Ritchie Urges Better School Pay At Montgomery Meet
In Silver Spring Maryland the Montgomery County Federation of Women’s Clubs held its annual meeting at the Armory in Silver Spring. Gov Albert C Ritchie urged improved teacher salaries to attract trained educators and keep them. Miss Alice Robertson spoke on her India work and education. State education chief Albert Cook supported the administrations plans to raise educational conditions. Seven St Mary’s Hospital trainee nurses in Clarksburg were graduated, including Clarabel Taylor of Washington.
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Forest Glen
Comment Club
Sliver Spring
Montgomery Country Federation of Women‘s Clubs
Armory
Lilver Spring
Josiah W. Jones
Olney
Federation
Bowie F. Waters
Germantown
George H. Wright
Ritchie
Alice Robertson
Congress
Oklahoma
Albert Cook
Miss Taylor
Bpeoinl
Washington Post
Clarksburg
W. Va
Clarabel Taylor
Washington, D. C
St. Mary's Hospital Training School
Obituaries and funeral notices from May 1921
Several local obituaries list deaths on May 11 to May 14 1921. Individuals named include Marion H L Fordette Effis A Clark Amelia Heinrichs Theresa Gertrude Hessler Margar ite Enwell y Margaret Kee nelly Esther T Miller James R O Neale Agnes Stevens Samuel S Yoder and others. Each notice states residence, funeral time, church or cemetery, and interment details.
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Burdette
Marion HL
George T. Fordette
Silver Spring
Rocky Clark
Effis A
Charles B. Clark
Fort Linvain
Fennell
Garfield Hospital
Sarah Meagher
W. P. Fennell
William A
Charles J
Robert B
Aubrey B
Sarah
Anthony B. Fennell
Twenty-fifth Street
St. Paul's Catholic Church
Tanvel
Heinrichs
Amelia
Bugoinh Cintiche
Delafeld Place
Glenwood Cemetery
Hessler—Cacaday
Theresa Gertrudh
Mary V
Sank J. Hessler
St. Dominic's Church
Philadelphia
York
Margarit
Tate Patrickth
Keenelly
Vinceai
St. Teter'a Chirch
Mt. Olivet Cemetery
Moller
Esther T
Thomas Miler
Georgia Avenue
Bievens
Georgetown University Hospital
Zagnes
Homer Stevens
Daugster
Themagy
Mary Kelly
I James Noone
H Street
Holy Name Church
Mt. Olivet
Yoder
Maryland Avenue North
Samuel 8
Minerva E. Yoder
Earlyne
DPD
Samuel S. Yoder
Erie A. Shea
Loyal
Legloe
Burnside Post
Oldest Inhabitants Association
Capital City Chess Club
National Geographic Society
Almus Temple
Arlington Cemetery
Night commencement exercises list graduates from several towns
The narrative lists graduates Flora Flowers of Wisengburg Lester Latstetter Clarksburg Rumbach Ruth Smith Oraland Eleanor Pringle Bee Rush of Weston and Charleston guests. It also notes various regional items including a Charleston gas rate increase and obituaries and local notices from Clarksburg Spencer Charlottesville Hagerstown Easton and other Virginia Maryland towns.
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Flora
Flowers
Wisenburg
Lester -Latstetter
Clarks Ures
Bessie
Rumbach
Charleston
Ruth Smith
Oraland
Eleanor Pringle
Elkins
Bee Rush
Weston
Maryland and Virginia Politicians and Local Events
The Alexandria area reports a Democratic police justice candidacy and a minor accident with five injured. An audience filled the opera house for the first Springtime operetta performance under hospital board auspices, with many named local participants. Kiwanis and chamber groups held meetings, with officials named and plans for a Virginia Retail Merchants convention in Newport News noted.
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Opera House
Springtome
Retail Merchants’ Bureau
The
Alexandria, Chamber of Commerce
R E. Knight
L. Ruben
J. T. Preston
Retail Merchants
Association of Virginia
Newport News
Harry Cohen
Julius Wolf
R. F. Downham
C.W. Fletcher
L. Levinson
C. Page Waller
Irvin Diener
M. W. Gaines
R. E. Knight
Grain and Live Stock Prices Baltimore Market Report
Baltimore May 12 report lists poultry prices for chickens ducks and turkeys with weights and quality terms, butter and dairy prints with regional price ranges, eggs by region, and grain futures and cash quotes for wheat corn oats rye barley. Official closing prices show No 2 red wheat at 1.62 to 1.68 per bushel and corn around 47 to 78 cents per bushel with contract details.
