Heads Win But Lost Seven Thousand Dollar Bet
Local contractors Matthew Myers and G B Mullin used coin toss to decide who would get a $7,000 Clifton street grading contract. The penny landed heads, awarding Myers the Clifton street bid while Sherman avenue was already awarded to another bidder.
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Matthew Myera
G. B. Mullin
Clifton Street
Talty
Matthew Myers
G. B. Mul UN
Eleventh
Thirtienth
Cain
Myers
Mullin
Sherman Avenue
Irving Street
Grant Avenue
Gummel
Lfton Street
District
Maurice ‘Talty
Cranford Paving Company
James C. McGuire
Talty-Myers
District Health Improves with Low Deaths and Birth Surge
The district records the lowest weekly deaths in years at ninety-one, yielding a death rate of 154 per thousand based on a partial census and population estimates. Births reach 1% with 105 white and 65 colored babies. Diphtheria up by three. scarlet fever and typhoid show declines. smallpox up by five cases with quarantine ongoing. Deaths split 51 white and 40 colored.
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Byrth
Northeast Citizens Approve Name Change to Randolph Place
Col Biddle urged the Commissioners to amend the district street names to rename Riggs Place between R and 8 streets east of North Capitol Street as Randolph Place, extending west of North Capitol. He notes a Randolph Place exists nearby and warns about potential confusion with existing streets. Corporation Counsel Duvall said the law allows construction with a wall on an alley. Frank Hackett had complained about an apartment fronting on a street with a rear on an alley and sought denial of permits.
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Nineteenth Street
D Street
Benning Road
Brightwood Avenue
Oglethorpe Street
Battle Creek Cemetery
Twentieth
Seventeenth
Sixteenth
East Capitol Street
Ieee A. Coyle
Booker Construction A
Loushkini
Yous Brothers Bad Company
John F
Hatbertos
Col Biddle
North Capitol Street
Sree
Randolph Street
Rai
Backett
Corporation
Duvall
Frank W. Hackett
Hi8
Government's Witnesses Stand Firm in Burge Murder Trial
The trial of William Burge for his wife’s murder opened in Criminal Court No 1 with prosecutors portraying a history of threats and domestic violence. Witnesses described the shooting sequence at two houses, noting Burge's pursuit and three gunshots, a fatal hemor rhage, and threats to kill again.
Nervousness and Nerves Remedy Claim
An advertisement asserts that nervousness stems from low nerve stamina and promotes Hood's Sarcarparina as a tonic. It claims the formula strengthens the system, aids digestion and assimilation, and serves as the best medicine for a nervous person who tires easily, mentally or physically.
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Hood
Jury Awards No Damages for Fourteenth Street Extension
A motion in the District Supreme Court seeks ratification of a jury verdict on extending Fourteenth Street. The jury found no damages for eighteen parcels but said the remaining tract benefits will cover their value, with Justice Gould to hear the motion next Monday at 16 00.
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Fourteenth Street
Corporation
Sinclair Jyesteriag
District Supreme Court
Charles A. Baker
George W. Moss
James F Oyster
John E Herrell
William A. H Church
Percy S. Foster
Clement W. Howard
Justice Gould
Two Fall From Scaffold Injure Carpenters at Ferry House
Carpenters Howard Filpit and Frederick Augustine were seriously hurt when a scaffold at the new ferry house collapsed, dropping them about fifteen feet. Augustine suffered shoulder and head cuts but refused hospital treatment and went home. Filpit broke an arm and sustained a leg wound, also declining hospital care. Several nearby workers sustained minor cuts from flying timber.
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New Ferry House
Howard Filpit
D Street
Frederick A Augustine
Sixth Street
New Ferryhouse
M Street
Augustine
Pierre Habeas Writ Seeks Child Return In Cruelty Case
Mary P Pierre asks the District Supreme Court for custody of her son Samuel Madden Pierre Jr. A writ of habeas corpus was issued by Justice Barnard directing Dr Samuel Madden Pierre Sr, a colored physician, to produce the boy in court at 8 this afternoon. The petition states the couple, married May 16 1900, have three children with one remaining with Mrs Pierre who claims cruel treatment forced her to leave the home last Sunday. She is at her mother's house.
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Samuel M. Pierre
Mix. Pierre
Pierre
Houze
Man's Store Promises Money Back on Clothing Purchases
The store proclaims “Man's Store” as a venue clothing the city’s fathers and their sons, offering customers money’s worth of money back on purchases. The slogan frames the shop as a value-driven destination for men seeking durable goods.
Will of Chauncey Hickox Filed and Probate Action
The will of Chauncey Hickox dated October 20, 1884 was filed yesterday in the registrar of wills. It leaves all property to his widow Lucy Bryant Hickox, who is appointed executrix. Also mentions various local notices and commercial items drawn from the period.
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Chauncey Hickox
Registrar of Wills
Bis
Lucy Bryant Hickox
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