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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1908
Page
27
Large numbers of Ohio and New York visitors fill Washington departments amid shifts and leaves at the Government Printing Office and Post Office Department. Notices detail vacation absences, new postings, and a forthcoming District police department history with biographies, plus coroner and district officials planning travels and duties.
Long list of bureau of chemistry employees granted leave of absence for varying periods. Names include Martin J. Dunsworth, Gen. George Uhier, EL McK Luckett, William Block, Wee Libbey, Dr. George T. Havenner, Miss Mary F. Proctor, J J Morgan, George C. Spencer, C. D. Phillips, J. W. Morse, Miss Louie Duvall, W. Denis, J. Keister, Philip Rupp, Arthur Thatcher, Miss Agnes Wordeman, Mansula Shuman, Charles Goodrich, Alexander Moffitt, P B Dunbar, Daniel R Forbes, Miss Ethel Eckman, Miss Lula Eckman, Miss Alda Doyle, Miss Sadie George, H A Whitman, Milord F Ryan, William R Carter, Sidney F Sherwood, Miss Nelue Parkinson, Herbert Strother, Miss Marion Timmons, J E M Garrett, RoC Roark, Miss Grayson. Vacations range from two weeks to four weeks and include mountain and seaside trips.
W A Littlejohn Toronto city clerk writes to District commissioners asking what plan if any has been started in Washington to tackle unemployment and relief work. He notes a special Toronto city council committee is to consider effective methods to aid men out of work and related matters. The communication will be referred to the District board of charities.
James Stewart a 55 year old black laborer from 23 M Street NW drowned near F Street SW yesterday morning after losing his balance on the wharf. Workmen rushed to aid but could not reach him before he sank. Harbor police recovered the body. Also listed are excursion and return fare notes for The Electric Line with schedules and prices.
A fragmented list of musical pieces and descriptive phrases appears, including Sousa’s The Thunderer and Sheridan’s Ride, with assorted overtures and duets. The catalog-like text mixes origins and nonstandard spellings, creating a collage of concert style cues and generic battle imagery.
Anton Ostmann a Washington DC butcher appeals to District commissioners to allow his two sons aged four and twelve to learn his trade during vacation. He argues training schools cannot replace a workshop and market for practical skills and fears idle youth and possible future penal consequences. Corporation Counsel urges testing the issue in juvenile court to clarify if his shop qualifies as a mercantile establishment and workshop under the law, which currently bans underage labor without proper certificates.
In juvenile court Judge Callan acquitted Mrs Parmelee of employing Theron Talbot a one year old without a permit. The ruling held the evidence failed to prove the allegation and that the information on the warrant was not sustained. The case, focusing on a telephone duties at the McCall building, attracted broad attention as the first tried under the child labor law.
Thieves stole $5 from Samuel Kobler at 831 H Street Southwest. claim notes a tin box with $5 near the receptacle but it was overlooked. Arlington Bottling Co advertises Heurich's beer and festival products. A road and bridge to a new tuberculosis hospital are proposed at an estimated $1,000. Also listed are groceries and promotions from J. Doyle stores and a false pretenses case against John H Knapp in police court. Watermelons on sale at Eleventh Street wharf.
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