Girl Scouts Rally Back President Wilson in District Program
Girl Scouts pledge loyalty to President Wilson at a rally in Washington. Flag raising, first aid and signaling demonstrations, proficiency badges awarded, and a luncheon at Pierce’s Mill. Resolution urged higher patriotism and peace over war, honoring founder Juliette Tow.
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Pierce's Mill
National Council of
Girl Scouts
Wihisor
Pierce 3 Mill
Zoo
Brouid
Dls
Troup
Boy Scouts
Jassini
Fullette Low
Tric
Kathleen Culverwell
Cote Horsemanship Plizateth
Cote Music
Gertrude Coon
Helen Ross
Helen Jovy
Helen
Eagon Laundreas
Tertrude Coon
Cote Elelen Daly
Marlon White
Fdni
Vic Waight
Ruth King
Truth King
Edne
Wo Wright Launreas
Mo Wright
Ruth Kling
Fatella Brown
Marion Grinder
Mcpit
Fdna Barrick
Leha Fricks
Julla Jones
Launsiress
Louise Furiows
Art Tulla Jones
Ambulance Butts
Starrick Troop
Needlewomat Mobel
Poor Loutse Burke Rose Farts
Fillie Sullivan
Littie Sultse
Anna 4Ishman
Mildred Week
bDuereths
Overs
Pierces Mill
Juliette Tow
Tostleut
Tresvention
Raleigh Hotel
Clestr
America
Priest to Lecture on Africa in Carroll Hall tonight
Rev DP J O Sullivan of the Society of African Missions lectures in America on twenty years of experience in Africa. He will speak at Carroll Hall Street on Egypt and Western Sudan and discuss his recent visit to Ireland. O Sullivan also will address the masses at St Carricks Church. The society, long tied to Papal work in Liberia and Western Equatorial Africa, advocates Catholic priesthood and missionary outreach.
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J O Sullivan
Theiety of African Missions
America
Carroll
Egypt
Paapt
Western Equatorial
Sears
Veiled Prophets Session Hall At Buffalo Convention
The Buffalo convention of the Veiled Prophets drew thousands of visiting dignitaries and locals. Fulwaird S. Schmied of Washington was advanced to chief justice, and Detroit was chosen as the convention site with Hoch Kalilpo and the Lerotte Band giving concerts amid festive hotel decorations.
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Inchant
Fulwaird S. Sehmid
Inston
Srind Crief Justice
Detroit
Kallipolus Lerotte
Can't Beat Tiz When Feet Hurt Suffer No More
An advert promotes Tiz for sore tired feet, corns and bunions. It claims immediate relief, reducing swelling and odor, with customers urged to buy a 25 cent box from drug or department stores and enjoy dancing feet again.
Dances and Clothes Show London Fashion Wave
Miss Margaret Morris opens a new London theatre for dancing with expressive themes. A fashion expert analyzes trends in dress, praising brave women in work clothes while condemning military inspired details and aviation wing embroidery.
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Margaret Morris
London
Miss Morris
Orphan Bride to Inherit $30 Million in Chicago Match
Special to The Washington Post outlines Misa Catherine Barker Indiana heiress and sole heir to the Barker car fortune marrying Howard H Spaulding Jr of Chicago. The piece riffs on vast wealth and imagined household extravagances, contrasting with frugal future budgets and charitable possibilities.
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Washington Post
Chicago
Misa Catherine Barker
Indiana
Howard H Spaulding, Jr
Suffragists Protest While Aliens Become Citizens
Thirty women in college gowns and yellow sashes stood in New York District Court as Judge Hand administered oaths to new citizens. Led by Mrs. Catherine Ely Tiffany, they staged a silent protest against citizenship rights denied to foreign and native born women. They argued wives of the new citizens should also be eligible. The men’s naturalization proceeded without interruption.
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New York
United States District Court
Hand
Allence
Catherine Ely Tiffany
College Equal Suffrage League
Tiffany
July Fourth plans at Fort Bunker Hill Brookland
The joint Fourth of July committee met at chairman M M McLean's home to invite civil and Spanish war veterans for the Brookland celebration. Activities include 15 races for youths, 45 prizes, refreshments by Brookland Athletic Club, Naval Gun Factory band, dancing, fireworks, and afternoon and evening events. Participants listed include M M McLean and T L Curran among others.
