Beauty Loses Spouse Met And Loved At Dinner
New York social pages recount Josephine Loughlin known as the Irish Queen and Walter Richter marrying in secret then separating after a family visit. Richter’s Pittsburgh connection and Hechter’s Sons linked his finances. The couple's dinner led to public speculation as Josephine returns to work in fashion.
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Josephine Loughlin
Walter Richter
New Sark
Lossip van
Fifth Avenue
Wown Cnodel
New York
Josephine Laugentin
Pittsburgh
Septembe
Richecer
Pacter i
HE Hechter
Douty Delivers Fine Recitaled Pageant at Beach Club
A detailed review of Douty's recital features his self accompaniment and varied program. The piece notes the audience’s response at the beach club setting, mentions songs and arias including Italian selections, and praises tonal clarity and expressive shaping.
Wealthy Lambert ends engagement with Memphis society girl
Marion Lambert, vice president of the Lambert Karmacal Company, refuses to discuss the termination of his engagement to Miss Cynthia Edington of Memphis. Rumors say Miss Edington’s father canceled the betrothal citing a surname in society circles. Edington plans to winter in Denver while speculation grows over the cause of the split.
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Lous
Marion Lo
Lambert
Lambert Karmacal Company
Cynthia Bethel Edington
Memphis
Tee
Edrington
Ewil Rot
Anaire
Adolphus Buseh
Albert Bond Lambert
Beauties of Two Royal Households and Soldiers in Field and Hospital
Princess Mary of England proposes Chrismas gifts for soldiers to recall home on Christmas Eve. Embossed boxes with Princess Mary photos will hold tobacco or sweets for different regiments, aiming to lift spirits. Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna travels Moscow aiding wounded, portrayed as a Sister of Mercy with the Martha and Malt order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mars
England
Elizabeth Feodorovna
Russia
Moscow
Belgians' Aid Mission Speaks in Washington Tour
Mrs John Markoe hosts Mme Lalia Vandervelde wife of Belgiums socialist minister of state to raise money for starving Belgians. She has collected 160000 with funds spent by local committees in cities including Philadelphia Chicago Minneapolis New York Baltimore Boston and Washington and may visit California.
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Philadelphia
Washington Post
John Markoe
Mme
Lalia Vandervelde
Belgium
Mimi. Vandervelde
America
Vandervelde
Chicago
Minneapolis
Ben
New York
Baltimore
Boston
Washington
California
Washington Society Hosts Belasco Benefit for French War Sufferers
Leading Washington society women serve as patronesses for a Belasco benefit Monday night. The program features The Story of the Hosary with Belgian war scenes plus local recruits under Theut Barry Whitcombe. Volunteers report at 1helock for the event to aid soldiers and families distressed by the European war.
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Washington
Belasco
Theut
Barry Whitcombe
Europe
Navy Officers Resignations Add to Fleet Exits
The Navy Department accepted the resignations of Lieut. William H. H. Dague Jr. and Ensign Sylvester. Dague, appointed to the Naval Academy July 2, 1894, recently returned to Fowler Indiana after duty at the Asiatic station on the Cincinnati. Sylvester, son of Maj. Richard Sylvester then DC police superintendent, has served on torpedo boat destroyer Balch. Nine resignations have been taken since January 1.
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William HH Dague, Jr
John Mer. Sy
Navy
Oflavers
Gigantic prehistoric bones found in Green Horn Mountains Colorado
In the Green Horn Mountains between Rye and Beulah, a petrified remains discovery by Roy East Abriendo Avenue Pueblo County man Brett uncovered a 14 inch diameter tusk with six foot length and other bones. He believes the find is a mammoth or mastodon and plans to return to collect more for a museum in the West.
