Troops on Warships Move From France to U S Ports
War Department announces eleven troopships from France between December 16 and 27 return with soldiers. Kansas, Georgia, and North Carolina among vessels fitted for transport. Total capacity about 20,000 men. Ships Roanoke? Nieuw Amsterdam and Ball sail in late December, carrying field artillery, engineers, and medical detachments bound for Newport News, Camp Devens, Camp Grant, and demobilization locations.
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France
Kansas
Georgia
North Carolina
War Department
New York
Newport News
Navy
125Th Field Artillery
Minnesota
Iowa
Michigan
Montana
Camp Cody
Camp Travis
Powhatan
53Th Field Artillery Brigade
127Th Feld Artillery Regiment
Pastores
Nieuw Amsterdam
501St Field Artillery
Camp Devens
Santa Teresa
145Th Field Artillery
California
Siboney
Field Artillery
Camp Grant
Ball
Hampton Roads
Bordeaua
Karesaspa
Bordeaux
DOOLEY- Funeral of Mary A. Dooley at home
Funeral services for Mary A. Dooley widow of the late James Dooley were held privately at her home. The obituary notes she was a longtime resident of Fort Worth and mentions surviving relatives and a private interment at Oak Lawn Cemetery
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BNOLD
Montar
Olinet
Montas
Boro Taat
Dan Orgs
Mary
Women of the Satons Party Fire Up Wilson Speech Protest
Satons Wom Sus party workers burn copies of a presidential speech in front of the White House as a protest tied to suffrage. The event follows announcements of party discipline and a pledge to extend self government, with references to women and their role in the United States Congress and global liberty.
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Satons
White House
Wilson
United States Congress
Obituaries and Death Notices From December 1918
A collage of obituary notices for McCalley McCarthy Eldowney Proctor Robertson Sturges Schwartz Schofield Whiteley Woodward and others. The items record deaths around December 26 to January 2 with ages, family relations, and funeral details in Washington area churches and cemeteries.
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Eldowney
Sik
Heston Masa
Annie Dang
LA Wif
Ores
Roland
Eidowney
Moffitt
Fussoon
Ember
Marvart
Jlorence Hoabkison
Toot HE Watson Mottirt
Bauer Noth
Inter aColumbus Onis
T Proctor
Ius
Charles Bristide Letoved
Mary Braves Proctor
Tate
Stret
Pom Robertson Sundaly Co
Hoo
Tos Dso
Thomas
Jissie Robertson Baimer
Tse
Dales
Russell
Sunda
Tioa
Oat Gorge
Washington
Iver
Sarah
Joben Russell Runertt
St Pauls Church
Hoth Creek
Schwartz
Portland Maine
Rock Creek Cemetery
Sturges
FY Stevenson
Fark Road
Henrietty
Lissdas
Brookla Son
Whiteley
Derry
Jossphine
Ake Lion
Babes Fullirtn
Jucane
St John Fpiscopal Church
Tate Woodward
Quer Street
Grach
Woodward Norkie
Maryland and the Virginias Judge Shackelford dies at home
Special to The Washington Post Orange Virginia December 3 Judge George Scott Shackelford died suddenly at his home He was born December 12 1856 in Warrenton Virginia He was mayor of Orange a former member of the Virginia House of Delegates and State Senate a Ninth Judicial Circuit judge and a university visitor He left a wife Virginia Miner Randolph and four children Funeral services will be held at 230 Wednesday afternoon at St Thomas Episcopal Church
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Washington Post
Orange
George Scott Shackelford
Shackelford
Warrenton
Benjamin E Howard
Rebecca Beverley Greene Shackelford
Randolph
Virginia House of Delegates
Virginia State Senate
Coblenz
Germany
Margaret Wilson Shackelford
R B Smithy
Ashland
Muscoe L Shackelford
Fremont, Oate
St Thomas Episcopal Church
Son of Annapolis Officer Honored by Three Nations
Maj Lewis P Brereton U S Army aviator, a Naval Academy graduate of 1911, has been decorated twice by France and once by the United States for gallantry. He earned the Distinguished Service Cross on Pershing’s recommendation for a bold engagement with four enemy aeroplanes over Thirn Court and return to his lines with observer wounded. France awarded the Legion of Honor and the Croix de Guerre with palms to the officer. No confirmation if awards relate to the same action.
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Washington Post
Annapolis
W T Brereton
Maj Jiewis
Brereton Aviation Corps
US_A
Tihat
United States
Brereton
Naval Academy
Artillery Corps
Army
Gen Pershing
Thirncourt
Maryland businessman Frank A Burst birthday tradition
Frank A Burst, a prominent Maryland businessman and early proponent of fal Omeres anntaction plan, turns seventy three in good health and spirits. He plans his usual New Year Eve raw smoked herring feast as the clock strikes twelve. He says the custom is not his invention but an old charm practiced for centuries, and he believes it brings him luck.
