Two Tablets Unveiled Mark Historic Washington Homes
Citizens committee authorized by Congress unveils bronze tablets at the Decatur house and the Old Capitol near Lafayette Square. Milas Hazel V. Cox and Col. Thomas S Hopkins spoke as the First Infantry band supplied music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Lafayette Square
Capitol
Washington
Decatur House
H Street
Jackson Place
B Streets
Citizens’ Committee
Congress
Stephen Decatur
H. B. F. Macfariend
Old Capitol
Cox
James Cox
New Jersey
Thomas S Hopkins
First Infantry
Municipal Games On White Lot Shine Despite Showers
A crowd of several thousand watched the Fourth of July municipal games on the White Lot near the bathing beach despite heavy rain and sun breaks. Washington boys set amateur records as winners were awarded prizes by track judge Daniel Gargés. Winners included B. W. Thrall, J. C. G. Young, Leonard Bowen, Leigh Hunt, and Charles Breinard in a day of sprint, distance, and novelty events amid wet conditions.
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Washington
Daniel DB. Gargés
Prises
Megard
Eenlor
B. W. Thrall
N. B. Maynard
B. Robinson
Firet
J. C G. Young
Owen Mead
Henry Colman
L. Bowen
Smithson
Afr. Taylor
John G. Stecker
G W. Holland
W. T. Thom, Jr
H. A Puller
N. Grace
George Crawford
Leigh Hunt
Les Holland
Leonard Bowen
T. L Stoke
B W. Thrall
T. H. Stoke
B W Thrall
Charles King
Law- Teneon
Leo Holland
Charles Bannerd
Tims
W. ©. Rathbone
Charles Kling
H. J Henning
Charles Breinard
Petworth Athletic Meet Showcases Freak Features
At Petworth a patriotic celebration featured a major athletic meet with unusual events. Medals awarded to winners and a silver cup for the top point scorer, fourteen events including dashes for boys and girls, obstacle and relay races, base running, and the potatoe race. Officials and a fireworks finale closed the day.
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Petworth
Petworth Citizens’ Association
George Jones
Fannie Jones
C—J Lynch
Bo Mason
C. Thomas Potatoe
Doris Nortzel
G& M
Oldest Inhabitants Meet with Carroll Institute Hall
Patriotic exercises were held by the Association of Oldest Inhabitants at Carroll Institute Hall. A business meeting elected officers led by President Theodore W. Noyes with a full slate of vice presidents, secretaries, treasurer, and marshal. A program included the Declaration reading by Harry Hall, a patriotic address by Rev. Eugene Hannan, music by F. Eichner, dances led by Miss Cora Shreve, and a recitation by Fred E Barbour. Judge Charles S Bundy presided in Noyes’s absence. committee chair A H Ragan, Chapin Brown, and T Ed Clark organized the event.
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Carroll Institute Hall
Association of Oldest Inhabitants
Theodore W. Noyes
Benjamin C. Wright
Andrew H. Ragan
Fred L. Moore
Henry M. Dellinger
Jonathan D. Cathell
Albert Grape
William KR. Smith
John T. Chaney
Charles S. Bundy
Harry K. Willard
A. Pp. Fardon
Nicholas Watkins
F. Eichner
Cora Shreve
Fred E Barbour
Noyes
Charles S Bundy
A. H. Ragan
Chapin Brown
T. Ed. Clark
Camp Good Will Celebrates Fourth of July
About 80 youths from Georgetown enjoyed a Fourth of July celebration at Camp Good Will the summer outing resort of the Associated Charities. Fireworks at dusk lit the night as spectators watched a brief history lesson. Ice cream was served after the display with Mrs Edna K Bushes in charge.
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Georgetown
Camp Good Will
Associated Charities
Edna K. Bushes
Noted Penwoman Dead Emily Briggs Had Active News Career
Emily E. Briggs a renowned newspaper woman died at Maple Square South Carolina Avenue and D Streets SE. Born in Chicago she assisted Rev John R. Briggs and later wrote Washington letters for the Philadelphia Press and worked on the Washington Chronicle. Her interment will be in Rosehill Cemetery Chicago. son Edson Briggs a real estate dealer. A separate brief reports painter Charles Wilson attempted suicide in a police cell, tied to a suspender and handkerchief, but survived.
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Emily E. Briggs
Maple Square
South Carolina Avenue
D Streets
Chicago
Rosehill Cemetery
John R. Briggs
Gate City
Washington
Philadelphia Press
Washington Chronicle
Andrew Jackson
Edson Briggs
TTCO
Beating Attendant Sentenced at Government Hospital
Walter Burrows, an attendant at the Government Hospital for the Insane, was sentenced to six months in prison by Judge Ankam for kicking and beating patient Patrick Burns. The report also notes multiple local notices and advertisements, including meals at Table d'Hote Parisienne and promotions for Perfection SARSA-1 Parilla and Criterion Rye. The Norwegian minister Ove Gude’s body was cremated in Baltimore with plans to bury ashes in Christiania.
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Walter Burrows
Government Hospital For
Ankam
Patrick Burns
Gude
Ove Gude
United States
White Sulpher Springs
W. Va
Speyre
Baltimore
Loudon Park
Morgenstierne
Legation
Christiania
Norway
Outdoor dances abandoned by rain at White Lot
Stormy weather halted elaborate school children dances under Washington Playground Association. About 50 children gathered after the first shower, but James E. Weat canceled the costume event and sent most home. Those who stayed shared ice cream from a traveling cone stand as Mr West distributed cones to the crowd.
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Washington Playground Association
Weather Bureau
James E. Weat
The
Playground Association
Mr West
Mr. West
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Chevy Chase Lake
Potomac Electric Power Co
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Per Pecklie
Sanitary Grocery Co., Inc
C. A. Muddiman & Co
12Th St
Keelsy Institute
North Pee Treat
District of Columbia
Maryland
Concord
Evanston
Buttonhole
Ao, Peabody & Company
DR. White
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Washington Gas Light CO
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John F. Ellis & CO
Penn. Ave
Committee of Citizens
Charles Wilson
Eleventh Precinct
Charles &. Wilson
Fourteenth Street
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Waters
Casualty Hospital
Arlington Bot. Co
Erica
John
Crowley
Altemont
Idth St
Tharp
Berkeley
F St. Nw
E. Z
O'donnell’s
Rexell
Garfield Park
Julian Kamper
Georgetown University
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Strauss Milbecker
von Bion
Edwards
Lent
Robt. Berberich
Burt & Packard, Inc
Brockton, Mass
Burrojaps
Robert Berberich
N. W
Burchell
N. W. Burchell
Brown
Henry Evans (Inc
F St
Prince Albert
ERENS
C. Lansburgh Furniture Co
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Pennsylvania Railroad
ST. Louis, MO
ST. Louis
J. R. Wood
George W. Boyd
R.P. Andrews Paper CO
la. Ave
Burgonte
House & Herrmann
Holmes’ Bakery
Friedlander Bros
9Th & E Sts
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