Takoma Masons Hear Notable Grand Masters at Park Meeting
Alexander M Dockery and Carter H Keene addressed Takoma Lodge No 3 F A A M at Takoma Park during the annual visitation of Grand Master Charles E Baldwin of the District Grand Lodge. Dockery spoke of 47 years in Masonry and Keene on the order’s early history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander M Dockery
Missouri Masonic Grand Lodge
Carter H Keene
Temple-Noyes Lodge
Takoma Lodge
Takoma” Park
Charles E Baldwin
Grand Lodge
Dockery
Mr. Keene
Shoe Men Banquet Tonight in Baltimore Trade Banquet
A banquet for the shoe section of the Retail Merchants Association to Shoe Retailers Association members will be held tonight at the Ebbitt House. Speakers will include many trade figures from Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington. A Baltimore delegation of 35 is expected.
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Retail Merchants’ Association
Shoe Retailers’ Association
Baltimore
Ebbitt House
Philadelphia
Washingston
Board of Trade approves plan for new home and district buildings
The Board of Trade public buildings committee approved immediate steps to purchase a site for a Board of Trade building and endorsed other district projects including an armory, a juvenile court and a detention house. A special transport subcommittee led by James H. Taylor will meet today at 4 PM and report to the full committee tomorrow.
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Board of Trade
Desirapte
District National Guard
James H. Taylor
James A Watson
George C. Sinn
Allan O Clephane
Ehc Graham
Winning Fight on Weevil in Southeast Cotton Belt
President W W Finley of the Southern Railway reports farmers east of the Mississippi are learning to grow cotton successfully despite the boll weevil. He cites a Knoxville meeting October 22 with company officers and farm improvement officials, noting crop diversification and rising livestock and dairy activity along with strong Southeastern manufacturing and railway traffic.
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Missasippi
W. W. Finley
Southern Railway
Finley
Knoxville
Tenn
Department of Farm Improvement Work
Mr. Finley
Southeast
Two Automobiles Burn In Separate Washington Fires
An auto owned by ice cream maker Arthur A. Chapin burned on Banker Hill near the District line after a mechanic spotted trouble in the newly repaired motor. Mount Rainier firemen and Then Noif Engine Co. of Washington fought the blaze but could not save the car, a Hudson roadster insured for about $2,250. Edwin Voight’s car at 1233 Harvard Street NW burned in Rock Creek Park the following day. firefighters arrived as the blaze raged, losing about $2,000 to the loss.
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Arthur A. Chapin
Banker Hill Road
Mount Rainier
Noif Engine Company
Washington
Edwin Voight
Harvard Street
Rock Creek Park
Mrs Cowan wills gifts to Archer nieces and Shelse family
Mrs Mary E Cowan widow of William L Cowan filed her will dated June 13 1911 for probate. She leaves her husband’s diamonds and books to her nieces M Pauline Archer and Allison M Archer, the latter residing in Port au Prince Haiti. A library goes to Ronne C Shelse and jewelry to Charles F Shelae of Philadelphia. The Washington Loan and Trust Company holds thirteen shares of Girard Trust Company stock for the life of testatrix’s sister Georgeana Shelse, with eventual distribution to Haiti and Philadelphia grandchildren. Residue to her nieces. executor named is the Washington Loan and Trust Company.
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Mary E. Cowan
William L. Cowan
M. Pauline Archer
Allison M. Archer
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Ronne C. Shelse
Charles F. Shelae
Philadelphia
Washington Jolan and Truat Company
Girard Trust Company
Testatrix
Georgeana Shelse
Washington Loan and Trust Company
Hein Youth Club Demands Court Building And Probation Officers
The Boys Neighborhood Club of Grover Cleveland School urged a new juvenile court building and an expanded probation officer force. Commissioner Newman promised consideration and the group sent resolutions to Congress and Margaret Wilson. Judge Latimer pressed for more officers at a Georgetown Associated Charities meeting led by Rev Howden. Speakers included Miss Simpson, C W Skinner, Rev Williams, Miss Hedrick, Miss Herbert, and Walter Safford.
