No Longer a Professional Golf Protégé in Washington
Elmer Loving, once Taft’s golf caddie and a Post Office Department protege, remains a top amateur in Washington. The 19-year-old spends spare time at Bannockburn and Columbia courses, studies law at Y.M.C.A. night schools, and aims for a broader career while preserving his golf prowess.
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Himer W. Loving
Taft
Joseph Stewart
Washington
Loving
Hot Springs
Virelain
Dir. Taft
Lantern College
Aitchcock
Post Office Department
Teft
Stewart
Hetting
Bannockburn Golf Club
Chevy Chase ‘Circle
Chevy Chase
Columbia Golf Club
Hitchcock
M.C. A
Birthplace of the daily newspaper and its rise
A sweeping account traces the birth and growth of daily press from Venice gazette to modern American papers. It notes London as the origin of daily sheets, highlights early editors like Julius Caesar and Richard Pierce, the Times, and Bennett, and explains how war and technology fueled journalism’s evolution into a powerful global force.
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London
Daily Courant
Europe
United States
Canada
Rome
J. Caesar
Thia
Hal Jans
Venice
Gazetta
Tittle ‘Gazette
Florence
London Weekly News
London Press
England
America
Richard Pierca
Boston
Tis
Pierce
Benjamin Franklin
New York Daily Advertiser
Pittsburg Gazette
Century Club
Sts
Baltimore American
Philadelphia North American
Charleston
Alleghenies
Kentucke Gazette
Lexington
Asia
New York Herald
James Gordon Bennett
New York
Bennett
Herald
Robert Fulcher
Clermont
Eve Post
Albany
Rhyland
Times
Sunday Herald
Svery
Embassies Campaign to Back Government Ownership
Frederick Townsend Martin and E Clarence Jones of the American Embassy Association depart New York for a two week tour to Chicago and other cities including St Louis Milwaukee Kansas City Louisville Memphis Cleveland and Cincinnati to hold meetings with trade boards and business groups promoting government ownership of foreign embassies
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New York
Frederick Townsend Martin
American Embassy Association
Clarence Jones
Chicago
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Kansas City
Louisville
Memphi
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Oider
Girl Sought As Murder After Waltham Shooting
In Waltham Massachusetts Harris Le Blanc 18 is missing after Laurence F Glover president of Wal tham Laundry Company was shot dead last night Glover accused the Le Blanc girl a former servant of the family of shooting him Police dragged the Charles River today fearing the girl may have killed herself in connection with the death
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Waltham
Mass
Harris le Blanc
Laurence F. Glover
Waltham Laundry Company
Glover
Charles River
le Blanc
Woman Shoots Self Over Move From Old Home
In Parkersburg West Virginia Mrs Thomas Wilcoxen killed herself after visiting her daughter in law Mrs Charles Wilcoxen She could not bear leaving her home for Belpre Ohio where her husband planned to move tomorrow The tale appears in The Washington Tort with details of the despondent act and its motive.
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Washington
Parkersburg
W. Va
Thomas Wilcoxen
Charles Wilcoxen
Belpre
Ohio
Waltham Stability Questioned in Transport Damage Risk
Stability of Waltham Watches is praised for material and construction yet warns that even a perfect watch may be damaged in transportation, suggesting the need for careful handling after leaving the factory.
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Waltham
Waltham Watch Advice on Buying and Repair
A tip advises buyers to seek a reputable jeweler who can recognize and repair watch damage before sale. The moral urges never to buy a watch from an unfamiliar seller and to insist on a Waltham Watch adjusted for temperature and position by a trusted jeweler.
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Waltham
Tobacco sales hit records on Richmond market in Friday session
Richmond Virginia Friday sales surpassed previous records as more than 200000 pounds of mostly sun cured tobacco changed hands on the last day of the week. Wrappers brought up to 26 cents, with other grades selling from 19 to 22 dollars per hundredweight. A special burley sale is planned for tomorrow.
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Washington
Rchmond
Richmond
Virginia
Lynchburg
Boston
Petersburg
Death of C. A. Prentiss, Washington Druggist
Charles A. Prentiss, retired Washington druggist of Ninth and It streets, died at his daughter Mrs H Roome in Riverdale aged 72 from heart failure. Born in Washington he ran a drug store for years. Survived by Bertha Prentiss Roome and William C. Prentiss. Funeral at his son’s home 1720 Oregon Avenue and burial in Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Washington
Hyattsville
Mda
Charles +A. Prentiss
H. &. Roome
Riverdale
Mr. Prentiss
Ninth and
It Streets
Bertha Prentiss Roome
William C. Prentiss
Oregon Avenue
Rock Creek Cemetery
Dismal Swamp fires burn as smoky fog drifts over Norfolk
Ashes fall like snow as the drought long ago wildfires scorch large tracts of the Dismal Swamp region. Smoke blankets Norfolk and nearby areas, creating dense foglike conditions with showers of ash and a red sun visible through the haze. Fires cause significant damage across the swamp.
