New Washington social club to link merchants and lawmakers
A plan led by Mr. Barry Bulkley aims to form a Washington social chamber of commerce blending business and civic life. The club would host leading local professionals and select House and Senate members, with a near-central building and modest dues, offering dining and leisure amenities to strengthen ties between residents and the federal capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social Chamber of Commerce
Merchants’ Club
Washington
House
Senate
Barry Bulkley
Bulkley
Wasa- Ington
Citizes
Sien
Ft 15
Wife marries another. suit seeks absolute divorce
District Court yesterday granted an absolute divorce to Mote to Mart John Vaughn of New York City, naming co-defendant M Wind walk ges. The suit alleges a 1897 pregnancy and cohabitation with the defendant after marriage. It claims the marriage occurred in May 1495 in the District and that the couple lived together briefly thereafter. Albert Alllers and WH Glosu represent Mr Ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prevesti
Su- Titme
Vaurl
Wallum
Mote
Mart John Vaughn
New Yok City
Alexandria Va
M. Ward
Albert Aallers
Glosu
Waid
Notice to creditors and local obituaries in unsettled Waggaman estate
Referees urge Waggaman creditors to sign the trustee election certficates. many claimants have not signed, letters urging payment and certificate execution are sent. Funeral service notes for Cape John Stewart, late U.S. Navy clerk, held at his home with ministers officiating. Also reports on Japanese army sanitation observations by Dr. Lew Livingston Seaman and a Christmas card distribution appeal by Booker T. Washington at Tuskegee Institute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waggaman
Thomas F. Waggaman
If Rozier Dulany
Andrew Mc Brad
Wlo Hn
Dulan
Capt
John Stewart
Cape John Stewart
Wew
Joseph To Hells
Ryder
Reus
Perth Scotia
Glenacood
Alexander Me‘holicar Willam Lo Browning
William Fisner
James Maddox
Rainh Alderman
Mr Conklin
Lews Livingston Seaman Wul Endérise
National Geographic Society
Manchura
Japan
Seaman
Far East
Poe
Nationalifies’ Armory
G Street
Elections of officers for Garfield G A R and Lafayette Post
A long list outlines officers and alternates for Garfield G A R and Lafayette Post G A R with commanders senior and junior vice commanders quartermasters chaplains surgeons officers of the day and guard, plus delegates and alternates to department encampment. It notes Elmer A Reynolds as aid-de-camp to the national commander and W W Chambers as aid-de-camp to the department commander, and mentions prominent posts like King David Lodge and Henry W Lawton Camp, with references to national figures and veteran groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Garfield Fost
Henry A. Johnson
John M. Young
Charles C. Hartung
Lewis J Melchior
James W W. Bradford
Thomas Calver
Willem H. Henning
Oicer
George B. Abrams
Lous Kettler
William A. Weaning
Charles E. Hariung
Horace P. Springer
Charley ©. Patten
Phil H. Weber
James H Braiford
Aaron Horear
Robert Harleston
H C Watson
W. W. Chambers
J. G Brdeham
Brisese Goodhart
E. J. Sweet
Henry Foster
Walter C Butler
H. Clay Campbell
Elmer A. Reynolds
Gen Blackmore
W W Chambers
Abram Hart
W. Foster
Geo Abram Hart
Hilen Spencer Munsey
D. of V
Vivienne Staley
Anna M Roberts
Lilly Kennt
Mary L Tryon
Lillian A Norton
Laura Thompson
Fannie Guschewsky
Elmira Foley
Ella F. Knight
William R Singleton
Fred, Flabey
Thomas M Bowling
Tred J Heider
Andrew Spurga
Eli Riley
Masonie Board of Relief
Frank Glilom
Otho M Burrows
Jacob J Kramer
Curtis M Smith
Fred N Parks
J H Robey
Frank H Thomas
Grand Commandery
North America
California
Knights Templars
District of Columbia
King David Lodge
Ebenezer Sondall
Marvin M McLean
Rufus A Crenshaw
