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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Feb 21, 1917

Page

8

Dry Hearings Closing Narrow Fight to Save Babies

Congress debates the Sheppard prohibition bill with ten days left for committee action. Wet advocates push to keep hearings closed as supporters and opponents lobby. Monkeys for public health studies drive rising costs, with prices up to 25 dollars each and chimpanzees bought for 200 dollars. An epidemic risk from poliomyelitis prompts a 400000 dollar appropriation to fund outbreak prevention.

Congress House Appropriations Committee Kerr Public Health Service Representative Galvan Massachusetts

Live Stock Markets Report From Chicago and New York

Chicago and New York stock markets show mixed cattle hog and sheep trading. Hogs in Chicago receipts 26 000 with prices mostly 20 cents above yesterday s average pigs 12 46 to 12 60 mixed 12 85 12 70 heavy 12 25 12 35 calves 9 25 to 13 25 cattle receipts 9 000 weak native calves 7 7 35 stockers 8 15 9 00 cows 5 19 to 10 15 calves 9 25 to 13 25 New York receipts hogs 2 196 steady prime hogs troughs 11 2 sheep and lambs receipts 1 234 steady ordinary sheep 6 9 50 ordinary to prime lambs 3 4 50 to 15 75 culls 12 00.

Chicago New York Indiana

New York Produce Prices Report Feb 20 New York

Butter steady receipts 10063 creamery higher extras 44 13 15 creamery extras 92 score 44 firsts 38 43 2 seconds 36 12 37 14 Eggs unsettled receipts 5821 fresh gathered extra firsts 46 this refrigerator 40 4 21 2 nearby hens whites fine to fancy 49 nearby hens browns 47 44 48 Hi Firm receipts 3718 state 26 26% do average ly dressed quiet prices una Alive weak no prices Sugar easier prices unchanged Refined unchanged Flour firmly held Pork strong Beer firm Lard strong middle West 1740 17 50

York Hennery Middle West

Washington cattle market price rundown

Hog prices at Washington market show dressed hogs at 12.50 with small at 14 and medium at 14 and heavy at 13. Sheep valued around 71 percent, veal calves at 14 with 14 percent, spring lambs at 12 and 138 noted.

Cottonseed Oil Market Prices Reported in New York

New York February 20 prime crude cottonseed oil quoted at 10.87 to 10.93 with prime summer yellow soap at 12.40, February 12.40, March 12.51, April 12.38, June 12.3, July August 12.36, September 12.8.

New York

Musterole relief replaces mustard plasters in old remedy ad

An advertisement promotes Musterole as a white ointment made from pure oil of mustard and other ingredients. It claims to relieve sore throat bronchitis tonsillitis croup stiff neck asthma neuralgia headaches congestion rheumatism lumbago pains and aches of the back joints sprains bruises and chills and can prevent pneumonia.

Wilson to Insist on High Cost Probe

Administration will press Congress to fund a high cost of living investigation with a $400,000 appropriation. The House committee omitted the item in the sundry civil bill but Borland plans to introduce it on the floor. Administration leaders aim to include the funding in the bill despite resistance.

House District Committee Keir Galndlivan Monkeve Public Health Service Kerr Middlesex Elkins W. Va Congress House Senate Federal Trade Commission House Appropriations Committee Borland Missouri

Washington's Birthday Events Fill Takoma Park Tonight

Local notes describe Gaelic Society meeting at Hickman studio with lecture on Irish boers and the Rey. Takoma Park Citizens' Association hosts Washington's birthday celebration at Takoma Park Presbyterian Church with Rev Dr James L Gordon and singers Mrs Ivy Herriott Shade and Dr A Owen Penney.

