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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1923
Page
4
The National Health Council launches a year long campaign starting July 4 urging every person in the United States to have a physical exam on their birthday. District residents are asked to cooperate to improve national health as statistics show Americans wearing out faster than Europeans.
A Life Insurance and Life Extension study led by Dr. Hugh Lyman Fisk examined insured policy holders and employees of large firms to explain rising death rates. Only about one fifth of insured individuals were normal, while most needed medical advice or treatment. The campaign is backed by major health and public service organizations including the AMA and the Red Cross.
Mrs Catherine R Case wife of Samuel B Cage files a maintenance petition in the District Supreme Court through attorney George W Offutt. She says the normal duty of the husband to support his wife was reversed as she alleges he beat and abused her despite her financial contributions from wages of 16 to 20 dollars weekly and giving him most of her earnings.
A long Births section reports numerous newborns across multiple households including Belt, Zimmermann, Monge, Barris, Suit, Barnard, Keighley, Kegeles, Hites, Lomax, Hughes, Janson, Love, Yerashetski, de La Rue, Hunter, Porcell, Newman, Carr, Clark, Wetzel, Ries, Loeper, Thomas, Tiriver, Kelly, Baltimore, Davis, Smith, Green, Flowers. Names, parents, and gender per entry.
The Fine Arts Commission proposes grounds improvements for Howard University extending Vermont Avenue from Ninth Street to the campus on Georgia Avenue. A new circle would anchor a parkway running northeast along Georgia Avenue toward McMillan Park and the Soldiers Home, aided by Congress appropriations.
Jammed OCR mixed a Dallas man George A Hess who was jailed for 60 days for a $400 fine related to unlawfully wearing a fez. He was released yesterday and ordered to leave the district within half an hour. The list also shows multiple licensed to marry entries and various names with ages and places, including Baltimore Newport News and Arlington, with several reverends officiating. The fragmentary text records numerous marriage licenses and clumsy names across several states.
Fragmentary obituary style listing many misread names and details. Mentions Jarah tougheris, Caroline Kth aged 32, Aaron Smith, Walter Reet, Pravtl lespl and Maes Fooiloks. Lacks clear dates, locations, or confirmations.
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