Alumni Elect Officers as Howard University Class Graduates
The forty first annual commencement at Metropolitan AME Zion Church marked Howard University awarding degrees across its medical law classical scientific and theological departments. Rev Dr Thirkield delivered diplomas, lauding the institution as students marched, with alumni electing officers, planning a gymnasium project costing about 12000 dollars, and hosting a post-ceremony luncheon and dinner at Miner Hall.
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Feng
Thirkield
Metropolitan A.M E Zion
M Street
Howard University
Medical Law
Charles W Melden
Boston
Willam Vernon Register
The
United Statea Treasury
W Op Thirkfeld
E C Morris
Missouri
George W Moore
American Missionary Association
Jesse Jones
Hampton Va
University
Ore
Alumni Association
Kelly Miller
Tce
D.B Wiseman
G W Atkinson
Scott Wool
Pittsburg
J C Napler
Nashville Tenn
Elbert
Whintington
Del
G Prazier Miller
New York
P ‘Davis
Laura B ‘Glenn Br
Jesse Lawson
Ema
Miner Hall
Marriage of Bowditch and Pratt McQueen at St Albans Church
On Wednesday at noon in St Albans Church, Mel Bowditch of Boston united in marriage with Pratt McQueen of Jewelley by the Rev. Brate. The ceremony was attended by close family and friends, marking a formal union between the couple and their families.
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Bowditch
Mel Fen
Mayo
St Albans
Brate
Nal DD
Jfkwry
Died notices from 1910 include multiple obituaries
A local death notices column lists several individuals with funeral details. Entries mention Barry of 87 F Street NW, Dowling of Mount Rainier Maryland, Dosing, Harley, Johnson, and others with scattered dates in May 1910. Interments and memorial services are noted, inviting relatives and friends to attend, with church and cemetery references and brief familial ties.
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Barry
Colca Canal
John Son
John
Sarah J Barry
Nouth West
Notce
Mount Ratn
Bessie
da Arter
Albert
Kathe
Jame
Altrest
Einston
Willangton
Carolina
Sohnson Department of State
Washington
Mexco
Mextco
Marriage and Betrothal Notices Across Papers
Multiple newspapers including The Washington Post Telegraph and other papers list marriage and betrothal notices for various couples. The notices appear in a syndicated form across major dailies such as the Chicago Dispatch Star and Herald, Providence Journal, and others, detailing nuptial announcements and related social notices.
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Washington Post
New Beas
Pont Ant
Herald
Providence Journal
Cave Ant
Roche
Harald New
St Loy Republic Batonabe
St Pal Pioneer Frese Patiala Cort Sactce Post Standard Philadelphia Pub
Ic Ledger
Colonial School Holds Morning Diploma Exercises
The Colonial School at 175 Connecticut Avenue will hold commencement at 11 o clock with Miss Timbal speaking on the class motto. Rev Dr George Cooper of Jenkintown will deliver the address. Charlotte Crittenden Everett will confer the diploma. The senior events yesterday included a Plano solary welcome by Miss Webster, a class poem by Miss Mountain, prophecies by Miss Hedge, a farewell by Miss McCormick, and a vocal recital directed by Mme Suzanne Olater featuring Miss Dorsey Miss Rowland Diss Hedge Miss Scheffel and Ming Allen.
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Colonial School
Connecticut Avenue
Tim ‘Ball
George Cooper
Jenkintown
Pic
Charlotte Crittenden Everett
Plano Solary
Misa Webster
Hedge
Batten
Dorsey
Mise ‘McCormick
Mme Suzanne Olater
Miss Dorsey
Rowland Diss Hedge
Miss Scheffel
Ming Allen
Eight Girls Earn Diplomas at Martha Washington Seminary
Eight diplomas were awarded yesterday afternoon at the Martha Washington Seminary annual commencement. Academic grads included Emma Louise Alexander Home Duncan and Courtney Bexberidge Wade, while English diplomas went to Sarah Emmalyn Ellard Annie Booth McKinney i Dorothy Bourne Pierson Bias Alma Trainer and Louise Adelaide Ziegler. Rev W T D Moss delivered the address and presented the diplomas. A musical and literary program followed by the graduates.
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Martha Washington Seminary
Emma Louise Alexander
Home Duncan
Courtney Bexberidge Wade Wile
Sarah Emmaly ‘Ellard
Annie Booth McKinney
Dorothy Bourne Pierson Bias Alma Trainer
Louise Adelaide Ziegler
W T D Moss
Washington Heights Presbyterian Church
Masons Lay Cornerstone at Colonial Beach Church
Special to The Washington Post Colonial Beach Virginia May with impressive Masonic rites the cornerstone of St Mary Protestant Episcopal Church was laid Bishop Gibson of Virginia officiated and W J Phillips of Fredericksburg delivered the address a sketch of Washington parish was given. Masons from across Virginia and nearby communities attended. Assistants included Rev G G Phelps pastor, Grand Master Charles Bolts, Past Grand Master S J Quinn, Grand Junior Deacon HL Field, and District Deputy Grand Master C Field. Colonial Beach Lodge No 299 led the services.
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Colonial Beach
Washington Post
Colonial Beach Va
St Mary
Virgina
W J Philps
Fredericksburg
Washington Parish
Virginia
Washington
Heve
G G Phelps
St Marys
Purse for Centenarian in Clarksburg Celebrates 100th Birthday
Miss Sallie Applebay turned 100 as Clarksburg residents raised 107 for her birthday, honoring a life marked by family generations and memories of hoop skirts. In the same town Camden Summers and Lucey J Ferrell wed at Christ Episcopal Church in a ceremony conducted by Rev John Ewell.
