Alexandria Readies Gala Washington’s Birthday Parade
Alexandria plans an elaborate Washington’s Birthday celebration with a four-division parade and many city organizations. Gov Swanson expected, Lt Gov Ellyson to attend. Mount Vernon car brings Virginia congressional delegation and DC officials. Washington School Cadets to participate. decorations and a citywide window display contest underway.
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Washington
Ellyson
Swanson
Committee On Entertainment
Richmond
Alevandna
Tle
C. C. Carlin
Cty
Mount Vernon
Daniel and
Martin
Virginia
District of Columbia
May Sylvester
Washington Police Department
Twelfth Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Alexandra
Alexandria Light Infantry
Rummel
Dolphin
William M. Snach
Prince Street
Hood's Sarsaparilla Ad Warns of Early Fatigue
A vintage testimonial style notice urges readers to use Hood's Sarsaparilla when feeling tired before exertion, arguing fatigue signals a lack of vitality. It casts Hood's as a quick remedy and offers a prompt purchase call.
Parade Formation for Washington Birthday Celebration
The official programme lists a grand parade formation from Mfeeml to Cameron and St Asaph with divisions including police, staff, bands from Fort Myer and U. S. Navy, and numerous Washington Alexandria civic groups. Officers named include Lieut James Smith, Maj W Y Smith, and Marshall L King with staff and aides from local and federal units.
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Cameron
St Asaph
Smunter Police
James Smith
Marshel
Maj
W. Y. Smith
Marshall L. King
Fouintery Aid
Cent
T. B. Cochran
Civic Ala
Liew
J. ¥. Withame
Piro
John H.trimyer
William Mra. Green
Alexandria City
Hom Park Agnew
Fairiex County
George K. Pickett
Washington
Tarriages
Marines
UT. S. M
Washingtons Birthday Observances Across City Honoring Father of His Country
The city marks George Washingtons birthday with civic and military ceremonies across schools and public buildings. Addresses highlight his slavery stance, leadership in Georgetown, and character. The day ends with a colonial ball, university events, Minutemen commemoration, and a nation wide showing of red white and blue.
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George Washington
United States
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Washington's Opinions in Letters to Friends
A compilation of Washington's remarks on slavery, war, state bonds, toleration, and national defense drawn from letters. It cites his anti-slavery hopes, wish to end war’s plague, the idea that binding between states rests on interest, and his stance on religious toleration. The notice mentions historical visits by Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, John J. Crittenden, and Gen. Lafayette at the Calvert mansion.
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M Street High School
Leadetts
Samuel Bond
J. ‘A Mohashen
Brookland School
Academy of the Holy Cross
Massachusetts Avenue
Washington
Dumparton
Pierce Mill Road
Stuart
America
Calvert Mansion
Riverdale
Natal
Henry Clay
Missouri
Daniel Webster
John J. Crittenden
Gen
Lafayette
Washington tribute at Army and Navy Union Hall
The crowded hall heard eulogies on George Washington at a patriotic session of Will iam J. Barry Garrison No 26 and visiting comrades from Col Theodore Roosevelt and Admiral D Porter garrisons. National Commander J E Browne presided in O'Connor's absence as Elbert M Browne John H Gouse and James B Ennis were made members. A delegation under Browne will visit Mexican War Veterans today at noon.
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Society of the Sons of the Revolution
New Willard Hotel
Washington National Monument Society
Henry A. Wizard
K Street
National Association of Mexican War Veterans
Buena Vista
National Hotel
Washington
Knights of Columbus
St. Patrick's
Tenth
Grand Council
Army and Navy Union Hall
William J. Barry
Theodore Roosevelt
D. ©. Porter
Dennis O'Connor
J. Edwin Browne
Elbert M. Browne
John H. Gouse
James B. Ennis
George Washington
William J. Elliott
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America
Caesar
Napoleon
Richard Porter
D. D. Porter
John A. Joyce
Comrates
James Campbell
A. van Kreuth
H. H. Henry
Col. J. H. Browne
Sergt
J. I. Strain
Wiliam A. Hickey
C. 8. Wilder
Army and Navy Union
J. E. Browne
Pennsylvania Avenue
Fragmented Listing of 1910s Officials and Committees
A long OCR like roster lists numerous individuals by department lines such as Entertainment Transportation Military Secret organizations Carriages Press Decoration and Music. Names include A Marshall A W W Oeblert M Hill L Ruben G Brent Julian Burke George K Pickett George T Caton Judge L C Barley Judge J K M Norton Gardner Bodthe and many others with roles and chairmen noted.
