Fireworks Display Contract Set for Inaugural Spectacle
Pain's Fireworks Company of New York won a 3,0 bid to produce a one hour and thirty minute aerial show at the Senate Office Building site with 130 personnel, featuring a one mile high American flag balloon and a mag light illumination of White House surroundings. The display will end with 5,000 colored bombs forming a Roosevelt banner as funds for the inaugural event grow and Maryland G A R and Navy cadets join the parade plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuno H. Rudolph
Pain
Mark Twain
Washington
Roosevelt
Fairbanks
Alles
Rich & Sons
H. Rapley
William Haywood
G. Thomas Dunlop
Daniel Fraser
J. Hubley Ashton
Naval Academy
Navy Department
Maryland
Wilson
James Campbell
John A. Thompson
Clapp
Stevens
Warner
Committee On Civic Organizations
Roosevelt Republican Club
St. Paul
Senate
Lodge
First
District Committee
Aldis B. Browne
Committee On
Capitol
New York Republican Club
Guy Higgins
National Guard
Temple Fair Near at Hand by Washington Hebrew Congregation
The Washington Hebrew Congregation prepares for a two week temple fair and bazaar at the Washington Light Infantry Armory starting Monday January 30. Executive committee chair Isaac J. Blout led the final meeting with reports on decorations donations voting and finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joseph Strasburger
Isador Grosner
William Hahn
Finance
Fair Journal
Harry Franc
J. Sarger
B Btern
Rebekah Ledge
Isaac L. Blout
Harry King
Senate
House Ane
Emer
Wea
Karpeles
Hood
Dances of the South Attract Guests From Afar at New Willard
The twelfth annual Southern Relief Society ball drew about five hundred guests led by Gov. Warfield and Gen. Fitzhugh Lee at the New Willard. A sixteenth dance program opened after a brief intermission as Marine Band played. The receiving line featured Mrs. Lindsay Lomax and a reconstituted society leadership with compliments from the White House. Guests included Maryland and Virginia dignitaries, notable socials, and long lines of gowns described in detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Relief Society
New Willard
Marine Band
Walts
Thomas Jefferson
Kentucky Home
Dixie Land
Edwards Bonqguet
White House
Lindsay L. Lomax
Roosevelt
Hillary A. Herbert
Lomax
Society
Harry Heth
Susan B. Hetzel
Cc. D. Lorentz
Augustus Jackson
H. A. Gillenwater
S. Sprigg Belt
Drury G Ludlow
Archibald Young
Rosalie H. Bocock
George 5S. Covington
John T. Callaghan
G. F. French
Clarendon Sprenamae
Fauntelroy
Arfield
Maryland
Tiehinee
Weather Conditions Warn of Snow and Cold Wave Across Nation
The Weather Bureau reports a massive high pressure dome centered over Central North Dakota driving a severe cold wave into the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys. Temperatures range 10 degrees to 4 below normal with freezing possible as far south as Central Florida by Wednesday morning. Storm warnings cover the Atlantic coast and cold wave advisories extend across Southern Missouri to Louisiana. Local observations list temperatures, humidity, rainfall, and daily highs across numerous cities, while David R. Francis visits the White House to discuss the Louisiana Purchase Exposition results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. 8
Dept. of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
Tts
North Dakota
Bismarck
Ohio
Mississippi
Missouri
Uinois
Florida
New England
Middle Atlantic
Great Lakes
North Pacific States
South Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Lake Michigan
Steamera
Uropean Porte
Grand Banks
Atlantic
Jacksonville
Eastport
