Pleasant Court raid nets arrests in disorderly house case
In a Fourth precinct raid on 313 Pleasant Court Southwest, James Robinson a Negro was arrested for keeping a disorderly house. Among arraigned at Police Court were Lulu Taylor Laura Jackson Samuel Conway William Thompson and Edith Foster who forfeited collateral and fines. Minors were sent to the House of Detention as juvenile guardians investigate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Court
James Robinson
Pleasant Court Southwest
Fourth Precinct
Robinson
Lulu Taylor
Laura Jackson
Samuel Conway
Wiliam Thompson
Edith Foster
Lula Taylor
Edith Erden
William Thompson
Baltimore Housebreaking Suspect Nabbed in City
William Steiner, wanted by Baltimore police for housebreaking and larceny, was arrested here by Detectives Flather, McNamee, and Helan. He was found armed with four revolvers tied to a Baltimore sporting goods store robbery. Two more revolvers were located at his pawned names Joseph Steiner and William Goss. Steiner claims innocence and says he is visiting from Philadelphia. The Baltimore store thefts included penknives razors and sporting goods totaling about 2300 dollars. He will be sent to Baltimore tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam Steiner
Baltimore
Flather
McNamee
Helan
Joseph Steiner
William Goss Steiner
Philadelphia
Steiner
Captured in Pittsburg William F Morgan Arrested on Bad Checks
William F Morgan, sought on charges of passing bad checks to saloonkeepers, was arrested in Pittsburg by Detectives Parham and O'Brien. The checks ranged from 10 to 20 dollars. Morgan, an English immigrant, had been living at 503 Twelfth Street Northwest and previously resided in Alexandria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Morgan
May Sylvester
William F Morgan
Pittsburg
Morgan
Parham
O’brien
Eingland
Twelfth Street
Alexandria
Post Wants Ads and Quick Sales
The Post appeals to business buyers with affordable one cent per word ads. It promotes Burnett's Vanilla Extract as pure vanilla extract and urges readers to subscribe to The Sunday Post for better content, branding Washington's Favorite Newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post
Burnett
Sunday Post
Washington
Court of Appeals snow and ice ruling cited by District
The Court of Appeals held the snow and ice law invalid. District commissioners and Justice Morris face potential dismissals, while Commissioner West notes no surprise and urges prosecutions under the corporation ordinance. West seeks a new police regulation and Congress relief, citing the burden on municipalities to keep sidewalks clear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Appeals
Mr. West
Morris
Treasury
Congress
Morns
West
Mrest
Justice Corr
Paving Contracts Awarded for District Streets
Contracts for paving and street repairs in the District are awarded to Cranford Paving Company and Brennan Construction Company. Projects include asphalt paving on L Street Northeast and K Street Northeast with associated gutters, and sheet asphalt resurfacing on M Street Northeast and Second Street Northeast. Additional work covers New York Avenue Northwest curb repair, Massachusetts Avenue resurfacing, and a service sewer on Nichols Avenue with day labor curb resets and walks relaid on Second Street Northeast and H Street Northeast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ty Col Biddle
Cranford Paving Company
L Street
First
Second Streets
K Street
Second Street
M Streets
Brennan Construction Company
M Street
Fourth Streets
H Street
Third
New York Avenue
Fifth Street
New Jersey Avenue
Massachusetts Avenue
Sixth
Seventh Streets
Fourteenth Street
Rhode Island Avenue
R Street
Third Streets
Nichols Avenue
Morrisom
Franklin Street
Fourteenth Street Extension Damages Report Filed
The board of commissioners appointed to appraise land for the Fourteenth Street northwest extension from Jydeckes avenue to Piney Branch road filed their report. They say parcels 6 to 18 cause no damage due to overall benefits, and that opening the street will start after court confirmation. Awards include 10 dollars for parcels 3 2, 3, and 4 and added improvements on adjacent parcels. parcels 7, 11, and 16 listed with specific values. Washington's Favorite Newspaper announces the forthcoming project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Commissioners
Thomas W. Smith
Joseph D. Wright
Frank E. Raymond
Justice Gould
Fourteenth Street
Jydeckes Avenue
Piney Branch Road
Assessor Darneille Replies to West Letter on Inaccuracies
Assessor H H Darneille says most errors in real property assessments and notices stem from predecessors before his tenure. He warns that fully correcting records would turn his office into a title insurance operation, while detailing steps since 1899 to audit deeds and wills, maintain current card indexes, and weed out past mistakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H Darneille
West
Court of Appeals
Louis Kann
Darneille
Recorder of Deeds
Register of Wills
Real Property Assessment Dilemma in DC Office
The text discusses the impossibility of the office maintaining daily abstracts of deeds, wills, and vital records to determine the legal owner of real estate in the District of Columbia. It notes the goal to identify owners despite this burden and mentions Collector Davis and Mr Darneille preparing responses to Commissioner West within days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Davis
Darneille
West
Mrs Mary Church Terrell Lectures on Women at Shiloh
Mrs Mary Church Terrell honorary president of the National Association of Colored Women spoke at Shiloh Baptist Church on the Berlin woman’s congress held last June. She noted interest from Berlin leaders and admiration among French and German statesmen for women’s education, and described German character traits and the Mogress of woman. A large audience attended the lecture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shiloh Baptist Church
Mary Church Terrell
National Association of Colored Women
Berlin
Germany
Terrell
Geran
City Bulletin announces track-laying permit approval
The District engineer department endorses the Pennsylvania Railroad request to lay a temporary narrow-gauge track along the north side of H street from Second street to New Jersey avenue, in connection with the Virginia avenue tunnel project. Various local ads and notices follow, including promotions for goods, services, and events around 1920s Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad
H Street
Second Street
New Jersey Avenue
Virginia Avenue
Engineer Department of
District of Columbia
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Saks
Saks & Company
Pennsylvania Avenue
Seventh Street
China
Japan
House
Herrmann
7Th and I
Eye
Sts. N. W
C. & P. Telephone Co
People’s Whiskey
McGuire
Platina
R. P. Andrews Paper Co
la. Ave
Selinger’s
Ljandoline
Uvarnul Aciuan Taco
Spriig
Patent Office
Department
City Bulletin
Havemner
Bbberly's
7Th St Nw
Harris
Waldman
7Th St
Joyce Engraving Company
Star
Ninth Provision Co
Datswell
Fogel’s
Fred
Tobias Bush
St. Aw
Williams’ Drug Store
Wagner
Yeas, Chocolate, Inc
Navy Beans
J. T Pyles
Lousiana Avenue
Affieck
The
Kaufman
D. J
Pa. Ave
Home Savings Bank
Yth and
Mass. Ave
Brostee
Seventh St
Ceres
Rollet
George E. Hebbard
Ninth Street
A. Have. Ee
Peice
Exvert Ag
Prites Moat
Corrales i Ioc A. Kahn
F Street
Epprben
Mayer & Co
Vermont
John H. Magruder
Te Grocerico and Wines
Cor. Conn. Ave
K St
Castelberg’s
Jeweler
Optician
Elias Raff Liquor Co
7Th St. S. W
W. F. Andrews
Prizm
Adler
Mass. Ave. N. W
Victor E. Adler
Clothing House
Tth
St. Nw
Colonial Wine Co
9Th St. “MaUniers Fillet
Iiet
A. Kahn
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