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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1924
Page
12
The piece notes William Henry Follette aiming to avoid local party clashes as candidates prepare for stump rallies. It mentions the dell-Ringers' League and a slate of 190 actors ready to mobilize for campaign events.
Belle Haven Golf Links expected to be ready in March after rapid progress on the Belle Haven facility. The club's building committee overseen by Dr. Moore and George Warfield, with engineers and architects, plans to start work within two weeks and accelerate to completion. Membership details and roster to be announced after September 1, with many potential members named in the draft list.
Farmers from twelve states, who have been camping along the port, are gathered for a major agricultural festival. The delegation arrives to join discussions as Dawes plans talks with Coolidge on current farm policy and national concerns.
Richmond report notes memorial tablet and Armistice Day observances. Florida style weather and local market notes mention orchardists and early apple shipments. Confederate veterans group to receive pensions totaling about 8,500 checks to start September, and Stephen Peace Canada educator and humor writer to open university club activity in early September.
Arlington county jail houses a dozen prisoners in sleep quarters described by Sheriff Howard Bo Fields as sufficient. He cites rising inmate numbers since the year’s start and even beyond Prohibition, urging voters to approve a bond for a new jail. Police report a man shot in the leg during a halted gambling raid near Hall’s Hill.
Mrs Jaura Carroll of Glen Echo, 85, widow of John Walter Carroll, died Saturday after a long illness. Survived by one son Walter Carroll, funeral at St Gabriels Church Potomac. County fire department gains a $2200 engine. tax payments due with banks listed. regional arts and contests in Upper Marlboro highlight local civic life.
Lise Giretthen Carney, U T Witham Road, Cumberland Ma, Aug 24, was crowned Miss Cumberland in the city final and will represent Cumberland in the national pageant at Atlantic City. Maids of honor Wendolyn Wallice Mas Cephardt and Blanche Brinker, daughters of Travis Way and Wiss, were chosen and will accompany Miss Hand to the pageant.
A brutal attack left a 14 year old boy dead after an assailant struck him with a stone. Police search the area and urge witnesses to come forward as investigators probe the motive and seek the assailant. Names and exact locations were not fully disclosed in the available text.
The latest death rate report from the Department of Deaths indicates a lower mortality level for the recent quarter compared with the same period last year. Birth totals also appear in the figures, with rises or declines noted against prior months and regions, while local obituaries mention Ernest X. and other residents. The notice records several callouts including a Mason shrine member and a sudden heart attack affecting a local family, reflecting the period’s public health and community bereavements.
The annual Bible conference and evangelistic meetings opened this morning at Mountain Lake Park and will run through next Sunday. Directed by Rev Dr Henry W Romley of Cynthiana Ky, with daily sermons on evangelism. Other speakers include Dr John Alfred Faulkner of Drew Theological Seminary and Prof Robert M11 Wel son of Princeton Theological Seminary.
A Staten Island press summary notes a farmer’s profit increasing over the last two years while capital investment sharply declines. It cites broader farm sector trends, surveying land use, credit access, and rural employment effects. Local officials and agricultural groups weigh demand, policy changes, and potential impacts on planting and harvest cycles.
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