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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1906
Page
4
Dress details emphasize importance of light and sturdy components. The ad promises high quality neckwear linen and footwear chosen with discernment. It asserts Saks offers right quality style and conformity with taste, urging judges to favor Saks goods for all dress types.
Stilson Hutchins bought the Le Droit Building at Eighth and F from Louis D. Wine & Co in a deal linked to Stone & Fairfax. The $125000 sale price appraised land value at $1250 per 10000 square feet, far below neighboring $20 to $40 per canare foot. The four story landmark, built in 1873 by J Barber, will be entirely remodeled and modernized.
The Stormont Sanatorium trustees elect Gen. George M. Sternberg as president with Drs. Kober Rameburgh Adams and others named as officers and trustees. Subscriptions total $6,025.47 with 124 shares. open air treatment and tent expansion discussed near Washington Grove. Donations from notable figures listed as aid to destitute families and associated charities. future dividends anticipated from modest patient rates. Indictment of Crawford again by Federal grand jury for false vouchers tied to post office contracts. two year penitentiary sentence prior and current bail set at $10,000 pending appeal.
Thirty five youths at the Working Boys Home and Children’s Aid Association on 230 C Street manufacture sleds for the coming freeze. Officers report contentment grows from home improvements with Mrs. William Ker newly elected president. N. D. North and Mrs. J. Heald named vice presidents. Miss A. P. B. Gannett and Miss F. G. Childs serve as wives.
Col. Eiddle the Engineer Commissioner ruled on a subdivision by a private owner between Rhode Island avenue and Brentwood road northeast. He noted Congress allows land subdivision but condemned recording and public street improvements without new legislation to condemn Central avenue and assess benefits against adjacent property holders.
A new roller-skating rink will open at Convention Hall around January 20 with a fresh floor. Management plans metal-tired skates and may ban spikes at Georgetown and high school games to protect the surface. If successful, local teams may host roller skate matches against visitors from other cities.
Police probe a death by possible self harm in a back room of a locking house at 724 Tenth Street Northwest. The unidentified man, about 5 feet 6 inches, with brown hair and a trimmed beard, lay dead with gas on after the room was opened by Officer O Brien. A rent receipt signed with "Mr Vt" and a few belongings were found. landlady Mrs. Lauren Jones says she rented the room about three weeks ago and knew little of the man, who appeared refined yet poor. The body was sent to the morgue.
John Bernard was sentenced to one year minus one day for stabbing William Poetzmann in a barroom quarrel on February 14 last year. The judge found the assault vicious, despite Bernard’s claim of intoxication, and sent him to jail for 34 days.
Howard Thomas alias Clarence Jackson and Mary Thomas alias Alice Diuffield pleaded guilty in Criminal Court No 2 to stealing about $1,000 in diamonds from Mr and Mrs Charles B Pearson while the family attended church. Thomas was sentenced to seven years in the penitentiary and Mary Thomas to three years and six months. The couple, employed as servants, planned the theft after securing work from an employment agency and fled to Baltimore before being captured in Philadelphia.
The Bard of High Rock John W. Hutchinson hosted a birthday reception at Mrs. Barnes 1319 Vermont Ave yesterday. Hutchinson 85 sang several selections though delayed by travel from New York. He spoke of romance ending in marriage to Agnes Everest and plans a southern California trip with her after a Washington stay. Relatives and friends from Newton Vienna Lynn and Washington attended with a long list of named guests.
In a New York precinct cell, Bowen and accomplice William Furlong urged sergeant to lock them up together. Bowen received ten days on the farm, Furlong also got ten days after pleading to stay with his partner and swearing familiarity with the law.
An indictment against Heinrich Becker was entered after a grand jury last Saturday. Becker is charged with embezzling $726.61 while employed by attorney Elsie Schulz on April 10. He was committed to custody with bail set at $2,000.
Judge Kimball sentenced Thomas Bowie to ninety days in jail for stealing cabbage from the Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington Railroad. Witness William Herndon testified Bowie jumped from a freight car with a sackful of cabbage, narrowly beating the railroad by a full sack. Travel ad notes Baltimore and Return fare of $1.25 via Pennsylvania Railroad on weekends, excluding Congressional Limited.
Police seek Bernard Roache missing from 36 Monne street Anacostia since Christmas Eve. The bulletin lists local prices, shops, and services including groceries, laundry, engraving, seafood, flour, wines, and clothing bargains. Public notices mention ongoing meetings at M E Church and gas repair services.
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