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mississippi River
Jupiter
Key West
New Eayland
Asheville
Atlanta
Atlantis City
Boston
Masa
Buffalo
Chicago
V. Cinetonati
Cheyenne
Wyo
Davenport
Towa
Denver
Colo
Des Moines
Galveston
Tex
Helena
Mont
Indianapolis
Iai
Fla
Kansas City
Little Rock
Ark
Marquette
Mich
Memphis
Tenn
New Orleans
Labs
New York
N.Y
Omaha, Nebr
Pittsburg, Paves
Salt Lake City
Utah
Bt. Louis
St. Paul
Minn
Peabody fund ends as trustees dissolve in bid for Nashville Teachers College
The Peabody Education Fund trustees voted to dissolve the trust and approved a $1,000,000 appropriation for the George Peabody School for Teachers in Nashville Tennessee. The decision favored Southern institutions with Roosevelt and Morgan present. the fund now totals about $2.2 million and will be dispersed over years, primarily to Southern schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Roosevelt
Chief Justice Fuller
J. Pierpont Morgan
Nashville Teachers’ School
South
Peabody Education Fund
George Peabody School
Nashville, Tenn
Peabody Trust
Arlington Hotel
Fuller
Roosevelt
Board of Trustees
White House
New York
Richard Olney
Massachusetts
Morris K. Jesup
James D. Porter
Tennessee
George Peabody Wetmore
Rhode Island
Henderson M. Somerville
Alabama
William A. Courtney
South Carolina
William Lawrence
Daniel C. Gilman
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University
Samuel A. Green
Boston
Charles E. Finner
Louisiana
Nashville
Florida
Missisippi
Davidson County
Peabody
Peabody College
Mr. Morgan
Barnard College
State of
Peabody Fund
Green
Pardon Petition Circulated for Samuel A Groff
A petition seeking a presidential pardon for Samuel A Groff is being circulated after Groff and associates were found guilty in a postal service irregularities case. The petition cites testimony by Holmes Conrad suggesting insufficient evidence for Groff's conviction and notes the petition has many signers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Machen
Supreme Court of the United States
Samuel A. Groff
Holmes Conrad
Samuel Groff
Full Dollar's Worth Free Rheumatism Cure Offer
A promotional notice touts Dr Shoop's Rheumatic Cure claiming to remove the cause of pain and swelling from the blood. It promises a full dollars worth free with no deposit or payment and offers an authoritative book on rheumatism to prompt writers at Racine Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bhoop
Hox
Racine
Wis
Electrician Falls Through Ice on Aqueduct Bridge
Charles Kanode, 21, of 1314 Maryland Ave NE, was repairing wires on the Aqueduct Bridge when the ice gave way. He plunged into icy water but surfaced through the hole he made, and fellow workers pulled him out with a rope. He received a head cut and was treated at Georgetown University Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Kanode
Maryland Avenue
Kanode
Aqueduct
Kanade
Georgetown University Hospital
Fell Headlong in Tunnel Fatal Excavation Accident
Engineer John P. McLean fell twenty five feet from a plank into a tunnel at First Street near New Jersey Avenue. He fractured his skull and is believed to die. He was found after a half hour and taken to Providence Hospital. McLean lived at 162 Second Avenue in Pittsburg and kept a notice for Hazelwood Lodge No 1043 IGOOF.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Street
John P. McLean
McLean
New Jersey Avenue
Providence Hospital
Second Avenue
Pittsburg
Hazelwood Lodge
Hazelwood
Descent Pilgrim Fathers Honor Banquet Speakers at Rauscher's
