Playhouse Case Opens with Diplomatic Affidavits
The preliminary hearing before Justice Stafford featured affidavits from Sir Cecil Spring-Rice and W. A. F. Lengren, showing diplomatic silence on the Playhouse dispute. The court declined to swear the ambassadors. the case centers on injunctions to stop balls and noisy entertainments at 1814 N Street NW, amid claims the Playhouse has drifted from its original purpose.
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Stafford
District Supreme Court
Cecil Arthur Spring- Tyce
W. A. F. F Lengren
Seaton Schroeder
Natreet Norihwest
George P Bustin
Wididge
FE Jordan
Playhouse
N Street Northwest
Admiral Schroeder
Bert Repasz Dead in Potomac Heights After Ill Health
Bert Repasz a Washington journalist long associated with a local paper died at his home in Potomac Heights after several months illness. He was 50, married in Georgetown in 1909 to Mrs Hsea Ogle Repay, came to Washington in 1907 from Williamsport Pa. Funeral plans will be announced today and interment is set for Oak Hill Cemetery. He had recent health issues forced him to leave active work.
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Bert Repasz Maiy
Washington
Potomac Heights
Cen
Sturvise
Hsea Ogle
Georgetown
Oak Hill Cemetery
Mr. Repait
Williamsport
Funeral of Capt Diggins in Arlington with full honors
Civil War veteran Capt Bartholomew Diggins died Saturday in Key West Florida aged 74 His funeral with full military honors was held at Arlington Cemetery after services at 3816 Seventh Street Northwest and the Church of the Nativity Brightwood Diggins won the Medal of Honor at Mobile Bay and was wounded four times in Civil War actions He later presented Admiral Dewey with the old Faragut battle flag from Manila Bay.
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Bartholomew Diggins
Key West
Fla
Arlington Cemetery
Seventh Street
Church of the Nativity
Brightwood
Diggina
Mobile Bay
Dewey
Manila Bay
Manila Bay, Capt. Diggins
Farragut
Maj George H McLaughlin Buried In Arlington
Maj George H McLaughlin died Monday in Birmingham at 54. His body was laid to rest at Arlington Cemetery after arriving with family and a guard from the Alabama National Guard. Once the oldest US Army officer, he began as an enlisted man in 1849 and served with William Tecumseh Sherman in the Third Artillery. He was brevetted major in 1864 and advanced to major on the retired list in 1904.
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George Hogg McLaughlin
Birmingham
Ala
Arlington Cemetery
Alabama National Guard
Maj
McLaughlin
United States Army
William Tecumseh Sherman
Old Third Artillery
Births Reported In Local Community Listings
A series of birth notices lists new babies with parents and genders. Names include Frea and Amelia Winkelman with a boy, Henry and Ada Wieck with a girl, James F. and Florence Linekey with a boy, Walter and Amy Lewis with a boy, and many others. Some spellings are inconsistent or misspelled in the scanned text.
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Frea W
Amelia Winkelman
Francia
Selle Weller
Henry
Ada Wieck
Harry L
Kathryn P. Thompson
Wiliam
Mary Tear
Henry E
Mary Stauffer
Maurice
Mary Shricher
Walber J
Nelile Simmons
Howard
Josephine Smith
Bryant
Daisy McMahon
Frank
Flora Miller
James F
Florence Linekey
Ida Lidner
Walter
Amy Lewis
Henderson M
Margaret Jacongy
Veo
Nora Hence
Edgar Romani
Anna Podgkins
Albert W
Chiton and Alberts
Licensed to Marry in Virginia and Maryland
A list of names and ages shows couples and clergymen connected to wedding licenses. Charles Kenedy 22 and Ruby Jackson 19 near Goshen Virginia, with Rev Howard F Downs and others, plus Ruth Mathers 24 and Clarence Pinex 29 of Camp Springs Maryland.
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Charles Kenedy
Ruby Jackson
Noth
Goshen
Howard F. Downs
Richerd A W. Pinex
Camp Springs
Ruth HW Mathers
Clifton
John FE. Briggs
Boun A
Garden
Alice By Hale
J McBride Sterrett
Panigf. Sole
Anita C. Imbeden
Bristol
Herbert Scott Smith
Tena I Wiliams
Gertrude
Robeson
Deaths listed in city notices and hospital records
A long death list shows ages from 1 day to 84 years with residences and hospitals including Sibley, Washington area facilities, and Columbia Hospital. Several infants, children, and adults mentioned plus a note about inaugural festivities and dinners at the Sterling Hotel with music and dancing each night.
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Shaffer
Sterling Hotel
Plaintiff Sues Builder for 20000 After Iron Bar Fall
Plummer Barner hodcarrier seeks 20000 in District Supreme Court for injuries from a bar of iron that fell 90 feet during construction of a ten story apartment house at L street and Vermont avenue northwest. He fractured his skull and multiple bones were damaged. Accident dated August 18, 1916. Lawyers John Ridout and T C Taylor represent Barner.
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Plummer Barner
Tenatory
L Street
Vermont Avenue
District Supreme Court
Joseph W. Collins
Barner
John Ridout
T. C. Taylor
Food Cost Increases Theft Prompt Provisions Thefts
Thefts of provisions reported yesterday indicate that the high cost of living drives unusual activity. The shop of Mary Bishop at 619 U Street Northwest was robbed of bacon sausage and butter valued at 5 dollars. J M Stern at 1421 Belmont Street reported his ice box robbed of provisions valued at 4 dollars. Groceries valued at 10 dollars were stolen from a wagon owned by E G Dickinson at Connecticut Avenue and R Street while the wagon stood in front of an apartment house.
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Mary Bishop
U Street
J. M. Stern
Belmont Street
E. G. Dickinson
Connecticut Avenue
R Street
Weather and Tide Chart with Rain Outlook Across Regions
The notice provides sun and tide data, followed by a forecast from the U S Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau. It indicates cloudy conditions Thursday and Friday with probable rain or snow, moder ate winds along the east, and rain or snow in many regions including the middle Atlantic States, Ohio valley, Tennessee, and parts of the middle Gulf States. Local weather reports show nocturnal temperatures around mid forties and highs near fifty, with rainfall totaling 0 04 and minimal sunshine hours.
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U.S Dept of Agriculture Weather Bureau
Washington
Ferrart
District of Columbia
Virginia
Maryland
Middle Atlantic States
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Arkansas
Middle Gulf States
Rocky Mountain
Kentucky
West Virginia
Pennsylvani
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Mississippi River
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