Grass seed gifts to High Point Dairy Farm prompt local talk
Neighbors near Gunston dispute government consignments of grass seed and shrubs to the Wish Point Dairy Farm. Dr Galoway of the Agriculture Department says only small quantities were sent for demonstration, not a broad giveaway, while locals allege political favoritism toward Hull and Wadsworth. A High Point Farm boat operates between Gunston and the farm, with surplus trees burned if not used.
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Gunston
Department of Agriculture
Galloway
Washington Post
Wish Point
High Point Farm
J. A. T. Huil
Yowa
James W. Wadsworth
Andrew Jackson
Hia
Hullard Wadsworth
Virginia
Republicas
Mr. Hull
Mc Wadsworth
Agricultural Department
Washington
Hhugh Point
Gonsion Hall Estate
Ofice
Wilson
House Military Committee
Hollar Committee On Agricultura
B T Galoway
Bureau of Plant Industry
Yeh Point
Dr. Galoway
Ulgh Point
Potomac
John McLain
Tidewater Virginia
Interstate Commerce
Yeamans
Iowa
Hull
Wadsworth
High Point
Here and There Recounts Vacation Jokes and Atlantic City Moments
A Washington observer reflects on delaying vacations until September while friends toil at desks and heat. A husband returns late, drifts to bed, and his wife calmly acknowledges his excess. Two Philadelphia women in Atlantic City impress with quiet elegance and disciplined travel, then a sharp exchange ends with a practical plan to dine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Atlantic City
Philadelphia
British Steamer Faxilka Halted by Russian Cruiser
In port Said Egypt on July 2 the Russian auxiliary cruiser Kutsan stopped the British steamer Faxilka from London to Calcutta and examined her papers before allowing her to proceed. The Faxilka previously belonged to the Hamburg American line as Auguste Victoria. The Dia mart tobacco shipment story and an unrelated note about a schooner loss are also mentioned.
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Wwrr
Port Said
Egypt
Kutsan
Faxilke
London
Calcutta
Fazilka
Ihe Kutsan
Auguste Victoria
Cheapest Hobo Hotel in Kansas City Livery Barn Lodging
Special Correspondent reports Kansas City hosts a charitable lodging house at 21 Walnut Street owned by W T L Scott. The former livery stable offers free beds with simple rules: no smoking, no fighting, no disturbing sleepers. Lodgers are men who work harvests, find themselves broke, and seek shelter to avoid crime. police approve of the plan.
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Washington Poet
Kanaas City
Walnut Street
W. TL. Scott
Scott
Third
Walnut Streets
Scott's
Byer
Bath
Mr. Acott
Enora
Girl claims acid attack on beauty in New Jersey paper tale
Elisabeth police investigate Fannie Hayden of 214 Marshall Street after a sulphuric acid scar mars her face. The girl admits fabricating letters and a past assault story under pressure, with officials suspecting she self-inflicted the wounds to bolster a false narrative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Elisabeth
N. J
Omebody
Fannie Hayden
Eixteen
Marshall Street
Second Street
Hayden
Fulton Street Methodist Church
East Baptist Church
John W. Hilson
East Baptist
Mias Hayden
Bosida
Dr. Bunting
Whitehead
Rolle
Mr. Bunting
Gentile Mormon clash over Utah reservation drawing
Pope The President's proclamation opens the United Reservation in Utah to settlement as a drawing draws near. Gentiles accuse Mormons of bias and seek removal of W A Richards from the General Land Office. Registration starts August 1 at three Utah towns and Grand Junction Colorado amid fears of conflict and possible Federal troop involvement.
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Uintad Indian Reservation
Utah
Wyoming
Idaho
W. A Richards, Co
General Land Office
Richards
Forceh
Car-Building Merger Plans $43 Million Street Car Consolidation
Special to The Workington Post reports a new company will acquire nineteen major street car builders in the United States. Capital is set at 43,005,000 with 16.5 million in preferred stock and 427.6 million in common stock. Projections cite annual net earnings of 1.263 million for contributors and about 2.4 million for the first year of consolidation. E. H. Power and W. T. Vanbrunt lead the plan with syndicate managers Kean Van Contlandt & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Workington Post
New York
United States
E. H. Power
W. T. Vanbrunt
Furnaceville Iron Company
Great Britain waits second trial for ship captain
London July 28 The British government will not dispatch a warship to Uruguay waters or take further action until Uruguay’s appeal over the three year sentence against Capt Ryan of the Canadian fishing vessel Agnes Dona Hue is decided. The government calls the sentence monstrous but will await the second trial outcome before acting.
