Oldest Inhabitants mark thirty fourth dinner pride and praise
The Oldest Inhabitants Association held its thirty fourth annual dinner at Frouna's on Tenth street near I street. Ninety eight year old Dr William M Starr led a starry cast of speakers praising the nation, with toastmaster Mason Nailor and Commissioner Henry B Macfarland among the honorees. Speakers extolled President Roosevelt and the U S Navy while recounting Civil War valor and Washington's leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macfarland
Hackett
Fife
Frouna's
Tenth Street
I Street
Wilam M Starr
G Street
Theestaurant
America
Richard Emmons
United States
Roosevelt
Washington
HK Warner
Y Macfarland
District of Columbia
Warner
Navy
Frank Hackett
Army
Army of
Georga Cracker
Hoke Smith
Secretary of the Interior
Bill
Hoke
Jim
Jef Davis
Thomas C Noyes
Po- Hee
Richard Sylvester
Our Association
John P McCarthy
Waller
Nelson A. Mes
Admiral Schin
John N Wilson
Henry L West
John Biddle
Theodora W Noyes
Ma Grooge
Ff Armen
HW Bennett
G Brust Harndon Storey
Conan
Bt Drane
George W
Arthur Charles Hf Calvert
J Tyler Powell
T McXerhany
Jobe
G Weathy Sebantian Bauer
Edward Shan
Henry
Thompson A
W Kelley
Edward Hoop
John Waller
George Hance
WU Jam
B Palmer
Ward Kern
C Yost
J L Vaile
George W Harvey
Maj Archard Sinsester
Thomas Brown
Frank Wo
Lo White
Smith
Smith Witlem Wharotea MG Copeland Tlex Archard Em
Jorn Daden
Louis P Seibold
A P
Fon
Wright and
Lapt
Isame Peason
Beckner Disbarred in Kentucky Judicial Probe
Former congressman and Republican attorney general candidate Beckner faced disbarment in Kentucky courts. The hearing before Special Judge Harris found unprofessional conduct based on a misconduct case linked to offshore statements. Beckner, noted as a prominent Kentucky attorney, appealed the decision.
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Kentucky
Deo T
Williem
Annual Charities Meeting and Various Masonic Events in City
Secretary Weller of the Washington association was invited to address Toronto charities at the Ceridian society annual meeting on December 12 but cannot attend as the Washington charities hold their own meeting on December 11. A stereopticon review of past year’s work will be shown at First Congregational Church Tuesday evening. Modern Woodmen of America elects H H Mimlard as consul and other officers at $12 Pennsylvania Ave SE. A class initiation under Modern Maccabees and a Royal Neighbors of America event are planned for January and next Wednesday at 7:30 pm at Northeast Temple with a committee led by C O ainogi.
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Weller
Associated Charities of Toronto
Canedi
Charles Weller
Washington Association
Ceridian Society
Washington Associated Clarltests
Mr Welle
Inshack le i
R Talbot
Woodmen of America
Pennsylvania Avenue
H Mmlard
C Wheeler
Henry Nolan
J H Durand
Joseph Kottner
J E Reesa
L J Lancaster
JK P Durian
Naval Ledge Iz
Aviary
America
Northeast Temple
Knight C OaiInogi
J H Junghans
Ohio
Ofty
Evangelical Christian Science Church
Agthwest
Oliver Clabin
G . Thorniley
Christian Science
Alaska Telegraph Lines Grow to Meet Demand
The government telegraph system in Alaska shows strong growth and may extend the Seattle Sitka duplex to Sitka Valdez. Receipts have surged 50 to 100 percent over last year as summer traffic looms. The network spans Seattle to Valdez 1700 miles and 110 miles wireless to Nome, with expansion planned toward Circle City from Fairbanks. The Burnside cable ship extends the Juneau Sitka line to Wrangell and Ketchikan to improve shipping reports.
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Alaska
Seattle
Sitka
Sitka-Valdez
Valdez
St. Michael
Nome
Congress
Fairbanks
Circle - City
Burnside
Juneau-sitka Cabie
Wrangell and
Ketch
Sailors Visit by Digby Bell Company Invitation
One hundred eighty-two sailors from vessels at Washington Navy Yard will witness a Digby Bell Company performance, extended by Digby Bell and Daniel V. Arthur through the Navy Secretary. Captain Weutze thanked manager S Goodfriend and the actors, calling the gesture a recognition of naval service and the honor of the uniform.
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Uncle Sam’s Navy
Digby Bell Company
Digby Bell
Daniel V. Arthur
Secretary of the Navy
Washington Navy Yard
Weutze
S Goodfriend
Digby ‘Bell Company
Enlisted Men Seek Reentry After Brownsville Riot
First Sergeant Mingo Saunders and Private Elmer Brown, both veterans of long service, sought reenlistment at the War Department. They claim no knowledge of the Brownsville riot and were told a hearing would occur soon. They were referred to Major General Ainsworth after not meeting Secretary Taft.
