President Roosevelts District Guard Drill Enthralls Crowd
President Roosevelt witnessed a District National Guard drill on the White Lot behind the White House. The event drew about 10 000 spectators as the Naval Battalion presented in its reorganized form and the President praised the troops for their precision and bearing.
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District National Guard
Roosevelt
White Lot
White House
Harries
Bigade Band
Mu Sic
Legold Regiment
Arell
First
Durand
Wmder
Brooks
Hill School
Naval Battalion
Stratton
Sqnal Corps
Loecklin
Ambulance Corps
Fales
Field Artilery
Fox
Signal Corps
Waggaman Buried At Mt Olivet After Annapolis Service
Thomas E. Waggaman died at his home near Annapolis Mil and was buried in Mt Olivet cemetery yesterday afternoon. The private funeral was attended by immediate family only. Services were led by Rev. Joseph I. Maguire and Father Mul Tali with music by Redemptorists College students. The party traveled from Annapolis to Washington afterward.
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Thomas E. Waggaman
Annapolis
Mil
Mt Olivet
Olyche
Joseph I. Maguire
Church of the Holy Comforter
Annepolis
Harvey Undertaking
Cortega
Wagsaman
Samuel Waggaman
Clark Waggaman
John F. Waggaman
Analls
Brawner
Galt
St. Mary's Church
Father Mul, Tali
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Father Maguire
Redemptorist's College
Annapolla
Onty
Jeft
Washington
Howard Cleveland Dies In Washington Home
Howard Cleveland seventeen year old son of Mr and Mrs L M Cleveland of 3600 Thirteenth street northwest died Wednesday night at home at 7 pm He was first lieutenant of Company K of the High School Cadets at McKinley Manual Training School and a Tech graduate class president at Mount Pleasant Congregational Church He had worked with the Weather Bureau Funeral services will be held at Mount Pleasant Congregational Church this morning at 7 1 oclock with Rev M Ross Fishburn and interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Howard Cleveland
L M Cleveland
Thirteenth Street
McKinley Manual ‘Training
Benoot
Cleveland
Tech
National Theater
Mount Pleasant Congregational Sunday Shop
Weather Bureau
Mount Pheasant Congregational Church
M Ross Fishburn
Rock Creek Cemetery
Injured House Clerk Joel Grayson in Serious Crash
Jeet Gravenn clerks of the House document room wounded in a past Vienna accident. Grayson, riding home to Washington during the Congressional session, was thrown from a horse breaking two ribs and risking death. He owns Vienna farm and was receiving personal attention.
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Jeet Gravenn
House
Wan
Grayson Yes
Vienna
Vas
Washington
Congress
Arm of Negro Found Near City in Ghastly Discovery
Police investigated a grisly find on a northeast farm as they probed the arm of a Negro woman discovered near the city. Authorities planned to push the case today, seeking to unravel a gruesome mystery amid a harsh urban crime climate. The report also notes Harvard commencement honors for Harold A Osgood and Herbert E Winlock, Western High School graduates among 932 in the class.
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Harvard
Harold A Osgood
Cineker
Herbert E. Winlock
Western High School
Heatwave Grips City as Thermometer Rises to 97
Citizens endure a blistering day with temperatures peaking at 97 degrees by late afternoon and 96 degrees at 2 PM. The mercury’s climb drew jokes about cooler days while outdoor workers faced long lists of overheated complaints. A Washington crowd watched the dramatic rise toward the roof of a soaring airship over the Monument.
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Washington's Monument
Washington
Ieeman
Peope
Judge Vivian Brent Dies at Georgetown Home
Judge Vivian Brent, longtime assistant attorney general for the Interior Department since 1982, died suddenly at his Georgetown home. Born in 1835 at the Brent family estate in Charles County Maryland, he studied in Louisiana and at Georgetown College and practiced law with his brother Robert J F Brent before settling in his native county. He was a prominent political and professional figure and a close associate of Justice Lamar, secretary of the interior under Cleveland.
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Vivian Brent
Interior Department
Georgetown
Judge Brent
William Leigh Brent
Pamonky
Brent
Charles County
Louisiana
Georgetown College
Robert J F Brent
Baltimore
Maryland
Justice Lamar
Cleveland
Picnic Outing Draws Thousands From Local Sunday Schools
Thousands of children with parents and friends joined a joint Sunday school excursion from St Pauls English Lutheran Grace Methodist Episcopal Peck Memorial United Brethren and Wilson Memorial. They traveled on the new steamer St Johns and enjoyed games and a ball match won by St Pauls 14 to 3.
