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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1905
Page
11
Health officials under Dr Woodward tested cheap ice cream sold in the District finding many samples free of poisons yet containing corn starch gelatin and coloring to imitate real ice cream. No official standard exists and action against makers remains limited, with calls for more bacteriological support and a dedicated appropriation.
Commissioner Macfarland received a request from the third International Congress of Public Arts for five DC delegates to attend the Liege Belgium meeting September 16-21. He asked Charles J Bell to name five from the National Society of the Fine Arts, a group fostering capital improvement through artists and patrons.
Commissioner West departs for a month long vacation in Atlantic City with family returning briefly for city duties. Commissioner Biddle leaves Monday for Harpers Ferry to camp with the National Guard for ten days then travels north for the rest of vacation. Commissioner Macfarland plans to start his annual outing in September.
Superintendent Lanham urged the city commissioners to plant shade trees on both sides of Pennsylvan ia avenue from Seventh to Eleventh streets and on D and E streets from Tenth to Eleventh, backed by a resident letter and approved by the commission. The move accompanies a systematic campaign against caterpillar invasion and worm damage to street foliage. Assessors estimates show a cut in the office budget, with Assessor Carneli te requesting 70 950 for the year ending June 30 19 7 after using temporary clerks earlier in the project.
The Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Railroad received a new timetable with fifty two weekday trains and forty on Sundays, up from prior figures. Trains will carry 14 to 14 passengers and are expected to meet travel needs. The sewer project contract for a portion of the Four-and-a-half high‑level interceptor was awarded following sewer superintendent D E McComb’s recommendation.
Letters between Anacostia Citizens Association and District Commissioners address the lack of a penalty in the charter for failing to submit or observe a timetable. The 1900 schedule set six minute headways on weekdays mornings, with no other schedules submitted. The association warns it will request a revised service timetable if current service does not improve.
Goldenbergs has purchased the entire stock of The Union Outfitters to Men Company from bankruptcy trustees, paying about half its real value. The outfit, a six month old Washington business supplying men’s clothing, includes suits, trousers, hats, shoes and furnishings. The stock will be moved to Goldenbergs and offered to the public at marked down prices, drawing a large crowd. The sale promises advantageous terms similar to those received by the vendor.
Thomas Smithson files in District Supreme Court to compel inspector Bowen Ashford to issue a permit for six houses on Smithson subdivision lots 87 to 92 in square 1010. Petition argues proposed nine inch party walls are valid while regulations require thirteen inch walls as unnecessary. Ashford refused permit.
Executors of Richard White sue Thomas E Waggaman trustee and others in the District Supreme Court seeking appointment of a trustee to sell Park View Terrace lots with a deed of trust on sixty notes. Waggaman is named nominal owner. notes overdue and taxes unpaid. Rogier Dulany listed as trustee in bankruptcy. Blair and Thom represent the complainants.
Justice Wright opened the district supreme court custody contest between Alexina Marceron and her sister Mrs Mary Regina Polen over eight year old Isabel Marceron. Polen claims custody since a prior arrangement. Marceron says reconciliation occurred and seeks possession, with both sides supported by their attorneys as proceedings resume.
Rudolph Eichhorn the executor in Miss Amela Egan’s estate argues caveators John J Walsh and Mary T Egan lack standing to oppose probate. He says lunacy and fraud charges are unfounded and that the alleged acts occurred during a deathbed episode with competing petitions and guardianship filings shaping the proceeding. He presents affidavits from prominent business leaders to support his fitness for letters of collection.
The funeral for J H Russell who died Tuesday morning at his daughter Mrs R Joyce’s home on East Capitol Street was held yesterday at 10 a.m. from St Josephs Church. Rev George B Harrington led a brief service, with Revs Ignatius Fealy and James A Smyth officiating. Pallbearers included Alexander McKennis, Charles Price, James Hutchinson, and John J Higgins. Interment followed in Congressional Cemetery. Russell, born in Charles County Maryland ninety years ago, had lived in Washington since 1887 and was active in politics on Capitol Hill. He leaves two daughters, Mrs A R Joyce and Jennie Russell.
Mrs Martha W P Smith filed suit through Sheehy and Sheehs in the District Supreme Court to compel her husband D Sands Smith to provide support. A series of local notices mentions Havenner's Bread, Magar fortunes, and tobacco ads alongside a pedestrian injury report of Philip Scott, who was struck by timber on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad bridge and taken to Freedmen's Hospital with a minor shoulder injury.
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