Library seeks $180000 for newspaper stack annex
The House Appropriations Committee probes department needs for the forthcoming legislative budget and flags an item requesting $180,000 to build a separate newspaper storage building for the Library of Congress. The plan proposes staged expansion as space grows and notes rapid increases in book and newspaper production.
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Committee On Appropriations
Congressional Library
House Committees On Appropriations
Library of Congress
Wildig
Ahan Tawney
Health Office Record Deaths List From February First
Health office records death notices listing individuals with ages and addresses. Entries include Heuphenia Ashton 9 months, Roger Auams 2 months, Henry Urruis 0 years, Wildlay Cares 15 years, Poley 72 years, Fisher 63 years, Pusthy Woodley Lane 60 years, Hotrison 35 years, Raddock 18 years, Whitlam 7% years, Sefton 23 years, Stratton 65 years, Taylor 3 years.
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Porter
Heuphenia Ashton
Roger Auams
Henry Urruis
Faith Ow
Wildlay Cares
Willow Tree Ct
Poley
Alevauiar Fisher
Jweeps
Tanchton Road
Pusthy Woodley Lane
Frank Hotrison
Gueset Raddock
Girard
Whitlam
Islam M Sefton
Sarah
Stratton
Hotel Vendome
John Wm Faylor
Notice to newspapers on rate and feed for telegraph alerts
Notice states that Marciaga and death notices published in The Washington Post may be distributed to a list of newspapers including New York Times Boston Globe Buffalo Courier Chicago Record Herald Philadelphia Public Ledger Pitteburg Dispatch Providence Journal Rochester Herald St Louis Republic Syracuse Post Standard St Paul Pioneer Press Minneapolis Tribune Cleveland Plain Dealer Cincinnati Enquirer upon application and without extra charge.
Government contracts raise questions on contractor duties
Bernard R Green testifies about his role as general contractor for the National Museum project and outside work including Raleigh Hotel additions and the New Willard Hotel. Tawney questions compensation while Tracewell outlines a program using six accountants to audit appropriations and detect misuses.
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Bernard R. Green
Sam
Mr. Green
Green
Raleigh Hotel
New Willard Hotel
Mr. Tawney
Ming
State Capitol
Harrisburg
Mr. Taney
Commission
Tawney
Mr Green
Congress
Tracewell
Treasury Department
Committee
the Treasury
Travewell
Canoe Club Prize Lecture Draws Votes Promises
C E Fairman gave an illustrated talk at the Washington Canoe Club on One Hundred Miles up the Canal. Stereoptican views and caricatures entertained a large audience while pledges were made for many subscriptions and votes. The Almas Temple withdrew from the piano contest to back the Masonic Eastern Star Home, crediting coupons and certificates to that effort.
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Washington Canoe Club
Washington Post
C. E L. Fairman
Buss
Ani
Almas Temple
Mystic Shrine
Masonic Eastern Star
Jacobus 8. Jones
Jacobus
Jones
Submarines Endurance Tests Record Eight and Half Knots
Two US torpedo boats Porpoise and Shark conducted endurance tests in Narragansett Bay under Lieuts Nelson and Shapley. After eight hours the boats averaged eight and a half knots using about 160 gallons of gasoline. Trials showed strong engines and favorable performance for future drills with fortifications and warships. The report also notes the Illinois Democratic Convention set May 12 in Springfield.
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Washington Post
Newport
United States
Porpoise
Charles P. Nelson
Shark
Lloyd Shapley
Choctaw
Narragansett Bay
Lieut Nelson
Lieut. Melson
Newport Harbor
Beavers to prison begins two years sentence
Former Post Office official George W. Beavers, ex-chief of the Division of Salaries and Allowances, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the government over time-recording clocks. He is imprisoned at the National Penitentiary in Moundsville, West Virginia, to serve two years amid a convict cohort.
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National Penitentiary
Moundsville
W. Va
George W. Beavers
Division of Salaries and Allowances
Post Office Department
Government
Beavers
Washington
J. Fred Harris
Harris
Frank Richardson
Joseph W. Geist
James A. Backus
Robert L. Wharton
Robert Quiet
William Johnson
Briscoe Taylor
Thomas Warren
Tantalus Club Reunion Highlights Republican Dinners
The Tantalus Club, a group of first term Republican lawmakers, revived historic dinners at Shoreham last night hosted by Cassel of Pennsylvania. Former congressman Samuel I Powers of Massachusetts, the club’s moving spirit, attended with a list of members and antis including Irwin of Kentucky and Schirm of Maryland. Deceased members Burk of Pennsylvania Foedtrer of Pennsylvania Moody of North Carolina Skiles of Ohio are noted.
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Zepeans Club
Shoreham
Cassel
Pennsylvania
Samuel I. Powers
Massachusetts
Powers
Mr. Cassel
Samuel
Holliday
Indiana
J. A. Hughes
West Virginia
T. ¥. Marghail
North Dakota
B. W. Martin
South Dakota
R. M. Nevin
Ohio
H. W. Palmer
George A. Patterson
Charles P. Scott
Kansas
Charles Q. Tirrell
Massachusets
Walter I. Smith
Towa
Harvey S. Irwin
Kentucky
Ontague Isler
New York
B. S. Rhodey
Nawtextco
Charles R. Schirm
Maryaid
Henry Burk
H. H. Foedtrer
Pennaysania
J. M. Moody
North Carolina
Wiliam W. Skiles
Weather and incidents in Washington and Annapolis
Weather Bureau report notes light local snow in the Missouri Valley and western states, with rain in the Pacific Northwest. overall temperatures rising but below seasonal average east of the Mississippi. Forecasts predict minimal precipitation, variable coastal winds, and storm warnings along California. In Washington, Peter Carlson, claiming to be son of the Queen of Denmark, is arrested near the White House after returning from New York. In Annapolis, hazing investigations at the Naval Academy adjourned with Captain Colvocoresses testifying. sessions to resume next week.
