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PATRICK
T. MORAN LIFE TIMELINE |
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YEAR |
DAY |
LOCATION |
COMMENT |
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1864 |
14-Jul |
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Baptized, son of Thomas Moran and Margaret O'Donnell |
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1874 |
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Emigrates to DC |
Comes with parents, sisters Nora and Catherine |
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1882-1891 |
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Grocery Store, DC |
$2/wk grocery clerk for "skinflint" brother-in-law
Patrick Sheehy |
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1887 |
7-Nov |
Wash
Post, 2nd Meeting Clan-na-Gael |
Acts as
secretary to help organize in DC |
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1891 |
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DC |
Founds first division AOH organization in DC, is President |
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1892-1922 |
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3259 M |
Flour & feed grain merchant |
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1895 |
24-Nov |
Wash Post |
Notes PT
district president of United Irish Societies of Washington |
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1898-1902 |
July |
AOH Convention |
Elected national Treasurer of AOH, re-elected in 1900 |
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1899 |
2-Dec |
Wash Post |
On
committee of Anti-Imperialists League |
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1900 |
1-Jan |
Wasp Post |
Elected
chair of United Irish Society's pro-Boer demonstration |
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1900 |
12-Jan |
Wash Post |
Notes PT
VP of Anti-Imperialists league |
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1900 |
3-Feb |
Wash Post |
VP,
American Anti-Trust League, against Republican/capital combine |
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Note:
Anti-Trust League is DC Democratic Party supported organization |
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1900 |
31-Mar |
Wash Post |
VP of
Bryan Democracy, group of DC Democrats for Pres bid |
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1900 |
28-Aug |
Wash Post |
VP, DC
Democratic Assoc, formerly Lakeland Democratic Assoc. |
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1900 |
4-Jul |
Wash Post |
To
Buffalo Pan Am Expo & AOH Board meeting, Pro-Boer protest |
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1901 |
10-Dec |
Wash Post |
Called on
US Pres, protests no district justice from |
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1902 |
24-Jan |
Wash Post |
Installed
as lecturer, Wash. Council 224, K of C |
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1902 |
15-Apr |
Wash Post |
Elected
treasurer, Liberty League |
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1902 |
July |
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Attends as National Treasurer |
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1902 |
19-Aug |
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Elected
Division Pres, AOH, for two years |
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1902 |
8-Dec |
Wash
Post/Chase Theater, DC |
Led
memorial for 77 deceased of Wash. Lodge 15, B. P. O. Elks |
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1903 |
20-Mar |
Wash
Post/Lithicum Hall |
Member G’town Citizens' Assoc, at Commissioner West’s reception |
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1904 |
15-Jan |
DC |
NH of AOH
notes PT is Division President |
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1904 |
July |
AOH
Executive Committee |
Appointed
chair of AOH's Washington Barry Monument Committee |
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1904 |
26-Aug |
Wash Post |
Elected
State Pres., DC AOH |
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1905 |
6-Jan |
Wash Post |
On Elk
committee that bought land to build new hall |
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1905 |
15-Jul |
NY Harbor |
Leaves with Arthur Small and Con Fitzgibbon for |
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1905 |
8-Aug |
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Letter of
trip to AOH c/o NH |
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1905 |
20-Aug |
Cobh, Co.
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Leaves
for US with cousin Con Fitzgibbon after two weeks in |
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1905 |
3-Sep |
DC |
Addresses
Div. 1 meeting with stories of his trip to |
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1906 |
5-Apr |
Wash Post |
Elected
to trustee of Elks |
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1906 |
June |
Congress |
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1906 |
July |
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Elected
one of 5 Nat'l Directors with most votes, re-elected until 1914 |
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1907 |
20-Jan |
Wash Post |
Elected
pres. of |
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1907 |
22-Jan |
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One of four AOH negotiating coop agreement with German society |
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1908 |
2-Apr |
Wash Post |
At new
Elks building opening, was elected trustee of BPOE last week |
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1908 |
8-May |
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Works
with NH editor & CU committee to establish AOH scholarships |
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1908 |
15-Jun |
Wash Post |
Leaves
tomorrow to attend |
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1908 |
July |
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Nat'l Dir, Grosse Isle Mon started, Barry Mon report, German Alliance |
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1908 |
30-Aug |
Wash Post |
Attends
Master Butchers' Assoc. BBQ, 10 cattle roasted whole |
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1909 |
March |
NH |
Sends
letter rejecting 1st Barry Mon proposal -- just want a statue! |
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1909 |
15-Aug |
Telegraph
Hill, |
With
daughter Mary attends monument unveiling to famine victims |
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1909 |
13-Sep |
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Addresses
immense crowd at German Day gathering |
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1909 |
25-Nov |
Wash Post |
Touted
for Taft appt. as G'town Commissioner, CofC supports election |
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1909 |
31-Dec |
Wash Post |
Nat
Anti-Trust League formed to bust food trusts/high food cost, PT in |
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1910 |
July |
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Attends as Nat'l Director, is reelected |
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1910 |
14-Jul |
Wash Post |
Listed as
Director of Lincoln National Bank |
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1910 |
12-Sep |
Riverview park, |
Speaks to 30,000 at German Day gathering (on Monday!) |
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1910 |
24-Nov |
Wash Post |
Protests
law for wagon lamps at night: hardship & fires, PT’s
7 teams |
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1911 |
6-Mar |
Wash Post |
Chairs
United Irish Societies committee to organize Emmett event |
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1911 |
11-May |
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Surprised
with house warming gifts from AOH friends, dau.