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United States Army
Sergt Mingo Saunders
Elmer Brown
Company B
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Fhownsville
War Department
Taft
Ainsworth
Army
Sergt Saunders
Brown
Saunders
Brownsville
Sergi Saunders
White House
A P Blockson
Senate
James M Dean Dies in Government Hospital
James M Dean an optician residing on Tus Thirteenth Street Northwest died at Government Hospital for the Insane after four weeks illness. His mind had become deranged during a divorce case and he was taken into custody after fleeing from his stove fearing danger to his tie. No funeral arrangements have been made.
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James M Dean
Tus Thirteenth Street
Government Hospital
Indoor baseball declared lottery by corporation counsel
Corporation Counsel B H Thomas yesterday ruled a new table game called indoor baseball resembles a lottery. Players throw balls into numbered pockets for a fee, with 255 squares at five cents each, totaling 1280 dollars, and average losses of 18 balls valued at 725 dollars, yielding 525 dollars profit for the dealer. The decision followed HK Cornish's bid to place the game in cigar stores, cafes, and public spots as a district agency candidate.
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Corporation
B. H Thomas
HK Cornish
Ball of the States Preparations Moveto Artington Event
Mrs C B Merwin, chairwoman of the Ball of the States committee for the Artington event on January 17, hosted a conference with Mrs Fairbanks to map plans for the ball. A sponsor committee of young women will be formed, with chairpersons and other leads chosen at the next ball committee meeting Friday at 11 am at the Arlington Hotel.
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Artington
C. B Merwin
Woman's League
National Junior Republic
Fairbanks
Arlington Hotel
Japanese in the San Francisco Public Schools Controversy
United States Attorney moves to set aside San Francisco Board of Education resolutions creating a separate Oriental School for Japanese Chinese and Korean children. The filing cites a 1906 ordinance directing segregation and notes 93 Orientals attended public schools, 39 aged 16 to 21, with the claim that other foreign children were admitted to general schools.
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San Francisco
State Supreme Court
United States
Devlin
Board of Eueration
aJpan
Board of Education of
Stop Marriage Journey Involving Richmond Girls
Beverly Elliott aged nineteen and Ethel Barrett aged eighteen from Richmond were detained at Pennsylvania Station by Detective Barbee on the way to New York for a planned marriage. They claimed they intended to marry in New York that afternoon. Elliott's parents were to arrive soon, while Barrett was released to return home.
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Beverly Elliott
Ethel Barrett
Richmond
Pennsylvania Station
Barbee
New York City
Boardman
Young Hiblott
Troardman
New York
Young Elliott
First Precinct
Exports Show Rise in Meat and Dairy Trade
A Bureau of Statistics report indicates over 250 million dollars of meat and dairy products will be exported in the year ending this month. The total includes about 200 million in meats 325 million in cattle and 510 thousand in butter cheese and milk. The agricultural export trade shows steadier growth than meats and dairy with roughly a sixty percent rise in the last decade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
United States
Man Arrested After Lamp Attack Fractures Wife Skull
Isaac Clark of 0 O Street Northwest was arrested for assaulting his wife Frances Clark. He allegedly struck her on the head with a lamp, fracturing her skull. She was moved to Homeopathic Hospital in critical condition. Clark to be arraigned in Police Court this morning.
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Nuln
Isaac Clark
O Street
Frances Clark
Homeopathic Hospital
Criles
Stand for the Uniform Spanish War Veterans Condemn Incivilities
Andrew 8 Burt Camp U V W V met at Costello's Hall last night to condemn uncivil treatment of soldiers and sailors in hotels and theaters. The camp backed Secretary Bonaparte and Department Commander Mitchell, passing resolutions urging Congress to remedy discrimination. Officers' election was postponed to December 14. The Fourth Immune Camp plans its section meeting at Costello's Hall on December 12.
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Andrew
Burt
Coxtelio
Bonaparte
Mitchell
Congress
Kts
Costello
Cockrell Nearing Full Recovery After Illness
Former Senator F M Cockrell of Missouri, long ill at his home 1512 A Street Northwest, is reported improving and in fair health. He was seen comfortably seated in his library tonight, with friends relieved and optimistic about an immediate recovery.
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F M Cockrell
Missour
Deaf mute Dawson Hatton Dies at Canal Company House
Deaf mute Dawson Hatton employed by the Chesapeake and Potomac Canal Company died suddenly yesterday morning at the company boarding house near West Chain Bridge. The District morgue received the body, Coroner Nevitt certified death as natural. Hatton lived with sister Mrs Joseph Lawrence on Tweneek street. Body to be released to relatives for burial.
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Dawson Hatton
Chesapeake and Potomac Canal Company
West Chain Bridge
Nevitt
Hatton
Joseph Lawrence
Tweneek Atreet Orth
Fifth Street Residence Sold to Leonard G Spencer
L Ricrer was the purchaser for Leonard G Spencer of New York of the 1 Fifth Street Northwest residence. The three story brick house has eleven rooms and was the old homestead of the Spencer family, once well known in the city.
