Women Mission Workers Report Large Increase in Contributions
The annual meeting of the Society of the Covenant at Church of the Covenant on Connecticut avenue drew nearly all 200 members. They reported raising 4000 dollars, funding missionary schools in the United States and abroad including Preedman’s schools, Georgetown Industrial School, Laura Sunderland School, and Indian schools. Mrs. Ella A. Boole spoke on Home Missions work among Indians, mountaineers, and Porto Ricans, with a note of a General Board meeting at West Street Presbyterian Church in Georgetown to hear Rev Slavok and Mrs Boole.
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Society of the Covenant
Ladies of the Church
Church of the Covenant
Connecticut Avenue
Asia
Preedman’s
Georgetown
Laura Sunderland
Concord
Tucson
Aziz
Ella A. Boole
Women's Board
Home Missions
New York City
North Caroina
General Board of Presbyterian Missions
West Street Presbyterian Church
Slavok
Baltimore
Ella A Boole
Board of
Wome Missions
New York
Death of John A Clarke Shakes District Legal Circles
John A Clarke longtime figure in District legal affairs dies after a long illness at fifty nine. Born in the courthouse he built a notable practice representing local corporations and criminal cases. Judge Kimball adjourned Police Court in his memory as the body is prepared for funeral at Lee's. Surviving: two children and three brothers.
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John A. Clarke
Kimball
Samuel J. Brent
Brent
Thomas
Miller
Clarke
Lee
Plans for Great Hall Joint Committees Talk Over Auditorium Idea
Washington committees assembled to discuss a proposed city auditorium using steel from the St. Louis government exhibit. West outlined cost estimates, site options, and funding by selling stock while urging a public, district based location and data from other cities to guide plans.
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West
St. Louis
Washington Board of Trade
Businese Men's Associations
Washington
Commissioner West
Messrs
George Truesdell
Charles J. Bell
Aldis B. Browne
C. C. Glover
John H. Magrud
Pension
Congress
National Conventions of Trade
J. E. Bates
Ailes
Roosevelt
Weller
F Street
Wilson
Major Sylvester
Corcoran Thom
Wallace H. Hills
H. ¥. Boynton
Ellis Spear
William S. Knox
Frederick D. Owen
Pennsylvania Avenue
War Department
Pension Building
Woodward withdraws resignation as board of charities chief
J Woodward decides to stay as president of the board of charities after a conference with Commissioner Macfarland. Pressure from private and public duties prompted his earlier resignations, but officials insist replacing him would hinder reform efforts tied to late appropriations and board goals.
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YMCA
Woodward
Congress
Macfarland
Board of Charities
Name Drake in Second Suit Writ to Revoke Insurance License
The Royal Benefit Society sues Thomas E. Drake district of Columbia superintendent of insurance seeking a writ of mandamus to revoke Workingman's Co operative Association license. It alleges the 1891 certificate lacks required trustees and district operation details and that Drake issued a void license. The petition claims Drake knew or should have known the license was illegal.
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Thomas E. Drake
District of Columbia
Royal Benefit Society
Wickingman’s Co-operative Association
Drake
Workingman's Co-operative Association
Congress
Superintendent of Insurance
Street sanitation calls for merchant co operation
Superintendent Stidham urges Seventh street merchants to curb littering and calls attention to a heavy ice deposit on Avenue between Nineteenth and Twentieth streets. He notes many streets share this issue and asks merchants to tell porters to handle paper and rubbish carefully to brighten the city.
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Stidham
Morris Hahn
Pennsylvania Avenue
Hahn
Seventh Street
Appeal in the King Case reaches Supreme Court
City bulletin reports the Court of Appeals on Wednesday allowed an appeal to the United States Supreme Court in Kann and Webb v. King et al. Bond on appeal set at 2500 for Kann and 1000 for Webb. The note lists local drugstore ads and tradesmen appearing in the issue.
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King
Kann
King & Webb
Caroline King
Court of Appeals
United States Supreme Court
Webb
As & Superseders
Forfeited Bail in Assault Case at Police Court
Marlin Flannegan of 1310 Pennsylvania avenue forfeited 320 collateral in Police Court yesterday after his case was called. He is charged with assaulting Robert C. Carter at 811 Twenty-first street northwest. The notice includes unrelated health tips and advertisements embedded in the text.
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Marlin Flannegan
Pennsylvania Avenue
Flannagan
Robert C. Carter
Pnouves
Twenty-first Street
The Masquerade praised as a best selling novel
The Masquerade remains the world’s best selling book, drawing praise from major papers. Critics hail it as a masterful, sweeping romance about a strong man and a strong woman pursuing happiness amid moral constraints, with wide reader appeal and dramatic storytelling.
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New York Evening Mall
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Boots
Oxfords
Saka & Company Events
C. & P. Telephone Co
Twelfth Street
R Street
Home Savings Bank
7Th and
Mass. Ave
R. P. Andrews
la. Ave
Andoline
Archive
John A Clarke
D. J. Kaufman
Pa. Ave
Bell
Maj
Sylvester
Police Department
Hell
Charles T. Russell
É&C
Sun
Odd Fellows’ Hall
St. Nw
Workingman’s Co-operative Association
ASES
Belt
Potomac
Rixey
Virginia
Alexandria
Virginia City
Nicholson
Leonard V. Seth
Burnett
City Bulletin
Williams’ Drug Store
C. Olson
Waidman
7Th St
Healthtone
Affieck’s Drug Store
Will
Affreck
Joyce Exigraving Company
Btar Bldg
NEW Publications
Directoire
Paris
Helen Berkeley-Loyd
Berkeley-Loyd
Butterick
Butterick Publishing Co., Ltd
M. N. Harper
G Street
J.T D. Fyles
Meludi
Miller Oil
G. C. A. Muddiman & Co
Stafford
Kathryn E. Israel
Percy Belt Israel
Mrs. Israel
Deeiee
Kathryn E. Clarks
Mint
Biz Bill Cannon
Cannon
Affleck Drug Store
Harper’s Book News
Morris
A. Ses
John F. Ellis & Co
Selinger’s
Bet
Harper & Brothers
N. Y
CERES
Roner
Fin
California
Ehmann
John H. Magruder
Crecente and Wines
Chestnut Farms Sanitary Dairy
Geo. M. Oyster, Jr
Prop
Moe
A. Kahn
ADLER
Mass, Ave
Victor £. Adler
7Th St. Hw
Jackson Bros
Great Cash House
Seventh St
Favorie Family
Colonial Wine Co
Washington Gas Light
Union Cto
MEI
Warner
Warners
Warners Safe Care Company
Rochester
Washington Post
Forbenol Dental Chemical CO. Cine
Seise Te” de
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