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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1916
Page
4
Weather conditions and temperatures reported by the Weather Bureau list fair to partly cloudy skies with variable winds. Temperatures range from 52 to 84 degrees across areas, with detailed hourly readings and daily highs and lows noted for Thursday and Friday.
A Washington gathering introduced by Postmaster General Selph features President Wilson delivering remarks to about six hundred postmasters. He emphasizes service to the country, loyalty to the Democratic Party, and the post office as a measure of government action and national unity.
District court filings report personal injury suits over defective haln tors and an amputation claim. The estate of Franzoni and Stagg wills are probated. other actions involve theft, housebreaking, and a bank check dispute, with multiple attorneys named.
A column details petty theft recoveries including items from George Mirray and Mrs Myrtle Fuster, and a list of property seizures. It reports a child named Randolph Artz, 12, injured after a bicycle crash at Thirteenth and Decatur streets, a factory fire at Barrett Manufacturing causing $23 damage, and deaths including Charles McLane due to gangrene after removal to the Emergency Hospital. Also notes Louis Hodges struck by car at Tenth and B, James Foster drowned at Simbs Wharf, and James H P Bailey injured near the District building areaway.
William H Stockman longtime weather service veteran died Tuesday after a cancerous growth contracted while on duty in Hawaii He served since 187 starting in the signal corps and held roles including official forecaster in Washington and weather head in Hawaii for ten years His career included postings in Kansas City Cleveland Jamaica and New Orleans at his death he was drafting a comprehensive Hawaii study He was a member of Bigelow Lodge F A A M in Cleveland Ohio
William A and Frank Donaldson welcome a boy. Weed F and Ada M Lewis announce a boy. Julius F and Pena M Viedt report a girl. Harry I and Reberca F Clayman have a girl. Frank and Estelle table record a boy. Samuel H and Annie Beach announce a girl. Luther C and Ruth I Frank report a boy. Henry and Nellie Thomberries report a girl. Giorgia and Elvira Clechin Bes George and Fila Washington report a birth. James and Mildred Pope announce a baby. John M and Martha Brown welcome a child. William and Ruth Nelson record a birth.
A grouped notice lists multiple marriage licenses issued to pairs including Charles H. Collins with Alice J Parker Maurice A Butler with Burdelle Reed Charles A Jones with Ortarin Matthews Wainwright Jenkins with Mary T Jackson MrKinley Jefferson with Mary Allen Charles Po Turner with Margaret F Boteler both af Silver Spring Md Marshall Bell with Alanine Lee Guy R Garner of Wilmington Ia and Robbie E Loving of Bybee Va.
An obituary style listing reports infant deaths and multiple ages, names, and addresses. Entries include Charles Alfred Woolbend 61 sre at 14th street aw and Harriet Kay 3 days old at 1230 8th st aw, with other names such as Imogene Mo Cooper 80 gyre Slee Hampton and Margaret Forsythe among the numerous entries from the Columbian Hospital and nearby addresses.
A fragmented city bulletin page lists varied items about local events and notices. Readable lines mention community happenings, vendor notes, and public service snippets with names and places obscured by OCR errors.
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