Police News In Brief Robberies Reported Across City
Police in brief report a spate of robberies and thefts across neighborhoods. Items stolen include steel tools from new building sites, cash from a residence, a $25 camera, a $6 item, a $2 revolver, jewelry and clothing, and a small bay horse. Victims include Fred Robey Alton Place, Elmer O Haris, Frank A Hai, R E Towers Company, Harry Wilson, Samuel Cohen, Earnshaw Brothers, George H Lihbridge, and Albert H Bumstead. One man, George H Lihbridge, 63, was injured and taken to hospital after being struck by a car driven by W L Willer. Bumstead, 40, injured in a motorcycle collision near Sixteenth and Euclid and admitted to Garfield Hospital.
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Harrison Streets
Fred Robey
Alton Place
JW Robey
Millard Robey
Carpenter
Thorty
Elmer O Haris
North Capitol Street
Fifth Street
Rhode Talind Avenue
Fawerd Ballind
Frank A Hai
Makeusport F1
Eeacomploument
R E Towers Company
Third
Harry Wilson
EL Street
Samuel Cohen Tost
Ninth
Earnshaw Brothers
Eleventh Street
Albert H Bumstead
Mount Pleasant Street
Sixteenth and
Euclid Streets
Miller W Fowler
New Hampshire Avenue
Bumstead
Garfield Hospital
Merry Day for Orphans at Glen Echo Amusement Park
About 300 orphans from the city enjoyed a special day at Glen Echo hosted by District of Columbia Court No 212 Daughters of Isabella. Manager Schloss oversaw festivities with help from Kinders of Columbus councils and clergy. Attractions including the merry go round scenic railway gyroplane and dancing pavilion were reserved for the children with lunch fruits candies and special cars provided by Washington Railway and Electric Company.
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Glen Echo
Schloss
District of Columbia Court
Isabella
Kinders of Columbus
The
Washington Railway and Electric Company
Fight to restore downtown post office station reaches White House
Merchants in the downtown district vow to take the postal station fight to President Wilson after Postmaster Otto Praeger rejected restoring a station in the department building at Twelfth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. A meeting led by Teader Grosner is set for Friday to decide the next move, with appeals potentially aimed at the President if no arrangement is agreed.
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Pennsylvania Avenue
Twelfth Street
Merchanta
Wilson
Post Office Department
Seventh and
Fifteenth Streets
F Street
Otto Praeger
Praeger
Thies
Burleson
Teader Grosner
Burial of Rear Admiral McCormick at Arlington with honors
Rear Admiral 4 H McCormick United States Navy retired was interred at Arlington Cemetery after full military honors. Services in the Annapolis naval chapel preceded the ceremonial removal to the city. Born May 9 1842 in this city he entered the navy in 135 and died at the Naval Hospital in Annapolis.
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McCormick
Arlington Cemetery
H McCormick
Naval Chapel
Annapolis
William Cassard
Academy
Navy
Naval Hospital
Weather and tide chart for Washington and region August 24 1915
Forecast covers District of Columbia Maryland and Virginia with partly cloudy to fair conditions. Local frosts reported Tuesday morning in North Dakota and northwestern Wyoming. scattered thundershowers in the gulf states and central southern regions Wednesday. fair in lake Ohio regions Thursday. Daily temperature readings list midnight to 10 pm values with a high of 88 and low of 64.
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Dept of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington DC
Bor
District of Columbia
Maryland
Thurwiny Fair
Virginia Fair
Northwest
Plains States
Missouri
Mississppi
Upper Lake
Lower Lake
North Dakota
Wyoming
Ontario
New England
South Atlantic
West Gulf Stated
Mountai
Gulf States
Georgia
Tennessee
Middle Atlantic States
Lake Region
Ohio Valley
Northwest Citizens Protest Taxes and Park Access Plan
The Citizens Northwest Suburban Association submitted needs estimates to District commissioners, urging street improvements and a Rock Creek Park transportation line. They claim park access is limited to 10 percent of residents and criticize suburban overassessments tied to land subdivisions while praising a Gallager bill delaying condemnation costs until after highway completion.
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Rock Creek Park
Gallager
Citizens' Northwest Suburban Association
Wisconsin Avenue
Thirty-seventh Street
Fessenden Street
River Toad
United States
Congress
Board of
Assistant
Asgessors
Death notices list James Smith and others in Washington area
Obituary style brief notes report deaths and ages for numerous individuals across Washington institutions and streets. Entries mention James Smith, Mary J Murray, Josephine B Cheete, Arcenious O Brady, Charles Po Ault, Maude BE Burrows, Mary FE Burrows, Frederick Bauer, Edmonds, Reed Stavenson, and others with ages from months to 98, linked to hospitals such as Washington Asylum, Good Hope, Sibley, and Angrum. Names, ages, and locations reflect a community death notice page.
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James Smith
Washington Asylum
Mary J Murray
Josephine
Cheete
George
Frederick
Bauer
Je Roy Main
O Prank, Jr
Witlard
Edmonds
Washington
Angrum Hospital
Reed
Licensed to Marry: scattered names and officiants in a Virginia scene
A fragmented notice lists multiple individuals including Jeane W Morris Grace B Tyler and Bessie F Vernon along with various reverends and locations in Virginia Pennsylvania and Connecticut. The text resembles a license marriage notice with numerous names and officiants without complete context.
Births Reported In Local Families
Merrell W and Mary Whittlesey welcome a son Samuel. Adelaide Welnenberg and Robert M Tolson announce a son and a daughter. GC Turley and Anna BM Turley have a daughter. F and Efe F Smith greet a daughter. Summel and Emma M Sumner announce a daughter. James W Hobertson and Mary B Hobertson report a son. Robert 8 and Helen Pagan announce a son. William T and Ines M Pugh have a daughter. Ogle and Ellen M O Conner celebrate a son. Oscar and Teabel C Metz greet a daughter. Edward J and Joa A Lyon welcome a daughter. Daniel and Catherine Lyons report a daughter. Morris and Fannie Koppelin announce a daughter. Alligon A and Mary A Hancock have a daughter. Charles F and Martha I Ferguson report a son. John B and Clementine A la Flamme greet a daughter. Harry F and Flise G Clark announce a birth. Richerd T and Cora F Buckingham welcome a daughter. Hidward and Louise Warren report a son. Robert and Katie Motteber announce a daughter. Irving and Grace Humes greet a daughter. George and Ide Gladden announce a daughter. Benewt and Agusta W Dickerson report a son. Andrew Lacy Budd, a boy. Send Flowers to the Sick Gude's fresh-cut home-grown flowers are prettiest and last longest 1214 F.
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Merrell W
Mary
Teabel C Metz
Edward J
Joa A Lyon
Daniel
Catherine Lyons
Morris
Fannie Koppelin
Alligon A
Mary A Hancock
Charles F
Martha I Ferguson
John B
Clementine A la Flamme
Harry F
Flise G. Clark
Ber Richerd ‘T
Cora F Buckingham
Hidward
Louise Warren
Robert
Katie Motte
Ber Irving
Grace Humes
George and
Ide Gladden
Benewt
Agusta W Dickerson
Andrew Lacy Budd
City Bulletins Oyster and Fish Derat Fresh Fish and Produce
Baltimore listing emphasizes fresh fish dressed and live poultry crab meat and other seafood plus choice fruits and vegetables. Mention notes lifelong experience and daily chaplain service with a Virginia reference and numeric fragment.
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Baltimore
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