Officers Return From Battleship Drills
President and Mrs Wilson attended church then rode in a motor tour while vice president and Mrs Marshall kept a child with them at church. Several officials and guests sailed to Hampton Roads aboard the Mayflower, returning to Washington in the afternoon. English guests and other diplomats plan battlefield tours before Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OHE
Wilson
Cary T. Grayson
Central Presbyterian Church
Marshall
Thomas Marshall Southerland
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
Virginia
Gas Stoves Boost Housekeeping Then and Now
Public guidance highlights gas stoves as the era’s top time saver for home tasks. It extols efficiency, heat utilization, and practical tips for baking and cleaning, noting a glass oven door and thermometer aid precise heat control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Triple Skirt and Overblouse Color Contrast Dress
A pale blue chiffon over pale pink rose printed chiffon creates a dainty effect in a coordinated triple skirt and overblouse ensemble. An underblouse of shadow lace completes the frock. Patterns No. 7993 34 to 44 and No. 7997 34 to 44 available for 15 cents from Washington agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Home Journal
Washington
Forward-Looking Woman and Fireside Woman Debate Child Labor
A 1914 panel between the Forward-Looking Woman and the Fireside Woman discusses child labor across states. They critique sympathy without action and urge practical effort, citing Benjamin Franklin’s call to self-help rather than wait for reform. The piece ends noting astrological tidings and copyright details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times
Minerva
Jove
Benjamin Franklin
Fires
Benjamin Franklin Gays
Bestir
Horoscope for October 20 1013 Austerity and warnings
The article predicts a withering day with Venus in senser and Mercury unfriendly. It warns women face injustice in business and romance is likely disappointing. Scandals may arise among the social elite and divorces rise. royal concerns, railway wrecks, and Japan forecasts also appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venus
Mercury
London
Canada
England
India
Great Britain
United States
America
World Seen at a Glance from The Post Globe and History
The Post promotes a two part flat globe and world history, a circular two inch globe printed in seven colors offering a compact, portable view of the world. It highlights Panama Canal Suez Canal and global geography with time standards and political divisions. Order via coupon on page 2 for 8 cents.
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The
Post
North Pole
South Pole
Panama
Their Married Life Bi Mabel Herbert Urner
Helen hires Nora as a new maid and trains her in meticulous domestic routines. Nora proves capable in cleaning front rooms and the library, but face tension as Warren criticizes a first dinner, prompting Helen to defend Nora’s learning curve and commitment.
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Helen
Warren
Mabel Herbert Urner
Elen Kent
Nora
Nera
Walt
Maggie
Great Fleet to Sail Through Panama Canal to San Francisco
Hampton Roads will host a preparatory gathering of 76 to 100 ships headed by a U S vice admiral likely Cameron McR Winslow The fleet then sails to Washington and on to Colon for the Panama Canal voyage expected to take about forty two days from Hampton Roads to San Francisco with elaborate ceremonies at the Golden Gate before returning home
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Hampton Roads
United States
Panama Canal
Pacific
Lnvite
Washington
San Francisco
Uonder
Cameron McR. Winslow
Congress
New York
Colon
Golden Gate
Crown Prince on Carpet in Berlin Meeting With Emperor
Crown Prince Frederick William arrived in Berlin from Munich and was summoned to Potsdam to meet the emperor. The two hour interview followed a controversial letter opposing his father’s Brunswick policy and disavowing responsibility for its publication. The exchange left some officials unsure of his explanations.
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Berlin
Frederick William
Munich
Potsdam
Brunswick
von Bethmann-Hollwegg
Ernest August of Cumberland
Victoria Luise
Duchy of
Hanover
German Sociologists Propose State Fraumutter Title
A Berlin World cable reports German sociologists debate countering falling births. Prof Von Gruber proposes a tax on families with fewer than three children and tax relief for larger families, including a parent grant and two votes for fathers. He also suggests naming mothers fraumutter as an official state title.
