Inaugural Balls Through Washington History
A condensed tour of Washington inaugural balls from 1793 to 1869, detailing venues such as Lang’s Hotel, Davis Hotel, Carusi’s Saloon, and the Treasury, with notes on attendees like Madison, Jefferson, Monroe, Jackson, Lincoln, and Grant, and on social and financial outcomes of the era’s grand celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Philadelphia
Senate
House of Representation of the United States
George Washington
United States
Congress
Lang's Hotel
Madison
Jefferson
Davis Hotel
James Monroe
New York Avenue
Eighteenth Street
Terefore
Metropolitan
White House
John Quincy Adams
Monroe
Adams
Carusi
Theater Comiguno
Andrew Jackson
New Orleans
Jackson
Inaugural Committee Ball Reflected 1873 Era Flurry
An 1873 inaugural ball drew about 5 000 attendees with 2 000 tickets sold, yet the cold weather and poor cloakroom control produced a fiasco. Horace Greeley, Grant and Hayes era figures, Delmonico catering, and a 350 by 160 foot temporary hall in Judiciary Square marked the event. The report traces later inaugurations noting grand Pension Building decor and large crowds for Cleveland, Harrison, and McKinley balls with orchestrated entertainments and receptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Buren
Martin van Buren
Carusi
Eleventh Street
Willam Henry Harrison
Louisiana Avenue
Gales
National Intelligencer
Harrison
Polk
Carust
Judiciary Square
Zachary Taylor
Gungl
Jackson Hall
Caruasts
Tator
Filmore
Franklin Pierce
City Hall
Horace Greeley
Washington
Grant
White House
New York
Delmonico
Hayes
Electoral Commission
Garfiel
National Museum
Corbin
Cleveland
Buchanan
Avant
Benjamin Harrison
Grover Cleveland
McKinley
Hobart
Gen. Wilson
Ruggles
Capt. Lemly
Gardner Hubbard
Olney
Alger
Gage
Reed
Messiah Heard Again by Choral Society at Chase's
The eighteenth annual rendition of Handel's The Messiah opened Christmas Day before a large audience. Chorus balance and Kaspar's leadership earned praise while soloists Hall Rio Douty and Croxton delivered strong, expressive performances. Washington Symphony Orchestra under Rakeman provided expert accompaniment, making the event an impressive Christmas finale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Choral Society
Chase
Handel
Yosef Kaspar
Marguerite Hall
Mme
Anita Rio
Nicolas Douty
Frank Croxton
Washington Symphony Orchestra
Hermann Rakeman
Wound In City Fight Lands Man in Custody
Edward Bacon, twenty five, is at Casualty Hospital with a knife wound near the heart. William Howard, nineteen, is jailed at the Ninth precinct on suspicion of the assault. Both men from 629 Gordon avenue northeast. a blood-stained knife was found in Howard’s possession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Bacon
William Howard
Ninth Precinct
Gordon Avenue
Bacon
Howard
Martin
Thomas
T Howard
Indians Split by Allotment Delays Spark Debate
The Dawes Commission report on five civilized tribes in Indian Territory defends long delays in allotment as necessary for accurate rolls, proper land inventories, and safeguarding occupancy rights. It cites 120,000 examined since 1898, about 90,000 to gain tribal membership, and 600,000 tracts surveyed for equity, while noting distress among roughly 90,000 citizens and territory residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawes Commission
Five Civilized Tribes of Indians
Indian Territory
Washington
Alam
Robbery charge against Joseph Thomas after theft of cash
Joseph Thomas, nineteen, colored, held at First precinct police station on robbery charges after David Rynex reports a pocketbook with 32 in cash stolen near 615 Louisiana Avenue Northwest. A crowd formed during the arrest as Thomas denied the theft then admitted throwing the pocketbook while being pursued. the money was recovered and arraignment in Police Court was set for this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Thomas
David Rynex
Poiice
Louisiana Avenue Northwest
Thomas
Rynex
Agricultural Department
Folce
Stabbed in the Back Thompson Injured Woman Friend Missing
Joseph P Thompson a 25 year old colored resident of 2718 N Street NW was stabbed in the back and taken to Georgetown University Hospital. Walter Robinson a 27 year old colored man, also of the same address, is sought by Seventh precinct police for the stabbing. The men had been drinking and quarrelled after a day together. Thompson's injuries are not serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Thompson
Joseph P. Thompson
N Street
Georgetown University Hospital
Seventh Precinct
Walter Robinson
Thompson
Robinson
Turkey for Youngsters at Working Boys' Home Christmas Dinner
Genuine Christmas fare graced the Working Boys' Home at 220 C Street NW with turkey cranberry sauce and English plum pudding. Matron King said the meal was a true home like feast and the boys devoured it. A Christmas tree event with Santa Claus and sleigh bells followed, with presents to be distributed.
