Lincoln Patent Builder and Friend of Zenas Robbins Dies
Zenas Robbins a seventy seven year old former register of wills and police commissioner died at his home in Northwest Washington. He was an early patent attorney who secured Abraham Lincoln a patent for an Accordion boat to navigate shallow Mississippi waters. Robbins spoke of his close friendship with Lincoln and recalled meeting him through B Washburn and a dinner with Lincoln and his wife. His model steamboat impressed Lincoln and contributed to the patent grant. Robbins served as a local civic leader and member of the Sons of the American Revolution. He is survived by a widow and a son, Dr Henry A Robbins. General services will be held at Oak Hill Cemetery Chapel tomorrow.
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ZenAs C Robbins
Henry A. Robeiic i Robbins
Grafton
Abraham Lincoln
Congress
Lincoln
Johnson
Board of Police Commissioners
Roebbdins
Oak Hill
Tie
Mississippi River
Glengzee
Irielry
Lincol
Hon & B. Washburn
Monsrees
St Teila
Orion
Washington
West
Jamaican Benefit Lecture At Belasco Theatre
Woodworth Claimes Jamaica’s beauty and people as he lectured at the Belasco Theatre under the British Embassy auspices for Kingston earthquake relief. Chive described travels. color telephotos showed island life. Proceeds go to maroon residents. audience included ambassadors and high officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodworth Clam
Belasco Theater
Jamaica
Kingston
Mr. Chive
Bishop Praises Bell Home At District Episco pal Meeting
The Bishop of Washington presided at a Monday gathering of Episcopal parishes in the District to commend the Bell Home for Children. He urged cathedral trustees to take control, discussed a new building, and reports showed about $350 raised toward a $1,000 goal with Willard Davenport assisting in fund efforts.
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Bell
Washington
Church of the Ascension
Sattersee
Willard G Davenport
Emanuel P E
Anacostla
Daxenport
Esso
Elation
Snow and sun sprites in pageant and society satire
Social and personal notes describe Frances Alexander and Miss Barclay in Snow and sun sprite costumes with fur hoods and yellow gauze as they dance under a gauze film. Miley Electra Havemeyer plays a fiery wife in a Christmas chime while a lively quartet entertains. The Farce Bamboozling is noted, and opinions on the play Her Grace the Reformer discuss socialist themes with titled peers such as the Countess of Warwick and Duchess of Sutherland. A Washington reception paints a portrait of a society sponsor guiding a fashionably anxious young woman into aristocratic spectacle.
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Frances Alexander
Miss Barclay
Della
Shaw
Electra Havemeyer
Anne Gardner
John Dix
Buell Holttdter
Alice Anderton
Mildred Carter
Harriet Alexander
Haymarket Theater
London
Henry de la Pasture
Duchess of
Countess of Warwick
Duchess of Sutherland
Duchess of Leeds
Countess of War
George W Ochs Marries in Philadelphia
George W Ochs publisher and general manager of the Public Ledger wed Miss Bertie M Gans in Philadelphia with Rev Dr Joseph Kreuske officiating. Adolph S Ochs, New York Times publisher and brother of the groom, was best man. The couple planned a honeymoon in Europe, with gifts including a loving cup from Chattanooga city officials and a bronze mirror from local employees.
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Philadelphia
George W . Ochs
The
Public Ledger
Bertie M Gans
Joseph Kreuskept
William Bumburger
New York
Adolph 8 Ochs
New York Times
Bellevue-Stratford
Ochs
PUPILS PROMOTED IN WASHINGTON SCHOOLS PROMOTION TRIAL
Washington school officials prepare a midyear promotion for about 150 eighth graders kept back last year while new geography for elementary grades is drafted by Asst Supt Hughes and a committee led by Miss Elizabeth Brown and A T Stuart. The plan aims to boost those behind their peers and may become standard next year if effective.
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Washington
Supt Hughes
Asst Supt Hughes
Elizabeth A Brown
A T Stuart
Cart Garson
Cornelia Whitney
C 4 Clark
Wow Black
CG Manwether
Hughes
Railroad Man Advances
W S Andrews superintendent of the Danville division of the Southern has resigned to become assistant general manager of the Queen and Crescent Railroad. He will base his head quarters in Chattanooga. Andrews served fourteen months as Danville division chief and previously spent years in the Washington offices. He has already departed for Chattanooga to establish himself.
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W. S Andrews
Danville
Southern
Queen and Crescent Railroad
Chattanooga
Andrews
Danvillé
Washington
Urges Saner Child Culture by Amherst Professors
Prof John M. Tyler of Amherst College urged teachers to value children's physical development in early schooling. He argued modern methods ignore bodily needs, hindering study success, and called for a saner system of child culture. The talk was at Central High School with plans for a follow up by Dr Ellery Brown on Educational Progress in the Next Five Years.
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John M. Tyler
Amherst College
Systema of Education
John Mason Wyler
Central High School
Tyler
Ellery Brown
Ani
Seventh annual Washington Automobile Show attracts large crowd
Capital crowd views up to date autos at Dupont Garage exhibition. R A Harlow and Capt Harris buy notable cars. Phayco Greatairrow sold to R A Low. Pope Co. Type H Lotomobile highlights brisk sales. Dupont Garage houses most valuable southern collection, with delayed 1935S and Simplex touring car showcased.
