These are miscellaneous articles from The Washington Post, Oct. 24, 1918:
NEWS OF ALEXANDRIA:
Mrs. A. D. JAMIESON
Mrs. (Drat! This whole first line is obliterated.), 27, wife of Andrew Douglas JAMIESON, formerly of Lawrenceville, N. J., and Kirklyn, Pa., died of pneumonia on Tuesday night at her home, 311 South St. Asaph street. She was the only daughter of the late William SHARPE and Margaret Stahr WINTERSTEEN, of Bethlehem, Pa. Funeral services will be conducted at the residence at 11:30 o’clock this morning, and the body will be sent to Bethlehem for burial.
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FARMER DIES FROM APOPLEXY
George Y. DODD, 74, for many years a farmer in Fairfax county, died of apoplexy Tuesday night at his home, 15 Walnut street, North Rosemont. In addition to his wife, he is survived by three sons, James E. DODD, of Rosemont; Abner L. DODD, of Emporia, Va.; and Dr. T. Franklin DODD, now with the American expeditionary force.
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TICER ELECTED TO COUNCIL
Before common council adjourned Tuesday night, after several unsuccessful ballots had been taken, E. F. TICER was elected a member for the First ward to fill a vacancy caused by the refusal of George E. WARFIELD to qualify.
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PNEUMONIA KILLS CHAUFFER
Samuel Lee DORRER, 30, a native of Green county, Va., recently employed in this city as a chauffer, died of pneumonia on Tuesday night at the temporary hospital in the Westminster building. His wife and three children are living.
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ALEXANDRIA RESIDENTS WED
Miss Jeanette M. FUCHS and Paul O. HERFURTH, both of this city, were married on Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock at the home of the bride, 1400 Prince street, by the Rev. Mr. GOETTE, pastor of Immanuel Lutheran church.
EDWARD J. LAYCOCK DEAD
Edward J. LAYCOCK, 16, recently employed as a clerk at the Potomac freight yards, died of pneumonia yesterday morning at the home of his father, Capt. George LAYCOCK, 416 South Lee street.
(These are from the Society section. This paper is rapidly disintegrating, especially, of course, around the folds.)
The marriage of Miss Harriet Elizabeth TAGGART of this city to Mr. William Curtis HILL took place on Wednesday, Oct. 18, in Christ Church, Media, Pa. It was a very simple ceremony in the presence of only families. (This article is torn for a bit and then continues.) Mr. HILL is engaged in war work. Mrs. HILL is a daughter of the late Mr. William TAGGART of Woodbury, N.J. and her brother is Capt. Giles Russell TAGGART, American consul at Fort William, Canada.
The marriage of Miss Mary Elizabeth BROWNE, daughter of the late Mr. Aldis B. BROWNE, to Lieut. Walter Mayher MOYDEN, U. S. A. will take place at noon Saturday, but the ceremony will be performed in the home of the bride’s brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Evans BROWNE, in Edgemoor, instead of in St. Margaret’s Church as had been the original intention. Only the relatives and most intimate friends will be present. The Rev. Herbert Scott SMITH will officiate and a small reception will follow. Mrs. Alexander Britton BROWNE, sister-in-law of the bride, will be the matron of honor and her other attendants will be Mrs. Sherbourne PRESCOTT of New York; Miss Avis HUGHES and Miss Maxwell Church, of this city, and Miss Adelade JONES, of Pittsburgh. Lieut. Wells BLANCHARD, U. S. A., will be the best man and the ushers will be Lieut. Lynde SELDON, U. S. A., Mr. Shelburne PRESCOTT, of New York, Lieut. ?shing HAMLEN, U. S. A., and Mr. William PRESCOTT, of Boston. Lieut. MOYDEN and his bride will be at home ? the Dresden after November 15.
Commander DONS, naval attaché of the Norwegian legation, and Mme. DONS have returned to Washington from Newport, where they spent the summer, and have taken the house ?9 Q street, for the winter.
Maj. And Mrs. Paul C. RABORG are receiving the condolences of their friends on the death of their infant son Tuesday.
Mme. Avril de SAINTE CROIX, a distinguished France visitor to this country, will arrive at the Shoreham ?ay. Mme. SAINTE CROIX is visiting Washington as the guest of the war ? council of the national board. ? W. C. A.
ALLIED SURGEONS DEPART
Leave Washington for Medical Officers’ Training Camp
Sir Thomas MYLES, Col. George E. GASK and Col. George Gray TURNER of England; Maj. Pierre DUVAL and Maj. Henri BECLERE, of France, and Professor Raffaele BASTINELLI, of Italy, allied surgeons here as guest of the Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons, left Washington last night and will be guests Friday and Saturday of Col. W. N. BIGHAM and Lieut. Col. Edward MARTIN at Camp Greenleaf, the medical officers’ training camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.
Dr. Franklin MARTIN, secretary-general of the congress, and Dr. John G. BOWMAN, director of the American College of Surgeons, accompanied them. Next Tuesday, the allied surgeons will go to Minneapolis, and on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday will visit the clinic of the Mayo brothers at Rochester, Minn.
Gen. and Mrs. William GRAVES announce the engagement of their daughter, Dorothy Eleanor to Maj. William R. ORTON, U.S.A. The wedding will take place in this city next month. Maj. ORTON is now stationed in the War Department.
Mrs. James De Forest SAFFORD, of Washington and Manchester-by-the-Sea, is soon to announce the engagement of her daughter, Gladys Mary to Mr. Durward GRINSTEAD, son of Mr. and Mrs. James F. GRINSTEAD, of Louisville, Ky. Miss SAFFORD is a Red Cross ambulance driver in Washington. She is a member of the Junior League, the Riding and Hunt and ? Chevy Chase Clubs of Washington and the Essex Country Club of Manchester. Mr. GRINSTEAD is a lawyer and an author. He volunteered his services last winter to the government and acted as assistant legal advisor of the council of National defense in Washington. He is now in the judge advocate general’s, stationed at Camp Eustis, Va.
Mrs. Frederick SCHLEY and Mrs. A. Ashton, both of Washington and sisters-in-law of the late Admiral SCHLEY, are spending the winter at Atlantic City.
Mr. and Mrs. William EASBY-SMITH, of this city, announce the marriage of their daughter, Margaret Mary, to Mr. Roman Anthony KUHAGEN, of Chicago, in St. Vincent’s Catholic Church, Newport News, Va.
Lieut. Bert F. CLARK, U.S.N., and Mrs. Clark who were in the city last week, have gone to New York and are at the Waldorf-Astoria. Mrs. Clark will return to Washington some time next month to remain with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. A. EVARTS, during the absence of her husband in foreign waters.
HORSEMAN CAPPS KILLED
Baltimore, Oct. 23—W. C. Capps of Phillippy, Tenn., who had been staying at the Hotel Caswell, is dead at Mercy Hospital from a fractured skull, received yesterday afternoon in a fight with John P. LIST, 1219 West Mulberry street, in front of 103 North Liberty street. He died without regaining consciousness.
Mr. Capps was well known to horsemen of this section and for ten years had figured prominently in local racing affairs.