German settlers fete 1500 in Bladensburg picnic
About 1,500 Germans gathered at LoeMer's park on Bladensburg road to celebrate the 1683 arrival of Germans in America. The event, hosted by the United German Societies of DC, featured dancing, bowling, target shooting, and songs by Saengerbund and Maenneicher societies with Ancient Order of Hibernians as honored guests. Commissioner Rudolph spoke noting one fifth of the U S population is of German blood and urged bilingual ties while remaining American. Crandal Mackey and other officials attended, with key organizers listed.
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United States
LoeMer's Park
Bladensburg Road
Saengerbund
Maenneicher
Order
Hibernians
United German Societies of
District of Columbia
American Union of German Societies
Germantown
Julius Hoffman
Baltimore
Rudolph
Germany
Crandal Mackey
Commonwealth Attorney
Alexandria County
T. P Moran
J P Hartigan
Ancient
Order of Hibernians
Kurt Voelhner
United German Societies
Gustav Bender
Charles Gerner
Capt
C. T Schwegler
P. F Brunstadt
John Buechlin
John Kraft
W. Ruckhaeschel
Chris Bolstein
Charles Strack
A Hoffman
A. Woegman
L. Schroff
Philip Diites
New Geography Course Aims to Revise World Study for Eighth Grade
Stephen E. Kramer announces a revised geography plan for graded schools. The world will be taught as a whole rather than by continents, with the study starting in eighth grade. Overcrowded rooms persist despite higher attendance, and textbook distribution delays have hindered progress.
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Stephen E. Kramer
Board of Education
Smothers
Garfield
Pastors Protest Fight Pictures At Washington Meeting
Washington pastors joined a clash over publicizing the Jeffries Toby neon fight images with a call to curb a Birdensburg Md park display. A special committee will seek to persuade Maryland’s governor to suppress the pictures and a Sabbath Sunday bas eball issue prompts a push to ban street newspaper sales Sunday afternoons. Reverends Radcliffe and Woodrow spoke on the Edinburgh missionary congress while several others were admitted to church membership.
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Jeffries- Tobneon
Pastors’ Federation of Washington
Birdensburg
Washington
Maryland
Dr Radcliffe
New York Avenue
Recovery of Miss H Winifred De Witt After Bite
Miss H Winifred De Witt manager of Chase's Theater has recovered from a dog bite suffered last Saturday night. A collie bit her on the face as she entered her dressmaker's house. the dog was killed and its brain will be sent to the bureau of animal industry for rabies testing. Last baseball coupon appears September 2 with a deadline of October 3 at 6 pm.
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H Winifred de Witt
Chase’s Theater
Miss de Witt
Bureau of Animal Industry
Lectures Husbands In Police Court On Support
In a police court session Assistant District Attorney Given lectured derelict husbands on spousal support. Grover Walker, a carpenter, faced his wife’s charge of failing to provide funds. Walker claimed work in Maryland hindered communication. The judge ordered Walker to pay all earnings to his wife or risk imprisonment.
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Given
Grover Walker
Walker
Maryland
Aukam
Brothers Reunited Here After Twenty-Two Year Separation
Charles J. Werble traveling with the Sultan of Sulu met his brother Morris Werble in the Arlington Hotel after a 22 year gap. Morris, who sold shoes in South Africa and Piedmont W Va, had long sought him, following clues in letters and travel reports. The brothers embraced and planned to stay together for several days.
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Globe
Arlington Hotel
Charles J. Werble
Bultan
Sulu
Morris Werble
South Africa
Piedmont
W. Va
Morris
Germany
Tropics
Cheles Werble
Charles
America
United States Infantry
Philippines
Philadelphia
J. Werble
Washington
Arlington
Justice Aids Cupid Bride Wins Court Backing
Dan Cupid found a willing champion in Chief Justice Harry M. Clabaugh as James B. Lockhead and Lot tie CG Hutchins wed after a guardian arrangement. The clerk refused the license until a guardian and a formal guardianship were established with the help of attorney Lemuel Fugit and friend Charles C. Taylor. Chief Justice Clabaugh facilitated the final step.
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Dan Cupid
Harry M. Clabaugh
District Supreme Court
James B Lockheld
Lottie CG. Hutchins
Lockhead
Supreme Court
Lemuel Fugitt
Charles C. Taylor
Clabaugh
Blind readers to hear readings and music at Public Library
Miss LBtta J. Giffin of the Library of Congress returned from Europe where she attended blind instructors and librarians congresses. She plans readings and musicales for the blind in Washington with expanded embossed book circulation and expanded use of the Public Library lecture hall seating over 280, with arrangements to take effect in October.
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Lbtta J. Giffin
Library of Congress
Europe
International Congress of Instructors of the Blind
Vienna
International Congress of Librarians
Brussels
Miss Giffin
Tyne
Buckley Loses Bid for Data To Sue Diplomat
Chief Justice Clabaugh denied James Edward Buckley a writ of mandamus to force the Department of State to give access to records to pursue charges against Jacob Sleeper former United States consul general at Bogota Colombia Buckley a Chicago physician now resident in the city alleges that in 1896 1898 he lived in Bogota representing an American syndicate and sought railroad and steamship concessions diverting South American trade Buckley says Sleeper in official capacity violated duties denying protection risking his liberty and business. A prior complaint to President Roosevelt was referred to the State Department which replied that the charge would not commend steel to the department.
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Buckley
Clabaugh
District Supreme Court
James Edward Buckley
Department of State
Jacob Sleeper
United States
Bogota
Colombia
Chicago
Magdalene
Amazon
Europe
Sleeper
Roosevelt
State Department
Secretary of State
Department
Pitman shorthand and touch typing course notice
City bulletins advertise Pitman shorthand and touch typing instruction offered by Arlington Bottling Co and local grocers. Includes contact pointers and mock prices for lessons in Philadelphia area, urging readers to try superior ginger ale and buy from local vendors.
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ABC
Arlington Bottling Co
West
11Th St
Pitman
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