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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1917
Page
6
State Superintendent Ellie H. Bradley of the local Women's Christian Temperance Union announces an extension of the WC T U prohibition post card contest for children to February 1. Prizes range from 1 to 10 dollars. open to all ages 10 to 15. Contest cards available free at WTA headquarters 522 Sixth Street Northwest. Names of prize fund contributors totaling 100 dollars will be announced at week’s end.
Government land sale notice offering surplus tribal lands of the Chickasaw and Choctaw nations in Oklahoma on easy terms at appraised value. Purchasers need not improve or reside on the land. contact Linen Security Company at 314 Washington Loan and Trust Building Main 4385 for details. Also reports on a death in Simserene Hospital and local fire damage at 12 Second Street NE.
Today's sun and tide table shows overcast weather with winds from the southeast. Readings cover dawn to midnight with a cold wave entering western Canada and a storm moving eastward across the U S and into the Atlantic region. Expect varying temperatures, possible snow in northern regions, and unsettled conditions through Monday.
Fragmentary OCR lists multiple infant birth notices with numerous garbled names and places. Readable items include mentions of a MooWalsun girl and a Levin boy among many uncertain names, with no coherent dates or locations.
Obituary fragment list noting several individuals with ages and vague locations, including a 72 year old at Colima Hospital and others associated with Gore Wats and Madivan Rabers. The text is severely garbled, but indicates multiple deaths and memorial references with scattered ages and places.
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