M D Mull
John B. Lord
John D Hlandgood
Julius Elker
Charles E Moalster
Wergell P. Betts
John McPhaul Marshw
Laird L. Neal Fter
Thomas Jones
MW. J. Perrod Ant J B Lord
St John’s Mite Association
Charley Baldwin
Masonic Board of Relief
M. OD. Mull
Henry W Lawton
U 8
J Ligan King
Qlver
J. V. Tierney
Richard Lamb
Allen McCullough
Robert Clifford
W HB. Little
Francis P Wheaton
Joseph N Heller
Wwwf
Hodges
United States
A. P Gardiner
A. A. Wiley
X Ray Topic Dominates Wash Homeopathic Meeting
The seventh annual Washington Homeopathic Society gathering at the Shoreham Hotel features Dr Clifford Mitchell of Chicago and Dr Howard Percy Deads of Liberty N Y demonstrating X ray use in tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment. Lectures by Drs Shearer Bailey and Garrison precede discussions on outdoor therapy and the need for a regional TB hospital supported by the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homeopathic Society
Washington Homeopathic Society
Shoreham Hotel
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Clifford Mitchell
Chicago
Liberty
Howard Percy Deads
M D
Wil
Liberty Hospital
Deads
Thomas L. Shearer
Alfred W Bailey
Atlantic City
John B Garrison
New York City
Fort Stanton
Mex
East
Middle West
LIQUOR CASES DISPOSED OF IN POLICE COURT
Three liquor law cases in the District were settled in Police Court. Meehan Hotel proprietor James Meehan was fined 50 dollars for selling intoxicants on a Sunday. Engel's Hotel proprietor William A Engel had charges dismissed as he kept within the law. Mrs Theresa Arnold, accused of dispensing intoxicants without a license at her wine house near Brightwood, was granted a final hearing and ordered to move within thirty days and quit the business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Meehan
Meehan
Second
Hig Place
O'Neal
Willam A Engel
Engel
Remarkable misdiagnosis reveals intestinal typhoid case
William R Briggs of 330 Nineteenth Street NW was believed to have appendicitis at Georgetown University Hospital. An operation found a normal appendix while severe typhoid fever and intestinal perforation were diagnosed, making Briggs' survival a notable medical record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown University Hospital
William R. Briggs
Nineteenth Street Northwest
Briggs
Georgetown
Roy Adams
Briges
Brive
George Vaughn
Adams
Ins
Biggs
Boggs
States Building Plan From 1898 Vision For Washington
In 1898 Inland Architect outlined a States Building concept for Washington to host state offices and exhibits. The design imagined a central grand hall, state headquarters offices, information bureaus, and an auditorium able to host large conventions and inaugural events, funded by congressional land donation and state subscriptions. It proposed a staff to assist visiting citizens and promote state affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Inland Architect
Washington
States
Millon
Capitol
United States
Unila
Congress
Staten
FL W. Fitzpatrick
Supreme Court and District of Columbia legal docket notes
The legal record lists Supreme Court and Court of Appeals cases with numbers, parties, counsel, and adjournments. It covers Swift & Co v United States, Trevis v United States, Pabst Brewing v Creaghan, Slavens v United States, and others, plus equity matters and district court assignments for December 9, 1904.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Supreme Court
Justice Harlan
Justice Brown
Justice White
Justice Peckham
McKenna
Holmes
Day
Neal Brown
Wausen
Wis
James L. Dorman
Crowley
Albert ©. Ritchie
Baltimore
Swift & Co. Et al
The
United States
Wesley E. Trevis
Luther Clay Slavens
John Stewart
Appellees
A. A. Ho
Circuit Couvat No. 1
Justice Barnard
Caywood
Plela 4Is
M. H. Beach
P. R. Hillard
Birney & Woodard
