Some abstracts thought they might help someone. I have no further information on any of those mentioned. Nancy These are miscellaneous articles from The Washington Post, Oct. 24, 1918: NEWS OF ALEXANDRIA: 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. http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~oldnewspapers/3wash_post_misc_10_24_18.htm These are births, marriages and deaths from The Washington Post, Tuesday, October 1, 1918: LICENSED TO MARRY E. E. HILL, 21, and Thelma TRIMBLE, 18. The Rev. Paul A. MENZEL. http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~oldnewspapers/wash_post_vitals_10_1_18.htm These are miscellaneous articles from The Washington Post, Tuesday, October 1, 1918: Alvin J. COOPER, 21, and Jane Elizabeth HILL, 22, The Rev. George J. CONLAN DEATHS REPORTED HILL, Annie A., 29 yrs., 708 Mass av., ne. (The next two are messed up from the deterioration of the paper.) HILL—On Saturday, October 5, 1918, at the (?) Annie A., beloved wife of John B. HILL, aged twenty-years. Funeral from her late residence, 714 Rhode Island avenue northwest, on Tuesday, October 8, at 11 a.m. Relatives and friends invited to attend. HEIRS OF MISS PEACOCK Sister Inherit Writer’s Estate Under Will Filed Yesterday Miss Virginia Trainall PEACOCK, the well-known writer, whose will, dated January 28, 1918, was filed yesterday, makes her two sisters—Sarah Brooks PEACOCK and Victoria Yarwood PEACOCK—sole legatees of her estate, with the exception of $500 and her mother’s diamond engagement ring, bequeathed to Mrs. Harriet PEACOCK Hill, another sister. Miss PEACOCK died in Washington last August. Included in the estate is a share in the ownership of a summer home at Boothbay Harbor, Maine. Should only one of the two principal legatees survive the decedent, then the one left living is to get the other’s portion. The two sisters are named executrices of the estate without bond. ************************************************************************************************** Hagerstown, Md., Oct. 14 Daniel B. HILL and Susan A. HILL, his wife, made application yesterday for permission to adopt Helen Marie CLARK, aged 3 years, whom they took from St. Ann’s Hospital in St. Louis, Mo., when she was a year old. The HILLS were former residents of that city. http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~oldnewspapers/2wash_post_vitals_10_8_18.htm __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com