End of School Year Arrives Amid Influenza and War Disruptions
Thousands of public school students near graduation as the 1918-19 term ends Wednesday. Influenza and war work caused closures and delayed dismissals. diplomas to 480 at Business High and 300 at Central High, with ceremonies across multiple DC schools.
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Taurstan
Sps
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Central High School
Henry A Cooper
Joint Commission On Reclassifation
George E. Hamilton
Board of Education
Margarita Spalding Gerry
Emory Wilson
Robert Maurer
Business High School
Augustine Lonergan
Connecticut
Glass
Astern High School
Edward Keating
Joint Commission On
W Gwynn Gardiner
Caplain
Ernest J Uhurston
Normal School
Thrift stamps drive by Junk Dealers in Washington
Washington area residents will encounter a thrift stamp sale at home doors as the Junk Dealers association carries on a nationwide program. Volunteers will distribute sale cards from window displays to alert passersby, while a local plumber from the city supports broader suffrage legislation at a national convention.
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Washington
Bavines
Sam
Pean
Ani
Ortifs
Lin Tae
Rage
Washirlon
Cviv Geuk
Atlantic City
Watter T No Jan
Chamberlimn
Nations in Pageant Police Ready for Crowd
A Washington Fourth of July parade committee designs 50 decorative exhibits and seeks to raise 10 000 to fund the celebration next week. Floats will show peaceful industry in nations including France with Alsace Lorraine symbolism. police plan crowd control along parade routes. donors from local businesses contribute small to large amounts.
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Washington
France
Alsace
Lorraine
Raymond Pullman
yeaster+ Gay
Police Department
Row Hynson
Fifteenth Street
Hynson
Health Crusade Awards Ceremony at Treasury Steps
Vice President Marshall will present awards to public school children on the south steps of the Treasury building Thursday afternoon. Two banners will go to the two divisions with the best records, Walter Reed band will provide music, and the program marks the close of a movement enrolling 26 000 children in the district over fifteen weeks under the National Tuberculosis Association and Junior Red Cross.
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Marshall
Treasury Building
Walter Reed
Lo 4
National Tuberculoss Association
Red Cross
Mra Dirnest Rrant
Funeral for Gant J Sacket Harth Held in Rock Creek Cemetery
Funeral services for Gant John Sacket Harth 78 who died Friday at 3900 Kansas Ave NW are set for tomorrow afternoon with burial in Rock Creek Cemetery. He served years in the Treasury Department and rode as auditor in the War Department transportation division. Capt Hatch, a Civil War veteran who lost an arm in action, is survived by his wife Harriet Hatch a son the Rev F W Hatch of Bakersfield Calif and a daughter Mrs Alice H Horde of this city.
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Gant
John Sacket Harth
Kansas Avenue Northwest
Rock Creek
Treasury Department
Transportation Division
War Department
Hatch
Harriet
Fwow Hatch
Bakersheld Calif
Alice H Horde
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Fred Irland
House Reporters
Central
Wilson Normal School
Uas
Carlin Waty
George & Hamiton
Ernest le Thurston
Dunloy High School
Simeon Press
Chiceloan
Dunbar High
Health Crusade Awards
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Wiedemann’s
House & Herrmann
Seventh and Eye Streets
Rockers
Globe Wernicke
Various Angles
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Hampshire Rockers
Ade
Zora Oor
Pellor
Hampshire
Famed Oak Library
Columbia Records
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