Women push for peace and anti-armament stance at Willard opening
Delegates from Moiren to the national suffrage movement gathered at Willard for constructive peace talks. They urged a neutral conference to repair wartime damages and advocated abolition of armaments while supporting universal disarmament and women's participation in postwar diplomacy.
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Moiren
Womans Movement For
Willard Yes Ray
Fation
Boris
Boovsa
Pimply Face Loses Friends Admits Humiliation
An early 20th century advertisement urges readers to cleanse the borough from blemishes and pimples. It claims face eruptions stem from the blood and offers a remedy by Stuart Calon Waters to make the face clean and radiant. The call to action targets those wishing to remove pimples and restore social image.
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Stuart
Calon Waters
Stuarte
Stuart Co
Ijo Stuarte
Marshall
Mich
Little Miss Mary Stitt Arrives in New York
Mary Stitt, traveling from Maidenhead England aboard the Arabic, arrives in New York to join her father in Quincy Maui. An immigration official demands proof of parentage before release, delaying the child as Mr Stitt negotiates red tape on Ellis Island.
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New York
Maidenhead
England
Quincy
Maui
Mary Stitt Azed
United States
Mary
Mr Sutt
Papa Stitt
Mrm
Ets Island
Fritzi Scheff Treated Like Nightie Worn By Law
Special to Post Washington Star reports actress Fritzi Scheff faced attachment of all clothing except what she wore after two more attachments were filed by Henr Beudel for $71,063 on a $2,800 costume bill. A deputy attached funds at the Shubert Theater and at Scheff's hotel suite leaving her bedridden. She refused to leave bed until the hotel released her, saying the costumes were unsatisfactory.
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Fritzi Scheff
Washington Post
St Louisa
Frittzi Scheff
Hear
Henri Beudel
Newark
Yeaterday
Sheila
Shubert
Miss Scheff
Sherif Martin
Women object to lights over million-dollar diamonds at gala
A Pasadena society page notes Mrs Rockefeller and other guests at the Tournament of Roses ball protest subdued indirect chandeliers. The hotel could not replace the system but a flash-light compromise highlighted danse displays. One guest described her jewelry, valued at about 250000 to 260000, as kept in a safety vault.
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Pasadena
Cal
Jane
Maryland
Ars
Ted Hockefelier
Chicago
Repex
Rockefeller
Iath
Tilly
Man Attacked in Home by English Setter Ended Intruder Flight
A woman was attacked inside her home when a man she had invited in to feed was chased away by a large English setter that sprang at him. The intruder later allegedly attempted entry at another home. James Mehan of Braddock was arrested as a suspect but offered no statement. The report also notes a Capitol protest, an appropriations bill amendment effort, and the funeral of Louis J. Kessel, 48, of 1350 Spring Road NW, buried at Prospect Hill Cemetery after a Georgetown University Hospital illness.
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Pittsburgh
Jin
Wis
Bechtel
T& Man
Marcella Dever
James Mehan
Braddock
Capitol
Appropriations Committee
Students Protest School Fundraising Regulation
A delegation from We Kinley Manual Training School Bisnan led by the student council president testified before the Senate appropriations committee protesting a regulation that bars soliciting funds in public schools except for graduation athletics and school papers. They urged amendments to allow small pupil contributions for debating and dramatic societies and other groups.
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Senate
We- Kinley Manual Training School
Bisnan
Students Council
Wife Sues Oil Baron in Santa Barbara Divorce Case
Mrs William Miller Graham wife of a California oil magnate files for divorce in Santa Barbara county charging cruelty The case hints at an estrangement linked to a Boston widow and a midnight duel and notes transfer of Montecito property valued at over 1 5 million amid rumors of love and social decline
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William Miller Graham
Santa Barbara
Boston
Los Angeles
Jane
California
Montecito
San Francisco
New York
Paris
London
Graham
Grahams
William Brownell
Monteco
Louise M .Timson
Brownell
Timson
Santa Barbara Country Club
Montecita
Bellasguardo
Huntington
Oak Knob
Closing of Baby Lists for Washington Diet Kitchen Contest
Last chance to register babies for the Better Baby contest is tomorrow from 2 to 4 PM at the Washington Diet Kitchen stations. Examinations to rate babies run January 14 to 16 with precise times mailed to mothers. Prizes awarded January 20 at Woodward and Tothrop’s auditorium by Miss Margaret Wilson and Dr William C Woodward. Station locations include 1322 Twenty-eighth Street, 2304 Pennsylvania Avenue, Gospel Mission at 214 John Marshall Pl, and 1235 Four-and-a-Half Street SW.
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Washington Diet Kitchen Association
Diet Kitchen
Woodward & Tothrop
Margaret Wilson
William C Woodward
Twenty-eyenth Street
Pennsylvania, Avenue
Gospel Mission
John Marshall Place
Mission Work Speech Plans by Women Leaders in City
Mrs Helen Barretti Montgomery and Mrs Henry W Peabody headline the women’s missionary mass meeting at 3:30 PM in the First Congregational Church. Peabody chairs the National Union Mission and both speakers will address four Baptist churches on Far East missions. A tea hosted by Mrs S W Woodward follows their city visit.
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Helen Barretti Montgomery
Henry W Peabody
First Congregational Church
Peabody
National Union Mission
Far East
S W Woodward
105th Birthday Celebrated by Naples Woman
Geneva N. W. Jan. 9 Mrs Samantha Nellis of Naples grand mother of Miss Frances Gregory celebrated her 105th birthday. She received a telegram from President Wilson and enjoys good health. She loves automobile riding and attends church regularly. Since she was 100 she has held a yearly reception and is a member of the D A K. Her father was a personal friend of Gen George Washington.
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Geneva
N. W
Samantha Nellis
Naples
Mise Frances Gregory
Presdent Wilson
Nellis
Nell Is
Aince Sake
George Washington
Masters Form 1915 Masonic Association in DC
The Association of Worshipful Masters of 1915 of DC Masonic lodges organized at the new Masonic Temple with all 30 lodges represented. Paul DC Lesh was elected president, Sprigg Perry vice president, and Adam J Dickhaut secretary treasurer. Past Grand Master John Newton urged active work. next meeting set for January 30 at 7 20 pm at the new temple.
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Association of Worshipful Masters
District of Columbia
New
Masonic Temple
P M Rufus W. Pearson
Masters' Association
Paul DC Lesh
Washington Centennial Lodge No 14
Sprigg Perry
Femple-Noyes Lodge
Adam J Dickhaut
Hiram Lodge No
Willam Shine
Lafayette Lodge No
Ernest A Coleman
Harmony Lodge
T John Newton
New Masonic Temple
Funeral for Patrick Ryan to be held at Holy Road Cemetery
The body of Patrick Ryan, resting in Holy Road Cemetery vault since his death on Christmas Day, will be interred tomorrow at 2 PM. A brief service follows. Mr Ryan, longtime Washington Gas Light Co. employee, born in Tipperary Ireland in 184? came to Washington in 1863, survived by his wife four children and two brothers, with several relatives in this city.
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Patrick Ryan
Holy Road
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de Branke
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Spring Road
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