Firemen to make merry at North Patrick street banquet
Washington Post reports Alexandria volunteer firemen host a banquet at Reliance Engine Company No 6 engine house with Mayor Fisher and council fire committee members invited. Other speakers include toastmaster L L Uhler and welcome speaker H Noel Garner. Music by Alexandria Mandolin Club. Fragments mention other local events and a separate court date.
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Firemen Ready to Strike Over Erdman Arbitration Demand
New York February 1 firemen and some engineers on eastern railways prepared to strike after a vote showing overwhelming support. They demand Erdman act arbitration or concessions. railroads offer arbitration by a board and a 5 percent payroll increase as alternative.
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Railroads resist wage demands amid rising costs
A wary note signals railroad managers push back against steep wage hikes, arguing conditions do not justify such increases while workers press for higher pay as living costs climb.
Mothers Congress Luncheon Commemorates Founders’ Day
The Mothers Congress of the District of Columbia hosts a Founders Day luncheon at the Raleigh Hotel on Monday February 17 with speakers including Mrs T T Claxton and Miss Julia Lathrop. Tickets are available from Mrs G S Rafter 3165 Sixteenth Street by February 15. A bride and groom, Mr and Mrs Alfred T Sutpen aged 61 and 2, wed in Lodge Pole Nebraska after a 40 year courtship and a past feud with the bride’s brother.
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Bridal boat sails with couples for West Indies cruise
The steamship Cincinnati departed New York on February 1 for a West Indies cruise nicknamed the Bridal Boat as it carried 30 newly married couples aboard. The ship set sail amid celebration and high spirits with famed romance aboard the voyage.
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Stray Bullet Wounds Woman in Hagerstown Home
Special to The Washington Post reports Mrs Samuel Spigler was accidentally shot in the head as she stepped out of her door in Hagerstown Maryland yesterday. A rifle bullet struck over her right eye and lodged in her forehead, causing a serious wound.
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Hagerstown
Samuel Spigler
Say Thomas Did Right Discuss Old Defascation
Associates of Corporation Counsel say he was not derelict and has sought recovery through courts. District officials defend Thomas’s actions in handling a $79,000 defalcation linked to the permit fund, noting the case rose to the U.S. Supreme Court as part of a bond dispute and that funds were not District money.
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Congress
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Ryan Gets $70 000 Bond in Dim Trunkworkers Case
Chicago February 1 Frank M Ryan president of the International Trunworkers Union had his $70,000 bond approved by Judge Baker in the U S circuit court of appeals. His Indianapolis conspiracy to transport dynamite in interstate commerce led to a seven year sentence. The court issued a release mandate and Ryan is expected to be freed Sunday. A messenger left Chicago by the first train to deliver the papers to Fort Leavenworth. Seven bonds totaling $160,000 were signed led by Alderman John Powers with $100,000. Efforts to free R T Houlihan and William Shupe were not successful. Shupe and Houlihan were expected to be freed early next week once Ryan arrives to raise the other bonds.
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Hagerstown names trustees for Confederate Cemetery
Gov Goldsborough appoints Samuel B Loose Lewis Lamkin and John Kyd Beckenpaugh as trustees of the Washington Confederate Cemetery Association in Hagerstown Maryland. Several thousand Confederates are buried in Washington Cemetery after removal from Antietam and South Mountain battlefields.
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Rockefeller Sells Stake in Water-Fiero Oil Co
John D Rockefeller and Standard Oil interests sold one stock in the Waters Fiero Oil Company to Henry Clay Pierce. Announcement was made by the company late this afternoon in St Louis MO on February 1.
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John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil
Waters- Fiero Oi Company
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Cossacks Visit to Frince and Crown Prince Alexis Recovery
In St. Petersburg an envoy of Cossacks presented an address to the heir to the Russian throne, congratulating Crown Prince Alexis on his recovery from illness at the Tsarska-Sela palace. The visit marks a ceremonial show of support from the Cossack hosts amid ongoing imperial events.
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