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Great Britain
London
Uruguay
Agnes Donahue
Ryan
SPEECH DISAVOWED BY REYES
The Peruvian foreign office received a dispatch from the minister at Bogota stating that President Reyes declared General Uribe Uribe’s recent speech to Chile reflects his own opinions and not the fraternal feeling uniting Colombia and Peru regarding the arbitral decision on the Peru Ecuador boundary dispute.
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Uribe Uribe
Lima
Peru
Bogota
Colombia
Reyes
Uribe Urite
Chile
Spain
Ecuador
Pera
New Station for Chicago Terminal Planned by Five Railroads
Chicago July: Daily News reports a new terminal station in Chicago costing 1.5 to 2 million dollars. It would cover land from Clark Street west to State Street east and from Polk to Taylor. Built by Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad with five railroads: Wabash, Santa Fe, Erie, Grand Trunk, and Monon. Wabash seen as driving force, though CHI and Western Indiana may be purchasing the land.
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Chicago
The
Daily News
Clarktreet
State Street
Polk Street
Taylor
Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad
Clark Street
Plymouth
Wabash
Santa Fe
Erie
Grand Trunk
Monon
Chicago and
Western Indiana
Conspiracy to Dethrone King George Signals Unrest
The William Olsen schooner arrives from the Friendly Islands with news of English residents plotting to compel King George to abdicate. Britain protects the islands, and George has traveled to New Zealand to seek support from King Edward’s representatives to keep his throne. Also, Panama names Dr. Ciro Urriola as delegate to the International Tuberculosis Congress in Paris next October.
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George
San Prat
Wiliam Olsen
King George
Islanda
Great Britain
New Zealand
Edward
Panama
Ciro Urriola
Paris
Young People's Mission Conference Speakers Discuss Frontiers
At the Sylvan meeting of the Young People's Missionary Movement delegates from Philadelphia Pittsburgh Minneapolis Cleveland and other cities planned for youth missionary work. Dr A L Philip a of Richmond led the institute hour on Sunday school and missions. In Valdosta Ga Alf Moore the black accomplice in the Carter children murder was found guilty without recommendation.
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Young People’s Mission Conference
Sylvan
China
Japan
Assam
United States
Young People's Missionary Movement Conference
A. L. Phiipa
Richmond
Institute
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Minneapolis
Gleveland
Valdosta
Alf Moore
Carter
Rawlings
Advertising Is Important News To Readers Of The Post
A vintage Washington newspaper item promotes The Post as a strong advertising medium and urges readers to consider Richardson & Boynton ranges sold by M C Mitchell Co. It highlights Brooks Company lighting fixtures, Center Market cleanliness, Darby Printing Co. services, and various local merchants and auctions. The notice includes personnel moves and regional business endorsements.
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The
Post
Washington
the Post
Richardson & Boynton
M. C. Mitchell Co
M Street Northwest
B. F. Brooks Company
16Th St. Aw
Them &T
Brooks
Center Blarket
United States Treasury Department
The Newest Automobile Display in Washington
Wayne Automobile Company shows an eight hundred dollar two cylinder car claimed to outperform pricier models with real power and low maintenance. Waters and Sons advertise bargain rubber tired carriages and wagons, while the Alhambra Summer Garden at 410 H street NE draws steady crowds. Kerrand’s engraving firm at 1012 Pa Ave markets commercial lithography and stock certificates, and John McDermott Carriage Company at 310 Pennsylvania Ave sustains a lasting city-relevant reputation.
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Waters & Son's
Pa. Ave
Watertown
J. L. Kerrand
Kerrand
Mgmenone A
John McDermott Carriage Company
Pennsylvania Avenue
Missouri Avenue
West End merchants boost shopping district in The Post
The Post readers are informed of West End business announcements in the Pennsylvania avenue area. The section highlights a well equipped shopping district and merchants ready to serve diverse needs, noting a contrast with rundown towns and praising local enterprise.
