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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1918
Page
8
Washington May 30 The president is praised for concise speech and sharp wit as he describes a disliked man as a hedgehog. An associate recounts the exchange with a second senator in which a Welsh rabbit brains joke is used, though the president’s exact reply is not recorded.
Senator Johnson of California abandoned wrestling with Washington’s landlords and rented the Calvert house in Riverdale. Built in the 1780s by Cecil Calvert, kin of Lord Baltimore, the home was long known as the Lord Baltimore club and a refreshment stop for tourists. It preserves some of the original owner’s books and furniture.
In Raleigh dated May 30, Mas Jo siah Evans Cowles president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs in the United States read a cable from General Pershing in France. He thanked the federation for its confidence and said women are ready to make sacrifices in the world's battle for liberty.
In New York City on May 30 a grand consecration of the Church of the Holy Name of Jesus at 96th Street and Amsterdam Avenue took place. Cardinal Farley led the rites in a ceremony attended by clergy and laity with a robed procession and a choir. Bishop Patrick J. Hayes consecrated the church and Bishop William D. Russell of Charleston performed pontifical rites.
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