Gas and Equity in Washington Gaslight Case Debated
A long advocacy speech argues that gas making is a public service essential to daily life and that Washington Gaslight Company faces unfair rates. It cites Supreme Court rulings on due process, property rights, and fair valuation, claiming gas remains the cheapest essential and opposing municipal takeover without proper judicial process.
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Rotherel Remains Unmoved as adjournment urged in debate
In a tense session Mr Goldsborough spoke for an hour and a half while Mr Hazleton prepared to close. The committee adjourned until next Monday night with hopes Mr Goldsborough would finish and Mr Hazleton would close the argument.
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Woman ofen seen in Lee in Smiths circle in Tee Mass
The death of H Wellington Smith, Lee’s prominent citizen and prohibition leader, shocks Tee Massachusetts. His body arrived in town this afternoon as his eldest son Augustus T Smith arranges the funeral for Saturday afternoon. executions and family seek to relearn the identity of a woman connected to his death as stores close for the day.
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Augustus Tt Smith
Lee
Wife Slain, Husband Detained in Jealousy Murder
Emily Mills, 28, keeper of a Puttsburg restaurant, was found unconscious in a rear room with a slashed neck and died en route to hospital. Sidney Mills, her husband, was arrested nearby after coworkers said the couple quarreled violently over days. He claimed she killed herself.
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Sidney Mills
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Real estate notes detail major remodeling and new purchases
The Aston building at Elevanth and G streets NW will undergo a 75000 plus remodel to become a modern office structure with plans for one or two additional stories. C C Calhoun and associates own it and supervise the work, aiming to complete by summer end. Other moves include Pauline G C Stimson buying a Bryant Street residence for 4250 and Warren F. Brentzer planning a Columbia Road home, with Tadolph Hotel property deeded to Fijather as part of a broader, offshore capitalization narrative. no immediate improvements expected on that property.
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Hamlet
Supreme Court of the United States
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Humphreys & Glasgow
Audi Company
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Aston
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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
Washington Cupid Club Heat in City Marriage License Boom
The piece satirically outlines a plan for a "Strangers Club" to matchmake in Washington, led by Russell P Belew, clerk of the District Supreme Court. It notes social hurdles before couples wed and hints at a lighthearted push to streamline introductions amid a bustling urban scene.
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Racing Mare Kills Man in Hartford Run
Grace Larraby reports a runaway racing mare owned by the Grand Circuit rips through Hartford. It strikes night watchman Sheldon Simpson, eight, who dies at St Trancia Hospital from concussion after the mare bolts past the city.
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International law panel hears Root era codification views
A gathering discussed codification of international law with Prof Peir Remnec summarizing progress toward a universal standard. Senator Root and speakers stressed law as a tool beyond theory, while Nagel’s absence shifted readings to authorities present. Taft would host delegates at 1 am. afternoon talks featured G W Scott and Bawin M Herchardt. evening sessions included T C Dawson and Raleigh C Miner. annual banquet planned for tomorrow night.
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Bawin M Herchardt
CO Dawson
Raleigh C Miner
Porto Rican coffee free mail proposal aims to aid island industry
Administration officials propose six month free postal transmission of Porto Rican coffee in one and two pound quantities to educate Americans about the product and revive island growers. Gen Edwards and Sen Penrose discussed amendments to post office funds to allow direct mail of coffee to consumers without postage, seeking support from Congress and the President.
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Porto Rico
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New York
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Hitchcock
Tragic double act ends in wife death at husband’s bier
Pittsburg report details Bella Rodgers of the East End kneeling beside her husband’s coffin when she fatally shot herself. The couple, young newlyweds who had been sweethearts since childhood, had vowed to live and die together. Members of the family discovered her shortly after the self-inflicted wound.
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East End
Queerly Bred and Trained at Littlecote House Hollow Tale
Read about Littlecote House near Hungerford with its ancient walls and grim legends. The tale centers on the famed Wild Dayrell Derby winner and the notorious murder connected to Littlecote, including midwife testimony, Dayrell’s trial and flight, and the estate’s long imperial links through centuries.
Harvard Germanic Museum gets Adolphus Busch gift
Adolphus Busch of St Louis donates 100000 for Harvard University's Germanic Museum raising his total gifts to 260000. The gift was announced at a Banquet by Director Pro Fricke and accompanied by remarks from Ambassador Bernstorff, John D Long, Hugo Munsterburg, and A Coolidge of Harvard. The gift stipulates 200000 to be spent on building construction.
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New Germanic Museum
Fiest
Boster Ventede
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Germany
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Piot Franche
Speaka ‘Ers
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Navy
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Hugo Munsterburg
New American Institute Berlin
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Hara Yard
Miss Sallie Woods Weds Son of Col Rucker in Washington
Miss Sallie Woods daughter of Capts Micajah Woods and Mrs Woods married Willam Jame Rucker son of the late Col William Alexander Rucker USA in Washington. The ceremony was conducted by Rev Frank Page of Brooks in NY and assisted by Rev Henry Bedinger Lea of Christ Episcopal Church. Prominent Washingtonians attended including Mrs Hunting and Miss Sherdeny among other guests.
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