Playgrounds Seek Camp Meigs Site For Recreation
Mrs Susie Root Rhodes plans to obtain Congress approval to use the Camp Meigs site on Florida Avenue for recreation. The area already features a large pool and facilities, with capacity for 3000 children daily, while Miss Ethel Nugent notes Wades playground has cut juvenile delinquency in the northeast by over a third.
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Eighth
Susie Root Rhodes
Congress
Camp Meigs
Florida Avenue
Ethel Nugent
Mades Playground
Man Electrocuted Lifting Ice Cream Can at Plant
George Carson 43, an employee at the ice cream plant on 1806 Wisconsin avenue, was fatally shocked while lifting a can of ice cream during a hoist operation. The coroner ruled accidental electrocution from a short circuit. He died at Georgetown University Hospital and lived at 1259 Wisconsin avenue.
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George Carson
Irce
Wisconsin Avenue
Carson
Georgetown University Hospital
Civil Pension Plan Urged to Boost Government Efficiency
Secretary Baker testified before the Senate civil service committee urging retirement legislation for federal employees. G M Saltzgaber and other officials supported the bill, arguing it would save money and improve efficiency by providing annuities and easing dismissals. The hearings, linked to the Sterling bill, proceed with continued testimony from officials and advocates.
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Baker
Senate Civil Service
Senator Sterling
Jwehrbach
House Committee
Congressional
G M Saltzgaber
Charles M Galloway
Civil Service
KH J Ayres
Interior Department
Col H B Hersey
E W Libbey
Department of Commercs
E S Rear
Post Office Department
Wisdom D Brown
Rural Letter Carriera’ Association
Jobs Obtained for 6000 Yanks
The George Washington Post of the American Legion urged continued funding to sustain the United States Employment Service and its facilities aiding returning soldiers. Local leader George J. Boyle and Captain OG Howard pressed Congress for ongoing support. U S Employment Service District Director M M Kline praised business community cooperation as over 6000 soldiers have been sent to work since the armistice, with at least 4300 placements announced and about 3500 of the placed men from the District.
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George Washington Post
American Legion
Senate
House
United States Employment Service
George J. Boyle
the Legion
OG Howard
Army and Navy Union
War Workers
M M Kline
Washington
Yoos
Theaters Await New Shows Across City Venues
Multiple venues announce next week’s attractions from The Gald Diggers at Belasco’s Belanco to Oliver Morcesco’s The Brat revival by Garrick Players. Films at Crandall’s, Loew’s and Moore’s theaters feature Mae Murray, Basil King stories, Elsie Ferguson, Kitty Gordon, Tom Moore and more with varied music and vaudeville acts.
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Ina Claire
Belanco
Byavery Hopwood
David Belasco
Bruce Mctine
H Reeves-Smith
Frederick Truesdale
Jobyna Howland
Oliver Morcesco
Maud Fulton
Garrick Players
Garrick Theater
Eileen Wilson
Wake Wave
Lynne Overman
Crandall
Metropolitan Theater
Basil King
Tom Moore
Viola Dana
Kitty Gordon
Knickerbocker Theater
Moore's
Rialto Theater
Charlie Chaplin
South Seas
Bill Apperson
Jack Pickford
Korean Liberty to be Topic at Washington French Club
Pr Pyong-Yoon vice president bureau of the republic of Korea Miss Nodie Kim and Frank J Hogan will speak at the French Club of the Washington salon in the McLean building tonight Topics include Korean independence and legal questions Denc ing will follow
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Pr Pyong - Yoon
Bureau
The
Republic of Korea
Nodie Kim
Frank J Hogan
Washington Salon
McLean Building
A Shampoo Worth Trying from the Era Ady Endorsement
An old advertisement style claim promotes dissolving a teaspoon of canthrax in hot water to create a cheap shampoo. It promises thorough cleansing, quick drying, soothed scalp, and bright hair with dandruff removal, claiming easy application and a glossy finish.
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Ady
Calotabs Promoted as Nausea Free Cleanser
An advertisement touts Calotabs as a modern Calomel tablet that clears head and liver with no taste no nausea and no griping. It claims overnight cleansing with a sealed bottle and offers a refund if customers are not perfectly delighted. The price is thirty five cents per tablet.
Inauguration of the eriver qi 4 Uy the steamers Lord Serly
A brief notice describes the inauguration of steamers on the river route, naming Lord Serly and Penn of the Washington Inland Navigation line as featured participants amid a ceremonial setting.
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Lord Serly Wey Penn
Washington Ind
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Rexatr
S. R. Rhodes
Wades
G. M. Saltzgater
Charles M. Galloway
EK. J. Ayers
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Haniel von Brimhausen
Fort Valeria
Paris
Germany
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U. S. Employment Service
D. C
Belasco
Garrick
Brat
Poli
most _nees
Ray Leavitt
Gen Pershing
Western Front
B. F. Keith
Marie Dressler
Moore's Garden Theater
Armenia
Columbia
Lila Lee
Loew
Elliot Dexter
Latney Clayton
Savoy
Savoy Theater
Sarden
Lorder
Vick van
Avenue Grand
Vicky van
Marshall Hall
Charles MacAlester
Chesapeake Beach
BEF Keith
Marie Dressier
William L Gibson
Regina Connell
Seabury and
Shaw
Ahred Latell
Blair Vokes
Burns
Fubrite
Kimberly
Page
James H Cullen
Degnon
Clifton
Com
Rades
Strand
Moore's Strand Theater
Mae Murray
Teels
Palace—‘Secret Service
Hugh Ford
William Gillette
Secret Service
Loew's Palace Theater
Elsie Ferguson
Dorothy Dalton
Kuicke
Rialto
Sunnyside
Alice Joyce
Pauline Frederick
Love
June Elvidge
Bessie Barriscale
Charles Ray
Albert Hay
Binor Fair
Willl
Avenue Grand Theater
Apollo
Crandalls Apolo Theater and Garden
Glen Echo
Glen Echo Park
Great Falls
Ladies’ Victory Orchestra
Great Falls Park
Swift & Company
Dr. P. K. Yoon
Gage, Jardine
Thorn Bruck-Weiss
Georgette
Leghorn
Milan
Palais Roya
Loyals
Serond fFloor
Norfolk Excursions
Norfolk Colonial Breach
Piney Point
Swift
Union Stock Yards
Chicago
U. S. A. Washington
Center
D. T. Dutrow
Fswiet & Company
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