Fight for pure milk tuberculin test demanded
A sanitation committee urged tuberculin testing and pasteurization for all District of Columbia milk suppliers. The plan calls for annual retests, tagging of cows, barring untested herds, and licensing only tuberculosis-free herds, with inspectors visiting dairies to identify advanced cases. Milk dealers warn of a looming milk famine if agitation continues.
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Milk Commission
Committee On Sanitation
Commission
District of Columbia
Health Department
R. Horner
Washington
Planning $500000 Home for Chamber of Commerce
The Chamber of Commerce formed by a merger of the Jobbers and Shippers and Business Men associations will at its first meeting next Tuesday nominate officers and consider a $500,000 building. Subscriptions are near enough to proceed. a committee to advance the project is advised. A salaried secretary position is the main contested issue, with each group backing a member. The nomination comes Tuesday, election a week later.
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Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Death roll reaches 114 in District weekly report
The district records 144 deaths last week up from 133 the prior week and 133 in the same period last year. Of deaths, 74 were white and 40 colored. Leading causes were consumption 18, pneumonia 14, heart disease 13, malignant growth 10, bronchitis 4, brain diseases 4. Diphtheria shows 5 new cases. 9 in quarantine. Scarlet fever 2 more cases for 91 in quarantine. Typhoid 10 new cases, total 50 under treatment. Measles rose to 6 in quarantine. Births total 128, 83 white and 45 colored. 1906 had 3 births.
Hold-up man Edward Warren convicted of robbery
Edward Warren was convicted by a jury in Criminal Court No 2 before Justice Barnard for holding up and robbing Mrs Martha M Kummel and Mrs Martha Keck along Woodley Lane on March 17. He was remanded for sentence after his alibi defense failed as detectives later caught him.
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Edward Warren
Martha M. Kummel
Martha Keck
Woodley Lane
Justice Barnard
Warren
Spring Cleaning Pill to Refresh Health and Comfort
The piece notes spring as a time to shed winter buildup for health and comfort. It describes a mild common prescription using fluid extracts of Buchu and Gentian Compound with water, taken in tablespoonful doses three times daily before meals, claimed to work better and be more pleasant than old drastic cures and available at low cost from pharmacies.
Lag b Omer Day Observance Adopts Scholars Festival
Orthodox congregations in the city plan fitting ceremonies for Lag b Omer Day on Iyar 18. The semi holiday is linked to Rabbi Akiba’s plague ending, with illuminations and merrymaking touted by scholars and Cabalists alike, and a season of weddings resuming after postponements.
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Akiba
Bacharim
Simeon
Dr Hamlin Extolled by Vestry and Trustees Honors
Resolutions by Epiphany Vestry and George Washington University trustees mourn Rev. Dr Tennis Hamlin pastor of the Church of the Covenant. They praise his Christian character professional attainments and citizenship and note his co operation in university and local educational work. The statement lauds his friendship and dedication to higher education. Cream That’s Purest and Best Co Famous Velvet Kind. Druggists.
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Epiphany
Church of Epiphany
George Washington University
Tennis
Hamlin
Church of the Covenant
George Washington
Ove &N
Frien Lapels
Suit Over Beating by Railroad Employee
Wheatley Panuiela sues Metropolitan Railroad Company in the District Supreme Court for 15000 alleging forcible ejection from a car on Ninthang M streets northwest February 7, 1907 and beating by an employee named Steele. Also notes Steele's retirement and a new carpet business, plus a separate claim for 5000 for knee injury from February 8 and other probate matters involving Horace Orrid and John Henry Meiners.
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Wheatley Panuiela
District Supreme Court
Metropolitan Railroad Company
Ninthang M Streets
Joshua R Bennett
Washington Railway and Electric Company
Bennett
District Library Raises Weekday Opening to 9 AM
The District Public Library will open earlier on all weekdays except holidays starting May 1. Circulation and reference hours run 9 AM to 3 PM, children's room 9 AM to 9 PM, school days 12 PM to 9 PM. Sunday hours stay 2 PM to 10 PM. The shift to 9 AM aims to fulfill reader requests.
Ice Cream Makers Tender Aid Resolution Support to Health Dept
City bulletins report the Association of Ice Cream Manufacturers of the District endorsed pure food laws as aid to sanitary production. The April 14 resolution offers the association’s help to the health department to ensure ice cream is manufactured under sanitary conditions.
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Fussell
Health Department
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Pa. Ave
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U. S. Capitol
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