District gas plants urged for municipal ownership
District commissioners urged Congress to require municipal control of Washington and Georgetown gaslight plants. They argued ownership by the city could lower overhead charges and gas prices for consumers, and urged the District to operate the plants as a municipal function rather than consolidate the two private companies.
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Thomas S. Martin
Senate
Nct
Washington
Georgetown
Public Utilities Commission
Washington Gaslight Company
Congress
District of Columbia
McAdoo Rejects Pneumatic Tube Plan for DC Buildings
Secretary McAdoo told Chairman Clark that connecting all Washington government buildings with a pneumatic tube system would cost more to operate than its value to the government. Engineer Collins claimed annual savings of about $100,000. The committee will seek opinions from all departmental heads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
Washington
Clark
House Public Buildings and Grounds Committee
R. G. Collins
Rabid Dogs Warn District Residents Alert on Hydrophobia Cases
District health department weekly report warns citizens to guard thermadives and others from ill dogs. Since July 1, 1913, 41 dogs were reported rabid or suspected. Post mortems confirmed 27 cases. Between then and now, 62 residents and 56 outsiders received Pasteur treatment at the hygienic laboratory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health Department
Births Reported Involving Dozens Of Families
A long list records newborns and couples from many households. Names include Edward C Welker and Lucinda A Welker with a girl, William and Ethel Truxton with a boy, Walter F Sizemore with a girl, and many others with varying ages and locales. Several entries note reverends and mixed details among families across Washington DC and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward C
Lucinda A. Welker
William and
Ethel Truxton
Walter F
Ruby
Sizemore
Walter L
Qrra EH. Paxton
Francis L
Mary D. Neubeck
Harris Mach
Mabel A. Logan
George
Angelina Dionas
John
Flora E. Biggs
Kenny B
Caroline L. Adams
Clardice
Sarah Washington
Wallace
Mary E. Toles
Fred
Irene Stewart
Alexander
Mary Stewart
Frederick S
Sarah N. Monson
Asylus G
Gertrude ‘Gordon
Lindaey
Florence Catz
Nannie Brooks
Deaths Reported in Washington Heights Area
Death notices list numerous individuals with ages and addresses across Washington and surroundings. Entries include Daniel Hatleuf 86 Ella Cotterill 66 Hallie Hannon 54 Thomas Maguire 50 at Soldiers Home Hospital and Mary Haney 61 at Twenty sixth and Monros streets northeast among others. Also listed are infants and young children from J Emory and Bertie Talbot Bowen Road Georgetown Hospital and Marion Court Northwest with various locations in DC.
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Daniel Hatleuf
Hartest
Ella Cotterill
Corcoran Street
Hallie E. Hannon
Tenth Street
Thomas Maguire
Soldiers’ Home Hospital
DP. C
Mary C. V. Haney
Monros Streets
Shelby Moore
Bleverith Street
Piargaret A. Atchison
Louis Leiper
Ee ‘Binsco
Lewis
Beelle Woed
Marion Court
Northwest
John
Amanda Copeland
Georgetown Hospital
City Bulletins and Pkg Ads for Heart of a Princess Show
City notices list grocery items with prices and weights from Pyres Stores. A theater listing promotes the stage production For the Heart of a Princess at the Va Theater with show details and venue. Also mentions Kath ry as a reviewed act and a Philadelphia Oyster House culinary feature.
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Soming
Kathryn
Phila
Oyster End Chon House
Ith
Burial of Edwin W. Wilson in Nelson county Virginia
Interment for Edwin Sher Wilson who died of pneumonia after a brief illness was held at Oak Hill Cemetery. He was born March 24, 1872 in Washington and educated at Emerson Institute and the University of Virginia. A mining engineer, he worked on the Nicaragua Canal project before returning to Nelson county to manage a stamp mill and mining plant. He married Mary Elizabeth Anderson on November 6, 1902 and is survived by his wife and five children.
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Real
Edwin
Sher Wilson
Mont, Rouge
Nelsoncounty
Pneutponia
Oak Hill Cemetery
Mi Ny
Nathaniel
Annie B. Wilson
Washington
Seventeenth Street
Emerson Institute
University of Virginia
Kings Mountain
N.C
Admiral Walker
Nicaragua Canal
Pacific
Nelson County
Germany
Rareland
Wilson
Mary Elizabeth Anderson
Charles Kimbrough Anderson
Charlottesville
Attorneys Say Shell Freight Rates Too High
Government lawyers told the Interstate Commerce Commission that railroads charged excessive freight on empty shells between Philadelphia and Richmond. Graham Egerton and William B. Crowell filed a brief noting rates on shells exceeded those for many iron and steel articles.
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U. S
Richmond
Interstate Commerce Commission
Navy
Philadelphia
Graham Egerton
Navy Department
William B. Crowell
United States
Alexandria Invites Wilson for Washington Birthday
An Alexandria meeting of the George Washington Birthday Celebration Association discussed plans for a February 23 parade and inviting President Wilson and other officials to honor Washington. The report lists committee members and fundraising officers, notes plans to review a crossing ruling, and mentions local civic appointments and obituaries.
