Armed Yanks Plan Grand Parade for District Return
Secretary Baker’s approval sought by Col. Robert N. Harper to loan 2500 returning soldiers full overseas equipment for a Washington march. Parade could reach 20000 plus marchers with bands and battle gear as the city prepares the nation’s largest homecoming celebration. A morning meeting with general chairmen will finalize unit placements.
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Pennsylvania Avenue
Baker
Robert N. Harper
Col. Harper
Harper
Val Harper
Muerch
Cal Harper
Hazen
H Droop
Bre
Richard D. Simms
Harper Yesterdas
Obituary notices from early 1919 with multiple deaths listed
Obituary notices dated February 1919 for Arth, Berres, Chapin, Clark, Cerimele, Fitzgerald, Hammit, Herzog, Gnapp, Etton, Sturgus, Talty and others. Records show private or church services at residences or local churches, with interments at Rock Creek or Arlington cemeteries and funeral details across the region. Names include Joseph Arth, Margaret Berres, Margaret Hammit, Adeline Herzog, Harry Gnapp, C. Mason Etton, and Stephen Talty among others.
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Arth
TIS Pom
Joseph FE
Betty Arth Tee Marshall
Joseph A
Henrietta Arth i
Sixth Street
Berres
Margaret
Prank J
Wilhelmenla Berres
Meara Vuneral
Ninth Street
Ourtheist
Chapin
Hig Aster
Monroe Street
Chapen
Romney W Yn Sershew
Congressiong
Homnes
Papees
Clare
Siszablih T Pulow
Apeleton Po
Lark Ac
Anon Clark
Appleton Po Llerk. Jr
Gyt- Lert A. Clark
Rock Creek
Cerimele
Knoley ME Covigzt
Seventh Street
Waria Cerimele
Costanza
Barbara Cocuzai
Tnniaa Avenue
Holy Nosary Church
Moonday
St Maria
Fitzgerald
Nie
Eighern Street
Maurice P
Edmond Fitzgerald
Kandly
Hammit
Muse
Minnie Herneg
RNAPP
Falmouth
Harry
RNAPI
Pla Tritagul
Saniray
Glenwood
Casa Eton
Klebleenth Street
Arlington Pturgus
Homeopathic Hospital
Ellen EF Beloved
Paor Minard
Eliza D Sturgus
Hanover
Willian Ho Sario & Co
Talty
Spa
Stephen Talty
Masonic Delegates Arrive for Ninth GW Memorial Meeting
Alexandria hosts delegates from across the nation for the ninth annual George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association session. Louis A. Waters presides, with Sol Cutchins delivering welcome remarks. A wreath-laying at Mount Vernon is planned tomorrow afternoon.
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Abhington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
Masonic Fraternty
Masonic Temple
United States
George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association
Louis A. Watres
Pennsylvania
Sol. Cutchins
Masons
Virginia
Seies
Gates
Washington Lodge of Masons
Mount Vernon
Washington
Bryan heads Tri-State Medical Association in Richmond
Dr Robert C Bryan of Maryland was elected president of the Tri-State Medical Association at its Richmond meeting succeeding Maj Robert Cathcart of Charleston South Carolina The group includes members from Virginia North and South Carolina Clifton M Miller was Virginia vice president Dr A J Crowel of Charlotte Dr A R Taft of Charleston Dr Ralph E Hughes of Laurens secretary treasurer Winston Salem will host the convention next year
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Richmond
Robert C. Bryan
Tri-State Medical Association
Robert
Cathcart
Charleston
S. C
Virginia
Carolinna PF
Charlotte
North Carolina
A. R. Taft
South Carolina
Ralph E. Hughes
Laurena
8. C
Winston-Salem
Welcome home parade plans for Washington veterans
Washington prepares a Friday afternoon parade with a half day for government workers in honor of returning district soldiers and the President. District officials urge quick notice from organizations wishing to join the march and solicit funds to cover parade costs. Citizens urged to contribute to the fund and local merchants aim to close early to mark the holiday. A mobile engineer fleet will join the procession, including pontoon matériel and searchlight wagons.
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Cok Harper
Melving Hazen
Main
Norry
Hazen
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association
Wilson
Peace Monument
White House
Washington
Cuno Rudolph
Finance Committee
Mr. Rudolph
J Gockeler
Cano H. Rudolph
Second National Bank
America's Men in War 1914 to 1918 in One View
The London Sphere's color feature titled Americas Contribution in Men to the Allied Forces outlines America's 1914 population of over 90 million and a small prewar army. It traces mobilization from 250000 in France by March 1918 to over 1100000 sailed by July, reaching 2000000 by armistice. Total strength at home and abroad exceeded 3000000 on September 1, with potential addition of about 1060000 if the war endured.
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London Sphere
America
United States
France
Britain
Atlantic
Women to Snowden's Aid
Special to The Washington Fest Annapolis Md Feb 20 Extreme activity surrounds commutation efforts for John Snowden colored convicted of murdering Mrs Lottie May Brandon in Annapolis on Aug 7 1916 and slated for execution at month end Suffragist Mrs W Spencer Murray leads the bid with Grace Humiston of New York brought in to assist Humiston once urged a theory inconsistent with Snowden's involvement.
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Washington
Annapolis
John Snowden
Lottie May Brandon
W. Spencer Murray
Grace Humiston
New York
Washington Post
Rockville
Elizabeth Ellen Trundle
James T. Trundle
Dawsonville
Orhpans
John A. Chiswell
William C., Chiswell
Margaret White
Mary
Grace
Susie Darby
Rebecca Mills
A. Dawson Trundle
Colored Suburban Homes Sold At Two Price Tiers
A real estate notice lists sales for colored suburban homes at two price points 4750 and 6500 dollars. The listing details two model homes and regional availability, with payment terms and closing dates pending.
