Mohr Wife Testimony Reveals Doubts Over Marriage
Elisabeth Mohr admits she could not prove a Lynn ceremony for her marriage to Dr C Franklin Mohr. She says the second marriage occurred at Lynn to account for the children, while denying earlier claims and exposing inconsistencies in dates and records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Providence
R. I. Jan
C. Franklin Mohr
Wits
Elisabeth F. Mohr
Samuel A. McDougall
Pictou
Nova Scotia
Mohr
McDougall
Mra. Mohr
Honored by Charity Fund For Goldsmith Anniversary
On the twenty fifth wedding anniversary Mr and Mrs Shatten A Goldsmith were honored by United Hebrew Charities at Rauschers reception. A new charitable fund named the Mr and Mrs Charles A Goldsmith fund will aid education for poor children in Washington institutions. Over $1000 had been contributed. Lee Blumgarten praised their charitable work as Isaac S Blout and Rabbis Stern and Simon attended with Simon Wolf among the guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rauscher
Shatten A Goldsmith
United Hebrew Charidea
Charles A Goldsmith
Washington
Lee Blumgarten
United Hebrew Charities
Dixie Daughters host reception for Confederate veterans
A reception for Confederate veterans was hosted by the Robert E. Lee Chapter No. 64 Daughters of the Confederacy at Confederate Memorial Home 1222 Vermont Avenue NW. Mrs C F Odenheimer addressed the gathering, with Capt Fred Bell in attendance. An entertainment segment featured Mrs Wallace Streeter recitations, a Blanche Sinclair solo, and Hawaiian numbers by G Marc Philips and Sanford D Covington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Lea
Daughters of the Confederacy
Confederate Memorial Home
Vermont Avenue Northwest
Beardes
C. FP. Odenheimer
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Fred Bell
Camp No
Wallace Streeter
Misa Blanche Sinclair
G. Marc Philips
Sanford D Covington
Mra
Walter ©. Hutton
Robert F. Lee
Franklin Odenheimer
Maude Howard Smith
Nina M. Whitaker
A. Eugene Bart
Blanche Sinclair
George Covington
Belle C
Mildred Lee
Band of Fern and Rose Becomes Latest Arm Ornament
New York leads fashion with a fern and red rose armlet worn along the upper arm or at the ankle. The simple floral jewelry, praised for affordability, is linked to Greek pastimes and praised by society figures like Mrs. Payne Whitney. Market notes include butter at $1 a pound and olives at $1 a small bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milady
Fifth Avenue
New York
New York High Society Hosts Pig Auction for Hospital
At Mrs Payne Whitney’s Fifth Avenue drawing room New York’s social elite bid for a pig to aid the New York Hospital. Mrs Anna Sande Buys the porker while Mrs Reginald Vanderbilt and Mrs Cornelius Bliss sell pickles butter and hegs to raise funds. About $1000 collected.
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Reginald Vanderbilt, Jr
Muriel Vanderbilt
Corneling TiHse
Pig
Mrs. Whitney
Fifth Avenue
Anna Sande
Reginald Vanderbilt
Cornelius Bliss
New York Hospital
Washington Post
New York
Payne Whitney
Porker
Social Service
Robert Garrett Sued for Detective Bill
New York January 27 Robert Garrett son of a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad president was sued in the supreme court for a 12000 detective bill. The plaintiff Ralph A Stemm a private detective refuses to disclose services rendered or details. Garret resident of Baltimore served in New York City.
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Washington
New York
Robert Garrett
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Supreme Court
Baltimore
Ralph A. Stemm
Stemm
Garratt
Vhim
Vindicate Army Bandman Exonerated in Tennessee Case
Chattanooga October 1913 reports that Sergt William F Moore of the Fifth Cavalry Band was acquitted of a murder charge in Chattanooga with officials in Fort Myer, Virginia confirming the verdict. Tennessee Attorney General Whitaker praised the verdict, noting he did not let the case reach a jury. Judge McReynolds also stated Moore had no connection to the murder, saying the indictment rested on impeached witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Penns
William F. Moore
Fifth Cavalry Band
E. M Wilder
Fifth Cavalry
Fort Myer
Tennessee
Clarence
Livingston
Moore
Whitaker
McReynolds
D. McReynolds
Attack on Mrs Leslie's Will Sparks Probate Challenge
New York January 27 special to The Washington. A fresh bid to break the will of Mrs Frank Leslie widow of the publisher emerges as a petition to vacate probate decree is signed by Surrogate Fuller. Petitioners Loretta L Haldander Florence I Weissbrod and Leslie nieces and nephew delay distribution of the million dollar estate to Carrie Chapman Catt residuary legatee and suffrage backer.
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Washington
New York
Frank Leslie
Leslie
Carrie Chapman Catt
Bee
Fuller
Loretta L. Hallander
Florence I. Weissbrod
and Leslie
Surrey
Calve Leads Washington Concert for Wounded French Soldiers
Mme Emma Calve headlined a New National Theatre concert in Washington under the French flotilla committee for wounded French soldiers. Loraine Wyman, Galileo Gasparri, and Carolus Salzedo joined with an orchestra and piano accompaniment. The flotilla, a five-car hospital on wheels, seeks funds for hospital equipment, with numerous local patronesses supporting the relief effort.
