Baltimore and Ohio Railroads Alleghany Resorts Presentation
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad features Alleghany Mountain resorts in Garrett County Maryland. Glades at 2800 feet rise above the Atlantic Mississippi watershed with cool winds and mild nights. Deer Park Hotel Mountain Lake Park and Oakland offer August programs and extended weekend excursions from Washington at 5 dollars round trip.
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Alleghany
Baltimore & Ohio
New England
Garrett County
Maryland
Mississippi
Typhoid Outbreak Fears Grow in District
Health officials report 31 typhoid cases in the last week, triple the prior period, with many in the southeast near Anacostia flats. Dr. Woodward urges hand disinfection, restricted visits to typhoid patients, and thorough cooking to kill germs, while noting fly-borne transmission suspected and no confirmed sanitation breaches. Five new infantile paralysis cases prompt isolation of patients though quarantine not decided.
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Health Department
Woodward
Anscostia Flats
Sperry & Hutchinson Sued for Libel in $10,000 Action
Carrie Bryan sues Sperry & Hutchinson Company for $10,000 alleging slander and libel. Through Robson & Colvin, she claims as a canvasser and demonstrator she was confronted by manager Mr Gregory on June 15 for talking with a former employee and divulging trade secrets, and was fired for refusing to resign, damaging her good name.
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Sperry & Hutchinson
Carrie Bryan
Robson & Colvin
Bryan
Gregory
Ninth Street Property Sold by Local Brokers
Dr William C McNeill bought a nine foot frontage lot on the east side of Ninth Street between T and U Streets Northwest from Willige Gibbs and Daniel for about 3000 dollars. purchaser Virgil G Anderson planned a business building on the site. A two story brick house at 123 R Street Northeast was sold to W H McCarty for 4900 dollars via Shannon and Luchs.
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Ninth Street
Willige, Gibbs & Daniel
Wiliam C. McNeill
Ninth
T and
Virgil G. Anderson
Arlington Bottling Co
W. H. McCarty
R Street
Retail Merchants' Association Eyes Chamber Affiliation
The Retail Merchants' Association plans to become an auxiliary to the Chamber of Commerce once the chamber ratifies a report from five provisional members led by DF Kaufman and James Oyster. The group proposes city merchants affiliate with the Washington Chamber, with 125 of 161 charter members already linked to the chamber. President Strasburger expects the remaining 26 to apply soon.
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Chamber of Commerce
Provisional
Retail Merchants’ Association
Chamber
DF Kaufman
D. 8
Porter
Apt. James Oyster
Chapin Brown
Provisional Association
Washington Shanber of Commerce
Heroic Jump Fails to Save Drowning Man on Rock Creek Bridge
Charles Marbury leaped from the Pennsylvania Avenue bridge into Rock Creek to save William Cleary who fell into the water and drowned. Cleary allegedly struggled with Marbury, pinning his arms, but Marbury freed himself and reached shallow water. Cleary, said to have been drinking, was later identified as the drowning victim. police detained and later released the companions for investigation as they seek Cleary’s relatives.
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Cleary
William Cleary
Pennsylvania Avenue
Rock Creek
Charls Marbury
Marbury
Richard Mullay
Twenty-fifth Street
Louis Wood
K Street
Charles Carrol
Michael Leary
Twenty-sixth Street
J. L. Hall
Virginia Avenue
Quits Government Service George R Shields Resigns Navy Dept
George R Shields resigns from the Navy Department after years as an auditor and will practice law with Fred B Rhodes in the Bond building. A Tennessee native, he helped push retirement legislation and founded the Civil Service Advocate, remaining active in fraternal organizations.
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George R. Shields
Navy Department
Fred B. Rhodes
Bond
Mr. Shields
Tennessee
Treasury Department
Civil Service Advocate
Masonic
Knights of Pythias
Body claimed by brother in Marshall burial
EB Thorpe of Marshall Virginia, brother of William J Thorpe, identified a body found hanging on the Potomac flats. The body was prepared for burial at Hindle's, shipped to Marshall by Southern Railway, with interment to occur there. Detective Mullin pursued arrest of R C Harrington in Atlantic City on a bad check case for Simon Spigel at 2020 Florida Avenue Northwest.
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EB. J. Thorpe
Marshall
William J. Thorpe
Potomac Flats
Washington
Hindle
Southern Railway
Ermoon
Mullin
Central Office
Atlantic City
Washington R. C
Harrington
Cordova
Florida Avenue
Twentieth Street Northwest
Simon Spigel
Rolly Campbell Loses Favor in Fitzhugh Lane Affair
Rolly Campbell, once favored by Inez Fitzhugh in Willough, is supplanted by a rival policeman and faces a 30 day stay in the workhouse. Inez testified as the case moved to court, while Bill Clark, a known foe of bluecoats, faces a 60 day sentence with police H. K. Wilson’s help.
