Beauty Gone She Sues Hurt When Train Hit Auto
Society women Nathalie Laimbeer and Elizabeth Pell sue for $750000 in damages after a Long Island railroad crossing collision killed William Pell and eight others. Testimony will feature William Vanderbilt Jr and other prominent witnesses as Mrs Pell and Mrs Laimbeer seek $250000 each for death and injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osgood Pell
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Mrs. Well
Lalinneera
Suprami
Akpinall
Long Island Cites
MesiMbeer
Mira
Peth
Pell
Teli
Jaimteer
Wreck Lead Crossing
Long Beach
Mra Laimbeest
Lua
Willam W. Vanderbilt, Jr
Mra. Pell
Society
Arthur W. Kelly
Eugenia Kelly
Pulla
Lalmbeers
Finine
Tromville
Canderbilt
Longs Island
Lalmbeer
Twenty Years of Marriage Celebrated in Takoma Park
A twenty year wedding anniversary celebration for Mr. and Mrs. A Godwin in Takoma Park drew about 64 guests. A Me moral Seventh Day Adventist Church delegation presented a handsome dinner set and other fine gifts. D W Reavis spoke, with Mr Godwin replying, and numerous attendees listed as present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Godwin
Takoma Park
Flodwin
Armomy
J. Dunbar
C.F. Wileng
George Lewis
D. W. Reavis
Jot Mitchell
R. Hendricka
W. H. Davis
Flanders
Neal
Mra
Charles Overacker
Seeley
J. A. Markle
No. Stiughton
Edward Thema
LM. Bigelow
Mire
T S Adams
Ed— Wernt White
Y Sm
Suffragists Seek Members in District Rally Launch
The District of Columbia suffrage group plans a June 22 Potomac River event to recruit members. A dramatic program with scenes and suffrage speeches is set for St Johns, led by officers and volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Qo- Yoon Heanery
Potomac River
Sterner
St. Johns
Rotert Baker
Nina Ey Allender
Jessie Hardy MacKaye
Elsie Hill
Ran- Relph Keith Forrest
Congressional Union
To Regain a Healthy Girlish Complexion
A vintage beauty ad promises a clear complexion with mercorized wax bought at any drug store. It claims gradual, nearly invisible improvement by nightly application and morning removal. A second remedy recommends saxolite solution to smooth wrinkles and firm skin.
Washington Daughters Return From Paris Ambu lance Work
Miss Nona McAdoo daughter of the Secretary of the Treasury and Miss Catherine Britton sail to aid at the American Ambulance Hospital in Paris. After months of devoted service the two are returning to New York where Treasury Secretary meets them.
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Pell
Laimbeers
Fea
Vandertelr
Isabell Well
Miss Pell
Mrs. Laimbeer
Nathalie Lee
Josephine Louise
Catherine Britton
American Ambulance
Paris
Miss Britton
Nona McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
France
Washington
New York
Pardoned After 23 Years for 1882 North Stonington Murder
Charles L Rathborn, who spent 23 years in Connecticut State prison to shield his wife, confessed before the pardon board that he killed Daniel Chesebro during a confrontation at their home on February 15, 1882. He claimed Chesebro invaded the house and Rathborn warned him before the fatal shot. His silence at trial was due to his mother's advice to trust in the Lord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
Charles L Rathborn
North Stonington
Rathborn
Daniel Chesebro
Sha
Announce Two Betrothals in Philadelphia Society
Philadelphia society notes two notable engagements. Emily Markos Thayer to William Boulton Dixon, a Princeton graduate, and Hansel French Earle to James M. Patterson. Earle had been a leading debutante, recently introduced to society at Bryn Mawr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Dixon-Thayer
Patterson-Earle
Washington Post
Emily Markos Thayer
Sydney Thayer
William Boulton Dixon
Dixon
Princeton
Fitz Eugene Dixon
George D. Widener
Newport
Hansel French Earle
George H. Earle, Jr
Broadferes
Bryn Mawr
James M. Patterson
Earle
Genevieve Clark to Wed James M Thompson at Honeyshuck
Invitation from Missouri suggests wedding of Genevieve Clark daughter of Speaker Champ Clark and James M Thompson of New Orleans. Ceremony planned at Honeyshuck Clark home in Bowling Green, Missouri with broad MO invitation. Those planning to attend asked to notify Bassford in Mexico Missouri.
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Montgomery City
Missouri
Genevieve Clark
Champ Clark
National House of Representatives
James M. Thompson
New Orleans
Bassford
Mexico
Louisiana Girl Sails to Germany for Horticultural Service
Emili Heinrich of Roseland Louisiana plans to join German government horticultural service. She trained in Berlin in vegetables canning and cooking, later applying skills in Roseland. She will travel via New York to Christiania and Hamburg to grow cabbage and potatoes for Kaiser’s lawn and wartime needs.
