Lighted wagons rule faces opposition from business groups
A city ordinance requiring horse drawn vehicles to carry lights goes into effect Sunday despite protests from the Chamber of Commerce and major wagon owners. Critics fear burdens on large businesses and warn of increased stable fires, while officials cite safety. The measure requires a white light forward and a rear light visible 200 feet, with exemptions for slow late arrivals to stables.
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Chamber of Commerce
Georgetown Citizens’ Association
P. T. Moran
Moran
Columbi Etween
Metropolitan Police
Joseph E Crandall Dies at 85 in Washington
Joseph E Crandall of 1240 Irving Street died yesterday at Washington Asylum Hospital. He was 85, born in Maryland, and worked 30 years for the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company. He leaves a wife, five children, a brother Milton R Crandall of the post office register division, and two sisters Mrs Melick and Mrs Warry Kenner of this city.
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Joseph E. Crandall
Irving Street
Washington Asylum Hospital
Crandall
Maryland
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Milton R. Crandall
Register Division
Post Office
Melick
Warry Kenner
Cosmos Club Opens New Building At Lafayette Park
The Cosmos Club unveiled its new facility at Lafayette park and Hatree northwest with palm decorated rooms and fresh flowers. The event followed the building’s origin as Dolly Madison’s home and featured varied punch refreshments. Lectures included The Homeward Voyage of the Battleship Fleet by W H H Smith, chief clerk at the bureau of steam engineering, for the Western Presbyterian Church Men’s Brotherhood. A Jesuit priest from Leonardtown Md fell on Wisconsin Avenue and P Street in Georgetown, fracturing his right shoulder but walked to Georgetown University Hospital. Home grown roses by Gude at 1214 F street conclude the notice.
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Cosmos Club
Lafayette Park
Hatreet Northwest
Dolly Madison
W. H. H. Smith
Bureau of Steam Engineering
Men's Brotherhood of
The
Western Presbyterian Church
Father Fink
Leonardtown
Wisconsin Avenue
P Street
Georgetown
Georgetown University Hospital
Dr Wiley to wed Miss Anna Kelton confirms engagement
Dr Harvey Washington Wiley longtime chief of the bureau of chemistry at the Department of Agriculture will marry Miss Anna C. Kelton daughter of the late Adl n Kelton and Mrs Kelton in the coming spring. Miss Kelton 26 works at the Library of Congress and is a suffragette studying law at a local university. Dr Wiley 60 is described as a bachelor and the news was disclosed in a limited circle with consent to discuss resting with the Kelton family.
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Harvey Washington Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Department of Agriculture
Anna C. Kelton
Adi. N. John C. Kelton
Kelton
Adelatie l
Josephine Ketton
R Street
Br. Whey
Miss Kelton
Library of Congress
Wiley
Ernest H Daniel Named to Succeed Cox on School Board
The District Supreme Court accepted William V Cox's resignation as board president and appointed Ernest H Daniel, a 34 year old real estate operator from the firm Willige Gibbs Daniel, to fill the vacancy until July 1 1911. Daniel is the youngest member yet joins a list of possible presidents as the board meets to elect a successor. Building on the McKinley School addition resumes with plans for a school paper office Hand and Mind and hopes for a pupil printed publication in the coming years. Tomorrow nineteen preparatory students graduate from the revenue cutter service program, including three from Washington who studied at McKinley and served in the cadet regiment.
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William V Cox
Board of Education
District Supreme Court
Ernest H. Daniel
Willige,Gibbs
Daniel
Geological Survey
J. Louis Willige
Danie i
Nineteenth Street Northwest
Cok
Cox
James F. Oyster
Washington
William D. Hoover
Henry P. Blair
McKinley School
George B. Myers
Clore
McKinley
Dec Meeting and Auction Notices in City Bulletin
The December meeting of the Mik souri Society will be held at the Pythian Temple with Senator William Warner as principal speaker and music entertainment. Also listed are local ads for property sale, Christmas goods, liquor ads, census figures for Kansas towns, and various shops offering goods and services across downtown streets.
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Mik' Souri Society
Pythian Temple
William Warner
Missouri
Maas
Ave
Wisconsin
E. M. Law
New York Ave
Last Rush Contest At The Washington Post Puzzle
Four days remain to enter the Washington Post puzzle contest. The rush has grown, with many participants submitting estimates before closing. Careful, legible filling is urged to avoid mistakes that could bar entry.
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Post
Wisten
Washington Post
Washington
I.witt
Puzate
Cettlea
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Chautauqua Dairy CO
Syracuse, N. Y
G. A. Muddiman & CO
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Prince Albert
Potomac Electric Power. Co
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Kans
Coffeyville
Arnold
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Arlington Bottling, Co
Copeland
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Lithan
Conger
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Fort Myer
George F. Tyrrell
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Tobani
Delibe
Donizetti
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Algo
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Corith & K
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G Street
Ina
Washington Drug Store
People’s Drug Store
Massachusetts
United States Civil Service Commission
United States
Washington, D.C
United’ States
Black
Civil Service Commission
Pitman
Pitmanie— School
N. Y. Ave
Belvedere
Charles. and ‘Chase
Sts
Baltimore, MD
Ates
Busines
Washington Gas Light: Co
Tenth Street N. W
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Calsefars B. P. Andrews
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Bowes
Lansburgh Furniture Co
Steel’ Wheele and
Ha Bearings
Barney & Berry
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Morsell
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Apollo
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