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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1915
Page
6
A large religious painting by Johannes A. Oertal, the Vienna, Virginia artist who died six years ago, was unveiled yesterday in the Episcopal Church at Vienna. Special services marked the unveiling, presented by the artist’s family to the Vienna congregation.
A garbled OCR list presents numerous personal names ages and addresses across locations such as 20th Street NW and NE streets. Entries include Alexander Marye Annie McLaughlin Max Dorfman and Blanche Sharps with ages and hospital affiliations, plus Teane Cartwright age 130 at NW 81 L Street.
Congress may be asked to transfer Mount Weather in the Blue Ridge Virginia to the Public Health Service for use as a government employees sanitarium. Surgeon General Rupert Bluse supports the plan, Rep Charles C Garlin will push legislation, and the site could be equipped with minimal cost. It was once discussed as a summer White House, but a timely transfer would repurpose the weather bureau property for health service use.
A day’s police notes list robberies across northwest and southwest Washington including a pocketbook with cash and jewelry of Mrs. A. SystemFeast at Falkstone and 14th streets, a Samust Ingram loss in Beltsville, and multiple other thefts. Also reported are injuries from accidents, fires, a hospital burn case, a theater film showing wartime scenes, and a man found dead from exhaustion at a rooming house.
The report covers fair weather for DC Maryland and Virginia for Monday and Tuesday with light winds, plus notes on distant storms along the New England coast and the Pacific, rainfall on the Texas coast, and cooler Atlantic temperatures. It includes a local weather report with hourly temperatures, humidity, rainfall, and sunshine figures and compares to last year.
City bulletin lists Star of the East flour 86.75 lbs and 24 lb old-time flour, various produce and pantry items with prices, and notes Holiday Week photo plays at Virginia Theater. Includes Christmas orders, hand-painted china, fancy fruit baskets, stews, oysters, and apartment rental ads from local stores.
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