Davis to Inspect West for Washington plumbing upgrade
District Inspector of plumbing Henry B. Davis will tour major western cities to study modern systems for Washington public schools. He will visit Omaha Woeler Chicago and Pittsburg with interim stops, to implement improved plumbing and sanitation. The trip costs will be covered by the board if a report is supplied to commissioners.
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Washington Public
Henry B. Davis
William Kelly
Davis
Board of Education
Washington
Omaha
Woeler
Chicago
Pittsburg
James F Oyster
Divisions for Police Separate Branches Urged by Mayor
Superintendent Aylvester urged separate police branches for duties like hack, pawn, pharmacy and child labor inspectors. He spoke after a Washington Horse Owners Protective Association meeting seeking police supervision of horse protection. The mayor suggested a _hot_ watch against cruelty and implied a larger force could support new departments.
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Aylvester
Police Department
Yes
Washington Horse Owners’ Protective Association
Sre
Miaj
Sylvester
Urge Passage of Bills to Extend City Streets
Commissioners urge Senator Gallinger to push several House bills through the Senate. The measures authorize extensions of Winth Street NW, Girard Street NW to 15th Street NW, and widening of Twentieth Street NW. They also seek Senate Bill 6853 to extend Reno Road to improve access to Connecticut Avenue.
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Gallinger
Senate
Senator Galinger
Senate District Committee
Congress
House
Winth Street
Girard Street
Fifteenth Street
Twentieth Street
Reno Road
Fessenden Street
Connecticut Avenue
Cattle Inspections Reported Across District and States
Nearly 2000 cattle were examined and 119 dairy farms in the District Maryland and Virginia were inspected by District health office inspectors in the week ended Saturday. Four farms were condemned and four water samples were taken for analysis. Eleven private slaughterhouses supplying Washington were inspected. A tea for Mrs Rachel Foster Avery will be hosted at 1423 H Street NW next Tuesday with an informal petition-work conference led by Avery, vice president of the National Woman Suffrage Association.
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Maryland
Virginia
District Health Office
H F Sawtelle
Washington
Mentavera
CITY BULLETINS FLAG CROSSINGS REFUSED IN CITY ROADS
The District engineer department declines flag crossings on macadam roads noting holes at each side would form obstructions. A request for New Hampshire avenue near Newton place was denied for these reasons. Also listed are local ads and notices from businesses and a bankruptcy proceeding against the Washington organization with a request for a receiver and accounting.
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Bmfild-Daugh & Shannon
New Hampshire Avenue
Newton Place
Lyon Haven Day
Phila
Gal Rosenfeld
Douglas
W. L. Douglas
Brockton
L. Douglas Shoe Store
Washington
Penn. Ave
N. W
Free Dispensary Moves to Larger Rooms on Second Floor
The free dispensary for consumptives, run by the Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis, relocates from a basement to larger second floor rooms in the same building due to rising clinic attendance. Physicians report daily patient loads and early stage cases on track for cure. The Friday night clinic will be the first in the new rooms. J G Jackson Granted Absolute Divorce from N E Jackson. married February 20 1902 in Rockville Maryland.
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Association For the Prevention of Tuberculosis
J. G. Jackson
Yallus G. Jackson
Justice Barnard
Neces Jackson
Rockville
Will filings reveal multiple probate bequests in DC records
The will of Thomas Wilkins who died January 26 leaves five dollars to daughter Camorra Wiking and property at 38 U street NW to Leamla and Mary, with remainder to Thomas Wilkins Jr and James Wilkins. Executor Joseph H. Stewart to oversee asset disposition for beneficiaries. Also noted are probate filings for Frank Nixon who died January 20 and Mary McPermott with multiple named heirs and North Deanwood subdivision lots.
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Cammora Wiking
Thomas Wilkins
Joseph H. Stewart
Deanwood
Jen
Cornelia Macuin
Alice M. Walsh
Nellie E. Kulberg
Eugene, Porter
John Butler
Mary 4
McPermott
Supreme Court Mandate Reverses NY Gas Case Ruling
The Supreme Court processed a mandate to the Southern District of New York Circuit Court reversing its verdict. It directs dismissal of the New York Consolidated Gas Company bid and allows distribution of a fund accumulated under the injunction, changing the payment terms from 8 to 1 cent per 1000 cubic feet, with the fund totaling 2 percent of aggregate payments since the law took effect.
