Russian Art Exhibit at St Louis World Fair Opens
Russian section of the Art Palace at the St Louis Exposition opens to visitors featuring three major art associations, a spring Academy of Arts gallery, Tolstoi plaster, and works by Demisoff-Uraisky with plans to push a peace conference proposal urging a US president to lead a general peace conference and armed reduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Louis
Art Palace
Association For
St. Petersburg
Count Tolstoi
Mc Roorthh
Hussain “Phe Urals
Demisoff-Uraisky
United States
Hague
German Veterans’ Association
North America
Julius Franz
Dallas
Franz
Max Hartletnd
Guenther
Notice of Marriage and Death Inquiries in Major Dailies
Notice indicates marriage and death announcements will appear in The Washington Post and multiple newspapers including The New York Times, Chicago Record, Cleveland Plain Dealer, and others, upon request at no extra insertion or telegraphic charges. The list includes Albany Evening Telegram, Buffalo Courier, Cincinnati Enquirer, Minneapolis Tribune, Philadelphia Public Ledger, and more.
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
MAR RY PATTERNS AND DEATH ROSTER NOTES FROM BATH COUNTY VA TO ROCKVILLE MD
Fragmented notices list individuals including Mrs Ethel Janos Jo and Mamie Lokbis of Bath County VA, plus Corny Wa Ge tae flarer, Teoise Lumaden and Retecca tart Rivvar, with several obituaries and funeral notices. Includes August 1941 dates, locations in Washington DC area, and church services details for Margaret Biard, Fleen Wederstrandt, and Barbara King.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
Washington
MEA
Rockville
Health Office Deaths Record Fragment
A health office listing presents a fragmented death record with numerous names and ages. Entries include Charles Edward Bell 37, Joel Hresee 68 at Govt Hosp for Insses, plus Martha Coleman 8 months and Mary Fuersingee 15 years. The text lists several more individuals with ages and partial addresses, but many details are garbled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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 Fr. Wricht Opens Day and Night Chapels
John Fr. Wricht, palmer and undertaker at 1387 Tenth Street NW, advertises commodious chapels on the premises with serenhees walls and round the clock service, inviting inquiries for funerals and related arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. F. Harvey
Fourteenth Street NW
North Std
Ramsang
AER
Ae Ie
John FR. Wricht
Palmer
Tenth Street
Brie
Serenhees Wall
North
Leander's Injuries Fatal in Cycling Race Incident
Paris reports American cyclist George Leander died from injuries after a Sunday fall at Pare au Princes while pace racing to break a one hour record. He crashed from 27 mph, was taken unconscious to a hospital, and died without regaining consciousness. Leander, born in Chicago, rose from sprinter to top long-distance rider, winning the 192 in New York with Floyd Krebs in the six day race and placing second the following year with Nat Butler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
George Leander
Pare Au Princes
Leander
Chicago
Floyd Krebs
New York
Nat Butler
Ambassador to Paris Appointment of Sir Francis Bertie
London reports King Edward has approved Sir Francis Leveson Bertie as British Ambassador to Paris succeeding Sir Edmund Monson who retires. Bertie, second son of the Earl of Abingdon, formerly chaired the Uganda Railway Commission and served with the Berlin embassy in 1878. Born 1844, 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
Manila August The forces under Datto Ali on Mindanao Islands employ guerrilla tactics against American troops. Maj Gen Leonard Wood forms four crack fighting companies of 100 men each to operate independently in a vigorous campaign to capture or destroy the Americanists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Datto Alf
