Washingtons oldest inhabitant recalls early city streets
James Henry Jones born 1818 in Maryland recalls 1827 Washington when streets were quagmires and streams crossed the business district. The Georgetown printer and painter, living at Pleasant Seat, bids callers for his 97th birthday next month, with fellow association members sending cards.
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James Henry Jones
District of Columbia
Association of
Washington
Pleasant Seat
Bid
Attai
Association
Ww. M. Starr
Seventh and
G Streets
Mr. Jones
Middlebrook
Georgetown
Columbus
Ohio
Tia
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capitol
White House
Navy Yard
Fourteenth Street
Treasury
Trail
Adams
John Quinty Adams
Chesapeake Canal
Aqueduct
Pasteurize Milk to Prevent Disease Hazards
Health guidance warns raw milk and cream as prolific disease sources. Contamination from sick animals dirty dairy practices and warm stables risks typhoid scarlet fever and diphtheria. Pasteurization preserves nutrition. home pasteurizing advised. District of Columbia health office offers safety information. bulletins by Society for Prevention of Sickness highlight public health stakes.
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Distrct of
Columbia
Society For Prevention of Sickness
H. Berliner
Oldest Inhabitants recall Washingtons early days
A longtime member tells of 1855 origins of the Association of Oldest Inhabitants, its founders, and weekly meetings at historic sites. He recalls life on Seventh and Pennsylvania Avenue, early Washington water lousy and mud, and scenes from prewar to Civil War days including Harriet Lane, the Prince of Wales, and the Bull Run aftermath.
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Bnow
Pennsylvania
Avenue
Jones
The
Association of Oldest Inhabitants
Washington
Seventh
Pennsylvania Avenue
W.B. Blake
Nicholas’ Callan
Justice of the Peace
Edward Magasse
John ©. McClelland
Corcoran
Fifteenth
William Corcoran
Congress
Ita
Nineteenth
H Streets
Untl
Association of Volunteer Firemen
Benjamin Reiss
Washington of Old
Retes
Fourteenth
Fifteenth Street
Harriet Lane
Buchanan
Prince of Wales
White House
Dr. Stone
Philp Barton Key
Daniel Sickles
Belasco Theater
Mr. Sickles
General Blick
Franklin Row
K Street
Twelfth
Thirteenth Streets
Japanese Visitors Dine Aboard U S S Sylph at Mount Vernon
Rear Admiral Fiske hosts a distinguished Japanese party aboard the U S S Sylph including Ambassador Chinda Maj Gen Tanaka and other embassy members on a visit to Mount Vernon. They toured the grounds and tomb of Gen Washington, offered floral tributes, and expressed reverence as they learned about Washington's life. The group then planned a trip to Niagara Chicago and San Francisco after leaving Mount Vernon.
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Chinda
Tanaka
United States
Minakawa
Taneuchi
M. Itami
Okamoto
Sako
Wers
Admiral Fiske
Mount Vernon
Capt
Oliver
U.S. Ni
Cone Johnson
Chindu
Gen
Washington
Col. Dodge
Gen. Washington
Noth
Japan
Niagara
Chicago
San Francisco
Regulation and court doubts over traffic curb spaces plan
Corporation counsel Syme says enforcement of new traffic rules limiting parking between Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets and Pennsylvania Avenue is likely. He notes hotels may claim space rights, but current conditions differ and reg is expected to stand. fuzzy lighting rules also discussed with proposed dimming methods.
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Pennsylvania
Avenue
Syme
Lying
Court of Appeals
Mr. Syme
P Ar. Syme
Capital One-Half Approved by US Officials
Resolution carries at meeting tomorrow to cut capital stock in half, creating an expected surplus between 150000 and 275000. Insurance department report shows liabilities surpassed assets by 38297 after revaluing the Southern Building, with contention within the company over the actions and a stockholder petition seeking a receiver.
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Commercial Fire Insurance Company
District Department of Insurance
RUBEN
Southern
Insurance
Nesbit
Department of Insurance
Robert Tuttle
Congress
Théh
District Supreme Court
Robert H. McNeill
New Haven Boston and Maine Railroad Dissolution Plan
Massachusetts officials discuss dissolving the New Haven and Boston and Maine railroads without waiting for an antitrust suit. Attorney General McReynolds may file anytime. papers ready, officials expect action in coming pages. Talks hinge on Massachusetts law terms.
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Haven Railway
Adea
Lanenenead Bachugetts
Ang
New Haven
Boston
Maine
McReynolds
Higa
Massachusetts
Newman Kept Salary Pending Appeal Decision
District Supreme Court ruling on Mr Newman slightsavorability remains subject to appeal. The Court of Appeals may review, but current opinion by Judge Symeto and Taide Wilson directs that salary payments may continue, with bond set as supersedeas. The action follows a home rule committee challenge and a letter from attorney William J. Neale.
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District Supreme ‘Court
Newman
Court of
Coupel Symeto
Taide C_Wilson
HeburalDs
William J." Neale
Bav
Syme
Wilson
Bymne’ Ball
Court of Appeals
United States
Cleared of Robbery Charge James Fay Exonerated
New York July 1 James Fay was arrested June 6 after a packroom break in linked to an American Can Company robbery the day before. Police investigation shows no connection to the crime and the charge against him was a Sullivan law weapon possession violation.
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James Fay
New York
Y Amployes
American Can Company
Ty Police
Fay
Four children die in Wisconsin farmhouse fire
In Black River Falls Wisconsin a July blaze destroyed the Roberts farm home killing four children. The tragedy occurred early in the morning and the exact causes and the identities of those involved are not yet known. Local authorities are investigating the fire.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Roberts
Taylor
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