Center Market Squatters Case Probed in Police Court
Attorney Henry E Davin led a lengthy defense for the defendants in the Center Market country line test case. Judge O Nea l heard the first motion to quash while witness testimony covered Taylor s display of goods without a permit on August 11. The docket includes nine other defendants with future court action and potential appeals to the Court of Appeals as Davis denounces city officials and regulatory attempts to exclude hucksters from B street.
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Center Market
Henry EB. Davis
James Taylor
Taylor
Acton
Rice
Watson
B Street
Davis
O’neal
Police Court
Markethouse
James B. Pugh, Jr
Henry E Davin
Walter Sanford
Leavell
Sergi
Hartley
First Precinct
Sanford
Ninth Street
Ganford
Court of Appeals
Morris Pumphrey
Richard Maley
William Groves
Joseph Rippons
Henry Schroth
Robert Scott
Priscila Butler
Benjamin Groves
Pugh
Supreme Court of Michigan
Detroit
Congress
Devis
Seventh
Ninth Streets
B . Btree
Testimony Concludes in James Taylor Case on Property Conduct
Health report notes alarming rise in typhoid fever with fifty new cases that week and nineteen infant deaths. Diarrheal deaths remain high. consumption leads with seventeen deaths. Diphtheria and scarlet fever also rise while births total 137 for the period. City health officer Dr. Woodward cites ongoing investigation effects but cannot quantify its impact.
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Woodward
Vacant Lot Feeds Dozen with Potter Garden Model
Mr J S Potter of 1945 Fourth Street Northeast Eckington demonstrates a 50 by 50 foot city garden yielding enough vegetables to feed a dozen and surplus for neighbors. He promotes vacant-lot cultivation, silk production, and simple care, urging modest effort from one man and children to grow produce and improve urban living.
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Fourth Street
Eckington
J. S&. Potter
United States
Prussia
City Gardens Association
Potter
Mr Potter
Agriculture Department
Washington
Faravn
Secretaries Shaw Roles In Offending Institutions Uncovered
Maj. Sylvester seeks evidence to prosecute parties polluting the Potomac with gas tar and oils. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing is named as a culprit. Prosecutions may start in Police Court. River pollution harms fish and waterside commerce. A list of licensed medical practitioners and midwives follows from July exams and district registrations.
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Maj. Sylvester
Thomas
Potomac River
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Secretary of the Treasury
Suit price list fragment with odd amounts
The clipping lists suit prices in varied amounts including 15.90 16.50 18.50 and 20,009 for suits plus prices 25.00 and 38.00 with garbled words suggesting apparel items. The text appears as an OCR damaged price catalog or ad snippet.
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Re.eeese
Japanese schoolboy asks Washington mayor to sell rare stamps
Commissioner Macfarland received a letter from Tajima Hisakichi a Japanese schoolboy in Wakayama Japan asking the city to sell 510 rare stamps to aid families of soldiers killed in war The boy’s delegation states stamps may fetch a better abroad price and urges proceeds be sent to him The commissioner will study philately and then offer to handle the sale for humane purposes only
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Macferland
Washington
Kii
Wakayama
Japan
Board of Commissioners
Macfarland
Commissioner Macfarland
Tajima Hisakichi
Tajima
United States
Finish Stutler Hearing Probable Next Monday
Accused official Warner Stutler has recovered enough to attend the planned hearing into malfeasance charges by Royal Robinson. Commissioners consider resuming the investigation next Monday with Stutler and others available. West may not be able to return in time from North Carolina. Garbage complaints against Washington Fertilizer Company rise to sixty amid route additions and promised extra teams to improve service.
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Royal Robinson
Stutier
Donaldson
Macfarland
Donalds
California
West
North Carolina
Ronaldson
Robinson
Stutler
West, Virginia
Washington Fertilizer Company
Esterday
Lincoln Republican League to Rally District Republicans in Washington
A joint meeting of Lincoln Republican National League committees decided on a grand rally of District Republicans and temporary resident voters in September. James W. Poe chaired the session with F. H. A. Moore as secretary. Eminent white and colored speakers will be invited. the group also denounced the Bogus Negro Democratic League of Buffalo and read letters from Roosevelt, Weir Banks, and Cortelyou to Poe.
