Historic speedway carnival readies with horse trials
Officials plan a December carnival at Potomac park Speedway under Washington Post auspices. Matinees Tuesday through Saturday invite about a quarter of thoroughbreds to try the course. Secretary Everett Saylor distributes entry catalogs as Benjamin McCaully oversees preparations and a souvenir program is promised. Old Dominion interest grows with Virginia riders and exhibitors expected to participate.
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Washington Post
Wenshes
Lncal
Taylor
Benjamin F. McCaully
Aida Keune
P. V. DeGraw
Potomac Park
America
McCaully
South
Col. Cosby
Potomac
McCauily
Chestert
Woomac Park
Old Dominion
Mart of
Virginia Aor
Melwin C. Hazen
Riders and Krigery’ Association
President Depauw
Manasats
East
Travelogue on Stelly Captivates Columbia Theatre Crowd
Ron Holmes presented Stelly a travelogue linking ancient ruins of a centuried civilization with modern air travel by Wright and Piot. The lecturer offered views of Martian-like landscapes and astonishing Tatian horsemen, claiming his accounts were witnessed rather than staged.
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Wobb
Wright
Pleriot
Athan
Stellian Syrage
Ron Elolmes
Soldier hurt in football in Spain game at West Point
Nov 8 report from Thi Wreningtom B67. Mbany N Yu describes an injury in a football clash between regular army artillery elevels at West Point and the Delphians club. Roy Piscle, years old, playing left guard, was carried from the field and at hospital doctors fear an intestinal rupture.
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Spain
Mbany
N. Yu
West Point
Delphians
Hty
Roy Piscle
Piscle
FERSIA AND HER CUSTOMS LECTURE AT ARLING PRESBY
Dr ET Lawrence, a Presbyterian missionary, lectured last evening at Arlington Presbyterian Church on Persia and its customs. He spoke to a large audience about recent revolutionary disorders, civil strife, and the country’s turmoil, noting recovery underway and renewed missionary opportunities in Persia.
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T. Lawrence
Arlingtom Presbyterian Church
ET. Lawrence
Thhe Presbyterian Church
Kazvie
Persia
Arlington Presby
Orisin Cingreh
Presbyterian Christian Endeavor Union
Lawrence Tel
Mare
Sip
Perris
Abencies Stir Assembled Court Orders Ad Examined
Judge DeLacy explains a juvenile court suggestion to operate on seven year old Robert Welter to treat alleged misbehavior. The father Louis Welter questions the authority and a proposed adenoid and tonsil operation for the boy. No order was issued. welfare and future guardian decisions discussed with parents and physician.
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DeLacy
Wais
Ira
Weller
Robert
Socialist Talk At Yale Warns Against Government Jobs
Dr Lyman Abbott of New York spoke to Yale students at Woolsey Hall criticizing socialism as a system that makes the government the employer and merges industry with politics. He praised the steel trust for fair treatment but warned that under socialism workers would always serve the same employer the government. He urged against socialism and favored an industrial democracy where users of tools became owners.
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Toeelel
Washington Post
New Haven
Cann
Lyman Abbott
New York
Sp Yare
Woolsely Hall
Abbott
Sugar Trust
Steel Trust
Ross Gurnegié
Hoss Croker
$50,000 for Aged Clergy Fund Boosted by Unknown Donor
From St George's Church pulpit Rev Dr Wilking announced a $50,000 gift toward a $5,000,000 pension fund for Episcopal clergy aged or disabled. Donor is unnamed, a middle West man. The campaign began at the Richmond conference two years ago and has raised about $320,000 so far.
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New York
New
St. George's Sharch
Wilking
Episcopal
Middle West
Tad Ts
Richmond
Lectures on Esperanto by Prof Christen in Aberdeen
Prof Arnold Christen of Aberdeen Scotland spoke at Souls Church on the ethical significance of the Esperanto movement. He argued a universal language could reduce war era delays without injuring English or other tongues and noted Washington University classes progress, with students reportedly smoking daily. He plans more talks at Washington clubs.
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Christen
Arnold Christen
Aberdeen
Scotland
Beneft
George Washington University
Washington Clubs
Gould's Counsel Silent in Washington Visit
Frank Gould's lawyer De Lancey Nicoll refused to discuss the salt issue and his client's business during a late night Washington visit. The article claims Mrs Beasts De Voir, described as a dancing girl, alleged a payment of 4206,400 to Gould, which Nicoll denied discussing.
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de Lancey Nicoll
Frank Gould
Washington
Fletty
Beasts de Voir
Gould
Nicolaid
Washington Concert Showcases Choir and Orchestra Display
A Washington concert featured Xander directing a chamber orchestra and the Well-Trained Singers Honors. Soloist Frederick C. Schaefer and Leo Schalé on cello impressed as Maksine Bond Orchestra opened with Misaga overture. Mme Bouton sang Verdi arias and German French pieces, culminating in Wagner’s Pilgrims Chorus with strong ensemble finish.