Soldiers honor parade day relief for afternoon work
Special to the Washington Test notes that all honorably discharged soldiers sailors and marines in government service be relieved from work on parade afternoon. In Cumberland Maryland the Maryland court of appeals affirmed a $2500 verdict against Cumberland Brewing by Abie Feldstein represented by his father Oscar Feldstein after the boy aged 10 lost his right eye when ice tongs struck him while buying ice at the brewery. Special to the Washington Post reports on Hagerstown event where Tax Assessor Guy G Gantz and Frances C C lushbaugh were married in Baltimore by Rev Albert Smith. Isaac Arbogast dies at Lonaconing. he is father of Rev Lynn Arbogast of Hedgenville West Virginia, and his wife survives.
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Washington
Cumberland
Maryland Court of Appeals
Abie Feldstein
Oscar Feldstein
Cumberland Brewing Company
Washington Post
Hagerstown
Guy G. Gantz
Frances CC. Lushbaugh
Baltimore
Albert Smith
Cathar Aeek
Isaac Arbogast
Lonaconing
Lynn Arbogast
Methodist Episcopal Church
Hedgenville
W. Va
West Virginia Votes to Settle Debt With Virginia
Charleston W V Feb 20 The House of Delegates approved a resolution already passed by the Senate to settle the Virginia debt. West Virginia would pay Virginia 1,100,000 in cash and 12,400,000 in 2 percent bonds, offset by 1,000,000 in bonds held against lost certificates not delivered by Virginia, per Har rison’s plan.
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Solons
Harrison
Charleston
W. VA
House of Delegates
West Virginia
Senate
Virginia
Randolph H. Harrison
Virginia Debt Commission
Guatemala appoints enemy property custodian decrees German naturalization halted
The State Department disclosed in official dispatches that Guatemala named an enemy property custodian and issued decrees barring Germans from naturalization until peace is proclaimed.
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Guatemala
State Department
Patrick Henry Home Burns in Halifax County
Fire destroyed Red Hill the Patrick Henry home in Halifax county near Lynchburg. Water pipes were frozen, preventing quick extinction. The mansion was a total loss though valuable furniture and many famous relics on the first floor were saved. The property is owned by Mrs M E Harrison.
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Lynchburg
Red Hill
Patrick Henry
Halifax County
Oakland Chaplain Commits Suicide Aboard Ship
Rev. John C. Ely Jr., 30, chaplain in the U.S. Army and son of Oakland’s pastor, killed himself while aboard a vessel from New York to Cuba after returning from France. Navy Department report cites low mood. wife and two children live in Lancaster, Pa.
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Washington Post
Oakland
John C. Ely, Jr
United States Army
John C. Ely
Presbyterian Church
New York
Cuba
Navy Department
France
Larcaster
Rail Ownership Debate Set Among Johns Hopkins NC And Virginia
Charlottesville Va Feb arrangements completed for triangular debate among Johns Hopkins North Carolina and Virginia to be held Saturday May 3 on government ownership and operation of railroads. The final form likely states Resolved that the Federal government should assume ownership and operation of the railroads. Virginia team selection preliminary contest set for March 4.
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Washington Post
Charlottesville
Johns Hopkins
North Carolina
Virginia
Marech
Virginia Obituary Notes Across Several Towns
Obituary notices from Harrisonburg Fredericksburg Charlottesville and Petersburg report deaths of Fannie Bowman G Frank Pence George Washington Tennent James B Dillard B Griffith Odessa Reed Lena May Hawthorne and others. Surviving spouses and children listed. ages given for several, with locations including Bowmans Mechanicsville Maethais Point Disputanta Greenbrier County and King George.
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Harrisonburg
Fannie Bowman
Bowmans
G. Frank Pence
Mechanicsville
Fredericksburg
George Washington Tennent
King George
Woodstock
B. C. Grymes
Maethais Point
Potomac River
James B. Dillard
B. Griffith
Irvington
Lancaster County
Charlottesville
Odessa Reed
H. McGuire
Greenbrier County
Va. Petersburg
Lena May Hawthorne
T T Hawthorne
Disputanta
Virginia Weddings and Obituaries in Several Towns
Virginia wedding notices from Martinville Charlottesville Petersburg and Rockville report marriages for Dorothy Elizabeth English and Thomas Martin Ford Dora Wood and M V Cason Lena Hazel Harding and Clifton Emmett Reese. Probate of Elizabeth Ellen Trundle’s will in Rockville and funerals for Charles W Clark and Minerva Magruder and R Uriah Waters are noted with brief biographical details.
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Martinaville
Dorothy Elizabeth English
J. L. English
Thomas Martin Ford
Charlottesville
M. V.cason
Dora Wood
First Methodist Church
James K. Johitt
Petersburg
Lena Hazel Harding
Clifton Emmett Reese
Hey. H
Gaborne
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Corporation Commission of Virginia
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H. Rotter Dulaney, Jr
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Joseph N. Thompson
William B. Mason
Washington, D.C
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St. Mary's Academy
Mary Glennan
St. Patrick’s Choir
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Henry
Washington-Virginia Railway
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Robert J. Poss
B. J. Richards
Harry Bettis
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John T. Roberts
J. O. Moody
Frostburg
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Emma Moody
Cumberland Evening Times
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Patrick Henry Home Burns
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C. Leo Brotemarkle
Brotemarkle
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St. John’s Episcopal Church
R. A. Waters
Damascus
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