NEW WELLS FOR SCHOOLS THREE COMPLETED AND FIVE UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Maryland district officials announced three wells are finished and five more underway to supply public schools. Congress appropriated funds, enabling construction by Columbia Pump and Well Company. Completed sites include Londontal Road, Main Bridge and Bennings Schools.
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Columbia Pump and Well Company
Londalt Road
Main Bridge
Bennings School
Congress Heights Garfield
Stanton Burrville
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Warrants Issued Against Seven Butter Dealers
Assistant Corporation Counsel James Pugh obtained warrants against seven butter dealers for selling process butters as butter in violation of the law. Acting health officer HT Sawtelle and inspector JC Haley with Harry M Phillips will assist prosecution. Merchants named include Henry Cowor, Edwin Shuffle, Touts J Kettler, Edward T. Weller, James O Turner, Nornon Tavign, and T William Crompton.
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Kaw
Pugh
Ht’ Sawtelle
J C Haley
Harry M Phillips
Henry Cowor
Edwin Shuffle
Touts J Kettler
Véward T. Well
Prisoner Receives Long Term After Larceny Charge
Assistant United States Attorney Turner reports in police court on a larceny case against Herbert Andrews for looting the home of Mrs Shelly near Massachusetts Avenue. Judge Mulloway condemns the act, noting the thief’s breach of trust as the Shellys bury their husband father. Another man, Edward White, faces larceny charges for stealing a bicycle and horse equipment. he pleads guilty and is sent to the workhouse. A third note covers repairs at district schools and debris left by department employees.
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Mulloway
Mra Sallie Shelly
Massachusetts Avenue Northwest
Mra Shelly
Virginia
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Weedon
Burlingame, Evans
O'Dea
Missine
Varity
Tudge Mulloway
Edward White
Percy Brunger
J. T D Pyles
White
Swantheart
Hyattsville
Board of Education
Commissionera
Wihad
Marth
McQueeney
Engineer Department
Ashford
Gambling at Takoma Park a forest poker club exposed
Reports describe an organized poker club meeting Sundays and midweek in woods near Takoma Park straddling Montgomery and Prince George counties. Young men from local churches patronize the sessions, with a passerby overhearing the location and the chant Chess There’s game one coming. Mayor Platt vows action if caught.
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Washington
Montgomery
Prince ‘George
Woods
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W. G. Platt
War on Caterpillars In District Invasion Ends
District superintendent of parking and trees launches a campaign against a caterpillar infestation in downtown Washington. Teams wash attacked trees eight hours daily, targeting American elms and silver maples. Progress appears positive though the New Jersey Avenue to Pennsylvania Avenue corridor remains hardest hit.
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Pennsylvania
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Trouble at Willow Tree Alley and District Court Actions
A series of items from a District court page, including Harry Phoenix’s midnight intrusion on Annie Cogey’s Willow Tree alley residence and a $20 fine for assault, August Schaller’s guilty plea for selling three half barrels of beer, a man’s dispute over owed goods leading to a possible jury trial, a typhoid fever update from the health department, and protests over a Columbia Turnverein liquor license.
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Harry Phoenix
Annie Cogey
Annie
Harry
August Schaller
National Capital Brewery
Carl Birkle
Sundland
H M Jett
Schaller
Mckee
Stuart McNamara Returns From Paris Visit
Stuart McNamara assistant to the Attorney General appears in good health after a two month visit to Paris. He left Southampton about a week ago aboard the Hamburg-American Line and declined to discuss the outcome of his trip regarding Abel cases against New York and Indianapolis newspaper men. He will proceed to New York in a few days to continue prosecutions related to the cases.
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Stuart McNamara
McNamara
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New York
Suit Filed Over Pedestrian Death By Capital Traction
Harriet Lipp, as administrator of Sarah E Cotton, sues Capital Traction after Cotton was killed crossing at Piret and B streets on April 21. The suit on behalf of her four children cites Cotton as a former U S soldier on pension rolls and credited with helping capture Gen John T Morgan. Also notes incorporation of The Automatic False Alarm Detector Company with M. H Ramage president and other officers. offices to be in Evans Building.
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Piret
B Streets
Dirs Cotton
Penjaffce
Cotton
Pension Bureau
United States
John T Morgan
False Alarm Company Incorporated
Automatic
M. H Ramage
JB Nicholson
Dan B’ Miller
JM Smith
Evans Bulking
Smithsonian Officials Deny Claims Against Institution
Acting Chief Clerk Traylor refutes a New York paper report by F A Richardson. He says annual reports have long documented operations and expenditures, and the Smithsonian remains indignant at accusations of mismanagement. The 1907-08 records show a $83,872.96 income and detailed funds, with substantial publication output and ongoing construction financed by federal appropriations.
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Smithzonian
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Walcott
Steamboat Ripoff Nets Passenger $225 in Baltimore
Fletcher Dungan of 12 Second Street Northeast paid $225 to a bareheaded man aboard the river steamer Northumberland at his fare end stateroom, then paid again after the purser denied employment. Dungan reported the incident to Harbor Precinct police. Northumberland crew say the scam was staged in Baltimore by posing as a steamboat ticket agent.
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Fletcher Dungan
Second Street
Dungan
Baltimore
Woman sues district for injuries from protruding manhole cover
Mise Lewellyn Melzer filed suit in District Supreme Court claiming the district government caused injuries after tripping over a manhole cover that protruded several inches. The curbside hazard at Seventh and K streets NW allegedly had no lighting to protect pedestrians as she walked.
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District Supreme Court
WC Balderson
Hayden Johnson
Seventh
K Streets
Miss Melzer
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