Wedding Gifts to Mrs Galt From Brazilian Doctor
A bracelet of Brazilian jewels and rare white plumes were sent to Mrs Norman Galt the President's fiancée. Dr A J de Oliveira Botside of Brazil delivered the gifts during the Pan American Scientific Congress visit. The guest list for the December 18 ceremony will include close family members only with the President's relatives and household.
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Lansing
Norman Galt
A. J. de Oliveira Botside
Brazil
Botelho
John Barrett
Pan- American Union
Wilson
Helen Woolrow Bones
Cary Grayson
Collouse
John M. Wilson
Galt
Miss Wilson to preside at civic association convention
Miss Margaret Wilson daughter of the President will preside at a public meeting when the American Civic Association holds its annual convention in Washington on December 28 A session will focus on using the schoolhouse as a community center with Miss Wilson supporting the reform Professor Edward J Ward of Madison Wisconsin a pioneer of the movement and Miss Zona Gale will join the program
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Margaret Wilson
American Civil Association
Washington
White House
American Civic Association
Madison
Wis
Zona Gale
Girl kidnapped in auto left chloroformed by abductor
A 17 year old Brooklyn steel magnate daughter, Misa Bommer, was found unconscious beside a roadside in Rockville Centre Long Island after an abductor chloroformed her and abandoned her while en route from Adelphia Academy. Dr Major Flutcheson identified her.
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New York
Rockville
Cenar
Long Island
Major Flutcheson
Misa Laulae Bommer
Mmit Bommer
Brooklyn
Adelphia Academy
Get Together at Gonzaga Alumni Meet
About 200 Gonzaga College alumni attended the semiannual gathering at Gonzaga Theater. Fr. Donnelly urged boosting the institution, followed by songs, vaudeville acts, solos, and a buffet luncheon. Performers included Ashley Thomas Cantwell, Ralph Cadsey, Charles Schoenerman, and Dennis Connell, with vaudeville and verses from Henry Quinn and John Alten.
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Gonzaga College Alums Association
Goniam
Donnelly
Adderses
Trofge Ww
Ashley Thomas A. Cantwell
Ralph R. Cadsy
Charles Schoenerman
Frank Dougherty
Dennis Connell
Messrs. Murphy
Ward
Henry Quinn
John Alten
Benneth 8. Jones
The
Associaion
Leo A. Rover
Rossa F. Downing
Picture of Chic Sensation Stirs Trenches in Dun
A fragment from London Sketch June 15 1815 describes a female image found in a dugout among six soldiers. The men debate her allure and vow to forget her, while six verses reflect varied passions and moral tensions in the trench environment.
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London
Woman Foils Burglar In Fifth Avenue Hall Scene
Miss Frances Campion thwarted a burglary at her four story brownstone on East Tenth Street as a burly intruder in stocking feet entered a ballroom den. With her sisters and Mr Campion they restrained him with a bath towel and police soon arrested Richard Sylvester, a 64 year old with no home who claimed Sing Sing past.
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Washington
New York
East Tenth Streat
Frances Campion
Mise Ida’ Campion
Mise Kate Campion
Jeremiah J. Campion
Cluba
Misa Campion
Miss Campion
Bheven
Peter J. Lynch
den’ T
Hla
Alberta women seek commutation for Jennie Bankes execution
Macleod Alberta December 8 thirty thousand Alberta women signed a petition to save Mrs Jennie Bankes from death by hanging. They back the fight to commute the sentence. The case involves Hewkes who killed Mrs Stolay after discovering her husband with the other woman. The trial revealed taunting and plot to send Hewkes to fanacylum. The law at the time provided hanging for murder.
Funeral for Truck the Firehouse Mascot Draws Throngs
Special to The Washington Post reports 200 mourners, including many schoolchildren, attended the funeral of Truck the dog mascot of Hook and Ladder Company of the Malte Plains fire department. The beloved dog served four years, died after pneumonia from a severe storm, and was buried with honors in a dog cemetery at Hartsdale. A marble shaft and inscription are planned for Truck’s grave.
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Washington Post
White ‘Plains
Union ‘Hook
Malte
Plains
Wes
Hartsdale
Patricia Play Dims In Ancient Rome At Park Road
Pupils of the Park Road Sacred Heart Academy presented a four act drama titled Patricia at the Arcade on Tuesday night. The setting was ancient Rome during Christian persecution. A prelude drill led by Margaret Fahy and Catherine Whelan opened the program followed by a welcome address by Ducy Walker. Leading parts were taken by Anna Seidenberg Elizabeth Kelly Alice Callan Bernardine Marsh Margaret Guthrie Mary Lane Catherine Carr Betty Werner Ruth Scholfield Bessie Hartigan Regina Connolly Miriam Miller Mildred Wall Margaret Sheehan Mary Daily Helen Briggs Frances Trimble Lucile Wall. The event benefited Sacred Heart Church.
