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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1920
Page
6
Police conclude no damage or powder trace after a loud explosion near the Senate office building. Officers Hardy and Smith say it appears to be a prank by local youths using a hand grenade or giant cracker, with no intent to harm and no injuries reported.
In New York Mrs Milla MT Shants widow of Theodora FP Shants former president of an Interborough Rapid Transit unit asks the court to require administrators and executors to show why 1097 900 with interest from September 11 1914 should not be paid as her proved claim against the estate The petition states the amount is for support and comes as hearings are scheduled tomorrow on related matters.
Card of thanks from Padgett family extends condolences to relatives and friends for Agnes Victorla C. Pads and family mourn the death of Agnes Victorla. Obituaries list Hamilton, Mrs Mary B., Mrs Mary E Hook, Rachel E Heffelfinger, Cargie B Maher, Harry Meister, and Marie Anise with funeral details and interment plans in Washington DC and Harrisburg PA.
A roundup of weddings, deaths, court actions, and local business events across Charlottesville, Fredericksburg, Rockville, Bristol, Cumberland, and nearby towns. Notables include Nelson Mahone and Lucille Wood wedding in Nelson county, Captain Hoyt's move to Haiti, deaths of H. A. Baker and Charles Adams, and road bond issuances in Orange county.
Prohibition Inspector W. T. Shelton reports moonshiners operate a wide network in Pittsylvania County Virginia. A moonshiner told him that a thousand dollars’ worth of illicit liquor can be made daily and that arrests are unlikely. Shelton plans raids with a squad to clean up the area tomorrow.
Thomas E Wilson, president of Wilson and Co Packers and head of the Institute of American Meat Packers, told the National Live Stock Exchange that radical elements seek meat packing industry nationalization. He urged all livestock sectors to cooperate to stamp out perceived persecution and investigations aimed at addressing industry wrongs.
Paris June 17 A new party formed in the Chamber of Deputies gathers 260 votes. Senator Charles C. A. Jonnart is president. Francois Arago and 150 followers join, radicals and center elements mix. The bloc pledges unity econ reconstruction, anti dictatorship, law and order, and limited strike rights.
Advertises for a tearoom near a government department with immediate possession, monthly rent not to exceed 125 dollars and at least 1,500 square feet of floor space. Respond to Box 658.
Goston June 17 A temporary statue of Anne Hutchinson leader in Massachusetts Bay colony life was unveiled in the State House. Cyrus Dallin sculptor from Arlington created the piece as Walter Gilman Page received it for the Anne Hutchinson Fund Association. Plans call for a bronze casting. Richmond Us June 17 H Wile King a merchant shot and killed an alligator 29 inches long in the Jericho ditch leading into Dismal Swamp.
Gen. John J. Pershing visits Lexington Virginia to attend graduation exercises at VMI and will address the class. Cadet battery fires a salute, followed by review and parade. A reception at Gen. Edward W. Nichols’s home honors the visitor.
Baltimore market reports show butter and dairy prints with varied creamery classifications and rolls. Grain notes from Chicago and Baltimore list wheat corn oats barley values while cattle hogs and sheep in Chicago and regional cotton price data accompany market summaries.
Gen Pershing and aides, veterans, and citizens will attend a service at Washington and Lee University followed by a march to the Stonewall Jackson grave in Lexington cemetery. The escort includes Col George G Marshall Col Aristides Morend and Major M E Locke, all VMI graduates. Gov Westmoreland Davis arrives for finals and is a VMI graduate.
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