August Everybody's magazine offers new works by Audoux Knight Street
The August issue presents Marguerite Audoux's three atmospheric sketches in her simple style, Leavitt Ashley Knight's The Wrecker, Julian Street's Oh You Babylon, and The Big Ditch. It promises hearty laughs, informative pieces, and entertainment for every reader by urging readers to dive in anywhere.
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Marie Claire
Marguerite Audoux
Leavitt Ashley Knight
Julian Street
Babylon
Rideway Company ad offer for free Adventure subscription
A Rideway Company promotion invites readers and newsdealers to send contact details to Publishers News Company in New York City to receive a three month subscription to Adventure magazine at no charge in exchange for information. The note advertises 15 cents per copy and 1.50 per year pricing for the periodical.
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Rideway Company
Adventure
Ifreen
News Company
Spring and
Macdougal Streets
New York City
Informa
Five in Auto Wreck Narrow Escape From Death
Mrs. R G Fletcher of Chevy Chase wife of the Bureau of Standards construction superintendent and four children escaped serious harm when her electric runabout collided with George E Hamilton's touring car at Chesapeake street and Belt road northwest. Both vehicles were moving slowly. a wheel caught, overturning the runabout and throwing occupants to the street. Mrs Fletcher and two sons and two daughters suffered only slight bruises. the Hamilton car and chauffeur were uninjured. The party was en route to Sunday school. Mrs Fletcher was briefly pinned under the wreck but released. Authorities contacted. Hamilton and Mrs Fletcher conferred later.
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R. G. Fletcher
Chevy Chase
Bureau of Standards
George E. Hamilton
Capital Traction Company
Royal Mattingly
Brightwood
Chesapeake Street
Belt Road Northwest
Fletcher
Charlea
George
Frances
Alice Edwards
Arthur L. Edwarde
Cresh
Hamilton
Mrs Fletcher
Iater
Drowning Boy Rescued At Municipal Beach After Fifteen Minute Pulmometer Use
An 18 year old boy nearly drowned at the municipal bathing beach after a failed dive in seven foot deep water. Lifeguard Sidney Cousins and H P Gearhart carried the unconscious swimmer to the beach office where a pulmometer was applied for fifteen minutes to revive him. W B Hudson in charge said such accidents occur and he does not report them. authorities plan an investigation and may require reporting to police.
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W. B Hudson
Sidney C Cousins
H. P Gearhart
Hudson
Rudolph
Asked to Find Child a Dog in Hyattsville
George M. Watkins of Hyattsville Md sought help from Juvenile Court Probation Officer Dillon to locate a small fox terrier named Proxy believed dead after being struck by a streetcar. The girl Mildred loved Proxy, and the father’s search led to a mistaken dog and an extended hunt reaching Washington.
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George M. Watkins
Hyatteville
Dillon
Juvenile Court
Mr. Watkins
Mildred
Proxy
Thief Slashed Arm in Home Assault on Miss Kilroy
Miss Margaret L Kilroy a Treasury clerk living with her mother at 16 Second Street SW was awoken by a negro bending over her in bed. She screamed chased him from the house and later received 25 stitches at Dr Philip B Brooks office. Police arrested George White of 915 Fifth St SE as the suspect. Robbery motive suspected. valuables remained. Detectives Cornwell and Bauer assigned to the case.
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Margaret L Kilroy
Treasury Department
Second Street
Miss Kilroy
George White
Fifth Street
Harvey
Fourth Precinct
Kilroy
Mra Vallandingham
Bailey
Anacostia
Eleventh Precinct
Bauey
C Street
Vallandingham
Euclid Street
Bailey Ia
Armour Packing Company
B Street
Woman Accuses Him as He Is Arrested for Assault
Mrs Ruth Vallandingham, 18, accuses Thomas Beatley 43 of 47 Catreet southwest of entering her room and attacking her. Beatley was arrested at 8:20 pm and held without bail at Fourth precinct. The incident prompted a quiet police action to avert a neighborhood demonstration as Bailey reportedly admitted the accusations.
