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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Dec 11, 1918

Page

11

Heroes Welcomed Back Home in New York Transports Arrive

New York on December 11 welcomed home 7 740 soldiers sailors marines and aviators from six large transports. They came from European ports with stories of courage on French battlefields seas and in the air. Hundreds were maimed for life and rushed to hospitals while others headed to demobilization camps. Some veterans walked in with crutches and declared themselves cured by their return.

New York Associated Press Sons of the Nation Union New York Harbor France England America Europe Agaif Argonne Forest Mercy

Died notices from a Washington newspaper page

Obituaries and funeral notices listing names such as Mary M Trvine and Caroline Kvhl, with dates in December 1918, various addresses in Washington DC, and funeral details or notices to follow, including private services, church masses, and interments at Mount Olivet and Congressional Cemetery.

Jichinson Carrier Amelia’ Lutchingan Mary M Willian Irvine William H . Sardow & Co Thorsday Terment Albany Jacobs Noddenly Tenth Street John Mary C . Jacoby Ae Gaegier Mary KE Ben-jamin Jacobs Kvhl Caroline 'T Henry Harry J Rubin Frankifer's Sons’ Co Seventh Street Church of the Immaculate Conception Mount Olivet Leetch New York City Frederick H Meridian Street Rowe Vermont Avenue George M. Rowl John J. Sanborn West Virginia S. H. Hines Company Fourteenth Street Oak Till Schindler Ashmead Place Theodore OM Annette Schindler Middletown Tharp Via. m Uarfeld Hospital Wilter J James Id Elizabeth Tharp W.R. Spear Company Ti Street Paul H Street Ingram Morial Congressional Cemetery

Returned troops bring home stories of heroism and relief

Boston dispatch records soldiers and sailors arriving from overseas after the armistice. Capt. C. E. Glazebrook of Washington and other officers recall daring acts in the Argonne. Mercy hospital ship delayed by storms. Calamares detains a large detachment of naval aviators. units from Western states head to Camp Devens for demobilization amid reunions and parades.

United States Mercy Comfort Bermuda Calamares French Navy France Jack Donnelly Providence T. T Boston White Star Canopic Camp Devens England

Jumps Three Stories And Lives

Winchester Virginia December 11 A woman 30 suffering acute mania from influenza leaped from a third story to escape imagined enemies. She fell onto a lower roof then to a neighbor’s house and finally to the ground. She was bruised and ankle fractured and will be sent to a hospital for treatment.

Winchester Mra Cilie Zuckerman Lous Zuckerman Eoescape

Hampden-Sidney to come under Synod of Virginia control

Hampden-Sidney College in Hampden Sidney Virginia will be placed under direct control of the Synod of Virginia. The synod will fill all vacancies on the college board, replacing the previous in tuto arrangement. The college, founded as a Presbyterian institution, has 200 acres in Prince Edward county, 14 buildings, and about 2260000 endowment with 140 students enrolled this session.

Hampden-Sidney Harrisonburg Hampden-Sidney College Synod of Virginia Hampden- Sidney Synod Tuto I Hampden-Sidney College Prince Edward County The Presbyterian Church

Deaths of Soldiers in France Reported by Virginia Families

Charlottesville notices announce the deaths of Lieut. A W Shanklin in France October 15 and John Little died in France of pneumonia October 3. Woeful reports from Wheeling and Elkins detail Lieut Arthur Geed killed in action September 27 and Walliam Stewart presumed dead in a German hospital June 18 after being missing in action.

Charlottesville Aurelia Shanklin Crozet A. W. Shanklin France Katherine Frazer Shanklin Fort Oglethorpe Oakland George Little John Wheeling W. Va Henry Schwartz Arthur Louis Geed Elkins John Stewart Walliam

Diamonds Lost On Trolley Return To Owner In City

Diamonds valued at 1400 dollars were found on a southbound Washington trolley car and restored to owner E. E. Hunter after Rudolph L. Norris located the package and published ads. Representative Campbell spoke at a Visco Club beefsteak dinner on marine commerce. Royal Arcanum officers were elected and to be installed in January. Pvt Charles H. Allen was wounded in France October 4. Mrs Mary Tenn funeral in Columbus Street church.

Washington Post Reau King Street Alexandria Washington E. E. Hunter Center Market Rudolph L. Norris Norris Representative Campbell Kansas Visco Club Virginia Shipbuilding Corporation American Merch Marine Frank Mellor Camp Humphreys Royal Arcanum W. H. Thorpe James Bayne Alvin Powell James E. Alexander J. H. Mansfield George Uhler C. T. Helmuth James R. Mansfield R. A. Wilkinson W. W McCaffrey J. G. Cockey James G. Graham Charles H. Allen France South Lee Street Adjutant General Allen Alexandria Light Infantry Mary Tenn Norther Columbus Street W. J. Morton

Arrest 40 Sunday sellers in Cumberland crackdown

Special to The Washington Post reports more than forty arrests for Sunday selling and punch boards in Cumberland Maryland after a prior grand jury warned about open business on Sundays. Separate items note death of William A Garth senior in Page West Virginia and other regional notices from Charlottesville Wheeling Nashville and a color Baptist convention peace conference naming Edward P Jones Henry A Boyd.

Washington I Cumberland Nashville, Tenn Pee Colored National Baptist Convention Edward P Jones Mvanston Henry A. Boyd Nashville

Virginia Weddings and Coastal Wrecks Reported

The Virginia wedding notices list Douglas and Miss Ann Elizabeth Harris marrying yesterday in Charlottesville, with other local nuptials including WilliB Payne and Emma C. Barksdale. Reports from Wilmington and Newport News detail a wrecked hydroplane and escapes from jail, while Camp Lee officers and colored troops are mustered out at Petersburg. A Berkeley County orchardist and former editor, Charles W Loyer, dies in Martinsburg after a long illness.

Charlottesville X. Douglas Ann Elizabeth Harris Yulian Tarris Buckeyeland Willib Payne Emma C. Barksdale Washington Post Petersburg Camp Lee Dupont Club City Paint Lee Cantonment Martinabures W. Va Charles W Loyer Berkeley County The Statesman-Democrat

Stewart Dies at Cumberland Funeral Held for J A Stewart

James A. Stewart former secretary to Miss Alice Roosevelt now wife of Congressman Nicholas Longworth died in Cumberland. His funeral was held today. In Hagerstown Ambrose McCardch was arrested for shooting Charles P Offen berger, with 27 bullet wounds found on the victim by the attending physician.

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