Washington Gas Light case argues gas rates fair and constitutional
A parliamentary speaker defends Washington Gas Light, arguing gas is a public utility whose value lies in its property and plant. He cites Supreme Court precedent, rejects claims of excessive profits, compares gas to water, and stresses due process and equal protection in rate regulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Paul
Gibbon
Wilien
Williain
Supreme Court of the Omitea
Cheago
Milwaukee
Minnesota
US Supreme Court
United States
Uberty
Supreme Court
EU Preme Court
Court
Supreme Court of the
Law of the Land
Obyioether
Caesar
Tate
Congress
Sherd
Debate Over Adjournment Delays Closure of Argument
The record shows Mr Goldsborough has spoken for an hour and a half and Mr Hazleton’s closing is delayed. The committee adjourned until next Monday night so Goldsborough can finish his argument, with Hazleton due to conclude thereafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reasn
Jonaiv
Rotherel
Coldsborough
I Hazteton
Goldsbrough
Goldsborowi
Hazleton
Whistle In Windpipe: Boy 11 Rescued In New York Hospital
Sampson Sheffer, son of merchant Joseph Sheffer of Battle Wind, played with a round whistle about an inch in diameter. It lodged in his windpipe causing a muffled whistle for over an hour until a doctor arranged x rays in New York. The whistle was removed at the hospital and the boy began to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York
Sampson Sheffer
Joseph Sheffer
Battlewind
Woman Seen With H Wellington Smith Relative Ties
In Tee Mass on April 23 a sudden death in New York shocks Lee citizens. H Wellington Smith, prominent leader and prohibition advocate, dies after an apparent concealment attempt. His widow mourns as the family names a relative of a local business acquaintance as the woman with him. Funeral set for Saturday afternoon and stores in town close for the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Smith
Tee
Mass
New York
H Wellington Smith
Mr Smith
Augustus Tt Smith
Lee
Wife Slain as Husband Is Arrested in Tragic Plaze
Mas Emily Mills, 28, keeper of a restaurant in Puttsburg, was found unconscious in a rear room with a neck wound and died en route to the hospital. Sidney Mills, her husband, was found nearby and arrested. Waitresses said the couple argued violently for days. Mills claimed his wife killed herself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puttsburg
Mas Emily Mills
Sidney Mills
Mills
Real Estate Notes Show Big Remodel in Northwest District
Real estate notes report more than 75000 to be spent remodeling the northwest corner of Elevanth and G streets for a modern office building to be ready by summer. Aston building owned by Calhoun group will have major renovations under supervisor Calhoun with plans for added floors. Other notices include Bryant Street house sale to Mrs Pauline Stimson for 4250 and Warren Brentzer planning a new residence on Columbia Road, while Dolph hotel property on Fourteenth and Pennsylvania is being refined for transfer to Edwin B Flaker with no immediate improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flemina
Humbegs
Justince
Washington Gashert Company Ag
Elevanth
Aston
C C, Calhoun
Mf Calhoun
District Building Department
Bryant Street
First
Second Streets
Shannon & Lucha
Pauline GC Stimson
Stimson
Warren F Brentzer
Real Estate Corporation of
Boss & Phelna
Columbia Road
Eighteenth Street
Brentzer
F W McReynolds
Wagstatt & White Real Estate
Fourteenth Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Edwin B Flalker
Stiggs National Banx
Fijather
New York
Wild Dayrell
Littlecote Jause
Wiich
Littlecote House
Hungerford
Lon
Ceia
Washingtons Cupid Club Aims to Match Couples at Courthouse
In a fanciful piece from a Washington paper, Russell P Belew, marriage license clerk, headlines a plan for a “Strangers Club” to pair unattached citizens. He envisions a headquarters to vet and unite would be brides and grooms, boosting license business amid social conventions and city life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell P Bee
Echo
Washington
Cupid
Sushah
Russell P Belew
Supreme Court
Mecca
John Ro Young
District Supreme Court
Bill Jones
Winnie
Racing mare kills man in Hartford street run
