Y W C A Plans 3000 Members In Two Month Drive
The Young Women's Christian Association of Washington launches a two month campaign to boost membership from 3100 to 3000 and holds an annual banquet on Wednesday November 19 at 7 pm in the Woodward and Lothrop cafe. Miss Mabel Nelson Thurston will preside. Frederick Siddons Commissioner of the District will speak on the city's gain from the Y W C A. Former Gov Joseph W Folk will discuss philanthropy. Two new Washington secretaries Miss Alma Seestoltz and Miss Mary Alice Fenney will be introduced.
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Woodward and
Washington
Joseph W. Folk
Missouri
State Department
Association
Alma L. Seestoltz
Canton
Ohio
Mary Alice Fenney
Detroit
ELOPERS NEARLY LOSE THEIR WEDDING
An eloping couple Charles Temple Berry and Kate Elizabeth Strother rushed City Hall after hours to obtain a marriage license. Clerk Kroll arranged a minister, and Berry sent a cab to Dr. Van Foster. They planned to marry then attend a football game, aiming to wed in Virginia.
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Charles Temple Berry
Delaplane
Misa
Kate Elizabeth Strother
Markham
Berry
Kroll
Fev
Wy. van Fossen
Dr. van Foster
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Jailed on Women Charge Ford Convicted in Police Court
Charles Ford, a colored man, was convicted yesterday in the police court of accosting three women on the streets and was sentenced by Judge Pugh to three years in jail. The judge said Washington women must be protected from street attacks. The victims were Mrs. Louisa Brande of 1171 Third Street Northeast, Miss Madge M. McMillan of 1376 E Street Northeast, and Miss Irene Burrows of 1629 Gales Street Northeast. Miss Burrows fainted in court upon seeing Ford.
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Charles Ford
Pugh
Washington
Louisa Brande
Third Street
Madge M. McMillan
E Street
Irene Burrows
Gales Street
Burrows
Ford
Laud Wilson’s Prompt Action Praised by Safety Group
The Street Safety Association presented President Wilson with a resolution commending his swift handling after his car struck a Messenger boy weeks earlier. The president ordered the vehicle halted and checked on the boy. Memorial by J Clinton Hiatt, secretary, and A J Driscoll, director.
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Wilson
Street Safety Association
J. Clinton Hiatt
A. J. Driscoll
Congress Urged to Repeal Pure Food Law for Uniform Standards
State pure food officials meeting in New York urged Congress to repeal the Federal pure food law and enact a new act with fixed standards for all foods and drugs. They condemned the use of colorants and harmless extracts as fraud cloaks and proposed a nationwide enforcement clearinghouse and closer state federal cooperation. The task force includes Dr E E Y Ladd and others from North Dakota Illinois Oregon and Louisiana. A separate item reports 12 year old Cooper Solle died after leaping five stories to escape a Bronx protectory.
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Department of Agriculture
American Bar Association
E EY Ladd
North Trkota
S&s E Strode
Chic
J . Mickle
Oregon
George B. Taylor
Louisiana
W. 3S. Matthews
Illinois
New York
Caoper Solle
Bronx
Public Utilities Commission Reviews Chesapeake and Potomac Data
The Public Utilities Commission opened a session to tabulate data on Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company business methods, a study authorized by a Norris resolution passed by the Senate, as part of ongoing Chesapeake and Potomac data gathering efforts.
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Public Utilities Commission
Chesapeake and Potomac
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Norris
Nebraska
Senate
Seventy seven and dollar flask advertisement copy
A vintage ad urges readiness for a cold spell with Seventy seven kept handy. It claims a dose at the first chill breaks a cold quickly, warns against waiting for aches or coughing. The Dollar Flask holds six twenty five cent vials from Humphreys Homeo Medicine at 166 Willian Street New York.
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Humphreys
Willian Street
New York
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