Washington District of Columbia
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Saturday May 5, 1923		Died. Bishop Alfred Harding, 71, of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Washington, D. C., after several weeks' illness
June 4, 1923		Died. Elliott Woods, 58, Washington architect, inventor, scientist, at Spring Lake, N. J. He helped design the Senate and House of Representatives Office Buildings.
Monday, October 20, 1924		Died. Frank B. Brandegee, 60, senior U. S. Senator from Connecticut, in his Washington home; suicide by gas. Called by political writers ’stern and rockbound Brandegee,” he was one of President Wilson's bitterest opponents in the League of Nations struggle of 1919-'20.
Monday, November 17, 1924		Mrs. Gerry, prominent hostess in Washington, D. C., last January bought a string of dark pearls from Felix Yusupov, Russian princeling, allegedly valued at $400,000
Monday, March 2, 1925		Engaged. U. S. Senator Thomas, Sterling, 74, of South Dakota, to Mrs. Mayme E. McCaslin of Washington, D. C. Twice married, he has been twice a widower
Monday, March 23, 1925		Married. John Borden, 41, Chicago capitalist and Arctic explorer, to Mrs. Courtney Letts Stillwell, 28; in Washington, D. C. They both obtained divorces within the past year.
April 6, 1925		Died. Mrs. Annie M. Battelle, 62, Republican National Committee woman from Ohio; in Washington, D. C., of a heart attack.
April 6, 1925		Died. T. F. Evers, 72, onetime baseman of the old Washington Club of the Union Association, uncle of Johnny Evers, onetime second baseman of the Chicago Cubs; in Washington, D.C.
Monday, July 27, 1925		Died. Mrs. Elsie H. White, wife of U. S. Treasurer Frank White; in Washington, D. C, of cerebral hemorrhage.

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