 1214 King Street Funeral will be from Beulah Baptist Church Fairfax county at 3 oclock this afternoon John T Punson funeral was yesterday from his Mount Vernon avenue home Rev Edgar Carpenter Grace Episcopal Church Burial Bethel Cemetery H K Thomas long employed by Alexandria Fertilizer and Chemical Company resigned to take position with United States Shipping Board
Executive committee of the angelus movement convenes at 830 tomorrow night in Chamber of Commerce rooms to decide on sounding a siren from the Evans building roof. Washington hike draws interest along all-woods trail noted for scenic views. Lafayette birth anniversary events set for September 6 at Continental Memorial Hall at 8 p.m. Representatives from eleven patriotic societies finalize plans at Hotel Lafayette.
Ray DeGraffenried reports a burglary at 1117 HL street rear window entry, ten hams and two cakes of cheese worth 35 dollars stolen. Mrs Mary B Graham of 3228 Reno road northwest seeks missing peppers stored in an empty house there, disappeared between July 26 and yesterday, police doubtful about recovery.
Fairfax County officials push to solve the Eva Roy murder despite dead ends. The exhumed body, lack of nail marks, and a suspect who fled Camp Humphreys before the crime are noted as key factors in ongoing investigations.
Robert Riker Blacker, raised by Mr and Mrs Israel Blacker near the Summer River, served in Company HO Thirts, 7th infantry. He was 28 years old, unmarried, and had worked in clothing for six years before going to France with his regiment last February. He died on or after July 13 in the battles of France.
Thomas Moore, 17, of 1418 Q Street Northwest, was treated at Lime Regency Virspital last night after a dog bite. A companion, James, said the animal was owned by Wallis of 1424 G Street. An alley behind their home was the scene as the dog attacked, causing Montgomery-like injuries.
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