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River View
St Paul's
Grace
Methodist Episcopal
Peck Memorial
United Brethren
Wilson Memorial
St Johns
Charlen Phillips
PE. Smith
Harry L Anderson
J. E Curtis
City commissioners act on board reappointments and court cases
Commissioner Macfarland urged reappointments to the Industrial Home School board for Walter C Clephane and two others upon term expiry. The same meeting named Dr WW Evans to a two year District examiners post starting July 10. Another item notes a fatal accident of William Roche at Fourth Street and Shenard, cremated as accidental death. A suit seeks sale of three acres of Ridge tract to settle estate. Potomac Park near the tidal basin nears completion with nursery trees sprouting, fountains laid, and a new large fountain added in the southeast corner.
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Macfarland
O Ins
Walter C Clephane
Loudo
Blount
Ella Moore
The
Industrial Home School
WW. Evans
William Roche
Fourth Street
Fifth
Shenard Streets
Garfield Hospital
Glazebrook
District Supreme Court
William
Underdue
William T. Soloman
Julia Joyce
Wilton J. Lambert
Potomac Park
Sylvester Has Slate for Veteran Police Promotion
Veterans to receive higher ranks and near term retirement in favor of younger officers. Ten new captains named in the slate amid reform of Fa vor of younger personnel and streamlining command.
Bluecoats Rise in rank as police reforms unfold
The district announces a broad promotion plan under a new police law. Captains Geasford Cross and Swindell are slated for inspector posts, while ten lieutenants now leading precincts are expected to become captains and remain at their current districts. Older sergeants may retire to make way for younger officers as changes roll out by July 1.
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Commissioner West
Geasford
Cross
Swindells
Purcell's Body Found After Drowning at Willow Swamp Rock
The body of Robert Purcell was found lodged on a rock in Willow Swamp after being swept down the Potomac River. He died in a canoe accident near the feeder dam, the current six miles an hour carrying him to the rock. Funeral arrangements set for Brunswick, Maryland.
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Willow Swamp
Robert Purcell
Potomac
W. M. Willard
Wilard
Herbert King
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
J. Wiliam Lee
Purcell
National Law School
Baslbach
Congressional Cemetery
Untl
Saalbach
Europe
Deaf Mutes Married In Silent Ceremony At Harriman
Jon B. Chandler of Harriman Tennessee and Edith A. Peele of Joliet Illinois were joined as man and wife in a fully silent wedding yesterday in the Columbian Law Building. Rev J B McLaughlin officiated using tablet and pencil and two rituals, one book pressed to indicate. They answered questions by nodding as the clergyman read the vows from the second book. Handclasps replaced verbal congratulations as the couple celebrated in quiet joy.
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J. B McLaughlin
Fae
Columban Law
John B. Chandler
Harriman
Tenn
Edith A. Peele
Joliet
McLaughlin
Girl in Police Care as Immorality Case Witness
Yonale Irvine sixteen year old United States witness in the Joseph J Weaver case is held at the First precinct on a charge involving her presence in a questionable resort. Weaver denies wrongdoing and will face court with Irvine as chief witness as proprieties of the resort are likely to testify.
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Yonale Irving
First Precinct
United States
Joseph J. Weaver
Brickhaven
Weaver
Irvine
Lassie
Belfast
Ireland
Orange Court House
Alexandria
Vas
Brickhever
Doctor's Wife Endorses Grape-Nuts For Everyone's Diet
A nurse and physician family advocate Grape-Nuts as nourishing and easy to digest for all ages. The remedy suits weak stomachs and liquid diets, with suggestions to prepare a nourishing breakfast and a ten day trial. Includes a nod to The Road to Wellville book.
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Mary Ponte
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Retail Clerks Outing at Luna Park Draws 4000 Strong
NO CRIES OF CASH The Retail Clerks Union No 152 drew 4 000 members to their annual day at Luna Park. The all day outing featured park use and an unconditional surrender of attractions to visitors. Committees were named for outing grounds dancing sport and various duties. Next Sunday schools plan picnics at Luna Park from several churches and congregations.
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Luna Park
Charles A Pfeu
B. J Pollock
H Morrin
J Bradley
B Bawle
B W N. Jones
CW Stanford
Coulter
R Heet
EB Maddox
DP. Casey
Wiss
Bradley
Glover Htellburn
H.C Deus
J Eler
Tfe Krane
New York Avenue Presbyterian
First Baptist Church of Alexandria
Wesley Methodist
Sath Presbyterian
First Congregationale
Juvenile Court Opens in District Building
The first session of the established Juvenile Court of the District will meet Monday at 1 PM in the 1816 F Street NW courtroom. Judge William H. De Lacey announced appointments including Clerk Joseph Harper and probation officers Zea H. Copp and Gertrude B. Darwin, all District residents.