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Dupont Garage
Washington Automobile Desiers' Association
Washington Automobile Gom
Phayco
Cook & Stoddard Co
T Dudley Riggs
Notes of the Cook & Stoddard Company show
The display highlights a Baker chassis armored wood construction and the Maxwell exhibit by J R Thomas with multiple models and working parts. Columbia Mark LXVI two engine car from Carter Mortar Co draws interest, featuring dual engines and a double radiator. Herbert Lyute, the Pope Toledo racer driver, attended, while retrospective notes discuss magneto introductions, longer wheelbases, larger tires, higher bore cylinders, and improved brakes reflecting 1907 automotive trends.
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Cook & Stoddard Company
Dia
Maxwell
J R_ Thomas
Meine
Wells
Washington Electric Vehicle
Transporta~tion Company
Herbert Lyute
Toledo
Chicago
Thi
France
Lyttle
Pari
England
King Edward
London
Carter Mortar Car Corporation
Carter
Fanlua
Gift to Hospital From Gridiron Club
The Gridiron Club sent flowers to children’s wards with a $500 check from George A. Kessler of New York. President Blythe received the gift and the club arranged to pass the funds to the hospital trustees. The Children’s Hospital serves white and colored children alike.
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George A Kessler
New York
Blythe
Ciildrens Hospital
Scessler
Plans Big Convention of Brotherhood in St Pauls Parish Hall
Plans for a large Brotherhood of St Andrew convention in this city September 25 to 29 were discussed at a mass meeting in St Pauls parish hall. Bishop Henry Yates Satterlee and Robert H Gardiner spoke, with an expected 5000 delegates and addresses by Roosevelt. headquarters set at 1306 G Street. Nel lie Jennison of Los Angeles dies of heart disease, a longtime Washington resident, survived by her father Hartwell Jennison and two brothers Sherman and Minat.
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Brotherhood of SS Andrew
Brotherhood
St Pauls Parish
Henry Yates Satterlee
Washington
Robert H Gardiner
Roosevelt
G Street
Nellie Jennison
Los Angeles
Cal
Jennison
Hartwell
Malvina Jennison
Miss Jennison
Sherman Jennison
Ducksonville, Fla
Minat Jennison
National Forbes Robertson and Gertrude Hillett in Repertoire
Washington playgoers await a week of drama at the New National Theater featuring Caesar and Cleopatra with Forbes Robertson and Gertrude Hillett. The program also includes Mice and Men Hamist and Hamlet with the Belasco Opera Week plus Vesuvius and Treland lectures and Rosenthal piano recital.
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National Theater
Washington
Georga Bernard Shaw
Forbes Rob Lertson
Mies
Gertrude Hillett
Men
Hamist
Robertson
London
New Amsterdam Theater
New York
Madeleine Lucette Ryley
Hamlet
Mr. Robertson
Milas Buiett
Ophelia
National—Rosenthal
Rosenthal
Wizard of
Washington College of Music
Anich
Spiritist Founder Honored At irth Anniversary Celebration
The Nations Spiritualists Association marked the birthday of C V Longley with a ceremony at 600 Pennsylvania Ave SE. Longley, a noted songwriter, has recently advanced spiritualist tenets. Speakers from the Inca Society and Boston’s Susie Clark praised him, with readings by C E Evans and performances by Boston vaudevillists. Letters and telegrams were read and refreshments served.
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C V Longley
Nations’ Spiritualists’ Association
Pennsylvania Avenue
Longley
Felih
W. Sprague
A. Wood
Inca Society
Susie Clark
Boston
Evans
W Hatch
la Hatch
Nephe
Connecticut Grounding Report Cleared of Serious Injury
Navy dispatches confirm the battleship Connecticut grounded in Culebra Harbor on January 13 with no serious damage. A court of inquiry will determine responsibility for the incident as investigations proceed.
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Connecticut
Culebra
Swift
Navy
Department
Army Orders Parade and Assignments Abroad and Mardi Gras
A list of military assignments and duties including Ma Wenly Bo Curry reporting to General Department of the East New York for duty in Mobile Alabama construction of Fort Morgan. Lieut Col Charles W Macoin and others granted leave and transfers. Second Lieuts Carr W Weller Lloyd P Horstall and Carroll Fower assigned to various posts. Navy orders sending cruiser Columbia to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. Des Moines to Natchez aid celebration. recruiting station duty assigned in Oklahoma City. Hargis discharged from naval hospital in Norfolk. sick leave granted for one month.
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Rominapifog General Department of the East
New York
Louis F Garrard
Mobile
Ala
Ensimo
Fort Morgan
Absenc
Charles W. Macoin
Taney
Heverly W Doom
Ordnance Department
Sandy Hook Proving Ground
Sandy Hook
Carroll Fower
Artillery Gorge
Terre Haute
Pari
Carr W Weller
Field Artiillery
Twenty-fourth Battery
Field Artillery
Lloyd P Horstall
Field Aviery
Secretary of the Navy
Columbia
Havana
New Orleans
Conbort Des Moines
Natchez
Kinsign
Barnette
Oklehoma City
Okie
Hargis
Naval Hospital
Norfolk
Drude
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