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Baltimore
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West ‘Virginia
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginis
Market Report on Cattle Hogs and Sheep Prices
Chicago live stock report shows cattle top around 9.60 for yearlings with bulk beef at 6.25 to 9.00, fat cattle lower, calves and bulls weaker. Hogs top near 9.00 with bulks 8.45 to 8.90, sows steady to higher, pigs around 7.50 to 10.00. Sheep shorn top about 11.50 with bulk 9.00 to 11.25, lambs steady to higher, day’s offerings mixed.
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Chicago
Cotton prices at New York Norfolk and Wilmington reported
Cotton middling prices listed for New York at 12.86, Norfolk at 11.75, and Wilmington at 11.00 cents per pound.
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New York
Norfolk
Wilmington
Lynchburg Chief of Police Hosts Mason Club Convention Guest
Maj John M Seay chief of police of Lynchburg Virginia welcomed United States Deputy Marshal William Schoen in Washington as the city prepared to host the National League of Masonic Clubs convention.
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John’m. Seay
Lynchburg
United States
Marshall Wi Iam’ Schoeni
Stten Ing
National League
Washington
Virginia Obituary Roundup From Charlottesville to Danville
Obituaries report the death of Mrs H Eleanor Newman 67 in Charlottesville at her son in law J B Plewellen's home burial in Gordonsville. Five children survive. Thomas W Smith 74 dies at Lottsburg burial in Smithland Baptist cemetery. F Sydnor Kirkpatrick prominent attorney of Lynchburg dies. services held at his home with Rev Dr Dunlop Paxton officiating burial in Presbyterian cemetery. Waldo McClanehan dies at brother's home in Big Stone Gap. Frances Piper dies in Roanoke and is buried in Jonesboro Tenn. Robert Hunter Bass former Treasury employee dies of tropical fever in Page Texas burial here. He was 33.
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Charlottesville
Thomas W. Smith
Lottsbore
Smithland
Baptist
Lynchburg
F. Sydnor Kirkpatrick
James Dunlop Paxton
First Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Cemetery
Bristol
Waldo McClanehan
Big Stone
Gap
Frances
Piper
Roanoke
Jonesboro
Tenn
N. M. Watson
State Street
Methodist Church
Buriay
Danville
Robert
Hunter
Bass
E Page
Tex
Wass
United States Treasury
Drowning at Tygarts Valley River Near Elkins College
A funeral service was held for a student or man associated with Elkins College who drowned while attempting to swim in the Tygarts Valley River near the area. The report notes the death occurred during a swimming incident and mentions names linked to Dayvis and Elking.
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Ayere
Dayvis
Elkins College
Elking
Tygarts Valley
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Charity Hicks Celebrates 103rd Birthday in Winston Salem
May 12 Winston Salem N C Mrs Charity Hicks aged 103 celebrated birthday with a large family reunion. She has five children seventeen grandchildren thirty five great grandchildren and seven great great grandchildren present at the gathering.
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Winston Salem
N. C
Charity Hicks
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Lincoln
WM. H. Sardo & CO
Modern Chapel Automobile Funerals
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Blackis
Ren Schinides
J. F. Manning Co., Inc
Fifteenth' Street
N. Ww
Park Park Cemetery
Baltimore Boulevard
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Clarksburg Light and Heat Company
State’ Public Service Commission
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Philip C. Adams
Spencer
Yéays
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Republican State Committee
Busi Nésa
Washington Reat
Nickel Campbell
T. A. Campbell
Yancey
University, Hospital
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Potomiac River
Richmond
State Corporation Commission
National
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Easton
John W Straughn
Chesapeake Bay
Charles
New York Ave
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Crown Restaurants
Quiet and Ci Compnient
11Th St
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Virginias
Alexandria News
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Alexandria
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Groves
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Warmon Reed
Kiwanis ‘Club
Euicheon
Kiwanis' Club
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Westminster Building
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Kiwanis
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Om. GC
Kiwanis Charity
George B. Fwarfield
J. Barmiall
Caton
Kenneth W. Ogden
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Gredit Men's .Bureau
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