Food chief denies charge in tinted butter probe
Pennsylvania dairy and food commissioner James Foust writes to Francis J Heney denying Armour & Co allegations that Keystone State laws were violated in tinted butter sales. He states no immunities exist, the paleomargarine sale is forbidden, and the law has been strictly enforced with prosecutions possible if a crime occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis J Heney
Federal Trade Commission
James Foust
Dairy and Food Commissioner
Pennsylvania
Alfred R. Urion
Armour & Co
Keystone
Urion
Wilson
Foust
Licensed to Marry Names in Tabulated List
A long list of couples and ministers appears, detailing marriage license applications or records. Entries include Wallace R. Bostick and Sara M. Kennedy, plus numerous others from Indiana to Maryland and beyond, with associated reverends listed.
Beeler Announces New Railway Schedule In Washington
John A Beeler traffic expert of the Public Utilities Commission plans new car schedules to raise service by about 30 per cent citywide. Schedules, based on elaborate traffic counts, target reducing empty runs and may take effect by August 25 after commission endorsement. Washington Railway and Electric Co reports July car trips at 245604 and mileage 1026712, up 3 27 per cent from June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capital Traction Company
John A. Beeler
Public Utilities Commission
Washington Railway
H Electric Company
Weather and tides section from August 14 1918 report
Daily weather and tide table from the Weather Bureau Washington with forecast for District of Columbia and adjacent regions. Includes thundershowers, temperatures from midnight to afternoon, humidity, rainfall, sunshine hours, and departures from normal. Notes regional river conditions on the Potomac and Shenandoah at Harpers Ferry, with stations listing several cities and values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Washington, D. C
District of Columbia
Marsland
Virginia
New England
Lake Region
Ohio Valley
British Columbia
Nevada
Lake
St Lawrence
Middle Atlantic States
South Atlantic States
Lower
the Valley
Tennessee
Lower Lake Region
Deaths Reported In City Hospital Network
Elizabeth A Highberger 80 from 19 Quincy ne Minnie H Parker 57 at Garfield Hospital Edith M Schaefer 22 of 139 Eat se Mabel Green 40 at Garfield Hospital George C Kaldenbach 45 Providence Hospital William B Kelly appoint 1117 Stapler st ne Alice V Johnson 52 1834 Florida ave nw Albert Lewin 67 Emergency Hospital Infant of Eddie and Mane Washington 15 Fenton pl nw
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizabeth A. Highberger
Quincy
Minnie H. Parker
Garfield Hospital
Edith M. Schaefer
Mabel Green
George C. Kaldenbach
Providence Hospital
William B. Kelly
Stapler St
Alice V. Johnson
Florida Aye
Albert Lewin
Eddie
Mane Washington
Fenton Pl
Mitchell City Briefs and District Court Actions
City briefs from Mitchell report a divorce filing in the District Supreme Court by Macc Mitchell against his wife, with Perri W. Fris as plaintiff attorney. Probate filings include Lucy Julie Maynard as sole legatee of George C. Maynard, who died July 28, and Samuel M. Barron’s will directing residue to Annie S. Harkness. The Woman's Club of Petworth reschedules its carnival to August 21 due to ice scarcity. Roy D. Griffin’s estate sues Capital Traction Company for 10000 in damages after Griffin was crushed by a street car on December 11. Local colleges will equip Stu Dent Army Training Corps units next month with guns and uniforms. students receive six weeks of summer camp training. Civil Service Commission announces monthly postal clerk examinations in Washington with 1000 annual salary. substitutes paid 40 cents per hour and examinations open to men only. Montgomery County Council of Defense women’s section plans its September meeting, August session postponed due to member absences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthew E. O'Brien
