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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1918
Page
10
The Associated Charities seeks rapid donations to fund fourteen Christmas opportunities covering widows, deserted wives, aged couples, and large families. Each listing shows weekly or yearly funding needs, with amounts ranging from 10 to 19.50 per week and yearly totals, urging immediate contributions via The Post or treasurer John Joy Edson at 923 1 Street NW.
A library break-in yesterday yielded a gold watch and $42 from Clarence Hartle's bag at 10¢ TF street NW, while Carrie Edmonston on 124 France Street SE reports clothing valued at $49 stolen. Mrs J T Woods, at 1951 Columbia, reports a handbag containing a sum of money and four checks totaling $96 stolen during a Congressional Library visit.
A bulky OCR fragment lists numerous marriage licenses with names ages and places across multiple states and towns, citing various reverends as officiants. Names include William Newton CaN vb BS Mayflower and Dorothy Wickham Baker, aged 20, of Highland Park, and many more pairs with diverse origins and ages.
A fragmented OCR shows a long list of people with varied ages, many tied to hospitals such as Providence Hospital and Walter Reed, plus addresses and affiliations. The garbled text names multiple individuals, some with ages, and repeated hospital references, suggesting a directory-like or casualty/registration fragment.
The article provides a detailed weather forecast covering intervals of the next two days with moderate temperatures across the eastern half of the country. It notes rising tides around 7 AM, scattered rain in southern Virginia and North Carolina, and chances of thunderstorms in the Texas Panhandle. It includes hourly temperature readings, humidity, sunshine potential, and precipitation accumulation across numerous U.S. cities.
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