District seeks amendment to land condemnation code
District Commissioners and Congress struggle over revised Chapter IV to reduce litigation. A draft compares present law with proposed changes, noting the need for a separate condemnation chapter. The measure aims to clarify jury verdicts by separating damages from benefits and reflecting only net results.
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Congress
District Commissioners
Babcock
District Committee
House of Representatives
United States
District of Columbia
Damag
Filtration Plan Raises Sanitary Concerns At Franklin Square
A W Thomas attorney protests the abandonment of the Franklin Square spring and criticizes health authorities over filtration plant sanitation. He urges preserving the spring and warns against drinking Potomac water or sewerage. The report to Commissioners says water supply not endangered and suggests referral to the Washington aqueduct official for review.
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A. Woms
Franklin Square
Thomas
Mrv. Thomas
Potomac
Ameer Woodward
Washington
Washington Aqueduct
Therfore
Bill to curb usury in District law proposed
A bill, produced in the House last Tuesday by Representative Jenkins, seeks an amendment to the District code on interest and usury. It would bar oral contracts from paying more than 6 percent and written contracts from more than 1 percent interest. Penalties include forfeiture of the entire interest and a fine up to 200 or up to six months imprisonment.
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House
Iast
Jenkins
District Commissioners Disapprove House Bill 4220 Lectures Policy
The District Commissioners yesterday disapproved House bill 4220 on public school lectures, finding no need to alter the current system and oppose separating this branch from the general education system. P G Burton asks permission to erect six poles on Linton avenue Hillsale to supply service to Miss Taliaferro. Ernest Mattingly seeks a wholesale liquor license for Congress Heights. arguments heard and case closed, decision to be made.
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Board of Education
P. G. Burton
Chesapeake and Foreman Telephones Company
Linton Avenue
Bilvens Avenue
Hillsaele
Atacostla
Taliaferro
Erncst Mattingly
Congress Heights
Excise Board
Will Not Lie in Pauper's Grave Editor Post
The Post declares Willis Lucas senior will receive a church burial from his children, denying rumors that he would be buried in a pauper's grave. The family thanks friends for sympathy and confirms they will bury their father.
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Willis Lucas
Robert Anderson
Fort Sumter
Davenport Wields Crayon At Columbia Theater
Homer Davenport lectured to a sizable audience at the Columbia Theater yesterday afternoon. Senator Carter introduced him as the uneerowned king of living cartoonists, and Davenport shared humorous anecdotes and caricatures of notable figures, praising Nast and Tenniel, with many politicians and officials present, including the Vice President and Mrs. Fairbanks in attendance.
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Homer Davenport
Columbia
Senator Carter
Davenport
Lenfe
Thomas Nast
Si Jdshu ‘Tenniel
Great Britain
Ian Homer Davenport
Wishtning
Soones
Plitt
Dewey
Thomas R. Reed
Fairbanks
Congress
Sunday Closing Favored by Georgetown Business Men
Nearly 200 Georgetown business men and residents signed a resolution urging the District to pass the Allen Bill demanding stricter Sunday observance. The measure was sent to the Commissioners after a public hearing last week, with residents protesting enactment. Only five or six of several hundred letters supported Sunday closing.
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Georgetown
Mrs Brown Seeks Divorce From William H Brown
Mrs Anna Page Brown filed for absolute divorce from William H Brown in local court. They wed in Baltimore in February 1880s and she has not lived with him since October 193. She formerly used her maiden name Anna Page. He allegedly contributed little to support and was quarrelsome, often cursing and striking her. She accuses infidelity naming a co respondent and seeks alimony and custody of daughter Carolina, seven years old.
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Anna Page Brown
Wiliam H. Brown
Baltimore
Brown
Anna Page
Walter
Oreée
Ferguson Case Postponed In Murder Indictment
After a jury was empaneled in Criminal Court No 1 the case of Edward Ferguson charged with murder of Bertha West near Anacostia was postponed to Monday at 1 am The drawn jurors were listed and the panel excused until Monday Morning The court also deferred the George E Green conspiracy to defraud United States case to Tuesday due to docket congestion
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Edward Ferguson
Bertha West
Anacostia
George M. Goce
J. Stuart Poole
Reuben MM. Prank
George W. Offutt
Clifton Lowe
Moses Pach
Sewall A. Reeves
Frank Fpine
Charles Verguson
Samuel G. Cranwell
Wilson L. Haker
Luther B. Snyder
George E. Green
George W. Beavers
United States
Potpourri of city notices and ads mix in crowded column
A dense notice page itemizes local business ads, food prices, and service offers including Herrmann Bottling Works corked bottles, groceries, and produce prices. It notes upcoming lectures, court actions, and public notices such as a will filing, grand jury indictments, and law-and-order items.
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Herrmann Bottling Works
A. G. Herrmann
D. C
Bergner & Engel
10Th St. Se
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Asa
Pennsylvania Avenue
Saka & Compana Seventh Street
W.L. Douglas
Douglas
Soe Hihs
Sai Eames
Brockton
Mass
W. L. Douglas
Eugene B. Wilkins
W. Ti. Douglas
Pricpal
Eidsively
Gatalonae
Buiter
N. W
Mayer & CO
Svenn'st
Pesola
A.W. Thomas
Emily Hllis
W.H. Lucas
Ebedw
J. Lucas
Clara Monford
Columbia Theater
Mrs. Brown
Ferguson
Nest
Blo
Wright’s
D. J. Kaufman
Pa. Ave
Iouse
Kuppenheimer
S. Grosner
Penna. Ave
City Bulletins
J.T. D. Pyles
L. PF. Zinkham
Washington Asylum
Gill's
Pennsylvania
Rosenfeld
East
Grand Jury
District Supreme Court
James W. Boyd
Marine Hospital Service
Richard H. Chubb
Amos M. Brown
Charles Fairbanks
Lawrence Volmer
Wiliam Diggs
Wiliam Dines
Solomon Dixon
Clairles K. Metcalf
Johnston
9Th St
Hamilton College
Hamilton College Alumni Association
Shoreham
Reisinger
Baltimore and Return
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Royal Limited
Miss Bristow
Pauline H. Bristow
Fairmont Seminary
Weimar
Public
League of American Pen Women
Lindsay
Welebach
12Th. Co
A. Muddiman & Co
Rusterhaltz
Spicer
Louisiana
Keene's Shoe
G St. Nw
William H. Rynes
Wiliam H. Rynes
Selma B. Sharrotts
Caroline Rynex
Martha Stirling
Otto H. Rynex
Richard
W. Smith
Washington, D. C
N. Cap. St
Kelly
Workhouse
John Kelly
BR. EB. Dalley
Mien
Coopers
Whett’s
Friedlander Bros
Ninth and
E Streets
St. and
Mass, Ave. N.W
Victor E. Adler
Clothing House
7Th St. N. W
Srear
Atlantic & Pacific T
J. Maury Dove Go. Incorporated
Fn.w
S. W
Kroeger
Xath
Ceres
Tha
Faber’s
R. P. Andrews Paper CO
la. Ave
A. Eherly
Potomac Electric Power Company
Fourteenth St. N. W
Ehmann’s
California
Magruder’s
Conn. Ave
E Sts
Hubbard Heating Co
F Street
Wabash Ave
Chicago
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