Snow law lax enforcement in city precincts and vacant lots
Police reports show widespread noncompliance with the snow and ice regulation across precincts with nonresident owners leaving snow on sidewalks. Warrants issued in several precincts, while Sixth precinct reports perfect compliance. government properties and M C A square also cited. one resident vows to appeal after fines and a writ of error challenge.
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Leutenant
Sylvieter
St. Valentine's
New York
Washington
Sylvester
Lieut. Amiss
Sergt. Sullivan
Pugh
Bayle
Matthews
NW Street
James Creek Canal
Lieut
McCathran
Fifth Precinct
Seventh
Eighth
North Carolina Avenue
Street
Marine Barracks
Ninth
Lieut. Jordan
Lieut Williams
Prerner
Lieut. Daley
Liti- Bath
Elliott
Whitney Avenue
Henry Evans
Jefferson B. Crawle
James Bradley
Lee
William Lee
Fourth Street
Maryland Avenue
Court of Appeals
Commissioners pledge snow rule challenged as overreach
Lawyers for Leckie Fulton Cox test the snow regulation in court. They argue authorities lack power to enforce such police provisions, placing sidewalk safety on government, not private citizens. Court of Appeals decision anticipated before pressing Mr Lee’s case for hearing.
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Leckie, Fulton & Cox
Onesterday
A. E. Ls Leckie
Court of Appeals
Messrs
Macfarland
Pope Manufacturing Company
Charles Milner
Columbia Auto~moblic Company
Hauser & Gassenheimer
Belt
J E. L. Moffett
Truck Company A
Moffett
P. H. Buehler
Buehler
D. O.C. Callaghan
Elzabeth Webb
Justice Stafford
Rain Melts Potomac River Ice with Harbormaster Plans
Rain and warm wet snow loosened ice on Baltimore streets and the Potomac River. Harbormaster Sutton considers starting ice-breaking with thirteen tugs if rain persists. Weather remains unsettled with no cold snap in sight as a Gulf coast storm sweeps the region.
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Potomac River
Sutton
Weather Bureau
Atlantic
Gulf
West Urges Strong Federal Law to Guard Potomac Water
Commissioner West calls for a drastic federal law after Leighton report on Potomac pollution links to Washington water supply. He drafts a bill to ban sewage and industrial waste into the river and its tributaries, with penalties, and asks Congress to publish the report as a public document. Kempers urge action to protect city health.
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Weet
M. O. Leighton
United States Geological Survey
Potomac
Congress
West
Fotomac
Leighton
Upper
Smoke Regulation Hearing Seeks Compromise Proposals
Delegation led by Gen George H Harries urged a written compromise to the present smoke law at a private meeting with the District Commissioners. The talks lasted about two hours with no firm agreement, as Macfarland left for Providence and promised to consider the matter upon his return.
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Harries
Macfarland
Providence
R. I
George H. Harries
The
Electric Light Company
Thomas W. Smith
W. H. Moses
J. J. Dartington
Washington Loan and Trust Company
John B. Lerner
House Committee On
District of Columbia
R. L
Darlington
West
Stidham Endorses Plan for Street Cleaning Crusade
Superintendent Stidham agrees with Albert Head's street improvements and offers to charge officers permitting dirt dumping. He envisions a crusade among city school children, appealing to teachers and pupils to view littering as a crime against public cleanliness and appearance.
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Read
West
Stidham
Albert M. Head
Sylvester
Will Contest Arguments Continue In Hayes Case
Testimony in the Hayes will contest concluded before Justice Gould and a jury. Arguments to follow this morning with the judge to instruct the jury. Cardinal Gibbons named as trustee and principal beneficiary for an industrial school project in Battle. May Kee, a Chinaman, fined five dollars for trying to strike a Black man. Further charges involve false pretenses, a man fined for carrying a concealed weapon, and a burglary confession leading to grand jury action. Hood's Sarsaparilla ad ends the notice.
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Hayes
James Hayes
Justice Gould
Cardinal Gibbons
Contributions to Charity Funds Boost Two City Societies
Donations to Associated Charities and Citizens Relief Association accelerate budget completion. Treasurers John Joy Edson and John F Wilkins report numerous gifts including a fifty dollar pledge from R. C Johnson, and many smaller contributions from individuals such as E T C, Lizzie I Boyce, Mary Southerland, and Miss Mary Cumming, with dozens of names recorded.
