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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1909
Page
39
A broad Saks sale lists overcoats in fancy fabrics with special prices from $20 and other Saks overcoats ranging from $12.50 to $45, offering coverage for varied styles and budgets.
Denny Mullany longtime Washington business leader and devout Catholic was buried yesterday at Mount Olivet after services at St Patrick's Church. The funeral drew politicians journalists and neighbors, with Father Carroll praising Mullany's practical charity and devotion as mourners filed from the church and to the cemetery.
Washington civic and religious leaders join physicians in seeking a Carnegie Medal for nurse Mina Mary R Brown who was shot after defending a delirious typhoid fever patient. Attorney Ross Perry asked Dr Mead Moore for medical views on the best tactics to secure the honor, praising Brown's bravery shown in hospitals across the District.
District drafts curfew bill to keep children under 15 off streets. Parents must carry written permits for outings April to September from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m., and October to March from 3 p.m. to 6 a.m. Exceptions exist for urgent business or necessity. Violations bring police return home or detention. adults face fines or workhouse. enforcement via juvenile court.
James C Underhill longtime resident and founder of the Orthodox Friends Church died aged nearly 36. Funeral held at 2 pm yesterday from the Orthodox Friends Church with Rev L D Clarke and Rev Dr Charles Wood officiating. Burial in Glenwood Cemetery. He and his late wife devoted their lives to promoting their creed.
The Interstate Commerce Commission reprimands ten railroads including the Aberdeen and Ashboro Railway for delaying settlements after recognizing a 20 cent overcharge on freight to Carthage NC. A Wilkes-Barre shipper sued, and after carrier delay the commission warned it may report the issue to Congress.
The November Treasury report shows brewers recovering from the previous fiscal year drop in beer consumption as internal revenue receipts rise. Beer taxes increased by 60 987 over November last year while retail liquor dealers’ tax for the first five months fell 22 773, attributed to prohibition effects.
William J Bland of Atchison Kansas a former member of Company H Western High School has been awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University. He led the field in a Kenyon College exam at Gambler Ohio where he is currently studying and was among the top averages from Onlo college. Bland is 21 years old and came to this city for high school. The Oxford program provides four years of study and 1600 a year for maintenance.
Special to The Washington Port reports George Jones, a New York taxi driver, who struck and killed Jenola Bernstein on November 4, awaits grand jury action on a murder charge. He is held under the same section of the penal code as William Darragh, who received a twenty-year sentence for murder in the first degree. Also notes Revolver Club installs a new range at National Sporting Goods in Ninth Street with regular winter meets, and lists company officers and a Masonry reception on New Year’s Day.
Employees of the Washington Railway and Electric Company hosted a Santa Claus event at the Columbia Theater. General George Harries praised yearly company efforts, while performances by John L Red and others preceded Santa handing out candy and gifts to a crowd of children and parents.
Annie Marie Blackwell filed for divorce from Ibmsted Alvares Blackwell alleging 20 years of cruelty by her husband. She accuses him of striking her with a drying pan on November 1. The suit also involves joint property rights to 1414 Sixteenth Street Northwest formerly held with the Mugants.
In the District Supreme Court Thomas F Carew sues Leon J Cahoon for 15000 damages after a window cleaning accident at the Munney Building. The ladder broke while he stood on it causing permanent injuries. damages estimated at 16000.
Through attorneys Leckle Fulton and Cox, Benjamin GL Vermillion, an engineer for the Baltimore a ad Ohio Rathond Company, sues yesterday for $10,000 claiming collision caused by a faulty signal at Terra Cotte. Also notes a Washingtonian entertainment bill at the Metropolitan Theater with Perrin, a famed humorist, and various local notices including accidents and business ads.
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