Dr. Joseph Tlaeche Secery Washington Tatrick Trish University Gaelic Society Hickman New Yor Avenue Jeanie Glennon Takoma Park Takoma Park Presbyterian Church James L. Gordon First Congregational Church Ivy Herriott Shade A. Owen Penney Cannon Belgium England Russia France Japan Germany South Washington Citizens’ Association Jefferson’ School

George Washington University Night Off Play Tonight

George Washington University players present A Night Off at 8 15 p m tomorrow in Central High School assembly hall to raise athletic funds. Sel 8S Gluck directs and teaches with Miss Katherine Moran as lead, Milas Frances Geschichter as Susan, and Jéan Under- in supporting roles.

George Washington University Players Assembly Hall New Central High School George Washington Gluck Katherine Moran Milas Frances Geschichter University Susan Jéan Under

Notable Names in a Curious 19th Century List

A fragment lists individuals including Harry Damask Franklin Knock Jack Mulberry William J Gil ligan Prowl Miss Phoebe Gates Mrs Zantippa Babbitt Misa Ada Howell Angelica Damask and Miss Leonila Liloyd Maria suggesting a roster or social directory from a past era.

Mme Stock Gives Recital With Sherwood At Congress Hall

Mme Stock a soprano, assisted by contralto Leonore Sherwood, held a Sunday recital at Congress Hall Hotel. She plans Washington appearances, having settled permanently at Bradley Hills, Md. The program included Arias from Verdi, songs by Chadwick and Denza, Cry of Rachel, and a Rossini Stabat Mater duet.

Mme. HE. de Warrene-Stock Leonore Sherwood Congress Halk Hotel Mme. Stock Washington Bradley Hills Verdis Allah Chadwick Denza Rachel Salter Rossini So Prano

Auto Crash Injures 74YearOld Woman at Seventh and M

Mrs Martha Sweeney 74 a seamstress living at 1332 Eighth St NW is hospitalized at Homeopathic with internal injuries a broken right leg possible skull fracture and shock after an automobile struck her at Seventh and M Streets NW last night at 10 oclock The driver Walter Jefferson colored of 2301 M St NW was arrested.

Martha Sweeney Eighth Street Homeopathic Hospital Walter Jefferson Seventh M Streets Jefferson

Legal Record Dictates Multiple Court Actions and Divisions

United States Court of Claims proceedings list admissions to practice, dismissals, and numerous equity, circuit, criminal, bankruptcy, district, probate, and property transfer actions. Names include E F Colinday Harold N Marsh Harry Barger King & King and R P Whiteley. Estate and trust matters span Johnson, Doyle, Waggaman, Bayis, Kirby, Smith, Coombs, Struderva, and many guardianships with dates in 1917.

Edward K. Campbell Fenton W. Booth Samuel S. Barney George KE. Downey James Hay E. F. Colinday Harold N. Marsh Harry 8. Barger State of Tennessee State of West Virginia United States E. J. Hoffman King & King R. P. Whiteley M. ¥. Johnson J. A. Hendricks Justices McCoy Mary F. Ford Benjamin Andrews H. Hl. Glassie Wilson J. Lambert R. Yeatman Specialty Company Cohen Plaintiff Aaron Goldstein Surety Coxts L. H. David Mark Stearman Stewart Vs. Brown Plantiff Fountain Peyton L. M. King Washington Loan and Trust Company Re. Slattery James F. Shea Plaintifs W. H. Baden S &Ttorneys Toomey & Toomey Green Vs. Thomas Plaintif John P. McMahon Wilton J. Lambert R. H. Yeatman Harry B. Brooks James A. O'Shea Olivia Walter Blair Wilton Dorsey Ida Walter Webster, Dundley Phelps

Man claims Dreco cures rheumatism and joint stiffness

A famous authority argues rheumatism stems from self-poisoning by absorbed substances. He cites vegetarians as example and promotes Dreco as a remedy shaping relief for chronic joint pain. An Detroit ad touts Dreco from local drug stores, naming D H Fulton as owner and listing endorsements from Geo B. Pury and Allen & Co.

