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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Nov 23, 1913

Page

5

Big Ball for Orphans Aids St Josephs Asylum

A thirtieth annual benefit sociable will be held in Convention Hall on Thursday to aid St Joseph’s Male Orphan Asylum. Catholic Knights of America organize with Senator Ransdell and Judge DeLacy to speak, calisthenics by St Joseph’s boys, choral numbers, and dancing to follow. Event includes extensive committees, donations, decorations, and refreshments, with master of ceremonies J Henry Buscher and numerous local participants.

Catholic Knights of America St. Joseph’s Convention Hall Hatreet Institution J. I Fersinger Ransdell St. Joseph's Asylum Cathrine Lackey Senator Ransdeil Louisiana Michael A. Mess I. Gwynn Gardiner Patrick Sad Tobin Nicholas H. Shea George R. Repetti B. Frank Saul M. I. Weller Robert Berbertch John Finn A. B. Coppes William Schwing John A. Madigan Michael Dowd George Killeen Conrad Glebdel Willam McGuire John J. Dermody Lawrence Mangan P. J. Nee J. T. B. Burns Bernard Bussink A. B. Kirby John J. Burch Joseph F. A. O'Brien F. G. Gardiner John J. Fuller, Jr Joseph C. Elbert al Shields J. W. Cogan William F. Schaefer Bernard A. Conlan George J. Nolte Theo. Himmel D. J Connell J. J. Repetti T B. McNamee Thomas F. Lowe William P. H Kenealy J. Henry Buscher Micheal A. Keane William McGuire M. M. Doyle Bernard A Rover W. A Simpson A. J. Rousples The Catholic Knights George F. Herold A. J. Tholl A. Coppes Ella Herold Blanche Madigan Agnes Murphy Elizabeth Leech Gertrude Murphy A D. Wilkinson Charles J Columbus P J Nee Richard J Donnelly Door Leonard B. Cook Public Comfort Wiliam McQuire Hat Box Martin Lynch

Departmental Notes on Conservation Delegates and Staff Movements

The District notes a reception for National Conservation Congress delegates hosted by James Pinchot and Gifford Pinchot at 1615 Rhode Island Ave NW. It lists staff changes, resignations, transfers, promotions, and attendance at meetings across the Bureau of Soils, Public Roads, Farm Management, and related offices, with names and locations in Washington and across states.

National Conservation Congress James Pinchot The Forest Service Gifford Pinchot Rhode Island Avenue George N Cottey Bureau of Golls Washington

Maine Memorial in Arlington Cemetery to Rise

Construction will begin soon on a Maine memorial in Arlington Cemetery. Norcross Bros. won the contract for 44 697 to build a granite base and marble interior mausoleum featuring the Maine’s recovered mast and fighting top. Nathan G Wyeth designed the stone edifice inscribed with the names of 232 sailors and 28 marines who perished in the Havana harbor disaster fifteen years ago last February.

Arlington Cemetery Maine Asiistant Breckinridgs Norcrosa Bros Nathan G Wyeth Commission of Anearte Habana Norcross Bros Quartermasters Troy N. H Vermont Norcross

Maritime Service Promotions and Transfers Noted

The report lists various United States Lighthouse Service and Bureau of Navigation personnel changes. Promotions include Jann F. Williamson to master aboard the tender Myrtle at 31,980 and Leon Anderson to engineer at 31,560. Other moves involve transfers to the Treasury and Bureau of Standards, terminations, extensions of temporary appointments, and several resignations and vacations among officers, engineers, and keepers.

Jann F. Williamson Lighthouse Service Ivy Myrtle Leon Anderson

Papes Cold Compound touted as fast relief for grippe

An old advertisement claims Papes Cold Compound ends grippe misery within hours when taken every two hours for three doses. It supposedly opens nasal passages, stops discharge, relieves headache and feverishness, and costs 25 cents at drug stores. The note also includes unrelated staffing updates for federal offices and temporary appointments.

Pape Grippe

Justice Department Staffing Changes Noted

Justice L C Johnson confirmed as solicitor for the Interior Department replacing Fletcher Maddox who resigned. E J Justice of Greensborough S Cc named special assistant with a 7500 salary to assist the Attorney General in pending Oregon district litigation. Joseph E Lamb moved from land office clerk at Great Falls Montana to clerk in the Attorney General's Office with 900 salary. C M Pye and E M Cooper recently appointed to clerkships in the Attorney General's Office.

