Getts It Corn Remedy Promises Easy Removal
An old time drug advert touts GETS IT a skin friendly corn remedy. It claims painless corn removal without digging or cutting and promises no blood poison or sticking plasters. Sold at 25 cents a bottle or by mail from E Lawrence Co Chicago with local retailers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Lawrence & Co
Chicago
Washington
P. J. Affleck
Henry Evans
Adrian M. Kloczewski
Peoples Drug Store
7Th
Mass
Custody Clash Ends With Courtroom Turmoil
In Baltimore a juvenile court hearing over a minor's custody erupted when Mary Partee tried to claim her daughter from Noah Partee and Mrs. Green. A chase ensued after Partee seized the child. police and deputies intervened as the girl clung to her father. Judge Callan had ordered no removal from the present home. Separately, Secretary Stimson traveled to New Haven for his mother-in-law's funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Partee
Baltimore
Noah Partee
L Street Southwest
Callan
Mary Green
Board of Children’s Guardians
Partee
Mrs. Green
Mr. Stimson
Washington
New Haven
Conn
Wheel Tax Held Valid Sympathies For Auto Owners
In an oral ruling District Court Judge Pugh held Le Roy Marky must pay the wheel tax, despite sympathetic comments about auto owners. The defense plans an appeal to the Court of Appeals, with the May 1 tax date having triggered the test case. The judge noted the law is clear and enforceable, though he questioned overlapping taxes for vehicle owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court
Court of Appeals
Pugh
le Roy Marky
William S. Duvail
District Court of Appeals
Congress
Mark
Stevens
United Shoe Machinery case shifts to criminal indictments
Government to begin civil dissolution suit against United Shoe Machinery Co of Boston and seek criminal indictments from a Boston grand jury. Information from officials suggests a move to adjust DOJ policy, with civil suits no longer always preceding criminal actions. Officials reportedly sought compromise talks with Attorney General Wickersham, who resisted any terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Shoe Machinery Company
Boston
Department of Justice
Wickersham
Fresh-ATR camp hosts seventh mother and child group
Seventy third party sent to Camp Good Will from Associated Charities office at 701 Rhode Island avenue. There are now 168 guests at the camp. Saturday will be field day with athletic games and prize contests organized by the First Presbyterian Church youth, ending with ice cream. Camp Pleasant also filled with 47 guests. auxiliary committee plans Monday reception with drinks, music, and speeches by prominent men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Good Will
Associated Charities Office
Rhode Island Avenue
First Presbyterian Church
Auxilary Committee
Lengthens Printers' Lives Medal for Graphite Dust Safety
Vice President Sherman presented Arthur J. Williams, assistant foreman, a public printer medal for a hygienic invention reducing graphite dust danger. Samuel B. Donnelly explained that inhaled graphite dust has historically shortened workers' lives, making the device a significant safety advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Government Printing Office
Sherman
Arthur J. Williams
Willamin
Samuel B. Donnelly
City bulletins and excursions listing from the era
A compact listing detailing transport options from Chevy Chase to Glen Echo with frequent departures, moonlight steamer trips, Mount Vernon schedule, and a 16th Street fish market. Additional notes advertise Perfection Ginger Ale, Arlington Bottling Co., California wine offers, safety razor blade resharpening at National Hotel Pharmacy, and Kodak services from Columbia Photo Supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chevy Chase
New York Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Marine Hand
Glen Echo
Fourteenth
F Streets
St. Johns
Charles Macalester
Mount Vernon
A Cooling Shampoo For Summer Months
Mrs Mae Martyn of the Los Angeles Globe promotes plain canthrox as the simplest cleansing method for scalp and hair in hot weather. Dissolve a teaspoon in hot water, apply to the head, and rub to form a cooling lather before rinsing for quicker drying and a glossy, soft finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae Martyn
Los Angeles Globe
Nurses Hold Convention Opens Fourth Meeting in Lincoln
The National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses opened its fourth annual convention at Lincoln Temple Church in Lincoln with morning and afternoon sessions. Mrs. P. B. Mahoney opened the program, papers on infant diseases and feeding the sick were presented, tuberculosis fighting methods discussed, and demonstrations by Christy and Coleman featured as elections from yesterday were to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association
Lincoln Temple Church
National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses Way
R Streets
Weat
Nurses’ Association of Washington
P. B. Mahoney
Long Island
New York
Clark
L. Hart Stave
Eisie N. Browne
Nurses’ Training School
Douglas Hospital
Philadelphia
BE. Christy
Georgia Coleman
Washington clergymen urged to officiate at unidentified dead funerals
Washington officials and pastors moved to organize volunteer ministers to conduct Christian burial services at the District crematory for unidentified bodies. Health officer Dr Woodward and Commissioner Rudolph backed the plan, aiming for a rotating roster to ease burial neglect and honor the dead. Clergymen from St John’s Georgetown Trinity Episcopal and Howard University leaders endorsed efforts and pledged cooperation.
