Compulsory Education Debate Voices in Washington Mass Meeting
Speakers Representative Littlefield of Maine and Greene of Massachusetts urged universal school attendance at the Public Library. They warned 12,661 daily absences equate to loss for each student and noted 4,500 children employed instead of attending school. They pressed for broad legislation and free textbooks to strengthen the District’s schools.
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Messrs. Littlefield and
Greene
Washington
Littlefield
Maine
Massachusetts
Ulysses G. B Pacree
AU Souls’ Church
University of the Common People
Citzen
Congress
Indiana Territory
William S. Greene
Committee On
District of Columbia
Subcommittee
Stuart
Cannon
Tum Lun
House of Representatives
W H MacDonald Dead Boston-born Actor Leader of Bostonians
William E MacDonald a founder of the Bostonians comic opera company died in Sprmpfiel Mass at fifty six after a rehearsal against his physician's advice He was born in Steubenville Ohio and helped organize the Bostonians with Henry Jay Barpabee and Tom Karl He trained in England Germany and Italy and first appeared in Ti Trovatore in Italy before performing publicly with the Emma Abbott Company.
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Sprmpfiel
Mass
Weliam H MacDonald
Bostonians Company
Mr. MacDonald
Steubenville
Ohlo
William E. MacDonald
Anaerts
Boston Ideals
Henry Jay Barpabee
Tom Karl
Bostonians
MacDonald
Wth
England
Germany
Italy
Emma Abbott
Bridge Agent Convicted On Restraint Of Trade Indictment
Sandusky Ohio March 7 Henry Hughes of Fremont first of eighteen bridge agents and corporations to be tried on an Erie County grand jury indictment charging conspiracy in restraint of trade under the Valentine and trust law found guilty late this afternoon. Jury out an hour. Commission ers likely report unfavorably on Tillman proposed Gerard street grade plan. Bradle says $10 000 estimate may cover costs but not recommended now.
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Sandusky
Ohio
Henry Hughes
Fremont
Erie County Grand Jury
Gerard Street
Tillman
South Brackland
Twelfth Street
Sreetwood Road
Bradle
Men’s Society Social at Epworth Church on Capitol Hill
The Men’s Society of Epworth Methodist Episcopal Church held its first social meeting in the church lecture room with a large audience. Baltimore’s Ho ttdeprand led the program featuring a recitation and ventriloquism, piano solos, a trombone piece, an original poem, and a spoken address by Rev B. J. Blakemore. A constitution was adopted and officers were elected for the year: President L. Fierce Boteler, Vice President C. Hugh Monroe, Secretary S. H. Galther, Treasurer F. Moore, Chaplain P. Disney, and Reporter J. B. Edmunds.
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Men's Society of
Epworth Methodist Episcopal Church Booth
Capitol
Ho Ttdeprand
Baltimore
Moss
Joha Potter
DF Finn
R.A. Pear- Son
Xhes Porter
FE. Woodward
Gaither
B. J. Blakemore
Uriel
C. Hugh Monroe
S. 9. Galther
F. Moore
P. Disney
J. B. Edmunds
Carnegie Gifts 2 Million for Technical School
Pittsburg March 7 Andrew Carnegie announced a 2 million gift in addition to prior contributions for Carnegie Technical School. The grant, via a trustee committee in Hot Springs Virginia, will not fund buildings. Carnegie aims to complete the Margaret Morrison Carnegie School for Women soon and cover its expenses. the full technical school is expected to cost about 5 million.
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Pittsburg
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie Technical School
Carnegie
Hot Springs
United States
Margaret Morrison Carnegie
Teens Nabbed After City Bicycle Theft Tour Ends
Harry Owens William McConnell and Charles Hurley all sixteen were arrested in Hyattsville Md by Deputy Sheriffs Wingonami Rush on charges of stealing three bicycles found in their possession Detectives Jumbo and Grant identified the wheels and the youths confessed at the police HQ They were taken to the House of Detention with a court appearance planned for this morning.
