Veterans urge Cook for District National Guard post
Veterans from the Grand Army of the Republic urge President Wilson to appoint Maj. Fred Cook, Cuban campaign veteran, over Col. W. E. Harvey as brigadier general in command of the District National Guard. Col. John McElroy cites service in war as a key criterion and warns the decision could set a bad example.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Harvey
National Guard
McElroy
Cook
United
W. E. Harvey
Second Infantry
District National Guard
C. Fred Cook
Grand Army of the Republic
John McElroy
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Washington
Maj. Harvey
Fred. Cook
Charles Cramer
The
United Spanish War Veterans
White House
Maj
Cramer
Felix Rosenberg
Rosenberg
John MecFirey
Col. McElroy
J. Walter Mitchell
Guard
Funds plans for Jamestown statue debt discussed in DC meeting
Washington Chapter Pocahontas Memorial Association met at Bellevue Hotel to discuss funding methods for debt on Jamestown Island statue. Delegates heard updates from Miss Ulla Dorsey and noted other civic items across the city including school leadership news, chapel services, and upcoming public notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown Island
Washington
Pocahontas Memorial Association
Bellevue Hotel
Ulla Dorsey
Itha Foun
Women's Hebrew Association
Young Women's Hebrew Association
Colonial Beach
Misa
Ateln
Rosenfeld
B. Applestein
Coal truck wreck at Willard Hotel injures pole. several locals hurt
A coal truck from J. Maury Dove Coal Co. turned over on Fourteenth street near the Willard Hotel, wrecking a large electric light pole and causing extensive damage. Lewis Evans, 66, slipped at home and dislocated a shoulder, taken to Emergency Hospital. Raymond Donnelly, 1144 Twenty-second street NW, was thrown from his car after a skid chain entangled in the steering gear. he declined hospital care. Melvin Martsell, 10, crossing at Fourteenth and Irving streets, was struck by Timothy Tincher’s car and hospitalized at Garfield Hospital with arm and leg injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Maury Dove Coal Company
Fourteenth Street
Willard Hotel
Lewis Evans
Raymond
Donnelly
Twenty-second Street
Benning Road
Melvin Martsell
Irving Street
Fourteenth
Irving Streets
Timothy S. Tincher
New Hampshire Avenue
Garfield Hospital
Births Reported In Local Record
Birth notices list multiple couples with newborns across families including Kings Conners Adams Carroll Hessick Mubina Bachgelupl Bakshian Handel Woodward Cornwell Colebsek Butler Crowe. Names show various parent pairs and a mix of girls and boys reported in community births.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph BM
Mary D. King
Thomas
Mary Connor
Oscar
Gertie T. Adams
Donald A
Laura A. Carroll
William H
Lotte BH. Hessick
Augustus
Grace M. Mubina
Jobo J
Katherine Bachgelupl
Attaky
Zakine Bakshian
Norris J
Marguerite Handel
Harry
Louise M. Woodward
George G
Alice Cornwell
Andrew
Ling Colebsek
Harrieen
Alice Butler
Robert
Ada Crowe
Licensed to Marry in Washington D C era notices
A roster lists numerous marriage licenses and spouse pairs with ages and addresses in Washington area venues. Names include T Maurice Robbett, Carolina Conn, Bernard Hardesty, Florence Dare, Abram Lebowitz, Rose Gronsobn, Clarence Case, Virginia Embrey, Charles SIM, Daley Goldberg, Castleman Ross, Mabel Martin, Hannah Curman, Mary Bushby, Ovaries Brunnel, Toussaint, Thomas Smith, Charles Mades, John Gardelia, Emma Gray, Emelie Rodriguez, Fannie Breckwell, Hoop Belt, Mary Jackson, Dorsey Rhone, Cecelth Payne, John Hunter, Charles Hodge, Richard Duncan among others. The Rev. clerical references accompany several entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Maurice Robbett
Carolina S. Conn
Dana Loring
Edward K. Hardin
Bernard H. Hardesty
Florence EB. Dare
Melrin
Abram J. Lebowitz
Rose Gronsobn
Adler Sheffarman
Clarence Case
Virginia P Embrey
Purcellville
Thomas
Charles Mades
John B. Gardelia
Emma 8
Gray
4Th St
Emelie Rodriguez
Fannie Breckwell
Wash
Asyl
Hoop. Belt
Stephens
Mary Jackson
6Th St. Nw
Dorsey Rhone
Cecelth Payne
John BH. Hunter
L St
Charles Hodge
Richard Duncan
Swimmimg Pool Open Postponed To June 24
The municipal bathing beach near the monument will not open until June 24 due to concerns about goose flesh among small boys and others. George C. Gunn will supervise starting June 23 under deputy auditor Daniel J. Donovan, following the suspension of Dr William B Hudson.Weekend trips on the St Johns to Colonial Beach resume with Saturday and Sunday sailings, allowing travelers to enjoy the Atlantic City of Washington, with fishing, crabbing, and music aboard.
