Greater Washington freight plan expands hustle and harmony
The Jobbers and Shippers' Association forms a publicity and freight committee to cut rates and improve shipping. A campaign of advertising starts with plans to boost local industry and patronize home suppliers, aided by new members and a biweekly directors' meeting schedule.
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American Security and ‘Trust Company
Washington
American Security and Trust Company
Colin H. Livingstone
Post
Charles J. Bell
Loent
Ilea
Kent
Brutschen
J. L. Atkins
Jobbers and Shippers’ Association
Charles D. Semmes
Semmes-Kelley Co
E. H. Droop
E. F. Droop & Sons
B. B. Earnshaw
Earnshaw & Bro
F. P. May & Go
R. P
The
American National Bank
J.B. Kendall
James L. Owens
Monroe Lucha
Washington Tobacco Company
E. J. Kelley
Semmes-Kelley Company
James Stoddard
Cook & Stoddard Co
Thomas ©. Noyes
the Star
Edgar D. Shaw
the Times
Monroe Luche
Milton
Ways and Means Propose Boomer Visit Plans
J Clinton Ransom urges practical hospitality to visitors with the motto Show Em About Town. He proposes excursions from nearby points to make their sojourn pleasant and seizes on advantages of Capital to showcase Whoop Up potential. He outlines ten boomer ideas and ways to greet guests, emphasizing cordial reception and local attractions.
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J. Clinton Ransom
Yeast Factory Started by Corby Brothers at Langdon Plant
Corby Brothers bakers announce control of the abandoned butterins plant near Langdon, D.C. and have established a yeast factory with an encouraging profit. The project costs about 309,6d and underscores the Greater Washington movement. Clerical notes discuss building wholesale trade, railroad rates, and inviting interior visitors to Washington to boost commerce.
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Corby Brothers, Bakers
Langdon
D. G
Greater Washington
Praise From Virginia Letter From J T Farr on Southern Trade
J T Farr of the American Cereal Company writes from Richmond July 19 1908 praising The Washington Post and urging Washington merchants to increase presence in Virginia North Carolina South Carolina and Tennessee. He notes Southern retailers buy from Baltimore Philadelphia and New York due to high freight rates and calls for Washington to improve freight connections and ship goods via Alexandria. Farr signs from 411 Clay Street presenting a plea to the Jobbery and Shippers Association or Business Men's Association in Washington.
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South
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
Washington
Alexandria
J.T. Farr
Clay Street
American Cereal Company
Trade Boom Plan For Washington Commerce Growth
An article discusses boosting Washington DC trade by touring wholesalers from Duluth style trips, car caravans with goods, and distributing booklets. It urges use of stationery, circulars, and concerted letters to interior merchants, aiming to project Washington as an active trading center and press authorities toward a pro commerce stance.
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Duluth
Mahtana
Crow Wing
Jesson
Washington
Congress
Proposed Federal Rules Hampering Local Industry
The text argues that restrictive legislation would hinder operations and that cities succeeding economically are those that welcome manufacturing and trade. It predicts Washington will extend welcoming conditions to outside capital and industry to set up stores or factories in or near the District of Columbia.
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Washington
Combia
Boom Suggestions by Washington Business Men
The Fost offers its columns to Washington business and professional men for views on advancing the Greater Washington boom. Letters from bona fide Washington men have begun arriving and the Post will publish only such letters. Some suggestions made yesterday are listed.
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Fost
Washington
Greater Washington
Post
Bona Fic
Waslington
Keep Money at Home How Washington business men urge local patronage
A Crane Company executive urges a city wide push to favor home industries. He argues that keeping capital in Washington boosts local production, lowers costs, and expands business as the city develops. He calls for clannish support of local firms to sustain economic growth.
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Washington
Charles F. Crane
Crane Company
Thirteenth Street
Northwest
Offer Free Sites Boost for Washington Business
Offer free sites as the sole method for Washington to secure business enterprises and factories. Wealthy men should invest and aid worthy ventures, a practice Western towns have pursued successfully for years per W. C. Severns.
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Washington
W. C. Severns
Let All Pull Together Washington Trade Group Seeks Power
Charles B. Hodgkin approves a Greater Washington movement urging strong organization to gain municipal influence and industrial growth. He argues the region should mirror Chicago in market pre-eminence, shaping policy, staffing, and development for a thriving, utilitarian city with sustained effort by leading citizens.
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Greater
Washington
Charles B. Hodgkin
Chicago
Congress
Nis
Board of Education
Boom Washington as a business city urged by dealer Turpin
William Turpin, a real estate dealer, argues Washington should become a thriving business city. He cites unemployment among youth, potential for manufacturing, and clean, ready labor as reasons to attract smelters, foundries, and other plants near the capital. The piece also recounts a Chicago hotel anecdote and notes veterans planning encampment events, plus a DC Supreme Court hearing on land fraud cases involving Hyde and Benson.
