Col Joyce's Passing and Epitaph Self Inscribed at Oak Hill
Col John A Joyce a longtime Washington poet and public figure died at Providence Hospital at 72 He was known as the Poet of Washington and wrote Love and Laughter among other works He inscribed his own epitaph six months earlier featuring Laugh and the World Laughs With You Weep and You Weep Alone Masons were in charge of the funeral and a memorial bust stood at his tomb amid scattered notes and quotes
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Oak Hill Cemetery
John A. Joeyea
Providence Hospital
Washington
Vel
Joyce
Col. Joyce
Coll Joyce
Elia Wheeler Wilcox
Obituary notices from Washington area deaths dated January 1915
The notice column lists multiple obituaries and funeral arrangements for January 1915 in Washington DC. Entries include Edward Hooper Abbis interred in Bedford MA, Emma Fenwick Daly, John A Joyce, Joseph Kichly, Theodore Gustaf Kuhnel, Charles E Lynch, Morris Rualon Slidell Mackenzie, Marion B Russell, Samuel H Smith, Charles H Tompkins, Ezra Troth, Mary J Tynan, and other related funeral details with residences at 1101 He Street NW, 924 Pennsylvania Ave SE, 163% Nineteenth Street NW, Arlington and Mount Olivet Cemetery references, and dates January 18–21.
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Adams
John Jenkins
James Jenkins
England
Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast
St Mark’s Church
Congressional Cemetery
Joyce
Providence Hospital
John A. Joyce
SH. Wines & Son
Fourteenth Street Northwest
Oak Hi Cemetery
Kichly
Garfield Hospital
Joseph Kichly
Kuhneil
Massachusetts Avenue
Theodore Gusta
Paul Kuhnel
Rock Creek
Meriden
Eugene
Loretta Linch
MacKenzie
Morristown
M. J
Morris Rualon Slidell Alackenzie
U.S
Church of the Redeemer
Greenwood
Russell Gr
Second Street
Marion BR
JF Russell Smith
Samuel H
Annie L. Smith
Hazel
Oliva Smith
F Street
Arlington National Cemetery
Tompkkins
Washington
Charles H. Tompkins
USA
Troth
Burnt Mills
Ezra Troth
Jah Hill Chapel
Tynan
Mary J
John Tynan Duneral
Nineteenth Street
St. Matthew's Church
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Poet Col Joyce Dies in Washington After War Service
The Washington poet Col Joyce died yesterday after a long career in law and government service. Born in Ireland, he fought for the Union in the Civil War and later worked in the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service. He leaves two daughters and was a 32nd degree Mason. Funeral Thursday at 2 pm at F. H. Hines & Son with Oak Hill Cemetery interment. He wrote a final poem “Oak Hill” at Providence Hospital.
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Col. Joyce
Shraugh
Ireland
America
Kentucky
Army of the Confederacy
Twenty-fourth
Kentucky Infantry
Washington
Internal Revenue Service
St. Louis
Col
Joyce
Treasury Department
William Dunkerney
Pasadena
Cal
Sears Go
Columbia Lodge
Foo A. A. M
Kit Carson Post
G .A. Ri
The
Loyal Legion
Society of the Army of the Ohio
F. H. Hines & Son
Fourteenth Street
Oak Hill Cemetery
Cardinal Mercier Stand Still Amid German Pressures
Amsterdam reports fluid crisis over Cardinal Mercier’s Christmas pastoral letter. A Vatican source says Mercier refuses to alter or withdraw the text, denounces violence, and insists his clergy follow him. Rome confirms a sequence of German interventions, including prohibitions, interrogations, and detentions, culminating in a demanded retraction the cardinal refused.
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Amsterdam
Cardinal Mercier
Rome
Belgium
Pope Benedict
Berlin
Dessain
Malines
Archbbishop
Mercier
von Bissing
Antwerp
van Stroempel
von Gissing
von Stroempel
Brussels
Hebrew Council Sits in Chicago Biennial Gathering
Representatives of over 200 Jewish congregations with several hundred thousand members gather in Chicago for the Union of American Hebrew Congregations biennial council. The executive board met to prepare, with Dr Samuel Schulman speaking on the war and Judaism. The National Jewish Hospital reports 2,000 of 3,000 patients cured or arrested, as officers Grabfelder and Walter Freiberg win fifteenth terms.
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Chicago
The
Union of American Hebrew Congregations
Sinai Temple
Samuel Schulman
Temple Beth-Hal
New York
National Jewish Hospital
Denver
Grabfelder
Walter Freiberg
Cincinnati
Ffteenth
English Prisoners Shot Amid Belgian Riots
London reports three English prisoners who escaped Louvain were captured and shot. Rioting at Neerwinden prison camp led to guards being killed then drastic reprisals with six Englishmen and eight French Turcos shot. The Washington Post almanac 1911 offers 700 pages of accessible information, priced at 25 cents.
