Support for suffrage women assured of the vote
Dr Catherine B Davis and Dudley Field Malone urged swift passage of woman suffrage at Pell's Theater as delegates to the National American Woman's Suffrage Association opened their forty seventh annual convention. The event featured prominent attendees and echoed calls for electoral equality amid rising modern conditions.
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New York
Catherine B. Davis
Pell’s Theater
National American Woman's Suffrage Association
Margaret Wilson
Helen Woodrow Bones
Mra
Ida Husted Harper
Franklin K. Lane
Mra. Lang
Moses E Clapp
Minnesota
Eees
French Sends Message to Men on Giving Up Command of Army
Field Marshal Sir John French issues the order before leaving the army in France. He thanks officers and men for sixteen months of service and sacrifice and expresses confidence in a glorious and lasting Allied victory ahead. He recalls the wounded and those who died, and pledges continued support and gratitude.
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London
Maine
John French
France
Suffrage Leaders Rally as Calls for Freedom Grow
Senator John F. Shafroth of Colorado and Senator Grenna of North Dakota with Representative Baker of California join Dr. Anna Howard Shaw in urging equal rights for women. Carrie Chapman Catt voices a wartime stance against tradition while Dr. Shaw condemns democracy denial based on sex. Delegates disperse after a convention meeting praising moral force in the electorate.
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Colorado
Asha J. Grenna
North Dakkota
John D. Baker
California
Anna Howard Shaw
Maione
James J. O'Gorman
New York
Davis
Dr. Davin
Carrie Chapman Catt
National American Woman's Suffrage Association
International Woman's Suffrage Alliance
Crowd at wedding trip echoes past in Alexandria
AdHINGTON POST BUREAU reports a crowd greeted a local wedding trip similarly to the famous Cooney Hansbrough welcome for President Wilson. Alexandria residents packed streets near the White House route, with police, chauffeurs, and station staff noted. Plans for a city Christmas tree at Washington and Queen streets proceed, with a nightly light display and a request for citizens to place lighted candies in windows.
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Wilton
White House
Coonsy Hansbrough
Culpeper
Alexandria
Washington and
Queen Streets
Sherman B. Fowler
St. Pauls Protestant Episcopal Church
Argentinian envoy heads to Santiago for Chile inauguration
Buenos Aires reports Dr Romulo Noon Argentine Ambassador to the United States will represent Argentina as Ambassador Extraordinary at the Christmas day inauguration of Chilean President elect Juan L Fuentes. Noon leaves for Santiago today.
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Romulo Noon
United States
Argentina
Chile
Juan L. Fuentes
Santiago
Passes Away at 110 Years Old in Washington
Isaac Cartwright, a longtime Washington resident born in Alexandria around 1805, died at 110 at his home on 73 Street Northwest. A former enslaved person in the Roach household, he moved to the city after Lincoln’s emancipation proclamation and worked in express and trucking until two years ago. He lived at 78 L Street for over 50 years and is survived by two nieces. Burlatt will be in Washington.
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Alexandria
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Lincoln
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Alty
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Burlatt
Robert W. Adcock
South Henry Street
Alexandria Hospital
Hugh M. Adcock
Keturah Adcock
James B. Igoe
Germans to Advise Burks and Local Notices
Dispatches from Constantinople report German counselors to be named in Turkish ministries except the Sheikh al-Islam post. Alexandria Division of Ancient Order of Hibernians elects officers led by William Desmond as president. A noon meeting will vote on a $32,795 public school appropriation. Red Cross Christmas seals go on sale at the post office. Parent-Teachers Association primary branch meeting set for 3:30 at Lee School. Robert W. Adcock dies of pneumonia at Alexandria Hospital. Holy Name Society invites Washington Council Knights of Columbus to a social. band plans a 7 o’clock trolley ride.
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Alexandria
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Parent-Teachers’ Association
Lee School
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Italy Faces Two Campaigns As Army Reaches Two Million
Rome reports Italy has 2,000,000 men in action with another million in training and reserves. In the east toward Trieste Italian forces have advanced about 20 miles and seized multiple towns while the western drive toward Trent shows similar gains. Casualties total roughly 45,000 Italian and 90,000 Austrian with thousands more prisoners on both sides.
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Triest
Thesp
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Theat
Adriatic
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Caporetto
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Piergo
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Russia
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Washington Idle Leader Out of Touch With Workers Says White
Bouck White of the Church of the Social Revolution told a New York congregation that President Wilsons brides expensive trousseau is an example of a corrupt era. He called Washington a leisure class city, distant from labor, and warned the president risks losing touch with workers as his term continues.
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Brecel
Washington Post
Bouck White
Church of the Social Revolution
Wilsop
Trousseau
Nero
Washington
White
Herny Hands
Rulers Send Good Wishes On President Wilson Marriage
Congratulations from foreign rulers and admirers poured into the White House but were kept private during the President’s honeymoon absence. The news notes a diplomatic gesture as the nation shares well wishes for the newly married leader.
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White House
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