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Mme
Emma Calve
Washington
New National Theater
Beneft
Calve
Misa
Loraine Wyman
Englieh
Galileo Gasparri
Carolus Salzedo
John Bovello
Louis Smith
Plano
Signor Romualdo Sepio
Signor Gasparri
Walter van Renssel Jaer Berry
Ita Mission of Relief
Paul Bartlett
Truxtun Beale
Perry Balmont
Hdaon Bradley
William Crozier
Allerton Cushman
Richardson Clover
Martha Codman
William C. Eustis
Mras Ernst
Gibson Fahnestock
Marshall Field
Countess Gizycka
Carroll Glover
Peter Gerry
Gaff
Preston Gibson
George Howard
Walter Bruce Hows
Archibald Hopkins
Hennen Jannings
Frederick A. Keep
Mme. de Laboulaye
R. G. Lay
Sarah Lee
Levi P. Morton
James McMillan
Charles McCawley
Robert McCormick
Misa NeVeagh
Garrison McClintock
Hdward B. McLean
Howard Mitchell
Robert Shaw Oliver
Patten
Henry
Cleveland Parkins
Prism de Riano
Erika Samuel Spencer
Richard
Lawrence Townsend
R. M. Thompson
Thomas F. Walsh
Gertrude Robinson Smith
Garrison Approves Swan Bon Carlin Bridge Plan
Secretary of War Garrison approves the Swan Bon Carlin bill to replace the Aqueduct bridge over the Potomac linking Georgetown and Rosslyn Virginia. A conference with Gen. Kingman Col Jadwin and District officials discussed costs and a $1,500,000 appropriation without changing the bill.
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Potomac
Georgetown
Rosslyn
Daniel C. Kingman
Army
Jadwin
Corps of Engineers
Newman, Katz
Brownlow
United States
Virginia
Washington
Thirtyfourth Street
Clash Over Federal Censorship Push by Movie Interests
A. B. Friend, attorney for rival film interests, endorses the Hughes Smith bill for Federal film censorship drawing sharp rebuke from W. M. Seabury of New York, counsel for the Motion Picture Board of Trade. Seabury deems the plan unnecessary, harmful to the industry, and un-American. The education committee will next meet to weigh the bill and a substitute proposal to amend the criminal code targeting improper film content.
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Friend
W. M. Seabury
New York
Motion Picture Board of Trade
House Education Committee
Hughes- Smith
Seabury
Committee On Education
Hughes-Smith
Extreme temperature records hit in 45 years press
Government forecasters reported dramatic temperature extremes across the nation. The East and South saw summerlike skies while the Northwest endured one of the coldest winter snaps. Tampa reached 80 degrees, 124 degrees above Havre Montana at 54 below zero, with both heat and cold waves breaking January records as the cold front moves toward the Atlantic coast by Saturday.
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Koreau
Northwest
Tampa
Havre
Mont
Sero
Atlantic
Robin Carries Love Note From Unknown Sender
In Penn Yan New York on January 27 bank clerk Harry Putnam found a robin perched on a poultry house roof. He caught the bird and discover a note tied to its leg with the name Miss Beatrice Hinman and a Washington address. A faint film revealed a portrait and an invitation to write if under 30 single and good looking. Putnam plans to contact Miss Hinman.
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Washington Port
Penn Yan
N. Y
Harry Putnam
Putnam
Beatrice Hinman
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington
2. C
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Honored BY Charity Fund
Mrs. Goldsmith
Dixie
R. E. Lee
Arhiy
Moody
Order of the Garter
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Tigris
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Greece
Son of Forr B
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Sergt. Moore
Diva
Miss Wyman
G. Gasparri
C. Salzedo
New Bridge
W.&j. Sloane
San Francisco
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Hotel Shoreham
Wilton
Saxony
Axminster
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Palais Royal
A. Lisner
Sommodore
J. Stuart Blackton
Sensation
Garden
Helen Ware
Chester Conklin
Robin
Miss Hinman
Sol Herzog & Co. Inc
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Travel
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California
West Indies
Southerica
New Orleans Merdi Gras
Delta Tour
Woodward Ride
Cohan and
Harris
Mats
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Qoulin Lucy
Julia Culp
Qoenraad V. Bos
Tio
T. Arthur Smith
Gat
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Josef Stransey
Bololat
Harold Bauer
James & Bonnie Thornton
Fred ¥. Bowers
Elsie Janis
Penn Gardens
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Lionel Barrymore
Raete
Mary
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A. H. van Buren
Belasco
William Hiliott
Marian Crighton
Cath. A. Bammen
Huabe
Newman
Chile
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FOX
Theda Bara
France
Duve
Joe Hartig
Loew’s
Columbia
Dustin Farnum
Gumberlands
Scalino
East Lynne Mats
The
American University
Ismar J. Perits
Syracuse University- Teraday
Toursiay
Washington Hotels
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Monroe
Lincoln Hotel
10Th & H Sts
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Dewey Hotel
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Mar George Q. Pattee
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Pennaytvanis Ave
White House
Treasury
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Cairo
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Hahotec
Superior
Walters Bubby
Florida Resorts
Avecos
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C. W. P. Turner
Old Point Comfort
Norfolk, VA
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Underwood
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