Pennsylvania Club License Fight Sparks Congressional Letters
Pennsylvania lawmakers from Philadelphia to Williamsport condemn the excise board’s refusal to grant a license for the Pennsylvania Club at 923 Fifteenth Street NW. They urge reconsideration, noting club membership and local property worries. Ex officio replies say the excise board has final authority and no case has been opened. Chairman Darnielle is away, delaying action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Cooper
Twenty-third
Excise Board
8. R. Dresser
Twenty-first District
Macfarland
Bradford
George JA. Castor
Philadelphia
C. I. Wright
Susequehanna
Washington
Elias Desmer
Williamsport
Pennsylvania Club
Darneille
Bargain 1 Shirt at 50 Cents and More Half-Price Goods
A sale offers an imported Madras shirt with stripes for 50 cents, plus half-priced White Gauze undergarments with silk-bound necks, pearl buttons, and reinforced drawers. Other items include 50 cent Lace Tan Half Hose with double heel and toe, all promoted as highly serviceable and affordable.
Select Family Hotel at Asbury Park Promoted
A city bulletin promotes The Stafford as a select family hotel in Asbury Park New Jersey near the beach with airy rooms and furnished comfort It lists contact details and availability for rates and particulars. It also promotes nearby services and products from various vendors and local businesses in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stafford
Asbury Park
A. T Atkinson
Austrian Trade Society Visit Prompts Washington Courtesies
Secretary Hay asks District Commissioners to extend courtesies to the Niederoesterreichische Gewerbeverein, the South Austrian Trades Society, touring the United States in August or September for industrial study. The group will visit New York, Washington, St. Louis Exposition, and other inland cities. officials note the District lacks an entertainment fund, so official entertainment is unlikely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hay
Niederoesterreichische Gewerbeverein
South Austrian Trades Society
Washington
United States
St. Louis Exposition
Austria
New York
Macfarland
Public trial set in Stutler maladministration case
The Board of Commissioners will hear charges against Warner Stutler, head of the street cleaning department, as a judicial body with subpoena and swearing powers. Public sessions aim to replace earlier closed hearings, with July 25 26 slated for the session depending on Col. Biddle’s availability. Stutler’s defense will largely be documentary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner Stutter
Board of Commissioners
Ocmm
Stutler
Supt
Col
Biddle
New England
Harding
Col. Biddle
Cols & Donaldson
Mad Dog Escapes Death Inquiry Faulted Duty
A police investigation found no negligence by officers in handling a suspected mad dog case. Humane Society agent William B Haynes testified his family failed to forward a call for his services, delaying diagnosis. Dr William B Hudson, local physician, could not confirm rabies and favored humane killing to prevent bites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humane Society
William BR. Haynes
the Humane Society
Police Department
Haynes
William B Hudson
United States Hall
J E Wilson
Ninth Precinct
Ninth Street
Mother Loses Custody Case in Habeas Corpus Ruling
Justice Gould declined to intervene in the custody dispute over Annie Robertson, aged about fifteen to seventeen, ruling the habeas corpus court lacked jurisdiction. The girl was with Mrs Mary Minnis and her husband at 1501 Ho street NE, while Annie’s aunt Mrs Campbell claimed custody. The case featured conflicting accounts of detention and voluntary stay, with Annie later leaving the courthouse with Mrs Minnis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gould
Minnis
Mra Campbell
Site for New Police Court condemnation commission named
A district court appointed Albert A. Wilson Thomas W. Smith and William A. H Church as commissioners to appraise interests in the Webster Law Building site for a new Police Court. They will assess after 15 days notice for testimony. Congress had allotted 5410 for land purchase and the owners, once resistant, now accept the offer. A marshal's jury also found several individuals unsound minded, while Elizabeth C. Meem, Georgetown matriarch, died at her grandson's home aged 102.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Supreme Court
