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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1924
Page
2
Readable fragments show a seaside market ad listing fresh flounders at 16 cents per pound, trout at 30 cents, halibut at 25 cents, and oysters at 55 cents. The text is garbled but indicates discounted seafood offerings and prices from a street vendor or market counter.
The report details multiple divorce and alimony actions. Samuel T Bennett obtains an interlocutory decree annulling his 1914 marriage to Margaret Phelps Davison Bennett, alleging she was already married to Davison and lied about being a widow. Other cases include Clifton Stinnett’s and Thomas Birch’s divorces, with support orders and custody noted. Additional disputes involve Ferdinand I Hoffman, Earl A Wagenseller, Allen E Wilson, Thelma W Godbold, and Otis O Angevine, spanning misconduct allegations, limited and absolute divorces, and alimony adjustments.
Dr A L Miller described wartime oral surgery as practiced abroad and its progress since. He noted commanding a hospital treating over 500 men in four months. James E. Collister reminded members of Milton Hopfenmaier’s invitation to tomorrow night at his home.
Commemoration of Dr Abram Simons twenty years as rabbi of the Washington Hebrew Congregation is set for tonight with about 600 members at a reception in his honor at the synagogue on Eighth and I streets. The event begins at 8 pm. Special services will precede the presentation of remembrances. Adolph M Fishel will preside and speak, with Harry Frank delivering the principal address.
Archbishop Curley of Baltimore will address Catholic women of Washington on Monday at 8 PM in the Washington City Club inviting all Catholic women to attend. Speakers include Rev John J Burke C SP general secretary of the National Catholic Welfare Conference Rev Bawin Leonart director of the Baltimore archdiocesan bureau of Catholic charities and Mrs Harry M. Bengier president of the Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women. Mrs Charles P Neill serves as temporary chairman.
The Concord club hosts a bazaar at 314 Street NW from Monday to Thursday to aid German starving children. Patronesses include Otto Wiedfeldt and Mme Stephan Panaretoff. Bavarian folk dances and Knights of Columbus band will entertain. Committees oversee refreshments stands and entertainment. the executive panel has raised $4000 for food sent to the German Red Cross.
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