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Pueblo, Colo. Noy
Green Horn Mountains
Rye
Beulah
Pueblo County
Roy
Pueblo
Bunc
Brett
Hueble
Garrett
West
Engagement Breaks Off Before Wedding Plans
Miss Liden Longstreet Boyd announced in Washington that her engagement to Hasisn Edward Orrick McDonneth has been definitively postponed. She cited personal reasons and traveled with her sister to visit relatives. The couple had planned a wedding next Tuesday at the bride’s Philadelphia home.
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Liden Longstreet Boyd
Washimgton
Hasisn
Edward Orrick McDonneth
Miss Bord
Miss Harrie
Alten
Miss Bush
Tysign McDonnell
Washingston
Philadelphia
Miss . Bosch
Baltimore
Socriety Bell Aa
Washington
Hiladelphia Ensign
Hiladelphia Ensign MrDonnell Is A Son of Mrs. Irene McDonnel
Fort Upward
Engagement Announced For July Wedding In Quiet Ceremony
The engagement had been announced in July. The marriage was planned quietly at the bride's home with Miss Starriet W. Boyd as maid of honor and Lieut. John Tilton McDonnell Ts A as best man for the brother.
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John Tilton McDonnell
Ts .A
Bs Brother
Vaughn Class Concert Pleases Large Audience
A 24th annual Vaughn class concert at Harry Baptist Church drew a large audience. The auditorium glittered with mowers and numerous encores followed. Performers included Helen De Vo, Mrs WW Reed, Richard P Backing, Edwin Calle, Harton Troward, August W Voith, Gaetana Love, Miss Marie Higgins, and others. Committees were led by Gen Edward Kines, FE Clarence Pace, TB Stewart Garber, Joseph Cornish, Charles Simither, Guy Qurand, and William Cirene.
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Vaughn
Harry Baptist Church
Dart
Helen de Vo
WW. J. Reed
Richard P. Backing
Edwin Calle
Har
George iv Connor
Marie Higgins
Edward Kines
Clarence Pace
Stewart Garber
Joseph &. Cornish
Charles L. Simither
Guy A. Qurand
Preas
William W. Cirene
Death of Henry D. Mirick at 79 in Washington
Henry D. Mirick 79 a Washington resident since 1846 died Thursday at 1302 No Street NW funeral services today at the residence Interment in Athens Ohio Mirick born in Massachusetts moved west as a young man was a pioneer road builder in Kansas and Texas later in Ohio before Washington director of the Washington Loan and Trust Company survived by wife Charlotte B Mirick and son Carlos B Mirick vice president of the National Electric Supply Company
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Henry D. Mirick
Washington
Athens
Ohio
Mrr
Mirfielke
Massachusetts
Princes al
Kansas
Texas
Washington Loan and Trust Company
Washington Loan and Trust Company. Mr. Mirick
Charlotte B. Mirick
Carlos B. Mirick
National Electric Supply Company
Holiday Drive Aims To Set Records For Belgian Relief
The Belgian Relief Committee plans to keep its Thanksgiving day collection at 425 Eleventh Street open all day to break records. Major donor gave $250 anonymously. Mrs. Leigh Carlyle Palmer, wife of Lieut Comdr Palmer, raised 235. A Dinard France letter says 150 refugees and 4,000 wounded soldiers are there with 1,000 homeless Belgian children expected soon. Palmer hosted an entertainment at 1217 F Street NW with supporters Irma Montgomery Gibson Florence Worthington and John H. Waiters. New workers include Mrs. William Cc Gwynn Mrs. Henry D. Beale Mrs. Chorge W. Smith Mrs. J. C. Foster and Mrs. Seaton Perry. Helpers cited: Mrs. A. K. Bashford Mrs. K. Shue and Lida S. Muartlo.
