Belcher Returns Home After Shortage Scandal
J W Belcher former secretary treasurer of a Government Printing Office symposium came home after a month in New York. He faced questions over a $200 short audience shortfall and said he planned to return and face charges. His brother settled the debts in Providence and Belcher sought to restore his previously clean record. District Attorney Baker has not yet acted on the case.
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Friend
Washington
J. W. Belcher
Government Printing Office
Belcher
Post
Symposium
Providence
New York City
New York
Baker
Nolle
H M Allen
Friends
Allen
Child reform movement eyed by Southern congressmen
A large meeting at Metropolitan Methodist Church discussed the push for an interstate juvenile reformatory in the South. Rev Crawford Jackson of Atlanta and Supreme Court Justice Brewer presided with speakers including Senator Thomas M Patterson of Colorado and Representative Livingstone of Georgia. An organization to aid the project is expected to form soon among Southern congressmen.
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South
Metropolitan Methodist Church
Crawford Jackson
Atlanta
Jusce Brewer
United States Supreme Court
Thomas M. Patterson
Colorado
Livingstone
Georgia
Mock Tears in Bandannas Farewell at Baltimore Station
Ada F Edwards, a Portia graduate of Washington College of Law bound for Pendleton Oregon to practice law, is bid a festive send off by over twenty five friends at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad station. The group dramatizes mock tears with red bandannas while speeches celebrate her 3000 mile move and future success in the wheat state.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Ada F. Edwarde
Portia
Washington College of Law
Oregon
Edwards
Pembleton
Wheat
B. F. Edwards
Charles
M. Saxton
Miss Edwards
Pendleton
B. F Extwards
Oliver C Edwards
Charles M Saxton
Viola Matlock
Ollan M. Harrison
Nora Fuller
Ruth Fuller
Beulah Edtwards
Susie Harvey
Rouy- Beau
Rousseau
Matlock
Burns
Mamie Burns
O T Putnam
Frank P
H L Heald
Oscar Harvey
Frankusseau
Mr Morris
R. A. Bolen
WE ‘Bolen
Carleton U Edewards
Frank Fuller
Sermon Voices Child Labor Dilemmas at People's Church
Rev. Alex ander Kent of the People's Church at Pythian Temple denounced mere prohibition of child labor and urged industrial schools. He praised the national child labor committee and argued that wages for adults won’t fully relieve poverty, proposing state industrial schools and Booker Washington like programs to lift children from factories. He warned against superficial fixes and called for staged reforms to improve health and education.
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Alexander Kent
People’s Church
Pythian Temple
National Child-Labor Committee
Kent
Mit
England
Salvation Army
Booker Washington
National Committee
Christmas Bargains and Gift Ideas Across City Stores
City bulletins list a Christmas shopping spread with flour prices and grocery staples, plus novelties in bonbons and chocolates. From jewelry and jewelry gift boxes to portrait studios, photo engraving, advent trinkets, and canaries, the notices promote holiday gifts, candies, wines, cigars, and toys across multiple vendors and addresses.
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Wholegale Agency
11Th St
Beatrice
Kramer
Florist's
Joyce Engraving Company
Star
Xmas Gifte
Berman
Gould's
Beason's Store Makes First Reduction On Coats And Suits
All broken lots of overcoats and fancy suits are deeply discounted in Washington. Early shoppers can secure first pick of high grade overcoats at prices ranging from 12.85 to 95.00 with various tag amounts.
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Morseus Waraware
Irish Mail
Maier, Bloom & Co
Syracuse
N. Y
Hugh Harvey
Pa. Ave
C. A. Muddiman & Co
Keane
Beason
Washington
Fancy Sui
Christmas Hotel at Washington Workers Readers Guide
The Washington Post column offers daily suggestions on where to buy meats fish and other market goods in the city Center Market vendors and Georgetown area stalls are listed with specials. Elgin Butter and Reisinger's cream are advertised with prices and contact details. Christmas turkeys at cost appeal to buyers before January 1 from Elgin Creamery and nearby centers.
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Washington Post
Elgin
Elgin Creamery Co
Sihstaw
Center Market
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7Th and
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