Budget Passed for District Use with Small Cut to Expenses
A district budget totaling 9,826,158 was approved with only 8,600 cut. City architect and river land inquiries were dropped. Parsons sought 15,000 for playgrounds but failed 123 to 96. Representative Slayden pushed amendments to reduce cab and Tazicab commune charges. House supported most appropriations, with the playground funds reduced to 10,000 for the year.
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Dusty Pure Malt Advertising Prizes Awarded
A crowd of amateur advertisers share prize money totaling 200 dollars for the best Dusty Pure advertisements. Winners include Blake of Torbay, Maryland. Curdy of Boston. and Westerhot of Brooklyn, each earning modest sums and praised for latent talents. The article notes the value of clear facts in ads and urges submissions from leaders, with Shea of Rochester distributing duties.
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Syracuse
Boston
Austin
Berwick
Turk Boston
Doane St
Westerhot
Brooklyn
Rochester
H. Shea
District in Congress Introduced Measures on District Affairs
A set of bills or resolutions introduced in Congress address District issues. Dilingham seeks to curb price gouging on goods in the district, while Bilingham aims to bar women from clerical roles in wholesale liquor establishments. Sryiti proposes permitting a rail line to enter the District. Mitton targets interracial marriage in the District and U S territories. Gardner reports a District appropriation near 10 million dollars for governance. Jenkins seeks District control of electric and gas plants. Bartholdt pushes 60 thousand dollars to determine title to lands and to set policy on sale or transfer of government lands in the District.
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Sryiti
Washington
Pring and Gretta Railroad Company
Mitton
United States
HOUSE
Gardner
Jenkins
Bartholdt
Controversy Over Gas Illumination Bills In District
The District committee pushed two bills on illuminating gas. One bans carbon monoxide use, the other allows up to 10 percent gas content. Members lacked technical knowledge and sought Dr H W Wiley’s guidance. Debate included gas purchase paragraphs and a revision of cab fare schedules.
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Madden
Mlinols
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Watt
Tanpl Woof
Kansas
H W Wiley
Department of Agriculture
House
Wegill & Wallace
E Street
DR. White
Beach as Playground Spurred by Commissioner West
Commissioner West announced plans to integrate the bathing beach into the city playground system to teach swimming and skating to south side youth. He stressed the value of playgrounds for outdoor recreation under supervision and urged expanding facilities, including locker houses and attendants, to utilize the beach and boost swimming instruction beyond current small numbers.
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Yeaterjay
Riet
Playgrounds Move Sparks Mixed Votes In House
Henry Curtis, director of playgrounds, commented on the House defeat of a 915000 playgrounds appropriation. He noted rising support this year, educational discussion, and potential increased public interest and sympathy for the playground movement in Washington and beyond.
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Washington
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Teleis
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Gillett
M Tester
Murphy
Peters
Mann
Salary Reform for President and Top Federal Officials
A Washington letter argues for a broad rise in federal salaries including the President to 100000, Vice President to 20000, and Supreme Court justices to 23000. It urges combining Bourne and Clark bills into an omnibus act with traveling expense support, noting public opinion favors decisive pay increases for the nation’s highest offices.
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Laughter and Digestion Health Claims by Stuart Tablets
An 1900s ad extols laughter as medicine for dyspepsia and nervous disorders. It promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a digestion aid, claiming they digest 8,000 grains of food per grain and restore stomach function. The copy cites Hydrastis and golden seal ingredients and notes 40,000 physicians purportedly prescribe them, offering free samples from Stuart Co Marshall Michigan.
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America
Canada
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Marshall. Mich
Uniform Freight Rates Say Railroads Must Follow Rules
Inter State Commerce Commission upholds uniform rate rules for old and new autos, ruling against comparing varying values by rail. Decision supports Chicago Rock Island Pacific and Chicago and Northwestern railroads in setting 2 cents per 100 pounds for carrying one machine from Beatrice Nebraska to Banoha Wisconsin, noting uniformity in freight charges.
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Chicago, Rockland and Pacific
Chicago and Northwestern Railrogda
Beatrice
Nebr
Wo Banoha
Wis
Against Enlarging the Navy Aims at Domestic Security Not War
A broad group of leading Americans argue against enlarging the navy citing no wartime threat, calling for use of funds to improve domestic conditions. They warn heavy coast defenses and future war costs burden the nation while diplomacy and education could better secure peace.
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Henry Wada Rogers
Ohio Law School
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Thwing
Western Reserve University
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State University of Ohlo
Booker @ Washington
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Mount Holyoke College
Special notices and annual meetings across Washington DC firms
Notices announce annual stockholders meetings for Washington Light Company Brightwood Hallway Georgetown and Tenallytoun Railway Washington Railway and Electric Company Potomac Electric Power Company City and Suburban Railway Anacostia and Potomac River Railroad with dates in January 1909, locations at Fourteenth and East Capitol streets and office addresses, times from 1 to 2 pm, and secretaries F J Whitehead and others listed.
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Washington DC
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East Capitol Streets
J Whitdhead
Georgetown and Tenallytoun Railway Company
Yeet
Wall
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Washington Railway and Electric Company
Tourteenth
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J White
Potomac Electric Power Compas
East Capitol Street
F J Whitehead
City and Suburban Railway of
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Capitol
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Anacostiz and Potomac River Railroad Company
Ex Senator's Son Weds In Chicago Ceremony
Archbishop Quigley unites Blanche Plamondon of Chicago and James Smith of Newark in Holy Name Cathedral. The bride is daughter of Charles A Plamondon, a prominent Chicago businessman, and Mr Smith is connected with his father, former U S Senator James Smith Jr., in Newark's Morning Star.
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Charles A Plamondon
Smith
United Sates
James Smith, Jr
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