Birthday of D A R money for Memorial Hall
The fifteenth anniversary of the Daughters of the American Revolution marks a push for contributions to Memorial Continental Hall. Mrs. Donald McLean urges rapid pledges to complete the hall, noting $175,000 already spent and about $275,000 more needed. She travels to state conferences to rally chapters, with hundreds of subscriptions already received and more expected today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Donald McLean
America
McLean
Society
Washington
F' Street
Congressy
New York
Continental Hall Committee
Donaton
Daughters of the Revolution
Reading
Gay
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Illinois
Knights Templars Field Day at Friendship draws thousands
Will crowd Friendship at John R McLean’s Tennallytown road estate for Knights Templars field day. Over 7 000 admission cards issued with 1 900 Knights in attendance plus New Haven Commandery and Supreme Council officers. Delegates from American Bankers Association to attend dress parade at 3 30 p.m. program includes colors ceremony encampment inspection parade games band concert and De Molay Commandery march via Masonic Temple to the McLean estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights Templars
Friendship
John R. McLean
Tennallytown
New Haven Commandery
K. T
New Haven
Conn
Supreme Council
American Bankers’ Association
de Molay
Maurice Otterback
Masonic Temple
Eighth Street
Thirteenth Cavalry Mounted Band
MacLean Estate
Pennsylvania Avenue
Sixteenth Street
Massachusetts Avenue
Connecticut Avenue
Interesting Career of an Official in the Treasury Department
Dr P H Eaton a long Civil War veteran and assistant chief of the division of issues in the Treasury reflects on Army life and his family lineage. Born May 2 1842 in Little Falls New York his career spans Union service in McClellan Banks and Gordon Granger era campaigns to a rise in the Treasury Department with Conkling and Spinner backing. The piece blends anecdotes from Port Hudson and the Twentieth United States Colored Infantry with Eaton family history and a conventional hometown note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Eaton
Lydia Starr
Dedham
Mings
P. H. Haton
Division of Issues
Treasurer of
The
United States
Little Falls
Herkimer County
N. Y
Dr. Maton
Herkimer
Maton
Michigan
New York
Canada West
Ionia
Plains
Hldorado
California
Young Baton
Peninsula
McClellan
Department of the Gulf
Banks and Canby
Lower
Mississippi
Alabama
Gordon Granger
Gulf
T. W. Sherman
Twelfth
United States Infantry
Port Hudson
Pascagula
Mobile Bay
Eaton
Banks
Twentieth
United States Colored Infantry
Dr. Haton
Army
Spinner
Roscoe Conkling
Ellis . Roberts
Congress
Grand Army of the Republic
Masonic Fraternity
T Street
Colonial Beach
Mfe
Forty Years in Navy Tells of Krakatoa and Shipwreck Search
Rear Admiral Albert Barker retired, living in Washington, recalls forty years in the U S Navy. He describes Krakatoa's 1883 earthquake, a 1877 shipwreck search near Dampier Straits, encounters with Malay chieftains, and a Philadelphia voyage from New York to Rio Janeiro to Honolulu, noting natives' unfamiliarity with the United States.
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Krakatog
United States
Albert Barker
N Street
Navy
Straits of
Bunda 4
Krakatoa
Anjer
Alert
South Sea Islands
Navy Department
China
Dampier Straits
Yokohama
Amali
Hetty Green Advises Investors from the National Magazine
A condensed interview captures Hetty Green discussing investment philosophy. She favors railroads and real estate, buying when cheap and selling at a profit. She distrusts stocks, avoids Wall Street, and emphasizes thrift, persistence, and thorough information before investing.
