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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1909
Page
33
Local judge Kimball presides over a chaotic session with cases ranging from the Wesley affair to a chicken theft confession. Mary Freeland, Joe Mack, and Willeam Murray appear in disputes over meals, trinkets, and unpaid debts, while others face fines for public disturbances and faulty butter labels.
City officials recommended loaning seven bath tubs previously used in District 1 buildings to Camp Good Will and adding three more to Camp Pleasant if desired. The Associated Charities noted camp needs and improved housing options. A drowning incident was reported on Piney Branch Road with a boy found and returned to parents. Local ads promote ginger ale, canned peaches, lemons, and trunks on sale.
At a hearing on removing the billboard at Georgia and Howard Avenues near Howard University campus Charles Knapp for the Washington Billposting Company intimated permits will not be surrendered unless compelled by court action. Officials warn of court battles to decide if the commission may revoke or refuse permits. The city seeks to keep the area billboard free as part of a broader aesthetic push.
Mr Heidenheimer, a loan broker, plans a four story brick office on 25 Thirteenth Street NW with frontage just under 200 feet and depth 109 feet. Architect Stanley Simmons drew plans to allow four extra floors later. Construction could start October 1 after demolishing the existing building. The first floor business will house Heidenheimer's loan operations.
An advertisement extols Van Camp’s evaporated milk as sterilized Holstein milk from healthy cows. It claims thick cream, no additives, and full-pint cans for 10 cents, with case purchases cheaper. Emphasizes safety of sterilization over raw milk and compares cost to raw milk.
The District Branch of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union plans to supply ice for a public drinking fountain to be erected on the reservation in Pennsylvania Avenue between Thirteenth and Fourteenth Streets NW. A contract with an ion company is in place and delivery will begin once the fountain is erected, with free ice continuing through October.
A letter from Charles Eo Tester of thefty, while in Europe, suggests a city wide street numbering system for Washington. He urges designating streets by numbered lines to aid residents and millions of voters, with examples like Treasury circle No 1 for cars and Eleventh street as No 8. The Postmaster has referred the matter to 49 AD and Commissioner Wardaland to the Interstate Commerce Commission for supervision of street railways.
City street cleaning crews logged more work in July than the prior year. Payroll and operation costs totaled 4005 for white lines and machine cleaning, 14? for implied cleaning, 1971 for alley work, 484 for sprinkling, 10 for livery, and 149 59 for rent requisitions.
A school playground was to be kept open beyond August 11 with plans to continue operations on weekdays for Lreanth iouger until September 10. The Washington Playground Association offered 1690 to keep the grounds open, and Secretary West announced the bid to Captain F Ooster. An excursion down the Lotema is being arranged, with a Jamestown steamer trip planned for August 18 to aid the playground fund.
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