Culpeper Show Opens Amid Rain and Crowded Arenas
Culpeper Va July opening of the Culpeper Horse Show and Racing Association two day meet drew about 200 horse lovers despite heavy rain. blue ribbons go to Mrs Allen Potts Gordonsville and Dr Churchman Charleston in harness and saddle events. Starlight and Earle win in division showings. judges plan to remodel enclosures as crowds enjoy a metropolitan level display of hunters and runabouts with notable entrants from Gordonsville Upperville Warrenton and Middleburg.
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Allen Potts
Gordonsville
Spectal
Tas
Washington Post
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Jorenson
Culpeper Horse Show and Racing Association
Monte Vista Park
Judgo River
Osborne and
Halla Way
Starlight
Davis
Mra
Brasen Rose
Happy Creek
Pretty Maid
Randolph
Mrs. Potts
Fruk
Huda
Royal Onyx
Lit Ne
England
Tlaliymore
Patrick Henry O'Bannon
Associaton
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Bo-Sen
Leon Nalle
Capt
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Winker Sanford
Orange
W. Ward
Charlottesville
Tm, Sanford
Millwood
Churchman & Davis
W. Va
Royal Score
Glenwine Farms
A Serand
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Mrs. Allengs
Kordonguille
Golden Rod
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Hracken Tose
Berryville
Hhrechmond
Middleburg
Green Hunters
Tolliver
Halloway & Osborne
Croydonsville
Blred
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Upperville
W Va
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Allen Forts
Gordonaville
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Mellwood
Earle
Churchman & Tavis
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Clinker
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Happs Creek
Porta Cordonsvillg
C. Randulph
Uppersile
Gortonaviile
Short Circuit Sets Car Afire in Capital Traction Vehicle
A short circuit in a fuse of a Capital Traction Company car on New Jersey avenue and B street southeast last night ignited the vehicle and caused minor damage.
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Capital Traction Company
New Jersey Avenue
B Street
The Roll of Honor in English Village Churches
A Martian visitor would notice England via rural village life where a church list called the Roll of Honor names local youths in uniform. The piece reflects on simple, blunt baptismal names like Mike Jack Tom, and the human detail of ordinary families sending sons to war.
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England
Wessoming Land
Earth
Hale
Mike
Jack
Tom
Thomas
John
Neutral Nation Must Take First Step for Peace, Says Jane Addams
Jane Addams arrived aboard the St Louis from Liverpool as leader of a peace mission. She urged neutral powers to initiate negotiations, warned that delaying peace would make terms harder, and noted wartime casualties and public hunger for peace across nations. She met officials in several countries and planned to brief President Wilson.
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New York
International Congress of Women For Peace
Hague
St. Louis
Liverpool
Miss Addams
Miss Addama
America
Germany
France
United States
Belgium
von Jagow
the Hague
England
Austria
Italy
Pape Nice
Rome
Misa Addams
Vatican
Miss Addame
London
Will Lee
Wilson
Washington
Carnegie Hall
Brightwood Reservoir Tournament Draws 15000 with Accidents
Exhibition events on Independence Day drew over 15000 at Brightwood Reservoir. Private Carlson of Troop K was injured when his horse toppled at a turn, later deemed out of danger at Walter Reed Hospital. Other incidents included Loula Wilson being skinned after a fall and Private May narrowly avoiding injury in cavalry jumps. The day featured work-horse parades, harness races, and a notable mounted potato race, ending with awards from District officials and roses presented to a young spectator.
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John E. Carlson
Fifth Cavalry
Carlson
Walter Reed Hospital
Loula
Wilson
Board of Trade
Marianne
May
Sixteenth Street
Eixteen Waa
Peace Monument
Pennsylvania
Executive Avenues
George M. Gyster, Corby
American Ice Companies
J. S. Blandford
District of Columbia
Maryland
Virginia
Troop N
Mr. Wilson
Tor Grant
Chamber of Commerce
Charles Columbus
Retail Merrchants' Association
John Martin
Martin
Columbus
W. J. Gude
Oliver P. Newman
Mr. Gude
Alva Louise “Ridgway
Newman
Alva
Independence Day at Atlantic City Observed Despite Weather
Special to The Washington Post reports Atlantic City July 5 where heavy rain initially dampened holiday plans yet by breakfast drizzle eased and sun threatened. A festive scene followed with toy dolls in costumes, a dice game awarding Uncle Sam, and spectators singing The Star Spangled Banner as bathers still enjoyed waves.
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Atlantic City
Washington Post
Uncle Sam
Showers Damp Gayette Parties at Narragansett and Bar Harbor
Heavy skies and frequent showers curbed social events at Narragansett Pier and Bar Harbor on July 5 and 6. In late afternoon skies cleared at Narragansett, hosting dinners, dances, and fireworks. Notables and guests included Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Valentine, Mrs. Irving H Chaze, Mr. and Mrs. John Kellogg, Capt. Frank W. Kellogg, Ensign P. M. Mail, and many others. The Bar Harbor Fourth of July celebrations were halted by storms, with dinners and lunches instead at Tea Cup Inn and Seaside cottages. In Newport, Newport's traditional Fourth of July observance continued with the bell at Trinity Church and civic pageantry. Asheville opened its summer season with Grove Park Inn dances led by Gov. Locke Craig and attendees from Southern society.
