Pioneer Woman Reporter Mrs Ward Died After Illness
Mrs Fanny B Ward renowned writer and early Capitol press gallery member died at her daughter’s home after a six year illness. Born 1843 in Monroe Michigan she moved to Washington in 1874 as a Treasury clerk and became a leading Washington gossip columnist and correspondent. Survived by son Charles B and daughter Jex. Funeral today at 2:30 PM from Deals with interment in Ravenna Ohio.
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Capitol Press Gallery
Washington
Ohio
Treasury
Fanny B. Ward
Nelly Ward Rex
Morton Place
Ward
Monroe
Mich
Wiliam H. Ward
Ravenna
Coldwater
United States Treasury Department
Cleveland Leader
Capital
Capitol
Senate
Pacific Coast
Reon
Deal
H Street
Standing Rock Cemetery
Death of Mrs. E. B. Barlow Pioneer Charities Leader
Mrs. Kate Brown Barlow, a District charity pioneer, died at 1006 O Street NW at 78. She served with the Board of Children's Guardians from 1961, helping juvenile court growth. Funeral at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church today at 2 or 3 PM. burial in Congressional Cemetery. She helped the Humane Society and was a charter member of the Monday Evening Club.
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Kate Brown Barlow
O Street
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Fourteenth
Corcoran Streets
Congressional Cemetery
Harlow
Board of Children'’ Guardians
Barlow
Death of Rev Woolf Ends Long Ministry in Washington
The Rev William H Woolf presiding elder of the Washington district of the Methodist Episcopal Church South died of heart disease at his home 1322 Monrose Street. He was 61, in poor health recently, served 36 years in ministry at Moorefield Roanoke and Washington districts, survived by wife Jennie Magruder Woolf and four children. Funeral services set for 2 p m tomorrow.
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Methodist Church
William H. Woolf
Washington
Mathodat Episcopal Church South
Monrose Street
Woolf
Moorefield
Roanoke
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Haven
Prettyman
Senate
Fauquier County
Randolph-Macon College
Jennie Magruder Woolf
Maria M
Elsie K
William H., Jr
Howard M
E. In Woolf
Brightwood Methodist Episcopal Church
Death of Mrs S E B Harris in city and burial in Virginia
Mrs Sarah Elizabeth Blackburn Harris died yesterday at the Louise Home Massachusetts avenue and Fifteenth Street. Funeral services will be held at 2 this afternoon at the home by Rev E Henning Nelms. Interment follows at Spring Grove Cemetery Berryville Virginia. She was the widow of William B Harris sister of John J Blackburn of Alexandria Virginia and survived by three sisters Miss Watts Blackburn Mrs Thomas B Washington and Mrs F B Moran. Born in Spring Grove Clark County Virginia she lived in Charlottesville Virginia and Charlestown West Virginia.
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Sarah Gyzabeth Biackburn Harris
Louise
Massachusetts Avenue
Fifteenth Street
E. Henning Nelms
Spring Grove Cemetery
Berryville
Harris
William B. Harris
John 3. Blackburn
Alexandria
Watts Blackburn
Thomas B. Washington
F. B. Moran
Spring Grove
Clark County
Charlottsville
Charlestown
W. Va
Representative Young to Attend Vaughn Class Meeting
Texas Congressman Richard Young will be the guest of honor at the Vaughn Class Club's first fall meeting in the Calvary Baptist Sunday school rooms. The evening includes routine business a social hour and the initiation of candidates followed by election and installation of officers.
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Young
Richard Young
Texas
Vaughn
Calvary Baptist Sunday School
Eighth
Mrs McKenna Recovers From Illness at Providence Hospital
Mrs Joseph H McKenna wife of Justice Joseph H McKenna of the United States Supreme Court is rapidly recovering from appendicitis at Providence Hospital after more than two weeks as a patient. She rallied satisfactorily and convalescence is proceeding faster than expected. She may move to her Connecticut apartment within a week or ten days.
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McKenna
Joseph H. McKenna
United States Supreme Court
Providence Hospital
Connecticut
Murderous Dancer Slayer Confesses to Dozens of Killings
A Chicago man identified as Harry Spencer, alias Smith and Burke, told Capt. Halpin and detectives he killed at least several women to steal their money. He described luring Mrs Rexroat and shooting her on a railroad track and dumping her body, then touring Wisconsin and Michigan to rob hotels and steal jewelry. Police doubt all crimes he cites but fear he may be the most dangerous killer captured in the city, with a history of parole and multiple murders linked to robberies.
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Michigan
Chicago
New York
Spencer
Fort Montgomery
N. Y
Detroit
Wisconsin
Paw Paw Lake
Delavan Lake
Rexroat
Fannie Thompson
Jackson Park
County Hospital
West Side
Charley West
Fannie
Thompson
Luman
Mann
Young Mann
Capt. Halpin
Maj
M. A. Messlein
The
Volunteers of America
Liberty
Capt
Halpinn
Halpin
H. H. Holmes
Holmes
Johann Hoch
Hoch
Harry
Feehanville
Wis
Laura E. Vose
Lake Geneva
Margeret Whitneck
Three Rivers
Mich
Micraerea
Priday
Sétag
Elgin, Joliet and
Dupage County
Ted
Twenty-second Street
Michigan Avenue
For Skin Troubles For Skin Troubles page Skin Book
Department 264 Boston offers guidance and products for skin care and irritation relief. Features tips, product recommendations, and safe usage notes from dermatology experts.
