Lady Astor Eyes America Tour for Women Voters
London report describes Lady Astor delaying a luncheon due to dress issues as she plans a U S trip with Lord Astor and Dame Lyttelton to address the Baltimore convention of women voters. She will discuss English American citizenship and morality, preach tolerance, and urge solidarity amid prejudices.
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London
Associated Press
Lady Astor
House of Commons
America
Lord Astor
Dame Lyttelton
Convention of Women Voters
Baltimore
Virginia
Washington
Chicago
United Sates
England
Lndy Astor
Died notices mix scattered March 1922 deaths
Brief death notices list names like Fritz Bar Ald Olga Mo Andresen Crawford Grawford Hugh Angus Crowe Margaret Crowe Dyson Anna Margaret Shirley Galloway Kudreda Lynn Raymond F. McKeever Annie C O Neill Bridget O Neill Hurbert P Bur y Elizabeth M Wilson Lewes D Wilson with addresses in Washington area and Arlington cemetery mentions. Interment at Mount Olivet and Sacred Heart church noted. March 1922 dates and funeral details across multiple families.
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Andresen
Webster Street
Fritz Barald
Olga Mo Andresen
Glenond Cemetery
Grawford
Twenty-first
Hug Angus
Charles 3. Crawford
Jy Hill Reputers
Riday
Arlington National Cemetery
Dyson
Trinee Street
Alexandra
Anna Margarst
Shirley
J. Fran Dyson
Galloway
Sibley Hospital
Kudreda
Vinma B Galway
W. W. Deal
Lynn
Raymond F
Thomas N
Wenrietta Isnn
Siddle Street
D Street
Frinnds
Leesburg
Ya.mckeever
Tathana Avenue
Annie C
Thomas Meherve
St Patrick's Church
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Naghten
P . Coady
Atcheson Street
Columbus
Ohio
William A. Naghpfen
O'Neills
Std
Varnum Street
Bridget O'Neile
Galvin
Edward J. O'Neal
St. Gabriela Church
Mara
Tuesdey
Petersburg
Fla
Hurbert P
New York Avenue
Massachusetts
Avenue Northwest
Elizabeth M
Deustaruy’ Hicker
Wilson-Lon
Lewes D Wilson
Myrtle Hughes
Bemidji Minn Rises To Save Washington From Blue Sabbath
Bemidji Minnesota residents protest a proposed Sunday observance bill for the District of Columbia. Senator Nelson submitted a memorial from Bemidji citizens opposing blue Sunday legislation. The document went to the Senate District committee for action.
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Bemidji
Minn
Washington
District of Columbia
Nelson
Senate
Senate District Committee
Collapse on stand in Miss Stone life trial
Olivia M P Stone nurse collapsed on the witness stand during the trial charging her with causing fatal harm to Ellis Guy Kinkead former Cincinnati counsel. State alienists said it would be inhuman to question her further and the judge adjourned the case. She denied handwriting on threatening letters and testified to a troubled relationship with Kinkead.
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New York
Associated Press
Olivia M. P. Stone
Ellis Guy Kinkead
Cincinnati Corporation
Brooklyn
Supreme Court
Aspinall
Kinkead
Warbasse
Justice Aspinall
Minkead
Cincinnati
Marie Louise Gormley
Cincinnati General Hospital
Mae Alten
Chalfont
Atlantic City
Miss Stone
Will Test Fare-Fixing By Citizen Groups
Columbia Heights Citizens' Association members were asked to contribute to defray expenses for challenging the public utilities commission's plan to fix uniform fares for the two main street car companies. The March 7 meeting criticized the policy as contrary to the public utilities act and an arbitrary exercise of power. Donations were to be sent to J. Eliot Wright at 1354 Columbia Road NW.
