MEMORIAL OBITUARY NOTES FROM MAY 1921 FUNERALS IN DC AREA
Notices list multiple funeral announcements and services for May 21 1921 to May 24 1921 across Alexandria Baltimore Chicago and Washington. Names include Cornelius Joseph Magee Ped en roden Perkins Bienner Wisn kiski and Wilson among others with service details at St Marys Georgetown University Hospital Mount Olivet Mount Olivet cemetery and private interments. Locations span 200 South Lea Street Alexandria 1492 Chapin Street NW and Pine Grove Street Ave Chicago.
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South Lea Street
Alexandria
Cornelius Joseph
Christine
Magee
St Mare’s Catholic Church
Ecandria
Peden
Charlotte Rogden
Chapin Street Northwest
Seventh Street North
Mount Olivet
Baltimore
Atlantic City
St Love
Fort Dodge
Sioux City
Iowa
Toronto
Geulph
Lindsay
Ontario
Canada
Wilson
Warne
Joseph
Annie Wilson
George Wo Wise
Glenwood Cemetery
Wisnioski
Georgetown University Hospital
Wisnidski
Nee Schatz
Stanley W Wiselovk
I Street
St Steven's Church
Twenty Fifth Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Prtock
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Storm Damage Hits Farm Near Clarence E. Kershner House
Telegraph poles were blown down, hail fell and damaged the crops across the house of Clarence E. Kershner, signaling a severe weather event with widespread agricultural impact.
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Clarence E.kershner
J H Marsden Hangs Self at Newport News Office
J H Marsden, Lloyds surveyor at the Hampton Roads port for years, hanged himself last night in his Newport News office. Friends attribute ill health as the probable cause. He was born in England, son of a prominent London clergyman.
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Newport News
J. H Marsden
Lloyd’s
Hampton Roads
England
London
Paving Delayed as Bids Too High for Eleventh Street and More
District commissioners defer asphalt paving and resurfacing on Eleventh Sixteenth C and adjacent streets. All recent bids were rejected for being only 9 percent below last year's figures. Engineer Col Katz says bids must show a larger cut. Bids will be invited again later if terms improve.
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Col. Katz
Board of Trade backs new botanical site plan
The Board of Trade executives, urged by Judge Charles S. Bundy, propose moving the Botanical Gardens to the Mount Hamilton tract. The report, sent to a special committee led by Samuel J. Prescott and Thomas Bradley, endorses the Fine Arts Commission’s garden removal recommendations and outlines details of the project.
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Mount Hamilton
Board of Trade
Charles S. Bundy
Committee On Parks and Reservations
Samuel J. Prescott
Thomas Bradley
Fine Arts Commission
Bank President Held for Federal Grand Jury in Norfolk
Col H Gordon Blundon president of Commonwealth National Bank Reedville Va was held for the Federal grand jury in Norfolk after a preliminary hearing on embezzlement charge He allegedly took 100 shares of Petersburg Banking Trust and Mortgage stock plus $125 in coupons valued at $2100 He posted a 5000 bond and the charge is viewed as technical by officials
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Richmond
H. Gordon Blundon
Commonwealth National Bank
Reedville
Federal Grand Jury
Norfolk
Banking, Trust and Mortgage Company
Petersburg
Col Blundon
Norton Police Chief Shot in Virginia Border Town
Knoxville report says Worley Wells, Norton Virginia police chief, was fatally wounded in Norton after meeting Jentry Jenkins alias Jenkins, a member of a prominent family. Wells died soon after at a hospital. Jenkins had been arrested and released earlier the same night.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Norton
Worley Wells
Jentry "Jenkins
Wells
Jenkins
Pastor to Change His Faith in Norfolk Church Change
The Reverend H. N. Laws, who has led Larchmont Baptist Church for eighteen months, resigned from the Baptist denomination and will seek ordination in the Protestant Episcopal Church. Laws ended his duties at Larchmont two weeks ago.
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Norfolk, Va
H. N. Laws
Larchmont Baptist Church
Protestant Episcopal Church
Brooks Wooldridge Nuptials in Lynchburg Ceremony
Misa Ber Nice L Wooldridge daughter of Mr and Mrs B Wooldridge and Arthur J Brooks World War veteran were married Saturday by Rev J S Gresham pastor of West End Methodist church in Lynchburg Virginia with a special Washington Post report.
