Wields historic gavel at Alexandria conference
Delegates fill the 182d annual Baltimore conference in Washington Street M E Church South. Rev. Canter reelected secretary. reports show prosperity with new chapels and repairs, plus calls for university funding and extensive committee assignments. Three delegates narrowly survive coal gas incident in boarding house.
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I B. Canter
Washington Port Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
Francia Asbury
Edwin D. Mouton
Texas
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Baltimore
Washington Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Mouzon
Harry M. Canter
Washington
G. D. Kidner
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
J. H. Smith
Salem
W. H. Best
Roanoke
L. de Lange
Hyattaville
W. L. Smith
Waldorf
R. C. Meeke
Strasburg
J. H. Billingsley
Romney
Canter
Mount Pleasant Chapel
Calvary Church
Emory
Goshen
Rockville
Poolesville
The
J. W. Liggett
E. C. Eagle
B.C. Beary
Prince Street
George T Kipatein
Liggett
Secret Washington Marriage Ties Heather McCoy to Dr Daniell Luckett
Heather Balla McCoy daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert D McCoy of 127 Tenth Street Northeast wed Dr Daniell Luckett a Washington druggist in Falls Church The couple kept the marriage secret until yesterday and announced it to family and friends after returning to their homes The Rev Walter Richardson officiated the ceremony and parental blessings followed the news of the union lasting several years in the making.
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Heather Balla McCoy
Robert D. McCoy
Tenth Street
Daniell. Luckett
Washington
Luckett
Likewlas
Thomas I. Luckett
Falls Church
Walter Richardson
Presbyterian Church
MsCoy
Dr George E Patrick Dies at 65 in Washington
Dr George E Patrick 65 of the Agriculture Department’s Bureau of Chemistry died yesterday at his Sheridan apartment. He led dairy laboratories, helped found the University Club, and previously taught chemistry at Kansas University and Iowa State College Ames. Funeral planned with Rev A G B Pierce officiating. He was a native of Hopedale Massachusetts and survived by a brother and sister.
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Chemistry Bureau
University Club
George E. Patrick
Bureau of Chemistry
Departmment of Agriculture
University of Kansas
Sheridan
Fifteenth
A. G. B. Pierce
All Souls’ Unitarian Church
Patrick
Hopesdall
Mass
Kansas University
State College
Ames
Iowa
Cosmos Club
Cornell Club
Ames University Alumni Association of
Washington
Slater
Captain M R Thorp Dead Civil War Vet Dies at 73
Captain M R Thorp, Civil War veteran and longtime DC resident, died at 73 after four months of illness at 1725 Corcoran Street NW. Born in Little Hocking Ohio he served 15 battles with Union forces, wounded at Chancellorsville, brevetted captain in 1865. He held War Department posts, led supply division, and was a prominent Mason. Survived by wife and three children.
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M R Thorp
District of Columbia
Corcoran Street
Little Hocking
Ohio
Col. McLean
Chancellorsville
War Department
Hiram Lodge No 10
Hiram Chapter
No 10
Royal Arch
de Molay
Royal Arch Masons of
Military Order of the Loyal Legion
Kit Carson Post Hosts Anniversary Banquet Speakers
Kit Carson Post observed its 49th anniversary with a reception and banquet at the Oxford Hotel honoring Dushane Post of Baltimore. Speakers included Department Commander Joseph Brooks of Baltimore and A. J. Huntoon of the Potomac, with toastmaster G A Slaybaugh. The National Quartet provided music and political figures addressed attendees. A separate note reports Miss Esther Dickens, struck by a Chesapeake and Ohio train near Bristow, had surgery to save her arm and was recovering in Alexandria Hospital.
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Kit Carson Poasal
Sp 2
Department of the Potomac
G. A RF
Dushane
Baltimore
Oxford
Joseph Brooks
Baltimora
C M. Smith
James BE. Vansant
Department of Maryland
A. J Huntoon
Mr. Slaybaugh
Miss Moree
Elizabeth Buckles
John C. Erdman
Co. M. Dodson
George W Vernon
Joseph J. Hooper
John T. Holmes
Charles W. Enrich
C'M_Smith
Joseph Smith
iJohn N. Jenks
John Lambdin
Joseph Endles
Joan Liddell
Roane
W R Hillyer
George H. Rush
Charles R. Coleman
George W. Gregory
George T. Leech
J. P Reed
F Amlong
John H Brandt
Edward Jones
George E Greenwood
George Riley
M. Pearson
Robert J. Strong
James B Smead
L Campbell
O H Oldroyd
Stanton Weaver
Agron H. Frear
A E B. Bennett
W T. Kally
Capt
Thomas H Hog
Lillian Chenoweth
Joseph K. Schofield
Misa Ethel Garrett Johnston
Wiliam M. Smith
Esther Dickens
Chesapeake and Ohio
Bristow
Alexandria Hospital
Abducted Wife Found in Michigan Returns Home Asked to Be Sent to Northumberland
Elvesta Dresler reports she was duped and abducted from near Northumberland Pennsylvania last November and held in Canada before escaping in Jackson Michigan. She asks authorities to send her to her parents in Liverpool Perry County or to her husband at Keystone Forge Works near Northumberland.
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Jackson
Northumberland
Washington
Mich
Elvesta, Dresler
Canada
Keystone Forge
Paberland
Hivesta Dresser
John Dresser
Keystone Forge Works
Here
Liverpool
Perry County
Sunbury
Dregler
Buffalo
Ballet Russe Opens Washington Engagement At National
The Diaghileff Ballet Russe arrives from Pittsburgh with 250 Russian performers and 80 French and German orchestra musicians for a six day engagement at the National Theater. The company, on its first American tour, features dancer Legunde Massine and presents innovative choreography and stage settings enhanced by a trebled stage and relocated seating for the orchestra. The troupe performs tonight through Saturday under Russian government permission as part of a sixteen city tour.
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Diaghileff Ballet Russe
Pittsburgh
Washington
Diaghlieff Ballet
Europe
Russia
National Theater
Legunde Massine
Modern Ballet
Inside baths and limestone phosphate cure myth ad
In this old health ad the author claims daily hot water and limestone phosphate cleanse the alimentary canal, remove poisons, and freshen the body. It links indigestion headaches colds and bad breath to bowel impurities, urging readers to drink hot water with limestone phosphate each morning as internal sanitation.
Richardson Funeral Today For Joseph Richardson
Funeral services for Joseph Richardson, president of Richardson and Burgess and builder of notable Washington public and private buildings, will be held at 2 this afternoon at his Fairfax county farm where he died. He was 59, a native of St Johns, who came to the U.S. at 21, formed a partnership with Buygween, then incorporated the firm after Burgess's death, and served as president of the Employers' Association before its merger into the Builders and Manufacturers' Exchange.
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Joseph Richardson
Richardson & Burgess
Washington
Fairfax County
Richardson
St Johns
Home Remedy Promises Relief for Bronchitis Coughs
An ad touts Schiffmanns New Concentrated Expectorant as a cheaper, effective cough and cold remedy. It claims you can make a home solution with sugar and boiling water, guarantees satisfaction, and offers refunds if not best remedy used. It targets bronchitis whooping cough asthma and related symptoms.
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O'Donnell Drug
Schiffmanns
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