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Harry ©. Owens
William McConnell
Charles O. Hurley
Hyattsville
Wingonami Rush
Jumbo
Grant
First Street
Therida
Bladensboro Frond
Potowac
Prince George County
Trumbo
Buys A Lot On F Street In Bid For Hutchins Site
The sale of a twenty five by one hundred foot lot on Eighth and F streets, near the Le Droit Building, is reported to have been made to J P Woodley of Norfolk. Real estate men suspect Stilson Hutchins may end up owning the property as a potential site for a new government building. The deal was handled by W I Mopkins with Louis D Wine & Co, price listed at 12600. The lot includes a three story brick building with nominal income, and observers note plans for a possible government complex housing the Bureau of Commerce and Labor. Hopkins and Hutchins offices declined to discuss details. In other news, the Hardy Dramatic Company plans a Burnside Woman's Relief Corps event at Grand Army Hall.
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le Droit
Eighth and
F Street
J. P Woodley
Norfolk
Sulson Tutekins
W. I. Mopkins
Louis D. Wine & Co
Pla
Eighth Street
Hutchins
Ninth
Bureau of Commerce and Labor
Hopkins
Ffutchins
Kite Telegraph Experiments by Bell Use Tetrahedral Kites
Experiments near Arlington Virginia test wireless messages via Dr Bell’s tetrahedral kites reaching a station 200 feet high with a 2000 foot wire, receiving signals from the Washington naval yard and a New Jersey coast station. Messages included greetings from Abraham White praising Bell’s work and plans to contact De Forest.
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Exander Graham Bell
Arlington
Fort Myer
A. Potter
United States Weather Bureau
G. D. MacDonald
Bell
Charles R. Seguine
Paterson
N. J
de Forest Company
Gen. H. H. C. Dunwoody
Washington
W. F. Bedwin
Alexander Graham Bell
Washington, D.C
de Forest Wireless
de Forent
United States
American de Forest Wireless Telegraph Company
Abraham White
Beil Senda
Virginia
Cedric
Dr. de Forest
Alexander Graham Bele
Oppose Poultry Bill Mass Meeting Held by Dealers
A large gathering of poultry commission merchants and dealers met at 997 Louisiana avenue to oppose a congressional bill banning the sale of undrawn poultry in the District. They argued the measure would ruin business, noting a similar Boston repeal and health officials’ opposition. A ten-member committee was formed to press the dealers' case and a mass meeting at the Riggs House was planned for Monday evening to chart further moves.
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Congress
Louisiana Avenue
Senate
S John 8. Miller
T. P. Hickman
Congressional
Riggs House
Commission
W. C. Woodward
Boston
Chicago
William G. Carter
Golden & To
Passing remark ends in opium tragedy at Sixth Street NW
In a Sixth Street Northwest apartment Mrs. Collins, who had been staying two months, bade farewell to a friend then swallowed opium and lost consciousness. Mrs. Robinson alerted the hospital where an antidote was given. The proprietor knew little of her relatives or friends.
Wreck verdict faults Rio Grande crew and signals
A coroner's jury found the Denver and Rio Grande wreck at Adobe on March 14 resulted from negligence by Swallows operator S F Lively who was asleep as No 2 passed his station. Vandusen is faulted for leaving his post. Jury urges signal improvements and block or double tracking, but recommends no criminal charges.
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Lively
Denver and
Rio Grande
Woman Alberta Cogswell Dies Suddenly at Emergency Hospital
Mrs Alberta Cogswell 39 resided at 13 12th Street Southwest and worked in the Government Printing Office. After two weeks of ill health she felt better yesterday and shopped downtown before collapsing on a corner. Coroner to investigate death. hospital notes point to heart disease, apoplexy, or related ailment.
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Alberta Cogswell
Wirth
Strets
Ornner Glazebrook
Weather conditions and city temperatures report
The bulletin notes a Western low pressure system reaching the Atlantic coast bringing light rain to the Ohio Valley and Lake region with scattered showers in the Southern Rocky Mountain region. A cool spell follows with fair weather east of the Rockies and variable winds. Local figures list hourly temperatures, highs, lows, humidity, and sunshine with no precip yesterday. A separate item reports a large $865,000 bequest to Tuskegee Institute via the will of Andrew T. Dotger of New York, who died recently.
