We Announce the Opening of Our Straw Hat Season
Announcement of straw hat season with wider assortment from South America Porto Rico Java and the Philippines including woven and stitched braid hats from China Japan Switzerland Belgium and Italy Prices range from 1 to 5 Panama hats from 4 75 to 25.
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South America
Porto Rico
Java
Philippines
China
Japan
Switzerland
Belgium
Italy
Panama
Opening Special Hat Sale Highlights Exclusive Braids
An opening sale offers $2.50 value hats at $1.65. Includes straight-brim models, China Split designs, Plain and Herringbone Sonnets, and the Japanese Tokio braids. Sold exclusively by us, all hats feature clear braid, double brim, silk trim, and band finish.
Panama Hats Direct Importers Offer Genuine Panamas
Importers advertise genuine Panama hats and hats resembling Panamas. They claim to finish hats in house without stiffening or artificial bleaching, using natural Panama, offering grades from 33 1-3 to 50 percent cheaper than similar grades bought elsewhere due to self importation.
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Panama
Harris Replies To DC Over Anacostia Car Service
Gen George H Harries of the Washington Railway and Electric Co informs District Commissioners that the company will provide passenger service adequate to meet demand and disputed claims of insufficient streetcar service to Anacostia. He denies promises to strengthen the bridge and notes summer equipment retirement and the need to stop at the city end of the bridge until a new Anacostia Bridge opens.
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Navy Yard Bridge
Eleventh Street
Anacostia
Washington Railway and Electric Company
George H. Barries
Anacostia Bridge
Harries
Permene
D Wilk
Congress Heights
Franklin
Harrien
Washington
Condemn Land for Sewer Near Hospital and Naval Magazine
Appraisers resume evidence at City Hall in proceedings to condemn land between the Government Hospital for the Insane and the United States naval magazine for an outfall sewer. Hearing before appraisers Thomas W. Smith Joseph B. Bailey and John F. Cook continued after adjournment. District Commissioners represented by Assistant Corporation Counsel Sinclair. attorneys Hal Barnard & Johpen and George Gertman for owners. Adjournment taken to a later session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Government Hospital
United States Naval Magazine
Thomas W. Smith
Joseph B. Bailey
John F. Cook
Sinclair
F. F
Hal, Barnard & Johpen
George Gertman
Saeeas
Deaths Exceed Births in Washington District
Deaths in the District of Columbia for the week ended last Saturday far outnumber births. 123 deaths and 100 births. mortality rate 21.4 overall, 16.3 white, 85 colored per thousand. Consumption caused 12 deaths. pneumonia 1. typhoid 2. heart disease 5. apoplexy 2. Quarantine counts: scarlet fever 16, diphtheria 0, other illnesses 90 under treatment, up from 45 last year. Extension of Fourteenth Street hearing to resume at 1:30 PM with Leighton and Williams presenting evidence for Miss Isobel H. Lenman. Capitol to add three fire alarm stations.
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District of Columbia
Health Office
Fourteenth Street
Leighton and
Williams
Misa Isobel H. Lenman
Streer
Donor May Withdraw Offer Over Permit Delay
Sisters of Notre Dame face possible loss of donor funds for a Trinity College wing as permits for a central dormitory section are blocked. The Michigan Avenue seminary, adjoining Catholic University, seeks to add a central block but Building Inspector Ashford refused the permit, citing height and new law requirements. The sisters say the donor, a woman now distant, may retract her pledge if plans change.
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Trinity College
Sisters of Notre Dame
Michigan Avenue
Catholic University
Ashford
Six Harbin children exposed to smallpox in Southeast Washington
Six children in the Daniel Harbin family at 1109 Notre Dame Street Southeast contracted smallpox after eldest daughter May Harbin fell ill on April 14. May and five siblings were removed to the smallpox hospital. parents and an infant were taken to detention camp as quarantine on 111 Fifth Street Northeast faced possible extension. May is the only vaccinated child. George Washington University Hospital staff and a third hospital were mentioned in connection with care.
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Chilren
Daniel Harbin
Washington
Notreet Southeast
May Harbin
George
Eugene
Ethel
Willian
May
Fifth Street
George Washington Universality Hospital
Emalipox Hospital
Marchetti Suit Settled With Bank Termination Court Entry
Termination of pro ceedings in a suit by Columbia National Bank against Mgr. Francis Marchetti, auditor of the papal delegation, was entered by the district supreme court. The case centered on a $1,000 letter of credit allegedly tied to Thomas E. Waggaman, once a Columbia Bank director, now in bankruptcy. Marchetti claimed no dealings with the bank, while Waggaman’ s affairs face bankruptcy proceedings.
