Dark Horses in Jamestown Contest Warned by Exposition Editor
The Exposition Editor warns that complacent candidates with few votes may be passed by dark horses in the Jamestown contest. Readers report large vote surges for several contenders, with supporters organizing to boost names like Pollock Webber and others from Alexandria and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown
Post
Pollock
Luray
Bro. Webber
FRED _N
Webber
Washington Post
Jongue
The
Joseph 8. Jacobs
Henry ‘Wenzel
Alexandria
Deutermann
Alexandria County
Booey Va
Helen
Kerr
France
George County
Arthur
Kany
Xenia
Ohio
John D. Crawford
Eastern Star
J. McMighael
BIDS FOR WATER METERS IN DISTRICT
Missioners delayed contract awards for 5000 water meters pending sample testing by a committee of water and sewerage officials plus plumbing inspectors. Bids came from Buffalo Meter Company Thompson Meter Company Hersey Manufacturing Company H R Worthington Standard Company Neptune Meter Company National Meter Company and Pittsburg Meter Company with prices ranging from 7.50 to 38.35 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Water Department
Buffalo Meter Company
Buffalo
N.Y
Thompson Meter Company
Brooklyn
N. Y
Hersey Manufacturing Company
Boston
Mass
H. R. Worthington
New Yorks
Standard Company
Neptune Meter Company
New York
Mational Meter Company
Pittsburg Meter Company
Ealers
Agents May Lose Licenses for Employment Violations
West recommended revoking John Burgess license and prosecuting E H Dick for breaking the employment agency law after a hearing prompted by Susie F Cummings who paid each agent 1 dollar for job placement that never materialized nor was the transaction recorded as required. Special policemen were appointed to various federal sites including Treasury, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad property, Department of Agriculture, National Zoological Park, and Library of Congress grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honor West
West
John’b. Burgess
E. H. Dick
Susie F. Cummings
Sylvester
Isaac Ayers
N. Borchardt
John W.peterzon
Jeremiah H., Rawach
F. Shortsleeves
Treasury Department
University fund raises bids and postpones site move
The fund totaling $162,000 was announced yesterday by President Needham with the trustees delaying the site relocation. Citizens responded with subscriptions and interest in education work, while the university plans to postpose further funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ana Lom
Needham
Deéclela Ag
Citizes 7
Falconio Grants Diplomas at Visitation Academy
Monsignor Falconio presided at the Visitation Academy graduation exercises awarding fifteen diplomas and medals to graduates. He praised higher education for women, noting its value for both sexes, as about a hundred other pupils received medals or premiums. The program featured operatic solos, salutatory and valedictory addresses, and remarks from Father Hillhouse Buel and a tribute to the Sisters of the Visitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mgr
Diomedd’ Falconio
Ter- Hoon
Gooratibrws Academy of ‘the Visitation
Mer
Falconio
Mgr. Falconio
David Hillhouse Buel
Ss. J
Florence Sheedy
Helen, Kearney
Sheedy
Margaret Chatterton
Mer. Falconio
Stephanie Moran
Loretto
Marie Patterson
St. Louis
Marie Ray
Anna Blake Hickera
Elizabeth Welder
Z .Jones
Mary, Newton
Wthe
Ruth Angela Quinn
Little ‘Rock
Ark
Florence
Elizabethy Sheedy
Denver
Colo
Rose Agnes- Shea
Knoxville
Tenn
Zoe Louise
Schotten
St Louis
Mary Virginia Healy
Chicago
Maude
Taylor Gracie
Little Rock Ark
Marie Stephanie Moran
Detroit
Margaret
Lenore Golley
Lima
Virginia
Emma Dorrance
Houston
Tex
Louise Rose ®Hmer
Dayton
Ohio
Vivian Elder
Claytor
Roanoke
Margaret Lamphter Chatterton
Louise Ohmer
Vivian Claytor
Illinois
Stefanos Moran
Michigan
Elizabeth Malen
Ontario
Ruth Quinn
Arkansia
Virginia ‘Dorrance
Texas
Florence Sheed
Jones
Washingto
Margaret Galley
Colorado
Inez
Helen Kearney
Nebraska
Marileashington
D.C
Cecella
Romadka
Wisconsin
Bernadetta Shea
WANTS TREES ALONG PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE
Albert M Read, president of Security Storage Company, urges Pennsylvania avenue trees to beautify the street without sacrificing commercial activity. He asks Councillors to consider citizen input and suggests planting ginkgo trees trimmed ten to twelve feet from the pavement so show windows remain visible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert M. Read
Security Storage Company
Pennsylvania Avenue
No Help Wanted at Dublin Fair Exposition