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Newman
Boys’ Neighborhood Club
Grover Cleveland School
Dboys
Capiea
Congress
Margaret Wilson
J. Wilmer Latimer
Georgetown
Associated Charities
F B Howden
St. John's Church, Georgetown
Margaret Simpson
C W Skinner
The
Industrial Home School
P. Williams
Mary Hedrick
Herbert
Walter Safford
George Washington University Honors E Sothern
The university awarded E Sothern a doctor of letters for his Shakespearean scholarship and community service to uplift the stage. Convocation included degrees for Columbia College, Teachers College, and other graduate programs, with recipients such as Meta Pehmudt, Amelia Ossire, Robert Krogstad, Peter Bala, Thomas Kabler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington University
E. Sothern
Univers
Stockton
Columbeia College
Meta Pehmudt
Teachers’ College
Cura Amelia Ossire
Department of Law
Robert Bacon Krogstad
School of Graduaste
Peter Bala i
Itanidato
Philoseph
Thomas Laume
Kabler
The Argyle Case and other theater offerings
A long theater page notes The Argyle Case starring Robert Hilliard coming to the National with Burns involvement and fingerprint themes, Peg o' My Heart at Belasco with Elsa Ryan, Mrs Mat Phimmer at Columbia with May Robson, plus vaudeville, film previews, and stage notes across multiple venues. It also reports a Washington woman Sophia Kemp Brace dying in Indiana in a fatal car wreck and detailing her will provisions in the event of a common accident with her husband.
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Harriet Ford
Harvey J Higgins
Robert Hilliard
Asche Keyton
William J. Burns
New York
J Hartley Manners
Cort Theater
Belasco
Washington
Barbaran
States
Elsa Ryan
Peg
Misa Laurette Taylor
Mat Phimmer
James Forbes
May Robson
Columbia
Sophia Kemp Brace
William D. Brace
Diphtheria Epidemic Warned As Cases Rise In City
Health department reports a worsening diphtheria outbreak with over fifty cases under treatment, mainly in Georgetown, where the first case likely began from a sore throat. Officials urge prompt physician visits and caution parents to keep children away from quarantined houses to prevent spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health Department
Georgetown
Rehiluten
Attachment suit targets Mrs Gould over unpaid legal fees
Attachment proceedings were begun in the District Supreme Court against Mrs Katherine C Gould by her former attorney Clarence I Shearn of New York in a suit filed Tuesday to recover 29298 18 for professional services tied to her divorce case against Howard Gould The attachment aims to seize certain personal property of Mrs Gould stored in this city and preserve assets pending the action
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District Supreme Court
Katherine C. Gould
Clarence I. Shearn
New York
Howard Gould
Police News Notes
Multiple injuries from accidents and a series of court actions occupy the police notes. Maurice Connors, 4, fell from a scaffold at a new office building, suffering rib fractures and a possible skull fracture, taken to Casualty Hospital. Mrs. Emily Sewart, 52? 520 Eighth Street Southeast, burned hands trying to extinguish a grease fire. Lloyd Braxton, 22, of 2248 Cleveland Avenue Northwest, 4? fractured left leg after being struck by a truck near Massachusetts and New Jersey Avenues. Thomas Hungerford, 35, at Tenth and Water Streets Southwest, crushed left leg by a falling railroad tie, sent to Emergency Hospital. John J. Schmidt jailed six months for forging a doctor's prescription to obtain a morphine. veteran, ill, hospital treatment recommended. Alonzo Stevenson’s murder trial at District Criminal Court. Diego Vega forfeits $25 appearance bond for attention to women on F Street. Indoor baseball at Center Market Armory ends with William Thomas, 2, cut eye. treated and released. John Morris, 52? 2? Negro, dead at home. coroner cites heart failure. Co W Hodges reports loss of camera at Seventh Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. Frank Lyons, 68, dies after falling on Seventh and H Streets Northwest. body to morgue pending inquest.