Lyon Va
Bryan Et al
G B. Towles
Plaintitt
Lyan Slater
Real estate transfers on various streets in the city
A string of transfers records property changes including Jaran E Nichala to Gertrude N Wanger for part of jet 18 square 778. Union Trust and Storage to Washington Terminal for square 713. Real Estate and Improvement to Union Trust and Storage for square 712. David C Reinohl to Cecilla Reinohl for lot 118 square 444. Moore and Barbour’s Addition Campbell to T Eugene Rhodes. Anson S Taylor trustee to J Theo Rupli. Rupli to Amanda Horner. William A Wiet to John L Warren. to John L Warren. Edward additions. multiple parcels along Eighth Street Northwest and Southeast etc. Values range from $3 to $25 with several $10 deeds listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourth
G Streets
Jaran ' E Nichala
Eighth Street
Petworth
William C. Premies
Frederick Vogel
Moore & Barbour
John G Campbell
T Eugene Rhodes
J Theo Rupli
J. Theo Rupli
Amanda Horner
LE Droit Park
William A WI
John L. Warren
Third
Andrew Marriott
Mutual Improvement Society
William Sellner
Allan P White
South Grounds
Columbia College
WiLliam S Thompson, Jr
David E. Duckingham, Jr
Third Street
Ricard C. Stewart
William T. Ballard
East Washington Park
Meyer B Newman
Anna McDowell
Deeds of Trust Listings for Kalorama Heights and Nearby Plots
A compilation of deeds of trust recording multiple transactions in Washington area blocks and squares. Each entry lists grantors, trustees, securing beneficiaries, loan amounts from $500 to $7,000, terms from 1 to 4 years, interest rates around 6 percent, and property descriptions by block, square, and lot numbers in Kalorama Heights and adjacent districts. Names include Florence TF Ballinger Samuel Cross William A Gordon James O Nellet ax Clara H Cunningham Eugene Rhodes Virginia P Hamilton and several others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalorama Heights
Florence TF. Ballinger
Samuel Cross
William A Gordon
National Metropolitan Fire Insurance Company
Bquarh
James O'Nellet Ax
CB. Hight
T. H. Pickford
Sanford Edie
Clara H. Cunningham
Josiah Stoddard
Addison G. du Boig
Washington National Building and Loan Association
William J Gallagher
Washington Loan and Trust Company
Equitable Co-operative Building Association
Moore and Barbour
T Eugene Rhodes
David Moore
William A
Kate A White
Charlies W. Simpson
Harry Wardman
Square 40
Virginia P
Hamilton
James R . William H. Saunders
Claud Livy Ingston
Emmanuel B Shaver
South Grounds
John A W Burche
Richard A .Tyler
Robert G Rutherford
Wilfred Stevens
Charles G. Conn
Henry J. CU Eee
Forber and Yurber seek Elvira Furber security claim
Lawsuits list multiple actions including 310000 secured for Elvira I Furber over six years at 5 percent, semi annual, tied to part of lot 79. Also includes judgments by T H Callan JP and a divorce suit for William H Ward versus Mollie J Ward. Also creditors' bill and injunction filed by Disney Shade Company with Hamilton & Colbert as solicitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Ward
Mollie J. Ward
Albert Sisters
W. H. Green
Southern Disney Shade Fixture Company
Disney Shade Company
Hamilton & Colbert
Royal Pair of Portugal Visit Described in London Mail
The London Mail profile highlights King Carlos of Portugal and Queen Maria Amelia. It notes Carlos's Coburg lineage, Maria Amelia’s Savoy and Orleanes connections, and their benign public image. The article recounts the king’s bullfighting daring and the queen’s charitable, modest lifestyle among Lisbon’s poor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Mail
Carlos
Coburg
Maria II da Gloria
House of Braganza
Portugal
Ferdinand
Saxe-Coburg and
Gotha
Duchess of Kent
House of Saxe-Coburg
Maria Pia
House of Savoy
Maria Amelia
Comte de Paris