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R. 1
Samuel
Valentine
Irving Hchaze
John P. Kellogg
Frank W. Kelloge
Ensign
John H. Hanan
Schuyler Thompson
Leo Warner
G. P. Dillenback
Harry 8. Harkness
Washington
Rosalind Cottage
Erneae Wilkinson
Theodore Wilkinson
North Carolina
Gayety
Bar Harbor
Har Harbor
Tea Cup Inn
Ernest Schelling
New York
Jayne Cottage
Tenace Jen Paderewski
Joseph Medill McCormick
Chicago
Mark 4
Hanna
Seal Harbor
McCormick
Robert A. Taft
Cincinnati
Lloyd W. Bowers
Patted IL du Pont
Wilmington
Del
Newport
R. I
Old State House
Washington Square
Trinity Church
Reuben Robertson
Junius G. Adams
Frederick L. Seely
Harmon A. Miller
M.V. Moore
Little Girl Held Up by Immigrant Official
Special to The Washington Post from New York reports a delay in landing the Hon. Sylvia May Fletcher Moulton at Ellis Island while immigration rules were questioned. Ambassador Sir Cecil Spring-Rice intervened, urging discretion and land passage for the 13 year old daughter of Baron Moulton, with Secretary of State Lansing to be consulted.
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Washington Post
New York
Sylvia May Fletcher Moulton
Baron Moulton
Cecil Spring- Rice
Washington
St. Louis
Spring-Tace
Elis
Byron H. Uhl
Lansing
Horse show field events prize list and riders
A long list of mounted events and prizes from a cavalry gathering. Names include Private Mon, Private Gummel, Private La Clair, and Private Moy with units like Troop K Fifth Cavalry and Troop M Fifth Cavalry. Notable horses include Strongheart and Kitty Kerr with riders mentioned. judges named Hale, Beale, and Mullin.
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J. F. Love
Prince Georges
E. L. Love
Kalght
Montgomery
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Fifth Cavalry
Gummel
la Clair
Thomas Bones
White Sox
Frst
Little Devil
Private Gummel
Q. Mlc
U.S. A
Ae Goode Larkin
Ben Galore
Davis
Damper
Buckingham
Cedar Brook
YTURBIDE-KEARNEY WEDDING IN PRIVATE SERVICE
Augustine de Yturbide grandson of the late Mexican Emperor and adopted heir of Maximilian married Mary Louise Kearney after taking a license. The ceremony was at St Matthew's Church performed by Rev J M Cooper. Groom 57 bride 29. bride is daughter of the late Brig Gen James Kearney.
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L. K. Norton
Chevy Chase
Mies Kearney
Kate Kearney Henry
I Street Northwest
Necklace Missing. Russian Singer Reports Theft
Russian singer Mme. Danna Walska asked New York police to recover a $12,000 necklace worth 146 pearls missing from a train between Albany and New York about two weeks earlier. She recalled wearing the ornament at the Ansonia Hotel after noting it missing on arrival following a trip from Albany.
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Mme
Danna Walska
Here
Albany
Europe
Ansonia Hotel
Mina Walska
Plea for Greater Navy at Brookland and University Heights Picnic
Alexander M Dockery Third Assistant Postmaster General spoke at the Fourth of July event on Fort Bunker Hill Brookland urging an expanded navy to protect American interests as Europe is at war. The program included athletic events with multiple dash and relay winners among boys girls and men, and a reading of the Declaration of Independence.
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Brookland
University Heights
Fort Bunker Hill
Thirteenth
Otis Streets
Dockery
Europe
United States
London
New York
Charles H. McCarth
Catholic University
Mary Judge
Helen Petrie
Helen Fluger
Bertha Kracke
Mary Weekersleg
Leah M. Leavell
Mary Harbaugh
Elizabeth Mattermore
Harriette King
Joseph Santucci
Henry Lee
Francis Trice
James Jeffrey
Albert Edmonds
Ralph Parker
Marvin McLean
Wiliam Walah
Charles Saunders
George Jeffrey
Hardy Burgen
Walter Louthan
Bushrod Washington
Xavier Cancill
Charles Krocke
Franklin Howe
Ernest Ross
Bernard K. Diller
Wiliam Walsh
Walter Carks
James Connolly
Ravier Cancul
Joseph Huttener
Lawrence Beckett
B. K. Diller
William Walsh
John McCarthy
Albert Greenstreet
George King
Edward Wells
George Lewtn
David Bradshaw
Albert Ene
Carl Forte
Ter Louthan
Ernest Boss
Fireworks Awe Thousands at Monument Independence Display
A vast crowd gathered at the monument for a citizens led Independence Day fireworks show. Commis sioner Olver and Newman organized the display with New York pyrotechnicians, featuring rockets, volcanoes, parachute pieces, and a 100 foot long burning American flag. Police and volunteers managed the flow as thousands filled the grounds and adjacent avenues.
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Olver & Newman
Agricultural Department
Great Park
Europe
Tokyo
Pennsylvania Avenue
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