Russian Art Exhibit and World Peace Conference Plans
St Louis readers learned the Russian section of the Art Palace opened to visitors with major associations contributing works including McRorth pictures and Tolstoi plaster. a proposed World Peace Conference seeks US presidential authority for a general peace initiative and arbitration system, while wartime property exemptions are discussed. The German Veterans Association elected Julius Franz of Dallas as president and Ohio leaders elected officers. Burns, Howe, and other firemen, bankers, and Maccabees members held sessions with nominations and meet sites set for future gatherings.
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St Louis
Art Palace
Association For
St. Petersburg
Count Tolstoi
Mc Roorthh
Hussain “Phe Urals
Demisoff-Uraisky
United States
Hague
German Veterans’ Association
German Veterans’ Association On
National Firemen’s Association
James 8. Howe
Brooklyn
P. B. McCarthy
St. Louis
P. Bolt
East St. Louis
D . Gillen
Chicago
Charles F. Wagel
McKees Rocks
Senor Morales
Havana
Cuba
Kansas City
J. D. McNeill
Fayetteville
N.C
Supreme Division of the
Uniform Bank
Knights of the Maccabees
Temple of Fraternity
Scott
Toledo
Ohio
Gen Scott
Adit
W H Sletzer
Cleveland
Milwaukee
Rathbone Sisters
Knights of Pythias
Supreme Council
Order
Alsters
Chaiman
M . Wood
the Order of Knights
Joseph
Samuel Fine
Cincinnati
Jacob Marks
Napoleon Myers
Buffalo
Harry Edelstein
L. J. Jacobs
Fl Goldstein
Robert
London
Robert Finlay
International Conference of Jurists
Russia
Great Britain
New Haven
Conn
Knights of Columbus
Notice of joint marriage and death insertions across papers
Notice states marriage and death notices in The Washington Post may appear simultaneously in listed morning newspapers without extra charge or telegram equivalents. Names of many papers and cities are mentioned as recipients or targets for insertions and transmission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
York Times
PALI
Lostin
Glome Beppalo
Colefier
Cincinnati Enqui
Chicago Record
Ledger
Dispatch
Joshval
SR Post Standard
Ignecr Press
Minneapolis
Trirlne
Cleveland Plain
Obituary notices and marriage notices from Bath County and DC area
The fragmentary clippings list married names and widows with locations in Bath County VA and Washington DC regions. Entries name spouses, residences, and dates in August 1941, with partial funeral and church service details and family mentions. Notable names appear with addresses and kinship references amid memorial lines.
Health Office Record Deaths Snapshot
Health office records list multiple deceased individuals with ages and last known addresses or institutions. Names include Charles Edward Bell Joel Hresee Charles Chavy Gaorga W Cissel Martha Coleman Mary Fuersingee Andrew A Jackson Randolph Jones Ernest George Lindenkohl George James Wefall Emma Mentzer Revere B Saunders Edward Swain Henry Thomas with ages ranging from under a year to mid seventies and affiliations including government hospital Providence Home and Emergency Hospital.
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Charles Edward Bell
Joel Hresee
Charles Chavy
Potoman River
Cissel
Martha Coleman
Golden Staw
Mary Fuersingee
Andrew
Jackson Cleveland Park
Randolph Jones
Ernest
George S Lindenkohl
George James Wefall
Emet We WeKenney
Emma Mi Mentzer
Revere
Undertakers John F. Wright Palmet and Undertaker
John F. Wright, undertaker, operates a commodious chapel at 1387 Tenth Street NW with open day and night service. features on premises sets in a seven-foot wall area.