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Citizens’ Associations
W. Swanton
Columbia Heights Citizens’ Association
Public ‘Utilities Commission
The
Utilities Commission
Columbia Heights Association
Public Utilities Act
J. Eliot Wright
Columbia “Road Northwest
Births Rise 221 in District Week
The health department report shows 221 births in the district for the week ending Saturday, up from the prior week. Of the births 172 were white and 49 colored. 144 deaths were registered, 89 white and 56 colored, with death rates of 13.5 for whites and 25.4 for coloreds, indicating a higher mortality this year than last.
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Health Department
Janitor Fined for Withholding Beds from Ill Children
In New York on March 30 two colored janitor Robert Washington was fined $50 in West Side court for removing beds used by two children ill with measles after their parents failed to pay rent. Magistrate Levine lamented the missed action by the apartment manager and noted the law’s failure to reach that party. The father, John G Edmondson, a wounded veteran, said he had paid rent since July from government compensation, which had not arrived for three months.
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New York
Robert Washington
West Side Court
Levine
John G. Edmondson
Author and Painter Duel With Fists Near Carmel
Harry Leon Wilson and Theodore Criley dueled with fists near Carmel, 70 miles south of San Francisco, under old English rules. Criley won after five rounds in a daylight bout. Wilson pledged future action, Criley declined to bring friends, and Mrs Criley had prompted the non striking agreement.
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Harry Leon Wilson
Theodore Criley
San Francisco
Associated Press
San Francisco Examiner
Carmel
Artist Colony
Here
Pacific Coast
Wilson
Criley
Siamese Twins Die. Bodies to Be Given to College
Chicago coroner abandons post mortem as Josefa and Hosa Blazek die within seconds of each other. Brother Frank Blazek gains control of their fortune and farm in Czechoslovakia, with their 11 year old nephew as heir. Medical college to receive the bodies for study. no will found.
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Rosa
Chicago
Associated Press
Josefa Blazek
Hosa
Peter Hoffman
Frank, Jr
Czechoslovakia
Josefa
Frank Blazek
Breakstone
Rogsa
Livingstone Reelected National Executive of Boy Scouts
Colin H Livingstone of Washington was reelected national executive of the Boy Scouts of America at the twelfth annual national council meeting. The session was the largest attended, with Livingstone long associated with civic affairs and serving as vice president of the American National Bank and involved with several city clubs.
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Washington, Post
Chicago
Colin H. Livingstone
Washington
Boy Scouts of America
National Council
Boy Scouts
American National Bank
Husband Found With Two Wives Suspect Divorce Suit
Lotta B. Hunter filed a suit in District Supreme Court seeking annulment of her marriage to Edward A. Hunter claiming he already had a living wife from whom he had never obtained a divorce. She alleges the marriage occurred in November in Alexandria and that Hunter later married another woman in Philadelphia on June 21, 1921, still legally married to the first wife.
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Lotta B. Hunter
District Supreme Court
Edward A. Hunter
Jesse B. Adams
Hunter
Alexandria
Philadelphia
Fire Chief Watson Busy On His 39th Birthday
Fire Chief George S. Watson celebrated his thirty ninth birthday yesterday in his District building office. Scores of friends and employees stopped by to congratulate him. He said, This is my busy day, I don't believe I've worked more on any day since joining the force.
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George S. Watson
Watson
Stillman Divorce Case: Montreal Hearing Upheld on Appeal
A Brooklyn appellate division upholds the Montreal commission to hear Mrs. Stillman's recounting of events in the Stillman divorce suit against Anne W. Stillman. The order allows rebuttal by Stillman against several Canadian witnesses while restricting cross examination. Further hearings and costs are scheduled in Poughkeepsie and Montreal as the case continues to unfold.
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New York
The
Associated Press
Supreme Court
Morschauser
Montreal
James A. Stillman
Anne WU
Stillman
Brooklyn
Canada
Stilman
Iea
St. Maurice Valley
Musician Dambois Performs Dual PianistCellist Recital
Maurice Dambois gave a solo and accompanist recital at the Mason auditorium using a reproducing piano. He combined piano and cello works with clever arrangements, praised for tone and execution especially on Liszt pieces and the Bagatelles. Afterward he performed at the Belgian embassy for Ambassador de Cartier.
