Typhoid rise prompts talk of police aid and wells ban
Typhoid cases rise to 224 since July 1 with 104 still in city hospitals. Commissioner Macfarland considers using police to assist inspectors in house to house canvasses, and supports sterilizing milk or abolishing public wells to curb infection. Dr Woodward warns pasteurization has debate, favors filtered water alternatives and cites wells as potential infection sources.
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Man Falls Twenty-Six Feet From Ladder At Work
James Stansberg of 7 L Street Northwest employed a gameman for the Potomac Telephone Company when a ladder incident at 415 With Street Northeast yesterday afternoon caused him to fall twenty six feet to the ground. He suffered a fractured nose and other injuries but was later treated at Casualty Hospital and returned home.
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Ex-Policeman Held In Purse Larceny Case
Ex-policeman Frederick R. Rey was found guilty in the police court of larceny of a pocketbook containing $60. Judge Mills set bonds at $1,000 for grand jury action. Rey released to await October term. Mrs. Maud Stewart testified her husband gave her the purse moments before its loss at a South Washington summer garden. The defense alleged the item fell into a crowd during a disturbance and that Rey aided the woman in danger.
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Maud Stewart
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Court Vacates Order For Hearing On Street Grade Damages
Justice Barnard of the District Supreme Court vacated the order appointing Moss Baker and Walter as appraisers to assess damages for property owners affected by street grade changes near the new Union Station. A public hearing will be held after petition amendments, with interested parties allowed to advise the court on appraiser qualifications. The petition must be signed by all three District Commissioners.
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Charles A. Baker
John H. Walter
Union Station
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Excursions Promote Popular Che wy Chase Lake Leisure
Excursions at Chevy Chase Lake draw the city’s better elements with Marine Band concerts and popular amusements. Friday and Saturday trips to Old Point Comfort via Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company rise in popularity, offering two full days’ return. Daily connections to New York and Boston via steamers, tickets at Seventh Street Wharf and Colorado Building. The Charles Macalester steamer runs to Marshall Hall and Indian Head with Schroeder’s Band on down trips and day trips at 10 pm and 2:30 pm.
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Watchman Receives Umbrella as Birthday Gift
A longtime Washington watchman James Callan known as Corporal Tanner organized a gift for his seventy fifth birthday. A fund funded an umbrella presented in a mock legal document by Judge Tanner and clerks at the City Hall, with Callan accepting it modestly and using the umbrella in the rain.
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Widow Sues Railway Company for Death of Husband
Ada 5 De Neale, administratrix, sues Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington Railroad in the District Supreme Court for 16000 damages alleging Clinton Y De Neale, brakeman, was killed August 14 19H in a collision with cars on the race track siding caused by a telegraph operator's incompetence. The widow and a fourteen month old son are named. Attorneys Cole and Donaldson represent the plaintiff.
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Admits Stealing Aunt's Money In Police Court
George S. Devers pleaded guilty to grand larceny and was committed to jail in default of $1,000 bond after arraignment in Police Court for allegedly stealing $240 from his aunt Ida Swayne. Separate items mention assault on a niece, local ads, and an absolute divorce suit by Ella N. Kraus against Christian L. Kraus on grounds of infidelity and cruelty.
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Ida Swayne
Miece
James E. Kendricks
Blanche Dean
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N. Kraus
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Ethan Allen Dedication Invitation from Vermont Association
Hosea B. Moulton, president of the Vermont Association of the District, has received an invitation to participate in the dedication of the memorial tower to Gen. Ethan Allen on Bennington battlefield on August 16. Mr. Moulton will attend the exercises and it is expected several other Vermonters in the city will do likewise.
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Hosea B. Moulton
Vermont Association of the District
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Bennington Battlefield
Moulton
Mother May See Her Children
A District Supreme Court order allowed Mrs Edith B Steele to visit her two children yesterday afternoon. The alimony petition filed by Mrs Steele against Frank A Steele was postponed to today, with attorneys L Cabell Williamson for Mrs Steele and Lambert and Baker for Mr Steele. The wharf committee reported a $2500 appropriation to survey and plan docks and wharf structures to be leased at higher rates. Wharf revenue for the year reached $16,963.50 versus $16,077 the prior year. Mrs KE Bush, 71, of 26 H Street NE, was knocked down by a horse on Massachusetts Ave near Fourth St NW, suffering a serious hip injury and body bruises. she was taken to Emergency Hospital.
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Illinois Society in Washington Invites Alumni to Illinois President Installation
Invitations from trustees and faculty of the University of Illinois invite members of the Illinois Society in Washington to the October 17 to 15 installation exercises of Edmund Janes James as president at Urbana. Delegates will attend from across the state for alumni and public celebrations.
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Washington
University of Ilinois
Edmund Janes James
University of Chicago
Urbana
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