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Clarksburg
Miss Applebay
Epastal
Washington Post
Sallie Applebay
John Applebay
Camden Summers
Virginia
Lucey J Ferrell
Buckhannon
Christ Episcopal Church
John Ewell
Licensed to Marry in King George County 1874 Ambiguities
A fragmented notice lists individuals including Tresey of Laglostop VA and Lotte Cart at King George County. It references marriage licenses, multiple names such as Jackson, Stevenson, Garrett, Tyler, and Gibbons, with unclear dates and locations, typical of a 19th century clerical record.
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Tresey
Laglostop
Lotte Cart
Taylor
Rollins
Sunlig
Orraiest
Gates
St Lee
Roe
Oes
Ivan Slamons
Hawthorneotha Rey
WB Jackson
George A Stevenson
Mary Noten
Rey Jameu
Len ‘William
T_ Borsey
Clara M Garrett Tha Rey
Tyler Waller Slamon
WP Gibbons
Parran Named For MUSD Seat At Convention
The Republic and Fifth congressional district delegates met in Chesapeake Beach Maryland to nominate Thomas Parran for Congress replacing Sidney E Mudd who will retire. The convention expressed sorrow for Mudd and endorsed the Taft administration while noting a court question on direct primaries. Parran, unopposed, stated it is better to be nominated twice than not at all. The action included praise for Mudd’s service and the Naval Academy retention as a key achievement.
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Washington Post
Chesapeake Beach
The
Republic
Baltimore City
St Mary
Charles Calvert
Anne Arundel Prince George
Howard Counties
Thomas Parran
Congress
Sidney E Mudd
Tar Parrons
Taft
Straus
Parran
Cur
Sydney EB Mudd
Thia
Naval Academy
Pythians Elect Officers in Annual Session
The grand judge of Knights of Pythias elects officers including Grand Chancellor H M Lewis Staunton and vice chancellor John V Boone Franklin in Lynchburg Virginia. The retiring grand chancellor John H Dickinson resigned early to allow Charles T Bland of Portsmouth to serve as grand chancellor for the final half hour.
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Washington
Lynchburg
Knights of Pythias
H M Lewis Staunton
John V Boone
Franklin
I. E Scott
Bristol
A. Ruffin
Richmond
H. M Darnell
Roanoke
Charles OG Sevrtie
C Carrington
Charlotte County
Bankers Banquet Topic Committee Names Messia Speakers
Huntington May 25 A Washington Feature reports the committee choosing topics for speakers at the West Virginia Bankers Association banquet slated for June. Signed names include Senator N B Scott Senator F B Elkins Congressmen W P Hubbard James A Hughes and Joe Gaines with brisk quips on taxes rates and railroad questions.
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Messia
Scott
Eiki
Hubbard
Hughes Spreial
Weahington
Huntington
West Virginia Bankers
N B
Ark
F B Elkins
James A. Hughes
Ohio
Joe Gaines
Boys on Long Saddle Trip Reach Washington
Fredrick Oklo and Temple Abernathy aged 10 and 6 arrive in Washington from Clear Spring in cow puncher outfits after six weeks on the road. Crowds greet the travelers as they rest for the night before heading to New York to meet their father, U S Marshal Jack Abernathy, and greet former President Roosevelt on his return from Europe.
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Washington
Hagerstown
Louis
Temple Abernathy
Frederick
Oklo
New York
United States
Matschal
Jack Abernathy
Roosevelt
Europe
Wheeling Man Charged With Trying to Sell Dies for Silver Dollars
Police arrest Charles D Blanch on charges he tried to sell dies to a Greek for making silver dollars. William P Fullerton, an oil driller from Salem, died from a broken skull after being found in an alley in Clarksburg. police and the coroner investigate. Commencement week at West Virginia University begins in June with a baccalaureate by Dr Shaller Mathews and addresses by Newell Dwight Hillis and Gov Glasscock. Capt Harris of the US Army interviewed witnesses about charges against Capt Harry A Baton, cited as unfounded. An incident at Davis ends with McFadden firing at a doe, injuring his knee. the Italian detainee is jailed at Parsons.
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Hagerstown
Lillian M Griffith
John H Griffith
Jones
Trinity Reformed Church
Boonsboro
N D J Wolf
Taneytown
Classis
L EB Contents
Wheeling
Charles D Blanch
Reas
William P Fullerton
Salem
Clarksburg
West Virginia University
Shaller Mathews
Divinity School
The
University of Chicago
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Plymouth Church
Brooklyn
Gov Glasscock
the State University At
Morgantown
Harris
McFadden
Parsons
Virginia Obituary Notice: W Motley and T Griffis
Danville May 5 W W Motley of Virginia died at the General Hospital after a lingering illness. He was 82, survived by a wife, two sisters and four brothers. Fredericksburg May 5 Mrs Tene Griffis died at her Stafford county home aged, daughter of Witter Cooper. survived by husband, one child, her father and several siblings.
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Motley
Virgilinia
General Hospital
Milnes
Fredericksburg
New Orleans Exposition Site Urges Panama Canal Benefit
An editorial argues New Orleans should host the Panama Exposition for Southern trade gains. It notes New Orleans as a hub near the Panama Canal, with inexpensive access for much of the U.S. population and nearby Latin markets, claiming widespread economic impact and lower costs than distant sites.
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New Orleans
Great Zone
United States
San Francisco
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