Favor Spiral Escapes Only Two In Use In District
Washington officials study spiral or chute fire escapes at Jefferson School noting faster egress during drills. The steel tube with an inclined interior plane allows people to slide to safety. cost and appropriations hinder broader installation despite praise from fire and school officials. Only Jefferson School and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing use the system. district funding for such devices remains limited.
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Jefferson School
Chief Belt
Belt
Liebottom
Washington
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Jefferson Schnoi cc
Conyx
Nirdiy Lkely
Meteor Crater Study Ends as Merrill Reaches Deep Bore
Dr George T Merrill head of the geology department at the United States National Museum returned from Meteor Arizona after weeks with the Smithsonian to study a crater like low mound three quarters of a mile across and nearly 12 feet deep Opinions vary whether it is an extinct volcano or a meteor impact The explorations include wells reaching 84 percent feet below the bottom of the mound and support his earlier conclusion that the crater was caused by a meteor impact
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United State National Museum
Ariz
Smithsonian Institution
Br. Merrill
Wimington, del
United States Navy
Germany
Kate M. V
Saiors
Chaperons Named for Washington Playground Boat Party
Mrs. Henry Litchfield West, chairwoman, selects chaperons for the steamer Jamestown excursion raising funds for the Washington Playground Association. The list includes Tromen H. Sewberry Wendell Bafford H L Hodgkins Wallace Hadcliffe and many others.
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Washington Playground Association
Jamestown
Henry Litchfeld West
Messames
Tromen H. Sewberry
Wendell 9. Bafford
H. L. Hodgkins
Wallace Hadcliffe
Cuno
MW. Rudnley
J. J. Richardson
William J. Locke
S. Meding
Richard Pyles
Conrad Syme
PL M. Hughes
A. D. Albert
Dre. M. Ross Fishburn
Eoine F. Dudley
Giles J. Rafter
Charles S
Clark
James E. West
B. T. Janney
W. BH. Faetterson
M. Ely
BL Krmer
H- M. Johnson
N. Wilson
C. Westvott
Throckmerton
Allen Davis
Small
S. Tordesty
Paul E. Sleman
HE. Grosvenor
Nora Woegelsberger
Sisters Open Art Exhibit at Immaculate Academy
Sisters of Providence opened their annual art exhibit yesterday at Immaculate Academy on Wisconsin Avenue NW. The show features pupil works from the past school session and will be open today and tomorrow for inspection. Many friends and relatives attended yesterday's viewing.
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Sisters of Providence
The
Immaculate Academy
Wisconsin Avenue
City Bulletins From A Busy Washington Page
City notices and assorted ads list services from dining at Schneider's Crab Feasts and entertainment options to hiring dress uniforms, bottle beer brands, carpet work, jewel gas ranges, and a riverfront cottage for rent. Also mentions civil service exam prep in Washington.
Funeral of Judge Wright Follows Civil War Ties
The body of Judge John V. Wright was interred at Rock Creek Cemetery after a funeral at his Washington home. Rev Herbert Scott Smith officiated as a son read a self penned poem. Attending pallbearers included officials from the General Land Office and Confederate veteran Col Mosby.
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John V. Wright
Rock Creek
Ian
Eighteenth Street
Herbert Scott Smith
Wright
Frank Lyon
Judge Wright
Camp No. 171
Col. Mosby
Mosby
Judge 5
V- Proudfit
the Land Office
Clement Specker
General Land Office
J. Hendree
Conrad H. Syme
Robert Gibson
H. H. Glasaio
J. W. Witten
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HC. Finney
Law Board
C. F. Larrabee
Indian Office
A. M. Syme
R. A. Watkins
John B. Ewin
Col
John S. Mosby
Children’s Day Observed at Calvary M E Church
Rev Joseph Dawson told Pupils that Bishops aided by the Young People’s Fund as Children’s Day services were held at Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church on Calvary road and Fifteenth Street. The program featured music by a ten piece Sunday School Orchestra led by Oscar W Wyatt, solos, dialogues and recitations by primary and intermediate departments, plus a baptismal service.
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Chelsea
Mase
Methodist General Conference
Dawson
Tn Securin
Ella Gardner
Water Fowler
Albert Penham
Oscar W. Wyatt
Edith Potbury
Joh Waring
Robert Cohen
Edward Webster
E. Je. Moore
Alec HN
Hitt
Leta
Lybrook Sluumons
George S. Gibson
C. F. Balch
Paul Sleman
Benjamin Chamberlain
Fred ©. Croxton
A. Henry Small, Jr
Building Inspectors to scrutinize new structures in district
Under Assistant Engineer Commissioner Kelly and Commissioner Macfarland a force of inspectors begins a morning survey of all new and under construction buildings. They will condemn unsafe work and poor materials, instruct builders to meet standard grades, and ensure all permits pass careful plan inspections amid disaster investigations with district attorney aid.
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Kelly
Macfarland
Capt
Amy
West
Washington
Pickford
Boardman
Jase
Humfrey
Whittig
Buick Car The Winner In Reliability Race
In an inadvertent misstatement the Ford and Buick tied at two penalty points in last week’s Nght run about class reliability contest. Judges ordered a runoff, Ford declined, and Buick was awarded the prize after the replay.
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Buick
Ford
Ted
Monkeys First Outdoor Showing Brightens Zoo Exhibit
A large Washington crowd enjoyed Sunday at Rock Creek Zoo as four thousand visitors watched monkeys released into open-air cages for the season. Two Abyssinian ostriches gifted by King Menelik, in fine feather, attracted praise while keeper Blackburn reassured guests on animal safety after a boy's minor bite near an otter.
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Roosevelt
Animal House
Monkeyville
National Park
Rock Creek
Menelik
Washington
Merry+ Widow
Charlotte Corday
Two Boys Held on Robbery Charge in Washington
Edward White aged eighteen of 1244 Four-and-a-half street southwest and Richard Johnson aged fifteen of 1419 Pennsylvania avenue southeast are held on robbery charges in connection with the June 6 attack on Frank Heard at Fifteenth and C streets northwest. Heard, treated for a head wound at Emergency Hospital, identified White and Johnson as the assailants and police say both have confessed. A third youth, reportedly out of the city, was present. Hearings set for today.
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Edward White
Richard Johnson
Pennsylvania Avenue
Harling
Frank Heard
Fourteenth
Heard
First Precinct
Fifteenth
C Streets
Teard
Lieut. Hartley
White
Johnson
Seventh Street
Fifteenth Street
C Street
Kleindienst
Pension guidance for soldiers' families from 1908 letters
A 1908 column answers reader questions on pensions. Topics include half-pension for deserted spouses under the 1890 act, proving a prior marriage for widow claims, eligibility limits under 1907 and 1908 reforms, and rates for deafness, loss of limbs, and total disability. The discussion cites specific cases from Philadelphia, Baltimore, Pottsville, Dayton, Wilmington, Detroit, Bath, Hampton, and more, with guidance on application dates and required evidence.
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Flease
SAMUS
C. Me
Livingston
N. Doew
Commissioner of Pensions
Pensi
Penson
George H. T. BP
Spain
Detroit
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