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Park Road
Sacred Heart Academy
Patricia
Rome
Margaret Fahy
Catherine Whelan
Ducy Walker
Threats to quit federation over courtesy to Connecticut avenue group
At a meeting of the Connecticut Avenue Citizens Association at the Army and Navy Preparatory School Upshur Street and Connecticut Avenue NW debate grew over remaining in the Federation of Citizens Associations. D L elke proposed a motion to withdraw and operate independently. Delegates cited discourteous federation conduct and procedural irregularities surrounding a Cleveland Park Home vote.
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Federation of Citizens’ Associations
Connecticut Avenue Citizens’ Association
Army and Navy Preparatory School
Upshur Street
Connecticut Avenue Northwest
Connecticut Avenue Association
Collodéy
Federation
Cleveland Park Home
Connecticut Avenue Aesociation
Eivic
Allen Davis
Cleveland Park’ Association
A. E. Dowell
Cleveland Park Association
Dowell
Rock Creek Park
Ordway Street
Connecticut Avenue
Cleveland’ Telephone Exchange
Court holds that mother in law cannot educate son in law by correspondence
Special to The Washington Post reports in New York that Ada D. Brown of Asbury Park, New Jersey, testified in a divorce action against Everett P. Ketchum. The trial detailed letters and diaries about intimate "lingering soul kisses" and marital caresses. Judge Blanchard warned the witness that tears would not influence the court and limited witnesses to those connected to the case and press.
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Washington Post
New York
Supreme Court
Ada D. Brown
Asbury Park
N. J
Ada Brown Ketchum
Everett P. Ketchum
Ketchum
Abraham Levy
Pps
Unger
Justice Blanchard
Shoop Succeeds Mrs Young as Chicago Schools Head
Chicago reports Emma Flagg Young completed her final reports and will retire after 53 years with the school system. John D. Shoop, assistant superintendent, elected to succeed her. Henry P. Cattell, longtime District police retiree, died at his Madrid apartment aged 80. Survived by five daughters and one son.
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Chicago
Emma Flagg Young
Stem
California
John D. Shoop
Young
Henry P. Cattell
Madrid
New Jersey
Cattell
Fannie Cattell
F. J. Mersheimer
Wiliam Barclay
Elizabeth Wood
Harry Ritner
Rocky Mount
N.C
William Cattell
The
Philippines
Vanishing Widow in Cell Amid Grand Larceny Charge
Special to The Washington Pea New York Dnc Edith Wilson a young widow claimed a conspiracy robbed her of a fortune and faced grand larceny charges at the Tombs Her disappearance in 1914 earned the nickname The Vanishing Widow as creditors seized her hotel strong box containing papers and timetables instead of riches valued at 2 000 000.
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Washington
New York
Dnc
Edith Wilson
United States
Safe Deposit Company
British Seize Gold on Noordam in Neutral Trade Debate
A British warship seized 1 million dollars in gold coins aboard the Dutch steamer Noordam en route from New York to Rotterdam via Goldman Sachs. The incident is before Britain’s foreign office to decide whether gold coin can pass between neutrals when likely to fund Germany’s trade balances. The Goldman firm’s standing is being certified to clarify the normal financial exchange.
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Noordam
New York
Rotterdam
Goldman, Sachs & Co
Germany
Foreign Office
Financial Exchange
Holland
Loft Halts Fire at St Patrick’s Church Altar
Representative George W. Loft of New York City saved a church altar blaze during a 10 o'clock mass at St. Patrick’s yesterday. A lit candle fell near the altar, sparking a fire that burned a hole in the carpet before Loft sprang over the chancel rail and stamped out the last spark, leaving only slight damage to the altar.
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St. Patrick's Church
George W. Loft
New York City
Loft
Germany's Reply on Frye Sinking Cabled in Fragments
Ambassador Gerard in Berlin yesterday sent a cable summarizing Germany's reply to the last American note on the sinking of the William P. Frye. The full text is to be mailed, and no announcement will be made until it arrives. The resume was described as fragmentary.
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Gerard
Berlin
Germany
William P. Frye
State Department
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Paderewski
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Army OF
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Women's Voices
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Prince and the Pauper
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