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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1914
Page
8
District Health Officer W C Woodward deplores scarce free public bathing facilities in Washington. He cites workers and servants lacking access, notes baths open only in summer, and suggests private bathhouses with nominal charges could work, pointing to Pittsburgh as a model where showers and laundering for the poor exist.
A large bridal notice lists numerous names of couples bound for marriage, with ages and hometowns across Pennsylvania West Virginia Virginia Connecticut and Minnesota. Clergy figures such as Rev and Judge Milton Strasbarger appear amid the paired entries including Alfred J. Caraway Agnen McCtung Donata Zino John B. Quade Ella L. Bennett and Florence K. Kelley. The compilation reflects a multi parish record of weddings referencing many participants and locales.
A list of recently reported deaths includes Mabel Gaylor aged 24 at Providence Hospital and Samuel S. English aged GT years from 1915, with multiple other decedents ranging from infants to seniors. Names include Mary Darr 31 Florence Parsona 71 Herbe Watson 3 George Selby 78 Jane Cooper 4½ Elizabeth Green 63 Alert Jones 8 months and Eugene Arnold 1 year, with addresses and hospitals such as Washington Asylum Hospital Homeopathic Hospital Freedmen's Hospital and 13th and 15th street areas.
Birth announcements list numerous couples and newborns including Wagner Velato Saylor Noid Moskey Moore McKinley He Muller Hazel Grove Gale Dove and others. The entries record gender of the infants and married couples with given names and surnames in a continuous notice.
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