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A. Marshall
A. W W. Oeblert
7. M. Hill
L. Ruben
G. Brent
Julian T. Burke
George K. Pickett
George T. Caton
L. C. Barley
J. K. M. Norton
Gardner L. Bodthe
Peter van de Westelaken
Charles B Pall
Martin P Green
F. M. Hl
Samuel P. Flaher
W. L. Phillips
R. Lee Fielt
T. A. Stoutenburgh
Martin Quinn
Thomas W. Robinson
A A Paul
Louis Beniheim
M Cuyher
J. B P. Steiner
Alton Moore
F.C Spinks, Jr
Marshall L. King
J . Peverill
E. E. Padgett
Horace A. Schwartz
Albert Aitcheson
Courtney Acton
Transportation
Robert M. Graham
T C. Howard
Harry A. Bates
Urban
F. L Slaymaker
Cooper
S. L. Monroe
George H. Robinson
L. D. Sullivan
Howard W Smith
W. N. Hariston
M. J. O'Sullivan
Thomas Chauncey
G. T. Caton
Frank Quinn
Frank Billiott
Samuel Hendheim
Charles Hellmuth
Michael Schwab
K. Griffith
O. H. Kirk
H. Leonard Reed
William McA. Green
Frank Bayliss
Mark L. Price
Robert F. Downham
John H. Trimyer
Charles Nicholson
Henry Cartin
J. Roland Goode
Robert E. Miller
John Leadbeater
James Patterson
Thomas J. Hall
Peter T. Harrington
James F. Peyton
Hubert Stewden
Luther H. Thompson
Lucian C. Smith
Harry Smith
William F. Carne
Richard L. Carne
W. 8. Larner
Isaac Gregg
A. J. Wedderburn
Harry A Bales
F.G. Grimes
Delancey Gull
W. W. Ballenger
John T Johnson
A. S. Menkin
John H. Fisher
H. A. Downham
E. F. Downham
EB. Gronau
J Thomas Ballenger
John A. Ewald
J. Grubb
Kenneth Ogden
George P. Atcheson
Charles Geisendaffer
J. William May
Guear Robbina
A. K. Warfield
H S Smith
Douglass Lindsey
Wiljem Luckett
Washington locket found after twenty year search
Historian Joseph T Keefer recovered the missing relic on the eve of Washingtons Birthday. A hand-painted locket showing General Washingtons wife was said to have adorned his neck during part of the Revolutionary War. The locket reportedly rests in a safe deposit box held by Mrs. Mavorhead in Washington.
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Gen. Washington
Tig
Joseph T Keefer
Washington
Mavorhead
Calvert
Webster
Highway Robbers Confess In Wallet Snatch Case
Percy Green and Harry Wall confessed to highway robbery after arrest by Bicycle Patrolman William Rout for an attack on Mrs. Georgia Smith at Nineteenth and F streets. Mrs. Smith of 243 Eighth street Northwest had her purse grabbed while returning home Monday night.
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Percy Green
Harry Wall
William Rout
Georgia Smith
James O'Connor
Fifteenth
Herbs Effected No Cure Fines Woman for Unlicensed Practice
A Black woman named Cornelia Dixon was fined 20 dollars in the Police Court for practicing medicine without a license. She claimed to cure all ills by herbs and had charged an elderly man a fee for relief from paralysis, leading to her arrest. Also notes a marriage, naval ceremonies for John Paul Jones remains, a streetcar accident injuring James O Connor, and Library of Congress hours with local ads.