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L Ricrer
Su W Oumuer
Leonard G Spencer
New York
Fifth Street
Spencer
Temple of Truth Speaker at Northwestern Street Address Event
A fragmentary notice announces a Sunday service at the Temple of Truth 1218 Sixthenth Street Northwest with Mr RC Douglass speaking at what seems to be a Christ related topic. The garbled text lists other services and a gospel event by Boz, William Baker Southeant.
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Boz
Wiliam Baker
Wolf
Temple OF Truth
RC Douglass
Apeak
Grelock
Christ
Hinder Pert
Foreign Guests Barred From Sandy Hook Visit
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers capped its annual meeting with a Sandy Hook excursion to inspect fortifications and gun batteries. Four foreign members the Scotch Irish English and a Japanese were refused entry to the military reservation, and left at Highlands.
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New York
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Sandy Hook
William Crozier
Oranance
New York Harbor
Proving Grounds
Jersey City
F H. Hutton
United States
Highlands
Trian
Highlangs
Canning Industry Growth and Y M C A Mass Meeting
Census data show 2703 canning and preserving establishments with 53 362 workers and 70 082 078 capital in 1904. Largest output is canned vegetables valued at 45 262 148, while beet sugar production rises from 4 to 21 establishments 1880 1905. Colored Y M C A mass meeting set for Sunday December 9 at 33 o clock in True Reformers Hell led by W A Hunton and Prof Jepp Lawton to lead singing Supt Chancellor returns from Southern inspections today.
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United States
BML C. A. Committee On
Hell
Twelfth
U_ streets
W A. Hunton
Atlanta
Peaker
Asheville Co
Jepr . Lawton
Multiple Churches and Notices Across Northwest Washington
A wide list of religious services and events at Calgary Baptist, Episcopal, Pro Cathedral, and other churches in the northwest area. The notices include times for Holy Communion, sermons, Sunday schools, prayer meetings, and special lectures, with several denominations and pastors named. Public invitations extend to strangers and general attendees.
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Beckner
Charities’ Meeting
Woodmen
Maccabees
SPAP
Frozen
North
Twenty - Fifth Infantry
Saunders and Brown
James M. Dean
Ball OF the States
Frisgg Gase
Milier
Japan
California
Goodyear. Raincoat Co
Ninth ST
N. W
Stadion
Priestley
Cravenettes
Laates” Priestley Crace
Goodyear Raincoat CO
Ninth Street N. W
BET. E and F
Gen, Crozier
Snpt
Baptist
Calgary
Metropolitan Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church
Rey Frank
Bristol
Metropolitan Bible
Enworth League
John's Church
Roland Cotton Smith
Edward ‘Biator Dunlap
Wiliam F Nicholls
Iprinity Church
Streety Northwest
Richard F Willams
Finsl
Minion
WW Davis
New Yok
Church OF the Epiphany
RH McKim
Holy Com
Smunion
Falmer
the Aschnsion
Trelthatrec
Masrachuaatla Eyszhe
Clement Brown
Thompson
Sixteenth
Chuatrtota
Robert M Moore
Unday-School
Epworth League
Seata Free
NEW Ghurgh
NEW Church
Corcoran
Frank Sewall
Jerus
Witha
Fogazzare
Teganto
Adara
Egenton
eSelock
Ee Congregational
First Congregational Church
Tenth and Gatreety Northwest
Herlee H Bvereat
Sarmon Graals
W. Bischoil
Christian Endeavor Presbyterian
Southern
Twenty-Second Street
H Waddell Pratt
Schoal
Henry Giovannoli
Weanenday
ALL
SOULS
Ane L
Ulymea
Pleroz
Unity Atuiy Elas
Merming
Evangelical Christian Science
Church OF Christ Scientist
God the Preserver of Man
Rooma
Traders' National Bank Buiting
Tetth Steet
Penpyjvanis Ayanue
Qetrpat Northwest
Secular League
Add-Eos
WA. Croffutt
Pythien Temlo
Nisin Wetoot
Seventh Day Adventist Church
M Streas
Northwest
Rip van Winkle
George Ade
Pittsburg
Tomorrow
Washington Sunday Post
14Th Street
Penna. Ave
H Street
St. N. W. Old Colony CO
Lowestoft
Sevres
Anéirons
Cape da Monte
Chelsea
Gent's
THE
Lgin Watch
G. M. Wheeler
Elgin
Elgin National Watch CO
Elgin, Ill
Victor
John F. Eltis & Co
Ave
Ceres
Iona
Colman's
Ffante & Pacifierses
N. Wi
Cokstead
Rushela
Ishela
Shell
Burchell
Hudson's New Variety
F Street
R. Merchant
Potomac Electric Power Co
14Th St
Stines
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