President home for Congress vote on Rock Creek Park plan
Senator Carter may offer an amendment to extend Rock Creek Park to include the Henderson residence at Sixteenth Street known as The Castle and used as the president’s home. District Commissioners deem $600,000 price excessive compared with the $230,000 tax assessment but say purchase is prudent to avoid higher future costs.
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Rock Creek Park
Henderson
Sixteenth Street
Capitol
Montana
Foraker
Miss Strahan Improves After Drinking Carbolic Acid
Miss Viola Strahan remains weak but shows signs of improvement after drinking carbolic acid last Friday. Doctors at Casualty Hospital credit prompt antidote treatment by Dr Tyree and note no clear cause for the act. Parents of the stricken young woman report no despondency and cite possible love affair as the trigger while friends point to a recent cessation of admirers' visits.
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Viola Strahan
Beng
Miss Strahan
Thomas TH. Strahan
Benning
Columbia Street Railway
J . Tyred
Tyree
Fifteenth and
Ti Streets
Minstrahan
Better Road Aid Anticipated Through Post Office Action
The Post Office Department issued a rule allowing rural routes to be carried on horseback due to impassable winter conditions. This move aims to spur cooperation with states to improve roads. Illinois highway commission sought joint action, with department ready to cooperate though specifics remain unclear.
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Nment
Post-Office Department
Illinois State Highway Commssion
Fire Chief Commended for Department Efficiency
Secretary Wilson and Col Bromwell praise the fire department for efficiency. Chief Felt received two letters yesterday thanking the force, with Col Bromwell on behalf of the President acknowledging White House fire service this social season. Secretary Wilson also commended the department for a fire at a department building.
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Wilson
Col. Bromwell
Felt
Ree
Charles Bromwell
White House
Agriculture Wilson
Negress Charged with Murder in Anacostia River case
The criminal court to try Littie Hawkins for the drowning death of a female infant in the Anacostia River on December 23 opens tomorrow before Justice Gould and a jury. The trial likely lasts two days, with a piano tuning ad and several local business notices interspersed in the public bulletin.
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Littie Hawkins
Anacostia River
Sues for maintenance in District Supreme Court
Mrs Christina May Depoilly sues Henry Joseph Depoilly for maintenance alleging desertion and nonsupport since April 1904. She says he runs feather curling and dyeing shops at 1212 G Street NW and another similar business, earning about 50 dollars weekly. She notes he is sole legatee under his mother Louise Depoilly Pollet’s recent death, leaving substantial property.
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Christina May Depoilly
District Supreme Court
Henry Joseph Depoilly
Barnard and Johnson
Baltimore
Depoilly
Louise Depoilly Pollet
Police dredge sewer for ring as 13 year old held
Police yesterday dredged a sewer at Fourth and Spruce streets to recover a ring said to be thrown in by Lucinda James a thirteen year old girl held at the House of Detention. She is accused of stealing a diamond mug from her foster mother's home on 33 T Street Northwest. The girl later admitted not throwing it in the sewer and the search continues. The article also mentions a school talk by Dr George H Richardson and a police benefit shooting on April 10 for Mrs Moore.
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Spruce Streets
Lucinda James
Harriot
T Street
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