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Eleventh Street
Leigh Carlyle Palmer
Palmer
F Street Northwest
Irma Montgomery Gibson
Florence Worthington
John H. Waiters
William Cc. Gwynn
Henry D. Beale
Chorge W. Smith
End of hug romance sparks divorce suit on stage
Mrs Leslie Morosco wife of play producer Ledlie Morosco testifies in New York court that her husband embraced other women on stage and off harbors, reveals a romance begun after a Harlem theater hug in 1916 and led to a divorce suit with no alimony sought. The case before Justice Gay centers on whether Morosco confined affections to his wife and includes details of a vaudeville rehearsal and a January 1916 embrace with Dorothy Holmes.
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Leslie Morosco
New York
Morosco
Washington Post
Ledlie Moresco
Oliver Moresco
Playa
Dorothy Holmes
Misa Holmes
Moroso
Hoboken
Washington Railway Relief Social Draws 200 Attendees
Under the Washington Railway Relief Association, the first winter social was held at 14 E Street NorthWest. Nearly 200 members and employees from Washington Railway and Electric and Potomac Electric Power attended. The program featured vaudeville by local theater artists, followed by a buffet luncheon. J T Moffatt led as chairman with impersonations of interest to rail workers.
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Washington Railway Relief Association
E Street Northwear
Washington Railway and Electric
Potomac Electric Power
J.T. Moffatt
The
Traction Company
Treasury official rejects mineral water expense claim
Comptroller Towney yesterday denied Joseph W. Wheatley’s appeal against a Treasury disbursing agent's ruling that an item of 9.55 dollars for mineral water be disallowed. The decision signals the government will not reimburse fancy drinks for special agents.
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Treasury
Towney
Joseph W. Wheatley
Milk Fund Urgently Needs Donations to Save Infant Welfare
Washington leaders in charge of the milk fund appeal to the public for support to sustain six milk stations serving eighty dependent infants. They urge contributions to The Post today to ensure continued infant welfare services and hope for funds within a few days.
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Washington
Baby Milk Fund Donations Recorded
A list shows contributions to a baby milk fund including Mrs. Fred A. Keep ten dollars Mrs. Fred B. McGuire ten dollars cash one dollar Mrs. Alexa one dollar Mrs. John Knox eighty five cents Little Jamie Meline one dollar H F H three Wooddouny Blair twenty seven dollars.
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Fred A. Keep
Fred B. McGuire
Alexa
John ©. Knox
Jamie Meline
Wooddouny Blair
Appeal for $30,000 to finish new Emergency Hospital
The board of visitors seeks $30,000 to complete the Emergency Hospital rebuilding on New York Avenue between Seventeenth and Eighteenth Streets NW. Despite lower costs, the modern facility requires funds. the board acknowledges wartime constraints but trusts civic support will meet the need.
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New York Avenue
Seventeenth
Eighteenth Streets
Board of Visitors
Army and Navy Changes of the Day
List of officer assignments and detachments across U S Army and Navy including promotions resignations and new postings. Names ranks units and destinations cited with multiple personnel affected and plans for militia coordination noted in brief entries from 1914 era dispatches.
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ARMY
Naval Orders From Puget Sound Yard To Various Destinations
Navy dispatch lists detachments and movements including Austin Raltz to Ulacher, Tozer to Colorado, Roe from New York to White Wong Landing, Smith from Whitestone to Tumphine, Patapaco free Lyngbaren Day for Norfolk, Prairie K-53 and K-S from Newport to New London, Saratoga from Shanghai to Manila, Cincinnati from Nagasaki to Manila, San Diego from San Francisco to west coast of Mesteo, New Orleans from San Francisco to Sai Dies, Chattanooga from Acapulco for Manzanillo, Batala from La Pastor Mazatlan Mector from Acapulce for Honolulu, arrivals of Roe at Whitestone Landing and others through New London and La] das.
