Trusty bicycle helps nab workhouse escapee in Southeast chase
Superintendent Zinkhan on a bicycle pursued Harry Imer who fled the Washington Asylum grounds after taking leave from the workhouse. Two shots were fired to deter the escapee as a crowd joined the chase. A mysterious rescuer tackled Imer on D Street, ending the pursuit and prompting Imer to denounce the capture as trickery.
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Zinkhan
Washington Asylum
Harry Imer
Imer
Thirteenth
D Streets
D Street
Cui- Unane
Launch of new fireboat Firefighter to be christened at Wilmington
A large Washington group travels to Wilmington Delaware to witness the launch of the fireboat Firefighter built for service on the Potomac. Ceremony at Harlan & Hollingsworth yards scheduled for Saturday afternoon with water from Mount Vernon used for christening. Invited officials include Commissioners Macfarland West and Belt and numerous civic leaders and associated executives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Ira
George H Harries
Washington Board of Trade
Gude
Washington Business Wews Association
Hamilton
M I Weller
Rudolph Keulmann Scott
C Bone Elgar
Shaw Woodworth Clum
Rafael Curt D
Sheppard Roy I Knapp
H Witwn
Henry Thompson
F Flagler
Bids for District Supplies From Out of Town Contractors
About seven thousand dollars and four hundred items are covered by twenty one supply classes for all District government branches except the construction division. Bidders from Baltimore Philadelphia New York and Buffalo submitted proposals yesterday and more out of town bidders than ever before entered the field. It will take ten days to schedule the proposals.
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Simms
Engineer Department
Maj Ifimms
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
Buffaln
Health reasons force resignations at Reform School for Girls
The superintendent Mrs Winnifred Burrow and probation officer Mrs Bates resign from the Reform School for Girls citing ill health and desire to return to Ohio. Matron Mrs Briscoe, awaiting confirmation, plans to resign as health fails, with no immediate replacement named. District officials have delayed final appointment decisions amid the changes.
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Reform School For Girls
Winnifred Burrow
Chapin Brown
Washington
New York
Mra Burrows
Miss Russell
Miss Amy Rule
Miss Rule
Mia Burrows
Bates
Ohio
Widow Named Sole Beneficiary in Gray Will
City notices report Thornton Gray left his widow Chaney Ann Gray as the sole beneficiary in a will filed in the Probate Court dated November 5, 1888. Other items note Canadian Pacific Railway decorations for an International Railway Congress, local business ads, a divorce suit by Samuel Montgomery against Lillie Montgomery, and various commercial notices.
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Thornton Gray
Chaney Ann Gray
Canadian Pacific Railway
International Railway Congress
Congress
Mr Skinner
New York City
D H Moree
Samuel Montgomery
District Supreme Court
Lillie Montgomery
Thomas L Jones
Touring the District Inspects City Institutions
Representative Smith of Michigan and Commissioner Went toured Northeast Washington institutions including the almshouse and workhouse. The visit ended at a filtration plant and a newly completed pumping station costing several hundred thousand dollars, with future tours planned of suburban development areas.
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Smith
W Smith
Michigan
House
District of Columbia
West
Washington
Weat
Horthweat
West to choose organizers for Washington Auditorium Association
Commissioner West surveyed candidates yesterday as he considers forming the Washington Auditorium Association to oversee a large civic auditorium project. He has not yet announced the chosen men but expects to publish names soon after further canvassing.
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West
Auditorim Association
Commissioner West
Washington Auditorium Association
Spring Tonic and New Blood Tonic Featured at Perotti’s
In a bustling city scene, Harris’s blood tonic is pitched as the best option among spring tonics at Perotti’s French restaurant on Pa ave. Autoists face fines in Police Court for speeding as Judge Kimball handles three cases, with Reed, Williams, and Cummings cited on multiple streets for exceeding speed limits.
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Harris
Perotti
Kimball
Reed
Baker
Eighteenth Street
Northweat
Louten
Robert ‘Wiliams
Sixteenth Street
Ttce Cummings
Aes Oe
Rhode Island
Arbuckle
Ottes
Java
C. Johnston's
7Th St
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Saks & Company
Pennsylvania Avenue
Seventh Street
BAY OF House & Herrmann
Seventh and I
Eye
N. W
Ishers
Posner Bros
Penna. Ave
Posner
The
Philippine Monthly
Horn
Bowen, Lenox and
New Progress Refrigerators
Morsell
Ninth Street
Spring Paints
Sherwin-Williams
W. F. Andrews
the Sunday Post
Tennille’s
High Art Clothing Co
Nobby
Givan
D. J. Kaufman
Imor
St Eliza
Quit Girls’ Reform School
Havemner
Garden & Gon
Anacostia
Minnesota
Russell H. Conwell
Lafayette Opera House
District Suristian Endeavor Union
M L Harper
Hathway Congress
Schneiders
Navy Yard
Hotel Johnson Uni
Joyce Engraving Company
Star Ride
Bert Family
Don
Johnston's
Lewis Angelo
Freedmen's Hospital
Ferrare
Keens's
Get
Cannon
John Waldman
Gazea
Maison Econ
Byearaoki’ Stoner
Paavea
Pure Food Board
Burnett S
City Bulletins
Spicer's
Frea
St. Nw
Marseilles
Norm Og Ant Ox
Foo
Friedlander Bros
John B. Espey
Fa. Ave
Haddad Orcs
H.W
R.P. Andrews Paper Co
Louisiana Ave
Ceres
Maine
A. Kahn
F Street
Jackson
Eer
Bella Gold
Selinger
Hubbard Heating Co
F St. N. W
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