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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1922
Page
4
A man named Pete Simmons, found shelter under a police station canopy, told the court he wandered cities seeking work but could not find a job. Judge Hardison sentenced him to 60 days in jail, noting his need for food and a place to stay as he faced starvation.
Relph H Faulkner, returned from St Louis, pleaded guilty to three counts of passing bad checks and not guilty to large charge of false pretenses. Bond set at 2000 dollars. held for grand jury. Hotels Washington Harrington Raleigh cited as victims. Local woman Lillian Luken reports losses from $100 in checks. Action postponed to March 25 by Judge McMehon.
Mrs. Van Antwerp, owner Sallie Antwa r p , asks the rent commission to approve a schedule for the apartment house at 901 Twentieth Street Northwest. She contends current rents are inadequate for upkeep and a fair return on a property valued at about $75,000, proposing increases from 34 to 40 percent higher than present.
Birth notices show a long string of parent names and fragments describing newborns. Several entries mention girls and boys with various surnames, including Dunlop, Leatur, Genie, Brerkitridge, Breen, Mahoney, Johnson, and Washington, among others. The text is fragmented with garbled names and inconsistent punctuation.
A garbled notice lists multiple marriage licenses with names, ages, and locations including Orange County Virginia Hyattsville Maryland and Alexandria. Reverends Freeman Davis Langhorne Jeffries and others appear in the text.
A list of deaths includes Edwin J. Gartright 47, White Curtis 24, Mary Flood 62, Lydia Smilife 81, Frank Knock 48, Thomas Hartman 66, Mary Jones 75, Virginia M. Epes 28, Homer D. Beall 36, Isabella Anine 64, Bertha Powell 48, Elia Capps 62, Esther Kaniz 76, Joseph Morrison 64, Majers 57, Jane Gordon 76, Mary Walsh 75, Helene Humboldt 58, Carl Engerquist 64, James Baden 2, Frederick Bickenberger 3, Ruby Sanderson 3 days, Lillian Johnson 24, Charles Armstrong 35, Bettie Lewis 48, Rich Dudley 45, Walter Montgomery 25, Annie Jefferes 28, Maggie Clark 41, Andrew Mitchell 72, and others from multiple city addresses and institutions including hospitals and universities.
Haynes Blair files an answer for West Vernon district in a suit brought by the Rhode Island Liquor Company Inc New York City alleging the permit denial to operate as a wholesale druggists. The government contends the firm is not a wholesale liquor business and thus not eligible. the commissioner allegedly refused the permit arbitrarily.
A grand jury returned thirteen indictments, three accusing murder in the first degree. Others cover nonsupport, housebreaking, and various offenses. Named defendants include James Alphonso Bryant, William Frederick, Joseph Parker, and Wesley King in murder cases, plus Abbie Robertson charged with obscene letters to the U.S. Shipping Board. Weather and tide data follow as standard district notices.
An ad-like line promotes Gude Pepto Mangan as a health tonic. It asserts the product can make you well strong and look fine by absorbing easily into the system and giving color to lips and cheeks. The wording is fragmented and mimics an old newspaper style.
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