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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1906
Page
11
Police across five riverfront precincts led by Maj Sylvester cracked down on undressed swimming amid complaints of public indecency. Officers ordered officers to arrest youths not wearing bathing costumes, chasing them to cells. Banks along the Potomac filled with boys in trunks as crowds watched from Acqueduct Bridge.
J Hollis Rinehart purchased the 132% Fairmont Street residence at Columbia Heights for 20000 through W H Saunders & Co. The brick three story house built by Leo Simmons eight years ago will become Rinehart’s home after improvements. Also sold was the large house at 1700 Fifteenth Street to W W Finley of the Southern Railway, previously owned by J H Colgrove, with minor improvements planned before occupancy.
Isaac K Tucker died at Casualty Hospital from typhoid fever after being found unconscious from gas poisoning and revived. A former printer aged fifty six, he lived with his brother at 15 Eleventh Street Northeast. Funeral set for tomorrow at 4 oclock, with burial in Glenwood Cemetery.
The Post lists annual band concerts in city parks with the United States Marine Band at the White House grounds and multiple dates across Judiciary Park and Lincoln Park. Entries show dates in July through September with times, featuring Engineer Cavalry bands and varied schedules for each park.
Fragmented data shows multiple band performances listed by date and venue. Cavalry Band and Engineer Band appear across Smithsonian Grounds Franklin Park Iowa Circle Garfield Park Washington Circle Dupont Custer with varied times ranging from early evening to night in July through September.
Washington dogs face District Building neglect as tags go unpurchased. At the pound the aristocrats and the underdogs clash in a comic social satire where barking and pretensions expose class distinctions. a dog war is a calamity to avoid.
A quartet of African American prisoners at the Fourth precinct police station performed hymns and roared tunes through steel walls, starting with On the Other Side of Jordan and later Who Stole the Key to the Hen House Door. The audience paused work as the soulful concert echoed along the corridor. Mrs. Hester Dice, 59, fell at Four-and-a-half and G streets SW, suffered a scalp laceration, and was taken to Casualty Hospital for treatment. Best from Every Standpoint, 1&8 Pure Cream Ice Cream. Druggists.
Rev A Spelman preached at St Pauls Methodist Church Kensington on Masonry and its relation to Christianity. Kensington Lodge No 198 attended in a body and the sermon pressed that Masonry guides moral duties without replacing church grace.
Fourteen year old Mary Popkins, attacked by her uncle with a hammer, is recovering after trephining at Freedmen's Hospital. She sat up to read and talk briefly, though memory of the assault remains unclear. Her trial is expected next week.
Fourteen poison cases were treated at the Emergency Hospital in June. A death list of five was reported and 2054 patients were treated that month. Mor phine users sought treatment as new laws against sale influenced numbers. Log and insect bites increased along with stomach and chest diseases. Readings show new cases 1247, total treated 11, total operations 333, ambulance calls 18, prescriptions compounded 1 2 deaths 5.
Officiating at Centennial Council No 4 Sons of Jonadab elected and installed Saturday evening. Worthy Chief William T Campbell Vice Senior JW Jordan Patriarch HT Owens Recording Secretary J F Riley Financial Secretary William H Young Treasurer G G Campbell Guide Felix Yenney Assistant Guide Leo Heil Inside Watchman J Sauer Outside Watchman F Horn Organist George Preston Assistant Ganst J B Yenney Representatives to Sovereign Council Robert Anderson George P Newton JW Jordan William T Campbell
Robert Belt aged 42 was thrown during a friendly wrestling at his home on Beaning Road yesterday afternoon, suffering a compound fracture of the left ankle. He was taken to Casualty Hospital where the bone was reset. condition not stated. Nearby ads describe land for Oaklyn near Capitol, and local business notices include Campbell's Condition Critical and various products.
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