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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1920
Page
5
Dr W C Fowler district health officer filed a formal complaint with the police yesterday over a whooping cough case. He warned that the disease remains a scourge among children and cited figures showing deaths from whooping cough far exceed those from scarlet fever and diphtheria in recent years.
The plaintiff wife testified that after marriage her husband began a brutal, sematic course of treatment. She claims two children, whose custody she seeks, were harmed. The case was brought before the District Supreme Court for a divorce from Joseph Grinaldi. Attorneys Tawkens and Have represented her.
Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at Arlington National Cemetery for 54 World War I veterans. The Vincent B. Costello Post No. 1 of the American Legion led the religious rites and memorial ceremonies at the cemetery in Washington Barracks, honoring the soldiers who died in the war.
The Weather Bureau reports a mostly fair weather pattern across the region with high pressure presently centered to the east. Winds remain light to moderate as a frontal boundary stays distant, with the western Great Lakes and upper Mississippi regions under similar high pressure. A few showers were noted elsewhere but the Atlantic states largely continue fair conditions for the period.
Daily weather bulletin reports below normal temperatures across the Eastern and Southern States while the West shows above normal readings. Showers likely in Florida with fair skies elsewhere east of the Mississippi for Tuesday and Wednesday. cooler in the Carolinas and eastern Georgia, rising temperatures forecast for the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley.
A long OCR fragment lists many couples by first and last names, ages, and places across various locales. It mentions numerous pairings from Kensington Maryland to Norfolk and Landover Maryland, with ages ranging from teens to mid thirties. The text resembles a social notices page detailing engagements and marriages rather than a single cohesive event.
A jumble of personal names ages and places appears, mentioning Rev Speilman Hugh B Hardwick 21 Richmond Va and others including Carrie Nichols 2% Rose Lastimg 24 Portsmouth Va Alma Day 2, Elm Day 21, and infants or patients at Freedmen's Hospital. Some entries reference Walter Reed Hospital and various addresses, suggesting a hospital ledger or roster with scattered biographical details rather than a single event.
An old newspaper ad features James Carman of Mayfield Kentucky praising Foley Kidney Pills for back pain and improved health. It also promotes Foley Cathartic Tablets as a safe laxative aiding digestion and liver tone, with claims of relief from headaches and biliousness during hot weather.
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