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Columbia National Bank
B. F Leighton
District Supreme Court
Bank Agaimst
Mgr
Francis Marchetti
Charles J. Murphy
Mer Marchetti
Mgr. Marchetti
Thomas E. Waggaman
Europe
Columbia Bank
Waggaman
Mgr Marchetti
Wagson
Husband Held For Threats In Police Court
Mrs. Jeremiah Kane testified before Judge Scott in Police Court that her husband Jeremiah Kane abused her after drinking. She said he ordered her from the home and made threats of personal violence. Kane claimed he was fooling her and did not mean to frighten his wife. The court held him in bond for the grand jury.
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Jeremiah Kane
Lizzie Kane
Yester- Day
Scott
Kane
Jail for would be death by own action
Rantle Gingell arraigned in Police Court on carrying concealed weapons and sentenced by Judge Kimball to nine months in jail. Police say he confessed intent to kill himself Tuesday and fired at a post, grazing a nearby woman’s cheek. Sergt Harry and Policeman Bloom arrested him after he spoke of being caught before he could die. Gingell, unemployed, said worry over hurting the young woman drove his actions.
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Rantle Gingell
Kimball
Gingell
Sergt
Harry
Bloom
Stabbing in Soldiers' Home Arraignment Follows Altercation
Civil War veteran George Carson, inmate at the Soldiers' Home, was arraigned in Police Court on an assault charge against fellow veteran John Benson. Benson, eighty, testified Carson struck him in the dormitory with a knife, wounding near the heart after an insult over the Mexican War. Carson claimed self defense. Tugse Beott fined Carson was paid. Also, fourteen year old George Hodgton fell from a car on Congress Heights, injuring the back of his head and was taken home to Glenwood Point, Anacostia.
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George Carson
John Benson
Benson Wa
Carson
Enifa
Cargon
Tugse Beott
On Cargon
Congress Heights
George Hodgton
Ie Hoy
Glesbord Point
Anacostia
Fancy Suits Crowding Market Amid Rising Demand
The Fancy Suit is quoted as King of the Season with unprecedented demand. Dealers boast of swank fabrics and superb value from $10.90 to 30, noting swelling orders and ample supply to meet the rush in Washington.
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Washington
Local Market Stalls and Notices Highlight Odd Items
A jumble of ads and notices lists groceries like big pickles and lemon products with prices, plus a crab feast invitation and several business promos. It notes a man’s leg injury from a falling iron pole at a railroad roundhouse and hospital transport, alongside café, lunch, and dinner offerings and various shop claims. Includes services for soda fountain repairs, tailors, and old whiskey markets, with several street addresses and vendors.
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Saks & Company
Pennsylvania Avenue
Seventh Street
Chestnut Farms Dairy
Geo. M. Oyster, Jr
Conn. Ave
Health Department
Bosivers
E Heeplelde
Cywail
Nage Kame
Nerficide CO
Dept. H
Detrait
Mich
Newbro
Capitol
Woods
Ro Perso
Wwe
Baylington Feee Hood
Marchetti
Man's Store
D. J. Kaufman
Waltham Watches
American Waltham Watch Company
Waltham, Mass
Horn
The
Philippine Monthly
Ian
R.P. Andrews Paper Co
Louisiana Ave
St. Bw
City Bulletins
Justice Wright
George Parker
Parker
England
Nat. Cap. Brewing Co
Mimnich
J.T. D. Pyles
la la Ave
Schneider
Navy Yard Exchange
Barner Gas Range
A. Bherry
Miller DB
Burke
Fennsylvania Railroad
Fifth Precinct
Providence Hospital
Fliat Street Coutbesst
Hotel Johnson Cafe
Hate Dinner
Servica A la Carte
New York
Marahail Bros
Harris New
N. Y. Ave
Olympia Club Eye SL
W. Neligan
Frank E. Hood
Keen
Cannon
John Waldman
Fou
BG CA Mudaiman & Co
Gbith
Oly
Stoner
Ave
Ally
Ifitsa
Han
Rolle Hine Jointiess
West 34
Heurich Brewing Co
Manhattan Laundry
Florida Ave. H.W
North
Elias Raff Liquor CO
Dist
Waters of
Rye
7Th St's.w
Bowen, Lenox and
New Progress Refrigerators
George £. Hebbard
Ninth Street
Diony
A. Kahn
F Street
Oriental Rugs
Eardad Bros
St. MW
Dr. Shoop
Racine
Wis
Morsell's Hardware
Littlefield, Alvord & Co
26Th St
Jackson
Spring Rim
Selinger
Hubbard Heating Co
Wasl Vores
F St. N. W
Eof
Ceres
Crrea
ALL Brocees
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