Washington Society Notes and Civil War Era Social Life
A Virginia group plans a state dinner at the Willard Hotel and visits Mount Vernon Arlington and the George Washington Memorial Temple. Mrs. Glass reports on Grover Cleveland and Taft’s praise while Lily Baker recounts Civil War era society and notable figures in Washington including Peggy Eaton and the Eaton affair.
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Virginia
Willard Hotel
Mount Vernon
Arlington
George Washington Memorial Temple
Community Social Calendar Highlights Local Groups
The week lists meetups and activities at George Washington Hotel Braddock Street M E Church and nearby venues. Events include the American Legion smokers luncheons choir practices dancing classes and a girls orchestra broadcast on WRVA Richmond.
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Circle No. 9
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Stafford Pemberton
George Washington Hotel
American Legion Post
Geo. Washington
Braddock Street
M. E
Farmville State Teachers’ College
WRVA
Richmond
D A R Plans Week of Washington Luncheons and Receptions
Daughters of the American Revolution schedule multiple lunches and balls at the Willard Hotel in Washington. A Friday luncheon by the Constitutional Chapter and a reception and ball by the New York State Society honor Mrs Frank Parcells. Saturday will host a final Willard dinner with Virginia chapter events including a portrait presentation of Mrs Marshall MacDonald. The president general’s reception occurs tomorrow evening at Constitution Hall.
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D. A. BR
Daughters of the American Revolution
Washington
Willard Hotel
Russell William Magna
Vermont
New York State
Frank Parcells
New Hampshire
Indiana
Regents Club
Central Pennsylvania
Constitutional Chapter
The
New York State Society
New York
Virginia
Marshall MacDonald
Clarke County
Constitution Hall
Rev McFaden Addresses Fort Loudoun DAR on Washington
Fort Loudoun Chapter DAR hosted a regular April meeting at North Braddock Street with hostesses Mrs. Baker and others. Plans include a Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival float and opening the George Washington office for tourists during the festival. Dr. Frank T. McFaden portrayed Washington focusing on his ideals and sacrifice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. McFaden
Fort Loudoun
George Washington
Daughters of the American Revolution
Louis L. Baker
North Braddock Street
Baker
W. W. Glass
George H. Heist
H. T. Busey
Shenandoah
National Society of the Organization
Pohick Church
Washington
Gadby’s Tavern
Alexandria
Frank 'T’. McFaden
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Entertainment Guests Attend Ladies Afternoon and Weddings
A large guest list included Misses Mary Chapman Elizabeth Wingfield Geneva Harry Alice Taylor Edna Garber Martha Koontz Elizabeth Huff Dorothy Harris Georgia Foreman Lola Stotler Katherine Koontz Charlotte Jenkins Katherine Garber Phyliss Witmeyer Peggy Carbaugh Pauline Garber Alice Funk Margaret Price Reba Rinker Dorothy Jones and Messrs Reid Lunsford Alfred Scott Curtis Bly Frank Bell Taylor Carter Baker Kenneth Strasbridge Willie Brown Jim mie Sumption Wilbur Jenkins Claude Derflinger Lee Garber Frank Harris Marshall Perry Edwin Lillis Arthur Strike Theodore Parker Charles Snapp Turner Anderson Carroll Crisman Everett Dolphin Lawrence Pannett Richard Lineburg Mike Garber Robert Lockhart Wesley Hawkins Robert Grim Lee Baker James Thrift Gordon Lunsford Rodger Luttrell Conrad Ring Robert Pearsall Hershey Lunsford Ward Purcell Roland Bean Maurice Pifer Joe Bayliss John Lamb Richard Bowers Lyle Strasnider Elwood Mason Arthur Dolphin and Fred Jenkins. Mr and Mrs Kenneth F Cather married April 13 in Frederick MD have returned home to Winchester. Mrs Cather formerly Lucille Wingfield. The ceremony was by Rev N G Barnhart. The Hermanns return from Philadelphia and other social notes follow.