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Washington
Ashington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
George Washington
Harry Hammond
H. Kirk
R. M. Graham
W. W. Ballenger
H. B. Ceton
J. W. May
H. N. Garner
E. Downham
A. D. Brockett
J. ¥. Wilk Jama
J. H. Trimyer
Carro Pierce
F. I. Slaymaker
Harrie White
K. W.ogden
F. J. Paff
A. A. Paul
J. T. Preston
W. H. Luckett
T. L. Hall
Peter van der Westelaken
Thomas Chauncey
H. D. Kirk
Tnstall
George Washington Lodge
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen
Conley
Norman Evans
E. J. Thompson
H. Spillman
W. 9. Risdon
M. E. Loveless
L. C. Mally
K. Bond
Ll. Crump
W. W. Nicholson
Co. Conley
E. Nalls
B. L. Crump
M. E. Lovelesa
Birmingham
The
Brotherhood
Hyattsville to study municipal electric plant cost
By council resolution Mayor Harry W Shepherd chairs a committee with George M McFarland and E A Fuller to investigate the probable cost of installing an electric lighting plant to be owned and operated by the municipality. Eight years ago Hyattaville citizens voted to issue bonds of 12 000 for a plant but conditions prevented the bonds then. Now the town plans to issue the bonds.
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Hyattsville
Harry W. Shepherd
George M.mcfarland
E. A. Fuller
Hyattaville
Brief Court Items on W Braumann Will and Damages
The will of Wilhelmina Braumann, who died January 10, charges funeral expenses up to 200 dollars with specific allocations for casket, shroud, carriages, and flowers. Bequests include 300 dollars to Little Sisters of the Poor and smaller gifts to several individuals and St. Jerome's Church. Executor Joseph Braumann named. residue divided among named beneficiaries excluding the Little Sisters. Other filings: suits for damages against Washington Railway and Electric, Washington Gas Light, and a company, plus indictments for theft and assault. Court notes include a minor traffic collision ruling and a joyride indictment. The Post preview notes a Sunday feature on modern dances and the Tango.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilhelmina Braumann
St. Mary's Cemetery
Little Sisters of the Poor
Helen Kirchner
Elizabeth Miller
G. Lehman
Laura Braumann
Cooper Sauter
Robert H. Miller
R. T. Bartlett
John Braumann
St. Jerome's Catholic Church
Hyattsville
Joseph Berberich
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Robert N. Harper
Four Corners of the Earth
Heart Songs
Washington Post
Frank Putnam
Elk Grove
Golden & Co
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White Corner’ Ltd and
Sts. N.W
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My Mail
Frrhive
McKinley
Gude
Gude Bros. Co
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Byron
Adams
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Bey Seeight Rovers
Rite
Heurich Brewing Co
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BIG Blank Book Shop
Star Building
Martin
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MAERY
Harry H. Greenfield
Hattie M. Metcher
Laurence P. Shannas
G. A. Miller
Frank S. Moore
Ethel. P. Driscoll
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Jacob D. Marmor
Goldie Horwitz
M. Becker
Frank L. Payne
Tebsect
Mike W. Marks
East Leake
L. M. Chambera
James F. de Pue
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Ivah M. Bailey
Arlington
Marshall
Walter A.lambert
Irene S. Fomes
Karla Wilfley
James R. Dayson
Eléie B. Molody
Lorton
W. J. McKenney
Jacob Turash
Isernberg
M. A., Horwitz
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Pyres
Uebday
State Supreme Court of Appeals
State Corporation Commission
Fairfax County
Southern
Washington- Southern Railway
Harvey B. Strader
John Karn
Opera House
Sergi, Wilkinson
Struder
George D. Peyton
George Dallas Peyton
Duke Street
Edgar Carpenter
Grace Protestant Episcopal Church
Bethel Cemetery
Halfie Edwards Han’non
Samuel Lunt Hannon
Bethel’ Cemetery
Hazel G. Wood
James F. Wood
Herman Mattern
Grace Episcopal Church
W.L. Lyon
Hyattsville Committee
Ee Mart
Vanderblit
Grove Park Inn Meat Mowntain
Asheville
H.C
West 435-436
Abner-Drury Brewing Co
Washington Railway and Electric Company
District Supreme Court
Frances P. Deck
J. H. Bilbrey
Albert Settles
Washington Gas Light Company
Twenty-Sixth
T. H. Jackson
Josephb. Chapman
W. J. Lambert
R. H. Yeetman
Chapman
Smith Linthicum
Montgomery County
Massachusetts Avenue
David K. Kepler
Muilloway
Mulloway
Kepler
Linthicum
Rockville
Dora
Mabel
Marie Ward
Thomas F. Walsh
John Popkin
Lougebre James People
Milightiers Gramy
James E. Butler
Howard
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Kyle Ang Dines
Sundey
the Corby Bakery
Guaran
Agatha Ann
Georgie Tillman Snead
John c. Winston Co
Bren
Powede
Horning W.K
Judd & Detweiler, Inc
C. A. Muddiman & CO
Tharp
Berkeley
Rye
H. N. D. Parker
N.W
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D.C
T. Crowley
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