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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1918
Page
9
The piece commends American officers in France for discipline and competence, noting a brigadier promoted to major general and praise for the Croix de Guerre awarded to a regiment. It highlights Edwards, Dun can, Harboard, Dickman, Cameron, and Mencke r, and projects rising corps and general officer vacancies as the army expands abroad.
War savings stamps will replace ordinary Christmas gifts this year under a recommendation from the Council of National Defense. The council and its advisory commission believe labor used for gifts can aid war industries and urge that purchases be discouraged in favor of buying war stamps.
The will of Kate Kavanaugh dated July 10 1918 leaves all but a desk and mirror to Elizabeth H Richardson, a Grace Episcopal Church Madison Wisconsin receives the desk and mirror. Probate filing reported yesterday. Also a Swift & Co fresh beef sale in Washington DC averaged 21.27 cents per pound for the week ending July 20 1928.
Senator and Mrs. Atlee Pomerene will return to Canton Ohio around August 20. Mr. and Mrs. Francia Martin Savage spend summer at Lake Mohonk New York. Mrs. James F. Barbour visited Atlantic City to see her son-in-law and daughter Mr. and Mrs. George Lewis Mayer of Philadelphia who own a Chelsea cottage for the season. After ten days Mrs Harbour will visit Osterville Massachusetts with Mrs. Harold.
A fragmented note hints at a confrontation involving Malieg and a major rival. Details are scarce, but the line suggests mounting pressure and a potential decisive clash with broader implications for the involved party.
The Surgeon General reported yesterday that health conditions in army camps remain satisfactory. There were 94 deaths in the week ended July 19, down from 100 in the prior week.
Miss Viola Walden Myer daughter of the late Gen Albert J Myer chief signal office NSA died Tuesday afternoon at Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore Md
Mrs Jarr in cool attire reads old English romance while Mr Jarr jokes about Shakespeare and Clara Mudridge Smith. Clara takes vocal lessons from Signor del Swanquo paying ten dollars a lesson for breathing with bricks on the diaphragm as war topics swirl and bricks grow scarce.
The notice advises customers to buy weekend deliveries on Thursday or Friday morning to ensure prompt delivery during Saturday closing hours. It emphasizes planning ahead to avoid delays.
A 1918 column humorously surveys marriage quirks as women chase devotion and men stumble with promises. It compares decorative roles to household chaos and notes the era's flirtations and expectations in a witty, light tone. The piece riffs on kisses, dust, and the idea of a husband as a demanding yet small prize.
A frock features straight lines and two back panes creating a straight fat back. The underskirt is close and narrows from the tunic’s full lines above.
Rev Earle Wilfley, LL.D., pastor leads Bible School at 10 a.m. worship at 11 a.m. sermon titled The Christ of Today. Evening service at 7 p.m. Christian Endeavor 7 p.m. Midweek service Thursday at 5 p.m.
The Washington Cathedral announces Holy Communion at 7:39 AM and 11 AM with sermons by Rev. H. A. Brown and Dr. McKim. Evening open air preaching at 4 PM. St John’s Church lists Rev. Roland Cotton Smith and Rev. Edward Slater Dunlap among clergy and notes holy communion and morning services.
The Presbyterian Church of the Covenant at 18th and N Sts lists ministers and a July 9 schedule including a girls Bible class taught by Miss Mabel Thurston on The Bible and Friendship, an all-comers Bible class at 121% Conn Ave, a regular service by Howard Hanna ford titled Helping to Make the Orient Safe for Democracy, an evening vesper, and a 4:30 service for soldiers and wa ll ers. Also notes a Russia war speaker and a preliminary concert by Wheeler Wilson and others. Congregational Mt Pleasant schedule lists morning service at 11 with Rev L Curtin Talmage on Christian Espionage, Sunday School at 9, no evening service.
Ulysses G B Terese D D Mintater leads morning service at Cor 14th and Lots. Sermon by the Mintater as Church of Our Father worships with this congregation.
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