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Mary Chapman
Elizabeth Wingfield
Geneva Harry
Alice Taylor
Edna Garber
Martha Koontz
Elizabeth Huff
Dorothy Harris
Georgia Foreman
Lola Stotler
Katherine Koontz
Charlotte Jenkins
Katherine Garber
Phyliss Witmeyer
Peggy Carbaugh
Pauline Garber
Alice Funk
Margaret Price
Reba Rinker
Dorothy Jones
Messrs
Reid Lunsford
Alfred Scott
Curtis Bly
Frank Bell Taylor
Carter Baker
Kenneth Strasbridge
Willie Brown
Jimmie Sumption
Wilbur Jenkins
Claude Derflinger
Lee Garber
Frank Harris
Marshall Perry
Edwin Lillis
Arthur Strike
Theodore Parker
Charles Snapp
Turner Anderson
Carrol Crisman
Everett Dolphin
Lawrence Pannett
Richard Lineburg
Mike Garber
Robert Lockhart
Wesley Hawkins
Robert Grim
Lee Baker
James Thrift
Gordon Lunsford
Rodger Luttrell
Social notes and club and visiting schedule items
Mr. Thomas S Ferguson returns to Washington after a weekend with Mrs. Martha E Tucker on Handley avenue. Mrs. Samuel S Miller recovering from bronchitis at her daughter’s home on North Braddock street is now up. Miss Blanche Smick and Miss Gladys Haldeman return to Washington after weekend visits with relatives. Mrs Archie Kerns and son visit grandmother Mrs Kate Mills on West Clifford. Century Club meets April 20 at 3 30 p m with Miss Sara Chew at Shenandoah Valley Academy campus. Georgia Conrad and Mary Greenway Russell visit Washington for the day with friends. Harry F Byrd and Rose MacDonald of Berryville motor to Lexington to visit Harry Byrd Jr a V M I student.
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Mrs. Hermann
Philadelphia
Edward G. Hermann
North Loudoun Street
C. Marshall Baldwin
Dorothy Oden
Washington, D. C
Winchester
Victor L. Denny
West Cork Street
Earl Parsons
Cork Street
West Leicester Street
Hilda O'Leary
Washington
Betty Freed
Amherst Street
Waynesboro
C.C. Freed
Miss Freed
Virginia Avenue Public School
Thomas S. Ferguson
Martha E. Tucker
Handley Avenue
Samuel S Miller
Garland M. Hansbrough
North Braddock Street
Blanche Smick
Gladys Haldeman
Miss Smick
Frank Gearing
Courtfield Avenue
Miss Haldeman
J. 8. Haldeman
South Washington Street
Archie Kerns and Son
Kate Mills
West Clifford Street
Century Club
Sara Chew
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Harry F. Byrd
Lindbergh Baby Still Missing as Search Extends
Reports from Hopewell New Jersey say Lindbergh baby remains missing after a ransom of 50000 dollars was paid on April 2. Dr John F Condon says he is in contact with the kidnappers and believes the child will be returned soon. Rear Admiral Burrage clarifies the Norfolk trio’s negotiations were with intermediaries rather than direct abductors.
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Gayhead
Martha's Vineyard
Hopewell
N. J
John F. Condon
Jassie
City Island
New York
Dr. Condon
Norfolk
Guy H. Burrage
Go Betweens
Federal Workers Protected By Economy Bill
The House economy committee decided to roll its retrenchment plan into a single omnibus bill for the legislative department appropriation measure. The move follows President Hoover’s proposal and rejects McDuffie’s separate salary cut idea and Hoover’s five day week with unpaid leave. no votes yet on either plan.
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Associated Press
Washington
House Economy Committee
House
Legislative Department
Hoover
Representative McDuffie
Alabama
McDuffie
Advocates of 2 Billion Dollar Soldiers Bonus Conclude Case
Advocates closed their case before the House Ways and Means Committee seeking a 2 billion soldiers bonus. Opponents backed by administration and Democratic leaders will present testimony tomorrow. Supporters argue currency inflation to fund the bonus would spur business activity.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Prosecution Attacks Massie Insanity Plea in Murder Trial
Honolulu April 18 The prosecution questioned Lieut Thomas H Massies courtroom claim of killing Jos eph Kahahawai and attacked his insanity defense. Prosecutor John C Kelley called Massie a shield for one of four defendants in the second degree murder case and suggested Albert O Jones fired Kahahawai. Kelley promised local and mainland alienists to rebut the insanity plea.
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Associated Press
Honolulu
Thomas H. Massie
Joseph Kahahawai
Massie
Clarence Darrow
John C. Kelley
Jones
Kahahawai
Kelley
Albert O. Jones
Fortescue House
Kagag Ae
Propose Closing Atlantic Shore Stations Hearings Planned
Washington April 18 The House naval committee voted to hold hearings on closing Atlantic naval shore stations except for those at New York Philadelphia and Hampton Roads.
