Shifts in D C Service Take Effect Next Sunday
The District of Columbia appoints George M Roberts as playgrounds supervisor and Daniel J Donovan as secretary to the board of commissioners. Dr William Tindall becomes assistant secretary with lighter duties after 37 years of service. Sidney C Cousins remains assistant supervisor of playgrounds in charge of the municipal bathing beach.
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G. M. Roberts
G. J. Donovan
Tindall Bedmen
S. C. Cousins
Robertat
George M Roberts
Daniel J. Donovan
Board of Commissioners
William Tindall
Sidney C. Cousing
Commissionera
Tindall
Board of Commissionera
Roberta New
Roberts
Census Bureau
Mount Pleasant
Tex
Washington
Horace W. Vaughn
Texarkana
Cousins
Callahan Reelected Supreme Treasurer of Knights of Columbus
Daniel J. Callahan general manager of the Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company was unanimously reelected supreme treasurer of the Knights of Columbus for a fourth consecutive two year term. He returned to Washington from Seattle after attending the national gathering where reports show the order now has 250000 members.
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Knights of Columbus
Daniel J. Callahan
Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company
Washington
Seattle
Order
Mr. Callahan
Orry BULLETINS Extra Small Lifted B J Peas and Staples
A compact listing from Orry BULLETINS shows varied grocery items with prices per can and per pound, including baked beans at 25 cents, sugar corn, peanut butter, flour, syrup, lard, butter, cheese, rice, lima beans, peaches, coconuts, and Star of the Bast flour, along with store names Pyles Stores Baltimore Gyster and Fish Depot and EL Johnson Chas. Chaplin daily in Virginia.
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Pa Ave
I. T. D. Pyles
Baltimore
District Court News District National Bank probate and suits
Adam Hite sues for 2000 damages from alleged automobile negligence on July 7 1915 in Louisiana avenue and Sixth street, while Elizabeth Irene Church probate of Agnes Bl. Persons estate and executors Eddie Willard Persons and Elizabeth Irene Church named. George T. Cook sues T Franklin Lanner for 110 damages from May 17 injury on Columbia road and Eighteenth streets, broken timber caused 14 foot fall. permanent injuries claimed. Lois Caron citizenship canceled by Justice Gould. Rabecen L Forster Foot will filed probate with son Samuel A Foot executor. various bequests including bank bonds jewelry watches portraits and a cherished family archive.
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Adam Hite
John A. Dunbar
Hite
Elizabeth Irene Church
Agnes Bl
District Supreme Court
District National Bank
Constance
Blanche Church
Eddie Willard
Charles Howard
Henrietta J. Foy
Eddie Willard Persons
Theodore M. Judd
George T. Cook
T. Franklin Lanner
Clagett & Bilbrey
Brice Baird
Walter M. Bastian
Columbia Road
Eighteenth Streets
Rabecen L. Forster Foot
Supreme Court of
District of Columbia
Thomas H. Young
Samuel A. Foot
Columbia, National Bank
Jennie D. Forster
Jane H. Young
John T. Forster
Wilson JR. Forster
Traffic laws pledge prompt police action in Washington
Maj. Raymond W. Pullman stated the police will promptly act on all complaints about speeding, amid Washington Safety First Association efforts. A real estate operator William K Hartung saved a young woman in Atlantic City, a Tuesday rescue reported yesterday. A suffrage garden party postponed due to rain will be held tonight under Congressional Union auspices. Grand Army Night planned for September 10 at Pythian Temple with GA members as honored guests. Mrs. James C. Coutts of Washington fractured hip saving a grandchild. admitted to Naval Hospital Annapolis for treatment. Delegates to the National Convention of the Latter Carriers to Omaha plan their trip. Naval board investigates the Barney collision with yacht Eleanor C in the lower Potomac. several passengers injured. Anacostia River bridge now allows small vessels under the opened channel span. Bible class at Adas Israel to discuss The Settlement of the Jews in the Colonies. Blanche Herman to summarize current events. Uncle Sam to issue 1-cent stamp sticker for parcel post charges and COD fees.
