Citizens' Association Moots Congress Failures in Local Needs
The Northeast Washington Citizens' Association met at Northeast Temple to critique Congress last session. President Tucker praised some gains and condemned omissions impacting streets, a government building site, school salaries, and a proposed cross-town railroad, urging action by district officials.
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Tucker
Citizens’ Association
Cross-town Road
Congress
Washington Citizens’ Association
Association
Northeast Temple
E Tr Tucker
District Engineer Department
St Lows Pair
Th Tomymattes
Jie
Fnil
St. Lews Fair
Fld
Nol
Senate
North Washington Citizens Review Street Service and Parks Plan
The North Washington Citizens Association discusses improved street car service on Fourth Street and cleaner cars. A proposal to convert a shaded area at Rhody Island Avenue Becond and Third Streets into a public playground faces funding hurdles.
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North
Third Streets
G. H. Grapp
Committee On Transport- Vnion
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 to Mark Third Anniversary
Petworth Citizens' Association will celebrate its third anniversary with a combined business and social tonight at 3900 New Hampshire Avenue NW. Officers listed include Ferdinate A. Heitmuller president EW Davis vice president and D J Parteilo secretary. Funeral of Rear Admiral Bright to be private at 3 pm from 1536 T Street with Loyal Legion participation expected. official honors limited to military mourners.
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Petworth Citizens’ Association
W. FL. Gude
New Hampshire Avenue
Tov Orderly
Ferdinate A. Heitmuller
EW Davis
D. J. Parteilo
Bright
T Street
Naval Hospital
the Loyal Legion
Congress Should Pay to Beautify National Capital
A civic meeting at the Falls of the Ancients on New York Avenue gathered about seventy five officials and officers from district associations to promote Washington DC beautification. Louis Shoemaker urged national funding over local taxes, with a mass meeting planned for next week to discuss a nationwide approach to the capital’s improvement.
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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 for business men under the Brotherhood of St Andrew with the theme We Ought to Obey God Rather Than Man. He urged Christians to embrace discipline over worldly pleasures, urged loyalty to God, and contrasted a stiff spine with a jellyfish faith in addressing daily duties and religious life.
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Epiphany Church
Randolph H. McKim
Brotherhood of St. Andrew
Henry ¥. Satterlee
Fishop
Washington
New York
McKim
Russia
Land Company in Court Faces Injunction Request
William A. Richards sues in District Supreme Court against Dana Lincoln and the Lincoln-Richards Band Company seeking an injunction to stop Lincoln from transferring shares of Columbia National Land Dredging Company stock and to bar dividends. A receiver may be appointed. case set for cause on March 24. Also a separate suit in Chicago seeks to recover over $30,000 from Royal League officers for alleged misuse of general fund.
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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
Chicago
Maren Isa
United States
Illinois
B. I. Buehler
Cleveland
Ohio
Charles E. Piper
William E. Hyde
Supreme Council of the
Royal League
Wires to Stay Overhead in Alleys After Ten Years Work
Commissioner Macfarland celebrates final passage of legislation to move electric wires from streets to underground conduits. By rail terminal viaduct completion, most wires to be underground except in alleys for distribution. Telephone and telegraph companies pace set to complete conduit installation this summer and forthwith remove poles on several streets.
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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 staged by Washington School boys
The Washington School for Boys dramatic club presented The Cavalier and the Damsel at Dunster Hall. Pupils produced a lively performance adapted by teacher H R Van Law with strong acting, a notable love scene, and an aftershow dance. Attendees included local families and educators.
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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
Opposed to Negro Exodus Debate At Second Baptist Church
At a regular Second Baptist Church Lyceum meeting on Sunday night Rev Dr Dean Richmond Babbitt urged voluntary Negro Exodus from the South. The discussion ended with a decision against his view. Debaters included Rhea Williamson for, Matthews Wilson Davenport and Smith against. Travis Glascoe spoke against leaving, arguing Babbitt was misled by some colored race-pretentious readers and offered to bring a witness to prove why Negroes should stay.
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Second Baptist Church Lyceum
Dean Richmond Babbitt
South
Rhea
Williamson
Matthews
Wilson
Davenport
Smith
Travis Glascoe
Dean Babbitt
Episcopal Church
Repeated Concert To Fund Permanent Festival Chorus
A plan to repeat the March 24 concert in Pension Building with 500 voices and the Marine Band to raise about $2,000 for a permanent Washington festival chorus. Tickets go on sale Saturday at Sanders & Stuyman. hall seats 3,000, most at 60 cents. Final details expected by March 31 at New Willard.
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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 in Lincoln Era Vision
A speech extols the duties of mothers and wives as central to national life. It praises self sacrifice, warns against selfish indulgence, and frames marriage as a partnership. The speaker urges mothers to raise children with courage, discipline, and respect, balancing affection with stern virtues for future generations.
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Abraham Lincoln
Griselda
Chearty
Ife
Robert Grant
Selma
Nan
Lfe
Mothers and President Roosevelt Speak at Nation’s Children Meeting
Thousands attend a Washington rally at the Metropolitan M E Church where President Theodore Roosevelt, welcomed by Mrs Schoff, extols mothers' work and warns against lax childrearing. He honors mothers and praises family duties and national happiness rooted in strong, trained children.
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M. E
Hoosevelt
Loeb
Frederick Schoff
Philadelphia
Congress
United States
Mrs. Schoff
Albany
New York
White House
Schoff
Theodore Birney
Arthur A. Birney
Senator
Dubsis
Mears
Grice
Bristel
Moral training and immigration in early 20th century schools
The conference emphasizes moral training in public schools as essential for assimilating immigrants and forming good citizens. It calls for an interdenominational code, home and school partnership, and parental associations, citing Utah’s polygamy teaching in some schools and urging broader educational reforms nationwide.
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Congress
United States
Schoff
Utah
Publc
Mormon Church
Nves
Washington
Lincoln
Brigham Young Academy
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