Shaw Demands Equal Justice as Suffrage Lead Retires
Dr Anna Howard Shaw, retiring president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, arraigns U S for denying justice to its women and calls the Constitution a scrap of paper. Carrie Chapman Catt is urged to accept the presidency as plans unfold for a federal amendment drive and a potential merger with the Congressional Union.
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Suffrage Association
Catf
United States
Europe
Anna Howard Shaw
Preadent
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Shaw
Association
Carrie Chapman Catt
New York
Empire State Campaign Committee
Senate
Senate Committee of Woman Suffrage
Susan B. Anthony
Charles S Thomas
Collorado
Pattle Kuffner Jacobe
Alabam
Alabama
Andren
Clash of Authority Over Park View Naming
A district commissioners letter to Washington educators denies the board’s request to name the new Park View School after Lemon G. Hine, prompting questions on who controls school naming. Trustees view action as a precedent, while discussions continue on first aid and dietetics courses in senior high and normal schools.
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Lemon G. Hine
Russell Gettadkea
Board of Education
Washington
Henry P. Blair
Park View
Lemon G. Hine Bahool
Yy Tha
Erdit
Sonfer
Randle Highlands
Mother forgets baby amid Christmas bundles in Youngstown
A months-old baby was found on a street car in Youngstown Ohio on December 15. The frantic mother admitted she had an umbrella and two armfuls of Christmas packages to manage and completely forgot the child.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Rehearsals and staffing changes noted at Miner Normal School
The issue records that rehearsals for a dramatic production proceed at Miner Normal School and outlines December holidays for Washington public schools. It lists numerous personnel changes including new appointments at Corcoran Henry and Johnson schools, transfers between Rokington Emery Fickington Garrison Magruder and Henry Wilson, substitutions in white and colored high and night schools, and leaves of absence for several teachers.
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Suale Root Rhodes
Washington
Russell Sage Foundation
Banie Institution
Thératoi
Schoors
M. J. Nicholas
Corcoran School
A. A. Chesney
Henry School
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H. A. McCaw
Nellie Mori
Brent School
B.C. Ruprecht
Johngaon
Tranefer
M. F. Maraden
Rokington
Emery School
Anna McCoach
Fickington
R. J. Coffin
Taylor
F. H. Marks
L. V. Lampson
Ray Weston
J. 4. Bradford
Mary O'Brien
Ellen Truman
Eleanor Robinson
Henry Wilson
Garrison
Danay Wylie
Uth
Henry Wilson School
A. G. Parks
Magruder
Garrison School
Misa Jeretta . Hawking
Laterase
Magruder Sohdot
Virginia M. Porter
Eaglinh, Histoerman
Colored Ieschools
Annia M. Catlet
Boston Rector Issued Suit Over Betrothal and Marriage
Miss Laura L. Johnson of Minneapolis sues Rev. Charles Wilson rector of the Church of Our Saviour in Boston for 20000 dollars claiming breach of promise. The rector’s planned marriage to Miss Mary Louise Clark of New York was postponed last October amid the suit threat. Johnson, in her early twenties, met Wilson while a University of Vermont student. her father directs a Minneapolis music conservatory.
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Washington Post
Boston
Mass
Charles Wilson
Church of Our Saviour
Rooslindale
Laura L. Johnson
Minneapolis
Mise Johnson
University of Vermont
Conservatory of Music
Wedding guesses veil White House mystery in 191? era
The piece reports feverish speculation about President Wilson's upcoming wedding, noting secrecy on hour guest list and honeymoon. It mentions gifts from Vice President Marshall and Thomas H. Birch, with lavish hats and millinery details described for the bride to be.
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Yast
Guesta
Wilson
Washington
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Mra. Galtas & Wadding
Thomas H. Birch
Portugal
Bishop Kinsolving to Officiate at Presidential Wedding
The Rt Rev. Dr. Lucien Lea Kingsolving, missionary bishop of southern Brazil, will solemnize the marriage of President Woodrow Wilson to Mrs Norman Galt at Mrs Galt's Washington home. The announcement came from a St Louis churchman who noted Kingsolving's prior Virginia birth and family ties to Bishop G H Kingsolving of Texas. The wedding officiant's identity had been kept secret until now.
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Mrs. Galt
Washington Post
St. Louia
Des
Lucien Lea Kingsolving
Brazil
Wood
Row Whason
Norman Galt
Bbishop Kinsolving
Ovid A. Kingolving
Texas
Indian Sentiment for Mrs Galt on The Spirit of Pocahontas
Menominee Indians of Wisconsin send a bead belt to Mrs Norman Galt future Mrs Woodrow Wilson as a sentiment from the forest. The belt six inches wide features white opagus beads with royal blue, dark red, black, green and yellow woven patterns.
