Welcome Home Guard Event Delayed To March 21
The Washington Board of Trade postponed the welcome home for District guardsmen to Wednesday March 21. Secretary of War Baker and Brig. Gen. William E Harvey will be away. A plan to march 2300 guardsmen from the Treasury to the Capitol and then to Convention Hall was approved with red fire illumination on Pennsylvania Avenue. Funds will aid needy guardsmen families and employment efforts will secure jobs for those with no income.
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Washington Board of Trade
Baker
William E Harvey
Richard J. Simms
Treasury
Capitol
Convention Hall
Pennsylvania Avenue
E. C. Graham
Mal J DD Carmody
Odell Smith
Chamber of Commerce
Retail Merchants’ Association
Policeman Walsh Acquitted On Drink Charge
Patrolman S J Walsh of the Tenth precinct was acquitted after a March 3 arrest for alleged drunkenness near Fourteenth and Girard streets Northwest. Sergt Dixon testified. Lieut Lord and Dr Sawtelle supported the charge. Walsh presented 14 witnesses, including fellow officers, and Judge Pugh found him not guilty.
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S J Walsh
Tenth Precinct
Fourteenth and
Girard Streets
Sergt Dixon
Walsh
Lieut Lord
Sawtelle
Pugh
Funeral of Eugene Ivins in Athens Tenn
Funeral services for Eugene E Ivins clerk of the House committee on post offices and post roads will be held at his home in Athens Tennessee He died of pneumonia yesterday at Garfield Hospital Ill four days He is survived by a wife and a son His father Joseph J Ivins was clerk to the post office committee and died last August making his son the vacancy successor
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Eugene E Ivins
House Committee On Post Offices
Garfield Hospital
Athens
Tenn
Ivins
Joseph J Ivins
Post Office Committee
Consecration Rites Set for Mgr Russell in Baltimore
Prominent Washington figures travel to Baltimore for the consecration of Mgr William T. Russell, newly elevated to the bishopric of Charleston. Cardinal Gibbons will preside with multiple bishops and clergy, while many Washington officials, cabinet members, Supreme Court, and diplomatic corps will attend.
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Mgr
Wiliam T. Hussell
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Charleston
Cathedral of
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Union Station
Thomas E. Bea
St. Patrick's Parish
Mgr. Russell
Washington
Cardinal Gibbons
Mer. Russell
Cardinnal Gibbons
J. J. Monaghan
Wilmington
Owen
Corrigan
P. L. Duffy
Diocese of
Thomas J. Hegarty
St. Peter's Church
Columbia
A. K. Gwynne
Greenville
J. A. Smyth
St. Patrick’s Church
Francia P. Doory
St. Martin's Church
J. J. Murray
St. Elizabeth's Church
P. J. Donohue
Wheeling
Cabinet
Supreme Court
Senate
House of Representatives
Diplomatic Corps
Catholics in U S directory shows New York leads
The 1917 official Catholic Directory issued in New York reports 17,022,879 Catholics in the continental United States with a 1916 increase of 458,770. New York has 2,962,971 Catholics followed by Pennsylvania 1,865,000. Illinois and Massachusetts each about 1,000,000.
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New York
Continental
United States
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Maas Machusetts
Husband Seeks Absolute Divorce From Emma Rothrock
Donald A. Rothrock, acting as his own counsel, files for an absolute divorce in the District Supreme Court from Emma Rothrock after a 17 day marriage begun August 8, 1916 and ended with separation August 26. He also seeks an injunction restraining interference with his business. The bill includes letters from various individuals, including a December letter from the wife in Grafton, West Virginia offering to provide a witness.
