Lent Mission Across Episcopal Churches Opens Ash Wednesday Devotions
Lenten devotionals begin with Ash Wednesday rites as Palma Gras last year ashes are blessed in Catholic churches. Episcopal churches from New York to Portland plan two week missions with bishops and clergy leading services at Emmanuel Anacostia and other parishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bittern
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Portland
United States
Emmanuel Episcopal Church
Anacostia
Canon Austin
Rex
Robert Johnston
Church of the Savior
Sacuiar
St Macks Church
Frank I. Vernon
Harvey
Order of the Eldgross
St Stephens Church
Fourteenth Street
Columbia Road
St John's Church
Sixteenth Street
Leighton Parka
St. Bartholomew’s
Madison Avenue
Samuel McComb
Virginia
W. Austin
St Ausuntine’s College
Canterbury
England
Hammanuel Church
Washington
St Thomas’ Church
King George Parish
Maryland
Ifti
Chevy Chase Paris
All Saints’ Church
Chevy Chase
Lewis FR. Levering
National Cathedral
Boye’ Behoot
John R. Roth
St. Mary’s
St. Mary's
Washington Senator Vardaman Decries Frankies in Washington
Senator James K. Vardaman of Mississippi denounces Washington suffused with "Frankies" during a mass meeting by the Laymen's League in the Richmond Theater, Alexandria. He urges honest citizenship and pure ballots, warning of a godless age ruled by dollars and commerce and praising virtuous officeholders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senator James K. Vardaman
Laymen’s League
Richmond
Alexandria
James K. Vardaman
Mississippi
Butler Led Movement to Reshape North Carolina GOP
The fight waged by former Senator Marion Butler to overthrow National Committeeman H. E. Duncan and reorganize the North Carolina Republican Party drew national attention. Butler argued the party suffered under a patronage machine and Democratic misrule, and his victory signals a possible shift toward a stronger Republican campaign in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Morehead
F. A. Lin‘Rey
Marion Butler
Caroline
He.c. Duncan
North Carolina
Butler
Post
Duncan
Republican Party
South
Commonwealth
John Motley Morehead
Old North
F. A. Linney
Mice ruin seeds in office as campaign talk unfolds
A large pile of garden and flower seeds was left on Henry Emerson's floor in the House office building, prompting a mouse invasion scene. Meanwhile, North Carolina Republicans claim a strong, unified path toward victory, with delegates to Chicago pledged to support the party's constructive, militant leadership and oppose Democratic misrule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry I. Emerson
Paul Grifith
Ohio
Jine
Capitol
Emer
Board of
Washington
Epiphany
North Carolina
Frank A. Linney
2. Linney
Party of Progress
Democratic Party
Linney
National Party
Witherspoon Memorial Services Held in House
Memorial services for late Mississippi Representative Witherspoon were held in the House yesterday. Representatives Padgett of Tennessee Calloway of Texas Hensley of Missouri and other Mississippi delegation members praised their late colleague. Representative Candler of Mississippi presided. Mr Witherspoon died November 4, 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Representative Witherspoon
Mississippi
House
Padgett
Tennesse
Calloway
Texas
Hensley
Missouri
Candler
Mr. Witherspoon
Prohibition Speakers Rally Against Referendum in District
A mass meeting at Poll's theater featured Rev. B K Hardin Rev. H K Hardin Rev Stanley Dorey and Rep James Davis championing prohibition and opposing a District referendum on liquor. Speakers attacked liquor interests citing surveys and called for the District to be dry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H
Cyclone’) Davis
Texas
B. K. Hardin
Stanley G. Dorey
Denver
Col
Trac
Poll
Congress
Edward
Brashears
Hardin
National Association of Liquor Dealers
L.morgan Chambers
District of Columbia
Thas
Davis
State Department
Cone Johnson
Gen. Daggett
Dorey
Colorado
National Theater
William F. Gude
P. T. Moran
Chamber of Commerce
George FB. Dudley
Bt. Stephen’s Protestant Episcopal Church
Simon
Russell
St. Elizabeth's
Washington
Emmett O’neal
Gude
Sloane Furnishings Move to New 148 H Street NW Facility
W and J Sloane, H street rug and carpet merchants, inaugurate a new department devoted to high grade furniture as they move to 148 H Street Northwest. The building features a ground floor display room with a plate glass show window and vestibule, a third floor for furniture, passenger and freight elevators, and 28 by 114 foot single rooms on each floor. The firm, founded in 1844, now offers about 75 percent of its goods manufactured in house, with three times more space than the former address at 1414 EF Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. and
J. Sloane
H Street
H Street Northwest
Washington
Sloane Hne
America
Ttg
EF Street
Uncle Sam's Camel Train in Arizona History Review