Grace Larraby reports a running mare owned by William HO Goener of the Grand Circuit caused a fatal accident in Hartford. Sheldon Simpson, 8, a night watchman, died later at St Trancia Hospital from concussion after being struck during the mare's runaway through the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheldon Simpson
Hartford Street
Grace Larraby
Washington Post
Hartford
Conn
William HO Goener
St Trancia’ Hospital
Mr Simpson
International Law meeting discusses naturalization and law
The assembly features Prof Peull b Remnec on codification of international law and President Taft to greet delegates. Nagel’s address is postponed. Reading authorities attend, with afternoon sessions led by Prof G W Scott and Bawin M Herchardt then by T C Dawson and Prof Raleigh C Miner in the Willard. The annual banquet follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Aunrnes
Turkey
Root
Peul B Remnec
University of Wisconsin
Nagel
Department of Commerce and Labor
Taft
Red
New Willard
G W Scott
Bawin M Herchardt
CO Dawson
Raleigh C Miner
Port Rican Coffee Free Mail Plan Draws Cabinet Interest
Administration officials urge Congress to allow six months of free mailing of Puerto Rican coffee to educate Americans about the island product and aid its growers. Gen Edwards plans to seek an amendment in post office funds to mail small quantities without postage, hoping to boost demand and revive the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Postoffice Department
United States
We Island
Porto Rico
Uncle Sam
New York
Post Office Department
Considerason
Clarence Edwards
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Penrose
Senate Committee On
Amali
Edwardis
White House
Washington
Taft
Hitchcock
Widow Bella Rodgers Ends Life Beside Husband
Pittsburg reports a tragic double sorrow as Bella Rodgers, wife of a recently married couple, knelt by her husband’s coffin and fatally shot herself. The pair, sweethearts since childhood, vowed to live and die together, and her death occurred moments after Rodgers’s body was placed in a coffin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Bella Rodgers
East End
Queerly Bred and Trained at Littlecote House Tale
A long account of Littlecote House near Hungerford, its antiquity and eerie tale of Dayrell the Derby winner. The narrative includes the midwife story of a forced abduction and a murder accusation against Dayrell, his escape, and the house history with royal visits and later leases.
$100,000 Gift to Harvard for Germanic Museum
Adolphus Busch announced a $100,000 donation for Harvard's Germanic Museum at a banquet here, raising his total gifts to $260,000. The gift was conditioned that $200,000 be spent on construction. Speakers included Pro King Franche, Ambassador Bernstorff, and Prof Hugo Munsterburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolphus Busch
New Germanic Museum
Fiest
Boster Ventede
United States
Germany
Busch S Wift i
Piot Franche
Speaka ‘Ers
Bernstorff
Navy
John D Long
Hugo Munsterburg
New American Institute Berlin
A . Coolidge
Hara Yard
Miss Sallie Woods Weds Son of Col Rucker in Washington
Miss Sallie Woods daughter of Capt Micajah Woods former president at the TVuglma Bar Avocation and Mrs Willam Jam James, Rucker of St James Man son of the late Col William Alexander Rucker USA, was married here Wednesday. The Rev Frank Page of Brooks, N Y, uncle of the groom, performed the ceremony, assisted by the Rev Henry Bedinger Lea of Christ Episcopal Church. Among the guests were prominent Washingtonians and the Misses Sherdeny and Rucker of Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rucker
Herry Bedinger Lea
Christ Episcopal Church
Wasngton
Washington
Dgc
Sherdeny
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dan Cles
House CO
Wasihistity Gas
Murdoch
Grant
District of Columbia
District of ‘Olumbua
Geesion
Eut
Amasmigh
City of Washington
Foster
Hoe
Justice Herlan
Justice Moody
Hamlet
Supreme Court of the United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Humphreys & Glasgow
Audi Company
Canast
Coudrey
Goldsborough
Boy
X-Ray
Ike
Mame
Esico
Mail Isle
Husband
By Vasse
Same
Mere Chance
Tedd Dayrel
Agai
Atehcase Srei
Dayrell
Salisbury
D Dayrell
Espsiaby
Daxrell
John Popham
William Prince of Orange
William Tit
Lattlecote
London
James
Harvard
Miss Sallie Woods
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!