Citizens' Association laments Congress failure on local measures
March association meeting in Northeast Washington reviewed Congress last session missteps. President Tucker highlighted lack of action on streetcar vestibules, street improvements funding, and cross-town railroad relief. Discussion included plans for a government building at St Louis Fair site and opposition to grade crossings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucker
Citizens’ Association
Cross-town Road
Congress
Washington Citizens’ Association
Association
Northeast Temple
E Tr Tucker
District Engineer Department
St Lows
Theomymates
Jie
Fnil
Anwrusodl Teacure
Listmet Engineer Commission
Navy
Navy Yard
Millard
Hull
Court of Appeals
Hin
St Yverdl
St. Lews Fair
Fld. Ouster
Senate
North Washington Citizens Discuss Transit and Parks
The North Washington Citizens Association met to review car service on Fourth Street and added routes improvements. They propose converting a Bounded area near Rhody Island Avenue into a public playground with potential parkland funding, and seek flagstone sidewalks on V Street to aid schoolchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North
Third Streets
G. H. Grapp
Committee On Transportation
Murphy
Piladelphia
Union Transfer Company
Nerth
Woostreet
Chatman Jo
Costinett
V Street
Wirst Street
Plagler Place
Gage School
Clifton E. Emig
Richard Kingsman
Board of Education
Banduet
Petworth Citizens' Association Plans Third Anniversary Meeting
The Petworth Citizens' Association marks its third anniversary with a combined business and social gathering tonight at 3900 New Hampshire Ave NW. Officers listed include President Ferdinate A. Heitmuller, Vice President EW Davis, Treasurer D J Parteilo, Secretary, with refreshments after the session. The event highlights local reform work and community progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petworth Citizens’ Association
W. FL. Gude
New Hampshire Avenue
Tov Orderly
Ferdinate A. Heitmuller
EW Davis
D. J. Parteilo
Congress Should Pay to Beautify National Capital
A citizens meeting gathered about seventy five officers and members from several associations to discuss Washington beautification. Ex president Louis Shoemaker led calls for national funding, not District taxpayers, with a mass meeting planned for early next week and various local leaders lending support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens’ Associations
Falls of the Ancients
New York Avenue
Thirteenth Street
Louis P. Shoe~maker
Brightwood Citizens’ Association
Washington
District of Columbia
Lhpemaker
Flo
Congress
United States
Shoemaker
Thomas W. Smith
Board of Trade
C. S. Bundy
Columbia Heights’ Association
Col. E. B. Townsend
Mount Pleasant Association
R. A. Neale
Chicago
W. G. Platt
Takoma Park Association
W. M. Clayton
Brightwood Park Association
Jacoo Xander
A. M. McLaughlin
John G. Keene
Lightweod Association
Smith
Halls of the Ancients
Noonday Lenten Services Begin at Epiphany Church
Rev. Dr. Randolph H. McKim opened Epiphany Church noonday Lenten Services urged laymen to obey God over man. He urged loyalty, self sacrifice, and warned against a jelly fish faith while praising Mikado soldiers as models. The Brotherhood of St. Andrew organized daily noon addresses throughout Lent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epiphany Church
Randolph H. McKim
Brotherhood of St. Andrew
Henry ¥. Satterlee
Fishop
Washington
New York
McKim
Russia
LAND COMPANY IN COURT OVER SHARES AND FUNDS
William A. Richards sues in District Supreme Court to stop Dana Lincoln from transferring Lincoln Richards Land Co stock and from compromising with Columbia National Sand Dredging Co. A receiver may be appointed to collect dividends. Court set cause for March 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Richards
District Supreme Court
Dana Lincoln
Lincoln-Richards Band Company
Lincoln
Columbia National Land Dredging Company
Mr. Lincoln
Lincoln-Richards Land Company
Henry W. Sohon
W. C. Prentiss
Messrs
Lincoln and Richards
Linco
Columbia, National Sand Dredging Company
Lincoln-Richards Sand Company
Columbia,National Sand Dredging Company
Richards
Wires Filed for Underground Conversion Progress Report
Commissioner Macfarland celebrates passage of final legislation to move electric wires underground in most of the city. By rail terminal viaduct completion, only alleys retain overhead distribution cables. Telegraph firms prepare to remove lines from poles, with Western Union and Postal Telegraph plans noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macfarland
Second
B Streets
B Street
Third Street
Missouri Avenue
Sixth Street
Twenty-third Street
Rock Creek
Cincinnati Street
Columbia Road