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Washington Post
New York
Berlin
New York World
France
von Gruber
Munich
Halloween policing plan and city briefs
City police announce a Halloween order to curb tick-tacks decorations and vandalism around homes. Dr James Howard Gore travels from Havre with his wife Lilian Gore’s body. she died in Paris after an operation. Pastor Charles T Russell speaks at Washington Temple on sacrifice. Bernard Lee Langdon Davies to lecture on world peace at Public Library. Lady Maccabees hold a reception and drama sketch at Pythian Temple. Henry B Baker to prepare exhibition of black inventors’ patents for New York. Army Relief Society to plan Fort Myer drill and tea. Mrs Martha Gielow to represent Southern Industrial Association at Knoxville expo and Mobile congress. Grand Army of the Republic to resume meetings at 1412 Pennsylvania Ave NW. Carl Browne headlines District Socialist meeting on capitalism vs socialism. Confederate Choir to perform at Pythian Temple with soloists.
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James Howard Gore
Washington
Havre
France
Lillian Gore
Paris
Gore
Sweden
Martha Gielow
Southern Industrial Association
Knoxville
Tenn
Association
Southern Commercial Congress
Mobile
Federated Clubs of Alabama
Busy Week Planned for Capital Heights Boy Scout Troops
A schedule lists multiple troops with Friday and Saturday meetings across Capital Heights Nor Street area venues including Western Presbyterian Church Ninth Street Christian Church and Epiphany Chapel. Scoutmasters Hamilton Pirtle Partin Harries and others lead weekly drill drum lessons and band activities.
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Capital Heights
E. Hi. Hamilton
Ninth Street Christian Church
T. R. Pirtle
Ingram Memorial Church
Tenth and
Massachusetts Avenue
I. W. Partin
Western Presbyterian Church
X Street
W. I. Simpson
Episcopal Parish Hall
Tahoma Park
F. L. Harries
Highth
C. Hackett
C. W. Killiam
Iowa Avenue
M. E. Church
Fourteenth
Emerson
Clarence E. Wise
United Presbyterian Church
Georgia
New Hampshire
Nelson A. Carr
Kalorama Road
Vernon Bailey
Kenilworth
Stephen S Ball
Epiphany Chapel
Twelfth
C. N. Filkins
Jones
Bethesda
E. E. Jones
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Corcoran
A. G Gunn
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Col Phillips
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Tacoma
Wash
Nethaniel Francis
Yonine
John E. Wilkle
Chicago
Murray Cobb
George Hough
Pennsylvania
Russell Devin
Atlantic City
Dennie
Ruth C. Cohen
Ruth Caroline Cohen
Meyer Cohen
Wyoming Avenue Northwest
Harold Beverly Chase
Cohen
Mr. Chase
P. B. Chase
Miss Cohen
Simon Wolf
William F. Wallis
Homer Brett
Barbarossa
Mrs. W. Thyson
J. R. Defrees
Warren P. Horner
U Street
Mary Kreamer
Wisconsin Avenue
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Frances
Iewapa
Dept
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Flora Wilson
Miss Wilson
James Wilson
Newport
Thousand Islands
Rhode Island
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Cleveland
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Taft
Barbara Boyd
Lfe
Libra
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Acre
Hampton’ Roads
Winslow
Kaiser
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Sylvester
Charles T. Russell
Washington Temple
New Masonic Temple
Russel
Bernard Lee Langdon-Davies
Garton Foundation
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Eighth
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Arthur Balfour
Langdon-Davies
American Association For International Conciliation
Senator d'Entournelles
Baroness von Suttner
Lady Maccabees
Pythian Temple
National School of Dramatic Art
Henry B. Baker
Patent Office
Emancipation Commission of
New York City
Mr Baker
Robert A. Pelham
Census Office
Army Relief Society
New Willard Vat
Fort Myer
Kit Carson Post
Grand Army of the Republic
Grand Army Fall
Pennsylvania Avenue
Thomas H. McKee
John McElroy
GALR
Carl Browne
District Socialist Party
Confederate Choir
United Sons of Confederate Veterans
Charles H. Fred
E. L. Maxwell
L. Chenoweth
Mia
KE. McKnight
BE. Kinsella
BOY Scout
Foss-Hughes Company
Connecticut Avenue
Philadelphia
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Baltimore
Charles Street
Wyomington
Gini Avenue
Jackson Newport
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