Missioners consider bill to rename Sixteenth Street
District Commissioners review a Senate introduced bill by Senator Carter to rename Sixteenth Street Executive Avenue. Col. Biddle, Engineer Commissioner, will decide on advisability, with routes defining a residential boulevard from the White House to the District line.
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Sixteenth Street
Executive Avenue
Senate
Carter
Col. Biddle
Col Biddle
White House
Cure by the Cuticura Remedies Endorsed by Patient
Liszie E. Sledge of Selma Alabama credits Cuticura Resolvent Soap and Ointment with curing extensive eczema after initial doctors failed. She reports removal of all black skin patches and itching within six months and claims the remedies also helped other conditions. The testimonial, dated October 28 1905, promotes the Cuticura line as world leading.
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New York
Say
Liszie E. Sledge
Jones Ave
Selma
Beim
Education measures amend compulsory schooling and child labor
The House District Committee favored amendments to education and child labor bills in Washington. The proposal requires children aged eight to fourteen to attend school with work allowed only during vacations and limited to eight hours a day. Penalties apply for truancy, and under sixteen-year-olds cannot be employed at night. A separate Morrell measure outlines condemnation procedures in District Supreme Court with notices, jury review, benefits assessments, and appeals.
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Washington
Morrell
Pennsylvania
United States
Court of Appeals of
Thief at Work Strikes Downtown Stores in Washington
Mrs. Mary Plant of Glencarlyn Va reports her handbag stolen after she placed a purse on a store counter during a shopping trip in Washington. Police say a well dressed woman near her resembled other victims and may be aided by confederates as the thief continues operations despite warnings and citywide watch.
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Mary Plant
Glencarlyn
Heme
Mossell Will Filed in District Supreme Court Probate
The will of Cornelia Mossell dated June 1995 was offered yesterday for probate. Bequests include 5000 to husband Charles W Mossell of Lockport for a school home benefit, 500 to Rev RW Arnold, 270 to Right Rev BF Ler mishap of the Ohio conference, 500 to Mahalah J Jackson, 200 to the eldest son of Richard Morris, with other small sums. Remainder goes to husband. executor named.
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Cornelia Mossell
District Supreme Court
Charles W Mossell
Lockport
NW OY
Elthely
A. MW. Church
RW Arnold
BF Ler
Ohio Conference
A. M. Bi
Mahalah
Jackson
Richard Morris
Halle
Fooled the Detectives In A Sherlock Holmes Mystery
Fourteen year old servant Sylvia Fouts admitted details about a stolen watch from Mrs Birdle Motherhead of 184 Corcoran Street. The watch, recovered from a Georgetown jeweler, was claimed burned in a furnace but no ashes showed it. She later said she gave it to a Georgetown person, a story the police said proved false. The item will be used as evidence against her while she remains in detention.
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Sylvia Fouts
Birdle Motherhead
Corcoran
Georgetown
Injunction Sought Over Railroad Bridge and Parking Dispute
George Truesdell of Eckington petitions the District Supreme Court to block plans by District Commissioners to erect a T street bridge near Fourth street and to move rail tracks from the street center onto his parking strip. He argues such moves injure his property rights, destroy trees and sod, and lack compensation under the union station acts. The case cites that the railroad already has 18 tracks on T street and seeks to relocate them, prompting the injunction request.
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George Truesdell
Eckington
Justice Stafford
District Supreme Court
Truesdell
T Street
Fourth Street
Union Station
Fourth and
T Streets
Congress
Union Station Act
Market proposal on Fourteenth Street faces opposition
Chairman Gallinger's inquiry on a market at the Capital Traction car barns site finds no permit application. The Commissioners and nearby residents oppose establishing a market there, having received many letters protesting the plan.
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Gallinger
District Committee of the Senate
Fourteenth Street
Capital Traction Company
Harrison Held for Assault at Center Market
Police Judge Kimball held Judson Harrison, proprietor of a commission store at Center Market, to the grand jury on a $1 bond for assaulting John Quander. Quander was struck on the head with a weight during a dispute two weeks earlier, fracturing his skull. Exhibits of lead ore in Giddings & Steel windows 83 Pa. ave. nw attract attention, with two large pieces and thousands of small pieces offered with a booklet. Reisinger’s Strawberry Ice Cream, Rogerson's specials, and other local ads appear. Ida M. Gates seeks divorce from Charles J. Gates, citing separation since 1901 and requesting custody of three children.
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Harrison
Kimball
Judson Harrison
Center Market
Grand
John Quander
Quander
Giddings & Steel
Pa. Ave
Virginia
District Supreme Court
Ida M. Gates
Charles J. Gates
Arnold Pleads Guilty In Liquor License Case
August Arnold pleads guilty in Police Court to selling liquor without a license. A $250 fine, the minimum, is imposed with seven days suspended to allow payment. His mother, also charged, is ill and not tried. Arnold was arrested January 14 at a Sheppard Road wine store.
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August Arnold
Mulloway
Arnold
Sheppard Road
Will Celebrate Golden Jubilee At Church Service
A golden jubilee service will be held at Galbraith A M E Church this evening. The Wilberforce Club will host with several named members attending. A reception is planned for Maj. Charles R. Miller on his arrival from Cleveland, with a committee arranging events. A separate note mentions a divorce suit filed by Margertia V. Trowand for a limited divorce from Todd Trowand. Velvet Hind ice cream is advertised as a superior product.
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Galbraith A. M. EL
Tononow
Wilberforce Club
Mary 5. Shaw
Aliis Josephine Patterson
Clarence Maio
Mamie Tapscott
C. G Harrs
TL Carruthers
Mame Fri
John C. Danes
Wo Scott Mary
Anns P Cole
Selena B. Lovett
Charles R. Miller
Cleveland
United Spanish War Veterans
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