Death of J. L. Parsons Erected District Building
James L. Parsons a prominent Washington contractor who built the Municipal Building remodeled the Treasury and Stoneleigh Court died last Saturday at his North Chevy Chase summer home. Funeral at All Saints Church conducted by the Masons with Rev. Dr. Austin. He served in the Confederate Army and later the U S Army Quartermaster Department before moving to Washington in 1872. Survived by wife four daughters and three sons. Burial at Congressional Cemetery follows the 4 pm service. He was a director of the National Capital Bank and a member of the Board of Trade.
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Louisa County
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the Shrine
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Board of Trade
Preacher Urges Ban on Beer at Chautauqua Rally
Rev A H Zimmerman urged prohibition of alcohol at Great Falls tent city chautauqua session. He tied mental revolutions to nation building and declared the pot of beer must go, urging Christian patriotism to feed the people and support an army and democracy.
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A H. Zimmerman
Great Falls
Chautauqua
Zimmerman
Washington Railway and Electric raises wages for crew
Beginning July 4 motormen and conductors of the Washington Railway and Electric Company will receive a wage increase. A general 2 cent per hour rise for carmen is announced, with specific scale steps from less than one year at 26 cents to over ten years at 32 cents per hour, current scale ranging 24 to 30 cents.
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Washington Railway and Electric Company
SAVE MANURE PLEA URGES FARMERS TO SAVE FERTILIZER VALUE
Assistant Secretary Carl Vrooman calls on farmers to conserve manure now wasted in the United States. Woodman estimates half of manure is unused as fertilizer, totaling about 2.46 billion dollars, with a 1.2 billion dollar annual loss. Agriculture Department findings show at least half of this fertilizer wealth goes to waste.
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Carl Vrooman
Woodman
United States
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Births Reported In Local Society Notes
Milton and Elizabeth Wend welcome a girl. William and Ruth Tarrant announce a boy. John H. and Maud Roby greet a girl. Samuel and Martha Orrison announce a girl. Jacob F. and Janet H. Iaming welcome a boy. Ross S. and Josephine Kingsbury report a girl. Garros and Lacy Haughton have a boy. William and Florence Grimwood announce a girl. Gale and Elizabeth Fink report a boy. Raymond L. and Mary F. Ferguson welcome a boy. William L. and Barbara J. Dorsey greet a girl. Solomon C. and Gertrude M. Curtis report a girl. Eric and Katherine Brasch have a boy. Earl M. and Edna M. Brady welcome a girl. Walter and Rebecca Ross report a girl. William and Elaie Henderson announce a girl. William H. and Fannie Day greet a girl.
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Elizabeth Wend
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Ruth Tarrant
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Maud Roby
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Martha Orrison
Jacob F
Janet H. Iaming
Ross S
Josephine Kingsbury
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Lacy Haughton
Florence Grimwood
Gale
Elizabeth Fink
Raymond L
Mary F Ferguson
William L
Barbara J. Dorsey
Solomon C
Gertrude M. Curtis
Death notices from Prov? and Washington hospitals
Deaths reported for Emma Sunderland 89 Prova Homp Lena Racoosin 1 Provd Hosp Benny Hewlett 77 609 N J ave nw Joseph Reilly 65 Wash Astym Hosp Bridget Guerin 84 412 1B Canat Lillian Gray 8 months 8407 Ceath place Henry Diggs 88 Wash Assym Hosp William Perry 35 Wash Assym Hosp Elista Gordon 84 413 N ave nw John Brown 52 165 H at an
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Lena Racoosin
Benny Hewlett
N. J. Ave
Joseph Reilly
Wash
Astym
Bridget M. Guerin
Canat
Lillian V. Gray
Ceath Place
Henry Diggs
William Perry
Elista Gordon
John Brown
Soldier Insurance Plan Discussed With Cabinet Members
Representatives of major life insurers and Secretary McAdoo met to discuss insuring soldiers lives. The government would insure service members for limited sums in death injury or capture, potentially ending the pension system as pension costs near five billion dollars from the Civil War era.
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McAdoo
Weather Summary for District of Columbia and Nearby Regions
U S Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau reports for Sumday July 1 to 8 pm. forecast includes partly cloudy, warm in DC MD VA. Tuesday fair with light southwest winds. Thundershowers in lower Missouri upper Mississippi valleys and Florida. cooler in the Lake region and Ohio Valley. warmer along Atlantic coast and east Gulf. Local thunder showers Monday and Tuesday on Florida peninsula. Temperatures ranged midnight 71 to 88 pm. max 90, min 45-66 from last year. Potomac River clear, Shenandoah slightly muddy at Harpers Ferry July 1.
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City Briefs Highlight Summer Meetings and Local Events
Members of the United Daughters of the Confederacy report in uniform for the last summer meeting to pay tribute to Comrade Robert M. Harrower. The camp plans 10 a.m. assembly at headquarters on Wednesday to celebrate the Fourth of July. Cardinal Gibbons marked his 56th priesthood anniversary after being ordained in Baltimore in 1861. Dr W. E. Wiseman will lecture on community activity from gardening to boy scouting at Hawani playgrounds at 6 p.m. tomorrow, with talks by Charles A. Marshall and Mrs. Gabriel Pelman. Women of Brookland host lawn parties tonight and tomorrow night at St Anthony’s Church to fund a new parish hall. The Potomac Electric Power Company is ordered to extend conduits along Champlain avenue ahead of paving, per the public utilities commission. Washington correspondent Ww. M. Hairston and Mrs. Hairston head to Georgia for a one‑month convention of weekly publishers. An auto owned by J. H. Hudson was damaged yesterday when it caught fire at Sixteenth and M streets. A thief entered Benson Mararcio’s home at 207 C Street Northeast, stealing $16 and linen handkerchiefs. The Emergency Hospital ambulance was slightly damaged when it collided with a streetcar in front of 1312 Eleventh Street Northwest. James Higdon of Glenboro, D.C., was noted.
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United Daughters of the Confederacy
Robert M. Harrower
Front Porch Theft Reported In Local Incident
A man reported to police that while he slept on his front porch someone rifled his pockets and seized 65 dollars. Canadians in Washington mark the fiftieth anniversary of confederation today. Dr Henry M Ami supporters host a Shoreham dinner. Central gardening committee to announce canning demonstrations date at Convention Hall and other buildings.
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Motor Cars Registered In U S Reach 3.5 Million Mark
A 1916 census shows 3,512,996 motor vehicles registered in the United States, up 1,067,332 from 1915, a 43 percent gain. Receipts totaled 25,865,369 dollars from fees collected. Commercial and private cars contribute to the surge as the motor vehicle boom continues nationwide.
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United States
States collect road funds from cycle registrations and fees
Cycles registered reached 250 820 and total registration and license fees produced 25 365 369 75 dollars. Of this amount 28 910 811 dollars were applied directly to the construction improvement or maintenance of public roads in 43 states per the Office of Public Roads, Department of Agriculture.
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Office of Publ Roads
Department of Agriculture
Credit Bureau Opens with Expanded Staff and New Manager
The Retail Merchants' Association credit bureau starts today with 168000 names in a mercantile information file and will distribute credit data to members. Do. Vo Wedkley is named managing reporter and Miss Elizabeth A Rawlings, longtime associate, becomes manager.
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Retail Merchants’ Association
Do. Vo Wedkley
Mias Elizabeth A Rawlings
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