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Maurice Dambois
Masonic Auditorium
Dambois
Claire de Lune
Popper
Rudolph Ganz
Ambassador de Cartier
Students Scare Neighbors Initiation Draws Police Reserves
A crowd of colored men sparked a tense scene near Ninth Street and Rhode Island Avenue NW. Police reserves were summoned as neighbors reported the scare and an excited gathering, reflecting a chaotic initiation event.
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Ninth, Street
Rhode Island Avenue
Initiation at Tau Delta Sloma Fraternity Sparks Neighbor Panic
Frantic police calls report a man carried by a sheet tied over his head to 913 Rhode Island Avenue Northwest. Inquiries reveal Tau Delta Sloma fraternity members conducting an initiation, while police and detectives from the Eighth Precinct investigate the scene.
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Rhode Island Avenue
Fumes Overcome Couple In Northwest Room
Robert EB Lee aged 21 and his wife Ruby Lee aged 18 of 227 G Street Northwest were overcome by coal gas fumes in their room. A lodger in an adjoining room found them unconscious and they were admitted to Emergency Hospital in serious condition. Police blame fumes from a hot air heater in the room.
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Robert
EB Lee
Ruby Lee
G Street
Mergency Hospital
Silk Flag Gifted to Hempstead by Masons in Washington
Fay Hempstead of Arkansas received a silk American flag from Henry Lansburch as Horace P. McIntosh presented it at Central High School auditorium. Hempstead met the President at the White House and toured with Arkansas lawmakers, Arlington National Cemetery, and other sites before leaving Washington with a committee at 3 10 this morning.
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Fay Hempstead
Royal
United States
Henry Lansburch
Horace P. McIntosh
Central High School
Hempstead
White House
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
James L. Wilmeth
Arkansas
Arligton National Cemetery
Washington
Civic Club Council Committee Formed at Conference
Progress toward organizing a civic club council was reported at a representatives’ conference. A committee was chosen to draft a plan of procedure and define the council’s jurisdiction and will present it for ratification to Kiwanis Rotary Cosmopolitan Lions and Civitan members. Chairman Charles F. Roberts will lead the panel until officers are elected and the committee meets Monday morning.
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Kiwanis
Rotary
Cosmopolitan
Lions
Givitan Rubes
John Poole
Rotary Club
Sefton Carr
Lions Club
M. A. Leese
Cosmopolitan’ Club
L Goldheim
Civitan Club
Charles F. Roberts
Kiwanis, Club
Roberts
Clean Up Urges Abernethy at Lenten Service
The Rev W S Abernethy pastor of Calvary Baptist spoke at the layman midday Lenten service at Keiths urging city renewal. He said city life and its morality call for removing alleys and dilapidated housing and creating playgrounds for apartment children to build better future citizenship. Congressman John M Robinson of Kentucky will speak today with Claudie Bennett presiding.
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W. S. Abernethy
Calvary Baptist Church
Keith's
GM. Diffenderfer
Harle Wiifley
Jesus
Washington
Afohn M. Robinson
Kentucky
Claudie Bennett
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Speare
W. R. Speare
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PA Ave
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Eaington
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League of Nations
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Nature
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Society For Philosophical Inquiry
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Shakespeare Society of Washington
War Recreation Hall
Government Hotels
Maud Wood Park
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Womens
City Club
Eeleet Klub
Hadleigh
B. R. Bapmeardt
Shakespeare and Wordsworth
National Geographic Society
Wilbur K. Thomas
Friends Service Committee
Friends Church
Irving Streets
Vivian Gilbert
Mount Pleasant Congregational Church
James Brown Scott
Georgetown Foreign Service School
United States National Museum
Washington Board of Trade
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Arts Club
John G. Nicolay
Abraham Lincoln
R. E. Lee
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Arlington
Civic Club Council
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National Capital
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