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Dept
Boston
Nine hurt as car plunges down embankment in Rock Creek park
A Cadillac driven by Luther W. Strobel carried Mrs. Strobel and the Trades when blinding headlights caused Strobel to miss a catchbasin. The car rolled 20 feet down an embankment. all five occupants were thrown out but only minor injuries or shock reported. A passerby, David M. Lee, rescued them and took them to Garfield Hospital.
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Rock Creek Park
Sixteenth Street
Huther W. Strobel
D Street Southwest
Mr. Strobel
Strobel
Mr. Trade
Mrs. Trade
Miss Trade
Trade
David M. Lee
Ho? East Capitol Street
Breakfast Popcorn and Cost of Living Advice
A U S Department of Agriculture bulletin touts popcorn as a superior breakfast food when properly prepared. It notes 630 worth of popped corn in 5 cent packages costs about 1 to 1.50 for raw material and explains how to grow corn in a 20 by 46 foot plot. It urges households to adopt popcorn as a home farming venture and to teach children home growing and cooking.
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Uncle Sam
Department of Agriculture
Warden
Jons
Hands Off Fair Sparks Tariff Row In New York
A Tariff law dispute over plumage worn by women entering the United States triggers official probes. Treasury officials vow a rigid investigation after customs inspectors allegedly seized aigrets from hats, drawing Sen Simmons’s rebuke for discourtesy and questions about authority and intent.
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New York
United States Treasury
Simmons
Truinipe
Kamlib
Cug’ Toms Service
Haman
Jn Mo
Treasury Department
Jackson to Write World's Series for Post
Joe S. Jackson, president of the Baseball Writers Association, will report the world’s series for The Washington Post. Jackson is a student of the national game and is recognized as an expert by baseball enthusiasts.
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Joe S. Jackson
Baseball Writers’ Association
Washington Post
Jackson
Gowns Exceed Duty Saving by Waiting Under New Tariff
Mrs. H. T. Stotesbury of Philadelphia imported gowns and lingerie from Europe to New York paying 14.77 duty rather than waiting 24 hours for the tariff change. The collection valued at over 50,000 includes elaborate Paris gowns, a bath coat, and accessories. Stotesbury is noted as a prominent society figure and donor to the Emergency Hospital.
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New York
H. T. Stotesbury
Philadelphia
Oliver Cromwell
Stotesbury
Mre
Stolesbury
Europe
Stotesburys
Paris
Boy Hurt In Car Crash In Northwest Washington
John Ramsey, 212 years old, son of Capt. Norman F. Ramsey, was badly cut about the head by flying glass when a car rear ended another at P and Thirteenth streets northwest. He was treated by a nearby physician and taken to Capt. Ramsey's home in Florence Court. Defective brakes are blamed for the crash.
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John Ramsey
Norman F. Ramsey
Tennallytown
P and Thirteenth
Two Near Death Cases Save Howard Long and George Priddy
Howard Long a 25 year old plumber living at 703 Mount Vernon Place Northwest was found unconscious from inhaled gas in a bathroom. An ambulance rushed him to Emergency Hospital where Dr Carr and a palmator saved his life. A note in his room mentioned sending his body to 717 Seventh Street Southeast, the mother's address. George Priddy a 32 year old man from 1217 Third Street Southeast drank whisky and strychnine yesterday afternoon. An ambulance took him to Casualty Hospital where doctors expect his recovery.
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Howard Long
George Priddy
Mount Vernon Place
Dr. Carr
Palmator
Long
Seventh Street
Third Street
Casualty Hospital
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F. B. Ward Lead
Pioneer Woman
E. B. Barlow
W. H. Woolf
S. E.B. Harris
Mildred Allison "Rexroat
Henry Spencer
Rextroat
Dancer
Haipin
Asid
JoHer
Smith
Burke
Rock Creek Embankment
Hasin
Luther W. Strobel
U. S
Customa
Hamiltn
Real Estate Trust Company
H Streets
H. Bradley Davidson
Federal National Bank
E. T. Stotesbury
Bally
ENE
Yard
Lai
Venice
N. F. Ramsey
John H. Magruder
Connecticut Ave
K St
Brolin T
Reliable Goodyear
F Street
N. W
Masonic Temple
Foss-Hughes Company
Connecticut Avenue
Providence
Elmwood Avenue
Baltimore
Charles Street
Wilmington
Gilpin Avenue
Jackcom Newport
Columbia
Regal
Columbia Grafonola
Columbia Graphophone Co
G Street
Halentine
Newark
Doxon.Shoemaker Co
Grogan
Peter Grogan & Sons Co
Seventh St
Uisc
Roe Fulkerson
F St. N. W
Wilard Hotel
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