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George C. Gunn
Daniel J. Donovan
William B. Hudson
Donovan
St.Johns
Colonial Beach
Atlantic City of Washington
Redving
St. Johns
Atlantic City
Washington
Potomac
St Johnea
City Bulletins from the Star of the East Market List
Market items and prices listed including fat Norway mackerel peaches potatoes and canned goods. Local ad notes carpet and rug cleaning and storage services offered by The f T D Pyles Stores with contact at 926 Pa ave and sli Conger's W 685.
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Ave
Sli
F. T. D. Pyles
Mrs Mary A McCulloch 51 Years in Auditor Office Dies
Mrs Mary A McCulloch longtime clerk in the Post Office Department auditor office died at Georgetown University Hospital She was born in 1832 in La Reine France and came to America with her parents settling in Kentucky She was widow of Capt Charles McCulloch of Albany NY who led a company in the Seventh NY Heavy Artillery and fell at Spotsylvania in May 1864 Funeral services will be held at Lees Chapel Saturday at 4 PM conducted by Rev Howard F Downs She leaves daughter Catherine Center of Bloomfield NJ and three grandchildren Florence Center Robert Center and Charles Sweeney
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P. D. Department
Mary A. McCulloch
Post Office Department
Georgetown University Hospital
la Raine
France
America
Kentucky
Charles.McCulloch
Albany
N. Y
Seventh New York Heavy Artillery
Spottsylvania
McCulloch
Fort Kearney
Légal Légion
Woman's Mellef Corps
Wesley Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church
Florence Reed in Her Own Way at Crandall’s
Crandall’s features Florence Reed in Clyde Fitch’s Her Own Way with Miss Reed as Georgiana Carley, alongside the Who Pay series Today and Tomorrow. Beulah with Henry B. Walthall and Joyce Moore screens, plus The Woman in film form with Lois Meredith and others. The House of the Lost Court, Marta of the Lowlands, The Moth and the Flame, and Fanchon the Cricket headline the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Reed
Clyde Fitch
Crandall
Miss Reed
Georgiana Carley
Maxine Elliot
Henry B. Walthall
Joyce Moore
Beulah
Augusta J. Evans
Washington
Lois Meredith
Theodore Roberts
Mabel van Buren
N. Williamson
Viola Dana
Mme
Bertha Kalich
Marta
Lowlands
Mary Pickford
Fanchon
Puzzle contest draws chains across charts for cash prizes
Readers are invited to solve a series of four puzzles by drawing chains of circles across numbered charts to maximize total points. Chains must be left to right with three to five circles per section, turning at right angles. Each chart contains the same numbers in different orders. solutions must be submitted with all four charts and the final total. No more than one solution per chart. incorrect solutions will be invalidated.
