Sleeping Barney Statue Draped By Mystery Knight
A curio on Sheridan Circle near Miss Natalie Barney’s home shows the uncovered sleeping nude statue partially veiled by a drapery placed by an unknown knight. Crowds gather, police guard the scene, and neighbors debate modesty and protection as the marble figure remains partially obscured and poised between beauty and scandal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natalie Barney
Sheridan Circle
Natalie
L.ur
Alice Barney
Albert Clifford Barney
Errant
Lurvainy
Miss Barres
Mystery
Aera
Harney
Beauty
Barney
Sheridan
Washington Post
Lulay
Miss Barney
Sirs Barney
Sedan
Moat Silvester
Norfolk Bricklayers Strike Locals Face Wage Dispute
Norfolk Va bricklayers strike as contractors return demands for wage scale increases and a Saturday half holiday at full pay. About two hundred men affected as sides appear firm and the dispute extends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Folk
Sitrday
Death notices from Washington area paper October 1910
Obituaries list five individuals with funeral details. Charles 8 DeFontes of 3523 Tenth Street Northwest to Church of the Sacred Heart October 12 at 8:30 am with Mass and Mount Olivet interment. Gerald Hilgerd widow Frances DeFontes and other survivors. Ina Katze widow of John Katze from 30 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest October 2 at 8:30 pm with St Aloysius Church mass at 1 pm. Steven G Ratta leneral from 928 E Street Northwest October 9 to St Patrick's Church for 9 pm mass and Mount Olivet Cemetery interment. Will F Parsons Tipcomb formerly of Massachusetts to Church of the Epiphany October 12 at 11 am with Arlington Cemetery interment. Groston papers requested for copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finson
Losi Tu Wape
George Stenson
Tenth Street
Nithwest
Charles 8
Frances DeFontes
Cuino
Mount Olivetembert Hil
Gerald
Ima
JLNIA
Katzee
Masacusetts Avenue
Wedeslay
Aloysius’ Church
Bass
Lifo
E Street
Roiwest
Steven G
Molly Rattaleneral
Susday
St Patrick's Church
Masa
Mount Eravet
Q Street
Fam Parsons Tipcomb
Masdanchusetts Tneral
Church of the Epiphins
Arlington Cemeter
Phillipsborns Latest Millinery Wraps and Gowns Display
Philipssborn a Washington cloak and women's apparel dealer announces an all week display of women outerwear in the millinery salon on the first floor. The display features foreign styles and exclusive designs from the house corps of designers. Notable pieces include a black velvet picture hat with white fox and pink rose, a Gainsborough with cerise willow plume, a white silk crowned turban, and a variety of tailored and braided coats, wraps, and evening gowns across floors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philpsborn
Eleventh Street
Gainsborough
Paris
Vienna
Exonerates Capt Lindsay in West Point report error
Brig. Gen. A L Mills forwards a letter to the Atlanta Constitution, correcting a mischaracterization that Capt Julian R Lindsay was relieved from duty at West Point for misconduct. The officer, then aide to Gen Chaffee, is defended as not censured, and the release was to enable reporting to Peking relief forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S Military Academy
West Point
J R Lindsay
Fifteenth Cavalry
USA
Fort Myer
Atlanta Constitution
Military Academy
Lindsay
Military
Julian R Lindsay
Georgia
Chaffee
Peking
READY FOR YOM KIPPUR Jews Prepare to Observe the Day of Atonement
Jews in Washington prepare for Yom Kippur to fall on October 13. Services are slated for 7 p m tomorrow at the Eighth Street Temple and Thursday morning at 9 o'clock at the unnamed place. Rabbi A Simon will preach at both services as the community fasts to conclude the penitential season begun at the Jewish New Year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eighth Street Temple
A Simon
Licensed to Marry In Loudoun and Baltimore Areas
A list of marriage licenses shows William H Scott with Katherine T Lis ton and others including Edward A. Smith and Mary E Furr in Loudoun County Virginia, Palmer C Strest and Laura M Donald son in Baltimore, MD, plus several other couples across Richmond and Saigon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H Scott
Katherine T Liston
Jo F McGee Hardad F Whitlock
Mabel A Hargraves
R Talbot Edward A. Smith
Mary E Furr
Loudoun County
J J Kibler Palmer C Strest
Laura M Donaldson
Baltimore
J Fdgar Smith
Wiett
Burley
Annie Lee Cox
Path
Richmond
J M Little Willam T Witte
Bertha M Dannon
Richmond, Va
J M Little Robert
McChesney
Mary BR Diherty
Ignatius Feale
John Johnston
Annie L Profit
Richmond Va
C W Whitmore Charles A Simpson
Elizabeth M Darlington
John B Brices ‘Miller Joblin
Saigon
Indo China
Aurelia Dickinson
William T
Fire Department HQ Opening Plans with Reception
Edward S Schmid coordinates a November opening of the new District fire department headquarters at Twelfth Street between G and H NW. Engine Company No 2 will move in as officials and business leaders gather for a social reception hosted by Chamber of Commerce President William F Gude, with Mrs Victoria Clarkson leading the business women’s committee.