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Ducky Swain
Fitzhugh
Bill
Clark
Bluecoats
Rolly” Campbell
Willough
Dusky
Inez Fitzhugh
Rolly
Regi
Inez
Occoquan
Wheela of Justice
Maj. Sylvester
Bil” Clark
Taft
H. K. Wilson
Bhl
Policeman Wilson
Houdini
Wilson
Breaking Up Picnics Sparks Police Action in Shepherd's Road
Eighth precinct officers report a group of about 40 black individuals disrupted a 500-person Russian picnic at Arnold's wine house on Shepherd's Road. Police Foley and Sullivan testified a cloud in the distance signaled the mischief. after the clash the officers retained only the tassel of the club remnants, with one negro reportedly down and out.
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Society of Russians
Arnold’s Wine House
Shepherd's Road
Felix Foley
Jerry Sullivan
Policemen Nab Fugitive After House Break Attempt
Fourth precinct officers Grant and Harding pursued Willem McKnight a negro through Nolan's court and over a high fence at 1224 Seventh street northwest. Shots fired in the air halted the escape and McKnight was captured after a struggle. he was wanted for a prior southwest house break.
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Grant
Harding
Willem McKnight
McKnight
Nolan's Court
Seventh Street
Knights Templars Depart Sunday for National Convention
Washington Commandery No 1 Knights Templars will leave Sunday morning for the Knights Templars national convention in Chicago. The commandery quartermaster will stay in the Union Station baggage room from 2 p m to 5 p m Saturday to arrange baggage shipping. Transportation and sleeping car tickets may be obtained from the quartermaster at 702 Metropolitan National Bank building between now and Saturday.
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Knights Templars
Washington
Chicago
Commandery
Union Station
Commandery Quartermaster
Metropolitan National Bank Building
Navy commends midshipman for bravery in Culgoa blaze
Acting Secretary Beekman Winthrop commends Midshipman Reymond G. Thomas for heroic conduct at the Culgoa ammunition ship in the New York yard on July 26. He fought the fire and rescued a powder chest, suffering burns to his hands as wooden ships burned. Thomas hails from Wisconsin.
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Beekmen Winthrop
Mid
Reymond G. Thomas
Culgoa
New York Navy Yard
Western educator visits Washington schools to study methods
John C. Strong of St Joseph Missouri, president of its board of education, tours Washington schools with Harry O Hine. He notes St Joseph fireproofing progress since the Collinwood fire and suggests local ideas for school construction.
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John C. Strong
St. Joseph
Washington
Board For Education of
St Joseph
Secretary of the Navy
Meyer
Harvard
Strong
Harry O Hine
Board of Education
Business High School
McHinley Manual Training School
Thompson School
Twelfth Street
City of St. Joseph
Collinwood
Cleveland
Bt. Joseph
Scores Cert ain Dog Owners
O B Lester of 228 Indiana Avenue questions reports of dog bites and lacerations. He says many people should not own dogs, claiming a 16-year-old victim and a 7-pound poodle case were exaggerated. The Washington Humane Society cautions reports of unmuzzled dogs may be inflated.
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O. B. Lester
Indiana Avenue
Mr. Lester
Washington Humane Society
John P. Heap
Police Praised for Capturing Sneak Thieves in D.C.
Officers J Flaherty and H Emanuel were commended by Judge Aukam after arresting Thomas Spillman and Nathan Keeling, held on $3,000 bonds each. The duo confessed to multiple housebreakings and led police to stolen goods stored in a coffin behind an undertaker near Twelfth and Retherts NW.
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Thomas Spillman
Nathan Keeling
J. Flaherty
Henry Emanuel
Aukam
Flaherty
Emanuel
McPherson Square
White House
Undertakers
Twelfth and Retherts
St Matthew's New Choir Formed Under Mr Boyce
St Matthew's Church rector Rt Rev Mer Lee aligns with Pope Pius X on church music to form a men and boys choir. Martin Boyce will direct after study at Mer Haberl's School in Regensburg. He earned an advanced degree and will lead the Washington church choir.
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Boyce
Mer. Lee
St. Matthew’s Church
Pope Pius X
Martin Boyce
Ratisbon
Mer. Haberl
Cardinal selects parishes for Portiuncula Indulgence
Cardinal Gibbons designates St. Matthew's and St. Patrick's as sites where Catholics may gain the Portiuncula Indulgence from Saturday August 6 to Sunday August 7 sunset. Public prayers will be offered at St. Matthew's on Sunday at 4 46 p m with Rt Rev Mgr Lee officiating.
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St. Matthew’s
St. Patrick's
Portiuncula
Ourchy of the Angels
City of
Assisi
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St. Matthew's Church
Mgr. Lee
Hotel proprietor seeks restraining order against garage
In District Supreme Court yesterday William A. Fenwick owner of a hotel at 1008 1010 1012 Thirteenth street NW asked the court to bar Albert J. Groves from operating a rear garage at 1310 I street NW adjoining the hotel. Fenwick says late night car noise disturbs guests who threaten to leave if the nuisance continues.
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District Supreme Court
William A. Fenwick
Thirteenth Street
Birney and Woodard
Albert J. Groves
DAILY DIET HINTS FROM DR ALLEN warnings on unsafe food colors
Dr T J Allen cautions readers about harmful coloring in cream cones and preservatives. He notes the Federal Bureau of Chemistry protects the public from unscrupulous manufacturers. Vendors push appealing foods to boost consumption, sometimes touting misleading benefits like a drink being restful.
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Federal Bureau of Chemistry
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