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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1916
Page
4
The Pul-Vo-Drip method brings hotel quality coffee to home use. Pul-Vo-Drip Romaine Hall claims 80 cups per pound, potentially double prior yields, with Barrington Hall Coffee sold at 40c per pound and a Pul-Vo-Drip Pot priced at $1.10.
The notice lists sun and tide data with sunrise at 4:02 AM and sunset at 2:TRL, plus low tides at 5:36 and 6:00. It includes a weather forecast from the Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau for the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia with partial cloudiness, warmth, scattered showers, and shifting winds through Wednesday and Thursday. North Atlantic disturbance near latitude 30 and longitude 74 is noted, with pressure trends and storm activity described for the coastal regions and the Northwest United States. There is a local weather report with temperatures around midnight and early morning, and a comparison to the previous year’s readings.
Police notes report a string of incidents across Washington including thefts of personal property, a man found at Tenth and M streets with heat exhaustion, a coroner ruling death of J W Woodhead as self inflicted, several traffic accidents with minor injuries, a dog bite, a bicycle crash, and a woman struck by a stone. Authorities urge caution as injuries, property damage, and missing items are documented across multiple wards and streets.
A garbled notice lists multiple marriage intentions and officiants with names and ages, including Charles Sinclair and Addie H. Fintcher, John Otto Nelson and Mary F. G. Grme, Charles G Rell and Shave Hradley, and others across several locales, all with missing or unclear details. The fragmentary text includes references to Rev. Cummings, Rev. Mitehetl, and Rev. Magrath among others, with ages ranging from mid twenties to mid thirties.
The brief item notes a Hyattsville fundraiser for National Guard families with speakers including Alabama's Rep Tom Heflin and local figures. It mentions the Christian and Eleanora Rapport Home for aged residents reporting 28 residents and new admissions, plus a court ruling in Upper Marlboro where Dr Clarence J Owens won against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad over a nuisance claim.
District Court actions include habeas corpus releases of three men linked to a New York indictment on munitions charges, with removal contested. The Loyal Orange Institution case seeks discovery and to stop a former secretary from misrepresenting himself as supreme grand secretary. Wills, maintenance suits, a streetcar injury case, and local civic notices fill out the docket with petitions for custody, damages, and parkland funding.
George P and Mary J Herring welcomed a boy. Frederick and Lucy Lokat have a girl. Clarence J and Dora Elin Botts welcomed a boy. Harry B and Grace Angus have a girl. John T and Ruth M White welcomed a girl. John Flnd and Mary RR Gregan listed. William and Mattie Williams have a girl. John T and Lottie Barnes welcomed a girl. James and Annie Sydnor welcomed a boy. Jobo W and Maria J Hroaka listed a boy.
Death notices list Rosa Anna Weber 44 J Eliza Hosp Walter G King 11, Charter Ketcham 44, Robert L Campbell 44, Rob Evelyn Anderson mos 410 Kat oc, Frank Jordon 41, James Smith 78, Earth Walls 8, Matilda Graham 62, Cite FR Thompson, F Madison 49, Wilbur J Dandridge 1, A Adame 7, Wilbur J Dandridge 1. Gude's Flowers lasts long as fresh cut from home grown plants at 1214 F Adv.
Local notices advertise Batto Oyster and Fish Depot at 643 PNW offering live seafood and farm products including live cranes and spring chickens. The ad claims a single city location for carpet and rug cloning services and mentions congers and related items in a fragmented, unclear listing of goods and services.
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