Paisley shawl ties copy grandmother patterns
Exquisite silk ties modeled on Paisley shawl patterns once owned by grandmothers. Wrinkle and pin proof silk. Priced at $1.50 each. Main floor F Street.
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Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1917
Page
12
Glass tumblers special price for country homes
Several barrels of these colonial glass tumblers have just arrived at Fifth floor F street. Housewives want now and the price is remarkably low at 38c per dozen because we bought them six months ago. Ideal for cottages bungalows and all-summer use.
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F Street
CHURCH NOTICES AND SERVICES ACROSS DC AREA
Presbyterian Church notices list services at Church of the Covenant and Peck Chapel with ministers Wood Carruthers Tevis and others. Morning and evening services detailed, with midweek and special sermons including a note on a trip to American University and Cross memorial events. Christian Science and New Thought notices provide service times, locations, and reading rooms.
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Presbyterian
Church OF the Covenant
Connecticut Avenue
Dighteenth
N Streets
Charles Wood
John Carruthers
Charles C. Tevis
Peck Chapel
A. Co
Easel
Lenore Culler
Richard Lorieberg
Herman Rakemann
Lancaster
Covenant
Wilkes-Barre Memorial Church
RMT
Wood
American Uniersity
Ada. m
Washington Cathedral
Peare Cross
Burlington
Vermont Ave
Thomas Circle
White House
Methodist Episcopal Services At Wesley Chapel And Calvary
Local notices outline Sunday morning at Wesley Chapel with sermon on Americas Sacrificing Mothers and an address "alied to the Colors" plus prayers for men called to colors. Calvary on Columbia Road lists 11 oclock sermon The Christian in the Judgment Seat and a 10 30 lecture on Armageddon with free seats. John’s Church and All Souls Church also noted with service times and officiants.
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Methodist Episcopal
Wesley Chapel
Methodist Episcopal Church
Fifth
Frs
C. H. Martin D. D
America
Calors
Calvary
Columbia Road
Fesoth
James Shera Montgomery
Montgomerx
Doora
Andrew J. Carey
Holy Name Church
St. Jerome's Church
Hyattsville
Denniss C. Keenan
Walter J. Hayes
St. Vincent’s Church
Mr. Carey
Mr. Keenan
Charlies J. Sheets
Centennial Baptist Church
Cavalry Methodist Church
Theodore Roosevelt
Equipment Needed for Boy Farmers Appeal in DC Area
Robert C. Howard, director of the United States Boys' Working Reserve for the District of Columbia, appeals for camp equipment to aid boys working on Maryland and Virginia farms. Residents can lend tents or cots by notifying the district HQ at Main. Washington area boys are needed. farmers favor this help. A Mitchellville, Md., farmer commends Harry L. Bosley as willing, capable, and resourceful in harvest work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert c. Howard
United States Boys' Working Reserve
District of Columbia
Maryland
Virginia
Washington
Howard
Mitchellville
Harry L. Bosley
Draft Day Urges DC Red Cross War Fund Surplus Drive
Washington eyes turned to national draft as Red Cross finance chair Macfarland reports strong contributions. He urges every DC resident to oversubscribe the $500000 goal, noting prior liberty loan success and listing donors from Miss Alice W. Craighead to Semmes Motor Company with amounts from 7.50 to 100 dollars and parish hall proceeds boosting the fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Red Cross Finance Committee
Macfarland
War Service Fund
National Organization
Red Cross War Service Fund
Liberty Loan
District of Columbia
Alice W. Craighead
Ridward B. Rosa
Parker-Browner Company
Inec
H. E. Walter
Mt. Vernon Place
Church South
A. H. Herschel
Caroline Story
Commercial National Bank
Florence N. Fairchild
St. Stephen's Parish Hall
James F. Oyster
Semmes
Garden of Allah Seen In Film At Belasco
A large Belasco audience enjoyed The Garden of Allah Robert Hichens love story set in the Sahara. Helen Ware stars as Domini Enfilden with Thomas Santachi as Boris Androiovsky. an all star cast supports them in a desert odyssey featuring a real sandstorm and striking Sahara scenes.