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the National Magazine
Wall Street
News of the Railroads Sees Elected Officials and Earnings Rise
G Casper Niles elected secretary of the Ann Arbor Company. Several railroad leaders resign or are appointed to new posts across major lines including Rock Island Lake Erie Western Southern Pacific and Nickel era. Earnings updates show Louisville Nashville and Alton reporting gains with extensive personnel changes and ambitious equipment and line expansion plans nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Casper Niles
Ann Arbor
W. L. Darling
Rock Island
L. L. Hyde
Lake Erie and Western
Peoria
Walter L. Wygand
Northwestern
Michigan Central
St. Paul
S. G. Reed
Donald Stubbs
Pasenger
Southern Pacific
Charles Burlingame
J. A. Reeves
Oregon Short Line
Louis H. Phetteplace
Pocahontas
Norfolk and Western
Bluefield
W. Va
Alton
Sross
HB. H. Wellman
Wabash
C. A. Howe
J. G. Glazier
Yolodo Terminal
Mobile
Jackson
Kansas City
Hocking Valley
F. EB. Harriman
W .J. Henry
New York Central
Northwest
Chicago
F. Nay
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Scranton
H. J. Stoltz
Great Northern
St Louis
Milwaukee
Wis
James Young
San Francisco
Railway Mail Association
Spokane
West
Erie Railroad
Montrose Railroad of Pennsylvania
Montrose
Tunkhannock
Lehigh Valley Redt Road
Green
Texas Midland
Frisco
Hetty Green
Dallas and Beaumont
Texas
Marietta
Columbus
Cleveland
Ohio
D. T. Roberts
A W H. Blair
J T Blair
New Orleans
Western New York Car Service Association
C. W. Bradley
Louisville
Nashville
Birmingham
United States
J. W. Midgley
Railway Clearing House Bureau
Clearing House
London
Erie
Cincinnati
Hampton
Dayton
Frere-Marquette
Underwood
Cleveland, Chicago, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway Company
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company
New York, Philadelphia, and Norfolk Railroad
The Widow's Mite Married to Rich Widow Allegation
A Dallas News item notes gossip that Fred plans to marry a wealthy widow, with the crowd claiming she loves him deeply. The remark plays on the phrase amite, suggesting affection and motive in the match.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas News
Fred
Private instruction on piano offered to ambitious pupils
A feature on long time pianist instructor He Il Scharf markets private piano lessons for beginners with 76 years of teaching, charging 24 dollars for a full quarter. The piece shifts to a satirical auction scene mocking college football free tuition pitches and a newsroom anecdote about editor Clugston and a dented sunrise photo.
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IL. Scharf
Heartace Paris
Puck
New England
Bulevard Eleven
Princeylvania
Doper
Vandergould Hall
Hale University
Washington College of Music
Sydney Lloyd Wrightson
Washington
D. C
Dramatic Art
America
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War Lake
Chicago News
de Mark
Guyer
Columbus Dispatch
Stubb
Penn
King
Treasury Department
P. H. Eaton
Chronic Kickera
Barker
Arbors
Imi
Philadelphia
Honolulu
Sandwich Islands
Rio Janeiro
Callao
Germany
England
United Staes
Fashion Department
News OF the Railroads
Post
Bureau of Educational Information
Washington Schools
the Association
G Street N. W
Our
Employment Bureau
Association Employment Bureau
the Young Men's, Christian Association
Friends School
Thomas W. Sidwell
Maryland
Rock Hill College
Ellico Trefry
Christian Brothor R. Aulwit
Charles C. Lancaster
Herbert S Smith
Parta Ica
Lancaster & Smith
G Street
Washington, D. C
Supreme Court Bar
Chicago Tribune
Spiketown Blizgard
Clugston
Rocky Mountains
National University Law School
B.D. Carusi
Law School
Ats
Fhouo
Trinity College
Michigan Avenue
Catholic University
University School For Boys
Eighteenth St. N. W
West Point
Annapolis
Robert L. Preston
Mount Vernon Seminary
M Street N. W
Elizabeth J Somers
Adelia Gates Hensley
United States ‘College of Veterinary Surgeons
DD. C
L Robinson
Deangel2d&s
Strayer
Business College
Acudenta
Tanner
Ginnie
Tannner
New York State
Legialar
Lngues
George H. Sensner
Emerson Institute
Ist
Bristol School
Chevy Chase French School
Chevy Chase House
1Th Street
Mintwood Place
Misa Alice A. Bristol
Otto Torney Simon
Vocal Cultura
Satlon G
18Th Street
OLNEY
Connava
Virginia Mason Dorsey
Ladla Ler Doramy
Walter T. Holt
Academy of the Sacred Heart
Park St
Select Day School
Glassen
Sisters OF ST. Dominic
Anneal the Stuart School
Ion Ee
MBS Nom Svenga
Jay
Mian
Claudia Stuart
Celé Casimo
Sudy Gr
Stenggrap
Rio Acade Emty
Colorado
Army and Navy Preparatory School
13Th
Princeton Sts
Military
Naval
Marine Corps
H. Bwavely
Washington School
Teading
Louiz
National Cathedral School
Protestant Episcopal Foundation
Steinway
Dupont Circle
Cale
Georgetown
Mixa Bangs
Miss Whiton
Wood
East Capitol Street
Ron
Sear
Spencerian
Stiehl
Spencerian Business College
9Th St Ud
Washington College of Law
New York Ave
Ellen Spencer Mussey
LL. M. Desay
Main
Fifth ‘St
Fairmont
Yalesta
Arthur Ramsay
Judith Steele
Asso
Prin
Anna E MacDonald
Flynn
Yeer
S. W. Corath
Hall-Noyes
Francis Mann Hall
Alephons
D&s
Dawn Cing
ST. Rose’s Industrial School
Sisters of Charity
Berlitz School OF Languages
Gonarg
Price
St. Louis Exposition
Roly Cross Academy
Ladice UN
Livingson
Ing
Ian
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