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Washington Post
New Orleans
Emili Heinrich
Roseland
Heinrich
Berlin
Christiania
Norway
Hamburg
Wealthy widow bride of doctor in Santa Barbara wedding
Minneapolis reports Mrs Clara Rood Akeley, widow of millionaire lumberman Henry C. Akeley, married Dr Wilburn H. Smith in the Potter Hotel Santa Barbara. The match fulfilled the dying mother’s wish amid a contested estate, with Akeley receiving a substantial share and the couple later traveling to San Francisco for a medical association meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Minneapolis
Minn
Clara
Rood Royce “Akeley
Heary C. Akeley
Binneapolis
Long Beach
Cal
Wilburn H. Smith
Potter Hotel
Santa Barbara
Los Angeles
Akeley
Leamington Hotel
FE. P.quirk
Chicago
George R. Smith
San Francisco
Beauty tips and simple home hair care remedies
An old column praises spurmax face lotion for smoothing skin, fading freckles and tan, and producing a lasting, velvety complexion. It also mentions a jet canthrax shampoo mixed with hot water to effectively remove dandruff oil and dirt, leaving hair softer, shinier, and fuller looking.
Death of Col. A H Russell Army officer and arms expert
Col. Andrew H. Russell aged 69, retired WA 5 A., died of throat cancer at Plymouth Massachusetts after months of illness. Born December 34 184, he served in the West, then in the ordnance department at Watertown arsenal and Rock Island. He invented several small arms improvements and led chief ordnance in the Philippines during the Spanish American War before retiring as colonel at age 62.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Boston
Mass
Andrew H. Russell
Plymouth
Russell
West
Ordnance Department
Watertown Arsenal
Rock Island
Divorced Promoter’s Wife Claimed His Freedom Gain
New York June 14 A divorce action centers on Mrs Mattie Mitchell Hunt claiming unfaithfulness and that promoter William Hill Hunt used her money to restart his career after being pardoned from prison for insolvent Pan-American Banking Company deposits. Referee Isadore D. Morrison reports sufficient evidence of misconduct.
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New Fortune
Washington Post
New York
Mattie Mitchell Hunt
William Hill Hunt
JoNet
Ilinale
Pan- American Banking Company
Isadore D. Morrison
Supreme Court
Hunt
Alabama
Lester
Siloma
Mra. Hant
Cortlandt F. Carrier
St. Louis
Hamburg
Hotel Royalton
Canada
J. Sloat Fassett
Pan-American Securities Company
Pan-American Banking Company
Russian Ambassador Hosts Informal Newport Dinner
The Russian Ambassador and Mme Bakhmetef entertained informally at a Stone Willows night in Newport. Loris Melikoff, first secretary of the Russian Embassy, rented a Coggeshall avenue bungalow for the season. Baron d’Ungern Sternberg and Senor Don Pedro Stanley Heeren were among recent arrivals as Rhode Island Kennel Club shows approach August 14 with trophies already pledged and Belgian griffons Baby and Maude to be shown by Senora de Bianc.
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Mme. Bakhmeteff
Washington Post
Newport
R. L
Mme. Bakhmetef
Stone Wills
Joseph
Loris Melikoff
Embssay
Coggeshall Avenue
Bailey's Beach
Baron Renaud d’Ungern Sternberg
Embs
Baby
Maude
Head of Mission Honored At Central Union Mission Reception
John F. Bennett of New York was named superintendent of Central Union Mission and received a warmly attended reception by the ministerial council and board at 622 Louisiana Avenue. Bennett, formerly leader of the Jerry McAuley Mission in NYC, thanked the group and praised his friends. The decor included flags from many nations, and music featured the Mission Band and a quartet.
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Mission Band
E. Richardson
Board of Directors
Earl Wilfrey
Benjamin Lienback
J. A. Bates
C W. Bridwell
Mr. Brethwait
Rev Dr C E Wood Honored at Rochester General Assembly
The Rev Dr C E Wood pastor of the Presbyterian Church of the Covenant was chosen from over 900 distinguished clergymen to chair the temperance committee at Rochester N Y general assembly. Washington delegates Drs C Wood J Harvey Danham and Johnson reported to the Washington city presbytery, which includes Virginia Maryland and the District of Columbia, as about 100 clergy gathered at New York Avenue Church. The moderator Dr Oscar A Dillingham presided and the presbytery endorsed the assembly proceedings and planned autumn meetings and future delegates for Atlantic City.