Tropical storm motion and regional forecast summary
The forecast notes a tropical storm near Jamaica moving west, with fresh easterly gales at Port au Prince and a pressure reading near 29.68 inches at Santiago. It predicts storm progression toward southwest Cuba via the Yucatan Channel in about two days, widespread east of the Mississippi river showers, and generally fair to partly cloudy conditions across DC Maryland and Virginia with weekend showers in southeast areas and warm temperatures in the Ohio Valley.
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Heather Barthu
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Lincoln Highway Route Through Maryland Outlined
A Baltimore merchants group and state officials approved most of the Maryland to Gettysburg Lincoln Highway path. The route runs Elkton to Havre de Grace to Baltimore then Arlington via Washington boulevard, onward to Frederick Thurmont Emmitsburg and Gettysburg. Detours to link Baltimore and Washington will be marked with colored signs by the Maryland Automobile Club.
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Ridgeville
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Thurmont
Emmitsburg
Washington
Maryland Automobile Club
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Glenn H Worthington
Robert N. Harper
A. Leftwich Sinclair
Two Women Rescued From Burning Building
Fire at a two story frame grocery and living quarters on Ninth Street northwest injured rats gnawed matches. Capt Cholihan and Private K W Weaton of Engine Company No 2 carried two women Mretta Herson and Miss Annie Rouzer to safety through blinding smoke. The premises occupied by Robert Herson at 1628 Eleventh Street Northwest sustained 225 dollars in damage.
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K W Weaton
Engine Company No. 2
Mretta Herson
Annie Rouzer
Robert Herson
Eleventh Street
Postfones Fiscal Inquiry Delays Hearings
Senator Chilton of West Virginia, chairing the congressional select committee on fiscal relations between District and Federal governments, moved hearings from September 15 to September 20 due to Senator Saulsbury’s delay in returning from the Hawaiian Islands. Secretary Daniels will present Navy Academy inquiry findings and recommendations to President Wilson this week after reviewing testimony. the academy probe report will likely be discussed then.
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Senator Chilton
West Virginia
Congressional Select Committee
Chilton
Delaware
Hawaiian Islands
Washington
Daniels
Wilson
Naval Academy
Academy
Police News Notes Dark with robberies and injuries across city
A police bulletin lists multiple robberies and accidents. Items stolen include clothing, a revolver, a walrus skin handbag, a diamond ring, gold eyeglasses, a gold watch, and three pool balls from various addresses around northwest and southeast districts. Injuries include skull fracture from a colt incident near Rockville and a head injury from a collision near Union Station. several motorists refused hospital treatment. A boy driver and a missing persons notice are noted among the day’s cases.
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Estella
Tenth and I Streets
Mary Hufty
Q Street
L. P. Went
New York Avenue
Riggs Bank
Etla Gordon
Fourth Street
Northenst
George Buett
Frank UN- Man
Woodward
Gold Watch
Whitmore P. Conn
Twelfth Street
Locker
Keith
William Fowler
Sixth Street
Exhibition of Panama Pacific photos at Public Library
Courtesy of Panama Pacific Exposition officials the Public Library received 30 colored photographs of the exposition. They will be on exhibition for two weeks. Joseph L Wheeler, former assistant librarian, organized the display for the American Library Association at San Francisco. Featured views include the Court of the Universe Tower of Jewels Fine Arts Palace lagoon and the Rising and Setting Sun arches. A panorama of San Francisco Bay with the expo foreground is also shown.
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Joseph L Wheeler
American Library Association
San Francisco Bay
Retreat for Catholic Men at Georgetown University
A weekend retreat for Washington area Catholic men and workers runs from Friday August 20 to Monday August 23 at Georgetown University. It features Rev J Wililhant of Loy ola College Baltimore as preacher, a tradition over 200 years linked to St Ignatius Loyola. Organizers include Rev William J Ennis SJ Loyola College spiritual director, J Boweny Wiesel financial secretary, William F Wheatley president, and Mark O Shriver corresponding secretary.