Duc d’Orleans
Aosta
Italy
Victor Emmanuel
Europe
Duke
Braganga
Amelia
Lisbon
Amela
Duke of
Braganza
A Jack Frost Feast From the Housekeeper
The dining room becomes a winter wonderland with evergreen garlands, mistletoe, and holly dusted with diamond powder. Red horns of plenty, candy Santa, nut dishes, and green plum plates set a festive scene. After dinner, guests sing a Kinder Symphony by the fire and prize a best Home Sweet Home rendition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hally & Sparkling
Jack Frost
Post Office Notice of Mails Dispatches and Closing Times
Weekly schedule for December 10, 1904 lists daily and Friday connecting closes from the Main Office for Trans Atlantic, Europe, and Americas routes. Includes specific cutoffs from Boston New York Philadelphia and notes special routes to the Caribbean, Bermuda, Argentina, Mexico, and distant Pacific and Asiatic destinations with overland links and sailing connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newsoundland
Philadelphia
FORTO_ RICO
Caracag
Venezuela
Caracas
New York
Nail
Colombia
Fortune Island
Jamaica
Magdalena Department
Sthiria
Costa Rica
Limon
Siberia
Bermuda
ST Thomas ST Croix
Lerward
Windward Islands
Guiana
Vontabelle
Grenada
Trinidad
Fontabelle
Argentina
Uralglay
Paraguay
Arabistan
North Sydney
Boston
Miquelon
Nicaragu
New Orleany
Trans-Pacific
Hawaii
Japan
Korres
Philippine Islands
San Francisco
Farcela Post
Korea
China
Vancouver
Victang
Tahiti
Marquesas Islands
Mariposa
Guam
United States
Fay
Australia
West Australia
New Caledonia
Victoria
Cochin China
Manchuria
Niuchwang
Russia
Europa
New Zealand
Ysnnan
British India
Europe
Malta
Cal
John A. Merritt
The Cost of Rural Delivery
Postmaster General Wynne notes the rural service began on probation with $40 000 for a trial. For the year ending June 20, 1964, about $13 million was spent on rural route delivery. $20.616 million was appropriated to continue and extend rural mall service. There were 24,566 rural routes at year end. 27,195 routes were established by October 1904, with the service growing at about 86 routes per month and about 460 people served per route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wynne
Lere
Eazy
Also Mentioned on This Page
IDEA
Chamber of Commerce
D LT
Board of Trade
Business Mins Association
Mio Bulkhs
Jein
Ile
South
Booker T Washington
Tuskegee Institute
Alabama
Nilew
Foundry Church
California Journal of Medicne
Noah Raby
Eatontown
N OG
Raby
Ruby
Cleveland Plain
Hannipal
Dr. King
Hobart Chatfield-Taxlor
J Pennett
Perrettes
Ernest
Mary H
Meatrix Jungman
Netherlands
Nico Jungman
S'byl
Mitzgerald P Prnisbes
Angus
Fitzgerald
Naples
Court of Appeals
Morrie and Shepard
T. H. Anderson
Supreme Court
Joseph W. Gavan
John J. McMahon
Ward
Smith Va
L. H. Davitt
Appellant
A B Duvall
Appellee
Appellee, and Argument Concluded By Mr. E
Douglass
Looney
Metropolitan Railroad Company
M. D. Rosenberg
BD. W. Parker
G. C. Cole
Walf
O. C. Cole
B. W. Parker
A A. Hoshing, Jr
Patterson
Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation
A. A Hoebling, Jr
T. F. Woodard
Hamilton& Colbert
Crandeligva Classen
W H. Wallac
Tracy L._ Jeffords
Rockwell
Capital Traction Company
C. F Garnal
H. Merilat
H. Ross Perry & Son
Ecllpee Bicycle Company
Farrow
Appallant
Worthington Spd
Mackal
J. C. Gittings
Equity Court NO 1
Justice Anderson
Imre Willim M Gallant
Sonneman Ya
John Baum
Rollettor
John Ravi
Carrington Kauffmann
Mattern
Leon Tobriner
Mile
E L Wilson
M. Hufty
Penney D
Worthington, Heald & Prailey
M J Calbert
P. E Johnson
Leon Tobriner Guy
Guy
Sale
George Francis Williams
Freedman's Transportation, Land and Improvement Company
Jane Moseley Steamboat Company
MI. Moore Va
Warrick
Mr. N. Richardson
J H. Stewart
Norris Ve Ashford
Hallam & Hallam
Davidge
Beach & Mather