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Garden of Allah
Robert Hichens
Sahara Desert
Belasco
Helen Ware
Domini Enfilden
Thomas Santachi
Boris Androiovsky
Sahara
Meals With No Meat Demonstration At Local Meeting
Miss Blodgett from the Agriculture Department demonstrated substitutes for meat using cheese, navy beans, peanuts, milk and eggs at a meeting of the District Council of Defense held at Henry D. Cocke School. Samples from the dishes were shared with attendees. The next Cocke School session will feature Miss M W Thurston speaking on Conservation of Beets and Sugar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Council of Defense
Henry D. Cocke School
Blodgett
Agriculture Department
Society Notes on Washington Visit and Weddings
The President and Mrs. Wilson left yesterday for a weekend trip on the Mayflower via the Potomac. Mrs. Wilson's relatives, Miss Bertha Bolling and Mrs. Bolling, return toward Wytheville, Virginia, while Miss Mary Wilson visits Washington. The article also notes upcoming nuptials of Dorothea Snodgrass to Lieut. John Dunham Townsend at a navy yard residence, with a simple ceremony planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Potomac
Mary Wilson
Secretary of Labor
Bleasburg
Agnes Hart Wilson
Washington
Blossburg
Dorothea. Snodgrass
D. L. Snodgrass
Chattanooga
Tenn
John Dunham Townsend
U.S. A
W. Oscar Spears
Navy Yard
Snodgrass
Barracks Officers Entertain At Washington Club Dance
Washington barracks officers held a farewell dance at the Officers Club for the First regiment before its imminent departure. The ballroom glowed with flags and tiny lights, the Engineer Orchestra played, and a midnight buffet followed. Mrs. Mason M. Patrick and others greeted guests. society notes mention multiple families traveling, engagements, and new medical unit formations for troop health.
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Washington Barracks
Officers’ Club
Engineer
Mason M. Patrick
Gustave Lukesh
Harold C. Fiske
Francis B. Wilby
Meeting of Convent Alumnae Organizes Bed Maintenance
The committee led by Mrs. Albert Gleaves Mrs. J. L. D. Landis and Mrs. Gaillard Hunt will meet at Mrs. Arthur Wallace Dund's residence this afternoon to finalize arrangements for maintaining a bed in a kilns district infirmary bed.
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Albert Gleaves
J. L. D. Landis
Gaillard Hunt
Arthur Wallace Dund
British Women Work At Front As War Lorries Roll
British Headquarters in France reports a rapid expansion of feminine army labor. Khaki clad women, initially in Red Cross roles, now fill clerical posts and drive ambulances and heavy transport lorries near the firing line. Six hundred young women carpenters build army huts in Canada semi cylindrical kits, learning one step at a time before transfer. Each unit has supervisory officers and chaperons, with women lieutenants commanding on site.
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France
Red Cross
England
Band Concert Today by United States Marine Band
This afternoon at o o'clock on the ellipse the United States Marine Band led by William H. Santelmann performs a program including Old Comrades Overture Fingal's Give Mendelssohn A Prayer Leave Me Not Die Hydropaten two movements from Symphony Pathetique Danza Faction and The Star Spangled Banner with selections from Russian tunes and provided marches.
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United States Marine Bend
William H. Santelmann
Fingil
Mendelssohn
Kuecken Walts
Die Hydropaten
Symphony Pathetique
Tachaikova
Prayer for Soldiers Proclaimed by District Commissioners
District of Columbia commissioners issue a proclamation designating July 22 1917 as a day of prayer for the nation’s young men entering federal service and the Army. Special services planned at Mount St Alban. ministers invited to Maryland events. church notices include transfers and sermons across area churches with varied topics.
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Maryland
National Guard
United States
United States Army
Louis Brownlow
John G. D. Knight
District of Columbia
Mount St. Alban
Chaplain Silver
Annapolis Naval Academy
Maryland State Agricultural College
Ministers of
Country Life School
College Park
Gov Stuart addresses Virginia cadets at Fort Myer drill
Gov Henry C. Stuart of Virginia visited Fort Myer and addressed the Virginia cadets in camp with Lieut. Col. Charles W. Fenton. He stood with the camp commandant to review student officers, accompanied by his daughter. A quartet entertained the regiment via megaphones before the drill. Josef Konedy, Martha Stelzl, and Mary Tris gave a last-night show at the Fort Myer M C A building for enlisted men, featuring martial pieces. Gerald Egan led the Sixth company home from the Edsal rifle range.