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Washington Post
Balitimore
Frank
Maryland
India
Dennis appointed US trade commissioner to Italy
Dr Dennis goes to Italy to serve as United States trade commissioner and secretary of commerce designate. He has long been a historian at Princeton and will sail home with his family. Health concerns followed by a return to Somerset county precede a shift to public service and education roles.
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Washington
Pearce Wennis
Anne
United States
Destreet
Imuel KO Denis
Lmited
Italy
Dennis
Somerset County
Uarrington
County Board of Education
Alexandria Fire Destroys Red Devil Garage. Cars Lost
Fire at the Red Devil garage on Pitt Street between King and Cameron destroyed the two story brick building and twelve automobiles and motor trucks. Flames damaged adjacent structures and gasoline storage hindered firefighting. Cause reportedly traced to a welding torch hose. The list of destroyed vehicles includes several named residents and proprietors.
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Warrington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
Red Devil
J. E Downer
Pitt Street
King and
Cameron Streets
Pythian Temple
Duncan Bros
R. L Myers
Myers
Carroll Pierce
John D Wnormoyle
Alexander Suter
Maury Gaine
Thomas Waddy
H Cathcart
Leonard Chesser
Marshall Hayes
Mr Downer
Virginia Obituary Notes and Local Losses
Petersburg mourns Harvey Warthan aged 18 and Mamie Warthan 15 from influenza. Alma and J W Davis died in Hopewell from pneumonia. Newton S Gay, 89, noted for moving from New York to Spotsylvania and Fredericksburg. Maria Brulle, 83, German born, widowed, with children in Newport News and Brookland. Capt Col Jing moves to Washington for law enforcement duties. James Broaddus Curtis and Bertha Newton wed in King George. Charles W Clark, 7, Delaware native dies in Easton. Lynchburg fires hit business district near YMCA. Potential legacy and local notices.
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Petersburg Dee
Harvey Warthan
Mamie Warthan
George Warthan
Prince Georges County
Petersburg
Bessie Alma Davis
J W Davis
Columbus
Wopewell
Fredericksburg
Newton S. Gay
Gay
New York State
Spotsylvania County
Christian Church
Spotsylvania Courthouse
S. & Wilson
Amy Pendleton
Mary Smith
Maria Christiana Bruelle
Frederick Brulle
Washington Post
James Broaddus Curtis
Mises Bertha Newton
King George County
Swift
The
Baptist Church
Representing Peace League to Attend Paris Conference
New York December 30 Hamilton toil s 13 aboard the Baltic sets sail to represent the peace league at the Paris conference during the peace congress. Oscar Strauss and other league members expect to form a united plan with Britain France Italy and Europe to support the peace conference and public opinion. Heit will also serve as a representative of the federal council of churches of America and of the church place union at the peace conference.
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York
Hamilton
Baltic
League
Paris
Holt
Oscar Strauss
Great Britain
France
Italy
Heit
Federal Council of Churches of Host
Amrica
Church
Prices for Butter Eggs Grain and Livestock from Baltimore and Chicago
Baltimore markets report butter creamery and western separator prices with detailed firsts extras and 1-lb rates, eggs across Western Maryland Pennsylvania and Virginia with regional variations, poultry values for live stock including hens, ducks, turkeys and older birds, and grain futures in Chicago with corn oats and barley quotes. Livestock in Chicago notes hogs, cattle, and sheep ranges by class from bulk to prime, with price bands for butchers, stockers, and feeders.
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Baltimore
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Maryland
West Virginia
Ohio
Southern
North Carolina
Chicago
Pga
Peruvian Workers Expulsion Demanded in Chile Antofagasta Meeting
A large Antofagasta gathering declared Peruvian residents no longer welcome and called for expulsion of 18,000 Peruvian nitrate workers to free positions for Chileans. Reports from Lima note Prominent Peruvians will urge President Wilson to address Tacna Arica documents amid stalled foreign office action.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Antofagasta
Chile
Santiago
Lima
London
Wilson
Tacna-Arica
Foreign Office
Flu Closes Easton Schools in Influenza Epidemic
Easton Maryland December 30 1918 influenza drives Mayor orders closing of theaters moving picture houses billiard rooms schools churches and all public gathering places. Theaters close by 3 PM with drug stores exempt.
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Roanoke Va
Health Board
Washington Post
Easton Md
Easton
Talbot County
Wrightson
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Marie Payne
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Andrew L Hummer
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Harry Lewis Gardner
Rockyville
Roanoke
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Atkins
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Republian
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Corporation Court
Falaly
Abbie Butler
State
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Howard W Smith
Robinson Moncure
William P Woods
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Alexandria Hospital
Walter Roberts
Alexandria Water Company
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Dooley
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Efrem Zimbalist
Garibaldi
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Eite
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Fox
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No Man’s Land
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Marion Harris
Henry
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Victorand
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