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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1909
Page
6
The notice announces the closing of the Young & McHugh piano business at 708 12th Street. It touts drastic price cuts on remaining stock and insists on high quality instruments at unusually low figures. The ad promises fair dealing, inspections of stock, and convenient terms to attract buyers before the final closure.
Commissioner Macfarland’s push for immediate purchase of park sites urges acquiring 100 acre tract near Rock Creek for 5 000 per acre to extend Rock Creek Park. Warns Massachusetts avenue acreage will rise, risking loss to private villas. calls Congress to act now to save costs and preserve public recreation spaces. The piece notes Senate support and potential Meridian Hill and Sixteenth Street acquisitions as part of the effort.
Andrew Lightfoot, a black man who killed Patrick Maloney and Minnie Fellin at St Elizabeths Insane Asylum on September 22, was declared criminally insane by a jury in Justice Anderson's court. He crushed skulls with a crowbar, wounded others, fled to woods, and was captured after buckshot admission. Doctors Presley Hunt Schwim and Miller testified about his dementia Erecox, admitted since 1900. Upon verdict certification, Lightfoot will be confined in the criminally insane ward.
James W Beucomb a former railway mail clerk was found guilty of two counts of robbing U S mails on the Southern between Washington and Goldsboro NC. The jury was out ninety minutes and the court sentenced him to eighteen months in the penitentiary. Police had seized four marked one dollar bills on arrest and Beucomb later confessed after denying knowledge of the money. He claimed a plot by white clerks to frame him. United States District Attorney Turner led the government's case.
The article promotes ascatce as a constitutional asthma cure, citing prominent authorities and a European specialist. It states Austrian Laboratory supplies the remedy via New York drugstores, with 50 cent and 2 dollar sizes claiming to prevent choking spells and cure in a month at home without climate or diet changes.
The board decided to continue appealing the bread law test case brought by agreement from bakers. They will wait for the Court of Appeals decision before framing a new statute, and will not abandon the appeal despite Chamber of Commerce requests. State W M Haskell and Corporation Counsel Thomas urged prosecution, arguing the test must run its course.
Health Officer Woodward reports increased attention by district physicians to return birth data, with 50 births logged last week, 9 white and 41 colored, and urges complete, timely reporting while noting ongoing measles cases and overall deaths. The effort aims for fully complete weekly birth registration comparable to death records.
Mary Cunnion sues the Cephital Traction Company for $30,000 damages claiming injuries to her body and head after a November 4 1907 streetcar incident on Fourteenth Street. She alleges the car lurched forward while she attempted to alight at K Street, throwing her to the ground and causing a skull bone removal, lasting illness and mental anguish. Represented by BR. F. Downing and George A. Berry.
Charles Catletts received a six year term for a hand satchel theft. Frederick Davis and Charles Davis, alleged impostor police, were sentenced to six years for assaulting white women and robbing pedestrians in the northeast city section. Justice Anderaun and A U S District Attorney Perry urged harsh penalties amid a spike in such crime, with Davis to serve time at Moundeville penitentiary.
Commissioners plan a hearing on a cruelty bill now before Congress. It would shift enforcement of animal protection laws from the Humane Society to the police court. The Horse Owners Association prepared the bill and Representative Cary of Wisconsin introduced it to the House. The date is not set. public views are sought before a recommendation.
A compact list of guests staying at major hotels across the United States and Canada, naming individuals and their associated hotels in Baltimore Boston Chicago New York Philadelphia Pittsburg Alabama Arizona Connecticut Georgia Louisiana Mississippi Massachusetts Minnesota Michigan New Orleans New Jersey North Carolina Ohio Rhode Island Virginia and foreign visitors. The record preserves names such as Miller Sproul Rousmansle Wood Clarindon White Benedict Garland Lambert Hamilton and many others, tied to hotels including Willard Metropolitan Shoreham National and New Willard.
Hecht stores announce a large trade event starting Saturday morning at the Ninth street Northwest Guild location and at Hecht stores citywide. They purchased the entire stock of the Departmental Cooperative Guild for cash and promise the lowest prices ever seen on groceries, clothing, footwear, and more with a sensational stock distribution in Washington.
Robert Kelner a wallpaper and paper hanging retailer filed voluntary bankruptcy in the District Supreme Court. He lists assets of 68586 and liabilities of 115949, represented by Roach and Watkins. The filing confirms his business at 919 Ninth Street Northwest and notes substantial estate details and probate notices. The page also mentions diverse local ads and notices including estate division among six children and executorship details.
Door of Hope Rescue Mission opens at 117 Four and a Half Street Southwest to distribute clothing weekly and operate a sorting warehouse for the unemployed. S H Ganz leads the industrial home department and J Newton Richmond oversees spiritual work. Mobile wagons will visit residences to collect clothing for redistribution to needy families in the three story ten room building with nightly services.
Frank Hawkins, a Black man, was sentenced to three years in Moundsville penitentiary by Justice Anderson in Criminal Court No 2 after a fatal altercation with Luther J Johnson. Hawkins drew a pocketknife and stabbed Johnson through the heart. surgeons closed the outer heart area with stitches and Johnson was expected to be an invalid for life.
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