Atlantic City Notes Preview Taft Visit and Elks Parade
Atlantic City welcomes President Taft for a July 7 visit to address the Christian Endeavor convention as lavish decorations, national flags, and Elks festivities build the town's early season. Generals, lawmakers, and Washington society guests fill hotels and beaches, with long distance excursions and heavy turnout planned for the Elks convention week.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Washington
Foul Dent Taft
Christian Endeavor
Fairbanks
Ellis
United States
Elka
Chelsea
Inlet
The
Elks
Alaska
Hawaii
Niagara Falls
Great Southwest
Galveston
Forth Worth
Tex
Atlantic
Norman Underwood
the Dennis
Donts for Independence Day Washingtonians guide
Major Richard Sylvester offers a series of public safety admonitions for the Fourth of July including avoiding explosives and unlocked homes, not leaving valuables with servants, not showing jewelry in crowds, and not relying on strangers or large crowds for money changes. He urges kindness over force and cautions against dangerous neglect.
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Richard Sylvester
Birdie Seeks North Dakota Ranch Husband via Charity Board
A Washington woman calling herself Birdie asks the Board of Charities to publish a matrimonial ad in North Dakota newspapers. She seeks a husband with a horse ranch, promising to cover all expenses, and hopes the board will forward mail inquiries to her. The board has not revealed her name but will handle replies for any eligible bachelor with a ranch and horses.
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North Dakota
Board of Charites
Dha “Etter
Birdie
Birdié
Board of Charities
Wilson
Sirs
Dakotas
New Church Planned in Woodley Park All Souls Chapel
A new Episcopal church named All Souls Mission will be built in Woodley Park with temporary quarters at 2627 Garfield Street NW. Rev. J McBride Sterrett named rector. A portable chapel to be erected this summer may lead to a permanent structure, with a $1,000 expected cost. A Woodley Park committee of Bright Kendall and London arranged details. Howard Mitchison bought two Wyoming Avenue lots to build two $15,000 houses. A wireless building contract was let for a two story structure housing the offices.
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All Souls’ Mission
Woodley Park
J. McBride Sterrett
George Washington University
Garfield Street
Sterrett
Raquette Lake
N. Y
F. S. Bright
Frederick Av Kendall
John H. London
Howard Mitchison
John J. Hamilton
Wyoming Avenue
Eighteenth
Thomas J. Fisher & Co
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Alwss
Goodyear West
Florsheim
Blorsheim
Wm. Hahn & Co.’s' Three Reliable Shoe Stores
N. W
Pa. Ave
Pa. Ave. S. E
Shapaly
Swaeger “College” Oxfords
Post
Cole
Batena
Aart
Washington Gas Light CO
Tenth Street N. W
the Sunday Post
R. P. Andrey
St. NW
Roth
S Paper. Co
la. Ave
Boston Sample Shoe Parlor, Inc
Cor
Tihang
Sis
Fluor
Fealy's Drag Store
Vitvindea Aves
Europe
Salz de Carlos
E. Fougera 6&6 CO
U.S
New York
Atlantic City Notes
Winfield Scott Schley
America
Santiago
Charles E. Hayward
Marguerite Barbour
John Chew
Evelyn Chew
Brighton
Miss Chew
Virginia Hot Springs
Mis. Titian Coffey
William A. Mearns
Esplanade
Co. D. Emery
Elizabeth Emery
C. B. Hunt
Jane Hunt
Todd
Edward Rheem
Benjamin Vinton
Carter
Colonial
Virginia Mountains
Howard Bedtoe
Westmont Hotel
Army
Navy
Fort Leavenworth
Mad
Joseph Kuhn
Parker Kuhn
Miss Parker
Richard Parker
F. W. Kinkaid
Mrs. Kinkaid
Morton
Virginia Avenue
B. I Hall
Wiliam
Allen
St. Charles
William A. Shunk
Galen Hall
J. Stumie
Washington Inchuin
W. E. Freeman
Shoreham
L E. Gilbert
Southern
J. Lester
J. W Reinhardt
H. €. Rothwock
Elsa Rothrock
Eberly
Jilly Johnson
Charles F. Humphrey
Humphrey
U. S.A
Helen Humphrey
Joe Humphrey
Adirondacks
Wiltshire
Maj. Sylvester
Fair Unknown
Kann, Sons & Co
All Souls
DR. Sterrett
Committee On
Wireless
Hooper Bros
Penn. Ave
SRE
Arl
Ington
Arthur Cows Sill
Cowssill
Burt
Arthur Burt Co
Haas & CO
Shaas &Co
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