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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1924
Page
15
A garbled report notes a U S suit to recover 7 000 000 and a hearing on a motion to quash. Federal agents speeding in automobiles and state officers are cited in a contentious dispute involving safety and enforcement.
A garbled OCR obituary roundup lists deaths and funeral notices from July with names such as Breedlove, Butler, Keenan, Lewie, McMurray, and Wolf. It notes funeral times, private interments, and addresses, inviting relatives and friends to attend services at various cemeteries and churches, with scattered dates in July and ages where legible.
A local remembrance event honors the memory of a pair of departed individuals. Attendees gather to reflect, with mentions of family and friends, as a choir performs meaningful pieces. The gathering affirms enduring bonds and shared grief among attendees and the community.
On July 24, 1924, Lieut Russell L Maughan will fly from Kelly Field to Logan Utah to land where his father Peter P Maughan first settled the town fifty years earlier. The flight honors Logan's founding anniversary and was authorized by Secretary of War Weeks following a request by Senator Smoot.
An extended report details complaints about city agents on Washington Boulevard near Savage M, including alleged beatings of a prisoner by Agent Pallatrons and FE, with Capt Williams and Commissioner Baughman urging action. Separate items note a disorderly conduct arrest, a prisoner’s suicide attempt, court motions over a government contract, advances in artificial kidney research, and local rate protests in Easton and Maryland.
About 40 parents organized the Mount Vernon and George Mason Parent Teacher Association in Arlington Town Hall with officers elected including president Mrs Richard Roseberry and treasurer Mrs Jennifer Brauddus. The group plans monthly meetings and advocates for child welfare services.
After treatment, a patient left the hospital as the Arlington District Good Roads Commission met at the county courthouse with Chairman Arthur Orr presiding. The executive committee recommended bond faces totaling 260 000 dollars.
William Boxall of Montgomery county was fined 145 by Police Judge Samuel Riggs in Rockville for operating under liquor influence reckless driving and lacking a valid permit after a Buck Lodge Sunday night crash that injured Nellie Dillehay 16 and left her with a fractured hip. Dillehay remains in Sandy Spring Hospital.
Special to The Washington Post Petersburg July 11 The Petersburg district conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South opened with Bishop James Cannon noting there is no smell of beer or wine in the Democratic platform He urged support for the Blackstone Female College and reported delegates elected to the Virginia annual conference to meet in Norfolk August 15 The body adjourned today with licenses granted for travel and preaching roles and appointments announced for several lay leaders and ministers.
In Hagerstown two men barricaded themselves in a room after being chased from an apartment. Constable Charles Barnhart fired when Gideon allegedly reached for a weapon, wounding him in the breast. Gideon and a companion were then placed under arrest along with bootlegger Albert Marks. The injured man was hospitalized in serious condition.
Joseph F Huff a 25 year old U S soldier from Greenville is jailed in Rockville Md on perjury charges tied to a July 2 marriage to Leaners Thompson of New York. The pair wed at Rockville and Huff allegedly deserted her the next day back home. The father obtained a warrant in Rockville. Huff was arrested in Norfolk Va. He stationed at Fort Monroe Va is said to have stated Leaners was 18 when applying for the license though her father says she is 17.
Rev B E Bell of San Antonio a retired Baptist minister testifies Tanlac transformed his long standing stomach and nerve troubles in six weeks. He says his appetite nerves liver action and sleep improved greatly enabling him to resume sermons with renewed vigor. The minister stresses that the endorsement comes after personal trial proving the medicine’s efficacy.
Alexandria Masons from multiple lodges arrange a two day outing for 100 children from the Masonic home in Richmond. The group tours the city sites, attends a luncheon at the chamber of commerce, and visits Mount Vernon before returning on Wednesday. Delegates to the State Legion convention are also chosen. A memorial to former servicemen is discussed. Widow Mollie Coffin dies in Alexandria. Found article note ends with a classified found column mention.
The record lists speeches and concerts at afternoon and evening meetings, with O H Benson presiding over the afternoon lecture and Walter J Wolard delivering a sermon at the vesper service. It notes deeds filed, organizers of boys' labs, and a change in daily meeting times from morning to afternoon to accommodate postwar schedules.
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