Society Notes From Washington White House to Mount Alto
Washington society pages recount indepence day on the Mayflower with the President and Mrs Wilson, dinners attended by dignitaries, and guests including the Russian mission. Royalty and diplomats prune residence rooms at Evermay Georgetown while numerous weddings, engagements, and travels fill the social calendar through July with Mr Leroy McDowell and Miss Mary Martin among the newlyweds and many guests touring Newport Moosehead Lake and Mount Alto Inn venues.
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EH. H. G. Slater
Washington
New York
Newport
Orient Return and Society Notices
Mrs. Robert Hinckley and Miss Gladya Hinckley return home after months abroad. Rev. and Mrs. Alexander Galt announce the engagement of May Williams Ware to Mr. Ogle Ridout Singleton of Washington, with a wedding set for August 28 at Christ Church Brandy Station Virginia. Mrs. Anna Hendley opens an Atlantic City cottage and, with Mrs Nanette B. Paul, launches a Ven ice Park chautauqua summer program July 16 at the Hotel Chautauqua. Wayne Murray of Chicago visits his mother on Tamont Street and returns home. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sumner Hamlin and Miss Anna Hamlin depart for a summer home in Mattapoisett Massachusetts. Hamlin will return to Washington soon.
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Mary ¥. Martin
Martha Martin
Leroy McDowell
Twentieth Street
Harry J. Goodwin
H. H. Street
A. R. Baum
Randolph Street
Petworth
Kathryn Kalbfus
Charles Kalbfus
Wiliam Glenn Abbott
Samuel T .Ntcholas
Melville Fischer
Mildred Smith
Georgette
May Young
Catherine Rea Baum
William Baum
Abbott
Durham
Margaret Thompson Parker
Commodore
James P. Parker
Jamestown
R. I
St. Matthew's Chuch
Charles Ellwood Colahan
C. RB. Colahan
Martha Rodes Carter
T. F. Carter
U. 83. N
Mre Carter
Colahan
Samuel R. T. Vary
New York City
Mies Latta
Philadelphia
Miss Bergland
Baltimore
Mia Annette Gost
Cynwdy
Ashbel 4
Bryan
New Jersey
Augustine Gray
Lewia Hancock
U. 5
Robert Hinckley
Gladya Hinckley
Sixteenth Street
Orient
Alexander Galt
May Williams Ware
Ogle Ridout Singleton
Washington, N
Christ Church
Brandy Station
Virginia
Anna ¥. Hendley
Atlantic City
Hendley
Nanette B. Paul
Wayne Murray
Chicago
Lane
Tamont Street
Charles Sumner Hamlin
Anna Hamlin
Mattapolsett
Mass
Red Cross Benefit Held at Occoquan for War Relief
Fairfax and Prince William residents and Washingtonians attended a Red Cross benefit at the District workhouse grounds Occoquan Virginia hosted by Superintendent W H Whittaker A luncheon and supper were served several booths sold refreshments with proceeds sent to Red Cross headquarters patriotic motion pictures were shown Mabel Boardman spoke urging every American at home to support the Red Cross George L Sehon of the Kentucky Children's Home which houses 7000 children also spoke on Red Cross work and the speakers were introduced by Whittaker.
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Fairfax
Prince William
Red Cross
Occoquan
W. H. Whittaker
Misa Mabel Boardman
George L. Sehon
Kentucky Children’s Home
Whittaker
Women Aid Red Cross Funds Amid War New Year Drive
Red Cross week raises funds at two banks with volunteers reporting 1318.60 at National Savings and Trust and 506.87 at Commercial National Bank. Independence Day contributions surge as U S submarine attacks prompt renewed giving. list of donors includes many individuals and groups. Carried reports from Mexico City and New York detail celebrations and political commentary on war readiness and German expansion.
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Red Cross War Service Fund
Washington Monument
United States
Secretary of the Navy
Red Cross
Senate
Marshall
National Savings and Trust Company
Commercial National Bank
Germans Observe Fourth of July at Fort Oglethorpe
In Chattanooga Tennessee on July 4 the 400 German prisoners confined in Fort Oglethorpe barracks watched the Fourth of July celebration on the drill grounds. Regulars and cadets from the training camp joined in a program of outdoor sports and exercises.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Fort Oglethorpea
Accuse Cripples Union Head Faces Mail Fraud Charge
New York July 4 George Washington Ryder crippled head of cripples union was held in 2600 bond for the Federal grand jury on a mail fraud charge by fake collections for cripples. Rockville Md July 4 Thomas Sampoon 74 died at his home near Garrett Park survived by wives and two daughters funeral Friday from family residence.
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New York
George Washington Ryder
Cripples’ Union
Federal Grand Jury
Rockville
Hospitals at new camps for surgeons and staff
Hospitals and barracks to house surgeons and their assistants to be built at sixteen cantonments and national guard camps. Each hospital will have beds for 1,000 patients in substantial frame structures. Temporary constructions underway at Walter General Hospital and Fort Myer. Walter Reed adds 750 beds and Fort Myer adds two 30‑ward buildings.
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National Guard
Walter General Hospital
Citizens’ Training
Fort Myer
Walter Reed Hospital
Mrs Sarah C Turnbull Dies at 85 in City Home
Mrs Sarah C Turnbull widow of Col Thomas R Turnbull longtime resident of this city died at her home 9 Massachusetts avenue northwest Tuesday aged 85. She aided patriotic groups including the Lincoln corps which will conduct a flag service over her body. Funeral services are at her residence today with interment at Arlington.
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Sarah C Turnbull
Thomas R Turnbull
Massachusets Avenue
Turnbull
Lincoln Corps
Arlington
Peanut Acreage Surges on Independence Day Promoting Nutritious Use
The article notes a dramatic rise in peanut acreage in the United States, from about 1.25 million acres in 1916 to over two million by 1631, praising the peanut as a versatile staple. It highlights peanuts as cattle feed, a source of cooking fats, and growing popularity of table butters.
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Roosevelt
Germany
United States
South America
United States of America
War nurse’s vivid portrait of courage and death on front lines
A wartime narrative highlights soldiers meeting death in hospital wards and on the Russian air front. It recalls two airmen who calmly adjusted their machines and flew into certain death against German planes, choosing glorious self destruction over surrender or retreat.
Entertaining the Umpire in Baseball History
Dan Brouthers II recounts early baseball when crowds and players faced umpires in a rough era. The piece notes that even criminals could not be bribed to serve as judges of the diamond.
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Dan Brouthers II
The Big League In War by Sergt McClintock
Sergt McClintock longtime trench veteran writes on the Somme battle, claiming American troops showed decisive action and deeming earlier French fighting as lesser. The narrative is praised as graphic, realistic and thrilling, among the best war stories since 1914.
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Sergt. McClintock
Somme
United States
France
McClintock
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