PENSION OFFICE WORKERS FIGHT OVER VENTILATION ISSUES
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On January 9, 1925, The Washington Times reports that it was learned today that Tuesday afternoon last a sixty year old pension office clerk injured a fellow clerk, a twenty-five year old "winsome young widow" with a window pole.
It seems the normally "mild-tempered" Miss Abbie Parrott took issue with Mrs. Mary E. "Billy" Willliams' habit of "insisting on copious ventilation" in their "generally overheated" office located in Room 122 of the city's Pension Office Building, 5th & F Streets NW.
Although Miss Parrott said the fight "wasn't very much," Mrs. Williams was taken to a nearby hospital where she took three stitches in her hand. Miss Parrott refused to give any details saying it was all over.
Pension office officials also were mum on the affair.
*Pension Office Building (1882) is now the National Building Museum, 401 F. Street NW.
JFK+50 NOTE
Today, January 9, 2025, is a national day of mourning for former President Jimmy Carter (1924-2024) whose funeral service is being held at the National Cathedral as this blog is going to post. Presidents Biden, Trump, Obama, Clinton, & G.W. Bush are in attendance.
SOURCE
"Two Women Clerks In Fight," The Washington Times, January 9, 1925, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