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Georgetown University
Washington
J Wililhant
Loyola, College
Baltimore
St Ignatius Loyala
League
William J Ennis
Loyola College
J Boweny Wiesel
William F Wheatley
Mark O Shriver
Licensed to marry in multiple counties the unions listed
A series of marriage licenses issued or announced include John F Gilray 36 of Charles County Maryland and Mollie Dodd 85 of King George County Virginia, Rev W A Melman, Marion N Perkins 37 of Apple Grove West Virginia, Virgin B Hubbard 24 of Cuckoo Virginia, Morgan Chambers, William A Atone 38 and Grace B Keesler both of Richmond Virginia, William Harris, John B Dugavant 21 and Sallie Briggs 28 of Coal Dele Pennsylvania, Rev William Tayloe Snyder, Thomas A Scott 66 and Lillie Prather 48 of Seat Pleasant Maryland, Rev Hugh T Stevenson.
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Charles County
Mollie Dodd
King George County
Melman Marion N Perkins
Apple Grove Va
Virgin
Hubbard
Cuckoo
Morgan Chambers
William A
Atone
Grace
Keesler
Richmond
William Harris
John B Dugavant
Sallie Briggs
Coal Dele, Pa
William Tayloe Snyder
Thomas A Scott
Lillie Prather
Seat Pleasant
Hugh T. Stevenson
Births Reported In Local Records Across Families
Raymond A and Willie Thompson have a girl. Howard F and Pauline Lore have a girl. Domenico and Wilhelmina Rinsidt bey have a girl. Emil and Irene Peterson have a girl. Ingwald C and Rose Olsen bey have a girl. Howard G and May F Maneav ber have a girl. George Wo and Vera C Laird bey RFernard J and Minna M Hurdle have a girl. John and Catherine M Hane have a boy. Oliver W and Edith Heatwole have a boy. Pierre M and Ernestine A Realer have a boy. Robert M and Helen L Baker have a girl. Berry and 8 Besch have a boy. Roger G and Carrie 1 Thurston have a girl. Amos and Marie C Sharp have a boy. Civern A and Mary A Lee have a boy. Francia and Sarsh Jobnega gle. William and Sellar Ford have a girl. Anderson and Mary Davis have a boy. Samuel and Alice Bruce have a girl. Samuel and Mabel Baght have a boy.
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Raymond A
Willie Thompson
Howard F
Pauline Lore
Domenico
Wilhelmina Rinsidt Bey
Emil
Irene Peterson
Ingwald C
Rose Olsen Bey
Howard G
May
Maneav
George Wo
Vera C
Laird Bey
Rfernard
Minna M Hurdle
John
Catherine M
Hane
Oliver W
Edith Heatwole
Pierre M
Ernestine
Robert M
Helen L Baker
Berry
Besch
Roger G
Carrie
Thurston
Amos
Marie C Sharp
Civern'a
Mary A Lee
Francia
Sarsh Jobnega
William and
Sellar Ford
Anderson
Mary Davis
Samuel
Alice Bruce
Mabel Baght
Death notices list numerous local obituaries across several institutions
The column lists many deceased individuals with ages and addresses including Della MecCambridgs Esther Richardson Martha Jones and others. Hospitals and locations referenced include Freedmen's Hospital Emergency Hospital Tuberculosis Hospital and Provid ence. The entries cover ages from a day to 83 years and provide street addresses and care facilities.
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Holmead
Esther M Richardson
Providence
Martha C Jones
Clifton
Gansbury
Hoseal
Prebecca
Foot
St Nw
David M Allen
Avene
Helen L. Penholeer
Morton St
Marence
Lewin
Charien H Lattimore
Howard F
Panling Sorg
Aw Elle Benn
Freedmen's Hospital
William Henderson
Atallia T. Wedge
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