St Stephen's Universalists Open Big Sunday School Drive
Over 500 children enroll as St Stephen's Church Sunday School resumes with 42 teachers and Rev D Covelle in charge. Universalists observe All Souls on Sunday with Rev John Van Schaick delivering the sermon at Gonzaga College hall.
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Plaza Owners Paid Says Attorney on Union Station Plan
Attorney George Francis Williams says the federal government has not seized or notified tenants in the plaza between Union Station and the Capitol. He notes two blocks near Delaware and New Jersey avenues were paid for over a year ago, while ongoing condemnation affects others whose renters have relocated.
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New Jersey Avenue
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Congress
President Wilson signs order on civil service rules
The president amends civil service regulations for the Interstate Commerce Commission to appoint a director of physical valuation and a supervisory board of engineers. Charles A Prouty of Vermont is named commissioner. The move follows his pending resignation and affects appointments beyond standard civil service law.
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Supervisory Board of Engineers
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Titta Ruffo to Sing Rigoletto in Baltimore
Soloist Titta Ruffo, famed baritone, will perform the title role in Verdi's Rigoletto in Baltimore next Friday evening. He appears with the Chicago Grand Opera Company in a standout cast, with Arthur Smith acting as Washington representative for the company. The Lyric Theatre hosts the opera at 8 o'clock in the evening.
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Baltimore
Titta Ruffo
Philadelphia
Chicago Grand Opera Company
Arthur Smith
Washington
Lyre
City Bulletins and Weekly Specials Shared
Sugar four white potatoes 24¢ per package sweet potatoes 2¢? salmon 71 2¢ three loaves bread 1 5¢ broken rice four cents sugar corn mackerel six five packs macaroni spaghetti? Stores rent carnival scenes four heels wenthan's heart and beautiful women today va next Sunday Humes Odissy
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Wenthan
Humes Odissy
Greatest of Food Shows Opens At National Exhibit
The National Food Show features a large vendor lineup with free daily menus for attendees. Convention Hall is filled with bunting and booths as exhibitors from across the country display goods. Verry F Patrick, secretary of the Retail Grocers' Protective Association and show manager, called the opening exhibitors the most representative in his organization's history.
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Convention Hall
Verry F Patrick
Pushing Bridge Work Contract Nears Final Consideration
District bridge engineer D. E. McCoombs will fly to New York to meet A. L. Guidone Company the lowest bidder for the new street bridge costing about 275000 dollars. The five span structure will link Georgetown and Washington proper and aims to start before winter. Glen Brown assisted in refining design and specs.
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Washington
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Segregation His Plea Hurts by Mistaken Theory
Representative James E Aswell of Louisiana argues for segregation in federal and district offices to protect white supremacy and improve efficiency. He claims Northern theories injure the Negro race and warns that nonsegregated government service will drive self-respecting whites from the workforce. He urges whites to support Negro advancement only within segregated spheres.
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Louisiana
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New York
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Villard
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Atlanta
Mr. Aswell
Republic
Republican Party
Health lectures by Dr Barker aimed at men in churches and car barns
Dr Chrates E Barker, health advisor to former President Taft, will present a series of health talks to men in local churches and transit-related facilities this week under the Y W and A committee. Lectures run across multiple venues with times listed, including Engine House No 14 at 11 am and Calvary Baptist at 3 pm today, and continue through Friday with varied locations and start times.
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Taft
Chiford JL. Johnson
C E Beckett
Walter Gillam
Iingine House
Ita m
Fickington
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Ingine House
m_ Fifth Baptist Church
Vleventh
Surgeons Named Fellows of American College in Chicago Convocation
Nineteen eminent surgeons from Washington to be honored as fellows at the American College of Surgeons first Chicago convocation on November 1. About 300 top surgeons from the United States and Canada will receive the degree for scientific achievement and ethical standing. The event signals a push against unethical practices like fee splitting and aims to elevate standards across the profession.
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Chicago
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Canada
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George H Torney
United States Army
Rupert Blue
Public Health Service
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George Tulley Vaughn
J Wesley Bowes
T. J. Richardson
James F. Mitchell
WP. Carr
Francis Hagner
Charles 5. White
Raymond Spear
Edward M. Parker
Joseph Taber Johnson
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Stone
Edward A Ballock
A .S. Stavely
John R. Wellington
John
Board of Censors
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Rochester
Minn
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Johns Hopkins
Baltimore
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Chicsago
Rudolph Matas
New Orleans
George Emergon Brewer
New York City
George W. Crile
Cleveland
Franklin H. Martin
Stokes
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Rickman J. Godlee
Pacific trade booms with Pacific rim nations in 1912
The United States gains share as Pacific ports report imports exceeding 2 billion dollars in 1912. The consuming power of Pacific rim countries nearly doubles in about a decade, with manufactured goods still dominant from the U S while raw cotton ships to Japan and China. Trade with west coast Central and South America grows rapidly.
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Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Pacific Ocean
Pacific
United States
Japan
China
Central
South America
Aid for Latimer A probation officer to join juvenile court
Lee Baumgarten announces United Hebrew Charities will add a probation officer to Judge J Wilmer Latimer's juvenile court staff. The officer will be paid by the charity and supervised by the judge, focusing on Jewish children but available for all cases when needed. A further meeting will decide on final approval.
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United Hebrew Charities
The
Hebrew Charities
J. Wilmer Latimer
Baumgarten
Association
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