New Division of Education Forms Kindergarten Effort
Commissioner Claxton announces a new Kindergarten division with two collaborators Milas Myra M Winchester and Miss Bessie Locke to study growth, promote growth, and stage demonstration kindergartens. The unit will publish a first report with statistics and opinions on kindergarten benefits nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claxton
National Kindergarten Association
United States
Milas Myra M Winchester
Bessie Locke
Miss Winchester
Washington
Miss Locke
New York
Mise Locke
Dra. Easton
Brown, Harris
United States Commissioners of Education
Pittsburgh dealer takes fourth wife at 75
J D Avery a 75 year old butter and eggs dealer of Pittsburgh wed his fourth wife Mrs Maria R Strief, 56, yesterday after obtaining a license from City Hall. Clerk William Kroll learned Avery had buried two spouses and divorced one. The ceremony was performed by Rev L E Purdum at 1010 Park Road Northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Avery
Inxon Avery
Pittsburgh
Avery
City Hall
William Kroll
Maria R Strief
L E Purdum
Park Road
Guardianship Bid for Little Jacque Sparks Atlanta Family Feud
Mrs. Jennie Bell Wendal filed guardianship papers in probate court for the baby girl known as Little Jacque, the heir to the Atlanta Swift fortune. Her husband, Thomas Swift, reportedly pressed the claim from Washington as Mrs. Huntley and Mrs. Swift’s relatives disputed custody while reports place Swift on a hunting trip in Biberton, Georgia. Photographs from New York harbor show Edna MacEachlan and her children aboard the Monterey from Vera Cruz, amid safety concerns and warnings to residents in Mexico.
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Wendal
Jennie Bell Wendal
Jacque
Jacque Bradley Swift
Thomas Swift
Millons
Atlanta
Lind
Hogg
New York Harbor
Monterey
Thatiner
Vera Cruz
Abova
Edna MacEachlan
Envoy Lind
Dorothy
Ruth
New York
MacEachlan
Mexico
William Hoge
Portrait of Wilson Painted for University of Virginia
Washington artist Richard N Brooke has been commissioned by the UVA Alumni Society to paint a full length portrait of President Wilson for display in a main university building. The painting will be a gift to the college, with Brooke undecided on standing or seated pose and to begin soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
University of Virginia
Mfe
School of Law
Richard N. Brooke
Brooke
Corcoran School of Art
Weather sense and home tips from a bygone page
The piece notes how weather affects humans and animals with each creature sensing changes before storms. It includes a calendar luncheon idea with rhymed resolutions and star fate reading, then shifts to sewing tips, yardage guidance, and a few old fashioned recipes for baked turnips fruit salad gelatin and potato sconces with leftover mashed potatoes.
Paints by palette knife on Alaska scenes unveiled
Leonard M. Davis opens a unique exhibit in Hubbard Memorial Hall viewed by hundreds of National Geographic Society members and friends. The canvases, created without brushes, include 133 small notes and 38 large works showing Alaska’s interior and coastal scenes with aurora borealis and glaciers. The display runs daily for the remainder of the month for about 3,000 members and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Geographic Society
Leonard M. Davis
Hubbard Memorial Hall
Sixteenth
M Streets
Northwest
Washington
Davin
Davis
Alaska
Geographic Society
New Territories
Bermudas
Highland Terrier Becomes Society Favorite in Capital
Washington society adores Muggins a thoroughbred Highland terrier owned by Mme. Dumba wife of Austria-Hungary's ambassador. The witty nononsense pet enjoys brisk walks, rejects cozzers, travels with ease, and even chesses a knack for languages. He befriends a boy at a call on Mme. Van S Leider.
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Envoy
Capital
Washington Society
Muggins
Mme
Dumba
Austria-Hungary
Europe
Mugging
Ike
Wuggins
America
Jong
Ife
Washington
Spoksman
Elways
Mme. Dumba
Mme. van Swinderen
Mugegins
Heather
Glances Through Lorgnette At Passing Masks and Faces
British soldier APT Cyril Dugmore marries widow Mrs Bramhell Gilbert. He descends from Lord Brougham and will split residence between Wisteria Wareley Abbey and London. Honolulu social scene shuffles as General and Mrs Macomb depart. Notables and friends attend a New Year reception under a banyan tree. A Pennsylvanian professor critiques rich elites, urging fiscal education. Goelet returns from France with pheasants and tapestries. Mrs Reginald Foster, Maryland suffrage leader, marries Herbert Reed, a Johns Hopkins physician.