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Weather Bureau
Washington
Missouri River Valley
Pacific Canal States
South Atlantic
Atlantic
British Northwest
Rocky Mountains
Missionipp Valley
Upper Lake Region
North Pacific States
New England
Middle Atlantis
Atlantaé
East Gulf
West Gulf Coast
Lake Michigan
European
Grand Hawks
California
San Francisco
Eureka
Peter Carlson
White House
New York
William Street
Carlson
Denmark
Elest
Carl
Annapolis
Subcommittee On
Naval Affairs
House of Representatives
Naval Academy
George P. Colvocoresses
Midshipmen
Portrait of Mrs. Nicolas Longworth in Sunday Post souvenir
Tomorrow's Sunday Post features a half tone portrait of Mrs. Nicolas Longworth nee Roosevelt. The image is printed on heavy art paper on an Alice blue mat ready for framing, offered as an attractive souvenir for readers.
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Sunday Post
Nicholas Longworth
Roosevelt
Samuel Guilty In Revenue Fraud Trial Ends
In Greensboro New York on Feb 1 ex Deputy Collector G W Samuel was found guilty on eleven counts for false returns and frauds in government revenue. Jurors could not agree on conspiracy charges. judge set March 1 for further proceedings. Penalties range from 1000 to 5000 dollars and six months to three years per count.
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Washington
Greensboro
N. Y
G. W. Samuel
Wilkit
Holton
Asheville
Nick Williams
Edmund Waddill
Richmond
Wil
Internal Revenues
A. B. Hayes
J. Holten
Samuel
Blackburn
Senator Tillman III Resting After Illness In Washington Hotel
Senator Tillman of South Carolina, age 11, stayed at the Colonial in Washington with a severe cold that may become pneumonia. He had returned from Columbia, South Carolina, and walked in the cold to fetch a newspaper after getting out of a hot car without an overcoat, which he believes caused his illness.
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Senator Tillman
South Carolina
the Colonial
Columbia
S. C
Alexandria
Power Plant Planned on Eastern Branch Site
Potomac Electric Power Company moves forward with a large power plant on twelve acres east of the Eastern Branch near Benning Road. J G White & Co of New York has the equipment contract, with a $7.5 million cost and projected completion by November 1. The facility will output 18 000 horsepower and include a substation on I Street NW to convert AC to DC.
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Potomac Electric Power Company
J. G. White & Co
New York
Benning Road
Nower-House
I Street
Fourteenth
Fifteenth Streets
Fourteenth and
B Streets
Remedy for Rheumatism Promises Cure with Rheumacide
The article explains rheumatism stems from excess uric acid in blood. It notes old remedies used opiates and harmful drugs. It claims Rheumacide removes the disease’s cause and offers a final cure.
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Margaret Fugit
Me Bere i Dagde Muadon Jefferson
Rudo Gray Walker
Augusta
Hlza
Gilliss
Piwary
Tueary
Joseph HE. Gilliss
Montrose
Father McGuire
St Marys Cathole Church
Rocsville
Floreness
John Gilliss
Andrew T. Perry
Norwalk
Conn
Colbirn
Churchville
George Maxwell Colburn
Villa 2
Ormered
Coves
Wuriday
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Millett Coves
N Street
DE Witt
William de Witt Sterry
Rosell Path
Julia A. Woodhull
Walllem Radcliffe de Witt
Dik Inermenra
Folhpy
Michael J
Alice Foret
Twelfth Street
Yami
St. Peter's
Grinneil
Madison Avenue
New York City
Morton Grinnell
Woodside
Francis
Josias Hardin
Montgomery County
Jobins
James BE. Johnson
Tinsaget
Lee's Chapel
Mirid
Georgetown Universiy Hospital
Bridget Delia Mullen
GN Tieber
St Matthew's Church
Wo Olock
BCMA
M.dnneght
Ida M Irwin
Orlando TM Summirg
Carolyn M Kirty
Health Office Record
Undertakers
W.R. Speare
R. F. Harvey
Tenth Scow
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Messenoar
Coupon Editor
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Canoe Club
Weil
Chicago
Democratic State Central Committee
Springfield
Gang
Tantalus Club
Reunion
N. C
Atlanta
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Liamarese
Boston
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Lansburgh & Bro
7Th St
Edison
E. F. Droop & Sons Co
Steinway and Other Planos
Pa, Ave, N. Wi
Senator Tillman III
Richard W. Henderson
F Street
N. W
Potomac Company
Affieck
Pennsylvania Avenue
Peter Grogan
London
Paris
Berlin
St. Petersburg
Aeolian Company
China
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Ger
Chris
Itian Xander
Howse
To-Kalon Wine Co
White
Wheeler and Wilson
Oppenheimer’s
Oth
Coke
Washington Gas Light
10Th St. N. Ww
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