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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Jun 09, 1919

Page

7

Washington visitors flock to New York amid heat wave

A warm week brought many Washingtonians to Manhattan for summer shopping and hotel stays. Registered at the Waldorf Astoria and Imperial and Prince George were numerous officials, military officers, and socialites. The weather shortened stays but hotels reported ample accommodations for visitors seeking summer wear and leisure.

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Various Community Meetings and Social Events In City

City briefs describe a Friday evening gathering at Thomson School with music and an all military uniform dance hosted by Mrs Genevieve Turner. Senator Spencer of Missouri to address Kansas City Club at 2100 M street. Local congregational choirs, postwar discussions, and youth leadership events planned across several venues, including the Breathing Chorus and Hebrew Young Leaders meeting at Mountain School.

West Virginia Thomson School Genevieve Turner Jielmans Seventeenth and M Streets Tredante Mnguis Selden F. Spencer Missouri Kansas City Club M Street Omaha Council Bluffs Iowa

Revivals at Grace Baptist Church Featured Preacher and Wife Choir

Representative W Dlpshaw led three revival services yesterday at Grace Baptist Church on Ninth Street and South Carolina Avenue Southeast. Morning and evening sermons drew a large attendance as Mrs tm TMm assisted by singing during the lat service.

W Dlpshaw Price Baptist Church Ninth Streel South Carolina Avenue Tm ™m

Conscientious Objector Alvin York Battle Poem

A verse by James J. Montague reflects on Corporal Alvin York of Tennessee, famed for his WWI action defending war opposition yet serving when called. The piece frames his fight as a moral quandary and highlights a humorous quip about Teddy Roosevelt’s lineage. It concludes with satirical notes on public ownership and railroad rights.

Alvin York Tennessee

Destination Poughkeepsie misread map tale

A narrator and companion follow a Blue Book instruction through Tarrytown Briarcliff and Yonkers while arguing over directions. The page captures their stopgap clues, faulty signs, and stubborn reliance on a mysterious guide to reach the city limits and beyond.

Baker lauds YMCA in wartime tribute from Secretary of War

Newton D Baker, secretary of war, lauds the YMCA for its work with the American army in France. The national war work council released the tribute noting YMCA workers carried activities to the edge of No Man's Land and, in many cases, were killed tending to soldiers on the battlefield.

New York Newton D Baker Young Men's Christian Association France National War Work Council YMCA

DROWNED IN RIVER RHONE NEAR LYONS FRANCE

Laurence Wilkins, a Washington native and Central High School and George Washington University alum, died in the River Rhone near Lyons about May 8. He served in the Ice Plant Company Q M during WWI and helped dismantle the US refrigerator plant at Lyons when he died. his body was buried in the American section of Lyons’ cemetery.

France Laurence Wilking Frank G Wilkinen Rhone Lyons Wilkins Washington Central High School George Washington University Washington Market Company United States

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