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Tuyns
Washington
Cano H. Rudolph
W. C. Woodward
Potter's Field
Rudolph
W.W. C. Woodward
Woodward
Woodza
District 1
Edward Douse
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Georgetown
Frederick William Smith
Trinity Episcopal
Improve Foreign Service Talent Seeks Entry Through Exams
State Department officials express gratification over the class of young men entering the foreign service through competitive exams held periodically. Keen interest in the service is evident nationwide. The next diplomatic examination begins in Washington on December 4, followed by consular exams in spring. Additional tests will select eligibles for consular and student interpreter corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Foreign Service of the
United’ States
Washington
McGillicuddy Deliberates After New London Train Ejection
Representative D. J. McGillicuddy of Maine was ejected from a New York New Haven Hartford train in New London after refusing to show his Pullman ticket following denial of porter service. He said he may forget the incident and forfeit his cash bond left in New London as he considers his next step.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. J. McGillicuddy
Maine
New York
New Haven
Hartford
New London
Conn
Court Tries Age of Girl in Leap Year Riddle
In juvenile court, Mary Johnson argues her daughter Mabel is 17 though Mabel says she is 15. The judge cannot resolve the age, while Mrs. Johnson asserts presidential years from Bryan to Roosevelt, and Mabel is sent to detention until age can be fixed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Bryan
Mr. Taft
Mabel Johnson
Roosevelt
United States
Taft
Mary B. Johnson
Eleventh Street
Callan
Art
Johnson
Bryan
Mabel
George
Mr. Roosevelt
Mrs. Johnson
Gallen
Orders Patrol At Frontier Reestablished By War Dept
The War Department ordered the frontier patrol reestablished after abolition. US troops will patrol from San Diego to Yuma to curb a threatened disturbance in Lower California Mexico. Mexican ryrales are moving toward Titijuana with US consent to help suppress the turmoil. Secretary Knox urged a strong border patrol to protect American interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
United States
War Department
Lower California
Mexico
Coast Artillery
San Diego
Cal
Yuma
Ariz
Titijuana
State Department
Knox
Commissioner Returns From German Tour With Traffic Ideas
Commission member Cuno H Rudolph president of the board of District commissioners returns from Germany enthusiastic about Berlin street regulations and hatpin controls. He toured Berlin Leipzig Dresden Munich Marburg Hamburg with Mrs Rudolph and Miss Alma Summers of Baltimore. Other commissioners prepare for vacations or replacements as Captain Brooke acts as engineer commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuno H. Rudolph
Board ‘of District‘ Commissioners
Germany
Berlin
Rudolph
Washington
Alma A. Summers
Baltimore
Leipzig
Dresden
Munich
Marburg
Hamburg
John. A. Johnson
Judson
Markham
Capt. Brooke
Eletant
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Saka & Company
Pennsylvania Avenue
Seventh Street
John H. Magruder
Connecticut Ave
K St
Tnc
C. A. Muddiman & Co
12Th St
Tharp
Berkeley Rye
F St. Nw
San Francisco
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Denver
Salt Lake City
Butte
Manti
Oregon
Gompers
Edward Sweeney
Hancock
Secretary of the Treasury
Portsmouth
N. H
Sweeney
Newark
N. J
Navy
City Bulletins
16Th St
Lee J. Roberts
Mth
St. Aw
Arlington Bottling Co
West 4
E. Schwab
Odell
National Hotel Pharmacy
Ave
Kodaks
Olumbia Photo Supply Co
Our
Judd & Detweiler, Inc
Will
M’gillicuddy
U. S
Frontier
Columbia
Columbia Phonograph Co
Lincoln
Prince Albert
Horn
Mr. Rudolph
United States Marine Band
Marine Barracks
William H. Santelmann
Halies-Hergere
Alma
Hussara
Lineke
Offenbach Briquet
Boccalario
Daly Lacome Santermann
United States Fifteenth Cavalry Band
Judiciary Park
G. F. Prrrefl
Ieian A
Tyrrell - Tobant
Monckton
Fhornton
Coke
Washington Gas Light CO
Tenth Street N. W
Andrews
R. P. Andrews Papar Co
la. Ave
PTAA
Burchell’s
N. W. Burchell
Keeley Institute
Northey Street
Washington, D. C
District of Columbia
Maryland
A & Good
Fane
John F. Ellis & Co
Ava
Boston Sample Shoe Parlor Incorporated Cor
Sts. N. W
House & Herrmann
Seventh
Eye Streets
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