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Donald A. Rothrock
Aj Bill
District Supreme Court
Emma Rothrock
Ed Court
Grafton
W. Va
Lectures and meetings in Washington city today
William A Finley of the Oregon fish and game commission will lecture at the National Geographic Society on Shooting With the Shutter. Ellen Day Hale and Mary A Kirkup speak on The Liberal Movement in Art at All Souls Unitarian Church. Red Cross lecture tonight for Boy Scouts in the M C A gym. Mohawk Athletic Club Quartet at the New Hampshire State Association meeting. National Capital Military College meets at the Home Club. Society of Medical Jurisprudence meets at University Club. Dr William A White and Henry E Davis discuss insanity concepts. Phi Delta Theta banquet at University Club with Morrison and Mc Reynolds. J Piney Branch Citizens Association marks hospital victory. New York Avenue Presbyterian Church charters steamer trip for June to Marshall Hall. West Point entrance exams set for March 20 at Washington Barracks. Local women lawyers consider forming a bar association with anniversary dinner at New Arlington. Sara Post Grogan to MC with Tanner, Taylor, and Peelle. Washington Chemical Society topics on ammonia at Cosmos Club. D R Harper and E C McKelvy speak. Herbert S Bigelow critiques politics and trusts at Y M C A.
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Ellen Day Hale
Mary A. Kirkup
Woman's Alliance of All Souls’ Unitarian Church
Fourteenth and
L Streeta
New Arlington
Sara Post Grogan
James Tanner
William Clark Taylor
Stanton J. Peelle
U C V Reunion Fund Secured For June Washington Meet
Finance committee reports the $60,000 needed to fund the United Confederate Veterans reunion in Washington in June will be raised. About 36,000 Confederate veterans are expected to attend, with roughly 150,000 visitors anticipated during the week beginning June 4. The committee lists officers and members including H F Cary as chairman and M H Ailes as vice chairman, along with many other signatories.
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Mediate Veterans’ Reunior
Washington
Willard
H. F. Cary
M. H. Ailes
H. C. Ansley
B. M. Bridget
A. Brylawski
John B. Cochran
Charles I. Corby
W. G. Carter
P. A.D. Drury
John J. Edson
F. A. Emery
Willam J Eynon
Charles W. Fairfax
H. W. Fisher
Isaac Gane
W. T. Galliher
Wah Wing denies threats against President Wilson amid arrest
Wah Wing alias Pat Murphy a Chinese vaudeville acrobat was jailed in Washington for threatening the President and released on $2,600 bail after waiving examination. He defended himself through attorney Robert I. Miller saying he did not intend harm and blamed lodging and meal costs during inauguration week for his remarks. He went to New York to rejoin his troupe, claiming he got mad and did not mean what he said.
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Wilson
Wah Wing
Pat Murphy
Wah
United States
Robert I. Miller
Muldowny
New York
Washington
Births Reported In Area Families Across Many Couples
A sequence of birth announcements lists numerous couples from the region welcoming boys and girls. Names include Rougers, Bryarly, Cognwell, Daniels, Cronenburg, Eldridge, Ellis, Gelatt, Lindsey, Martin, Petera, Powell, Read, Roelle, McKenzie, Matthews, Minor, Quarrels, Savoy, Smith, Stevenson, Walker, Watson, Westray, and others, noting newborns by gender and parental pairs. Some entries indicate twins and multiple spellings or typos in surnames.
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George
Ioy Rougers
William A
Eva Bryarly
Frank B
Aliee W. Cognwell
Harvey
Susie Daniels
Franklin L
Isabella R. Cronenburg
Arthur B
Mildred Eldridge
Wayne P
Anna Ellis
Clarence M
Eva B. Gelatt
Almanzar
Mary Louise Lindsey
Robert B
Grace L. Martin
Margaret Petera
Prosper and
Nannie Powell
Samuel M
Caroline TB
Read
Figius
Josephine Roelle
Lloyd
Rebecca McKenzie
Louise Matthews
Edward
Gertrude Minor
Charles and
Ruth Quarrels
Nettie Savoy
George and
Josephine Smith
William and
Dimeda Stevenson
Henry and
Clar
Thomas
Charles S
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Licensed to Marry Names and Ages in Virginia and nearby states
A newspaper item lists multiple marriage licenses for couples from Virginia and neighboring areas. Names include Himerlee Tandja and Lillie M Keys. Tiarry Wade and Nellie G Snider. Herman Maslon and Inilian E McLearen. Wille Bingler and Lillie Snear. Russell Romane and Nell M Doolittle. G Milton Langley and Elizabeth A Denmuison. Bertha C Bridwell with Kloman J Garrison. Theodore F Bell and Marie G Deer. Howard F Downs with Jessie Johnson, noting Rev. officiants and residential towns such as Artatoby Dumfries Charlottesville Baltimore and Honesdale.