Mary sings |
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1912 |
10-Jan |
Wash Post |
Gets most votes and elected 1 of 10 CofC
directors out of 20 running |
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1912 |
20-Jan |
DC |
Sick in
bed 3 weeks, followed by few weeks convalescence |
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1912 |
30-Jan |
Wash Post |
Becomes a
director of Continental Trust Co. |
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1912 |
March |
Senate |
Played prominent role in killing Am. Bryce's |
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1912 |
15-Jun |
Wash Post |
On
commencement stage @CU, |
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1912 |
24-Jun |
WP 6/25,
DNC Pres Convention @Balt. |
Newman
group seated: primary vote riots, cops took ballot boxes!! |
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1912 |
25-Jun |
WP 6/26, DNC Pres Convention @Balt. |
Selected to chair Newman delegation |
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1912 |
27-Jun |
WP 6/28,
DNC Pres Convention @Balt. |
Newman
team for |
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1912 |
July |
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Re-elected National Director with most votes |
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1912 |
7-Oct |
WP 10/7, |
Is AOH
rep to large German celebration of Oct 1683 founding |
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1913 |
4-Jan |
WP 1/4 |
Leaves
Continental Trust Board |
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1913 |
3-Jul |
WP 7/3 |
Pushes
idea for law not to kill cattle <3, cows<6 to reduce meat cost |
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1913 |
July |
DC |
Elected VP of Lincoln National Bank, previously just a Director |
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1913 |
2-Aug |
WP 8/3 |
Letter to
C of C about not killing calves to reduce milk/meat cost |
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1913 |
December |
DC |
Chairs C
of C com. on high cost of living, to propose Congress action |
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1914 |
15-Jan |
WP 1/15 |
Becomes
2nd VP of Chamber of Commerce |
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1914 |
18-Jan |
WP 1/18 |
Listed as
2nd VP of Lincoln National Bank |
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1914 |
29-Jan |
WP 1/29 |
On small
DC Elks com. to negotiate merging with other local Elks |
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1914 |
15-Feb |
WP 2/15 |
Selected chair of Irish Society's |
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1914 |
10-Mar |
WP 3/10 |
On |
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1914 |
14-May |
WP 5/14 |
Meets
with other past Grand Knights of the K. of C. of DC |
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1914 |
16-May |
WP 5/16 |
Barry Mon unveiled, PT played prominent AOH role in establishing
it |
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1914 |
13-Jul |
WP 7/13 |
Against
new bridge to eastward, would hurt local business |
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1914 |
July |
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AOH supports arming Irish volunteers, PT loses Nat’l AOH VP
election |
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1914 |
11-Nov |
WP 11/11 |
Leads C
of C effort with Congress to establish US Merchant Marine |
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1914 |
20-Nov |
WP 11/20 |
Asks DC
Commission to use public projects to boost employment |
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1915 |
January |
WP |
Now only
listed as Director of Lincoln National Bank |
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1915 |
13-Jan |
WP 1/13 |
Unanimously elected Pres Washington Chamber of Commerce |
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1915 |
14-Feb |
WP 2/14 |
Leads
subscribers to Home Relief Work effort (like |
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1915 |
30-Mar |
WP3/30 |
Active on
joint commission to Congress about DC half & half tax plan |
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1915 |
14-Apr |
WP 4/14 |
With Pres
& many other prominent citizens at baseball's Opening Day |
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1915 |
15-Apr |
WP 4/15 |
Donates
to September G.A.R. DC Encampment |
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1915 |
4-Jul |
WP 7/4 |
On DC
July 4th finance com to fund fireworks and various celebrations |
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1915 |
28-Jul |
WP 7/28 |
Supports
founding of DC volunteer lifesaving corps for beaches |
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1915 |
19-Sep |
WP 9/19 |
Active in
organizing national conference on defense |
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1915 |
11-Nov |
WP 11/11 |
Pres. of
company to run |
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1916 |
9-Jan |
WP 1/9 |
Supports
total DC enfranchisement at joint Congressional session |
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1916 |
16-Jan |
WP 1/16 |
Unanimously re-elected Pres of Chamber of Commerce |
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1916 |
25-Jan |
WP 1/25 |
As pres cofc strongly supports pensions for DC police and firemen |
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1916 |
15-Mar |
WP 3/15 |
Urges
popular vote on prohibition, he does not favor it |
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1916 |
26-Mar |
WP 3/26 |
Supports
and speaks for Clara Barton Memorial |
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1916 |
