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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1909
Page
5
Bones and skeletons unearthed in Southeast burying ground
Workmen uncover multiple skeletons while excavating for houses at Sixteenth and C streets southeast. Local residents fear and abandon the area as health officials confirm an old Ebenezer AME burial site. Relatives of the deceased are hard to locate. permits for removal hinge on relative applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixteenth
District Health Office
Seventeenth
Ebenezer A. M. E. Church
Health Department
Health Office
Ebenezer
Firebag
F. N. Conrad
Conrad
McLean
Warrants Issued Against Two Lunchrooms in District
District health inspectors issued warrants for the arrest of two lunchroom proprietors in a continued drive against insanitary food. Cases will go to police court. Municipal Lunchroom at 1318 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest faces charges over sour charlotte russe. Bella Winters of a timehroom at 346 W Street Northwest is charged with supplying unwholesome pork chops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health Office
Pennsylvania Avenue
Charlotte Rasse
Bella Winters
W Street
Railway Bill Opposed By Commissioners In Senate
The bill to amend the act granting the Washington Spaj Springs and Gretta Railroad Company entry to the District faces opposition. Commissioners sent two substitute measures to Senator Gallinger, chair of the Senate District committee. The proposed charter amendment would keep the company in force until the Bladensburg road is widened to a proper width for railroad use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Spaj Springs
Apollo Orchestra Rehearsal At McKendree Church
The Apollo Orchestra directed by Albert P Johnston will hold its second public rehearsal this evening at 8 o'clock at the McKendree Methodist Episcopal Sunday school church on Massachusetts avenue. Edward C Heintz the noted New Orleans tenor will also perform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apollo Orchestra
McKendree Methodist Episcopal Sunday School
Albert P. Johnston
Wlll
Massachusetts Avenue
Edward C. Heintz
New Orleans
Will Agaist
Rosenfeld’s
District heads optimistic over Senate aid to capital
Commissioners predict Senate will increase District appropriations after close conference with Senate appropriations subcommittee. Commissioner Macfarland says arguments for House‑disallowed estimates were well received and believes the Senate will be more generous. Senator Gallinger and subcommittee members are familiar with and sympathetic to improving the National Capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Senate Committee On Appropriations
District of
Macfarland
Gallinger
Walter Johnson's theater contempt lands him probation
A 10 year old colored boy Walter Johnson faced juvenile court after causing a scene in a local theater. He described the incident with humorous bravado and was admonished by Judge DeLacy. Walter received six months probation with instructions to avoid cheap theaters and to refrain from further misbehavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Johnson
Walter
Judge DeLacy
Changes in Staff Urged for Contagious Disease Service
Acting Health Officer McLean proposed staff moves to improve district contagious disease work. Recommendations include removing Joseph Fleming and Ora Fleming, promoting Harry Miller and John P. McNulty, transferring Josephine Miller, reassigning Maurice Lanman, and adding several laborers and watchmen with effective dates Feb 1 and Jan 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Contagious Disease Service
Harry C. McLean
Joseph
Henrys. Downing
Edward Newman
Harry 0. Brown
James Vs. McCurley
Frederick A. Winacam
John G. Eckert
George W. Berley
Mother seeks lost son halting estate settlement
Mrs. Alice Stockman of 180 Jones street Detroit searches for her son Sheldon Stockman who disappeared in Detroit on August 22 1895. After fourteen years the case blocks settlement of a valuable estate and she appeals to The Post for information from anyone who knows his whereabouts or can provide contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheldon Stockman
Alice Stockman
Jones Street
Detroit
Mich
Post
Stockman
Sheldon Stoeeckman
Washington
District approves taximeter accuracy regulation
Police drafted ordinance approved by the district commissioners declares any inaccurate taximeter or measuring device illegal on vehicles. Owners lessees and corporate entities must keep meters calibrated and approved, subject to hack inspector tests. Violations carry fines up to 40 dollars with enforcement by police and hack inspectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Po-Lce Department
Audi
Hack
Police
Samp
Sues for Waiter's Death at Raleigh Hotel
James F Mullaly as administrator of Alfred J Heart sues Columbia Hotel Company operator of the Raleigh Hotel for 10000 damages in District Supreme Court claiming Hearl died after injuries in a freight elevator on January 1 1908. The petition says Hearl after work went to the basement to change clothes and attempted to exit by the freight elevator the only egress per employer rules the cellar was poorly lit and the elevator lacked safety features leaving a widow and a mother as claimants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Hotel Company
Raleigh
District Supreme Court
Tames F. Mullaly
Alfred J. Heart
Hearl
Iis
Hulalia Helena Hearl
Ann Hearl
Churches to Aid Home for Friendless Girls Urges Sunday Collection
City churches plan a Sunday collection to support the Colored Home for Friendless Girls which relies entirely on public charity. The home, now 23 years old, has cared for more than 600 girls and still urgently needs fuel clothing and provisions for its inmates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sig
Ita
734 Killed on Railroads in Third Quarter
The Interstate Commerce Commission quarterly report shows 734 killed and 16,545 injured in July through September across the United States. Among the fatalities, 191 were train-accident deaths, up 307 percent from the same quarter a year earlier, with 2,567 collisions and derailments causing about 1.95 million dollars in property damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
New Bishop Honored At St Johns Georgetown Reception
The Men's Club of St John s P Bu Church Georgetown hosted a reception for Bishop Harding with 150 men in attendance. Rev F B Hibben opened, the bishop spoke warmly, and a musical program followed featuring Charles Bright W G Mills William Taylor and Rev Dr Dudley. G Thompson Walliams led the orchestra at St John s Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John's P. Bu
Georgetown
Bishop Harding
F. B. Hibben
Charles Bright
Barytone
W. G. Mills
William Taylor
Dudley
St. Stephen's Church
G. Thompson Walliams
St. John's Church
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N. W
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Prince Albert
Horn
Friedlander Bros
J. E. Rosenthal
St. N. W
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Prom
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Ninth Street
Freitag
Woodward
Freltag
Tite Company
Spa Springs Road
City Bulletins
Phila
Paragon
Kingan
7Th St. Ne
J. T. D. Pyles
Denk Our Huttermil
Fairfax Dairy
Paave
Government Printing Office
Kinsey Brewer
Monotype
Atkinson
Senate—brewery
Arlington Bottling Company
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Muddiman & Co
Waiter
Men’s Club
St. John’s Church
Dr. Harding
The
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Navy Yard
the Bieber-Kaufman CO
8Th Street
S. E
Kuppenhedon
Wattan
Lothes
Barber & Ross
Warner
Freta
Buokist
Cr Ital
Warnerafe Cure Company
Rochester
Mer
Wsshington Post
Genutmeneas
Socterrina
Economy Co- Operative Society
R. P. Andrews Paper CO
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Howe
Nexors
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M. W
Alviays
Thorp
Berkeley Ave
F St. N. W
Drink and Org
Randle Highlands
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Cuplte
Dupontelrele
T. & Realty CO
New Beda
New Cois
New Mattredves
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Junyon
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Potomac Electric Power No
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