Famous Nurse Ill. Confederate Field Hospitals Tended
Moe Suginla Mason, descendant of Virginia Mason family, organized Confederate field hospitals and tended Union prisoners in Richmond. She obtained quinine for Southern troops, served as matron of Camp Winder, and later ran a Paris boarding school.
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Richmond
Moe Mis Suginla Magon
Virginia Carital
Gunston
Ias
Boa
Stephes Frompson Mason
Aldingan
Gen Mason
Ho Ma
Gen Por
Strigsle
Texas
Lexington
Mss Wiliard’s
Troy
N. Y
Fairfax County
Virginia
Fort Sumter
New Jersey
Rosecrans
Jefferson Davia
Robert E. Lee
Greenbrier
White Sulphur Spring
Charlottesville
Lynchburg
Camp Winder Hospital
South
Union Ines
Stanton
Miss Mason
Paris
France
Mason
Cii
Lee
Local Funeral Directors and Embalmers Advertised Services
A column of Washington DC funeral industry notices lists John R Wright Co Harvey's Sons and Son firms with phone numbers, directors, and undertaker services. The entries include Thomas A Costello and Frank Geier's Sons, W R Speare, George P Zurhorst, and A G Frey offering funeral directing embalming casket and livery services with contact numbers.
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Frank Geier
Mveatic
W. R. Speare
F Street
N. W
Geo. P. Zurhorst
East Capitol
A. G. Frey
J “William EE
Bobalme
White House Bull Pup Ace Missing At The Executive Grounds
White House staff launch a search for Ace, a lemon and white year old bull pup with a white diamond marking missing from the grounds. Advertisements describe Ace and offer a reward for his safe return as police circulate his details to precincts.
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Whit House
Ethel Roosevelt
White House
Ace
Leonim
Roosevelt
Ate
Pete
Garneld
Cay
Controversy Over Unauthorized Adams Memorial Replica
A disputed replica of Augustus Saint Gaudens’s Adams memorial sits at Druid Ridge Cemetery in Baltimore, ordered by Gen Prix Agnus and cast without Saint Gaudens’s consent. Mrs Saint Gaudens denies linking her husband’s name to the work and cites plans to replace the statue. Investigations show the piece was executed by Bureau Brothers in Philadelphia from a model by Ted Pansch, with the copy installed in 1907, about months after the sculptor’s death.
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Roch Creek Cemetery
Ane Hous
Augustus Saint Gaudens
Wih
Gen Agnus
Crupeter
Baltimore American
Gen
Totm Salter & Son
Grolen
Thin Ilynt
Saint-Gaudens Theuight
Te Salter & Son
Bureau Brothers
Philadelpha
Ted Pansch
Buffalo
Agnus
Drvnd Ridge Semeters
Balimere
Saint- Gaudens
Hawk Adds To Victims In Postoffice Tower
The Postoffice hawk, ruler of the granite tower above the postal offices, has claimed four more victims. Three rings with marks TY 51688, U 46078, SA 68858 identify three birds. a fourth body is mangled. Electric wires and high current are suggested as a possible extermination method. Congress seeks extra pay for Sunday work for postal employees.
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Rhey
Uncle Sam's Postal Service
Tareg
Shaw
Pursuit of Mysterious Mrs Robertson Ends in Missing Purse
Mrs. George S. Covington reports a well dressed visitor calling herself Mrs. Robertson from North Carolina, who told of a roving life and bank funds but departed without leaving valuables. Covington suspects the purse containing a small sum vanished during the visit, prompting police to circulate a description and continue the search.
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George S. Covington
Southern Corps
Southern Relief Society
Mrs. Robertson
North Carolna
Covington
St Louis
New Orleans
Robertson
Virginia to Honor Taft with Guard in Inauguration Parade
Virginia regiments from Richmond will march in Taft's inauguration parade. The contract for three reviewing stands near the Treasury Building went to G J Roth for 6.07. Guardsmen and cadets will be housed in armories and at Jamestown boat. Sightseeing cars will face price restrictions to curb gouging during the crowds.
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Virginia Naional Guard
Pennsylvana Avenue
Willam H .Taft
Ctnton J. Wright
Old Dominion
M . Weller
Richmond
May Wright
Virginia
Chatman Weller
Charles M Wallace
First Infantry
Virginian Guard
Moon
Washington
John's College
Annnapolis
Winsht
Virgina Guard
Jamestown
Rivemend
Morea
J Coleman Dempsey
National Guard of Georgia
Stiehmond Hussars
Frank R Weller
Committee On Public Comfort
G J Roth
Ludlow
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Pure Blood Health
The ad touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a means to maintain healthy red and white blood cells, prevent disease, and achieve vigor. It claims cures for blood diseases such as scrofula eczema rheumatism and catarrh, offering liquid or chocolate flavored tablets named Harstataba.
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Hood
Inauguration Day Plans and Kansas Harvester Decision
State officials set a one dollar fare per passenger for a prescribed inaugural route and tax the wharfage on machines brought into Washington. A public order subcommittee on hospitals and ambulances met at the New Willard to discuss care for the sick and injured with Dr Percy Hickling presiding. Kansas Supreme Court actions force International Harvester into a Kansas public utilities oversight agreement with a three hundred sixty thousand dollar fine and continued regulation. Missouri may see Standard Oil involvement as a partner in the state’s affairs.
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Washington
Public Order Subcommittee
New Willard
Percy Hickling
Hickling
Henry Reisinger
William P Gwynn
Union Station
William P Reeves
Frank Gibgon
Washington Post
Topeka
Kans
Eh G
Kansas Supreme Cour
International Harvester Company
Kansas
Hmester Company
Attorney General
Supreme Court
Public Utilities Commission
Standard Oil Company
Missouri
Ghent Tablet Unveiling Planned by Local Daughters
The Daughters of 1812 announce the Ghent tablet unveiling for February 7 at the octagon house with Mrs Kate Kearney Hens presiding. Attending dignitaries include Bishop Altai of Washington, William Gerry Slade of New York, and Crs Guibert of the American Institute of Architects, aiding in the ceremony.
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Ghent
Kate Kearney Hens
Daughters
Octagon
Ree Altai
Woashingtun
William Gerry Slade
New York
National Sacety
Crs Guibert
Amerian Institute of Architects
Lincoln Centenary Services at Metropolitan Memorial Methodist Church
Two Lincoln services are announced at Metropolitan Memorial Methodist Church. Sunday evening February 14 features Dr John Heid Shannan speaking on Ababa Lincoln as God's Greatest Grandest Prophet to the American People and the religion and doctrines he believes with all his soul will be the pulpit subject.
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Absetyou
Metropolitan Memorial Methdist
Cope
John Heid Shannan
Ababa
Lincoln
Alaham Lincoln
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Eohestar Herald
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R. F Harvey
H. Sardo & CO
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Thos A. Costello
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Enery
Geo
C. Shaffer
Prise Phan
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Phous
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Saint-Gaudens
Hawk
Congress
Donnelly
Taft
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To-Kalon Wine Co
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Peter Grogan
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