Descendants gathered for Plymouth Rock anniversary with messages from Gov Gen Capen of the Mayflower Society Rep John F Lacy and Rev D J O'Connell Rector of the Catholic University. Addresses stressed religion as the Pilgrims' paramount principle and called for school reform and civic virtue. Justice Brown elected to membership as Rev Dr Ewell presided and music by Mrs J W Bischoff and Douglass G Miller accompanied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gen. Capen
The
Mayflower Society
Lacy
Mer. O'Connell
Catholic University
Pilgrim Fathers
Plymouth Rock
Rauscher’s
Samuel B. Canen
Boston
Society of Mayflower Descendants
John IF. Lacy
Iowa
Mer. D. J. O'Connell
America
J. L. Ewell
Society of the Mayflower Descendants
Justice Brown
United States Supreme Court
Ewell Bald
Capen
Harvard
New England
Abraham
Lelma
J. W. Bischoff
Douglass G. Miller
Suit to Construe a Will In District Supreme Court
Proceedings opened in the District Supreme Court to construe the will of Harriet Lane Tohnston. The suit, brought by William G. Johnson for D. K. Este Fisher and other executors, names Harriet Lane Home for Invalid Children of Baltimore and other legatees as defendants. A separate report notes the death of William Dean, a 79 year old Black man, on Third Street near P Street NW from heart disease before admission to the Homeopathic Hospital. Coroner Nevitt filed official certification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Supreme Court
Harriet Lane Tohnston
William G. Johnson
D. K. Este Fisher
Harriet Lane Home For
Baltimore
Third Street
P Street
William Dean
Homeopathic Hospital
Nevitt
B. Lee
Cooks Court
Bes
Washington Gas Light Commpany
Washington Gas Light Company
10Th St
William 13
Orme
JuBa&Stores
Tional Safe Deposit Savings and Trust Company
District OF Columbia
Charle
E Nyman
Citizens National Bank OF Washington City
Washgton
Ts Clas
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Newsrarer
Hive
MR. H. Rozier Dulany
Virginia Miller
Henry &T
George Tucker
McCreary
Bocock
Miss Day
Patrice Egan
Miss Stone
Senator Stone
Lachey
William A. Jones
Claude A. Swanson
Covington
Nellie Smith
Betty Bailey
Miles Nannie Heath
J. M. Culp
Enis
Jack Reali
Texas
Carmack
Shepard
Hall
Bankhead
Bowie
Paine
Lta
Cnl
Robert BE. Lee
Sam McGowen
H. A
John Sharp Williams
Joseph P. Minetree
L. S&s Brown
Wmlood
Virginia
Zahm
Sheppard
Taxac
Norman Boston
Mc.Creary
Stone
Bate Marstin
Arthur Goldsborough
J. Adam Bede
Hare
Marcus J. Wright
Casey Wright
D. Blackburn
Dall
Murdock
D. Merwin
David R. Francis
Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company
S. A. Groff
Machen
Aqueduct Bridge
Honor Pilgrim
William the Conqueror
Aeneas
Columbus
Korea
O’connell
Ousines
Lansburgh & Bro
Seventh St
Sanders & Stayman Go
F St
Ninth Street
Jamond
Burlington, Vb
Peter Grogan
7Th St
Bet. H and I Sts
Sloan’s
G Street
U. S. Treasury
She Clarke Sale
Orental
Russia
Persia
Europe
Frm
Co. G. Sloan & Co., Auctioneers
Hub Furniture Co
S. E. Cor
7Th and
D Sts
Yale Laundry
Oth St
New York Ave
Office and Works
American Security and Crust Company
Bond
A. Overholt & CO
Bo.q. J
W. Eiseman
Seventh Street
D Street
Jackson Bros
Great Cash Furniture House
Moundsville
Henry
Chalky
Lancaster
E Droop Sons CO
Steinway and Other Pianos
Tharp’s
Berkeley
St. N. W
Andoline
Atal Drug Stores
Driftwood
John H. Magruder
E Groceries and Winea, Wholesale and Hetaid
Cor. Conn. Ave
K St
Tolman Laundry Cor
Sta
EK St
MAG
Grace
Miller’s
Earnshaw G Bro
Xagdila
Mt. Vernon
CER CO
Alice M
Patereen
Wilbur L. Smith
W. L
T. Bide
Kirkpatrick
4Th
N . Ave
Rooma
Thor
Charles H. Gano
Stearns da Pope
PATHY
Clara A. Westlaer
McGill & Wallace
Goondas
POST
Brg Mail
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