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Norman Galt
Woodrow Wilson
Wisconsin
Wilson Inscription Arrives for Swiss Soldier Homes Dedication
In Switzerland on December 15 President Wilson authored an inscription for soldiers homes bearing his name to be unveiled December 21. Americans donated 4000 dollars for three nomadic shelters built along the frontier guarded by Swiss troops. The first home was George Washington, then Lincoln, then Wilson. Pleasant A. Stovall will present and read Wilson’s letter to be answered by the Swiss president elect and Col Wildbolt will speak for the army.
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Home
Switzerland
Wilson
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Woodrow Wilson
Diplomatic Corps
Army Pleasant A. Stovall
United States of America
Pocahontas replica sent to Edith Bolling Galt in Washington
A bronze Pocahontas statuette modeled on the Jamestown statue arrives in Washington to be presented to Mrs Edith Bolling Galt. The piece is funded by individual members of the Pocahontas Memorial Association for their kinswoman rather than as a formal gift from the association.
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Ana
Galt Hag
Maling
Ora
International Correspondence Schools
Scranton
Pocahontas
Jamestown
Washington
Edith Bolling Galt
Pocahontas Memorial Association
Mrs. Galt
Powhatan
MISS ADA VAN ZANDT A BRIDE AT GRACE CHURCH
Special to The Washington Post New York Dec 15 Ada Van Zandt daughter of Mrs Lillian Van Zandt married Lieut Richard Barry U S N at Grace Church ceremony led by Rev Charles Slattery The romance began last spring on board the cruiser Brooklyn during the Atlantic float review Barry a descendant of Commodore Barry and Ada from an old New York Dutch settler family They will sail for Manila January 6 to join the Brooklyn flagship of the Asiatic fleet.
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Weahington
New York
Grace Church
Ming Ada van Zandt
Lillian van Zandt
Richard Barry
Charles Slattery
United States
Brooklyn
Lieut
Barry
Commodore Barry
Manila
Lieut. Barry
Duke of Manchester Declared Bankrupt in London Court
The Duke of Manchester was adjudged bankrupt in London. A six week adjournment was refused and F. & Sala-Man 38 trustee was appointed. Liabilities about 975000 dollars with assets near 1000 dollars. Loss of income from his mother's American estate and high expenditures cited. His mother Conauslo Yznaga of New York and wife Helen Zimmerman of Cincinnati noted.
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Duke of Manchester
Thas
F. & Sala- Man
New York
Duke
Conauslo Yznaga
Helen Zimmerman
Eugene Zimmerman
Cincinnati
Will wed U S clergyman
London December 15 announcement of the marriage between Mrs. Gwendoline Hardyman widow of Major Hardyman and daughter of the late General Sir Edward Lechmere Russell to the Rev. Dr. John Jeffrey Johnstone of Huntington L L, reported by special cable to The Washington Post Fest.
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Gwendoline Hardyman
Maj. Hardyman
Edward Lechmere Russell
K. C
Russell
John Jeffrey Johnstone
Huntington, L. L
New Gases Kill All In Argonne Warfront
A wartime observer describes French use of asphyxiating gas shells near Bethincourt between the Argonne and the Meuse. He notes German 160 millimeter shells killing three poilus instantly by fumes, while artillery crews monitor distant fire through telephones and artificial cave hideouts.
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Argonne
Meuse
Bethincourt
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Morning hot water cure with limestone phosphate
An earnest health column extols daily hot water and limestone phosphate to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and intestines. It claims improved digestion appetite and health, urging readers to drink hot water with phosphate every morning before breakfast and to use a quarter pound of limestone phosphate to ease constipation bilious spells and skin issues.
Noted Society Delights At Motet Choral Society Concert
The Motet Choral Society in its seventh season drew a large appreciative audience at Memorial Continental Hall. The program mixed Christmas spirit with wartime sentiment, featuring four choruses from The Messiah and a range of works from Praetorius to Sibelius. Edith Ruben Trio and chamber selections complemented the performance, with Bach Gounod Ave Maris on cello under candlelight judged a supreme moment. Lighting and nativity music enhanced the evening.
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Memorial Continental Hall
Otto Torney Simon
Priestley-Smith
Praetorius
Bach
Edith Ruben
Rameau
Sibelius
Motet Society
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