Roy D. Griffin
Capital Traction Company
Griffin
George Washington University
The
Catholic University
Howard University
Army Training Corps
Civil Service Commission
Washington
Washington Woodmen to Attend Cedar Camp Excursion
Washington Woodmen of the World will be guests at Cedar Camp Forestville Maryland today with an afternoon program of athletic events. The National Colored Ministers Evangelistic Alliance of America plans a public meeting tomorrow night at 8 oclock at the Delaware Avenue Baptist Church to help raise $500 and burn the mortgage on the church building. The War Department project behind the Octagon Building is abandoned and the old garden there will be preserved. Interstate Commerce Commission approved fare increases for Chesapeake Beach commuter tickets from 12 to 13.26 and 200 trip tickets from 40 to 44. Regular Catholic Women War Relief Association meeting is tonight at 2408 K Street Northwest at 8 oclock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Woodmen of
Cedar Camp
Forestville
Chesapeake Beach
Theational Colored Ministers’ Evangelistic Alliance of America
a@lock
Delaware Avenue Baptist Church
War Department
Interstate Commerce Commission
Catholic Women’s War Relief Association
Catholic Women's War Service Club
K Street Northwest
At & O'Clock
Capital's food higher in Washington than San Francisco
Food costs in Washington are reported higher by more than seven percent than in San Francisco according to the Department of Agriculture. Fresh meats vegetables and fruits show Washington prices well above San Francisco, while canned vegetables run about twenty percent higher here. Bread and substitutes are pricier in Washington for potatoes and San Francisco for rice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
San Francisco
Bureau of Markets
Department of Agriculture
Vanishing Mystery Grips Town As William Strobel Missing
William Strobel a 30 year old resident of 405 Northwest Street disappeared from his home shortly before 4 AM after going to bed at midnight. A man matching Strobel's description was seen around 4:20 AM near Second and 1 Streets leaving the boarding house without explanation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam Strobel
Strobel
Hospital Patient Flees After Gas Fumes Diagnosis
Claude Anderson a 20 year old resident of 739 Sixth Street Southeast was found unconscious in his bedroom from gas fumes. He was treated at Casualty Hospital and deemed out of danger, but disappeared from the hospital during a doctor's absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Anderson
Sixth Street
T. L. Costigan Promoted to Street Cleaning Superintendent
The District Commissioners yesterday named Thomas Iu Costigan to head street cleaning, a post left vacant by I W Paxton. Costigan, previously principal assistant inspector of buildings, will see a material salary and responsibility increase, with the appointment effective August 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Iu. Costigan
I. W Paxton
Costigan
Births Reported In Local Families
Birth announcements list numerous couples with newborns. names include Renlanda Wolf and William C. Vaden with a boy. George E. Follin with a girl. Milton Turner with a boy. and many others. The column records both boys and girls born to couples such as Sullivan, Revington, Messinger, Litchfield, Kogek, Knapp, Koehler, Wamoritz, Horseman, Guerdrum, Grissom, Dietz, Chite, Conway, Clark, Bryant, Beatty, Warmer, Thomas, Tinsley, Staten, Posey, Lucas, Crawford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Renlanda