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Dept. of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington, D. C
Atlantic Coast
Ohio Valley
Lake Region
Staten
Gulf States
Rocky Mountain
Interior
Carolinas
Rocky Mountains
Saissouri
Lpwer
Mississippi
East Gulf
South Atlantic States
New England
Middle Atllanpre
South Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Lake Michigan
Midogirl
At & P
Tuskegee
New York
Factions Fight in Goaldale Church Ends in Bloodshed
Benjamin Copeley was killed and his wife fatally wounded as two church factions clashed over funds for a new building at a Goaldale Methodist church social. Mrs. R Harper was wounded. Henry Garden and two others were shot and jailed while investigators pursue the case.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Benjamin’ Copeley
Goaldale
R. Harper
Henry Garden
Bramwell
Capeley
Woman End Life Attempt Amid Opium Dose
Mrs Lucy Colling thirty two at 1 Sixth Street NW attempted suicide by opium while beside her sick friend Emily Robinson at 924 F Street NW. She swallowed the drug and was rushed to Emergency Hospital where an antidote was given and her condition was listed as critical.
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Emily Robinson
F Street Northwest
Lucy Colling
Sixth Street
Collins
Robinson
Hood's Sarsaparilla Cures Many Seemingly Beyond-Help Cases
Hood's Sarsaparilla has cured many cases once thought beyond medicine. The formula is balanced, scientifically prepared, and combines ingredients with action on blood, stomach, liver, kidneys, and bowels. It claims unequaled results and offers liquid or tablet forms at 100 Doses One Dollar.
Sandusky ex-superintendent dead by own action in stealth
In Sandusky Ohio on March 4, vacco scurtz former superintendent of the American Wine Company hanged himself in a room near his family's sleeping area. He used a clothes line attached to the door frame, drew up his feet, and died by strangulation without his family realizing until the body was found today. In Wilmington Delaware on March 25 Arthur Barstow a navy yard machinist arranged for the burial of his brother Harry Barstow who died at the Delaware hospices from gangrene caused by a jaw injury in a fight with an unknown negro.
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Sandusky
OhIo
Vacco Scurtz
American Wine Company
Washington Post
Wilmington
Del
Arthur Barstow
Navy Yard
Washington
Harry Barstow
Delaware
Megro
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JO Compel Education
Steau
Ida A Green
Associated Charities
Dusright
W. H.macdonald
The
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Additional Endowment For Technical School At
J. P. Woodley
Stilson Hutchins
Woman’s Relief Corps
Hardy Dramatic Company
Burnside Woman's Relief Corps
Grand Army Hall
Wasmarer
Galilee
NW. J
Aerograph
Lansburgh & Bro
Panama
7Th Street
Health Office
James M. Hoge
Wiliam G. Carter
A. W. Kelly
Albin Brice
O. G. Spicer
F. Brown
Joseph R. Walk
A .¥. Gray
Nathan Wallerstein
J. Edward Swaine
Edward ‘Tinker
Mr. * Knight
J. B. Abell
John & Afliter
Alberta Coggswell
Asheville
Atlanta
Atlantte
Bismarck
X. Dek
Buffalo
Cincinnati
Ohto
Cheyenne
Wyo
Davenport
Iowa
Denver
Celai
North Pike Nebrile
Omaha
Neb A
Fittsbore
Salt Lake
Utah
Minna
Springfield
T. Vielsburg
Biss
National Capital
AA Sanders & Stayman Co
F St. N. W
Percy S. Foster
Home Savings Bank
Good-by
Hood
Peter Grogan
OLD Colony CO
H Street
China
Sheraton
Royal Vienna
Chelsea
Dresden
H St. NW
Heurich Brewing Co
Maerzen
Liege
Belgium
Phone West
MLL
Zene
Massachusetts Avenue
Security Storage Company
Sulrene
T.W. Wood & Sons
Seadsmen
Richmond
George E. Hebbard
Ninth Street
Wilson
Puirman
Agricultural Department
Eaca
Atlantic & Pacific Te
E. Sranches
Duc de Montebello
Champagne
France
Christian Xander
Sohmer
C. J. DE Moll & CO
J. Maury Dove
FN. W
N. W
Burchell
Tharp
Berkeley
St. N.W
Vere
J. T. Walker Sons
10Th Street
WN. W
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