Webster Law
Justice Gould
Leftwich Sinclair
Albert A. Wilson
Thomas W. Smith
William A. H Church
Congress
Webster
Permit for Steam Railroad to Plaza Construction
permits issued to Brenan Construction Company by District Commissioners and Elliott Woods for a narrow gauge steam railroad from the Office Building site to Union Station Plaza. The route crosses B Street south through the plaza and over North Capitol Street to the plaza, crossing Baltimore and Ohio tracks on a steel trestle with a high board fence enclosing the tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brenan Construction Company
Elliott Woods
Capitol
House of Representatives
Union Station Plaza
B Street
Plaza
Capitol Street
Baltimore and Ohio
Smallpox Case From Filipinos At Exposition City Hospital Reopened
District health officials reopened the smallpox hospital to receive Thaddeus Green a 27 year old Black man who arrived from Tacoma Washington by Pullman with possible exposure to Filipinos who came to St Louis and were quarantined He was vaccinated at the exposition city prior to travel and taken from 210 O G Street Northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thaddeus Green
Washington
Tacoma
Wash
St Louis
Pullman
OG Street
Suit Against District Over Bicycle Injury Damages
Joseph L. Helmer filed suit in District Supreme Court seeking 5 000 damages from the District of Columbia. He says on June 11 while riding on Fourth street southeast at Virginia avenue corner he was thrown from his bicycle into a deep hole left unguarded and unlit, a hazard the District allegedly failed to protect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph L. Helmer
District Supreme Court
Hallam and
Hallam
District of Columbia
Helmer
Fourth Street
Virginia Avenue
World’s Fair Voting Contest Closes July 23
The notice advertises a voting contest with a July 23 deadline. It highlights seven shopping days left to vote for a High School Boy Letter Carrier and a Street Railway Man, offering $100 in gold and free roundtrip tickets to St Louis as prizes. Voting coupons are free with every purchase of 10 cents or more at the merchant’s store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Louis
Trousers Prices Listed in Four Ranges
Readable notes show trousers priced at 4.00, 5.00, 6.50 and 7.50 dollars. The items reflect a simple cost ladder likely from a clothing store advertisement or buyer’s guide.
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Friends OF Club Act
Keystone State
Russia
Pennsylvania Ave
Sk & Co
Seventh St
Dtpa
City Bulletin
National Electrical Supply Co
Reisinger’s
Cowell
Webb Avenue
Ocean Grove
E Miller
Louisiana
Wm. Cannon
A. Muddiman & Co
Poat’s Resort Information Bureau
Erik
Holmes
Scloaf
Rufus BH. Darby
Ballinger
Kathryn Ballinger
Channing M. Edwards
Weberter Ballinger
Patce
Amanda Ward
Stutlee
Oxfords
Hahn
Atyles
Oxford
WM. Hahn & CO
Reliable Shoe Houses
Garner Seventh and K Streets
Penna
Avenue M. W
Avenue S. E
Old Hampshire
OLD Hampshire Bond
R. P. Andrews & 60
Louisiana Ave
D St. N. W
N. W
Edgar L. Turner
David J. Barr
John A. Webster
Harry B. Faust
John R. Nesbit
Maude BE. Galeski
Charles 0. Hammer
Abel B. Crawford
George Chapman
Harriet Schriber
Thomas J. Tuall
Georgetown
Elizabeth C. Meem
B. J. Colins
Duvall
A. J. Lee
Indian Territory
Muskogee
Thomas H. Hardy
Mackensale
Yeserday
Patkor
Bae
Cassimere
Mayer & CO
Guam
Ccc
H. S
D. J. Kaufman
Heutich
Senate
Heurich Brewing Co
E Smith Premier Typewriter Co
Eleventh St. N. W
Washington, D. C
the Hygienic Air Carpet Cleaning Co
St. N. W
Frazan’s Lace
Frazee’s Laundry
14Th St
Mass. Ave. N. W
Wien
Sunetor
Featherweight Clothing
Victor E. Adler
Clothing House
7Th St. Hw
Schneider
Jon
Schneider Baking CO
Yale Laus
Wory
10Th St
New York Ave
CORBY
Washington Gas Light
Burlington
Duffy's
Duffy
Rocheater
R. A Brow
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