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the Post
Pennsylvania Avenue
West End
Vacation Bargains at Henry's in Atlantic City
Local shopper notices advertise vacation bargains at Henry's in Atlantic City offering linen collars, negligee shirts, and balbriggen underwear. Mentions customers from Raleigh Hotel, Nichols 1301 Pa Ave, and Sothern Hotel. Ice cream specials and sundae offerings noted with hotel guests and families visiting Atlantic City during the season.
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Mymund's
West End
Ave
Finamt Balbriggen
Nichols
Pa. Ave
H.C. Moll
Atlantic City
Old Established Firm Builds West End Realty History
Martin Bros real estate brokers, twenty years in business at 19 1 2 Pennsylvania Avenue, serve northwest market with investment property land mortgages and rental management. The firm also offers fire insurance with strong and surplus companies. The Pocahontas steamer runs weekly to Colonial Beach tonight and tomorrow to Atlantic City via Washington. Potomac breezes, crabbing fishing and seaside pleasures lure visitors with two steamers operating to avoid crowds. Steamer departures listed for this afternoon and tomorrow morning with Beach return Sunday.
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West End
Northwest
Martin Bros
Pennsylvania Avenue
Tia
Mone
Pocahontas
Colonial Beach
Arrowaenrth
Atlantic City
Washington
Potomac
Broad Potomac
Mornine
Queer but True Far-Flung Tales From London Exchanges
An assorted Victorian column notes oddities and accidents: a seven foot skeleton skull in Finchingfield. a vicar receives a letter mailed six years prior. a Brecon wife discharged after a failed entente. a Liverpool street rescues a child but a baby dies. a boy named Rose knocked down near Burrow Dock Farm with multiple injuries. elderly workers praised for long service. Cambridge woman lists astounding stitching totals. a High Wresmire elder becomes oldest Oedfellow after 62 years. a camelot quip about caretar computation and a photographer filming moving scenes on a machine.
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Messrs. Hull and Wadsworth
Chief Galloway
Standard Oil
Diamart
Bayonne
Standard Oil Company
Ruprecht
Hamburg
San Francisco
Honolulu
Puget
Glasgow
A. E. Lorengen
Besses
Kansas City
West
United
Copace
Massachusetts Avenue
Penn
Pennsylvania
Mrs. H. Kaufman
Mire. L. Cohen
Center Market
Fourteenth Street
H E. Covert
Darby Printing Co
Darby
Eame
Alonzo Stewart
Arma
Senate
Joyce Company
Star Building
Jayce Engraving Company
William F. Reed
Navy Department
Harpara Ferry
M Street
Arlington Horse Co
J. A. Duckworth
National Shoe Manufacturing and Repair Company
J. A. Merritt
Bureau of Accounts
State Department
Vero
Vera Dehtiets
Capt. F. Mills
Pension Office
Maryland
Special Department For Women
Nat. Safe Deposit
Bavinge and Trust Co
Loth and G Sts
J. A. Graham
West Virginia
Wayne Automobile Company
Kirk Holmes
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
Brooklyn
Holmes
Department
Sg. D. Waters & Sons
Waters & Co
Henry TF. Crocker
Library of Thetate
Oil Springs
Ontario
Cansas
E Street
Gua W Brahler
Brahler
H Street
Harry ¥. Morton
Mr. Henry Ittig
Nebraska
B. B. Hanna
Judge Advocate General's Office
Ocean Grove
Hoersford
Fannie Taylorte
Ten Buck
McDermott
B. A Smith
Raleigh Hotel
Atlanta City
W. F. W. Harn
J. ML. Stoddart
J. W
Owen
Chalfonte
Atlantica City
Mr. Holman Vail
Mrs. Vail
Missy
Vail
Sothern Hotel
Henry's
Dr. Aleger
Finchingfield
Baecx
Wutton Bridge
Brecon
Liverpool
Abe
Rose
Burrow Dock
Farl
Jesus
Thomas Allsop
Aizty-Tve
Bente Agriculturel Society
Garmae Hegan
Peter Sheridan
Duke of Manchester
Kimbolton
Thomas Stone
High Wresmire
eWay
Order
Cambridge Lndy
Utuusraues
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