Mackall & Maedot
Donn
H. Bell
Tease Ve. Isaac
G. F. Havel
L. H David
Garr Va. Carr
W. H. Shales
J. HB. Potbury
Rutherford
K HK Perry
Mr. Calladay
P. H. Marshall
North Va
Smith
R. H. Walcker
L. C. Willlameon
Monumental Savings and Loan Association
Sullivan Sullivan—Padgett & Forrest
Hannan
Magon
C. W. Boyle
Foster
Sullivan & Sullivan
O'Brien
Chappell
T. P. Myers
Doage
Dodge
Thompson, Jr
T Hendler
Seekin & Fulton
Moore
James
Kaldenbach
J McD
Carrington
B. G. Nilss
Moore Va Stewart
Attorneya
M. N. Richardson
J. H. Stewart
A. B. Webb
A. Lipacomb
Defendent
Darlington
Cole A Henread
Menning
Circuit Court No
Clabaugh
Green
Plaintif
H. E. Doyle
C. C. Tucker
F. H. Stephens
MacAntiffers
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
O'Shea & Calvert
Edmund van Dyke
Nashua
C. W. Clagett
A. B. Duvall
Glass Ve
C. & Benjamin
Ricketts
Sun Printing Company
Baker & Thurston
Worthington
Union Savings Bank
Hubbard
Ralston & Siddons
Simmons & White
Parkinson
Wines
E. A. Jones
Tucker & Kenyon
United Stites
Collin
Beech & Adkins
EH. Thomas
Jones
Joseph W. Cox
Perry & Son
Dunlop
Faut Va Capital ‘Traction Company
H. BE. Davis
D. C. Tucker
RR. Perry & Son
T. Dunlop
Lawrence
Justice Wright
Albert M. Raymond
Ibel
W. W. Stewart
L. D. Walter
Justice Gould
United States Va
Clarence Feezer
George Shanklin
A. W. Scott
Louis Hobbein
J B. Mctaughlin
Maria Johnson
J. M. Kicks
Feezer
Probath Court
John P. Murphy
Thamilton & Colbert
Emma C. Alexander
Kate Alexander
Guardian
Bond
W. A. Meloy
Dmily C. Kilimen
Lambert & Taker
Mary A M. Smith
Nisi
W G Henderson
la Jennte
Alston
Leo Simmons
Robert M Cnuser
H J. May
John Curtin
R. F. Downing
Johan C. Gluck
Ried
Sarah FB
Proctor
Will
L. M King
Jane 8
Fowler
J J Darlington
Theophilus E Raessle
J. J Darlington
Charles A. Stevene
Mary Shelton
Aled
Norvai T
Harris Et al
Joseph R. Dalley
George W Clasa
Atocks
H. D Cordon
Aaron
Humphray & Brown
T. H. Callan
Justice of the Peace
Same
Royal Pair OF
King Carlos
Queen Amelia
Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Co
Norfolk
Fort Monroe
Portsmouth
Newport News
Alexandria
Monroe
Portamouth
General Ticket
Lith
Colorado
6Th
Fa. Ave
14Th St
John Callahan
Mar. H. Callahan
Ocean Steamers
American Line
Plymouth
Cherbourg
Southampton
Queenstown
Liverpool
Atlantic Transport Line
London Direct
RED Star Line
Antwerp
London
PARIA
Dover
Paris
White Star Line
Gibraltar
Genoa
Republic
F Street
David Nosay
Cunard Line
North River
Etruria
Campania
Lucenia
Iycania
Umbria
Adriatic
Wareh
Blavonia
Pannonia
Garpathia
Maren
Cunard Steamship Co Ltd
Broadway
N.Y
State At
Masy
F. Droap & Sons
Azores Islands
Homanir
Elrope
Vila Queenstown
Minnehaha
Belgium
Liguola
Pers
Liguna
South and Central America
West Indies
JHE Gradfield Regulator CO
Atlasta. Ge
Robert
Friends’ Select School
Thomas
An Sidwell
I St
Strayer’s Business College
Begio
Washington College of Music
F Street Northwest
Sydney Lloyd Wrightsos
Reginald DE Koven
Plpils
Washington School For Boys
Wisconsin Avenue
Tennad
Town Road
Col Far Bos
LL Hooper
Jose DE Gomar Pris
Privale
Lesan
Lady Teachmtrs
Rall-Noyes
College Preparatory
Wlague
Pracpa
Audress I
Dryer Jones
Hopkins St
20Th
Psis
Holy Cross Academy
Berlitz School
A Gonard
Princ. Vrivath
Puplis
Mila
Homme
Hotels
Gairo
G@ Street
Nis
Mort
William Catto
Gordon
Washington, D.C
WM P Kenney
St. Varies
Washington. D
N. J
ST. Charles
Acran
Atlantc City
Luoexcellet
Ruisine
Newlin Hainer
Galen Hall
Hotel and Sanitarium
F.L. Young
Gent. Mgr
Traymore
No 1
Traymore Hotel CO
White
Stodeti
Chalfonte
Leeds Company
Pine Forest Inn
Summerville
8. C
the Pines
Pine Forest Inn CO
Hotel Chamberlin
Old Point Comfort
Fortress Monroe
Mount Vernon
Tomb OF
Charles Macalester
Arlington Falls Church
Aqueduct Bridge
Sunday Post
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