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F Street
Wiliam H. de Lacey
House of Detention
Aoki and His Farm
Japan's Ambassador to the United States criticizes American men as hunters in a remark noted by The Sunday Post. The anecdote reflects cross cultural perceptions in a brief feature.
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Japan
United States
Sunday Post
Willis Refuses Dinner At White House Over Dress Code
John Quillis of Glasgow Montana once ranch foreman for Theodore Roosevelt declined a White House dinner invitation due to lacking evening dress attire. The President offered buckskin attire for a ride, but Willis insisted on conventional dress. Willis’s past deeds and independence are recalled from Roosevelt era tales, highlighting his rugged character and loyalty.
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John Quillis
Glasgow
Mont
Roosevelt
White House
Willis
Theodore Roosevelt
North Dakota
John Willis
Thomas Everett
Harlem
Aent
Senator Carter
Reclamation Service
Milk River
Montana
Barber Shave Price Held Until September 1
Barbers in the district will not raise the price of a shave to 15 cents until September 1. It is said that the price of haircuts may also be raised 10 cents. The order applies only to street shops, as hotel shops already charge 15 cents for a shave and 3 cents for a haircut.
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Congress
Greater
Washington
Uncle Sam
National
Philadelphia
Ita
Dastrict
Tts
Weather Summary From U S Department Of Agriculture Report
Weather bulletin shows general temperature shifts across the eastern half of the U S due to a low northwest high southeast pressure pattern. Thunder showers occur in the Lake region and Mid-Atlantic while central valleys see showers Friday and Saturday. Winds vary by coast and region with light to fresh SW winds in New England and Middle Atlantic areas and lighter winds elsewhere. Downtown temperatures and city readings are listed with highs around 80s and 70s, plus humidity and sunshine percentages.
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U.S
Lake Region
Middle Atlantic States
South Atlantic
West Gulf States
Northwest
Middle
Northien
Rocky Momntgtnn
North Preite
New England
New Hakland
Middle Atlantic
Florida
East Gulf Coast
Ugbl
Powity
West Gulf Coast
Euperior
Grend Banke
Aifeck
Registerad Ag
Sa Om
Asheville
N.C
Kayes City
Little Rock
Ark
Marquette, Mich
Memphis
Tex iBew
New York
Noy
Nori Platte
Nebris
Omaha
Nebr
Bitteburg
Salt Lake City
Cten
St Loui
Se Pauliana
James Uineborg
Alee
Sotm
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Thomas H. Barry
Corntah
EF. Fuses
C. F. Cook
Andrew Parker
A P. Robbins
F. ZL. Averill
George Henderson
Willam
Waccaman
Mount Olivet
Annaptoli
Redemptoriats’ College
Acc Company
Joel Grayson
Weeksnotan Hata Tant Han
SRA
Iceman
Sylvester
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Croat
Geesford
Teuten
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Baniel Sullivan
J. C Daley
Elliott
G .H. Williams
Vernon
Leutenant
Daniel Sullivan
RB Boyle
W. H. Matthews
Clagson
Holitberger
McCathran
Fifth Precinct
Tse
Ninth Precinct
National Capital
Lastaight
Board of Trade
Business Men's Association
Bankers’ Association
Greater Washington
C. J. Bell
American Security and Trust Company
F. P. May
John Joy Edson
B. ¥. Saul
Bow, Guy
A. K. Parris
R. P Andrews
Monroe Luchs
B J Kelly
Milton E. Alies
Riggs National Bank
Charles Howe
May
Shippers and Jobbers' League of Washington
the Post
South
Warer
H Wamer
South Carolina
Southern Railway
Héra
Post
Michael Byrnes
Claus
Henry Schneider
Seret Parsons
Georgeown
Jordan
Dutles
Robert E. Doyle
James Moore
JC. Daley
Casles
H. B Elliott
Vnce Kennedy
United Commercial
B. Barmashaw
2 Post
Haraghan
Purgell
Lansburgh & Bro
7Th Street
8Th Street
Rev. J. B. McLaughlin
Jon B. Chandler
Harriman, Tenn
Illinois
Judge de Lacey
Aoki
Peter Grogan
Seventh St
Sanders & Stayman CO
Ee Acetic
Printory
East
Law Reporter Printing Co
M. 'W. Moore
Fifth Street NW
Mall
Fifteenth and
Pennsylvania Ave
Charles J. Bell
Dennison
Biel
R. P. Andrews Paper Co., Inc
Louisiana Avenue
D Street
Kander
St. Eage
Tharp
Berkeley Rye
St. N.W
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