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Edward S Schmid
Engine Company No 2
Twelfth Street
H Streets
William F Gude
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Schmid
Gude
Chamber of Commerce
Victoria Clarkson
Board of Trade and Chamber of Commerce
General Committee
Ean
Washington Theatera
Multitude of Names in Health Office Record and Deaths
A health office record lists numerous families with births and deaths including Belore, Crook, Maher, Yates, Crouch, Tinherty, and many others indicating boys and girls born to various parents. The deaths section cites individuals such as Algernon S Moffett and Julia Fitzgerald among several at Providence and Government Hospitals, with several aged between infancy and seniors and locations in DC and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algernon S
Plan to aid children at humane conference in Washington
Five hundred delegates and visitors attended the opening of the International Humane Conference at the National Museum in Washington. Speakers urged child protection, humane education in public schools, and separation of cruelty prevention for animals and children, with reports from Japan and Mexico on reforms and a display of humane inventions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Museum
New National Museum
Washington
America
Tne
William O Stillman
Stillman
Stiilman
H. B. Gilchrist
New Orleans
Gilchrist
M_ Takashi Sanigy
Japan
Masajiro Honda
Sanigi
Wei
Benito Juarez
Mexican Republic
Mexican Congress
Mexico
Senor Juarez
Congress of Mexico
Wiliam A Robinson
Mgr McMahon
New York
Herr Pastor +uingson
Hamburg
Germany
Albert Leffingwell
Gov A A Willson
Kentucky
Peter Goelet Gerry
Commodore el
Pennsylvania
Humane stock car models and anti cruelty exhibits at conference
Railroad workers present a model humane stock car and fountains for stock. Foreign delegates show bull ring materials, photographs, memorials. Spain and other nations display reports and materials. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals sends exhibits. This morning no session. delegates visit Capital sights. Sessions at 4 PM and 7 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Society For the Prevention of
England
Segate Stole Jewels Plea Pleasing But Not Plea Names
Hamilton Scott Wimbush pleaded guilty to stealing jewelry valued at $5,000 from Mrs Rebecca Hornsby at 1715 I Street NW on March 1. Wimbush, a former butler for Mrs Hornsby, had the property recovered by Detectives Weber and Weedon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Segate
Hamilton Scott Wimbush
Mra
Rebecca
Hornsby
I Street
Wimbush
Weber and
Weedon
Picture Films Criticised by Citizens Association in 5 Cent Theaters
The Northeast Citizens Association urged rigid censorship of films shown in Washington 5 cent theaters, alleging they lower morals and incite crime. They faulted the District government, urged civil life commissioners, and recommended a police board. The group also asked for three mall deliveries daily and elected officers and an executive committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northeast Citizens Association
Washington
W G Friezel
Holsten
Sioners
Friezel
Evan H Tucker
L D Walter
Starr Parsons
S Sowerbutts
G Lane
Ali F Holsten
Frezl
B Foster
Oa Linton
WS Branson
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Sylvester
Sivester
Niobe
Ophelia
WM. HE Sardo & CO
Lincoln
CAIN
Thos
A. Costello
Phne Fast
Frank Geier
Plog
Siirthy
Geo P. Zurhorst
East Capitol
William Lee
Joondalmer Livers
Cormmediauy
Tom Ylana
John R. Wright CO
Veral Direcors
Embalmeria
Sis
Washington Lawn
Philipsborn
Capt
Gen. Mills
A L Mills
Dubonnet
Kalon Wine CO
St. N. W
Qur New Hom
Natale Barney
Laura Alice Barney
Health Office Record
Buva Quaranto
Jackson
Peter Ford
Sieltera
David Gregory
Shi
Grant Road
Lem
Kroll
Glenboro Point
Dorothy Payne
Hostow
George H Tinton
Washington Asylum Hospital
William
Quickly
F G Smith Piano CO
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC
Mall
Bradbury, Webster, and Berkeley
Washington DC
Washington Duartinsburg
Alexandria Va
Riga Mich
Eckhardt Jr
Alfred Thomson
Donna W Calvert
Hattie L Geleten
Edgar
James Ganley
John
Bowers
Somerville
Della F
Botsford
A F
Hoit
Bishop
Charles
Thatch
J R Alburtis
Jean V_ Ficklin
McCoy
Addie H Craigen
Frances Sebring
Ggeorge L Bell
Gregor Noetzel
Anna Mae Parker
Alexandria
Boyd Washington
Ners
Willem H Smith
Louis Carl Pedler
Luther Queeton
Bertha H Mettler
J C Muffert
Anne Gregory
William F Doyte
Lioyd
Patch
A Irene
Ober
Alexandrie
Air Solutions
F. G. Smith Piano CO
Pa. Ave
Washington, D. C
Harris
R. Harris & CO
the Jewelers
Seventh and
D Streets
Northeast
Fai
Fine Business Property
14Th St.n.w
R. O. Holtzman Co
New York Avenue N. W
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