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United States Supreme Court
New York &Cent Gas Cate Tas
United Sates Circuit Court
Southern District of New York
New “York ‘Consolidated Gas Company
Supreme Court
Dead Letter Office Busy After Christmas Rush
The Dead Letter Office received 1 040 568 pieces in January, with 934 191 domestic and 246 392 foreign items. Compared to January 1908, domestic letters fell by 199 531 while delivered matter rose by 72 034. A total of 4 000 959 was received in 5 879 letters, with 5 198 64 returned to senders.
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Post Office Department
Oppose Improvement Plan for M Street Northeast
The commissioners prefer delaying street macadamization from Bladensburg Road to Twenty-eighth Street until more building has progressed. They propose grading M Street Northeast from Bladensburg Road to Twenty-fourth Street instead, noting a private road serving as an outlet may be closed for spring construction.
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Bladensburg Road
Twenty-eighth Street
Hare
Senate
Bladynsburg Road
Twenty -Eighth Street
Iward M Markham
M Street
Twenty-fourth
Twenty-eighth
Miss Hattie Moss Dead After Indigestion at Home
Miss Hattie Moss 62 of Nichols avenue Anacostia died suddenly at 230 yesterday morning from acute indigestion. Employed over eighteen years at the Botanic Garden she is survived by her brother John A Moss and five nephews, one serving in the Cuban office of the chief quartermaster general. Funeral arrangements not yet completed.
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Botanic Garden
Hattis Moss
Nichols Avenue
Anacostia
Miss Moss
John A Moss
Cuba
Dr Simon to Preach on Anniversary at Temple
Dr Abram Simon of the Washington Hebrew Congregation will deliver a special sermon on the fifth anniversary of his service as rabbi on February 6. After the service the Ladies Auxiliary Society will host a reception in the vestry room at the Temple in honor of Dr and Mrs Simon, inviting all congregation members.
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Dr. Simon
Abram Simon
Washington Hebrew Congregation
Ladies’ Auxiliary Society
Mr. Simon
Tow collection total reported for January by poundmaster
Acting health officer Harry McLean told Commissioner Macfarland that the district poundfield tow collections for January amounted to 80 dollars. The sum has been deposited with Charles C. Rogers, tax collector.
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Harry ©. McLean
Macfarland
McLean
Charles C. Rogers
Bread Weight Dispute Faces Court Over 1868 Standard
Commissioners seek a new law after the Court of Appeals may declare the 1868 16 ounce loaf standard unconstitutional. Pending that ruling, weights and measures records will be kept and cases prepared for future action. If the law is void or defective, Congress may be asked to enact a new standard to protect the public. Commissioner Macfarlane and Commissioner West endorse the approach amid public sentiment on price changes.
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Court of Appeals
Tag
Congress
Sesser
Macfarlane
West
May Be Mysterious Wreck Off Diamond Shoals
Norfolk Va February 4 It is believed the missing Norwegian steamer Munin foundered off Diamond Shoals in January after sailing from New York for Ciudad Bolivar Venezuela with a mixed cargo. Reports say cyanide left in her hold may have exploded on her last voyage causing a hole in her hull and sinking off the North Carolina coast.
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Munin
Norway
Norfolk Vo
New York
Ciudad Bolivar
Venezuela
North Carolina
Ship Lost but Crew Safe Near Cape Lookout
A 494 ton schooner Helle O Neill commanded by Captain Coffin, sailing from Perth Amboy to Savannah, wrecked off Cape Lookout two miles from the North Carolina shore. The Seminole reports the vessel and cargo are a total loss. crew rescued by life savers. Ernest Urquhart, thirteen, attempted suicide by shooting himself but survived. He said he was tired of living.
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Wilmington
Helle O Neill
Burden
Coffin
Perth Amboy
Savannah
Cape Lookout
North Carolina
Revenue
Seminole
Washington Pos Ragnoke
Ernest Urquhart
Mrs Krepps Dead at Harpers Ferry Widow of Hanson Krepps
Mrs Alice Krepps widow of Hanson H Krepps of this city died here the morning of pneumonia at Harpers Ferry West Virginia She is survived by two sisters and other relatives according to short obituary notes from the locality
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Krepps
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Alice Krepps
Hanson H Krepps
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