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Cnerles E. Wood
Presbyterian Church of the Covenant
Eighteenth Street
Connecticut Avenue
General Assembly
Rochester
Washington
C. Wood
J. Harvey Danham
Johnson
Grievy Chase
United States
Washington City
Presbyterian
Virginia
Maryland
District of Columbia
New York Avenue Church
Oscar A. Dillingham
Presbytery
Alphoretes
Exercises at St John’s Graduation Night Certificates and Addresses
More than 160 pupils from St John’s College took part in closing exercises across primary through academic departments. Twelve degrees will be conferred tonight as Rt Rev James O'Brien presides and Brother Leo delivers the graduates’ address.
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James O'Brien
Leo
St. John's College
William Cahill
St. Joseph's Church
Brother Leo
Catholic University
Thomas D. Riordan
William M. Mack
Michael J. Lyons
John J. Crilly
John H. Renee
John R. Brosnan
Richard J. Walsh
John J. Dolan
J. Bogan
W. Corcoran
M. Emmons
R. Esher
Joseph Fitzgerald
J. Fitzgerald
F. Harrington
G. Hurley
W. Jouvenal
T. Keane
T. Kelly
F. Mary
J. McGioness
F. McGrath
McKearen
B. Ostmann
R. Peek
D. Polk
C. Reidy
L. Reng
A. Ruppert
F. Ruppert
J. Smoot
Raul Arrédonde
W. Adamson
B. Benson
F. Brandenburg
J. Cissel
W. Clark
P. Coughlan
D. Cox
Daniel
C. Fannon
J. Dunworth
G. Ferris
F. Fitzgerald
B. Gibson
J. Hill
James Johnson
W. Kinsella
James McGinness
D. Murphy
EB. Oliver
D. Shea
F. Sheehan
E. Smith
M. McTighe
RF. Walsh
G. Ingram
Eliseo Arredondo
L. Allen
E. Brill
A. Byrne
A.cannon
J. Costello
C. Clark
J. Callahan
W. Boney
J. Dugan
A. Drury
P. Fitzgerald
James Kelcher
S&s Gatti
N. Graves
W. Magee
C. McMulun
D. Nes
HE. O'Brien
J. Stahl
B. Claveloux
James Ronayns
G. Corrigan
P. Nolan
James O'Neaie
J. Roberts
B. Browning
Dp. Callahan
P. Cleveland
E. Glasgow
Ww. Glasgow
J. Heister
J. Lyons
J. McEneany
W. McGinness
BE. O’connell
J. Quinn
H. Quinn
le Roy Raftery
G. Schulz
V. Strano
FP. Cunningham
G. Bernard
F. Shea
R. Brennan
F.ronayne
R. Hudeburg
A. Gentry
McGinness
F. Muir
F. Swan
I Tartaga
J. Taylor
B. Vincent
Efren Arredonda
Mrs Emily Connard Weds In Reading Society Ceremony
Emily Baer Connard, heir to a $3,000,000 Baer estate, married George F. Baer’s relative Bello Sherwin Knapp this afternoon at Hawthorne, Reading. Rev Scott R Wagner officiated. flower girls were Mary Connard and Georgianna Cox. Best man was John Knapp II. The couple left for California and will stay in Camden, Me., for the summer.
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Washington Fos
Reading
Emily ‘Baer Connard
George F. Baer
Reading Railway Company
Bello Sherwin Knapp
Menomonie
Wis
Hawthorne
Baer
Scott R. Wagner
Second Reformed Church
Officers named to command summer camps for regulars and students
The War Department yesterday announced officers designated to command summer camps for regular troops and college students. Capt. Charles W. Weeks of the Twenty eighth Infantry at Ludington Michigan will serve July 5 to August. Capt. Robert G. Van Horn of the Thirtieth Infantry at Plattsburg Barracks will serve July 5 to August. Maj. James G. Harbord of the First Cavalry at the Presidio of San Francisco will serve July 10 to August.
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Vase War Department
Charles W. Weeks
Twentyeighth Infantry
Ludington
Mich
Robert G. van Horn
Thirtieth Infantry
Plattsburg Barracks
James G. Harbord
First Calvary
Presidio
San Francisco
Ambassador Durana opens Poplars estate at Lenox Mass
The Poplars on the Lenox-Stockbridge road leased by Dr Constantin Theodore Durana Austro Hungarian Ambassador to Washington opened today. Dr and Mme Dumbba expected Wednesday. A saddle horses table will be at the Poplars for Mme Dumba's use.
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Washington Post
Lenox
Mass
Lenox-Stockbridge Road
Constantin Theodore Durana
Washington
Mme
Dumbba
Mme. Dumba
Sunday Secretary Quits in Billy Sunday Row
Philadelphia June 14 A rift in the Billy Sunday organization deepens with Bentley D. Acney resigning as secretary after eight years. Acney, longtime confidant, warns he will reveal internal dissensions in Sunday campaigns and alleged discord within the evangelist’s staff.
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Washington Post
Philadelphia
Billy
Bentley D. Acney
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