Progress on Terminal Station work detailed in district report
District official reports on the terminal station project and its approaches, including grade changes, street reconstructions, and yard developments. Progress spans the Anacostia bridge, Bladensburg road junction, Montana to Florida avenues, and city bridges. Union Station foundations advance while tunnel work continues with expected completion in 14 to 18 months. Restoration of surface grades and plaza work proceeds toward winter reopening.
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C. B. Hunt
Union Station
Iite
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Company
Montana Avenue
Magruder Station
Maryland
Anacostia River
Reform School
Bladensburg Road
Queens Chapel Road
Florida Avenue
New York Avenue Highway
Rhode Island Avenue
M Florida Avenue
Massachusetts Avenue
N Streets
Second
First
South
Washington
South Capitol Street
Second Street
Virginia Avenue
Eighth Street
South Capitol
Delaware Avenue
Secend
Third Streets
Water Street
Fourteenth Street
Watermelon worth 35 cents sparks $190,000 suit
Flora A. Lloyd filed a $190,000 damage suit in the District Supreme Court against Thomas Ruppert, proprietor of a grocery at 84 H street northeast, alleging false arrest after a 35-cent watermelon incident. Attorneys J C Foster and G A Kuhn represent the plaintiff. The declaration centers on the claimed wrongful accusation and arrest.
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Supreme Court of the District
Flora A. Lloyd
J. C. Foster
G A Kuhn
Thomas Ruppert
H Street
Plaintiff Wiora Lloyd Denies Theft Allegation in Watermelon Case
The plaintiff Wiora A. Lloyd, once Fiora A. Jones, asserted she has always behaved honestly and never faced charges of petty larceny. The defendant Ruppert allegedly had her arrested for stealing a watermelon valued at 25 cents from the defendant’s goods. The judge heard testimony and found the plaintiff guilty.
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Wiora A. Lloyd
Fiora A. Jones
Ruppert
United States
National Capital Rifle and Revolver Club Opens Range
The National Capital Rifle and Revolver Club begins operations at Congress Heights on ground leased from A. Randle. The range offers 60 to 200 yard targets with a big pavilion in Randle Park, plus trap shooting and revolver targets. Members from business, professional circles, and police units join. the club aims to revive local rifle work and provide civilian facilities.
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National Capital Organization
National Capital Rifle and Revolver Club
Cargress Heights
A. &. Randle
Anacostia
Congress Heights
Randle Park
National Guard
Metropolitan Police
Boom in Patent Business And New Trademark Law
The Patent Office saw a record week with about 844 applications granted, the largest in its history. Mechanical patents reached 574, while 247 were trademarks and labels, aided by the new trademark act of April 1, 1905 lowering fees and expanding protection. Chief Clerk Ireland notes many trademarks arise across varied goods, with few pioneer patents mainly on voting machines, engines, registers, and wireless tech. Heraldry inspires many trademarks as originators borrow from Burke's Peerage to craft appealing marks.
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Patent Office
Ireland
Competitive exams to fill future Washington Asylum Hospital posts
Washington Asylum Hospital will require competitive examinations for physician and intern appointments in the future. Immediate vacancies may be filled by commissioners without exams to speed staffing, but a formal system will apply to all future hires. The change aligns with practices in municipal hospitals and precedents from 1902 reforms.
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Washington Asylum Hospital
Washington Asylum
Congress
Dalecarlia Reservoir Not Closed Despite Public Alarm
Acting Secretary of War says the Dalecarlia reservoir remains open and bypass used to maintain water flow. Dredging will finish soon and full capacity will be restored. District authorities were alarmed by false reports about typhoid fears and system closure. Reservoir work stems from a sand bar at inflow caused by sediment from Great Falls.
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Municips
Con*tradicte
Dalecarna
War Department
J. C Bates
Gen. Bates
Chief of Engineers
Dalecarlia
Dalecarla
Great Falls
Georgetown
Dalecarlia Reservoir
Smallpox Threat Sparks Health Alarm in District Jail
Peyton Sweet the Negro inmate suffered with smallpox and was reported by the health officer to be serious. Doctors warned the illness might prove fatal as conditions worsened. the case prompts concern over a highly malignant form in early evening reports.
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Peyton Sweet
Woodward
Bweet Ag
Max
Typhoid Cases Decline as City Reaches 362 Infections
Fourteen typhoid cases were recorded by the health department yesterday with three recoveries and one death. Total cases since July 1 reach 362 and deaths 41, with 269 still under treatment. The daily rise is five fewer than on the same date last year. Improvements in water filtration, city cleaning, and citizen care are cited as hopeful signs. The health officer notes last year’s peak was in September and warns hot weather could raise cases again.
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Health Department
Mrs Schloss Will Proves Bequests To Churches And Relatives
The will of Mrs Babette Schloss widow of Nathan A Schloss who died in Georgetown last Friday has been probated in the Orphan’s Court of Baltimore Bequests include Hebrew Hospital and Asylum Association 500 Hebrew Benevolent Society 310 Home for Aged and Infirm Hebrews of New York 200 Hebrew Sheltering Guardian Society of New York Orphan Asylum 000 Baltimore Hebrew Congregation 100 Shearith Israel Congregation 400 Hebrew Orphan Asylum 800 and various relatives including Johannah Matt and Lana Wilberg daughters of Leopold Hosen 1800 each and others such as Solomon Rosenthal 5080 and Babette Rosenthal 3000 plus limited shares in the New York Central Railroad Company several others many bequests to siblings and nephews in Baltimore New York and Germany Tenants are named with amounts ranging from 100 to 900 with many more listed in the lengthy will. The section notes the grave of Mrs Schloss and her husband to be kept in order at the Belair Road cemetery.
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Babette Schloss
Nathan A. Schloss
Georgetown
Orphane’ Court
Baltimore
Hebrew Hospital and Asylum Association
Hebrew Benevolent Society
Home For
Hebrews of
New York
Hebrew Sheltering Guardian Society of New York Orphan Asylum
Baltimore Hebrew Congregation
Solomon Rosenthal
Atock
New York Central Railroad Company
Babette Rosenthal
Emanuel Rosenthal
Joseph A. Bohloss
Hattie Hing
Harry King
Washington
Biian E. Benjamin
Edward Rosenthel
Emanuel Rosanthal
Hannah
Chicago
Rebecca Hirshberg
Nathan Hirshberg
Martha Schloss
Levi Schlore
Alice Polack
Stary T Laupheimer
Samuel Laupheimer
Linda Loewenstein
Max Loewehstein
Melle Hamburger
Henry
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