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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Dec 04, 1918

Page

6

Civil Pensions Before Senate Vote on McKellar Bill

The McKellar civil service retirement measure faces a Senate vote today to decide if it moves to the House this session. Debates centered on funding and eligibility with amendments proposed by Senators Pomerene and Vardaman amid war emergency controls and private enterprise concerns. A separate order renewed by the food administrator bars W B Krantz from licensing Mendota market amid ongoing enforcement actions.

McKellar Civil Service Senate House Pomerene Thomas Colorado Vardaman

Births Reported Across Families in Community News

A stream of birth notices lists Henry H Wells and Mary L Wells with a son Maynard. Granville F Sorrell and Marle R Sorrell with a son. numerous other couples welcomed sons and daughters including Sweeney, Phillips, Olsen, Head, Holmberg, Held, Davis, Douglas, Alexander, Willams, Tibbs, Slaughter, Jones, Ford, Dorsey, Brewer, Hopking, and many more. The notices name second partners, home locations such as North Charleston SC and Easton PA, and reverent references to clergy and hospitals, reflecting a broad tapestry of local life.

Henry H Mary L Wells Maynard Florence Waltera Granville F Marle R Sorrell Jerry P Anna L Sweeney William H Augusta Schneltr Bor Kenneth Eien I. Southall John M Fillda Perry Roland Myra Phillips Samuel R Martha M Posey Art Ingwald Rowe RK Olsen Tester Whefanger James F Sadies Jacobs Samuel J Fdna Carl Hattie L Holmberg Martin G Margaret EB Held William A Catherine M. Fitzpatrick Richard Marguerite Dyer William M Margaret A Davis Arthur H Ette M Douglas Charles M Daisy I Alexander George W Ella L. Willams Herbert Fannie Thompsday Hamlet Truette Tibbs Floyd Hertha Tignor Walter Mary Studevent James Annie B Slaughter William Pearl Robinson Hermann Lorenz Jones Susie Jones Orlando Loraine D Hii Gil Albert Isabel Ford Farnest Mahaley Fisher Hattie E Dorsey Joseph A Viola Brewer

Daily Sun and Tide and Weather Summary

The notice includes a sun and tide table with amplitudes for AM and PM, listing sun rise and set times, high and low tides. It also contains a Dept of Agriculture Weather Bureau forecast for the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia, discussing unsettled conditions, rain, snow, and wind shifts, plus local weather observations, temperatures, humidity, and precipitation deficits and surpluses for the year.

Dept of Agriculture Weather Bureau Washington District of Columbia Maryland Virginia Ontario Lake Region Ohio Valley New York New England North Pacific New Eogland Middle Atlantic Ana Rale Ace Lake Middle Atlantic States Lower Junean

Merchants to Lead Back-To-School Drive, Washington

Charles J. Columbus secretary of the Merchants' and Manufacturers' Association told team captains in the District building yesterday that merchants will back the back-to-school drive. He said business men oppose cheap labor at the cost of education and would defend any member who fails to cooperate. Miss Sellers of the Juvenile Court and Miss Ann Davis of the Children's Bureau spoke.

Washington Merchants Charles J. Columbus Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Association Columbus Miss

Vaughn Class Concert Features Walden and Woytych

The twenty eighth annual Friday evening program of Calvary Baptist Sunday School includes cellist Dore Walden and violinist Miss Helen Woytych, a young Polish soloist who has performed before European courts, with the Madrigal quartets providing numbers.

Calvary Baptist Sunday School Dore Walden Helen Woytych

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