Roosevelt Plan for Special Commission On Building Inspector
District commissioners approve President Roosevelt s proposal for a special commission with power to compel testimony to investigate the office of the District inspector of buildings. They urge a thorough inquiry, seek charges or defenses to be made public, and call for adequate staffing to remove hindrances in the department as Cosby notes.
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Roosevelt
Witneses
T Trust
Congress
Special Commission
Neil
Macfarland
West
Neill
Meill
Powel
Commissioners Office
Neiil
Cosby
Measles Epidemic Grows Across District This Year
Measles flare remains unchecked with 463 new cases reported yesterday. Total under treatment rises to 688, far surpassing last year's figures and prompting officials to keep students out of school to curb spread. Weekly tallies show daily cases rising.
Complains of Poor Lights on Massachusetts Avenue
Wharton E Lester of 178 Massachusetts Avenue NW writes to the commissioners about dim electric lamps on the block between Seventeenth and eighteenth streets. He calls the square lighting an experiment and decries the city’s shift from gas to electric light as a dismal failure. Walter C Allen, electrical engineer, notes voltage dips may occur when lines leak, causing weak illumination.
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Massachusetts Avenue
Wharton E Lester
Seventeenth
Walter C Allen
Lester
Oppose Chevy Chase Water Tie extension plan
District commissioners oppose Senate bill to connect Chevy Chase Maryland water system to the District of Columbia supply. They warn extending the District’s barely sufficient water system beyond its limits would set a precedent for neighboring communities to seek District water in the future.
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Senate
Chevy Chase
Congress
Gallinger
A Close Shave and New Skin Discovery Promoted
An article promotes possum new skin discovery after shaving, touting its antiseptic and curative value for pimples abrasions and skin roughness. It claims fast results and offers trial samples from Emergency Laboratories New York City with free mail delivery.
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Ogram
O'Donnell
Affieck
Weat 2Th Street
New York City
F Street Trees to Be Removed for Double Trolley Tracks
Capt Edward M Markham explains the removal of young maples on F street northeast from Union Station to Highth street to accommodate a double-track extension of Capital Traction Company. A local resident Miss Mattiew King petitioned President Roosevelt to spare the trees, but officials say widening to 45 feet is required for safe vehicular traffic and rail operation.
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F Street
Union Station
Highth Street
Edward M Markham
Roosevelt
Mattiew King
Misa King
White House
Markham
Capital Traction Company
Eighth Strescta
Roads Reach Agreement Between Two Railways
An agreement allows Washington Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railroad to run cars into Washington to Fifteenth Street and New York Avenue NW over Washington Electric Railway tracks. Details remain to be worked out per J Flannery. Cosby recommended canceling tomorrow’s public hearing as both firms withdraw pending charter bills.
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Washington Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railroad Company
Washington Electric Railway Company
Washington
Fifteenth Street
New York Avenue Northwest
J. Flannery
Washington Baltimore and Annapolis Line
Cosby
T the
White House
New York Avenue
Congress
City Bulletins and Local Advertisements Mix
Fragmented notices detail a city hearing on street improvements for North Capitol Eckington areas with A O Tingley proposing the request. Also listed are ads for carriage services, medical aids, oysters, desserts, ice cream, canned goods, novelty items, and various shops in Washington area with addresses and prices.
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Communowscis Suurgay
North Capitol
Eckington
A O Tingley
Senators to be delegates to national tariff convention
Indiannapolis February 6 delegates to the national tariff commission convention to be held February 15 and 17 near 1,000. Delegations from Columbus Dayton Pittsburgh Philadelphia New York Baltimore Chicago St Louis and many smaller points appointed. Notable speakers include Senator Morris Brown of Nebraska Senator Owen of Oklahoma Senator Beveridge Director John Barrett labor commissioner Charles Neill, Aaron Jones, Curtis Guilder, and Rep Josef Ransdell.
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Indiannapolis
Ind
Columbus
Ohio
Dayton
Fittsburg
Philadelphia
New York
Baltimore
Chicago
St Louis
Fowler
Morris Brown
Nebraska
Owen
Oklahoma
Beveridge
John Barrett
Bureau of American Republics
Charles ‘P Neill
John M. Staple
Aaron
Swift-Eversz divorce suit filed in Chicago court
Ruth May Exerez daughter of prominent Chicago packer Gustav Swift filed a desertion divorce suit against Ernest H. Lwyers in circuit court. The case lists Exerez as son of a Lutheran pastor from Evanston. Also noted: James Hancock, a minor from Pulaski County, arrested in Lexington by U S marshal for riding another's railroad pass from Kentucky into Tennessee.
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Chicago Packer Bungs
Chicago
Ruth May Exerez
Gusavus Swift
Packer
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Ernest H Lwyers
Exerea
Evanston
Lexington
James Hancock
Pulaski County
United States
Kentucky
Tcinesee
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Friedlander Bros. Cor. Minthand E Sta
Maj. Cosby
Capt. Markham
Washington Electric
Gude's
City Bulletins
Neinmare Vesetho
Downey
Rubber Goods Lenz & Lossau
7Th St
Eady
Rosenfeld’s
Hampton Roads
Jennings Co
Logan Bldg
Crowley
Paone
Lincoln
Israel
Fairfax Dairy
Ave
Kalamazoq
A. Mudaiman & Co
T- Magizan
Aetna
Pottune
Je Price
Seaae
Wilton
Haigen
Janse
Gates & Rich
Smedetivry
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Irmal
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Nim
R& HK
As & P
Franck’s
Oregon Planes
A& P
Dased
Bon Ami
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Baldwin
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