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R. F. Harvey
Fourteenth Street NW
North Std
Ramsang
AER
Ae Ie
John FR. Wricht
Tenth Street
Setenhees Wall
Leander Dies From Bicycle Racing Crash
Paris reports the American cyclist George Leander died from injuries after a fall during a one hour record attempt at Pare au Princes. He was riding about 57 miles per hour, thrown by a motor cycle pacing the race, and did not regain consciousness after being taken to a hospital. Leander, born in Chicago, had become a top long-distance rider and won the 1921 six day race in New York with Floyd Krebs, then placed second in 1922 with Nat Butler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
George Leander
Pare Au Princes
Leander
Chicago
Floyd Krebs
New York
Nat Butler
British Ambassador to Paris Named Bertie to Succeed Monson
London August 25 King George approves Sir Francis Leveson Bertie as British Ambassador at Paris. Bertie, second son of the late Earl of Abingdon, formerly chaired the Uganda Railway Commission and served with the special embassy to Berlin in 1878. He succeeds Sir Edmund J Monson who retires. Born 1444, he married a daughter of the late Earl Cowley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
King Hidward
Francis Leveson Bertie
Paris
Edmund J Monson
Francis
Earl of Abingdon
Uganda Railway Commission
Berlin
Earl Cowley
Campaign Against Datto Ali Organizes Four Independent Companies
Four crack fighting companies of 100 men each are organized by Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood to operate independently in Mindanao against Datto Alf and American forces adopting guerrilla tactics. The move aims to capture or destroy the enemy as part of an aggressive campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Datto Alf
Mindanao
Leonard Wood
England Gains Trade Effect Of Hostile Tariff
Prince Edward Island, densely populated and prosperous, shades into England under a British preferential tariff. The piece notes Ireland, Canada, and U.S. trade shifts, as PEI frets over reciprocity with the United States while England’s discount boosts British imports. It highlights local merchants and officials, including Horace Haszard and W. B. Robertson, and discusses the temper in Ottawa and Charlottetown toward free trade and empire unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Raftery
Washington Post
Charlottetown
Prince Edward
Prince Edward Isle
Dominion of Canada
Island
Dominion
Canada
Prince Edward Island
United States
Prince Edward Iste
George E. Hughes
England
Germany
Britain
Canadian
Chamberlain
Horace Haszard
Ottawa
W. B. Robertson
Senate
International Harvester Company
Deering
Prince Howard Island
States
Montreal
Quebec
Halifax
Maritime Provinces
A Quart Baby and the Promises of a Patent Remedy
Old newspaper column extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure for maternal weakness and to ease childbirth. It cites a Virginia mother praising the tonic for appetite and sleep and claims the remedy strengthens mothers for delivery. An accompanying notice advertises medical volumes and trial offers from Dr. Pierce of Buffalo, N.Y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Pierce
Canada Gives Office Establishes Customs-house in Labrador
Bitter feeling rises in Johns, Newfoundland, as Canada moves to set up a customs-house at Hamilton Inlet Labrador, a region Newfoundland has long claimed after a century of occupation. Newfoundland protests to Britain against the encroachment and urges government action to halt the station’s erection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newfoundland
T Johns
Canada
Hamilton Inlet
Labrador
Two Shots Firth Kesler Wounds Armenstrout in Cow Dispute
In Webster Springs West Virginia an old grudge over Armenstrout’s cows ends with two bullets from Officer William Kesler. Armenstrout is at home severely wounded. Kesler arrested. crowd talked of lynching but it subsided. In Denver divorce action Genevieve Phipps seeks to quash service and contend improper summons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Armenstrout
Kesler
Washington Post
Clarksburg
W Va
Webster Springs
William Kesler
Armenstrout
Killed in fight with thief near well in Connecticut
Derected in the act of blowing open a safe two men, one named Herbert Schmidt, shot William Taylor at the Crittenden farm near Snermann on August 27. Schmidt fled with about 800 in cash and jewelry, a horse and wagon. He was traced to Patterson New York then left for Buckhannon West Virginia by train. Mrs Fannie Lawson found the open house and notified a neighbor. Schmidt had come to the farm three weeks earlier in response to an ad in a New York paper.
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Taylor
Schmidt
Patterson
N. Y
Hig
Fannie Lawson
New York City
Ome
Crittenden
Buckhannon
W. Va
Ea Hors
Crittenden Place
Teamsters Withdraw Aid In Chicago Strike Action
In Chicago on August 23 the Teamsters Union, after a lengthy meeting, decided to withhold further support for the strike aiding the stock yards butchers. Local unions will vote on whether to continue striking or return to work as injunction issues with Judge Brentano move to a ruling. Packers resume housing plans for non-union workers if the injunction fails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Teamsters’ Union
Teamsters
Brentano
Hammond
Ind
Jackson Thompson
University of Chicago
Morris & Co
Harrison
Pacific Mail Ship Manchuria Delayed for Permits
Delayed by Chinese crew issues the Pacific Mail Company's Manchuria bound for the Orient will sail Thursday after permission from Washington to transfer the Chinese crew. The liner will skip Honolulu and proceed directly to Yokohama with more than half its 12 000 ton cargo bound for Japan including provisions machinery and other articles labeled by Russians as central to war. Pacific Mail Occidental and Oriental Steamship Co announce freight will be received from shippers for Japan and Korea after the Manchuria's departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Mail Company
San Francisco
Orient
Washington
Manchuria
Siberian
Honolulu
Yokohama
Japan
Pacific Mail and Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company
Six Prisoners Escape Fort Ethan Allen Guardhouse
Six privates serving short sentences at Fort Ethan Allen escaped during the night from the temporary guardhouse under repair. The escapees include Powers Nightingale Utzler Sullivan Maloney and Baker. Cavalry units are searching for them in Burlington Vermont area as of Aug 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Ethan Allen
Burlington
Bird Shipper Arrested in Lacey Act Case
Secretary Wilson directed the arrest of John R. Jack in Punta Gorda Florida for shipping four birds out of state in violation of the Lacey Act. Two birds are ivory bill woodpeckers a species now found only in restricted Florida areas and nearing extinction. State law bans killing of these birds and the Lacey Act imposes penalties for interstate shipment of birds killed in violation of state law.
