Blair to Head School Board as New Appointments Loom
Commissioners await Mrs Rhodes and Mr Blane in Nebraska as two new appointees, with organizational meeting planned within 30 days. Capt James F Oyster contemplates temporary resignation if elected president, while Henry P Blair is likely to become vice president. Vacancies remain unfilled until October as Supreme Court delays confirmatory appointments.
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Mra
R. Rhodes
Nebraska
Blair
Board of Education
James F Oyster
Supreme Court of the District
Mabel Boardman
E. L. Houston
Oyster
Mra & R. Rhodes
Mra Rhodes
John B Larner
Neek
Capt. Oyster
Capt Oyster
Henry P Blair
Blur
Seasion
Funeral of Mrs Orme to be held at Church of the Nativity
Mrs Fila Cherry Orme widow of James W Orme died Tuesday night at 6600 Georgia avenue northwest after a protracted illness. Born March 30 1857 in Washington she was married July 31 1882 in St Patrick s Catholic Church. Funeral plans include requiem mass at the Church of the Nativity tomorrow morning with six sons pallbearers and interment at Oak Hill Cemetery alongside her husband.
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James W Orme
Washington Gaslight Company
Mra Orme
Angela Cherry
Charity
Gonzags Memorial Hospital
Garmantown
Washington
William
Harry
James W
Charles H
Edgar Jr
Gerdner P Orme
Amelia
Harry, Jr
Ella Wiliam
Margaret
James, Jr
Mary Elizabeth Edgar, Jr
Violet Rider Orme
Church of the Nativity
All Sons of
Mrs Orme
Oak Hill Cemetery
Mrs Ormes
Wife Convicts Judge Mosley Not a Craps Expert
William Mosley of 22 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest faced a nonsupport arraignment in Judge DeLacy's juvenile court. His wife Patsy Mosley testified he knows little about craps, debunking his boast and prompting a six month sentence at Occoquan.
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Wiliam Mosley
Massachusetts Avenue
Wiliam H DeLacy
Patsy Mosley Mosley
Mosley
DeLacy
Debncy
Tugs DeLacy
Occoquan
District poised to back municipally run Giesboro line
District commissioners report to the Senate favor a substitute bill for a Giesboro railway, proposing incorporation with the line from Anacostia to Giesboro Point, to become district property at start of operation. After ten years Anacostia and Potomac River Railroad would pay a franchise tax based on construction costs, over 40 000, with options for Washington Railway and Electric Company extension or transfer to the new company. The report warns against new street railway corporations and notes potential future sale to the Washington Railway and Electric Company, preserving public interest.
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Anacostia and Potomac Company
District of Columbia
Senate
Oliver
Pennsylvania
Giesboro Railway Company
Dignct
Nicholas Avenue
Portland Street
Anacostia
Washington Railway and Electric Company
Washington Steel and Ordnance Company
Glesboro Point
Anacostia and the Potomac River Railroad Company
Giesboro Company
Congress
Anacostia and Potomac River
Giesboro Point
Washington Railway and Eectric Company
Danger of Whooping Cough Warns Parents in District Bulletin
The District health department urges guardians to protect children from whooping cough warning of appalling mortality. Since June 1972 cases rise, fifteen deaths recorded, with death toll higher than typhoid diphtheria scarlet fever and measles combined. The report condemns parents who expose children to the illness or allow infected children to expose others.
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Health Department of the
New Hampshire Takes Light Damage In Commonwealth Collision
Reports to Admiral Watts show the battleship New Hampshire withstood the crash with minor injury while the Commonwealth’s bow cut a wedge on the battleship’s stern. Naval constructors praise armor layout and overall design efficiency after the collision.
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New Hampshire
Fall River
Commonwealth
Watts
Navy
Atera
Health Office Appointment Reappointments Public Health Staff
Columbia reappointed staff on the recommendation of health officer W C Woodward. Names include Dr William C Fowler as inspector at various daily rates, Dr J B Bogan and Dr J J Kinyoun among medical inspectors, and Barneat Bishop overseeing the crematorium. Hospitals and stations list nurses and janitresses with daily wages for smallpox and quarantine services.
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District of Columbia
W C Woodward
William C. Fowler
If LeMerle
W S. Hardesty
J B Bogan
J J Kinyoun
Llewellyn Eliot
Barneat Bishop
John J Quickley
Sarah Johnson Martha Thompson
Hattie Holland
William Reppitti
Smallpox Hospital
Harry Miller
Annie Reppitt
Josephine Miller
Camp Good Will Expands as Sick Babies Count Rises
Eighty mothers and children moved from Georgetown to Camp Good Will yesterday afternoon leaving 160 at the camp near capacity. Four mothers and six babies remain at the infant camp. Nurses and social workers are urged to report special needs where country air good food and medical care can save babies. Automobiles are offered to transport mothers and ill children to the camp promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Associated Charities
Taft frees Japanese fishing schooner held for fines
President Taft released the Tokai Maru, a Japanese schooner captured two years ago for fishing by aliens in Alaskan waters. The three crew members could not pay the fines and served 250 days in jail, while the vessel was held in lieu of payment.
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Prendest Taft
Taft
Alaskan
Safe and Sane Committee Seeks Funds to Cover Deficit
The Safe and Sane committee reports slow contributions for the Fourth of July fund. Only about 300 dollars has been raised, leaving a deficit of 700 dollars after aiming for 2,200 total. Commissioner Rudolph chairs the drive, asking District residents to contribute so future celebrations are not halted.
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Safe and Sane’ Committee
Rudolph
City Bulletin Excursions and Steamer Schedules
Steamer Charles Macalester for Marshall Hall leaves Seventh Street wharf at 10 a m and 6 90 p m daily. Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Co sail from Seventh Street for Old Point Comfort and Norfolk daily at 6 40 p m. Cars from Fifteenth Street and New York Avenue every quarter hour to Zoo Park and Chevy Chase. Great Falls to Washington and Dominion Railroad cars run from Thirty Sixth and M Streets. Chesapeake Beach trains leave from District line Foreclosed area rail line column. Steamer Gt Johns to Colonial Bosch from Seventh Street wharf at 8 am. Texas Tommiee piece touts. Charles L Mercier, 48, died yesterday at 411 First Street NW from cerebral hemorrhage. He was longtime Washington Navy Yard employee, survived by wife and six children.
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Charles Macalester
Marshall Hal
Seventh Street
Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company
Old Point Comfort
Norfolk
Fifteenth Street
New York Avenue
Main Entrance
Zoo Park
Chevy Chase
Great Falle
Washington
Dominion Railroad
Gt. Johns
Colonial Bosch
Bam
Charles L. Mercier
Charles L Mercier
First Street
Mercier
Washington Navy Yard
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Riggs National Bank
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