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Associated Press
Washington
House Naval Committee
Atlantic Naval
New York
Philadelphia
Hampton Roads
Gas and sleep ad claims Adlerika offers relief
An advertisement touts Adlerika as a remedy for stomach gas and nervousness causing disturbed sleep. It urges sleeping on the left side and cites Baker's Drug Store as the retailer.
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Baker’s Drug Store
Women Petition For Enforcement Of Prohibition
The women’s national committee for law enforcement urged strict prohibition and ample funding in resolutions presented to Congress. Led by Mrs. Harry W. Peabody, hundreds of supporters delivered the plea, condemning efforts to repeal or weaken the Volstead Act.
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Washington
Women's National Committee For Law Enforcement
Congress
Prohibition
Harry W. Peabody
Massachusetts
Florida
Opposition to Western Maryland Railway sale to Baltimore and Ohio
John Philip Hill, counsel for several Baltimore business groups, files with the Interstate Commerce Commission opposing the Western Maryland Railway acquisition by the Baltimore and Ohio. He proposes assigning Western Maryland to New York Central and transferring NY Ontario and Western and Delaware, Lackawanna and Western to the B&O, expanding B&O by 700 miles.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Western Maryland Railway
Baltimore and Ohio
Interstate Commerce Commission
John Philip Hill
Hill
Railway Systems Committee of
Old Town Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Association
East Baltimore Business Men's Association
East End Improvement Association
Maryland
New York Central
New York, Ontario & Western
Delaware, Lackawana and Western
Back Creek Sunday School Meeting Date Corrected
The Back Creek District Sunday School Association will meet in the Union Bank directors' room on Saturday April 23 not April 2 as previously stated by The Star last Friday.
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Back Creek District Sunday School Association
Union Bank
Star
Man finds valise of jewels worth 25000 on parkway
Charles Kane, while job hunting along a parkway near Hartsdale New York, stumbles upon a valise containing jewels valued at twenty five thousand dollars.
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Hartsdale
N. Y
Charles Kane
Society Girl in Blue and the Maxims Silencer Story
A society piece links a blue clad woman to a bathtub whirlpool that inspired the invention of the famous Maxim silencer for firearms. The anecdote frames a fashionable tale around a pivotal gun accessory.
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Society Girl In Blue
New Students Listed at Long Island University
The Long Island University enrollment includes students such as Bottle Licker Glass Biss Vanilla Pepper and Vinegar among the new arrivals.
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Long Island University
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. Allen
Miss Baker
Century Meeting
Robert M. Glass
Lewis Allen
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
Caldwell
New Jersey
Clevelands
Buffalo
United States
Taft
Washington Society
Lily Baker
Claude Bowers
Lincoln
Pennsylvania Avenue
Ward of Ward
Henderson
Willard
Lady Thornton
Madame de Noailles
Hamilton Fish
Sprague
Kate Chase
Grant
Jackson
Peggy Eaton
Eaton
Spain
Peggy
Europe
Robert Y. Conrad Post
American Legion
Rouss Hall
Charles Shewbridge
Jordan White Sulphur Springs Hotel
Lions’ Club
Ladies of the Canctuary Society of
Sacred Heart
Wanis Club
United Brethren Church
Grace Lutheran Church
Rotary Club
Kenneth Cather
Bride
Kenneth F. Cather
Frederick
Cather
Lucille F. Wingfield
E. E. Wingfield
E. W. Cather
N. G. Barnhart
Methodist Episcopal Church
Girls’ Athletic Association
West Piccadilly Street
Literary Club
Ladies’ Aid Society
Ladies’ Aid Society of the
Fred Robinson
Loudoun Street
Mrs. Baldwin
Mrs. Denny
Harry Stouffer
Richard S. Jolliffe
Round Hill
Leader Store
Richard Carpenter
Stuart H. Edmonds
Hagerstown
Sidney Edmonds
St. James School For Boys
Ada S. Hatcher
Marjorie Hatcher
Richard Hatcher
Lee Street
N. K. Chandler
E. Clay Krebs
Frank H. Krebs
Georgia Conrad
Mary Greenway Russell
Lindberghs
Son
Albert Jones
Navy
Goodyear Speedway
Buncutter
W. M
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Nature
Joe
Lovett Brothers
N. Main St
Beatrice Hudson
New York Social
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Sweitzer
Pure Food Store
Braddock and
Boscawen Streets
People's Bargain Store
North Main Street
Winchester, Va
Margaret L. Hodgson
R. M Swimley
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