Abolish Inside Alleys to Improve District Housing
The speaker urges ending inside alleys to remove a source of crime and disrepair in Washington's poor quarters. Noting condemned insanitary buildings since 1966, the text highlights demolished and repaired alleys, and calls for a Special President's Homes Commission to study housing, sanitation, recreation, libraries, and model dwellings for reform.
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District of Columbia
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Presuents Homes Commission
Letter Declared Hoax In Chinatown Black Hand Letter
An alleged Black Hand letter sent to Gregori a fruit merchant on B Street Southwest was ruled a practical joke by the detective bureau. Detectives confirmed the hoax after reviewing the case details and findings. The letter demanded 75 in cash under a flower box at a stone yard, threatening property destruction. A separate incident saw Floyd Uchillery nine struck by a thrown stone in M Street Northwest causing a scalp wound and hospital care. The James Torn Contest offers one hundred free trips with details at the Exposition Department Post Building.
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Exposition Department
Third Term Tradition in US Presidents Questioned
Washington Jefferson and Jackson refused a third term and helped shape the rotation in office idea. Garfield urged sober voting as Roosevelt and others faced renewed third term talk, with Madisonians and legislators weighing precedent, public opinion, and constitutional safeguards.
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Itory
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Ohio voters split over Taft Foraker and Roosevelt
Columbus May 8 1908 A correspondent surveys Ohio politics noting that Taft cannot carry Ohio without Foraker and vise versa with neither able to win the state alone. The piece argues anti third term sentiment helps Roosevelt but fears radicalism and rail league policies could sway voters.
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Foraker
Ohio
C P Taft
Cincinnati
Roosevelt
Bryan
McKinley
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Baus
Secretary Cortelyou Returns From Long Island Home
The Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs. Cortelyou came back from their Long Island residence where they arranged for summer occupancy. Cortelyou denies reports that his trip aimed to influence Republican State leaders to back Governor Hughes on pending reform measures in the State legislature.
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Cortelyou
Long Island
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New York
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Fatally Hurt in Elevator at Richmond Hotel
Beatrice McNalley, a maid at the Richmond Hotel, Seventeenth and H streets NW, died from injuries after a freight elevator trapped her. Ernest Boyden, 19, an elevator boy, is held as a witness at the inquest. the hotel staff aided in removing the body.
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Richmond
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H. Streets
Ernest Boyden
Poy
Third Precinct
H Street Northwest
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Kate McGrath
Lilian Walker
Hattie Merdock
Sammuel Keats
Potter's Field for Dunlap Ends Famed Jockey's Burial
A telegram from Belle Plains Iowa confirms former steeplechase jockey Leslie H Dunlap died Saturday in Washington Asylum Hospital from acute alcoholism. Family funds refused burial, District to bury if no funds emerge. wife Grace Lucag Dunlap, once celebrated at Saratoga, is now supported by friends in the city.
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Belle Plains
Iowa
Leslie H. Dunlap
Washington Ayslum Hospital
Grace Lucag Dunlap
Saratoga
Two Children Held for Charity Institution Commitment
Robert Spinks and Georgia were jailed as an habitual drunkard and a vagrant respectively. Patrolman Lester seized Walter eight and Edmund six, placing them in custody for commitment by the Fuyenilé Court to a suitable institution. The parents were arrested late Saturday night at 106 M1 street southwest.
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Georgia
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Edmund
Lester
Fuyenilé
M1 Street
Tiger
Co Operative Guild Plans Ready To Launch Enterprise
The Departmental Co operative Guild formed two months ago in the District aims to operate a government employee driven stock venture. Each member has one vote, profits split 90 percent to shareholders, with a sinking fund. Shares priced at 10 dollars, capital target 250000 dollars. Provisions first, then groceries, audits quarterly by elected stockholder auditor.
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Stork
Tait
Army and Navy Cooperative Society
London
Civil Service Co-operative Sorciety
Europe
Eacn
Eagles Honor Their Dead Fifteen Eagles Remembered in Washington Service
The Washington No 125 Fraternal Order of Eagles held services on Sixth and E streets to honor fifteen members who died since the branch began six years ago, including five in the last year. Speakers recalled the lives of John C Henning Hermann Kahn Randolph H Ginba Thomas T Fleming and John H Coats. The event featured music by the Eagle orchestra and performances, with remarks on fraternal values Liberty truth justice and equality.
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Order of Hmagies
Washington
John C Henning
Hermann Kahn
Randolph H. Ginba
Thomas T. Fleming
John H Coats
Order of Eagles
Chopin
Eagle
Hugh F. Harvey
Orders of Eagles
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Charles B Bayly
Colin Leech
William D McFarland
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Holland
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James I
Drug Trust Crumbles as DOJ Moves to Dissolve
The Drug Trust named 50 and two major associations faces dissolution after a Sherman act suit filed in Indianapolis. The National Retail Druggists' Association and National Wholesale Druggists' Association allegedly fixed prices and created a Blacklist of dissenting druggists. The government expects a decree dissolving the partnership, with District Judge Anderson to finalize the action.
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Indianapolis
Chicago
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Rev E M Marks Returns From Atlantic City to Lead City Church
In And About The City notes Rev E M Marks of the Church of the Advent arrived Saturday from Atlantic City where he had been for health reasons. He preached at both regular services yesterday. A collision on Beach Drive damaged a horse and surrey owned by J W Baker, with minor injury to the horse, while Albert M Wolfe reported his nine year old son Maurice Wolts ran away from home last Thursday and has not been located despite efforts.
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Atlantic City
Surrey
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Roth Creek Park
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Eighth Street
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Tome
Father
Weather Conditions May 5 8 Report Unsettled With Varying Rain
Weather conditions released by the Weather Bureau describe below seasonal temperatures still low east of the Rockies but rising in the Ohio Valley and Lake region. Frosts observed in the Ohio Valley and Lake New England areas. Unsettled tonight with low pressure across most districts except Atlantic States. Rain general in Upper Lake region and central valleys. Snow and rain in Colorado Utah and Southeastern Wyoming. Gulf and Arkanas valleys likely to see rain Monday extending into Atlantic States. cooler in the Southwest. Winds shift from southerly to easterly across coasts. northern winds by Tuesday. Local report includes hourly temps, humidity and rainfall. Special note to Harpers Ferry, W.
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Thomas A Coakley Dead Messenger in House
Friends in Washington mourn the death of Thomas A. Coakley a longtime House messenger from 1860 to 1896 who died Saturday in Poughkeepsie New York He served bravely in the navy and later held the New York City council office of sergeant at arms all while remembered for his service to members of Congress and his popularity across parties He was sixty two years old.
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Police Chase for Five Canada Geese in Rock Creek Park
Chicago News reports a city police search for five semi domesticated Canada geese that disappeared from their haunts along Rock Creek Park streams yesterday afternoon. The birds, in the park eight or nine months, were missed during the daily count and a hunt failed to locate them. The geese were among the most handsome in the park’s collection and attracted visitors at the zoo.
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