P.at Fullan Wilson The Virginia Volunteers Virginia Office of Public Roads Department of Commerce Charles F. Young L C Johnson Interior Department Fletcher C. Maddox E. J. Justice Greensborough S Cc District of Oregon Joseph E. Lamb Great Falls Mont C Mendinha i C M Pye E M Cooper

Funeral Rites Set for Interstate Commerce Commissioner John Marble

Funeral services for John H. Marble Interstate Commerce Commissioner will be held at All Souls Unitarian Church at 3 p m. The Rev G B Pierce will officiate. Cremation will follow. President Wilson expressed regret sending flowers and condolences. Honorary pallbearers from the commission and active pallbearers and ushers are named. Marble’s death creates three commission vacancies for the President to fill.

All Souls’ Unitarian Church John H. Marble Edward E. Clark J. C. Clements B. BR. Meyer Charles A. McChord James 8. Haglan Charles A. Prouty Rosa R. Rynder Alfred Holmead Howard Fishback P. J Farrell George F Coggin le Roy Boyd John J. Hickey George F. Graham Interstate Commerce Commission Mr. Marble Wilson

Untaxed health myths from a torpid liver warning

A garbled health quack prose warns of liver blockage and constipated bowels causing indigestion and misery. The dialect blends bizarre visceral images with claims of foul gases and fermented waste as the first step toward untold suffering.

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ST. Joseph’s Asylum Judge DeLacy Florence L. Pierce Bureau of Soils Amy Park Terre Haute Ind W .E. Hearn Soil Survey Kansas City North Carolina Frank D. Gardner Pennsylvania State College of Agriculture Division of Soil Management E. W. James Theron Aineworth Spirella O. Clayton Jefferson College Philadelphia A. L. Davies Mobile Ala New Orileams Bradford Knapp Farmers’ Cooperative H. HE. Savely Farmers’ Cooperative Demonstration Office Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama C. Barnett Farmers’ Cooperative Demonstration Work Little Rock Ark Jensie M. Jones Maryland Office of Farm Management New Willard Hotel Co. H. Benson N. V. Pierce Home Interest Club Takome Park H. Popence Bureau of Entomology Kansas Helen Earnshaw M. E. Church of Anacostia Frank L. Earnshaw Bureau of the Biological Survey Drs. P. S. Plamer E. W. Nelson A. K. Fisher Biological Survey New York City R. W. Newman Bee George Washington Hospital Bureau of Animal Industry 8. B. Bennett Chicago Dra. J. R. Mohler R. W. Hickman Carrie Meyers A. G True Office of Experiment Stations Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experimental Stations Harvey Walters C. W. Harrison Bureau of Chemistry Helen Sullivan Division of Accounts Newport R. 1 George M. Ferran J. S. Dennee Bureau of Statistics Oscar A. Phillips Oscar Phillips Department of Agriculture Highth Street Commerce E. W. Libbey Raleigh J Green Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce Frank H. Murphy Sunflower John N. Ano Peter Haghthouse Lehthouse House & Herrmann Seventh & Eye Streets Shara Fir China Dan America Sis jouSes Herrmann Cor N.W Zemo Landau Sol Landau Cloak and Suit Co St. Louis Rose Medicine aAffice Wapaprrhadhive Harry A. Aasen Charles A. Hall John Chester John Anderson Roland M. Sykes John W. Devaun Walter P. Dwesley Imer- Bency Laboratories West 26Th Street Frederick &. Benham Treasury Department Francis B. Sumner Albatross Rudolph A. Shedd Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commercié George J. Voight Coast and Geodetic Survey Eugene H Stobbe Bureau of Standards Joseph H. O'Brien James R. Gil Hghthouse Service Robert Maguire Columbine Hghthouse Bernard W. Diggs No QT Keiven Burns Mount Hamilton Cal Joseph Couch Tarragon Bureau of Navigation Gustav Anderson Robinson Point John Knott Greana Ledge Connecticut F. c. Lovatt Execution Rocks New York Albert L. C. Kelke Amaranth R. O. Higgins George S. Ferrell Chautauqua, N William BE. Asman Baxter P Hill Pean Raleigh J. Green George B. McLaughlin Department of Labor Grace N. Kingston Bureau of Lighthouses Edward Z Mangum Marvin W. Hinl William M Fletcher Lighthouse , Service Justice J. H. Marble IC. C Ean By
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