Mindanao
Leonard Wood
England Gains Trade Advantage From Britain's Preferential Tariff
Prince Edward Island shows rising English purchases as U S trade shifts after tariff changes. Islanders favor reciprocal ties with the United States but Britain’s imperial tariff strengthens imports from Great Britain and Canada. Charlottetown merchants push English and Canadian goods while sentiment tilts toward imperial unity over renewed US access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Great Britain
Ita
Boston
New York
Portland
New England
Washington
Prince Edward Island
England
France
West Indies
South America
Bermudas
Canada
Charlottetown
Island
Germany
Britain
Canadian
Chamberlain
Horace Haszard
Ottawa
W. B. Robertson
Senate
Dominion
International Harvester Company
Deering
Prince Howard Island
States
Montreal
Quebec
Halifax
Maritime Provinces
A Quart Baby and a Mother's Trial
An old style notice touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a tonic for recovering mothers and promising easier childbirth. It cites Mrs. W. G. Stephens praising the remedy and advertises medical volumes offered for sale, including Common Sense Medical Adviser with postal terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Pierce
Canada Gives Office Customs-house Fight in Labrador Territory
In Johns Newfoundland a bitter dispute arises as Canada moves to establish a customs-house at Hamilton Inlet Labrador, a region Newfoundland has occupied for a century. Newfoundland protests to the British government, urging action to prevent the station’s erection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newfoundland
T Johns
Canada
Hamilton Inlet
Labrador
Two Shots Wound Man After Cow Dispute in Webster Springs
Allen Armenstrout is wounded by police officer William Kesler in Webster Springs during a quarrel over cows. Kesler fired two shots after Armenstrout demanded the cows and refused to pay a fee. Armenstrout was left at home with injuries. Kesler was arrested as onlookers discussed possible lynching. A second item notes Mrs Genevieve Phipps seeking to quash divorce summons in Denver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Armenstrout
Kesler
Washington Post
Clarksburg
W Va
Webster Springs
William Kesler
Armenstrout
Farm hand slain in safe blowing at New York man’s farm
In Eas caped thief and a second man, Herbert Schmidt, killed William Taylor during a safe breaking at W H D Crittenden’s New York City linked farm in Conn. Taylor found dead beside a well after a struggle. Schmidt fled with about 800 dollars cash and jewelry, stole a horse and wagon, then boarded a train at Patterson. A letter from Schmidt’s mother urged him to return and repay stolen items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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 Drama
Chicago August report says Teamsters voted after a long, heated meeting to stop aiding the strike of butchers at the stock yards. The local unions will decide whether to continue or return to work as injunction cases against housing workmen are heard by Judge Brentano. Packers shift non union workers to Hammond plant if injunction fails. Jackson Thompson of the University of Chicago track team was assaulted and robbed returning from Morris & Co. Mayor Harrison may be asked to appoint aldermen to end stock yards trouble amid wage cuts from 216 to 176 dollars per day for non union laborers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Teamsters’ Union
Teamsters
Brentano
Hammond
Ind
Jackson Thompson
University of Chicago
Morris & Co
Harrison
Delayed by Chinese Crew Postpones Pacific Mail Ship
The Pacific Mail Company's Manchuria sailing to the Orient is delayed awaiting Washington permission to transfer the Chinese crew from the Siberian. The ship will not call at Honolulu and will proceed directly to Yokohama with over half its 12,000 tons of cargo bound for Japan.