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Thomas Beatley
Catreet Southwest
Fourth Precinct
Bailey
Ruth Vallandingham
Francis M Vallandingham
Anacostia
Washington Railway and Electric Company
Kent
EB. Flather
Sergi
Theodore Kaucher
C F Brown
River Mashers Boarded by Police on Waterfront
Police halted late night flirting on the riverfront after an ongoing patrol. Officers warned several offenders who used launches and canoes to pick up women, amid a prior steamboat crash and drownings linked to liquor aboard. No arrests were made.
Holy Cross General Chapter to Meet at Notre Dame
Delegates from India France Canada and the United States will attend the Holy Cross general chapter at Notre Dame Indiana starting August 1. The gathering, held every six years, will elect officers including procurator general and legislate on society governance. Strong church scholars from around the world are expected to participate.
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Congregation of Holy Cross
Catholic University
Society
Notre Dame
Indiana
Gilbert Francais
C 8. C
India
Frederick Linneborn
Dacca
France
J B Pinson
Rome
G.stennon
Joseph
M. Gabriel
Angiers
Canada
Moses McGarry
G. A. Dion
Lecavalier
St Joseph's College
New Brunswick
Brother Donatian
St . Laurent College
Montréal
Emery
Brothers' House of Studies
Philip Cote Des Nelges
Montreal
United States
A. Morrissey
James French
John O'Keefe
St Mary's
Austin
Tex
John Scheler
Paul
Marcel‘utnna
Blood transfusion fails to save Miss Searles in Washington
Miss Jean Searles secretary to Representative Gordon Lee of Georgia died after a week of hemorrhages at Providence Hospital Washington. Physicians tried serum and salt solution transfusions then a human blood transfusion from her brother Thomas Searles. The blood failed after fifteen minutes and she died within hours. The body was sent to Vicksburg for interment with Marie Searles of New York and Thomas Searles accompanying.
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Gordon
Georgia
Thomas Searles
Jean Searles
Gordon Lee
Providence Hospital
William P Reeves
Fugitive in Hoffmann Assault Still at Large Near Addison
Close police watch at Addison Virginia and Washington fast outlets failed to trap the suspect, Granal Mackey supervising. The unnamed African American man who attacked Mrs Maude Hoffmann near Addison three miles south of Washington vanished after being spotted in the city Saturday morning. No arrest despite patrols and tips from George Herrell, a driver.
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Addison
Maude Hoffmann
Washington
Grandal Mackey
Alexandria County
George Herrell
Hoffmann
Fourteenth
EB Streets
Tragic fall as man nearly boards moving freight train
Special to The Washington Post from Tanley Virginia reports Clifton Somers a 22 year old farmer living near Mearsville was attempting to board a moving freight train tonight. He lost his grip and fell beneath the train suffering a severed right leg below the thigh a severed left toe and serious bruising.
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Washington Post
Tanley
Clifton Somers
Mearsville
Delays Oath to Mayor in Virginia Quo Warranto Case
In Alexandria Virginia delays threaten the oath of office for Mayor-elect Thomas A Fisher and council members. Attorneys argued the oath should be taken promptly, potentially August 31, and reorganizations may occur September 3 due to the holiday and constitution timing. The Alexandria Common Council plans to meet, while the Board of Aldermen faces quorum issues and may reschedule.
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Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
Robert S Barrett
Urban 8 Lambert
Thomas A Fisher
Wsher
Corporation Court
Virginia
Board of Aldermen
Commdn Council
Police Board
John Leadbeater
Sidney Mankin
Police
Robert S. Barrett
Votes to Admit Women in New Civic Group
The Central Citizens' Association formed by residents from Sixth Street NW to First Street NE and G Street northward debated women's admission. Supporters argued women valuable in civic issues. a plan urged tearing up cobblestone First Street and H Street paving, plus replacing street lights with globe lamps similar to Pennsylvania Avenue and Seventh Street.
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Central Citizens' Association
Sixth Street
First Street
G Street
Gonzaga College
William J Neale
James
Doran
James H. Doran
Congress
Pennsylvania, Avenue
Seventh Street
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Charles Macalested
Marshall Hall
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New York Avenue
Main Entrance
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Old Dominion
Chesapeake Beach Railway
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Crowley
14Th St. Nw
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Miss Jean Seares
Brother
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Marshall Hart
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