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Fort Bunker Hill
Brookland
M M McLean
T L. Curran
Gills
Brookland Athletic Club
Naval Gun Factory
Women Seek Enlistment in Austrian Army War Effort
From Brixen in the Austrian Tyrol many women have asked Vienna military authorities to let them serve as soldiers. Officials explain that service is not possible. The report notes Berlin's summer heat with several warm days and a thermometer reading listed.
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Berlin
Brixen
Vienna
Nations Must Unite World Police Force Needed
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge urged at Union College commencement that lasting world peace requires a union of nations with an international police force, afloat and ashore, able to deter aggression. He warned neutrality and disarmament invite war, and called for focused restraint with strength to back peace.
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Schenectady
Henry Cabot Lodge
Union College
Lodge
United Nations
Bride of Dr Garnett in East Hampton nuptials
New York June 12 The country home of Mr and Mrs J Harper Poor at East Hampton Long Island hosted the marriage of their daughter Mildred Poor to Dr Alexander Yelverton Peyton Garnett of Washington. Many guests traveled by special train for the ceremony in the living room conducted by Rev Oscar Treder and Rev Dr Ernest M Stires. A lawn breakfast followed with bridal attendants and a roster of ushers and escorts from Washington and New York.
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New York
J Harper Poor
East Hampton
Long Island
Mildred Poor
Alexander Yelverton Peyton Garnett
Washington
Oscar Treder
Ernest M Stires
St Thomas Church
Miss Phoebe Weaver Wed To John Macklin Of Lansing
June wedding at First Presbyterian Church in Williamsport reports the marriage of Miss Phoebe Mildred Weaver to Mr John Parrell Macklin of Lansing Michigan. Rev Charles William Hogg officiated with Rev J A McCullum assisting. The ceremony drew guests from New York Philadelphia Worcester and Baltimore. The couple plans a wedding trip and will reside in Lansing when Mr Macklin begins his professorship at Michigan Agricultural College. Count von Bernstorff left Washington for a brief vacation with destination not disclosed.
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Budle
J. F. Macklim
Michigan Agricultural College
Washington Post
Williamsport
First Presbyterian Church
Phoebe Mildred Weaver
John Parrell Macklin
Lansing Midh
Charles William Hogg
J A McCullum
Walnut Street Presbyterian Church
Philadelphia
Free shampoo offer with Krystal Foam and Saveitt hair product
A dated newspaper promo promises free Krystal Foam shampoo samples with every purchase of Dr. Cunningham's Saveitt hair restorer. The ad touts hair growth claims, dandruff relief, and a money back guarantee, noting the offer is valid at Affleck's Drug Stores and limited to one location per customer.
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Dr. Cunningham
Saveitt
Anti-Toxine Chemical Company of
Chicago
Affleck’s
Central High Girl Named Sponsor for Dixie Memorial
Virginia Hereford, 16, of Central High, niece of DC division president Maude Howell Smith, is selected by Washington Camp 306, Sons of Confederate Veterans, to sponsor the memorial exercises at Arlington Cemetery Confederate section this afternoon at 4 o'clock. Miss Pansie Lastnove Wilson will serve as maid of honor.
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Virginia Hereford
Iss Virginia Hereford
Central High School
Maude Howell Smith
District of Columbia
U DC
Washington Camp
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Arlington Cemetery
Misa Pansie Lastnove Wlaon
Beakes Urges New Citizen Soldier System for Defense
In Washington Representative Beakes of Michigan argues Congress must adopt a new defense system beyond enlarging the regular army. He says a trained citizen soldiery mobilized quickly is needed, to avoid heavy taxation and to instill patriotism among all citizens, with Secretary Garrison’s work guiding next steps.
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Congress
Representative Beakes
Michigan
Washington
United States
Garrison
Chemical plants under way in Pittsburgh district
Three new chemical plants near Pittsburgh will produce synthetic alcohols nitric acid and refined benzol products to replace European imports. Initial units cost about 2.06 million dollars with plans to grow to 12 million. Plants are in Carnegie Oakdale and Nobles town suburbs.
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Pittsburgh
Carnegie
Oakdale
Noblestown
Du Pont Hosts Garden Party at Longwood Estate
Pierre du Pont, president of the du Pont Powder Company, hosted his annual garden party at Longwood estate near Kennett Square Pennsylvania. About 800 guests attended with reception by Mrs Charles Cope land and other sisters. entertainment included an old-time barn dance, an orchestra from the Hotel Biltmore, and theatricals. Guests came from Baltimore and Washington.