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Himerlee Tandja
Lillie M. Keys
Artatoby
Simon P. Fogle
Tiarry H. Wade
Nellie G. Snider
Kenle Creek
M. Compher
Herman P. Maslon
Baltimore
Inilian E McLearen
Catlett
Franklin Bryan
Wille R
Last of the District Guardsmen Mustered Out This Week
The District National Guard edges toward full federal muster out by Monday night with the Third regiment remaining. Brig. Gen. Harvey says the border service has made the guardsmen fit for duty, boosting morale and retention in Washington. A new cavalry troop, Armory lease, and additional artillery units are planned as the five mounted organizations receive horses and a larger drill hall.
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District National Guard
Washington
National Capital
District Guard
Camp
Ordway
Pennsylvania Avenue
Harvey
United States
Border Service
National Guardsman
Guard
Fort Myer
Congress
Sun and Tide Table and Weather Forecast
The page provides a sun and tide table showing sunrise at 6 29 am with high tides at 8 25 and 8 48 and sunset at 6 00 pm with low tides at 2 42 and 3 05. Weather discussion from the Weather Bureau details forecasts for the District of Columbia Maryland and Virginia with fair skies, slightly colder conditions and light winds, plus notes on storm systems and regional precipitation. Local temperatures list midnight through 10 pm readings, highs and lows, humidity, rainfall, sunshine hours, and comparisons to last year.
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Weather Bureau
Washington
D. C
District of Columbia
Maryland
Virginia
Lake Michigan
St. Lawrence Valley
Lake Region
Middle
South Atlantic
North Pacific
Rocky Mountains
Ohio Valley
Pacific States
New Inngland
Mississippi River
Atlantic
East Guilt
Deaths Reported in Local Notices
Obituary list records numerous individuals with ages and places of death across Washington area institutions including U S Soldiers Home Hospital Garfield Hospital and Children’s Hospital Some entries note specific addresses such as 217 15th street se and 2618 Latrine Ave nw others reference Plymouth apartment Little Sisters of the Poor Columbia Hospital and Freedmen's Hospital Names include Nancy C Rodgers John Regan Joseph B Conner Oscar Crumm Laura Butterdoss Eugene Ivina George Garnett Henry Engell Anna Johnson Bessie don Sturtevant Edward Lowe Mary Lee Ernest Roy James Hussey Della Hanrahan Mamie Kennedy Henrietta Robinson Fannie Banks Thomas Washington Allen Wells Julia Moten Elia Hunter William Walker George Smith John Carney Kehle Ferguson and others with ages from 1 to 75.
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Nancy C. Rodgers
15Th St
John Regan
Joseph B. Conner
Geo. Waah
Oscar Crumm
T. S. Soldiers’ Home Hospital
Laura B. Butterdoss
Plymouth Apert
Eugene E. Ivina
Garfiel’ Hospital
George W. Garnett
Edward Lowe
St Elizabeth's Heap
Mary Lee
St. Nw
Ernest Roy
U. S. Soldiers’ Home
James F. Hussey
U. S
Soldiers’ Home Hospital
Della Hanrahan
Little Sisters of the Poor
Mamie Kennedy
Columbia Hospital
Henrietta Robinson
Alexander Et. Nw
Fannie Banks
20Th St
Thomas Washington
Allen Wells
Chews Ct
Julia Moten
Ist
Elia Hunter
Temple Ct
William Walker
Freedmen’s Hospital
George Smith
Garfield Hospital
John Carney
Homa
Kehle Ferguson
Children’s Hospital
Dr Gordon program at First Congregational Church
City bulletins announce Dr Gordon will distribute 1000 copies of his sermon on The Secret of An Orator's Success at Sunday services. Morning sermon may be Lost in the Crowd or The Tragedy of Loneliness. evening talk at 8 on Cruel Relatives or The Traitor in the Home. Also ads for seafood, flowers, and dinner table at the Sterling Hotel with nightly music.
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Atranger
Print shop to keep money flowing despite budget gaps
Treasury official assures the Bureau of Engraving and Printing will continue operations and print currency even if Congress misses payments. Joseph B. Ralph, director, echoed the message that printers will keep engraving and printing despite funding delays.
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Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Derai
Treasury
Joseph &B. Ralph
Congress
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