Water Famine Threat Over Meter Plan Rejected
Superintendent McFarland warns Washington residents of looming water famine after Congress refused to fund universal meters. He cites last winter’s near miss and argues meters cut daily waste, noting 150 million gallons used daily vs 60 million needed. Only 300 meters installed so far show success. call for conduit survey and broader meter rollout to avert crisis.
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Congréss
McFarland
Wader Department
Congress
Thirteenth
Fourteenth
Streete
Florida Avenue
V Street
Great Falls
MacFarland
Water Department
Saks clothing stands as a refined ideal in fine wear
We have developed an ideal for fine clothing and claim Saks offers suits of as much style and workmanlike quality at $15 as at $40. Fabric drives cost, but the merit and value of Saks clothing equal or exceed. If all men understood this, they would not seek better.
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Saks
Washington
Police Trial Board Findings on On Duty Saloon Visit
Maj. Sylvester told Commissioners the police trial board found Private J H Fletcher guilty of violating police regulations by entering a saloon on his beat while on duty and staying forty minutes and recommended a $20 fine. Brown and Bryan were found not guilty or had charges dismissed.
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Maj. Sylvester
J.H. Fletcher
Manuel
Bylgaster
J.J. Brown
C.' Bryan
Brown
Sylvester
Deaths Rise in District as Respiratory Diseases Prevail
The district reports 137 deaths in the past week, up 87 from the prior week, with respiratory diseases causing 406 deaths led by consumption. The black population records 63 deaths. Contagious diseases show little change except for a rise in whooping cough. Births total 100, down sharply from the previous week, with 6 white and 3 colored infants.
Scholar's Habits A Manly Young Man Reforms After Coffee
A young man recounts coffee’s ruinous effects on his nerves sleep and study while at a preparatory school. He credits switching to Postum Food Coffee and Grape-Nuts with restoring sleep, clarity, energy, and weight gain. The testimonial promotes Postum from Battle Creek Michigan and references The Road to Wellville.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Snow's Court to Be Converted to Minor Street
A city committee appointed by the commissioners recommended converting Snow's Court, a notorious Northwest alley known as square 28 between 24th and 25th and 1 and K streets, into a minor street. The 264 residents in 55 houses require constant police supervision amid frequent fights between Black residents and officers.
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Snow
Maj
Sylvester
George
S. Wilson
Richards
Market space at Georgetown market uncertain use
Georgetown market on M street near Thirty fourth street remains underutilized with about half capacity. Commissioners consider whether the District can dispose of part of the building for non market purposes, after sealer Haskell urges an official report on land title and district authority. The land was donated by Dr Beatty in 1806.
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Georgetown
W. G. Haskell
Sealer
Corporation Counsel
M Street
Thirty-ftth Street
Beatty
Pleads for a Sidewalk on Eleventh Street Northwest
Commissioners yesterday received a petition from Louis Steerman and neighbors on the west side of Eleventh Street Northwest between Irving and Kenyon, asking for a sidewalk. Engineer C B Hunt reported the petition lacks required majority owner names among abutting property owners.
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Louis Steerman
Eleventh Street
Irving and
Kenyon Streets
C. B.hunt
Grant Trial Begins in First Degree Murder Case
Charles E. Grant, described in old press as a negro, stood trial in Criminal Court No 1 for murder in the first degree in the death of Tara Rares last January. The panel was exhausted, and Justice Gould ordered 25 more jurors to report. the case was continued. Grant allegedly stabbed the Barnes woman on December 16 in an alley near Ninth and Tenth streets NW, causing a wound linked to her death on January 20. Assistant District Attorney Charles H. Turner prosecuted. defense attorneys James A o Shea and Henry L. Quinn represented Grant. Also noted: the tenth annual greeting of the Photographers' Association of Pennsylvania, Delaware, and West Virginia will be May 1–3 at Carroll Institute. exhibit at Capital Camera Club's Corcoran Art Gallery. remarks by District Commissioner Macfarland. Plus an ice cream advertisement for C & S Ice Cream.
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Charles E. Grant
Criminal Court No 1
Tara
Gould
Grant
Ninth
Tenth
Charles H. Turner
James A O’shea
Henry L. Quinn
The
Photographers' Association
Pennsylvania
Delaware
West Virginia
Carroll Institute
Capital Camera Club
Corcoran Art Gallery
Macfarland
Rules to Fight Tuberculosis for District Offices
Commissioners approved rules to prevent TB spread in district offices and buildings. The plan mirrors federal guidelines, requires separation of active TB cases at work, private sputum disposal, and personal drinking glasses. Employees must provide own soap towels and sputum receivers. a building permit for 3406 Seventeenth Street Northwest is noted, with contractor John McDonald and estimated cost 1200.
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West
Ashford
Irving Newcomb
Seventeenth Street
John McDonald
City Bulletins and Local Notices Mix of Fragments
Fragmented reader after notes on possession of wealth, bravery praised by Lieut Boyle, plus items on Strawberries Fresh fruit and crackers. Mentions Wardrobe and attorneys, a Kermess for St Andrews Episcopal Church with Miss Thompson, Parish Hall, eight o’clock program, and other scattered community notices.
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Boyle
Potlee Vester
Cpatrioie
Flower
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