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Massachusetts
New Jersey Avenues
Lloyd Braxton
Cleveland Avenue
Casualty Hospital
Thomas Hungerford
Tenth
Water Streets
More Land Is Needed for Insane Hospital Demands
Dr. William A. White, superintendent, reports to the Interior Department that the Government Hospital for the Insane requires more land and new buildings. He urges $50,000 to buy land, $35,000 for staff housing, a future women’s building, and details increased admissions and daily population. Additional asks include $735,400 for repairs, $1,500 for escaped patient costs, $160,000 for an epileptic colony building, $25,000 for farming lands, and $4,000 for a shop and storehouse.
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Government Hospital For the Insane
William A. White
Interior Department
President Remus Robber Fined and Imprisoned in Philadelphia
Edward Ryan received a two year sentence and a $100 fine in the United States circuit court at Philadelphia for breaking into a building used as a post office. He had already served his term and obtained $792 from the robbery.
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Wilson
Edward Ryan
United States Circuit Court
Philadelphia
Ryan
Dining room furnishings need: table or chairs now
The inquiry asks what is needed for dinning room furnishings. It mentions buying a new table or chairs and also references a buffet or a china closet as possible items.
Perfection in Oyster Cooking Promoted by Philadelphia House
City bulletins announce oyster cooking perfection at Phila Oyster and Chop House at 513 11th St NW and Virginia Theater area with double features Message of the Sea and Branded for Life at Whitney's Pure Cider Fresh Wade Daily Fo. Halloween orders delivered by phone M2763.
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Phila
11Th St Nw
Palace of Stn Street
Virginia
Whitney
Wade
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Stumph & Lyford
Mags. Ave
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William Henry White Lucas P. Loving
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Howard
Fisk
Frederick L. Harris
Robert Dickens
William A. Mellen
J. W. Shadig
Ernest Burrell
George L. Tarbell
William England
Charles H. Spencer
Ceremonica
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W.l.douglas
W. EL. Douglas
W. L. Douglas Large
Brockton
Mass
W. L. Douglas
Reena
Faim'y
Parcel Post
Tage
Ellustrated
Jewis
Nat
WW. L. Douglas
W. L. Douglas Shoe CO
Pennsylvania Ave
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George Washington
Argyle Case
B. F. Keith
Jack Norworth
Keith
Milwaukee
Raymond and Caverly
Fredrika Slemons
Liz
Hickey Brothers
Gardiner
Farber Girls
Sprague and McNeice
Pathemotion Pictures
Poli’s“Strongheart
Strongheart
William C. de Mille
Robert Edeson
Poli
Academy
David G. Fischer
Myrtle Reed
New England
Jack
the Cosmos
Rose Tiffany and Company
Joe Walt
Burrows Sisters
Nat Cafferty
la Vere
News of the World
Warren Travis and Company
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Shuman
de Witt and Stewart
Jack McCay
Tanga
Gayety
Dreamland Company
Will H. Ward
Eddie Johnston
Jeanette Buckley
Newport
Tohnston
Buckley
Ward
James Francis
Violant
Symphony Four
Camille Falardaux
Billy Massey
Victor Hugo
National
Jean Valjean
Javert
Monte Cristo
Alexander Dumas
Brace
Indiana
Thirteenth Street
Shearn
Police
Maurice Connors
Myrtle Street
Connors
Emily Sewart
Eighth Street
John J. Schmidt
Mulloway
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Alonzo Stevenson
John Hammond
Chicago
District Criminal Court
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Hammond
Senor
Diego Vega
F Street
Center Market Armory
William Thomas
525
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Thomas
John Morris
Fifth Street
Co. W. Hodges
Troilo
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Pennsylvania Avenue
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Lyons
Kenilworth
Santa Fe
California
Grand Canyon
California Limited
Kansas City
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Pullman
Fred Harvey
America
B. Bt
John
Shestaus
White
Insane Hospital
Remus
Grogan
Ement
G. A. Muddiman & GO. Gig
G Street
City Bulletins
Judd & Detweiler, Inc
Frince Albert
Tharp
Berkeley Rye
Arivais
Horning
Und Diamonds Watches
Deneriry
E. Durner
D Stas
Peter Grogan & Sons Co
Seventh St
Byron
Adams
11Th St
Mazda
Ashotomac Electric Power Co
Burchell
N. W
Diamond
Munich
National Capital Brewing Cab
Linc
Owyeapa Per
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