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Wilson
Punta Gorda
Fla
John R. Jack
Florida
Three of Family Dead in West Sixty second Street
George Boyce his wife Ida and their six month old baby were found shot dead in a New York tenement. A revolver lay near Boyce suggesting a murder suicide. Police report the trio were killed and the weapon was involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George Boyce
Ida
West Sixty-second Street
NO STRIKE ON L ROAD
After a long conference between Vice President Bryan of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company and a committee of elevated railroad employees a satisfactory agreement was reached and there will be no strike. Pepper of the Elevated Railroad Employes Union said the old employees will be given preference in subway positions and wages were satisfactorily arranged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bryan
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Elevated Railroad
Pepper
Toomight
Elevated
Garment Workers Strikes Highlighted by Leader
National President D A Larger speaks at United Garment Workers of America session in Buffalo noting ongoing Rochester cutter strike, Philadelphia fights, and failed concessions after a year of strife. Secretary J Croughly reports year receipts of 179 833 and disbursements of 198 240 with rising membership.
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Larger
Buffalo
D. A. Larger
United Garment Workers of America
Rochester
Garment
Rochester Cutters
Philadelphia
White
Sweftzer
Simons
J. Croughly
Free Fight in Labor Union Over Extortion Probe
In New York on August 2 a meeting of the Journeymen Plumbers and Gasfitters Union collapsed into a brawl after boss Philip Weinseimer, indicted for extortion, censured plumbers returning to a contested job. A veteran member denounced his Parks method, prompting blows and a walkout to resume work, with union leaders voting to join future coordinated action by the Building Trades Alliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Philip Weinseimer
Weinseimer
Sam Parks
Weingeimer
Union
Bess
Weinsetmer
Umn
Allance
The
Alliance
Deaths in Various Cities Include Rosina Watkins
A collection of obituaries notes Rosina Watkins known as Rosina Shaw a retired comedienne from Liverpool and a favorite in stock companies in Britain and the U S She appeared with McCready Niblo and Ham Williams Bowery The notes mention deaths of Samuel M Burdett James B O Connor Prof Anton Drasche James Livingston in New York Connecticut Austria and Colorado Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Rosina Watkins
Edwin Forrest
Secretary of Navy makes first official visit to Brooklyn Navy Yard
Secretary Paul Mortor arrived at the Brooklyn Navy Yard for his first cabinet visit. He toured departments with Rear Admiral Rodgers and focused on the Connecticut liberty ship to be launched September 29, with Mortor slated to attend. Four drowned near Quebec in boating accident at Notre Dame du Port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn Navy Yard
New York
Navy
Paul Mortor
Roosevelt
Rodgers
Connecticut
Quebec
Dictater Dion
Wilfrod Fraser
Ottawa
Ovide Laforest
St Andre Kamouraska
Notre Dame du Port
Fraser
Dion
Public Works Department
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St. Louis Fair
Veterans’ Association of Wisconsin
Sternhagen
Michigan Association
National Association
William Zimmerman
Martin Schmidt
Joliet
Eixty
Wheelim
Wite
Ethel Janos
Farity
Wary G Goddard Wolui
Anderson
John W Anderson
Moussartiusetis
Margaret
John Biard
Catherine ( Buckley
Nee Cronin