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C Street
Gas Proved Fatal Getchell Found Dead in Bed
Elihu B Getchell aged seventy was found dead in a third floor room at 415 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest from an open gas jet. Coroner Nevitt ruled accidental death. He was born in Wasselboro Maine on August 15 1834 and served in the Nineteenth Maine Infantry. He had lived in the city about ten years with his brother Harvey C Getchell a War Department clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elihu B. Getchell
Huihu B. Getchell
Massachusetts Avenue
Nevitt
Mr. Getchell
Wwasselboro
Nineteenth Maine Infantry
Harvey C. Getchell
War Department
Falls Cause Numerous District Accidents Overnight
Slippery sidewalks in the District led to a spree of accidents yesterday. Sexton B Wright, 619 Three and a half Street NE, suffered multiple rib fractures after a fall before his home. David Kerr, 42, 323 Thirteenth SW, broke an arm entering his residence. James Carroll, Soldier's Home inmate, fractured his hip at Florida Ave and Seventh St and is to stay at Freedmen's Hospital. Howard Duffey, 55, 604 K NW, fractured hip after a Second and C St NW fall and was taken to Casualty Hospital. Robert Fraser, 19, LeDroit Park, fell from a bicycle at Fourth and Hatred NW and later left the Emergency Hospital. Slippery rails sparked a collision between a Columbia Road streetcar and Dr. F J Kemp's auto at 483 G St NW with no major damage. Pennsylvania Railroad’s No 3 from Baltimore collided with a mail car at Sixth St near Missouri Ave. car damaged, no injuries reported.
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Sexton B. Wright
David Kerr
Thirteenth Street
James Carroll
Soldiers
Florida Avenue
Seventh Street
Freedmen's Hospital
Howard Duffey
K Street
Second
Casualty
Robert Fraser
le Droit Park
Fourth
Hatred Northwest
Columbia Road
F. J. Kemp
G Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Baltimore
Baltimore Express
California Arrow makes first California flight under gale
Capt Baldwins airship California Arrow, piloted by Roy Knabenshue, conducted a successful test in Los Angeles despite a twelve mile an hour gale. The craft took off from Chutes Park, covered about twenty miles in 1 hour 13 minutes, landed half a mile from the start, and was towed back to its anchorage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Baldwin
California
Arrow
Roy Knabenshue
Toledo
Ohio
St. Louis
Chutes Park Baseball Grounds
Knabenshue
Baseball Grounds
Pico and
Stanford Streets
Weather conditions and cold wave forecast across the U S regions
The Weather Bureau reports a Pacific coast disturbance moving southeast into Eastern Colorado with heavy precipitation in the Rockies and Plains. A high pressure area brings colder temps to Montana and the Dakotas, while New England faces brisk easterly winds and snow. A Western disturbance will bring rain to the Mississippi and Gulf regions and snow to the Lake and Mid Atlantic areas. a first cold wave spreads from Montana to the Midwest and lower Mississippi Valley by Tuesday. Cold wave warnings issued for multiple central states. local readings show varying temperatures across cities with scattered rainfall and sunshine data.
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U. & Dept. of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
Colorado
Pistean
Rocky Mountain
Montana
Dakotas
New England
Middle Atlantic States
Carolinas
Ohio Valley
Mississippi Valley
Gulf States
South Atlantic States
Qhiy Valley
Lake Region
Nebraska
Kansas
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
Middle Atlantic
South Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Wyoming
South Dakota
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
Curious Child Visitors at National Museum and Other Washington News
Two young siblings from Washington State visit the National Museum and spend days studying exhibits, drawing notes, and planning future school compositions. President Roosevelt enjoys Alabama syrup on buckwheat cakes, praising a Southern planter. Quail and partridge feed shortages in Virginia and Maryland prompt large-scale grain purchases for wildlife. Dan the Grevy’s zebra recovers from a limp after a French wall fragment is removed from a forefoot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Museum
Pacific Coast
Washington
Smithsonian
Washington State
Roosevelt
Alabama
White House
Louisiana
Virginia
Maryland
Menelik
National Zoo
Blackburn
Dan
Grevy
The Boy and the Church Affection Crossed Paths
From the Atchison Globe a mother’s lifelong Methodist instruction clashes with her son’s romance to a gin of another church. He abandons guidance to follow love. Also from Philadelphia Preas a quip on a man who dislikes hunting and fishing and is described as unimaginative arsonist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison Globe
Philadelphia
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wever
Long’s Hotel
James Buchanan
Buchanid
Auriet Juang
Lincoln
Seward
Alexander R. Shepherd
Treasury Department
B. H. Warner
The
Choral Society
Halelujah
Negro
Puqk
Tootehy
Hood
Turkey
Asheville
N. C
Addata
Alldaitle City
Beaton
Mass
T. Buffalo
Chicago
Cincinnati
V. Cheyenne
Wyo
Denver
Colo
Bo Az
Es Moines
Alveston
Tex
Meiena
Mont
Tudianapolis
Kansas City
Marquette
Mich
T. New Orleans
Omaha
Nebr
T. Pittebarg
St. Paul
Mion
T. Springfeld
TH. Miskalae
Lee
Lansburgh & Bro
Seventh St
Munyon
Manyon
Peter Grogan
Credit For
All
de Moll’s
Charles J. Boll
James K. Probey
N. W
Hub Furniture Co
S. E. Cor
7Th and
D Sts
Tharp
Berkeley
F St. N.W
Tolman
the Sunday Post
Center Market
Washington Market CO
Cupito Traction Company
Union
G. T. Dunlop
Co. M Koones
Mutual Fire Insurance Company
District of Columbia
Ayenw
Wershington
Diervin
Pierce Boteler
Retary
Citzens National Bank of
Washington City
H Moore
Noiz
Harry Park
Washington Market Company
Woshington Market Company
Canter Market
City of Washington
Che
Frank
B. B. Earnshaw & Bro
Alexandria
Mt. Vernon Gap
Bette
Shoemaker's
Tennessee
Gorcoran Building
15Th St
Tstora
M. I Weller
Chaman
McGill & Wallace
Osteopathy
Sis
W. L
Fata
Claha
Weatlake
Brunswick
Bet
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