Eastern Fruit Growers Organize to Press Truth in Box Packing
In Raleigh Eastern fruit growers forming the Eastern Fruit Growers Association vow to end top heavy packing schemes in which large apples sit atop boxes while cheaper fruit lies beneath. Prof L Corbett notes Westerners’ enterprise, urging Eastern growers to cooperate, standardize packing, and ship quality fruit across the continent to compete. Officers include S Z Lampton president and E Oswald treasurer.
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Raleigh
Eastern Fruit Growers’ Association
United States
Appalachian Veruit Assoriation
Martinsburg
W. Va
Alexander Clohan
West Virginia State Horticultural Society
Heyvkeley County Horticultural Society
Truitmen
Cloban
K. L. Lake
Horticultural Diet Department
of Agriculture
Lake
Take
Prom Tr. Corbett
Virginia
Red Cross Raises Fund for Washington Endowment
The Washington Red Cross endowment committee reports 24,981.50 raised toward a 32,000 share, only 8.00 short of Washington's quota. New York has subscribed, with local secretary Clarence Moore and treasurer HB. Stellewagen preparing to receive the remaining 8.00. Subscriptions list many individuals with varied amounts, totaling 484.30. The effort aims to complete the 45,0?0 needed to reach Washington's apportionment.
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Washington Red Cross Endowment Fund
Taft
Washington
New York
Clarenc Moore
Massachuset Avenue
HB. J. Stellewagen
Union Trust Company
Tara Andersen
Scott
Bona
Ad. Hrowmaon
Gibson Fahne- Hennen Ferns
Gen. Maxhull
B. F. Macfarland
Steinwagen
Frederic A. Keep
Cusherman
Wilk A. Slater
John Way
Elan Parker
N. Read. Johnson
Marian, Warniel
Francis van Buren
J. McBride Stervete
Charles O'Neil
Walter Herbig
Julia E. Pond
Friend
Thomas Nelson Vor
Mitton & Alles
Clarence Nerhen
R. Rona Perry
Co. Anson Mitts
Shey Caorge L. Gillespis
Edson Bradley
Magee
Aminul
Retreat at Holy Cross Academy Christmas Exercises Begin
Pupils of Holy Cross Academy Dum barton hold their annual retreat led by Father Charles Warren Currier. Daily masses and confessions, morning conferences, and meditations fill the schedule. Two seniors make first communion as retreat closes with benediction and Te Deum. classes resume January 3.
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New Holy Cross Academy
Dumbarton
Charles Warren Currier
General Caereiser
Ross
Rockefeller funds aim to place chapel at center of Chicago university
John J. Rockefeller pledges 10 million to the University of Chicago with a plan to devote 1.44 million for a prominent university chapel. He urges religion become the central feature of university life and forbids using the rest for current expenses or much endowment. He names his son as representative and sets no legacies for other buildings.
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Chicago
Der
Marty Pratt Judson
University of Chicago
John J. Rockefeller
University Lfe
Princeton Men on Tour with Musical Clubs in Washington
Princeton University musical clubs head to Washington after performing in Baltimore on the holiday tour. Fifty-two undergraduates travel, including Ira Bennett, Sam White, M. K. Rankin, and G. R. Connor, with a program of songs banjo mandolin comedy stunts and clog dancing. They will stay at the New Ebbitt before departing to Wilmington and other southern cities. The group last visited Washington in 1906.
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Princeton University
New Willard
Washington
Baltimore
Athles
Ira Bennett
Sam White
M. K. Rankin
G. R. Connor
Princeton
Tiger Musical Clubs
Collegiangeybie
Ebbitt
Wilmington
N. C
Augusta
Atlanta
Funeral of Charity Worker Mrs Mattie Shoemaker Fills Local Cemeteries
Mrs Mattie T Shoemaker widow of George Shoemaker who died in Arizona December 2 will be buried in Washington tomorrow. Services at William H Sarido Co chapel. A member of an old Washington family daughter of Jerome and Lillian Hutton grandmother Martha Ann Anderson noted for Catholic charity. First baptized at St Teresa's Anacostia. Buried at Rock Creek Cemetery. Survived by father mother two sisters Mrs P J Ryan Mrs Herbert J Ward two brothers George Frank Hutton and three children Folia Mildred Theresa.
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Mattie T. Shoemaker
George Shoemaker
Arizona
William H. Sarido & Co
Shoemaker
Washington
Jerome Uiutton
Martha Ann Anderson
Catholicircles
St. Peter's Parish
George
Frank Hutton
Folia A
Mildred
Theresa
Ladies Sairs to Oregon in a Seattle Mail Plot
A New York letter item reports a Portland Oreg man age 43 seeking a wife. He asks a Mrs city mayor Gaynor to arrange a marriage prospect and mentions sending to St. James New York. The note claims confusion between the mayor and his residence.
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Sperlei
Washington
New York
Oregon
Lal
Gaynor
Portland
Oreg
Hy Higley
Front Street
St. Gaynor
New York City
St. James
Society Notes Preview Holiday Social Season in Washington
Banjo and Mandelin clubs will give a concert at 8 15 tonight at the NewsWizard, followed by a dance hosted by the Princeton Alumni Association of the District of Columbia. Afternoon tea by Miss Portner and the Princetoniana group, clubs traveling south tomorrow. Many society figures in New York hotels for Christmas. Yale and Princeton figures prominent in coming Yale and Columbia events.
