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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1918
Page
13
Extensive listings of Reed Fiber and Willow furniture and fabrics with discounted prices on chairs rockers tables and lounges. Includes natural willow pieces portieres draperies cretonnes silks and linens with values advertised from $0.50 to $6.50 per yard and special lots from showings prior to price increases.
Japanese Ambassador Ishii presents editor Yasujiro Ishikawa to the President with a 386 year old histortic sword as a token of friendship in the blue room Col Hidley present. Planned sword gifts to European leaders follow. Cardinal Gibbons golden jubilee events host Thursday at Catholic University. Engagements abound with Dorothy Graves Orton and Gladys Grinstead announced. Several weddings and military marriages set for fall in Virginia and the district. Distinguished guests include Mme Jusserand and Mr Gama in New York. Mme de Sainte Croix to visit Shoreham for war work council duties.
Sir Thomas Myles Col George H Gask Col George Gray Turner of England Maj Pierre Duval Maj Henri Beclere of France Professor Raffaele Bastinelli of Italy aboard as guests of the Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons they will stay with Col W N Bispham and Lieut Col Edward Martin at Fort Oglethorpe Ga The group including Dr Franklin Martin and Dr John Bowman will travel to Minneapolis next Tuesday and then visit the Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minn
Reports from five Western states indicate 19 offices of the First War Savings Committee show government departments mobilizing vigorously to lift war savings stamp sales. Navy Department reports $108,687.16 through October 14, Justice $26,812.25 on October 1, with Labor and War Made Board pushing to push district sales over the top.
The Waiami Navy departments extend the period of resquishsa tion in ts qermy and navy sections of the George Washington University unit of the students' army training corps. The extension will allow enrollment of many men who were away. Military instruction continues despite the influenza epidemic. Three companies drill daily at 2:20 PM on the White House Clipse and students may register in the lay school or arts and sciences.
American wounded soldiers in an army hospital near Verdun remained calm during a German air raid last night. Nurses Cross and Butler described no panic as bombs fell within 25 feet, forcing doughboys into dugouts while smoke filled wards.
Two militants of the National Woman's party were arrested yesterday when they tried to picket the Capitol protesting the suffrage amendment defeat. Detained for an hour, they were released. They returned with banners on the Senate wing, police seized the banners and later three women were arrested and detained briefly.
A fragmented excerpt on marriage and women’s independence. It argues partnership in marriage, contrasts male privilege with female justice, and uses playful aphorisms about waiting, mercy, and perpetual emotion before and after marriage. The text is garbled but preserves author and theme.
Trainees will view the German siege howitzer raised at Chateau Thierry now on the Treasury south steps. A noon parade will move the gun from the Treasury Avenue to the east steps of the Capitol for inspection by Congress, then it will go to the War Department via the Bureau of Publicity.
An advertisement touts Canthrax as a simple inexpensive shampoo that cleanses hair and scalp, removes dandruff and oil for a clean appearance. It claims hair dries quickly, looks fuller, and remains soft and bright. Directions say dissolve two teaspoons in hot water to make a cup of shampoo liquid for easy application.
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