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Lincoln Republican National League
Washington
James W. Poe
F. H. A. Moore
Bogs Negro Democratic League
Buffalo
Roosevelt
Weirbanks
Cortelyou
James W. Pos
Robbed Chinese restaurant fined for theft in Georgetown
Police Court heard Edward G. Huth accused of stealing a chop sney bowl from a Georgetown restaurant run by Celestials. Huth denied the theft while a companion admitted taking the bowl as a joke. bowl found in a saloon across the street. Judge Mills fined Huth ten dollars or thirty days in jail.
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Georgetown
Edward G. Huth
Charlie Jung
Li Yee
Huth
Mills
Made liquor his excuse Bert Myers admits wrongdoing while drunk
Former Washington baseball club member Bert Myers faced Police Court charges of assault disorderly conduct and destroying private property after a drunken night. Kate Sloan and her son George testified Myers visited 309 New York Avenue, threw vases, broke them, and used profane language. George showed a black eye and Mrs Sloan said she was struck but believed accidental. Judge Mills dismissed the assault charge against Bert Sloan, but Myers was fined on the remaining counts or faced three months in jail as an alternative.
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Bert Myers
Washington Baseball Club
Myers
Irs
Kate Sloan
George
New York Avenue
George Sloan
Watchman Hall Not Guilty in Bridge Clash Case
In Police Court, John Hall and Joseph Berry were cleared of assault charges filed by James and Francis Robinson after a swinging foot bridge on Lowery Lane in Rock Creek Park led to a scuffle. The Robinson brothers claimed Hall stopped James from crossing. Hall and Berry denied wrongdoing, noting the bridge was a private structure under orders of Col. A. M. Miller. The court found insufficient proof of the bridge’s ownership or authority to bar public passage, and George Robinson forfeited collateral.
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Francis
John Hall
George Robinson
Joseph Berry
Robinson Boys
Lowery Lane
Rock Creek Park
Robison
Hall
Robinson
Berry
James Robinson
Col
A. M Miller
Lydécker Tunnel
Massachusetts Avenue
Jamey B Robinson
Mille
Smith Thompson
Robinsons
Thompson
Washington Aqueduct
Children sue grandmother over estate dispute in Pleasant Plains
Katherine Atkins and Leicester Atkins sued their grandmother Mary Best to interpret the will of Kate Best Atkins deceased. The infants seek a life interest in lot 124 in Chapin Browns subdivision and eventual full ownership after Best's death, arguing the daughter’s will passed the land to Best. Birney & Woodard represent the complainants.
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Equity
Katherine Atkins
Leicester B. Atkins
Joseph L. Atkins
Mary Best
Kate Best Atkins
Chapin Brown
Pleasant Plains
Tower Operator Out on Bond in Wreck Case
Charles W. Nichols, tower operator tied to the Deanwood wreck, was freed on $2,000 bond after a coroner s jury held him. William W Stewart signed as surety. The page also lists ads for hosiery, tonics, bread, seafood dining, grocery specials, and local services.
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Charles W. Nichols
Deanwood
William W Stewart
Registrar Gus Gwett Named Columbian University Registrar
Gus Don Gwett o d 14 m has been appointed registrar of Columbian University succeeding Channing Rudd who resigned. Gwett has long been associated with Columbian, holds B S and Ld M degrees, teaches chemistry in arts and sciences, and after law school practice in the District, served in the Treasury Secretary’s office before resigning to assume the Columbian post. He will begin work August 22.
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Gus Don Gwett
O. D
Columbian University
Channing Rudd
Gwett
Columbian
Columbian Law School
Etustomatison
Treasury Department
Sete
Notley Hall inmates arrested near Annapolis jail break
Robert Miller and an accomplice named Vaker or Vak er were allegedly involved in a jail break at Notley Hall in Annapolis Maryland on Tuesday night. Police arrested them at the Ana costia station yesterday and held them for a Prince George County constable. They claimed three other men were present at Notley Hall when the incident occurred.
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Robert Miller
Ana
Vaker
Broes
Notley Hall
McCormick
Anacostia
Prince George County
Miller
Taker
Funeral of Prof Frank G Radel finger
The funeral for Prof Frank G Radel finger was held from his residence yesterday at 2 pm. Pallbearers included Frank Elmore Ross Bennet Rig Jones Van Austin and Dr Charter Title. The service was conducted by Rev Mr Breele at Rock Geock a inter.
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Yeatersay
Gore Frank Elmore Ross
Bennet Rig
Jones
van Austin
Breele
Tien
Rook Geock
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