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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1908
Page
19
The board is to announce its executive officer selection at the Monday meeting after acceptance is received. The session begins at 10 00 at the Westory building offices. Suggestions on improving local air service and opposition to rival companies will be discussed.
A local market report describes summer stalls loaded with fruit vegetables and fresh produce. Traders anticipate rising demand with trucks and carts signaling prosperity as shoppers seek peaches melons squash and other items from nearby growers and distant farms.
Five year old Margaret Konner of 1451 C Street Southwest fell from a third story window at about 515 PM while talking to other children. She was treated at Emergency Hospital for concussion and scalp lacerations. doctors found no neck injury and she has a good chance for recovery.
William Campbell, James Powell and Garfield Williams, all negroes, were held for the grand jury after a preliminary hearing in police court. They faced charges of malicious depredation on private property and were held in $1000 bail each. Police say the trio broke into a vacant house on We Wifth street northeast and were captured after a fierce street fight with Ninth precinct officers. An organized band has been sneaking into vacant houses to steal heads and brass fixtures.
The readable parts sketch a garbled historical page fragment with scattered phrases about places people and actions. It hints at a stalled or unclear event, while names dates and clear events are obscured by OCR errors.
The piece discusses officials Matrand and West proposing a tightened command to guide the South of Jo Coat. It notes enforcement moves to protect people, insure clearance of works, and regulate storage and sale, with authority issued to ensure patrol duty and ship oversight.
Fragmented OCR text mentions Wahingt, River X, Centril Chuch, and police or wartime route plans. It references Annapolis, a 125 mile distance, and a 71st iteration of a schedule, but the legible facts are limited and unclear.
Receiver named for laundry business. Harvard football veterans listed among corporate executives. Woman injured in accident at 15 Florila Avenue northeast hospitalized after fall from a truck near Blessed Street. Special summer rates offered at a downtown hall with cafe and private dining. Round trip rail excursions advertised with full dress and entertainment options. Treasury official recovering from illness at home. Crabs and beer advertised by local businesses. Photo development service promoted with same-day results.
The will of John Angermann appoints Tol G Angermann and Job Bool as trustees with power to manage the estate for its best interests. Proceeds from sale, specific legacies to Frederick Koller and others, and equal shares to named heirs are outlined. Executors are John G Angermann and Job Bool, with co trustees to receive 2 percent compensation. probate dated August 17, 18, with guardianship provisions and a provision that contesting heirs forfeit rights. The article also notes a Tarred Macadam Pavement proposal by Judge Bundy and the Columbia Heights Citizens Association for Thirteenth Street improvements.
Chief Bell and the Commissioners rally business leaders for a modern high pressure water service. They urge Congress to fund installation, noting a reservoir could be built at Fort Reno to supply all sections, arguing the city needs rapid protection against large fires and urging immediate action despite current delays.
Mrs Sarah Del Riggs formerly Petra Washington and Henry Wasington were taken in a police van to the courthouse after a joint arrest on bigamy charges. They pleaded guilty before Judge Kimball. Del Riggs was remanded in default of a small bail while Washington awaited trial.
Colonial Beach will gain a daily mail by boat via the steamer St Johns with pouch sent each morning except Monday and one Saturday at 45 am. Additional steamers will handle mail on those two days. Service runs through summer with post office pickup at 2 pm on Beach days except Saturday when it leaves at 5 pm and Monday at 4 pm. Mail from Colonial Beach arrives here on Tuesday through Sunday around 10:90 pm, with delays on other days. Also advertising box for Fourth Leaf Clover Creamer and other items.
Two large real estate deals in Takoma Park Maryland include the sale of the North Takoma Hotel to the Bliss Bigo school and a transfer of about ten acres of land with a three story frame dwelling. The hotel price could not be learned and the land sale totaled about $12 000. The Takoma Hotel was built sixteen years ago by Benjamin Dinbert founder of Takoma Park, sold a year ago to Thomas Tickford, and now to Thomas Hil of Bilsmere for the school. The buyers plan alterations costing around $4 000 and a term heating plant with dormer stories. A separate sale involves a property adjoining the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad purchased by Mr Veale for remodeling into a sanitarium.
The Metropolitan Police yesterday moved into quarters at 47 Louisiana Avenue Northwest. Five second floor rooms and a basement garage are allocated for police business including the detective bureau led by Inspector Boatman. A prisoner, Tuey Fee, 25, of 312 Centrus Court Northwest, arrested on robbery charges, was sent to detention after questioning.
The recorder of deeds and the register of wills will not move to the new Municipal building. Daney stated four years ago Congress decided these offices should remain in the U S courthouse. Revenue from the offices is deposited in the Treasury and credited to the District.
Joseph Yarlick, committed to the workhouse by Judge De Lae for failing to pay a court ordered sum to his wife, was released after paying most of 180 dollars. Yarlick, found in Baltimore after months out of U.S. jurisdiction, faced renewed pressure as authorities pursued the matter and the wife sought quashing the proceedings.
Dr John H Wellington of 1706 Rhode Island Avenue sues the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in the district court seeking two thousand dollars for medical care rendered to Terra Cotta wreck victims. Charges itemize $1000 for Richard Migin, $30 for Eights medical attendance, $30 for Harry Higbee, and treatment of Frank Bobutz aboard the wreck scene, provided at the railroad’s request.
At dawn yesterday the dam at the foot of Seventeenth Street NW failed, destroying about 100 feet of the structure and flooding the adjacent speedway for several hundred yards. A crew was deployed immediately to repair the damage and restore access.
Bodies of three dogs were received yesterday at the bureau of animal industry for raieroscopic examination. One dog bit Dr D E Buckingham of 2504 Fourteenth Street NW before it was killed. A second dog bit W H Ward and a third attacked a dog owned by WoW Richardson, a well known newspaper man. Silverware remains safe in Union Trust Co vaults, with no charge for cartage.
Virginia Press Association members arrive in Washington for a two day visit on the Virginia State beat. Commodore Maur. Tl editors meet at Ebbit House and tour the river on the Jamestown steamer. They dine with the Chamber of Commerce and attend a reception where Rep. C. Carlin of Alexandria is expected to speak.
Funeral services for Cyril Stormont of 5 percent Street Northeast were held yesterday morning at St Aloysius High Mass of requiem was celebrated by Reverend William Kean. Clergy from Gonzaga College and local parishes assisted. Stormont, 19, had completed the first year of law at Georgetown University and worked for the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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