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Cyril Dugmore
Mra. Bramhell Gilbert
H. Bramhall Gilbert
Lord Brougham
Brougham
House of Commons
Rome
T Cean
Dugmores
Old Wisteria Wareley Abbey
Ruprey
London
Macomb
C. B. T. Moore
F. French
L. W. Kennon
Reginald 3. Foster
Baltmore
Just Government League of
Maryland
Herbert B. Reed
Orange
N. J
Foster
H. Griswolld Thelin
Charles E. Phelps
Johns Hopkins Medical School
Johns Hopkins Nurses’ School
Great Trials of History Emmet's bold bid and trial in 1803
The piece recalls Robert Emmet, his student era with the United Irishmen, his abortive rising, the failed capture at Dublin Castle, and his dramatic death trial. It notes his exile attempt, farewell to Sarah Curran, and his famed courtroom defense praising liberty and justice.
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Robert Emmet
Ireland
Emmet
Association of
United Irishmen
Dublin Castle
Wicklow
Sarah Curran
Dublin
Mimet
Session House
Green Street
O'Grady
Long
Joseph Rawlins
Epitaph Request From Emmet Voice Hints at Hidden Grave
The piece reflects Emmet’s hasty trial and death by hanging on September 19, 1803, with notes that his burial place remains unknown and that his epitaph should wait for future justice. It cites MacCarthy’s view of the authorities’ lack of advocacy and mentions Emmet’s body reportedly moved by friends who have kept the final resting place secret.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norbury
Emmet
Clerk of the Crown
Ten Cent Meals Move Worries New England Grocers
Concord Massachusetts January reports a drive to feed families for ten cents per plate with menus totaling about 88.15 weekly for a family of four. Miss Carolyn Webber of Boxford outlines costed meals and notes raw material costs only, excluding operating expenses, as grocers and bakers voice business concerns.
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NEW England Grocers
Concord
Mass
Miss Webber
Concord Women's Club
Carolyn Webber
Boxford
Bieineas
Boston
Clark Art Gallery Trustee Succeeds Nelson on Board
Former Senator William A Clark was unanimously elected to the Corcoran Gallery of Art board of trustees at the annual meeting. He succeeds Thomas Nelson Page, who resigned after accepting the ambassadorship to Italy.
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Thomas Nelson
Page
William A Clark
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Clark
Italy
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Milady
Pene Mountain
Asheville
Archive
L. M. Davis
Lorgnette
Sturgis
Richard Cutts
John T. Myers
Archibald Campbell
John Thomas
Edward Carpenter
Walter Frear
G. 4
Teylor
Gov.' S
EL Pinkham
Frederick Funston
J. T. Young
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Hying
Robert W. Goselet
Francis Riggs
la Provence
France
Mr. Goelet
Treasury Department
Giri
A. Lisner
Palais Royal
Clark Art Gallery
Baltimore
Fifth Regiment Armory
Belasco
Wm. A. Brady
Utd
Wea
Charles Dillingham
Doris Keane
Edward Sheldon
Redt
Ite Long Runa
Cheage
Thor
Occott
Aida Johnson Young
Shameen Dhu
Henry Miller
Lonesome Pine
Charlotte Walker
Eugene Walter
John Fox, Jr
Joseph
James O'Neill
Brandon Tenan
Pauline
Frederick
B. F. Keith
Bert Clare
Mabel Hamilton
Paul McAllister
Reine Davies & CO
Milt Collins
Howard
Chadwick Trio & CO
Cadillac Baker
the Cook & Stoddard CO
Oneton Truck
Chicago
Pneumatic Tool Company
Lath Street
Exoron & SaEe
Argo Electrics
Hudson Automobile Co
Conn
Cole
Cole Motor Sales
Southern Halldis
Bartram and Ey
B. Ave
Tel
Gayety
Mollie Williams
Queen of Bohemia
Honey Posey Girls
Academy
Old Kentucky
Kentucky
Pickaninny Brass Band
William Waversham
H World
Soldiers of Fo: Symphony Orchestra
National Theater
Philadelphia Orchestra
Sromowsk
T. Arthur Smith
Rai
Henderson-Rowe Auto Co
Tel. W
ALOT
H.W
Maxwell
Jeffrey H
Leary, Jr
Tel. N
Studebaker Commercial Auto & Supply Co
H. McReynolds & Sons
NE. W
St. N
Congressional Garage CO. Agts
Pe. Ave
S. X
Highlands Hotel
Conn, Ave
Celifornia
George A. Mills
Phone Norte
Lamp Tender Rt
Moore & Om
Sonn Marabell Place
Jab
Babcock Electric Victoria
Tts
Buz C. L
Dupont Garage
von Basen
Jene
Tourist Auto Livery CO
Paylor Standard
14Th St
North
Idth St
Pive- Earsenges, Auto, Auto Hire Co
Lincoln
Stag Hotel
9Th St
16Th Street
Naw Bridge
Fulton R Gorton
Colorado
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