D. H. Fulton Detroit Mich Dreco O'Donnell Drug Store Geo B. Pury Allen & Co Alexandria Adv

Will of Admiral Dewey Filed for Probate in District Court

Mrs Mildred McLean Dewey widow of Admiral George Dewey filed a petition for probate of his December 17 1915 will. The will leaves the estate to Mrs Dewey and their son George Goodwin Dewey with an annuity to a sister and names them executrix and executor. The son waived executorship. The estate totals 255000 including bank money stocks life insurance and other personal property. Attorney Frank Stetson represents the estate.

Mildred McLean Dewey George Dewey Manila Bay Frank Stetson

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P. Garratt Federation of Citizens’ Associations James Mullowney Philadelphia Glass Brewers’ Union Joseph Proebstle United Brewery Workers William McK. Clayton Board of Trade and Federation of Citizens’ Associations Shoemaker A F Shoemaker Antisaloon League Labor Department Caminetti Washington Cattle Market Musterole L. L. Perkins Erxford Staten Fidelity & Guaranty Co Southerm Bidg Wilson Cieix Phrars Pegos Thursda John T. Huddle James Whitcomb Riley New Friends Church Thirteenth Irving Streets Daniel Webster Anacostia James Clabaugh Alabama Avenue Southeast Webster Jefferson Night School Teachers’ Club Eleventh Street William Tindall District of Columbia Columbia’ Historical Society of Washington Shoreham Ida Husted Harper National American Woman Suffrage Association Rhode Island Avenue Perelival Chubb Drama League of America National Museum Washington Center Drama League Jacob H. Gallinger New Hampshire George E. Chamberlain Oregon Washington Board of Trade Woman’s American Baptist Home Mission, Society Calvary Baptist Church, Eighth and N. W. Shefferman Potomac Literary Club of Sixth Street Board of Education John van Schaick, Jr Home and School Association of Western High School William M. Chambers Seventeenth Street Petworth Citizens’ Association Petworth M. EB The Piney Branch Jegs Nicholy Avenue Portland Street Vons Sacred Truck House Heart Dramatic Association Fourteenth Street Ohio Avenue Sacred Heart Church Northwest George F. Barber Young Men's Christian Association Association Herrington Emerson R. W. Bobbitt E Street Southeast Washington Navy Yard Providence Hospital Cairo Danemge H St. N. W Shurcham Dd Baris United States Court of Claims Supreme Court Justice Hitz Finn Bacon Sheehy & Sheehy Equity Division Justice Stafford Doyle Bayis Mann Ballinger Covington Turner Ve Rhodes & Cromelin R. L. Williams Fisner Rhodes Cromelin Justice Siddons Morrison S.G. Capers Rayden Johnson Burton & McLanahas Hapgood Chauncey Hackett G. Adkins Hagner Hagner Vs. Dupray, Attorneys, Wil Huidekoper Leeb Carusi Williama McLean Hamilton & Hamilton—Lambert Struderva Smoot Gardiner Justice Gould Henry F. Tatee Ve. George Engle H. E. Davis A. L. Newmyer Clement W. Huste Clifton Springs Manufacturing Company Frank M. Finley Bond Justice McCoy Montingus Street Sixteenth Street George Dever Tate Cora Bassett Frank Stetnon Guardian Ad Litem W. C. English Gustaf Ayres Lawrence Kavenegsberger Tary George W. Thomas A.D. Smith James McDowall McKenney & Tlanatate James Barry A. L. Grindley Catherine McCarthy R. F. Downing Charles H. McHugh Mary L. Swanson Bled Taliaferro Carl Gath Gled G. M. Wilmeth F. HK. Whippler Benjamin Mabore C. P. Ford Martin I. Wilbert Ltizabeth Wilbert Walter M. Bastian Frank Quarles George E. Gray Sarah Haurburger Lawrence Koenigsberger Julius