4-Apr |
WP 4/4 |
Speaks at
opening of duckpin tourney his company organized |
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1916 |
21-Apr |
WP 4/21 |
As pres
of cofc again at baseball opening day with VP, not
US Pres |
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1916 |
15-May |
WP 5/15 |
On stage
as O'Leary of NY Am. Truth Society stirs Irish to fight |
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1916 |
27-May |
WP 5/27 |
Lays 16
wreaths @ |
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1916 |
7-Jun |
WP 6/7 |
Active in
forming Friends of Irish Freedom branch in DC |
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1916 |
6-Jul |
WP 7/6 |
For cofc gives $1k to Nat'l Guard family relief effort |
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1916 |
20-Sep |
WP 9/20 |
Steps aside after 30 yrs as AOH national, state or division AOH
officer |
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1916 |
29-Sep |
WP 9/29 |
Cofc pres sets com to investigate high cost of
living/"keep wheat home" |
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1916 |
8-Oct |
WP10/8 |
As cofc rep, presents case to Sec War for locating armor
plant in DC |
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1916 |
13-Nov |
WP 11/13 |
Quoted
"consumer is just bearing his part of dealers' burden" on prices |
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1916 |
19-Nov |
WP 11/19 |
Candidate
for chair of inaugural celebration, ends up on finance com |
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1916 |
7-Dec |
WP 12/7 |
Presides
at minstrel show raising Irish relief funds |
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1917 |
10-Jan |
WP 1/10 |
Finishes cofc presidency term, is presented silver chest |
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1917 |
19-Jan |
WP 1/19 |
Named
chair of C of C's public school committee |
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1917 |
28-Mar |
WP 3/28 |
VP of
Military Service Organization, to provide jobs for returning GIs |
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1917 |
30-Mar |
WP 3/30 |
Officer
of local Red Cross, raising ambulance funds |
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1917 |
30-Apr |
WP 4/30 |
Pres
Washington Tournament Company, speaks at bowl tourney start |
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1917 |
9-Aug |
WP 8/9 |
On cofc com to build own building |
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1917 |
27-Nov |
WP 11/27 |
Continues
very active in DC vote enfranchisement effort |
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1918 |
19-Jan |
WP 1/19 |
On cofc com to consider nixing morning milk delivery as war
savings |
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1918 |
15-Jun |
WP 6/15 |
On cofc com to energize community to help win the war |
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1918 |
24-Jun |
WP 6/24 |
On
traffic and street car com to enable "angelus" war victory prayer |
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1918 |
26-Jun |
WP 6/26 |
Vice
chair cofc com for Little Falls solution to DC
water crisis |
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1918 |
17-Jul |
WP 7/17 |
A select
member of $1000 war stamp/bond club |
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1918 |
20-Oct |
WP 10/20 |
Cofc head of flu com to provide free medicine to needy DC
citizens |
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1918 |
20-Oct |
WP 10/20 |
Helps
close out Liberty Bond campaign with $2550 |
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1918 |
28-Dec |
WP12/28 |
Prominent
member of cofc com to find jobs for vets |
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1919 |
17-Mar |
WP 3/17 |
Presides
at Liberty Hut/Union Sta. Irish fete for 10000 GIs, MPM sings |
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1919 |
24-Jun |
WP 6/15,
6/24, 6/25 |
Daughter
Mary P. Moran weds Oswald F. Schuette at Sacred
Heart |
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NOTE:
Reception at Moran home @ |
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1919 |
23-Jul |
WP 7/25 |
Son P. T.
Moran, Jr., 17, dies after appendix operation |
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1919 |
25-Dec |
WP 12/25 |
Actively
chairing cofc public schools committee |
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1920 |
17-Feb |
WP 2/17 |
Still
chairing cofc DC public schools committee |
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1920 |
1-Mar |
WP 3/1 |
Listed on
committee still fighting bill for DC 50/50 tax funding change |
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1920 |
6-Apr |
WP 4/6 |
Contributes
$100 to |
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1921 |
23-Mar |
WP 3/23 |
Contributes
to full page ad "HELP IRELAND'S STARVING CHILDREN" |
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1921 |
5-Jun |
WP 6/5 |
OFS @St.
John's Commencement, explains new program; Moran medal |
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1923 |
22-Feb |
Sanitarium, |
Died in hospital of stomach cancer after time in sanitarium after
stroke |
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1923 |
26 Feb |
Funeral
and Burial, Mount Olivet Cem. |
DC
Commissioner, reps from Chamber of Commerce, Board of Trade, |
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Merchants'
Retail Association, AOH, Clan-na-Gael, K of C, Elks
attend |
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1923 |
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WP 2/28 |
Leaves
estate of $500,000 to widow |