Robbery Terror Blazed Through King Street Fruit Store
Tony Fiermonte faced a gun wielding robber early yesterday in his King Street fruit shop. He grabbed a pistol from beneath the counter and fired, scattering the assailants who fled amid a dust cloud and a nearby police alert. Local streets buzzed with the attempted robbery and ensuing investigation as officers hunted for the suspects.
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Tony Fiermonte
Counter
Fred
Robbera
Ashington Post Bureau
Wing Street
Alexandria
Bony Farmonte
King Street
Tony
Union Air Fonse
Married Life Struggles End as Nora Quits Cleaning Job
In a tense household scene Nora, a loyal maid, refuses to wash shelves and quarrels with Mrs. Turner. After a sharp exchange, Helen writes a reference and Nora packs to leave, sobbing over an offered ride and clinging to a kitten as she contemplates the unknown future in New York.
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Helen
Nora
Mabel Herbery Turner
Helenjs
Dolan
W. EB Cuuryis
Mrs. Stevens
Nora Mrs Stevens
Neaby
Shell
Ireland
Lexington Avenue
New York
Pusey
Glenn in Prohibition Campaign Moves Through Virginia
Former North Carolina Governor Glenn campaigns in the Virginia Valley urging statewide prohibition. A talk in Luray draws a large audience as he visits counties along the West Virginia border. The piece also follows Nora's departure from Helen and the emotional reflections on Nora’s loyalty, poverty, and the impact of their relationships.
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Speclar
Clearance Sale of Used Motor Cars
A local dealer advertises a clearance sale featuring a 1911 four cylinder Lo Comobile with 32 horsepower seating five passengers overhauled and repainted and mechanically guaranteed. Priced at 1450 dollars. Also other cars available from 350 dollars and up.
Evangelical Clergy Rejoice Over No Sunday Baseball
Evangelical ministers in the Capital denounced Sunday baseball as unfair to religious fans while praising Washington club officials for not playing on Sundays unless demanded. Church leaders urged public petitions to Congress to ban Sunday ball, lauding Clark Griffith and Bren Minor for restraint and signaling a broader protest against Sunday opening.
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Bageball
Lord’s Bay
Bren Minor
Washington Baseball Club
Clark Griffith
Clarence A. Vincent
Mount Pleasant
Christian Endeavor Union
Washington Club
Horace Gillman
Union
A H Thompson
Waugh Methodist Church
Clark Griffith Ls
Polo Cup Defenders Lose in Major Polo Tryout
Americana Today reports a huge defeat as the American polo team sustaining duties loses to an International candidate lineup 1134 to 5 at Westbury on May 24. Lawrence Waterbury and Hall Keene anchor the team while Henry Payne Whitney watches. a radical lineup change is likely for the Meadowstock Club match with 8,000 spectators present.
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Americana
Hempstead
America
John Shipps
Westbury
Lawrence Waterbury
Waterbury
Fonhall P Keene
Devereux Milsurn
Hkelihood
Long Island
The Post to Award Fifteen Holy Land Italy Greece Trips
The Post will award fifteen trips to the Holy Land Italy and Greece to the fifteen ministers pastors or preachers with the most votes by June 20 1914. Washington area clergy may enter. Voting coupons run daily on page two until June 6 with five votes per coupon and ten on Sundays. Subscriptions also grant votes. Tie scenarios share trips among tied contestants.
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The
Post
Holy Land
Italy
Greece
Washington
Daily Post
Prizes Awarded to Churches Each Minister Voted In
The Post offers ten thousand dollars in church prizes to ministers gaining votes across churches. The top head receives a thousand dollars plus trips to the Holy Land. The next four ministers obtain cash prizes of five hundred, two hundred fifty, one hundred fifty, and one hundred dollars respectively. Church financiers may use the money as they see fit.
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Holy Land
Contenders Listed With Names and Addresses for Noon Friday Votes
A lengthy roster shows numerous Reverend names and street addresses in Washington DC and surrounding areas, followed by scattered vote tallies and figures. The list includes Rev Anbott through Rev James Willis and Rev Albert Zimmerman among others, with addresses on 24th Street NW, U Street, 11th Street NW, and beyond, plus totals like 3,630 and 1, 485 pages of odd figures and stray numbers.
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CS Anbott
H B Angus
W W Barnes
E J Beauchamp
Andrew R Bird
J H W Blake
Walter H Brooke
John E Briggs
Mathew W Clair
11Th St
James W Clark
Née
George M. Cummings
St. Nw
J B.A. Doermann
Westminster St
S P Drew
Corcoran St
Edward
Duntan
John T Huddle
Arthur & Johns
James Kelbler
Georgetown
Lo H Kells
Alexandria
F J Lukens
George A Maller
Mowbray
S T Nicholas
Nicholson
Howard Peters
B Pierce
Riggs
F. J Prettyman
Columbia Rd
LE F Purdum
Park Rd
Louis Randall
C Herbert Reese
Church St. Bet
F Rivers
Frank Sewell
Walter F Smith
Charles F Steck
Hugh T Stevenson
Strauserg
J D Thomas
Brookland
Henry ‘Thomas
Hyattsville
Alexander Wilbanks
James Willis
Albert H Zimmerman
Nido
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Capt McKee
Cy Fhenas
Strauyoury
Reassiz Lincolns Getty Lurg
Duffey
Washington Street
We Vitara Light Infantry
Dora Varney
John Lee Allison
Throse
Presbyterian Church
Oli Doninion
Templar
Masons Temple
Methodiat
J Woodmaster
Camp United Confederate
Womens Auxiliary
Confederate
Christ Church Yard
Ayoon
Iket
George
Seurvingen
Wiliam T Beans
Coil
James Bo Martin
Ran‘Aroy Turner
Win Ie Afflee
Smith
England
Mrs H. Lgunboa Smith
Europe
Hasa
Carpentier
Jack Johnson
Frank Moray
Glenn
Mra Stevens
Warren
Pierce Arrow
Locomobile Company of America
Connecticut Avenue
Tel. North
Griffith
Minor
Washington Post
Pett
Sundar
Iday
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