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Salled Roe
New York Yard
Whitewong Landing
Smith
Whitestone Landing
Tumphine Ite Patapaco
Norfolk Yard Prairie
Newport
New London
Saratoga
Shanghai
Manila
Cincinnati
Nagasaki
San Diego
San Francisco
Mesteo
New Orleans
Sai Dies
Chattanooga
Acapulco
Manzanille
Batala
la Pastor Maza
Recital for Mission Club at First Congregational Church
A large audience attended a piano recital by Marie von Unschuld at the First Congregational Church to benefit the Mission Club and purchase cotton goods for war sufferers. Two pieces by Madeleine-Lazard von Unschuld drew encores and after the recital mission ladies offered refreshments.
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Marie von Unschuld
First Congregational Church
Tenth and Streets Northwest
Madeleine-Lazard von Unschuld
Mme. von Unschuld
Death by own action linked to Long Beach orgy probe
Los Angeles reports John Lamb a wealthy Long Beach churchman killed himself with poison on cliffs near Foimt Firimin after being named in disclosures about an alleged Long Beach orgy network. Lamb among 30 arrested. fines totaled 5275 dollars as police described the group as a social vagrancy ring with wealthy members. Police say the affair was investigated after tips alleging an immoral society masking social, artistic, and literary aims.
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Noehday
Ela
Norning
Doeute
Mack
Los Angeles
John
Lamb
Long Beach
Foimt Firimin
Christ
Lerbert N. Lowe
Nerl Oy
Quiz for school nurse jobs yields five appointments
Forty three nurses, including 27 white and 16 colored, sat civil service exams for five nurse posts. Examinations started early morning and ran about five hours with Arthur G. Cole present from the health department. Results and notifications follow within ten days. Wealth Officer Woodward will recommend four white applicants and one colored applicant for appointment at salaries of 300 dollars a year.
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Iorty
Civil Service Commission
Vsit
Arthur G. Cole
Health Department
Omecer Woodward
Free Tuition Rules for District Children Reach Ruling
Four questions on rights to free tuition in the District were ruled by Corporation Counsel Syme and the commissioners yesterday. The ruling holds that a child with a taxed grandfather but a non taxpayer parent is not entitled to free tuition. Other rulings grant tuition to children of notary police performing duties in the District, railway employees with business in Washington, and Agricultural Department staff at the Arlington experimental farm. The questions were sent to commissioners by the board of education earlier.
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Colnsel Syme
Vpit Idnga
Washington
Agricultural Department
Arlington Experimental Farm
Board of Education
Praise Colored Social Work At Settlement Meeting
District Commissioner Frederik DL Sid delivered the chief address at the Colored Settlement's annual meeting at AM 1 Church BM Street NW. Dr William C Woodward, health officer, spoke on Social Work in Its Relation to Health, and Charles Nesbit described social work as the logical extension of the state's educational system. All three speakers commended the Colored Sack Settlement's efforts.
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Frederik DL. Siddons
AM 1
Church BM Street
Fifteenth
Sixteenth Stree
Witliam ¢. Woodward
Charles . Nesbit
Ale
TL Street
Churih
Pythias Pia
Yat Nhat
Georg
Mra
Christian Science
First Church OF Christ, Scientiat
CO Tumbdia
Euclid Strest
Sugeda
Puella S
Colorado
Church OF Christ
G Street
Suinudy
Warnesday
Reek
Pate Cnr U
Melly
Cotado
Butling Unitari All Souls
Church Corner
Dod
Sunda Sche
Theos
Ales Lindergaren
Alice Cure
van Sebat
Sespan
Lukingtao North Capitol
Clorida Ave
Brendage
Tate
Mount Pleasant
Fourternh
Clarence
Cleser
Jay
Rem Bing
Fema Po
Uert
Uert Ard
Thoraday
Unclear Masonic Temple Sermon at 3 PM With Free Seats
Fragmentary notice lists Pastor J Kuehn of New York and references to a Sunday service at the Old Masonic Temple with free seating. Other lines mention persons and entities in disjointed phrases, including references to a Sunday school and various surnames, but key details are obscured.
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Old Masonic Temple
J Kuehn
New York
Tapio
Episcopal
Goun
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