Moe, the consul at Dublin, warns Americans considering the Dublin Exposition to avoid seeking work there as only nine employment opportunities exist for non natives. He notes he funded transport for many destitute Americans disappointed in securing jobs at the exposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin Fair
Moe
Dublin
Dublin Exposition
School teachers seek pay raise and grade advancement
Miss Wright and other teachers representing the seventh division spoke on increasing salaries for first and second grades to align with higher grades. They urged promotions based on work quality while awaiting broader salary parity. Classes 4 5 and 6 representatives are scheduled to be heard at 3 30 this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tekeness
Horner Named to School Board in Three Year Term
Richard R. Horner colored lawyer businessman appointed by District Supreme Court justices to the board of education for three years, taking duties July 1. Prof Barton W Everman and Mrs Justina R Hill reappointed for three years from July 1. Current board members and terms listed include Everman Hill Horn three years, Bear I Géorge Ww 18 N retired, Mrs Ellen Spensey, Joan F Cook two years, William V Cox, Capt James F Oyster, and Mrs Mary Church Terrell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard .R. Horner
Board of Education
District Supreme, Court
Oliver’ M.atwood
Barton’ W." Everman
Justina R. Hill
Eal
Prof. Everman
Hi Horn
Bear I Géorge
Ellen Spénsey
Joan F. Cook
James F Oyster
Mary Church “Terrell
Elks Week Promises Music Fair and Seaside Trips
During the week of July 15 to 20 the Benevolent and Pro Part Order of Elks holds its annual celebration with about twelve hundred musicians, large entertainments, daily displays, and nightly electrical shows. It offers members trips to Atlantic City, Cape May, and other seashore resorts with liberal Pennsylvania Railroad rail rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benevolent
Pro- Order of Elks
The
Elks
Philadelphia
Order
Atlantic City
Cape May
Pennsylvania Railroad
Standard Railroad of America
Pennsylvania
New, Jersey
Maryland
Delaware
Former Yorktown Cemetery Head Laid To Rest At Arlington
Lieut John Washington Shaw a former superintendent of Yorktown National Cemetery and later Arlington National Cemetery was buried with full military honors yesterday in Arlington. The funeral at 3 o clock was conducted by the Grand Army of the Republic with Loyal Legion pallbearers. Shaw died at his Yorktown Virginia home and was about seventy years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yorktown
Arlington
Arlington Cemetery
John Washington Shaw
Vaz
Hriday
James Littlefield
Ostock
City Bulletins Buy Stores for Investment
Real estate broker L Richard sells corner property at Fourth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast to Isaac Goldenberg, comprising five one story stores with strong rental prospects. Also notes a bright Montezuma mining outlook, with Gold Divide Mining stock trading and mining reports from Washington. Local ads promote meat selections, wedding gifts, and various shop offerings with scattered details and prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Richard
Isaac Glaser
Pennsylvania Avenue
Isaac Goldenberg
An. Investment
Montesuma
Montezuma
Rover
Gold Divide Mining, Milling, and Tunnel Company
Washington
N. C
Upham
Home Life Bldg
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Eastor
Swift
Frantz
Bt Dunlop
Father Boone
McLeod
Friends
Imla Hammond
National Hive
Nosstone
Henry Wenrell
Columbia Railroad
Washington Railway and Electric Company
Plesse
Edith Way
R. N. Balinger
Serge
Saks
Daniel Doody
N. Cap. St
Potomac Electric Power Company
4Th Street N. W
I. Grosner
Pa. Ave. N. W
Pettit & CO
Highlands
Capitol
Dupont Circle
U. Realty Company
Sollag
Realty
Sth & v
Firemen's Insucancs
R. M. Brown
Sts. N.W
Besibenser S Bros
Richard R. Horner
Dr. Oliver, M. Atwood
Bulletin
Chestnut Farms _ Sanitary Dairy
Geo. M. Oyster, Jr
Doubt
Bay
House & Herrominn
City. Bulletins
T. Keane CO
Yvoigt's
Beventh
Henty
Townes Forester
Dena
Cal
Rodean Trading Company
Gat Schneider
Opper Theater
Rts
Mindat
Etreet
Joan
Home Savings Bank, Gth, and
Mass. ‘Ave. N. W
Wth
H. Sts. N. E
7Th St. S. W
Castelberg
Washington's
Opticians
Penna. Ave
White House
Mae
Bolts
Baking. Co
Sts. S. Ww
Maerzen
Senate
Senato
Seventh Street
Lutz & CO
Pennsylvania Ave
F St
Invest In. D. of C. Real Estate
Fisher &Co., Inc
St. N. W
Alaska
Marshall
Everest
Ai Atlante & Pacific Mace
Eberly
A. Eberly
N. W
Qver
S. S-Shedd Bro. & CO
Ninth Street
Siohot
Wishinsan D. 7
Ares Eine
Distriet
Golebia
Evans’ Reliable Drug
Maurer
Angora
R. P. Andrews Paper Co
Louisiana Avenue
7Th and
Pa. Ave
Washington Gaslight Co
Tenth Street N. Ww
Duffy
Rochester
Burchell
Aldeug
Munyon
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