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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1918
Page
10
Blucher shoes prioritize comfort with a soft vici leather upper and round toe. The design features a high arch and narrow heel and ankle, aiming for a satisfactory walking experience. Made on Man fior-Tenth Street.
Big warm blanket robes for home, camp, barracks, or cantonment. Large display with straight and figured patterns, borders on bottom and sleeves. Front buttoned with waist cord girdle. Prices from 5.75 to 9.00. Wool cloth robes 12.00 to 25.00. Light and medium weight dressing gowns priced 15.00 to 50.00.
Sir Eric Geddes first lord of the British admiralty arrives in London returning from a mission with admiralty staff. He sends a message thanking the four minute speakers for broadcasting the Trafalgar day resolution to about 30 million Americans and praises the Allied war effort and American enthusiasm for victory.
Lieut Lawrence Townsend Jr U S N son of Mr and Mrs Townsend from 1709 Twenty first Street NW died of pneumonia on October 13 at the Philadelphia convention of the Democratic Mid European Union where he helped arrange the gathering of representatives from twelve oppressed European peoples. The convention adopted a unanimous sympathy resolution and thanks for his democracy efforts. The Navy Department recognized his wartime services and planned promotion to lieutenant commander prior to his death.
The war camp community service clubhouse at Seventeenth and H streets NW has been temporarily turned over to George Washington University to house its unit of the students army training corps due to delays in vacating the Maury apartment house. The facility houses about 200 students, with 400 more to occupy a new building on Pennsylvania avenue.
With Christmas two months away the District war savings committee urges that war savings and thrift stamps be given as Yuletide remembrances to support the war effort. Many greeting cards now feature space for war stamps and a verse combining thrift and friendship, a trend seen in last year’s gifts from employers to employees.
The War Department listed Private W F Wachstetter of Anderson among the missing from the sinking of the steamer Ticonderoga by a German submarine on September 30, expanding the roll of the lost. The notice records his rank and hometown as part of the casualty list.
The social column reports the Marshall family recovering from influenza and several receptions and visits. French and British dignitaries attend luncheons and ceremonies, with engagements across Washington Boston and Newport. Multiple marriages, relocations, and winter residences are noted among notable families and military figures.
The item notes Ord family plans for winter in St. Louis with Dr and Mrs Edward Scramm at 570 Clemons avenue while James Ord serves in France with the aviation section. It recalls Mrs Henry Cisay Browning and Mrs Charles Willemson at Virginia Hot Springs and playfully critiques domestic manners and marital expectations amid wartime.
Helen Rowland argues that German kultur replaces real politeness at home, eroding romance. She urges treating a spouse with the same kindness as others, reserving politeness for the loved one to maintain warmth and avoid daily wear.
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