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London
Amsterdam
Central News
Louvain
Neerwinden
Washington Post
the Post
Hard Fighting Russians Think British and French Too Slow
Russian troopers bid farewell as they separate to their commands. They prove unsentimental and warn that Russia sacrifices vast numbers to halt German invasion and press the Turks. The navy remains largely inactive, while Russians view the Allies as too slow in advancing.
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Leatie
Russia
Austria
Germany
Great Britain
Deliver Us From Armed Peace by Bryce Opposing Armament
Lord James Bryce condemns the push for new armaments in a letter to Nicholas Murray Butler, urging Britain to avoid another armed peace. He argues the horror of war dominates public feeling but fears a cycle of militarism if preparations continue, calling for deliverance through restraint.
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Bryce
New York
Lord James Bryce
United States
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Anmarigan League
Lord Jyceafetter
Austrians' Guns Drive Russians From Trenches on Front
Vienna reports a major artillery assault north of the Vistula and along the Galician front. Austro Hungarian fire forced Russians from trenches. they retreated six kilometers and left rifles and supplies, while other fronts saw only artillery duels and minor activity.
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Vistula
Azakhczyn
Galieia
Galicia
Carpathians
Pab
Trofa
Prussians' Total Losses 877 107 Austria 293 360 Men
The Exchange Telegraph Vienna dispatch reports 110 Austrian casualty lists, not counting last two months, totaling 293 360 losses. Officers killed 2 263 wounded 8 9280 captured 628. Men killed 40 827 wounded 291 160 captured 9 502. Prussian losses from 156 lists total 77 LUG.
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Austria
London
Exchange Telegraph
Vienna
Copenhagen
Lug
Germans Fail To Crack British Front In Reform View
A British military observer in France reports changed German morale yet rejects a defeat, noting Germans show discipline and staff efficiency but lack surgical experience among civilian doctors. The piece discusses German medical failings and surprising improvisations as two doctors were allowed to operate without proper instruments, risking bones and tools.
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London
France
Germany
Rules for Mrs Alsop Seeks Publication Service in Divorce
Mrs Efe Pope Hill Alsop of New York seeks separation and alimony from Edward B Alsop the Washington millionaire. The petition accuses extreme cruelty and demands alimony. The court approved service by publication and ordered Sheriff Griffenhagen to implement. They married in Trinity Church New York on February 15 1912.
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Washington Post
New York
Supreme Court
Goff
Efe Pope Hill Alsop
T41
Fifth Avenue
Edward B. Alsop
Washington
Twentieth Street Northwest
Griffenhagen
Alsop
Hber
Trinity Church
McAlpin
Atlanta
President Warns Travel Plans May Be Deferred
President Wilson indicated that domestic and international conditions could prevent his trip to the Panama Canal and Pacific coast. Invitations to speak on the return from San Francisco were answered with uncertainty about departure from Washington. Norman E. Mack presented a request for a luncheon at the Panama Pacific Exposition and Assistant Secretary Roosevelt of the Navy supported it. Representative Cooper of Wisconsin asked for a Racine speech on the return journey. Renting the Underwood Typewriter is promoted as a sound investment with promise of higher income.
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Panana Canal
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Washington
New York
Norman E. Mack
New York Commission
Roosevelt
Navy Department
Representative Cooper
Wisconsin
Racine
Japan's Aid Men Are Picked Veterans For France
Paris dispatch reports Japan forming a foreign legion of Russo-Japanese War veterans to aid France and possibly join western warfare. One famed Japanese general may lead the force while talks hint at Japan taking Egypt and India under protection or aligning with Russia and Britain for victory.麺
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Russia
Japan
Egypt
India
France
Anne
Lafayette
Paris
Sone
Foreign Legion
England
Lucien Millevoye
la Patrie
Budapest Landsturm Call Seeks Enlisted Men Jan TwentyFive
Budapest dispatch reports that trained landsturm classes 1875 to 1881 and young landsturm men in Budapest are summoned to join the colors on January 25. Amsterdam correspondent notes the mobilization as of January 18.
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Hungary
Landsturm
London
Budapest
Rieuter
Amsterdam
British Bitter to U. S. Over Dacia
London faces a likely British government reply to the U S demand that the Hamburg American Line steamer Dacia now flying the American flag be allowed one cotton trip from the United States to Germany without setting a precedent for transferring interned German ships to American flag status. Public sentiment sharpens over the Dacia issue as Britain speeds up ship inspections and prize court actions.
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Dacia
London
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Germany
Great Britain
England
British Isles
Sigrun
Fridland
Bjornstforne
Bjornsen
Alfred Nobel
Augusta
Kansas
Kentucky
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