I. Peyser L. Konnigsberger William W. Uttz R. B. Dickey Henry H. Hurlock Ida Hurlock W. A. Coombe William I. Pollard A. W. Gray Charlotte T. Dalley A. B. Lect Julia White John R. Walsh J. D. Coughlin Alvarelta Bittenbender Charles Marthingon C. W. Clagett HL. H. Glaasie George H. Ruppert W. EB Lester Lillian L. Wright Clark, Prentiss Bertie C. Shrevers Teresa’s Church Alexander Wolf Laura B. Janney B. Sykes Franklin K. Lane Secretary of the Interior Mandamus Britton & Gray F. H. Smith Company Edwin W. Smith Hawken & Havell Maggie Crocker the Globe Furniture Company Tignor Thomas Somerville Company H. B. Wilton J. D. Williams W. L. Townsend Wright & Graham Company F. I. Heiberger & Son, Incorporated Wolf & Cohen Porter Davis M. E. O'Brien Isaac Eriksteine Patrick T. Moran Twenty-Second Street Leo J. Longetux Julius F. Litzai Twenty-sixth Street Rufus H. Baker Sherman Burroughs United States of America Fifteenth Street Potomac Avenue Pennsylvania Avenue Charles M. Carson Harry Carrie M. Schultz Whitehaven Philip and Jacob Len J. Long Julius F. Litzau Twenty-First Street Ella H. Micon Mildred P. Garnett New York Avenue Florence I. Whitford Ad Partes Hanry Ah Hazen Connhorigud Avenue Terrace Myron H. Brinkerboft David J. Dunigan Highlands Ernest G.walter Ruth E. Myers H .Street H. Sydney King Aloysius J. McGrail Cleveland Park Arthur B. Heaton Burton Corning Mabel W. Heaton Chillum Gastle Heights Monsey Trust Company T. W. Patton Beverly Nellie M. Hanback Charles J George Lewis Square Pierce Street Arthur Carretux John J Fannie Keary Eighteenth Nineteenth Jessie O. Cugie Hartyers Thomas Bones Patuare Newton Street Isabella Duquesne John H. M. Chaney Jessie O. Cusie Pleasant Plains Randle T. H. Pickford Roy H. Pickford Adele K. Worthington Mary ©. Stockett Charles M Harry Schultz A. R. Howenstein Fred W. Reeves Eagar R. Richardson Randall EH. Hingner Alexander B. Browne Linda H. Webb William H. Westray William Corcoran III Charles M. Jones Annie V. Stockton Cleveland Henry H. Hazen George W. Linkins William Linkins Gussie Brock C. H. Pope Washington Land and Mortgage Company Kalorama Heights Fannie F. Bieg Hdward W. Willeside Harvey T. Winfield Tia Secure Home Building Association Brogkland Marvin M. Mclean Berkeley I. Simmons Et Ax Samuel A. Crary James B. Nicholson Charles H. Davidson H. Latane Lewis H. Bradley Dayidson Richard I. Palro é . S@UARE Rayimond Howard Wraesdell Charles D. Drayton William Montgomery Jesse W. Rawlings Masonic Mutual Life Association Asbury Kresge Et Ax Union ‘Trust Company Washington Loan and Trust Company Moses Goldenberg Arthur L. Curtis Et Ax George M. Emmerich Douglass Mackall Permanent Building Association Pierre Babbington Patrick J. Walshe Sarah H. Polley Xion F. Young District Court News District Supreme Court Mary A. Nealon Florida Avenue Northeast H. Porter Davis H Street Miss Weaton M. E. O’brien Miss Nealon George P. Eustis Hidridge BE. Jordan Playhouse N Street Northwest Daniel T. Wright Frank J. Hogan Eustis Jordan Frederick Eichelberger Ohio Elizabeth Fe, Eichelberger Fichelbergers Wharton E. Lester John Lewis Smith Hichelberger John B. Brockman District National Guard William Joseph Brockman James Wickham Ninth and F Street Northwest Mary S. Galt Earl Matthews Ninth Street Northwest Haley Cash Arlington Junction Oscar Callaway Texas Martin O'Donoghue Antiwar League Raleigh Frienda Velvet Joe Kentucky Miggett Tomaso Liggett « Myers Fotacco
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