Obituary notices and funeral details from Washington area
Series of death notices dated January 1916 to January 1918 list names such as J L Corby Ella Gibbs Emma Hall Frederick Theodore Haldnee Melson Timothy J Keane Bernard T Janney Ellal Joseph Mondonal Neale James O Brien and Reba J Taylor with addresses in Northwest and Southwest Washington. Funeral times range January 17 with Arlington National Cemetery interments and private services. notices include relatives invited and church or meetinghouse services. Several entries mention ships, military ranks, and cemeteries like Glenwood Arlington and Reading PA.
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Ray
Girard Street
J. L Corby
Louisa A. Corby
Calvary Baptical Church
Arlington National Cemetery
Gibbs
Benjamin F
Ella Fort Gibbs
Fourteenth Street
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Omaha
Hall
Sixteenth Street
Emma H Hall
Evelyn 8. Hall
Matilda Frarnach
Atreeta
Glenwood
Keane
Timothy J
Maurice
Margaret Keane
E Street
St Dominic's Church
Janney
N Street
Bernard T. Janney
Framaina
Birch
M Street
Friends’ Meeting House
T Street Northwest
Keim
J. A. Hoogawerff
Ellal
Charles Wetherill Keim
Reading
Baltimore
Naval Observatory
Washington
Pa. Mdonald
Fort Yellowstoy Wye
Trent Joseph Eonald
United States Cavalry
Neale
Sarah Ho Neale
Mico Emma Neale
Chartea A Neale
Oarien
Seventeenth Street
James O'Brien
USA
Lee
Aolger
Sandy Spring
Ann’ M Parlantd
Arthur Stadler
Sandy Spring Meeting House
Taylor
National Homeopathic Hospital
Reba J. Taylor
Funeral Dry Goods Plant Expands This Quarter
The firm unveils an expansion plan for funeral merchandise including interiors for caskets wrappers and dreamlike Creesee product lines aimed at improving display and production capacity.
Grime Most Fiendish All Went Bravely to Death
Caption describes a violent train attack in which Captain Gomez, among Mexican victims, faced slaughter with passengers defending themselves. A wounded man muttered farewell phrases as attackers stripped clothing from some travelers.
Massacre on Train Told by Mexican Survivor
Rodrigo Gomes, once a Villa commander now with Madera Lumber, recounts the mass killing of eighteen Americans by Villa bandits last Monday. He details the ambush, the cries of death to the Gringoes, the stripping of clothing, and the brutal execution of passengers, with lingering horror over the violence.
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International News Service
Madera
Chihuahua
el Paso
Rodrigo Gomes
Villa
Senor Gomez
Madera Lumber Company, Ltd
Gomer
Gen. Villa
Carranza
Americ
Villista
United States
Ernest L. Robinson
R. P. McHatton
T. M. Evans
Maurice Anderson
W. J. Wallace
W. B. Romero
G. W. Newman
C. R. Watson
Funeral Designs by J. H. Small & Sons Florists
Advertisement lists funeral flower services by J. H. Small & Sons with locations at 16th and H streets Washington and 1153 Broadway New York. It advertises moderately priced designs, modern prices, and specialty in funeral flowers with contact numbers M. 4278 and a8.
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F Street
J. H. Small & Sons
Washington
Waldorf-Astoria
Broadway
New York
Massacre in brief firefight witnessed by soldiers
Eyewitness accounts describe a sudden volley of shots from a line of men causing several casualties. Men fell bleeding as others were wounded and collapsed near a car. A speaker recalls prior battles but condemns the massacre and asserts Gen. Villa was not nearby.
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Yeama
Anderson
Villa
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Wadl Capitol
George F
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the Jewelers Suventil and
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Mr. Watson
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Evans
Watson
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Santa Ysabel
Mexico
Kalon Co., Inc
I. Haas & CO
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Pa. Ave
Youngens Shop
Parcel Post
Shoen Department
West Point