Judge Arranges Park Meeting To Reunite Couple In Nonsupport Case
In juvenile court Judge Callan ordered Robert Simmons of 06 Fifth Street Southeast to meet his wife at 3:30 pm in a park and pledge abstention from intoxicants after being freed from the workhouse on nonsupport charges. Mrs Simmons resisted reunification, but the judge urged reconciliation, threatening loss of children if the arrangement failed.
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Callan
Robert Simmons
Fifth Street
Occoquan
Mattie Simmons
Judge Callen
First Paint Since 1875 On State War and Navy Building
The 2 miles of corridors and the bones of the State War and Navy building receive their first new dress since 1875 when the edifice was constructed at a cost of 1 900 000. The State War and Navy is among the largest government office buildings. A single painter would take a lifetime to finish the work, but a gang of workers is expected to complete it in two months with light buff covering the old blue gray walls.
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Navy
State
War
Oyster season nears with Friday opening feast
Oysters set to start Friday next week as Virginia and Maryland steamboats resume shipments from the Eastern Shore. Restaurants have offered fried oysters recently, while demand remains light. The August Family Magazine in The Sundays Post tomorrow features Mary Chalmondeley’s new story Her Murderer, a humorous tale of a man and woman long awaiting marriage.
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Virginia
Marland
Sundays Post
Mary Chalmondeley
Excursions and local transit notes in Northwest D.C.
Local listings describe frequent Chevy Chase car runs from New York Avenue and Fifteenth Street, evening Marine Band appearances, care trips to Glen Echo, and steamers to Marshall Hall and Colonial Beach with specific times and stops. Also advertised are Perfection sarsaparilla, California port and sherry deals, groceries at West 34, Arlington Bottling Co, and photo supply services at 1434 New York Avenue with Kodak developing and printing.
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Chevy Chase
New York Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Marine Band
Glen Echo
Fourteenth
Fetreeta Northwest
Charles Macalester
Marshall Hall
BF Johnso
Colonial Beach
Tel West
Arlington Bottling Co
Widow receives aid from Knights of Pythias and public
Contributions poured in for destitute widow Mrs Minna Dennis at the Confederate Veterans Home on Vermont Avenue. Grand Chancellor 8 H Bassett gave 10 and promised more gifts, while a Union Soldier letter and other donors pledged assistance as visitors called and offered aid.
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Confederate Veterans
Vermont Avenue
Minna Dennis
L. R Dennis
8 H Bassett
Knights of Pythias
Dennis
Not to Raze Fort Hunt Denials Quiet Rumor of Destruction
Washington officials denied plans to destroy Fort Hunt Virginia to test weapons. Navy and Army leaders said reports were baseless and Fort Hunt remains safeguarded. Coast artillery officials noted the fort dates from 1899 and has recent upgrades including a power house and reservoir.
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Fort Hunt
Potomac River
Washington
Army
Navy
Leo Simmons
Secretary of War
Secretary of the Navy
Bureau of Ordnance
Navy Department
Coast Artery Division
War Departmet
Fort Hunt Wa
Ready to Pave Streets Alexandria Drafts Contract for Property Owners
Alexandria officials move to pave sections of North Alfred Duke and South Washington streets with property owners paying pro rata shares. Corporation Attorney Samuel P Fisher filed the draft contract, approved by the city council finance committee, with copies available next Monday. Groundwork starts after enough owners sign. City Engineer Dunn prepares granite curbing to avoid delays. Also reports J W Kerrick dead at 23, a 5 year old bitten by a dog suspected of rabies, and a search for jailbreaker William Semms, 21, who escaped Occoquan workhouse.
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Washington Port Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
Samuel P Fisher
North Alfred Street
Dunn
Duke Street
Fairfax
Royal Streets
Washington Street
Louise Virginia Page
Melvin J. Page
Washington
Wiliam Semms
Occoquan Semma
Dave
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7Th & K Sts
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Pa. Ave
Henry Evans
iGo
Boston Sample Shoe Parlor, Inc
Jentfer
Sts. M
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Chautauqua Dairy Co
Syracuse
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N. Y. Ave
FT. Hunt
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Wiliam Kerrick
Western State Hospital
Staunton
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Bessie Kerrick
United States Marine Band
White House
Walter F. Smith
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Ioor
Walladers
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Chestnut St
Philadelphis
J.B. DE Friest
Broadway
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N.X
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Wis
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Coke
Washington Gas Light Co
Tenth Street N. W
Tharp
Berkeley Rye
St.ow
the Sunday Post
Judd & Detweiler, Inc
Family Magazine
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Washington Post
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Crittenden Marriott
Richard Harding Davis
London
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
John Hays Hammond
National Civic Federation
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