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Cornelia’ Dixon
Knight and Lyles
Funeral for John A. McCall in crowded West Side church
Crowds packed the Blessed Sacrament Church on West Seventy first Street for the funeral of John A. McCall, late president of New York Life Insurance. A home service at 154 West Seventy second Street preceded the rites, with hundreds outside unable to enter. Interment was private at Woodlawn Cemetery. pallbearers included Hege man, Vander Poel, Orr, Perkins, Whitney, Randolph, Ballard, and Marsh.
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New York
Joan A. McCall
New York Life Insurance Company
Woodlawn Cemetery
John R. Hegeman
Oakley Vander Poel
Alexander E. Orr
George W. Perkina
John C. Whitney
Edmund D. Randolph
M. Ballard
George Austin Marsh
Father Leary Read Dies at Chaplain-in-chief of G A R
Father J F Leary chaplain-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic died tonight after a long illness at Chapman Kansas aged sixty one He was born in Ogdensburg New York No charges against Buffalo mayor Adams An error The governor not asked to remove him Municipal League meeting in Atlantic City April 24 27 with president Charles J Bonaparte to deliver annual address Thursday evening April.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Chapman, Kans
J. F. Leary
Ogdensburg
N. Y
Adams
Buffalo
J. N. Adam
Adam
Municipal League
Philadelphia
National Municipal League
League
Atlantic City
Charles J. Bonaparte
Commissioner Reaffirms Immunity Denial in Packers Case
Chicago February 21 Commissioner Garfield on the stand in the packers case testifies he never promised immunity nor threatened the packers. He says he examined totals from books and did not force disclosure, and that agents could access books without detective methods or compulsory powers. He cites information from the Bureau of Animal Industry and other sources, and identifies letters between the commissioner and his agents as the hearing proceeds despite the holiday.
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Packers
Chicago
Garfield Beain
Morison
Garfield
Edward Swift
Edward Mortis
Department
Commissioner For Adjustment
Morrison
Bureau of Animal Industry
Humphreys
G A R Encampment Plans Set for Minneapolis August Week
Commander in Chief Tanner announces the Grand Army Encampment program in Minneapolis starting August 13. Committees named for parade decorations speeches and aides-de-camp duties. A two mile parade on Wednesday features Grand Army comrades and band units with the Illinois department leading by seniority. The encampment includes a Thursday business session and a semi-official day with state and city officials and committee reports.
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Tanner
Minneapolis
Ilhnos
Thursda
Prize For Prettiest Baby At Knights Of Columbus Fair
A baby show will headline the Knights of Columbus fair this afternoon with a handsome prize for the prettiest baby aged six months to three years. Numerous young contestants are entered and a children’s entertainment program is planned. The Spalding Council will oversee the fair with uniformed attendances. O'Connell of the Catholic University and Fathers Fink Stickner and McDonald of St Aloysius Church attended the event last night.
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Knights of Columbus
Mizh
Spalding Council
Ijn
Mer. O'Connell
Catholic University
Fathers Fink, Stickner
McDonald
St Aloysius’ Church
Cleveland sells farm outside Princeton for poultry use
Former president Grover Cleveland sold the farm near Princeton to Armstrong Jones of New York. He had planned an industrial farm to aid poor boys, but the project failed and the property is now a poultry farm. Jones will use it as a residence. the purchase price was not disclosed.
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Washington Post
Princeton
Grover Cleveland
Armstrong Jones
New York
Cleveland
Jones
Will of Thomas J Emery probate widow executrix
Will of Thomas J Emery of Middletown Rhode Island lately Cincinnati was admitted to probate. Testator’s widow named executrix and the estate valued at several million dollars. Aside from minor bequests, the entire estate goes to the widow. Emery died in Cairo on January 5. Governor Carter and wife arrived in San Francisco on the steamer Manchuna seeking health.
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Newport
Thomas J Eimery
Middletown
R. I
Cincinnati
Emery
Cairo
Egypt
Gov. Carter
San Francisco
George B Carter
Hawaii
San Tiego
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