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 Privates Escape From Fort Ethan Allen Guardhouse
Six privates serving short sentences at Fort Ethan Allen escaped during the night from a temporary guardhouse under repair in Burlington Vermont. The escapees Powers Nightingale Utzler Sullivan Maloney and Baker belonged to Troops K M J and B and were last sought by cavalry units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Ethan Allen
Burlington
Bird Shipper Arrested Over Lacey Act Violation
Secretary Wilson aided an arrest in Punta Gorda Florida as John R. Jack was detained for shipping four birds out of state in violation of the Lacey Act. Two of the birds are ivory billed woodpeckers, a species now found only in restricted Florida areas and nearing extinction. State law bans killing these birds and the Lacey Act imposes penalties for interstate shipments of birds killed in violation of state law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Punta Gorda
Fla
John R. Jack
Florida
Three of Family Dead in West Sixty second Street
New York police reported the murder suicide case in a West Sixty second Street tenement. George Boyce, his wife Ida, and their six month old baby were found shot dead with a revolver near Boyce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George Boyce
Ida
West Sixty-second Street
No Strike On L Road Ends After Key Talks
New York Aug 23 after a long conference between Vice President Bryan of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company and a committee of elevated railroad employees an agreement satisfactory to both sides was reached and there will be no strike. President Pepper of the local Elevated Railroad Employes Union said we have practically won everything that we asked for. The old employees will be given preference in out of positions in the subway and the wage question was satisfactorily arranged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bryan
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Elevated Railroad
Pepper
Toomight
Elevated
Garment Workers Strikes Highlight United Action
National President D A Larger praises the year of strife as garment workers press fights including the Rochester cutters still out and Philadelphia battles while talks with manufacturers fail and lockouts continue. Secretary J Croughly reports receipts of 179833 and disbursements of 198240 with rising membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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 Parkes Tactics Threaten Plumbers
New York August 2 The rule of Philip Weinseimer labor leader under indictment for extortion was challenged at a Journey men Plumbers and Gasfitters Union meeting. A fight broke out after Weinseimer censured work on a building tied to the case. The boss plumber and followers left to resume work, while union reps agreed to join a broader strike when the Building Trades Alliance executive committee calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Philip Weinseimer
Weinseimer
Sam Parks
Weingeimer
Union
Bess
Weinsetmer
Umn
Allance
The
Alliance
Death notices for Rosina Watkins and others across cities
Rosina Watkins known as Rosina Shaw, retired comedienne and stock company favorite, died in Philadelphia at Edwin Forrest Home aged 76. Born in Liverpool, she acted in Great Britain and the US including McCready company Niblo's Garden and Ham Williams Bowery. Also noted are the deaths of Samuel M Burdette of Chicago Chronicle in Junction City, James B O Connor Yale engineer, Prof Anton Drasche of Austrian cholera council, and James Livingston of Colorado Springs who died in Hornellsville at 72.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Rosina Watkins
Edwin Forrest
Danville
Samuel M Burdette
Chicago Chronicle
United States
Junction City
Rochester
N. x
James Livingston
Colorado Springs
Hornellsville
Are
Secretary Mortor Visits Brooklyn Navy Yard
Secretary of the Navy Paul Mortor made his first official visit to the Brooklyn Navy Yard. He was escorted by Rear Admiral Rodgers and focused on the Connecticut liberty ship project set to launch September 29. Four drowned near Quebec after a boat capsized near 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
Also Mentioned on This Page
St. Louis Fair
Veterans’ Association of Wisconsin
Sternhagen
Michigan Association
National Association
William Zimmerman
Toledo
Ohio
Martin Schmidt
Cleveland
Joliet
Eixty
Wheelim
National Firemen’s Association
James 8. Howe
Brooklyn
P. B. McCarthy
St. Louis
P. Bolt
East St. Louis
D . Gillen
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
Gen Scott
Adit
W H Sletzer
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
Harry Edelstein
L. J. Jacobs
Fl Goldstein
Robert
Robert Finlay
International Conference of Jurists
Russia
New Haven
Conn
Knights of Columbus
Health Office Record
Undertakers
W.R. Speare
F Street
N. W
Joseph Gawler
Fageras Peetoy and Embalmer
William Lee
Santeetian
Eivenit
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
Prince Edward Isle
John H. Raftery
Prince Edward
Dominion of Canada
Prince Edward Iste
George E. Hughes
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
James B. O’connor
Hilihu Yale
Yale
Here
New London
Vienna
Anton Drasche
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
Aulsm
Pennsylvania
Ohio Schools
Ohio Military Institute
Clinpatt
Geo E. Perry
Nav Acad
John H Ely
West Virginia
qSiephenson Seminary
Tor
Charles Town
Jefferson Co
CO. N. Campbell
New Jersey
Peddie
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
Kinneys
Myer
Warnera Bate
Warnera Safe Cure Company
Wsabi Post
Tuily Ae
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