Tracks on Avenues Commission Not to Act
Lieut. Mathews provides an opinion after investigation finding no law violation by railroads on Maryland and Virginia avenues. Commissioners granted permits for sidetracks, leaving prosecutions unlikely. No action against railroads. repairs planned for a damaged highway fence and narrowed wagonway.
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Mathews
South Washington
Seventh Street
Johnson
Virginia Avenue
Sixth
Seventh Streets
Maryland
Virginia Avenues
Virginia
List
Duvall
Maj
Sylvester
Weat
Lieut. Mathews
Washington
District to Drain Pond at Cathedral and Connecticut Aves
Commissioner West and Sewers Chief Mc Comb met with E. J. Stellwagen agent for property owner at Cathedral and Connecticut avenues where a pond formed after a culvert was neglected during street improvements. The District will drain the pond and determine responsibility for costs later, with the owner to pay if District is not at fault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
E. J. Stellwagen
Cathedral and
Connecticut Avenues
McComb
Connecticut Avenue
Cathedral Avenue
Thomas B. Waggaman
Brellwagen
Negro man jailed a year for fighting officer in police court
William Hawkins faced Judge Scott on charges of assault disorderly conduct carrying concealed weapons and assault on an officer. A police precinct officer testified Hawkins attacked during a warrant service. Hawkins pleaded guilty and received six months for assault on the officer two months for the second assault and four months for disorderly conduct, totaling a year. The court waived the concealed weapons bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam Hawking
Scott
Hawkins
Medical staff appointment recommended by Commissioner Macfarland
Commissioner Macfarland yesterday urged the appointment of Dr Daniel W Prentiss as a commissioner of pharmacy to succeed Dr Francis P Morgan who resigned The appointment to take effect today also recommended reappointment of Benjamin F Leighton and L Cabell Williamson to the board of medical supervisors The text ends with an unrelated ad line pushing Hood's Sarsaparilla and a claim of cure for eruptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macfarland
Daniel W. Prentiss
Francis P. Morgan
Benjamin F. Leighton
L.cabell Williamson
Board of Medical Supervisors
Market Quotes and Prices Amid Mixed Trading
The report lists several price points including 10.25 10.75 20.35 22.25 with 395 and 5.BE values. A pound sterling figure shows £3.65 and a total of s7.00 is noted indicating mixed trading activity and currency indicators.
Posed as Family Butler Arrests Grocer Thief
Daniel Ackers, a negro, known as the grocery order thief, was arrested Wednesday night by Policeman Lee. He posed as a butler to a wealthy family, giving false grocery orders to obtain small sums from merchants who later found the goods unrequested. Ackers reportedly admitted guilt and was identified by several victims on Massachusetts Avenue NW and nearby streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Ackers
Lee
Ackers
HL Kramer
Tenth Street
Massachusetts Avenue
H. Gwynne
Fourteenth Street
Runaway Collides with Buggy in Northwest District
City bulletins report a runaway horse pulling a wagon owned by Friend & Deullauff of 420 P Street NW crashed into a buggy owned by F. R. Horner at Ninth and N Streets NW. No injuries occurred though Horner's vehicle suffered damage.
Phelps Divorce Restores Maiden Name in Decree
Justice Anderson of the District Supreme Court granted Elmore M. Phelps an absolute divorce from Desdemona G. Phelps and returned her to her maiden name Desdemona G. McMichael. The move, requested by Mrs. Phelps, reflects court discretion in restoring a woman’s maiden name in divorce proceedings. Attorneys J Altheus Johnson and Burton T. Doyle represented the spouses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Anderson
District Supreme Court
Elmore M. Phelps
Desdemona G. Phelps
Mr. Phelps
J. Altheus Johnson
Phelps
Burton T. Doyle
Bigamy Case Postponed In Pyles Woman Saga
Irene Pyles, the young woman arrested on two counts of bigamy, sat with her husband in the police court witness room as prosecutors await ministers who married her on three occasions. The case was continued until this morning due to the ministers' absence.
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Pyles
Irene Pyles
Howlett and Pratt
Polies
Bints
Burnett
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