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Washington Post
Lynchburg, Va
Misa Bernice L Wooldridge
B. Wooldridge
Arthur J Brooks
J. S. Gresham
West End
Oil Quotations from Oil City May 23
Credit balances stand at 3.25 with runs totaling 78 716 and an average of 58 625. Shipments amount to 67 704 and an average follows.
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Oil City
Grain and Live Stock Prices in Baltimore May 23
Poultry prices listed for live chickens and ducks with per pound ranges. Eggs show loss-off values for nearby firsts and Southern firsts per dozen. Butter prices include creamery, prints, and dairy terms. Corn prices cover No 2 white, No 4, and prime yellow cob in nearby contracts and per barrel quantities.
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Baltimore
Grain price quotes and small wheat sales report
Grain markets show No. 2 hard wheat at 1.67% and No. 2 mixed at 1.67% in Chicago on May 23. Corn prices list No. 2 white 40% 41% and No. 3 white 40 40%, rye No. 2 at 1.55% and 1.5644, barley at 58 70, and Oats No. 2 white 50 10% in Baltimore. Sales of nearby wheat small lots ranged 1.02 to 1.40 per bushel with No. 2 red noted in official prices.
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Chicago
Baltimore
Live Stock Chicago Market Report May 23 Cattle Hogs Sheep
CATTLE top yearling steers 9.50, bulk 7.75 8.50, fat cows and heifers 5.50 7.00, bulls mostly 5.00 5.75, weaners 25 50c lower, stockers weak. HOGS top 8.90, bulk 8.40 8.80, pigs steady to strong 8.60 8.75. SHEEP best dry fed lambs 11.50, California springs 13.60, natives 13.00 down, best light shorn wethers 6.50, fat ewes 4.00 4.50, few head 6.00.
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Chicago
California
Cotton MIDDLING price update across key ports
Cotton prices show New York at 12.50 cents per pound, Norfolk at 11.25, Wilmington at 10.75 with a middling movement noted across the trading centers. Analysts cite modest demand and regional supply factors affecting bids in these markets.
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New York
Norfolk
Wilmington
Legion and Knights Attend Hill Funeral at St Marys
Members of Alexandria post number 24 American Legion and Fitzgerald council Knights of Columbus will attend funeral services for Cornelius J. Hill at St Marys Catholic church at 10 o'clock this morning. Hill was a member of both organizations.
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Alexandria Post
No. 24
American Legion
Fitzgerald Council
Knights of Columbus
Cornelius J. Hill
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Pettit-Ferguson Wedding Announced in Methodist Church South
Mrs. Alice C. Pettit announces the marriage of her daughter Miss Mary Ella Pettit to R. Gorman Ferguson. The ceremony was held Saturday morning at the Parsonage of the Methodist Episcopal Church South conducted by Rev. Dr. B. V. Regeater.
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Alice C. Pettit
Mary Ella Pettit
R. Gorman Ferguson
Methodist Episcopal Church South
B. V. Regeater
Candidate for Clerk of Gas Announces Candidacy
Frederick H. Schneider yesterday announced his candidacy for the office of clerk of gas, subject to the Democratic primary on August 2. The field also includes incumbent Frederick W. Ebhardt and Carter H. Smith.
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Frederick H. Schneider
Frederick W. Ebhardt
Carter H. Smith
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A. J. Schippert
Era
William Lee
WM. H. Sardo & CO
Hadern Chapel
Wenete
Lincoln Co
W.L. Speare Co
W. R. Speare
F St. N.W
THE
J. F. Manning Co., Inc. of
Fifteenth Street N. W
Fort Lincoln
Modern Park Cemetery
At Ices
Phos
J. H. Marsden
Mount Hamilton Tract
Lee
Masons of Virginia
Col. Blundon
Grand Jury
Brooks—Wooldridge
Ferguson—Pettit Wedding
Waterman Fountain
Eversharp
Hamil
Howard
Richelieu
DU Barry
Palais Royal
N. L. Lansbury Co., Inc
21 15Th Bt
Eye St
Westinghouse
Carroll Electric Company
St. N.W
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