Lena Wolf
William C
Margaret Vaden
August
Bertie Weber
Eirt
George E
Manetta Follin
Milton B
Albertine Turner
Bey
Nome
Julia Shadid
Charles A
Elizabeth H. Sullivan
Harry
Hannah Revington
Maurice
Bease Messinger
Bernard S
Barbara A. Litchfield
Louis B
Satie Kogek
Frankb
Harriet H. Knapp
William EB
Laura K. Koehler
Sammel
Miller Wamoritz
Albert W
Erva J. Horseman
George H
Alfhild S. Guerdrum
William J
Mary J. Grissom
Osear FB
Nammie M. Dietz
Antonine
Antonella Chite
Michael J
Teatitia K. Conway
Wilson H
Minner
Clark
William
Josephine Bryant
Eugene
Mary A. Beatty
Frank L
Mary E. Warmer
Joseph R
Georgeina Thomas
H. L
Marie T. Tinsley
Enzy
Janie Staten
Minnie Posey
John L
Grace Lucas
George and
Emma Crawford
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Pennsylvania Avenue
Saka & Company
Seventh Street
Palm Beach
Byron S. Adams
Highway Bridge
12Th
Pennsylvania Ave
Judd & Detweiler, Inc
Wallace R. Bostick
Sara M. Kennedy
E. H. Stevens
Hervey J. Hidgeway
Graysville
Ind
Helen Frances Garber
Staunton
R. Rowland
Leonidas Cless Robertson
Eula Lee Waters
Williamston
N. C
David R. Covell
Oscar M. Grimes
TiDinn
Ament
Baltimore
HE. Schroeder
Arthur J. Schreuter
Indianapolis
Olive M. Mattingly
Bedford
H. Schroeder Muhact J. Rewly
Teresa Byrne
Toronto
Canada
James Krug
Chester E. Lashna
Fanny Alexander
Ewart
Mich
Howard F. Downs
Thomas L. Roy McMullan
Lillian S Herndon
Ruckersville
John H. Jeffries
William WH. Sogarty
Mary F. Krauck
Vikesville
M. J . Riordan
William J. Ooperman
Chicago
Marie M. Conrad
Wilkinsburg
John M. Cooper
Thomas P. Woodward
Lacey Lipscomb Busley
George S. Sexton
Joseph D Cavanaugh
Rockville
Annie ¥. Hanlem
Hugh T. Stevenson Harris
Tonatein
Josephine A Schuyler
Nicholas
Beeler
Capital Traction Co
River Bulletin
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Misa
Fsom Mitchell
District Supreme Court
Macc Mitchell
Perri W. Frisby
Lucy Julia Maynard
George C. Maynard
Samuel 4. Barron
Annie S. Harkness
Barron
Woman's Club of
Petworth
Montgomery County Council of Defense
Union Trust Company
United States
Army
Navy
Emer
Bureau of Markets Reports
Claude CC. Anderson
T. L. Costigan
D. J. Kaufman
Priestley Mohair Suits
Kool Kloth
Fine Nainsook Union Suits
Pa. Ave
17Th St
Washington Loan and Trust Company
Washington Loan and Trust CO
7Th Street
John R. Larner
Andriew Parker
Marky G. Mbeem
Trena
Thomas Bradley
Diret John Joy Edson
Charles B. Bailey
Columbia National Bank
e-Preg
John H. AlLaPp
Federal National Bank
Augustus Crane, Jr
Crane, Parris & Co
Floyd E
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Boyd Taylor
Charles H. Doing, Jr
Asnt
Charles R. Grant
Arthur Peter
Stors Airman
Leo Rolb
John B. Larner
John Cletts
John
Damued S. Phielaps
R. R. Co
Frank P. Reeside
Equitable Coop
Thomas W. Smith
George Truesdell
D. C
Harvey W. Wiley
Real Estate President
Gibson Co., Inc
Hudson & Dodge Bros
Wilcox & Dodge Bros
Semmes Motor Company
Ruud
Mat. Thor
Sala Ath
Ana Effie Shannon
Natal
Master Howard
Mats. I . Lees
Nazimova
Toys OF
D. W. Grifithe the Great Love
Oday
Louise Glaum
B.f.keith
the Mastersingers
Fore River
Thos
Duray
Gilbert & Friedland
Ned Norworth & Co
Belasco
Arthur Hopkins
Aoyday
Minetin Paw
Wallare
Tosaphilin Meyer
Rourke
Alice Brady
Loew Columbia
Douglas Fairbanks
Gayety
Teton
Jock Singer
Behman
Bester
Phong Franklin
Babe LA Tour
Sid Gold
Matine
Evining
Marshall Hall
Pavilion
Charles Macalester
St. Wharf
Trip. Inc
Mt. Vernon
Wurpone
Helaxati
Lyceum
NEW Pa Aveena
Chevy Chase Lake
Entra
Great Falls Park
N. W
Anderson Printery
Squiry Savings Bank
N. Y. Ave
Velie
Stewart Trucks
Angerer Motor Co
Franklin
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