Farrish's History of Arizona surveys daring exploration to post Guadalupe Hidalgo, noting the 1965 camel appropriation and the camel caravans sent by army and navy officers from Cairo and Smyrna to cross the Great American Desert. The New York Evening Post lauds the work's accuracy and romance in chronicling early and colonial periods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farrish
Arizona
Thomas E. Farrish
Republic
New York Evening Fest
Cibola
Pike
Zhe Carson
Taylor
Kearney
Doniphan
Thomas BE. Farrish
Guadelupe Hidalgo
Wren
Congress
Great American Desert
Cairo
Smyrna
Harvester Denies Funding Revolt in Yucatan Case
A statement by Cyrus H McCormick, president of International Harvester, denies company funds were used to back a Yucatan revolt. The bag of sisal purchases came through Avelino Montes, with payments from his own funds under government compulsion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyrus H. McCormick
International Harvester Company
Senate
Washington
Dispatches
Yucatan
Mexico
The
Harvester Company
Avelino Montes
Merida
Montes
New York
Westinghouse and Duke push hydroelectric growth across regions
In 1910 Westinghouse urged Southern water power for electric energy, with James B. Duke and James J. Hill backing large capital for hydroelectric plants. The text notes investments in the Northwest, Minnesota, and the Connecticut River area, and predicts postwar expansion in hydroelectric facilities, including possible use by the New Haven railroad system. French and Canadian capital already active.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Duke
Minnesota
East
New York
George Westinghouse
Atlanta
South
Westinghouse
Tobacco Industry
Mr Duke
Mr Westinghouse
James J. Hill
Hill
Duke
Far West
Connecticut River
Brattlebotowt
Worcester
Mass
New Haven
Housatonic
Minneapelig
T Fa
United States
Holland
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Mark Lent
Dermon
Mgr. Mackin
Mer James F Mackin
Walth
St Paul's Church
Anarnast
Holy Cross College
Farholte University
St. Paul's
John McNamara
St Patrick's Church
St. Francis Xavier
Atholes
St. Aloysius Church
Wiliam Brooks
George Kalley
John O'Hara
John Scally
Edward Sweeney
George Kelley
Vardaman
John H. Trimyer
Ims
Senator Vardaman
Caton
Randolph H. McKim
Clarence A. Vincent
Mount Pleasant Congregational Church
Mount Pleasant
T. B. Annis
Clange Robeson
Mra
A. D. Melvin
Circle No. 1
Wyoming
Rector's Aid Society
St. Margaret's Church
Mra. Covington
B.B. Chew
Mrs. McCoy
Misa Smill
B. D. Gaw
Weat Washington Baptist Church
Prodigal Son
Father Edwin
St. Ann's Church
Wisconsin Avenue
T. G. Smyth
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
Epworth League Board
D. K. Martin
Dumbarton Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
West Washington
Board of Control of Washington District
Epworth League
M. McCoy
Edgar Cordell Powers
G. Leroy White
J. R. Esalas
William Knowles Cooper
Mountain Lake Park Vocational Institute
Dominican House of’ Studies
Catholic University
Dominican Fathers
St. Dominic's Church
G Street
William C. Hicks
Province of
John H. Briggs
Fifth Baptist Church
Mendelasohn-Bartholdy
Republicans
Francia Xavier Bischof
Church of the Nativity
Father Smyth
St. Martin's
Charles H. Fultz
United Brethren Memorial Church
North Capitol
R Streets
Esther
Eugene Hannan
Taft
Tne
St. Martin's Roosevelt
Party of Progress and Prosperity
Simmons Democratic
Dr. McWaters
Samual J. McWaters
American University
Church of the Covenant
St. Paul
McWaters
Charles Wood
Charles C. McLean
Douglas Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church
Wlliam Allen Morrin
Sidney Howell
Frank N. Long
Arthur ‘M. ‘Trivett
Paul, B. Brattain
Benjamin Elliott
Paul Leddin
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Leddin
St. John’s Church
Emerson
Sunday School Institute
Underwood
N. W
Washington, D. C
Lewapap
Hreriy
Astir
G. Dory
H. K. Hardin
Prohibition
Mgr
Sloane
Gorseons
Uncle Sam
Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey Co
Fifteenth Street
Equitable Co-Operative Building Association
Equitable
Equitable Building
F St.n. W
Snrsey Edson
Fra . Heeside
Kennecott Copper Corporation
Kennecott Coupfer. Corporation BY CO
T. Tlrica
Capital Traction
Washington Gas
American National Bank
Munsey Trust
Wash. Investment Co
Northwest Savings Bank
Oklahoma of
American Paper
Gayety Theater
MeGhan
Wash
Elec. Pfd
Elec. Com
Mergenthaler
Lanaton
Franklin National Bank
National Savings and Trust
Continental Trust
N. Amd W. Ffecamboat
Washington Baseball Club
Thomas L. Hume
United Cigar Stores, Ltd
A.H. Martens & Co
Toronto Stock Exchange
25 Stock Exchange
Igapital
Washington Loan and Trust Company
Cor. 9Th and
F Sts. N.W
American Woolen Company
Massachusetts Corporation
New Jersey Corporation
Old Colony ‘Trust Company
Boston
Guaranty Trust Company of
Maseschaertts Company
Maceh
Bos
Neaby
Diviena
Amerian Woolen Company
MD Colony Trust Company
Massachusetts Company
Busness
WM. A. Dwelly, Jr
Ston
Union Pacific Railroad CO
New York, N
Frederic V. S. Crosby
Ralph W. Lee
14Th St. N. W
Vest Peon Power Co
Flather
Moorhead & Elmore
Washington Stockh Exchange
15Th St
Ford
Miller Brother
Astomobase
Pierce Beab
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