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Banjo
Princeton Alumni Association of
District of Columbia
Princetoniana
Misses Portner
Washington
Yate University Dramatic Association
Goldoni
Columbia Theater
Kuncheon
T. Lawrason Riggs
Riggs
Yale Dramatic Club
London Assurance
Winter guests in Washington area highlight holiday season
Capt. and Mrs. William J D White of Morristown N J stay at the Brighton while others travel and winter in Washington Mrs R C Vance and her mother Mrs Franklin Brown are at the Grafton Mrs Huntington Jackson heads to Baltimore Mrs George Hillman of Wilkes Barre Pa joins family in Georgetown Mrs Herbert D Robbing of New York with Mrs De Herper dary at the Grafton Wir and Mrs John Crayke Simpson back from Europe hosts at Highland Terrace Mrs Hayden of Morristown wintering at 1627 Nineteenth Street Mrs Charles H Ridenour visits Jacksonville Fla to be with daughter Mrs Leroy Delany Mrs Charles W Bender leaves for New York and Philadelphia with her husband joining later Judge and Mrs O M Barber host at 1631 Massachusetts Avenue on the second and third Mondays in January and February Patronesses named for Cornell masque at National Theater December 29 include many Washington social figures Lusitania travelers Mr and Mrs Charles B Gray of London and Miss Marion Blake will winter at the Grafton.
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Huntington Jackson
Baltimore
George Hillman
Wilkes-Barre
Georgetown
Herbert D. Robbing
New York
de Herperdary
Grafton, Wir
John Crayke Simpson
Europe
Highland Terrace
Simpson
Misses Hayden
Morristown
N. J
Nineteenth Street
Charles B. Gray
London
Marion Blake
Washington
Grafton
New Fredonia Hotel Reopens Under New Management
After extensive remodeling the New Fredonia Hotel at 192 Ho Street Northwest is formally opened tonight with all-new furnishings and equipment. A new cafe will open simultaneously and a daily business men’s lunch at reasonable prices is planned. Miss Helen Hyde’s water colors and woodcuts will be on display in the Corcoran Art Gallery hemicycle today.
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Miss Hyde
Miss Helen Hyde
Corcoran Art Gallery
Modesty Cost Her Life In Factory Injury
In New York a 19 year old woman Helen Gurschen died at St. Vincent's Hospital after injuring her left leg with scissors at a clothing factory. Her refusal to allow a tourniquet and medical staff led to fatal blood loss despite prompt aid. The surgeon noted she would likely have survived if a tourniquet had been applied immediately.
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New York
Helen Gurschen
St. Vincent's Hospital
Aha
Markham to Succeed Harahan as Illinois Central President
Charles H. Markham was elected to head the Illinois Central Railroad by the board of directors, succeeding James T. Harahan whose resignation was accepted. Markham, former vice president and traffic manager of the Southern Pacific, will assume duties January 12. Harahan has led IC for twenty years and turns 70 on January 12.
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New York
Charles H. Markham
Ail Vaters
Dittburg
Umnoss Central Railroad
James T. Harahan
Miaam
s@hera
Southen Bacific Railroad
Markham
Tlarahan
Harahan
Isinois Central
Earthquake Tremors Noted Near Corretown
Tremors were recorded near Corretown Tuesday night by a seismograph. The event was described as distant and of a very faint intensity with no determined maximum magnitude or distance estimate available.
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Ceorretown
John J. Wy Song Dead In Newport Cottage Colony
John J. Wy Song of New York died at his Newport summer home after a long illness. A native of Shepherdstown West Virginia he moved to New York after the Civil War where he became successful in business and amassed a fortune.
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Newport
R. 1
John J. Wysong
New York
Newport Cottage Colony
Mr. Wysong
Shepherdstown
W. Val
Genuine California Fig Syrup Co Laxative Advertisement
An old advertisement extols a gentle laxative remedy for children, promoting Ayrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as wholesome, pleasant, and free from objectionable substances. It urges well informed mothers to choose the genuine product manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co.
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California Fig Syrup Co
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Dulany
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Charles D. Walcott, Jr
New Haven
Yale
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William JD. White
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Jacksonville, Fla
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Charles W. Bender
Philadelphia
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O. M. Barber
Massachusetts Avenue
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National Theater
Will. Ba 'Given
Sherman
Charles FE. Hughes
William Phelps Ena
Katharins Petouze Collins
Robert Hinckley
Isabelle Wells
Joseph Laiter
J. HenrJey Smith
W. Sinclair Bowen
Dulian James
Murray Cobb
Fredonia
G. G. Cornwell & Son
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Richardson & Robbins
Fruit Cake Rich
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Dilsworth
Atmore
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Jordan
Valencia
Sicily
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Welsbaden
Indian River
Malaga
G. G. Cornwell & Son Grocers and Importers
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C. H. Markham
Oil Maz
J. T. Harahan
Pwopapeb
Shepherdstown, W. Va
A. F. Bornot Bro. Co
St.n. W
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Post
V. D. Rosen
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Opera Glaeser
Famonds
Pins Atelaine
Walford
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New York Corner
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Atvieyer
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Cor
Stoneleigh Court
Connecticut Avenue
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Sta Gold
Catt Linke
Meyer’s Military Shop
Pa. Ave
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McKnew
Walt
Juliet Ostrich Feather Shop
G Street
Hattie M. Shacklatte
F Street
Phoup Main
Brentano
Ime
Louvre
Tharp
Berkeley
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