St Stemiens
Catholic Church
Wistom
Axl
Brothfre
Norfolk
Georgetown Trin Rity Fospital
Fleen Wederstrandt
Hon I E Morse
New Ordein
Edward Janin
Wastimgcon DC
St Matthew's Church
Isla Avenue
Cathdial Cemiters Taltimore
King
Rochville
Barbara King
Albert King
Rothelle
Ciuehter
Sohn Sy
Ter Sr
MEA
Rockville
Health Office Record
Undertakers
W.R. Speare
F Street
N. W
Joseph Gawler
William Lee
Heenhone
Edward
Sir Francis Leveson Bertie
Datto Ali
Stuttwart
Quebec Canada
Italy
Rome
Sorrenzo
St. Paul
Friedrich der Grosse
Bremen
Vaderland
Antwerp
Georste
Liverpool
Sailer
Kronpring Wilheim
Plymouth
Cherbourg
Auranria
Trieste
Pannonia
Naples
Flume
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grouse
Cherborne
Princess Alice
Chetbourn
Carpathia
New
York
Queenstown
Dover
Ang
Zeeland
Ita
Boston
Portland
New England
France
West Indies
South America
Bermudas
Atlanta
Oscar L. McMichael
Clarence W. Rebb
M. Little
Coffey
Little
McMichael
Rebb
United States Court
Aemn
Mexico City
Mas
Commu. Crant & Co
la Bella Jardiners
Flumber
Danville
Samuel M Burdette
Chicago Chronicle
Junction City
James B. O’connor
Hilihu Yale
Yale
Here
New London
Vienna
Anton Drasche
N. x
James Livingston
Colorado Springs
Hornellsville
Are
Morton
Post
Educational Information Bureau
Foat
Washington Schools
ST. Patrick's Parish
ST. Patrick's Academy
ST. Vincent’s Academy
St. Joseph's School For
St. Patrick’s Parish
BT. Patrick's Academy
G Street
Sisters of the Holy Cross
Ing Tonchera
D. J. Stapfoad
Cif
Army and Navy
Princeton
Military
Army
Marine Corps
Gonzaga College
Wunder
Virginia Schools
Sistropean and
Americ
Graver
A. Prea
Front Royal
Va. Jy
Wat
University of Virgina
Simlar
J M Page
University Station
Charlottesville
Vasy Lian
Millboro’ Springs
Art New England
J Graham Davidsons
Millburn Springs
Beth County
S.w
Fauquier Institute For Young Ladies
Warreston
Piedmont
Virginia
Southern Railroad
Geo G Butler
Southern Female College USA
Xhris
Arthur Kyle Davis
A. M
Jeam
Bethel Military Academy
Ey Warrenten
M Kemper
Saptaulm
Augusta Military Academy
Ft Defence
Staunton
Iqkepandoah Valley
VMI
Buetega
Chas S Roller
Richmond College
Adentife
W Hoatwright
Richmond
Shenaxdoah College
Reliance
Rey
Carson Prin
Fishburne Military School
Wayneabera
Briggs
Washington & Lee University
Letington
Secience
George Denny
G&s
ST Mary S
Alexandria Va
Bearding and
Reaper
Maryland Schools
Maryland Agricultural College
College Park
Maryland
School of Technology
St, John's College
Annapolis
St John
Asal Academy
Addreen Dhomais Fell
Rock Hill College
Ellicott City
Christian Brothers wUlk-m
Baltimore Medical Colleg
David Street
Dean
Park Ave
Baltimore
Charlotte Hall
St .Mary's County
Cool Springs
Thomas
Rockville Academy
Mason
Andrew Small Academy
Darnestown
Montgomery County
Milwer
Bos
Prin
Groff
West
Dobbs Ferry MacKenzie School
Weil
James MacKenzie
WW Randall
Pennsylvania
Busines O
College
Nen
Ohio Schools
Ohio Military Institute
Clcinpatt
Geo E. Perry
John H Ely
West ‘Virginia
New Jersey
Peddin Listitute
Tigttomn
Swetland
B. W
Georgetown Prep
Georgetown
Jerome Daugherty
S. J
Wood’s Commercial College
East Capitol Street
Pridvatas
Gregg
Pittman
Hamilton Institute
Saterett? Square
Bulding
Phoebe Hamilton Seabrook
Acme School of Stenography and Typewriting
F St. H.W
Strayer’s Business College
Cor
ST. John’s College
Vermont Ave
Thomas Circle
Brothers of the Christian Schools
D&s
Germanus
Hall-Noyes
Berlitz
A. Gonard Prin
Prudhomme
Holy Cross Academy
Washington School of
Josh DE Gomar
Prin Warner
Warners
Warnera Bate
Warnera Safe Cure Company
Wasabi Post
Tuily Ae
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