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Marine Band’ Orchestre
Add
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Frederick C. Schaefer
Leo Schalé
Violoncelnet
Henry
Xander
Washington’ Etband
National Fheater
Whieh
Femillar Magibhera
Misaga
Maxine Bond
Mime
Iebelle Bouton
Frederick C. Shamefer
Beng
Mr. Schule
Davide
Chopin
Bouton
Proch
Hadley
Chaminade
Picebelia
Gomez
Pilgrims
Yannhauser
the Gerund
Miraculous Medal Feast at Providence Hospital Service
A solemn Mass at Providence Hospital in Leonore celebrated the Feast of the Miraculous Medal, with the Sisters of Charity and hospital nurses in distinctive habits, illuminated chapel, and a sermon by Rev. P. S. McHale M. M. of Germantown. The ceremony included the blessing of the blessed sacrament with deacon Rev. IL Kavanaugh and subdeacon Rev. Anthony Cafalleras.
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Providence Hospital
Leonor
Congregation of St. Vincent de Paul
Sisters of Charity
Leo XIII
St. Vincent de Paul
Sisters of Charits
Mittla
Recramant
McHale
Vincentian Missionaries
Germantown
Father Mc
Sympathetic con artists preyed on town folk
Inspectors halted a mail fraud scheme in a Western town where a claimed armless girl and a “manager” sought to profit from sympathies. They found twenty thousand dollars in the bank and hundreds of pennies sent daily with booklets portraying the girl’s supposed condition. Authorities ordered changes and the scheme collapsed, ending the operation.
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Avor
Inez
Hunldreds
Four Boys Accused of False Fire Alarms in Washington
Louis German 15 Oscar Thorn 15 Samuel Benson 13 Herman Benson 12 were arrested by Seventh precinct police for sounding false fire alarms. They allegedly triggered three phony alerts from boxes at Thirty-fourth Street, Thirty-fifth Street, and Volta Place to create excitement and test the fire department response. They await trial in detention.
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Louis German
Potomac Street Northwest
Oscar ‘Thorn
Prospect Avenue
Bamuel
Herman Benson
Het Potomac Street
Seventh Precinct
Pioneer Washington business leader Charles Koones dies at 76
Charles M Koones longtime Capital Traction Company secretary treasurer and early Washington businessman died at 1 a m at his home 1693 H Street NW after three weeks illness. A Lexington Virginia native born 165 he came to Washington in 1874 from Lexington and helped rebuild the citys street railway system. Survived by four children Miss Victorine Koones Mrs William Hawling Dr Charles K Koones and Hamuel J Koones. He was member of Dayson Lodge and senior warden of the Church of the Ascension. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
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Capital Traction ‘Company
Washington
Hight Street
Koones
Charles Koones
Willian Hawking
Victorias Koones
Civital Traction Company
Lexington
Capital Traction Company
Hoones
Alexandria
Richmond
Home Guards
Kneller
Clarke County
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Victorine Koones
Wiliam Hawling
Leesburg
Charles K. Koones
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Weather conditions forecast from Department of Agriculture report
Weather conditions describe generally high temperatures across most regions with colder spells in the northwest and central Rocky Mountain area. Rain and snow observed in Colorado and the upper Midwest, with a broader cool trend in the Midwest and lower Mississippi Valley. Storm warnings issued on the north Pacific coast and winds expected to be light to moderate across Atlantic and European-bound steamers.
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Wantner Bates
Washington
British Northwest
Rocky Mountain
Oper Iake
Colorado
Lake
Tuck
Txeas
Kan—nes
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Towa
Tinois
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Lowe Iake
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Missiesipmi
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Erain
Momnlz
Eda Gull
Tekeu Mollerate Forthwest
Inkee
Grand Banks
Matuer
Mazimura
Rotnimim
Life in the precincts of Washington Police
A late night snapshot inside First precinct Washington reveals the daily grind of cops and civilians. Officers Wolfe Sprinkle and Jutes man the desk while a drunk Major Melville Selbert is briefly jailed, and Greeks and other city wanderers spark minor scrapes, as night rounds monitor the city until dawn.
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Deste
Truman
Hera
Horren
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Sprinkle
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Jutes
Martin Brown
Nisibis
Speinkle
Arnnk
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Utes
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the Leutenant
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Taft
Edward
Hixson
Cox
Juin
Louis Genopas
Day shifts at the precinct reveal urban life and the police routine
The account follows a day in the police station, detailing a battered domestic scene, a crying boy whose football was stolen, a speeding arrest, a murder accusation about a poisoned dog, and a deputy captain guiding citizens toward the police court. It contrasts night and day duties, highlighting plain humanity over formalities.
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Hattie L. Willams
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