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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1909
Page
6
A fragmented sale notice lists various men s winter suits and overcoats with prices slashed from 10.00 to 12.50 and 15.00 to 6.75. It mentions black and fancy suits in reduced amounts, signaling a clearance event with unclear final totals due to OCR errors.
The excise board secretly inspected downtown clubhouses to curb all night bars and clubs with after hours sales. It seeks changes to district liquor law requiring real estate owners and residents on both streets to consent to licenses for corner bars and clarifies age restrictions and enforcement to shut disreputable hotels and minors from entry while giving more control over pool rooms and bowling alleys.
In District Supreme Court, Lewis Baltrosky by next friend Morris Baltrosky sues The Washington Railway and Electric Company for 15 000 damages. Through his attorneys Charles Bendheim and Edwin Forrest, the plaintiff alleges that the motorman’s negligence caused a 6 year old boy to be knocked down and permanently injured while crossing Fifth and G streets northwest on June 2.
Water mains were issued by Engineer Commissioner Cosby for Rock Creek Church road and Quincy street segments near Seventh Street Northwest, plus 62 feet of five inch main on Twenty second Street and 300 feet of inch main on South Railroad Avenue.
Washington Chapter of the American Institute of Banking holds its sixth annual banquet at the Raleigh Hotel on Saturday at 7 p.m. District officials and notable speakers including Senator Hatley, L A Coolidge, Duncan McKinney, William Meatna, and Dr William Kirby are slated to toast the occasion with a large turnout of bank officers expected.
J Clarence Price and William K Boleau were assigned to take charge of the Depart Tential Guild affairs. Judge Bernard fixed the assignee bond at 10000. The bill cites debts to merchants totaling 7862 and assets of 28245 with 4709 71 owed by clerks on their accounts.
The committee of expert cotton classifiers appointed by Secretary Wilson began work at the Department of Agriculture to establish nine official cotton grades. Nine members plus three assistants represent reading cotton concerns and will use standards from U S and European cotton exchanges. A week may be needed to complete the task as Representative Burleson of Texas urged congressional adoption of the standard grading provision.
In police court yesterday Jim Lee, alleged crap shooter, was fined 325 and sentenced to three months. Police raided Lee's house on St Blagens alley and captured nine other alleged players who testified against him at the trial. James Amorilla paid 45 collateral on two speeding charges in Pennsylvania avenue. Mrs Eugenia Walton, arrested for begging at an apartment house on Connecticut avenue, was arraigned for vagrancy and released on personal bond to return to Baltimore. Clothing sale opens at Globe Clothing Company with half price clearance on entire stock. City Hall employee John R. Scott resigns due to ill health, effective February 23.
City commissioners schedule a 10 oclock hearing in the District building boardroom for all parties concerned with the Washington Baltimore and Annapolis Railway Company measure. The proposal would allow extension of lines into the District and faster transit for residents.
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