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Virginia
Henry C. Stuart
Fort Myer
Charles W. Fenton
Gov
Stuart
Europe
Pershine
Josef Konedy
Martha Stelzl
Ac Pprano
Mary Tris
Gerald Egan
Washington
Edsal Rifle Range
Honor New Commander at Sons of Veterans Meeting
The George H. Thomas Camp No. 11 welcomed new Maryland Division Commander Edward H. Grove at a Northeast Masonic Temple gathering. Grove pledged loyalty to the country and the camp’s traditions amid the current crisis as about 25 members and many Auxiliary women attended. Congress veterans’ sons Glenn, Ireland, Smith, and Col. G. R. Stratton also spoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Thomas
Sons of Veterans
Northeast
Masonic Temple
Maryland
Edward H. Grove
Auxiliary
Congress
Glenn
Connecticut
Ireland
Illinoia
Smith
Idaho
Col
G. R. Stratton
Lincoln Camp
G. A. RK
Grants G. A. R. Men Leave
President Wilson yesterday issued an executive order granting absence with pay to all veterans in government service who wish to attend the G A R encampment in Boston in August 2037.
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Wilson
G A. R
Boston
Silk Stocking District Dominates Draft Numbers in New York
Names from the Silk Stocking District appear early in Division 163 at Hunter College as draft numbers are drawn. William Jay Schieffelin, R. Thornton Wilson of the Astor clan, and Morris R. Volek among others from Vanderbilt, Astor, and Brazilian ambassadorial lines are listed with draft numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Schieffelin
Vanderbilt
Vincent Astor Drawn
Mme. da Gama
New York
Hunter College
Lexington Avenue
Sixty-eighth Street
Twenty- Ninth Assembly
Fifty-eighth
Seventieth Street
Park Avenue
Wiliam Jay Schieffelin
William Jay Saacca
Vanderbilt Clan
Br. Schieffelin
Ter
First National Army
Astor
R. Thornton Wilson
Marshall Orme Wilson
Vincent Astor
Naval Reserve
Wileon
Morris R. Volek
da Gama
Domido da Gama
United States
Voick
James 8. Larkin
Arthur Mason Jones
Henry Carey Morgan
Summer Leaves Curtailed by War
Government workers face restricted annual leave due to wartime demands. State War Navy and Post Office staff cut or staggered leaves, with some departments granting 30 days while others limit to 15 or six days per stretch. Officials expect full leave later, but current policy pressures clerks nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State, War
Navy
Post Office
WANTS STENOGRAPHERS IN GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS
The Council of National Defense reports stenographers and typewriters are in demand nationwide. Seventy women sat the civil service exam for such posts, only 17 passed. Exams occur weekly on Tuesdays, and education experts say skilled stenography and typewriting can be learned in about three weeks by a bright student.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Council of National Defense
Civil Service
Nash versus Semmes Motor Company dispute over services
Irving Beall sues in District Supreme Court alleging lease at 1214 V street NW by Semmes Motor Company for 2790 dollars for one year plus 1060 dollars for a will. Beall claims Robert J Nash, a skilled mechanic, rendered services valued at 15000 dollars over and above his wagon and that Nash was enticed away by the motor company. Attorneys Leckle Cox and Sherfer pursue the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert J. Nash
Irving
Beall
District Supreme Court
Semmes Motor Company
Leckle, Cox and Sherfer
V Street
The
Motor Company
Nash
Tooth Knocked Out Wife Asks Divorce
Lula Brown sues Ernest Delrisco Brown, a copyist and elevator conductor, in District Supreme Court for a limited divorce and alimony. She alleges a face injury in front of guests at 34 N Street NW, forgave, but further assault broke a front tooth and refused payment for dental repairs. They married in Knoxville in 1911. separation occurred last Saturday. Counsel: F Carter Pope and F L Neubeck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Delrisco Brown
General Land Office
Fifteenth Street
N Street Northwest
Lula Brown
F. L. Neubeck
Red Cross Offered 5600-Ton Steamship Free of Hire
New York July 20 Officials of the Red Cross were told that the American Transatlantic Company offered a 5600 ton steamship to the Red Cross free of hire to carry supplies and workers to France. The ship would be donated but operating costs would be paid by the Red Cross, saving about $100000 in expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Transatlantic Company
Red Cross
France
One Hundred Clerks Sworn as Field Clerks Abroad
More than 100 young men were sworn in by the adjutant general as field clerks for service overseas. Many served as secretaries to senators and representatives. They will perform clerical work with rank of second lieutenant and a salary of $2,000 per year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adjutant General of the Army
Leutenant
Navy Seeks Massive Cloth Purchase From Major Weavers
The Navy plans to buy about 2.5 million yards of uniform cloth including 1 million yards of oil-ounce flannel and 1 million yards of 18-ounce overcoat cloth. Options exist from leading U.S. weavers as negotiations proceed and the orders are carved from available stock.
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Navy
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