House Favors Defeat of Borland Rider Amid Civic Joy
Joy widespread in city life as the Borland amendment to raise the workday for District government employees fails in the House by three votes. Business and civic leaders praise Congress members who opposed the rider, while district commissioners remain silent. Clerks' union and various trade bodies protest the measure as burdensome to government workers.
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Rider
Borland
Chamber of Commerce
HM. McLarin
Federal Civil Service Emloyes’ Union
Congress
Borland Rider
Government Clerks Union
C. Brandenburg
Board of Trade
Ltis
Ross P. Andrews
Retail Marchants’ Association
American Federation of Labor
Organized Labor
Mondell
Missouri
Crisp
Committee On Appropriations
Atricken
House
United States
Treasury
Mr. Crisp
Gailivan
America
Smith
Idaho
Austin
Tennessee
Garland
Pennsylvania
Rnder
Galdt
Democratic Party
Employes
Opposes D. C. Self-Rule and Mall Power Plant
Senator Clapp of Minnesota voices strong opposition to popular rule in Washington. He urges a comprehensive plan for development and rejects a central power plant on the mall as harmful to the capital’s artistic growth while calling for a city charter balancing Congress veto and popular enactment.
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Washington
Clapp
Minnesota
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Commissioners
Congress
Congressional Library
National Commission
Union Station
New City Post Office
Austin
Tennessee
Ottenberg
Chamber
Washington-Lessburg Pike
Thurston
W.T. Borden
Bureau of Education
Alexandria Council Grants Access to 1744 Weights and Measures
The Alexandria Common Council unanimously allowed the Alexandria Circle Colonial Dames of America to move colonial weights and measures from the market master’s office to a barred case in City Hall main corridor for public viewing. Other actions included sewer funding, annexation bond discussions, street and postal lines agreements, and inquiries into water rates. The board failed to muster a quorum and adjourned to tonight.
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Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
Common Council
Alexandria Circle
Colonial Dames of America
England
Fairfax
Mary G. Powell
Tenn
Alexandria County
Fairfax County
Duke Street
Committee On Streets
Postal Telegraph Company
Union Station
Council
Samuel P. Fisher
Washington-Virginia Electric Railway Company
Spring Park
State Corporation Commission
Co- Spocatine Charities Association
Alexandrian
George H. Rucker
Argu
Fire Department
Careceming
Alexandria Water Company
Board of Aldermen
Alexandria firms seek charters and service expansion
The National Loan and Construction Corporation and Green Ridge Valley Orchard Company seek charters in Alexandria with officers named C. Nicol Jr and Gardner L. Boothe for loans and fruit production. Postal service considers adding two carriers to Braddock Heights and Cottage Park if street lights sidewalks and house numbers exist. Mrs Elizabeth Mumford of 516 Queen Street dies leaving five children. funeral held at St Dominics Church. John Carroll's body arrives and is cremated at Bethel Cemetery after services.
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Alexandria
Elizabeth Mumford
Queen Street
John
Richard
Charles
Harvey Mumford
Kenneth Richardson
Potomac
Alexandria County
St. Dominic’s Catholic Church
Washington
John Carroll
Bethel Cemetery
Funeral of Gustavus Brandt in Washington
Funeral services for Gustavus Adolph Brandt aged 72, longtime adjutant general clerk, will be held at 2 o'clock this afternoon at his late residence 631 Maryland avenue southwest. Rev C F Edwards will officiate with interment at Glenwood Cemetery. Brandt was born in North Carolina, raised in Georgia and Virginia, came to Washington before the Civil War, served with Union forces at Long Bridge, later joined Lewis Johnson & Co, and then the adjutant general's office. He married Sarah Barnard in 1867 and belonged to Garfield Post No. 7 G A R and the Association of Oldest Inhabitants.
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Gustavus Adolph Brandt
Adjutant General's Office
War Department
Maryland Avenue
C. F. Edwards
Epiphany Protestant Episcopal Chapel
Glenwood Cementery
Brandt
North Carolina
Georgia
Virginia
Washington
Aifles
Guardisg Longbridge
Lewis Johnson & Co
Adjutant General 'S
Offic
Misa Sarah Barnard
Theodore Barnard
Associated Press
Cathedral School Boys Choir to Present Representative Church Music
Preparations by the 25 boys choir of the Cathedral School for Boys for a forthcoming program of church music. The lineup includes pieces by Parker Noble Mendelssohn Stainer and Elijah. Funded by Harriet Lane Johnson’s bequest, the Lana Johnson building and an endowment support free maintenance and training of boys in the cathedral service. A separate note: a petition to Congress seeks a DC prohibition referendum, arguing current measures threaten freedom of conscience and personal rights.
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Cathedral School
Horatio Parker
Tertius Noble
Mendelssohn
Sir John Stainer
Gaul
Holy City
Elijah
Mra
Harriet
Lane Johnson
Buchanan
Lana-Johnson
Rana
An Empty Room Gathers No Rent
A persuasive appeal asks why an empty room cannot help pay home running costs. It suggests earning pin money to fund recreational trips to the country or shore during hot weather.
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Federation of Labor
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Kansas City
William Schrey Howard
Mann
Mr. Borland
Mr. Good
Laws
Clark
Bill
Speaker
Mr. Mann
Ben Johnson
Kentucky
Rufus Hardy
Texas
Holman
Representaive Helm
Britt
Tion
Nolin
California
Uni
Kent
Kant
Becaus
Chessy
Rhode Taland
Hera
Ndeaver
Sisson
Mississippi
Madden
Illinois
Stafford
Wisconsin
Howard
City Hall
Ewo
Othe
Morton G. Thalhimer
Richmond
Choice Williamsburg
DuPont Plant
Williamsburg
Cam
East Williamsburg
DuPont
Old City
Hopewell
Morton G. Thashimer
First National Bank
Richmond, Virginia
Williamsburg Hotel
Courthouse
W. R. L. Smith, Jr
Mgr
A. Brandt
Alaska
Federal ‘Trade Commission
Yester Jon
Rechmlisifr
Lewis H.haney
Complasion
Morton G. Thathimer
Mame
National Bank Builiding
Sud Bel
District of Columbia
Forresters of America
Eagles Hall
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