Sixteenth Street
Park Street
Whitney Avenue
Eeventh Street
R Street
New Jersey Avenue
C Street
Second Street
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Congress
Festal Telegraph Company
Western Union
Allen
Teegraph
Fourteenth Street
Pennsylvania, Avenue
G Street
Postal Telegraph Company
Conauite
Norttheast
Cavalier and Damsel played by Washington School boys
The Washington School for Boys staged The Cavalier and the Damsel at Dunster Hall. Pupils adapted the Lear-inspired comedy for the occasion. Notable young performers included C. Glover Jr and H. P. Cooper. A postshow dance followed. guests included local families and educators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington School For Boys
Dramatic Club
Dunster Hall
Lear
H. R. van Law
Bugés
C. Glover, Jr
Sara
H. P. Cooper
Samuel Full
James R. Elleson
Miss Avery
Washington Seminary
Thomas R. Bard
Bard
Nash
Felix Cole
Ralph B Alien
Cordelia de Garmendia
Herman H. Partner
George R. Hemenway
Paul Woodward
Horace Polk Cooper
Charles Carroll Glover, Jr
Mewton K. Fox
Thomas G. Bach
Ralph Holden Binns, Jr
Arthur L. Elisa
Debate Over Negro Exodus At Second Baptist Lyceum
At a Sunday night meeting the Second Baptist Church Lyceum discussed Rev Dr Dean Babbitts advice that the Negro should voluntarily leave the South. The debate split pro and con with Rhea Williamson Matthews Wilson Davenport and Smith arguing the negative. Travis Glascoe condemned the exodus and challenged Babbitt to bring a witness to prove why blacks should stay and how relationships in the South really stand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Baptist Church Lyceum
Dean Richmond Babbitt
South
Rhea
Williamson
Matthews
Wilson
Davenport
Smith
Travis Glascoe
Dean Babbitt
Episcopal Church
Repeating Concert Aids Washington Festival Chorus
A conference between Percy S. Foster and Santelmann of the Marine Band leads to repeating the March 24 concert in Pension Building with 500 singers and the Marine Band. Tickets on sale Saturday. 3,000 seats, most at 60 cents. Proceeds fund a permanent Washington festival chorus with plans for a larger hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy
Foster
Santelmann
United States Marine Band
Pension Building
Convention Hall
Marine Band
Sanders & Stuyman
F Street
Washington Festival
S. W. Woodward
Commissioner West
Festival Chorus
No Easy Life for Mother and the Duty of Wife
A Lyndon-like exhortation to mothers about self sacrifice and family duty. It argues marriage as a partnership with duties preceding rights, and urges women to raise children with both love and firmness, preparing sons for hard work and daughters for responsibility, to sustain future generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Lincoln
Griselda
Mothers Speak and Roosevelt Addresses Nation at Mothers Congress
The piece centers on women’s role and childrearing, arguing against selfish childlessness and praising parental duty. It describes a Washington gathering where President Roosevelt, welcomed by Mrs. Schoff, extols mothers’ heroism and the family’s foundation of national happiness, with 3000 attendees inside and many more turned away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E
Hoosevelt
Loeb
Frederick Schoff
Philadelphia
Congress
United States
Mrs. Schoff
Albany
New York
White House
Schoff
Theodore Birney
Arthur A. Birney
Dubsis
Mears
Grice
Bristel
National Conference of Charities and Corrections
WW. Murphy
California Congress of Mothers
California
Charles N. Thorpe
New Century Women’s Club
A. A. Birney
Washington
Mothers’ Club
Hillis
Des Moines
Iowa
Jeffries
Ohio
Herman H. Birney
Mount Vernon
Senator Dubois
Idaho
Margaret Dye Millin
Women’s Congress Addresses Moral Training in Schools
A national congress focused on strengthening home life and public morals through schooling. Speakers urged embedding moral training, English literacy, and parental associations in schools, citing Utah polygamy exposure and calls for interdenominational moral codes and broader civic education.
Also Mentioned on This Page
East End
North Washington Citizens
Bright
T Street
Naval Hospital
the Loyal Legion
nRbHie
Avans Ales
Lincoln- Richards
Maren Isa
Illinois
B. I. Buehler
Cleveland
Charles E. Piper
William E. Hyde
Supreme Council of the
Royal League
Cavalier
Columbia Height
Columbia Heights
Northcourt
North Court
Edith M. Irvine
Baptist Lyceum
Rev. Babbitt
Washington Ruet
United States Steel Corporation
Via
Munyon
Cary
Ife
Robert Grant
Selma
Nan
Lfe
Massachusetts Avenue
Utah
Publc
Mormon Church
Nves
Brigham Young Academy
DR. Fenner
Muncie, Ind
Br. Fenner
Tama
Jas. P. Smith
M. M. Fenner
M. D
Fredonia
N. Y
Affleck
Pa.Ave
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