Illustrative Adjoining Chart for Chain of Circles Puzzle
The excerpt shows an adjoining chart starting at 98 in the left column and ending at TS in the right. It details sections with circle counts 8, 4, 3, 8, 4 and more, totaling 2 910. The purpose is to demonstrate forming a chain of circles with permissible combinations and to identify the greatest number in the grand total of figures within the circles.
Contests Rule On Ties And Enlarged Charts Previous Rules
If total points tie on four charts a recheck is required using an enlarged chart drawing a chain of circles across the chart left to right and back to the left column. Prizes may be awarded immediately if no ties. Optional enlarged chart may be bought for 10 cents per back or mailed for 12 cents. All entrants are bound by published rules.
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Edmonston
Oxford
Edmonston & CO
Tyree
Tyree & Co
15Th & H Sts
Bradbury
Steinway, Knabe & Co
Becker Bron
Conovar
Webster, Whittier
Huntington
Harvard
Hallet & Davia
Estey
Cpright
Cecelian
Henning
Raiman
Mansfield
Tang
Seashore Cottage
F. G. Smith Piano CO
Buiding
F Street
W. F. Andrews
Isdalkih Sf
Parker
Cc Miller
Bond
Vers
Phond
Columbia
Sie
Washington Horse & Mule Exchy
St. N. W
Tooper
18Th St. NW
City News
Harry Roberts Drummond
St. Alban's School For Boys
Archdeacon Ward
Kearney Military Academy
Nebraska
Mr. Drummond
Women's Alliance of All Souls
Boston
Annie R. Roa
Awdmit
Butterslala McAdoo
Joseph H. Ralph
Bureau
Columbia Lodge
L A. of M
Central Labor Union
Elmer Tucker
W. Keeler
N. P._ Alaflas
F. A. de Groot
C. K. Kriechbaum
Home Economics Association
Bureau of Standards
Misa L. White
Meridian Street
Missionary Society of Ingram Memorial Congregational Church
Tenth and
Massachusetts Avenue
Mabel Boardman
Red Cross
Ellie Logan
F. Sweeney
St. Peter’s Commandery
Union of the Knights of St. John
Order
Mount Olivet
Francis B. Boyle
Congressional Cemetery
Holy Rood
Georgetown
Women's Alliance
al Souls’ Church
Christian Endeavor Society of
Shiloh Baptist Church
P. m
John A. Miles
Luke G. Reynolds
Daughters of Isabella Court
District of Columbia
Washington Railway and Electric Company
Columbia Road
Eighteenth Street
Thomas W. Smith
Nineteenth Street Northwest
St. Paul’s Catholic Church
Carroll Council
Knights of Columbus
Mount Ollyst Cemetery
T. U
Immanuel Baptist Church
Sixteenth Street Northwest
Stephen E. Kramer
Elsie Gheesman
Helen Edgar
Misa Velma
Hitchcock
Robert Y. Barcley
Supreme Court of the District
Georgetown University Law School
Citizens' Northwest Suburban Association
Masonic Hall
Tennallytown
International Congress of Women
Hague
Lous F. Post
Labor
Twentieth Century Club
All Souls’ S Church
Rockvale
Commission On Plaza Awards
Laura B. Simpson
Massachusetts Avenue Northeast
Union Station Plaza
Burnside Post
Great Falla
Ahvas Zion Society
Sixth Street
Rebbi Benjamin Grossman
D. Alpher
Woodmen of the World
Old Masonic Temple
Percy Foster Hall
Church of the Epiphany
Mabel Duke
H. Lewie
Rupprecht
Aglo
Josephina T. Gould
Hartie Dyer
J. McCollan
E. Johnson
H. W. Jaeger
Arthur Hancock
W. H. Tobias
J. c. McConnell
L. BE. Gates
H E. Langston
William Wolfley
Police
City Bulletins
Conger's
Fim Shaters
Judd
Detweiler, Inc
Chypiin Danz
Virginia
Crandal
Grant
Flrat
Zell Motor Car Co
H Street
Hodges
Star Building
I Lee
Pale
Post
the Post
Washington, D. C
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