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Norfolk
Washington Post
Bishlands
Hobbs Withdraws In Fourth Virginia District Race
In Petersburg on November 21 A R Hobbs of Prince George county a Virginia State senator withdrew as a candidate for Fourth Congressional District representative leaving four contenders C E Lassiter of Petersburg Judge Isaiah D Watkins of Farmville Robert Turnbull of Lawrenceville and W B Cocke commonwealth attorney of Sussex county. Also reported are the death of Mrs Abram Myers near Pleasant Hill from injuries after a car approach and a remodeled Union Church at Upper Es tars bury rededicated to Lutheran and Reformed congregations.
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Washington Post
Petersburg
A. R. Hobbs
Princes George County
Virginia State Senate
Fourth Chatelet
Virginia
C.E. Lassiter
Issa D. Watkins
Farmville
Robert Turnbull
Lawrenceville
W. B. Cocke
the Commonth
Sussex County
Upper Etrasbure
M. R. Geesey
Arthur G. Thompson
Thoriey L. Ritter
Fairfield
Trinity Lutheran Church
Wheeling
W. Va
New Emollient Treatment Aims at Bright's Disease
Fulton’s Renal Compound is presented with recovery estimates by stage of disease. If treated early there is high recovery potential, while advanced cases show lower prospects unless substantial care is provided. The letter invites patients and physicians to write for guidance and free literature from Jno J Fulton Co, 212 First St, San Francisco.
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Bright
Meney
Fulton
Washington
Henry Evang
Jno
J. Fulton Co
San Francisco
Cal
Hope for Midshipman Wilson at Naval Hospital
Annapollo Md Nov 5 The Washington Post reports Midshipman Earl D Wilson remains paralyzed after October 16 football injury. No sign of improvement yet. surgeons hope paralysis may begin to leave as his general condition stays good. An operation was performed two weeks ago today.
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Wilson
Apedal
Washington Post
Annapollo
Navel
Earl D. Wilson
Poisoned by toy whistle in candy prize near death
Special to The Washington Post from Cumberland Maryland reports two young girls aged 1 and 2 narrowly survived arsenic poisoning after a metal whistle in a candy package. Howard W. Glison, president of Potomac Hardware Company, oversaw care by Dr John R Littlefeld and Dr S Leech preached at a Jubilee in Annapolis First Methodist Church.
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Washington Post
Cumberland
Tittle Daughters
Howard W. Glison
Potomac Hardware Company
John R. Littlefeld
Ighey
S. ¥. Leech
Annapolis
First Methodist Church
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Walter G. McNeil
Samuel ¥. Leech
Washington
Leech
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Taft Ward
Golf Star
Elmer Loving
Hot. Springs
Postoffice Department
A de Luxe Magazine
Christmas Magazine
Harper’s Magazine
Rudyard Kipling
Mark Twain
W. D. Howells
Arthur Sherburne Hardy
Ruth McEnery
Stuart
Annie Trumbull
Slosson
Margarita Spalding Gerry Howard Pyle
Charles Darwin
James Bryce
Great Britain
Bryce
W. J. Aylward
Howard Pyle
Elizabeth Shippen Green
F. Walter Taylor
Frank Craig
Charles Henry White
Harper’s
California
Via
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
C. Milbourne
Chentnat St
Philadelphia
J. B. Defriest
Broadway
N. Y
Joseph ‘Auerbach
Balanéa
B. H. Becker
Hagular
Price
Panos Ave
Temple Drug Store
PATH
Gelginar
Donnell
Coke
Washington Gaslight Co
Tenth Street
Tharp
Berkeley Rye
F St. Nw
Martin
Onerau
Suffolk
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Suttol
Father Vaningleman
M. J. Hair
Portsmouth
St. Mary's
Petersborg
Novi
Foster
Table Street Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church
Birmingham
Als
Waltham Watches
B. A. Stinemetz & Son
Tobago
Mark Alao
C. A. Prentiss
Hobbs
Maryland
Abram Myers
Pleasant Hui
Richard ¢. Herert
Fredericksburg
Murray
Taylor
Fall Hil
Hearst
Shulp Scherer
George P. Scherer
Portamouth
Churchland
Norfolk County
Acherer
Brights Disease
THE
American Congress
Congress Today
Palais Royal
Dell
Department For Children
P. T
A. Lisner
Telephone
Business World
Chesapeake and Potomac
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