Subway Plans Set for Union Station Approach Overhead
Commissioners and engineers finalize plans for the Union Station approach, with a new overhead trolley system for street cars. The Washington Terminal Company and District officials report excavation underway on H street as a subway 800 feet long and up to seventeen feet deep, to open to traffic by December 1 amid bridge and fill work on surrounding streets.
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Union Station
H Street
Washington Terminal Company
Strauss
Baltimore and Ohio
Col
Biddle
Treasury
Fifteenth Street
Col. Biddle
Massachusetts Avenue
Temperance Leader Targets Unlicensed Liquor Sales
James J. Wilson president of the Young Men's Christian Temperance Association complaints to Commissioner West about daily beer wine and whisky sales in unlicensed places south of Pennsylvania Avenue between Eleventh and Fifteenth streets. Lieutenant Amiss says he cannot locate Wilson to pursue violators while noting officers are urged to assist warrants and avoid conflicts with prosecutors.
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James J. Wilson
Young Men's Christian Temperance Association
Commissioner West
Pennsylvania Avenue
Eleventh
Fifteenth
Wilson
Amiss
Amias
Lieut
Ames
Chief of Chemical Fire Engine No 2 Dies of Consumption
Simon McLane aged 52, lieutenant of Chemical Fire Engine No 2 of the District fire department, died at his home on Florida avenue northeast after months of ill health. Survived by widow and six children, funeral arrangements by Chief Belt. McLane joined Sept 15, 1890, retired briefly, reappointed 1897, continuous service since, promoted to lieutenant in May 1908.
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Chemical Fire Engine No
Simon McLane
Chemical Company No. 2
District Fire Department
Florida Avenue Northeast
Belt
McLane
Havenner's Cream Biscuits and Sausages Ad
An old advertisement promotes Havenner's Cream Biscuits made by expert bakers in a Washington bakery using select materials. It also touts Auth Provision Co.'s sausages, hams, and fresh meats, with shopping at Balesrooms, 625-290 st. sw., in all markets.
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Washington
WN. Auth Provision Co
St. Sw
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