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John Joy Exison
Associated Charities
Archibald Hopkins
John F. Wilkins
Citizens' Relief Association
Corcoran Thom
John Joy Edson
Willan
B. Thomas
Thomas R. Jones
J. M C
E T. C
Edwin S Schmidt
A. ¥. Leech
Her
Walden Myer
Misa
Lizzie I. Boyce
Mr. Howard
Nyman
A. FP. Ob, Portman
Samuel Shellaburger
Mr Newbold
J. T. Jayne
W. K Carr
N. H. Shea
Berens & Hodge
Frank H. Walker
E. A. Ballach
Helen Munroe
J. =. Puisbury
Randolph Dickens
F. Kendall Fox
George Merrill
Alice Palmer
H. M. Gunderson
Jutlar James
Pred Weber
Saille R. Tyler
Nat Tyler
Citizens’ Relief Association
Brother "Tom
Perry Michael
J Moore
J. R. Barnett
Mary Cumming
D. Olin Leech
Oliver Lunch Room Company Incorporation Filed
A certificate of incorporation for the Oliver Lunch Room Company was filed yesterday to run a cafe lunch and dining room business. Capital stock fixed at 37 50. Trustees include Percy Oliver Marshall W Sadler and Charles B E Switzer. The page also lists a mix of ads and notices including local merchants and a court hearing continuation for executor removal and a grand larceny charge against Grant Harris.
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Lunch Room Company Incorporated
Oliver Lunch Room Company
Recorder of Deeds
Percy Oliver
Marshall W. Sadler
Charles BE. Switzer
Grant Harris
Harris
Nathan Rosenblatt
Fifth Street
Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey Promoted Health Tonic
An old advertisement touts Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as a health tonic for youth and vigor. It claims daily dilution with water or milk and no other medicines, noting fifty years of purity and medicinal properties. The Rochester company offers a medical booklet on symptoms and treatments, sent free to readers.
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DUFFY
Troy
Dutyree Whiskey Company
Rochester
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oYay
Rio Suns
Pennsylvania Avenue
Saka & Company
Seventh Street
China
Japan
Herrmann
Seventh and I
Sts. N. W
Heurich
Che .Heurich Brewing Co
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Colonial Wine Co
9Th St. “Mar
Littlefield, Alverd & Co
Gee A. Far
A. Kahn
F Street
Dr. Lyon
Case
Selinger
River
GLEAR
Commissioner West
District Building Notes
Ashford
F Street Northwest
W. B. Moses’ Sons
George Mason
Kimball
Schoenthbal
Mason
J. Maury Cove Coal Company
Schoenthal
Doyle
D. J. Kaufman
Pa. Ave
Moses
W. B. Moses and Sons
Stidham Indorses Plan
May Kee
Eighteenth Street
Scott
William Lloyd
Polceman Stott
Third Precinct
Lloyd
Edward‘ Graves
C Street
E. E. Cooper
John Wilson
Murphy
Wilson
Twenty-third Street
Arthur Ashton
Julius A. Helm
Hood
AWA Munyon
Munyon
Ruggists
Cass
Manyon
City Bulletin
Southern Coffee and Spice Co
7 & C Sw
Hotel Johnson
Baldwin
Paderewski
Ignace Paderewski
Cincinnati
Nat. Cap. Brewing Co
Munich
Up. Auerbach’s
7Th & H
Andrew R. Graves
Eighth Street
S. E
Miller
Williams’ Drug Store
C. Oleon
16Th & Lots
D. Pyles
Fancy Head Rice
Callaghan, 7Th & G Nw
Elgin Creamery
Eas
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tec
Cor
Tb and E
Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey
George E. Hebbard
Ninth Street
Hubbard
N. W
Chestnut Farms Sanitary Dairy
Conn
Ave
Geo. M. Oyster, Jr
Burlington
Andoline
Sineres
Sig
Vigtor E. Adler
Clothing House
Tth
Jackson Bros
Great Cash Furniture House
REGAL
Rae
Damar
Ingien Mangeamanca
A. Eberly
Oke
de Verea
Washington Gas Light Co
10Th Be
N. Ww
Ceres
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