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Washington
Wiliam
Turpin
Shortage of Ice Strikes at Once
A Washington ice famine triggers a half supply order by the American Ice Company. Samuel A. Kimberly says Maine schooners delay causes widespread cutbacks, affecting three quarters of city consumers. Home Ice Company plans August relief with a new plant, while dairies warn of milk spoilage without steady ice.
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Home Company
Maine
Teo
American Ice Company
Samuel A. Kimberly
Washington
Mr. Kimberly
American Tea Company
Kimberly
Kinnerly
Kreger
Kennebec
Atl Alle
Meine
Jamyl
Tikennebee
John D. Bartlett
Post
Ice supply steadies as fears ease among large consumers
Ice houses maintain full inventories with kept refrigerators filled for several days. No great fear of disaster is expressed by major ice buyers, anticipating conditions to improve in a few days as predicted by Mr. Kimberly.
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Iea
Dir. Wills
Willis
H. H Trundle
Springdale
Gaye
Hag
Kimberly
Ice Trust Case Moves Toward Supreme Court
In Jacksonville on July 23 a new information was filed against alleged ice trusts. Defendants appeared in court and requested extra time to plead. a hearing is set for Wednesday. W. S. Ware, a Jacksonville magnate, is to be jailed to bring the case before the Supreme Court on habeas corpus. Other defendants posted bonds of $1,000 each. In Cincinnati the same day sixteen indictments for restraint of trade related to price fixing by the Fees Dealers’ Exchange were returned, naming ten individuals and five firms who attended a May 30 meeting.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Aleged Ice Trusts
W. 5. Ware
Jai
Supreme Court
Tne
Supreme Couce
Cincinnati
Dia
Grand Jury
Fee
Exchange
Bride of two months seeks divorce and alimony
Mrs Myrtle Dean wife of optician James M Dean petitions the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia for divorce a mensa and alimony after less than two months of marriage. She accuses him of vicious blows cruelty brutality and false accusations and recounts a sequence of alleged abuses including confinements beatings and threats. She seeks protection and support while he claims to have sent flowers and to be willing to make up.
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Myrtle Deag
Optician
Myrtle L. Dean
Gibson
James M. Dean
Thirteenth Street
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Raésville
T. H. Campbell
Dean
Fifth Street Northwest
Old Sam Donelson Dies Suddenly at Home in Nashville
Col Sam Donelson a famed Confederate cavalryman and longtime Democratic Party figure dies of heart disease at 171 Church Street NW Nashville. Born in Nashville sixty five years ago he rose from Forrest’s cavalry to Gen Forreast staff and spent 24 years in Washington. Survived by wife and an eight year old adopted son, funeral arrangements pending arrival of brother wing man Chattanooga.
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Samuel Donelgan
Democratic National Committee
John G. Carlisle
House of Congress
Church Street
Col. Donelsop
Judge Yeomans
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Col. Donelson
Yeomans
Col Donelson
Barly
Nashville
Tenn
Forrest
Gen. Forreat
Washington
Og. Donelson
Daniel S. Donelson
West Point
Gov. Branch
North Carolina
President. Jackson
Port Donelson
Sam
Sam Donelson
Democratic
Ate Arms
Charles Edwards
Democratic Congressional Committee
Eitter
Chattanooga
Dredge Florida Burst Burns Fireman In Dying Injury
Joseph Garcia forty three of 1515 Second street northwest is dying at Emergency Hospital from severe burns received last night after 9 on a steam pipe bursting aboard the dredge Florida where he worked as a fireman Gareth was oiling the engine when the pipe burst be fore he could escape his entire body except the back of his legs was burned he was taken to the Arsenal grounds in a row boat then to the hospital police to investigate the cause of the burst.
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Joseph Garcia
Florida
Second Street
Gareth
Arsenal Grounds
Weather and Storm Outlook Across Regions and Temps
Weather bulletin reports showers in the Chic Valleys and Atlantic East Gulf region with local showers in Eastern Texas and the Rockies. Temperatures have fallen in the Mile Slope and Middle Mississippi. NW warming expected with storms in the South Atlantic and West states. Gusty winds along coasts and variable winds on the Great Lakes. Temperature readings note midnight 71 and highs in the 70s. sunshine hours around 7.2. Reports from Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, indicate fair weather on July 3.
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Washington
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East Gulf
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Arkennes Valley
Utah
Nevada
Co‘orson
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kans
Mile
Mississippi
Gresser
Lake
South Atlantic
Westar
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
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Business City
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Mr. Elimdorf
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Astoria Hotel
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Fudge Gould
Frederick N. Hyde
Jon Benson
Government of
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D. We Baker
FIAT
Home Ice Company
F. Walter Brandenburg
Purity Ice Company
Hume
Columbia
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Lansburgh &Bro
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Peter Grogan
Law
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the Post
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