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Washington Post
Wilmington del
Pierre du Pont
The
du Pont Powder Company
Longwood
Kenneth Square
du Pont
Charles Copeland
William Winder Laird
H Rodney Sharpe
RR M Carpenter
Lammot du Pont
Irene EB du Pont
Belin du
Youth and Age at City Hall License Desk
Col Whitl iam Arroll faced youth and age as marriage licenses were sought at city hall. Augustus Dean and Mary F Crowder, both of Alexandria, Virginia, aged 73 and 61, will wed tomorrow evening at Wesley Methodist Church. James L Lucas, 18, and Marion P Dickson, 16, applied with consent from Dickson's mother. Lucas and his father are deceased. Reverend William J Brooks is to perform the ceremony.
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Col Whitliam Arroll
City Hall
Augustus Dean
Mary F Crowder
Alexandria
Howard F Downs
Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church
James L. Lucas
Marion P Dickson
Eton R. W Dickson
Lucas
Reyuittam J Brooks
Former altar boy to be ordained at Catholic University
The Rev Quitman Francis Beckley of the Order of Preachers, once altar boy at St Patrick's Church, completes divinity studies at Catholic University and will be ordained Wednesday in the Immaculate Conception Chapel. On Sunday June 27 he will celebrate his first solemn high mass at St Patrick's Church. Born February 5, 1891 in Frederick, Md., he moved to Washington in 1900 after his father's death and studied at St Patrick's Academy and St Charles College to St Joseph's Novitiate and Catholic University.
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Quitman Francis Beckley
Order of Preachers
St Patrick's Church
Catholic University
Caroline Beckley
Washington
St Patrick's Academy
St Charles College
Maryland
St Joseph's Novitiate
Somerset
Ohio
Flag Day Observances Planned Across Washington
Government departments schools and patriotic groups stage elaborate flag day exercises tomorrow with Union Station flag raising led by the Sons of Veterans and Gompers speaking at the Washington Treasury interior postoffice and other buildings. President Wilson to speak at noon. ceremonies also set for schools churches and GAR activities with music speeches and flag unfurling across city venues.
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Union Station
Gompers
Treasury
Wilson
William B Cushing
Sons of Veterans
Interior Department
Postoffice Department
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Department of the Potomac
GAR
Church of Our Father
Thirteenth
Latream
John McBilroy
Carl Vrooman
Agriculture
Gaylord M Saltzgaber
Pensions
Mary van Ness Fauth
the Treasury
McAdoo
Marine Band
Arthur Hendricks
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O’sulivan
St Patrick’s Church
Burker
Miss Barkers
Monster Car Company
U.S
E. D Stocking
Joseph Baumer
Lee R. Wilson
R Washington
Z Tanail
T.howe
T L Curran
M M McLean, Jr
C P Judge
BE Hutchinson
Frank Roach
F T Howe
M. McCloskey
C Turner
Earth
Worde
Saya
Massachusetts
DR. Garnett
Mildred Poor Maried Washington
Phoebe Weaver
von Bernstorff
Count von Bernstorff
Central High
Army Work For
Europe
Powder Magnate
Kennett Square
Quitman F. Beckley
Lane
Department of the Interior
Department
Lee T Robinson
General Land Office
Fairfax Bayard
Patent Office
W B Pettus
Pension Office
Jasper JL Obrien
Bureau of Education
John BE Torbert
Geological Survey
Hoffman Reclamation Gorvick
J W Thompson
Bureau of Mines
U S S Mayflower Band
Metropolitan Memorial
M_ E
James Shera Montgomery
Metropolitan Church
Washington Lodge of Elks
Ellis’ Hall
Samuel Gompers
Abbott
Thomas Calver
Cleveland
M Saitzgaber
Henry
Job Barnard Thomson
Thomas H McKee Twining
J. M. Pipes
Webster
E Stevens
Blake A
A Barringer
R T Foster
Gage
E. C Palmer
Seaton
O H Oldroyd
Benning
J P McGrew
Blair
A H Freer
Hayes
T Cameron
Ment
Congressional Garage
Lincoln
Adirondacks
Travel Bureau
Grand Centre
Heredrick
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