Radium Fertilizer Promises Lush Lawns and Flowers
An advertisement touts Rudram Werther a nitrogen phosphate and potash mix with Radiant claiming to nourish lawns and gardens. It urges readers to buy a one dollar can five pounds for 79 cents from The Washington Post offering a coupon and promising easier, richer growth for the soil and plants.
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Barth
The
Washington Post
Clean-Up Day Committee Formed by Alexandria Wards
An Alexandria meeting revived the Alexandria Mile Improvement League and set plans for a citywide clean-up day. A. D. Brockett and Chester A. Gwinn spoke as ward committees were named to schedule the event across four wards and annexed territory.
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Ashington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
Methodist Episcopal Church
Alexandria Miie Improvement League
A D. Brockett
Brockett
Chester A. Gwinn
George Washington Park
First_ward
Lucy Graves
William Campbell
Mary Carlin
John M. Johnson
C. W. Wattles
C. S. Taytor Burke
Leadbeater
Wallace Fawcett
C Dunn
J T Preston
Helen Norris Cumming
George D. Hopkins
F. Downham
Sss
Rose of McDonald
Constance Boush
RS. Jones
E. Knight
E Lindsey
Llewellyn Powell
Worth Hulfs
F. J. Paff
J W Bales
Mis
Thomas Carter
Thomas Chauncey
E H Kemper
A. Gwinn
John H Trimyer
J. Clinton Ballenger
R L. Payne
E. H Kemper
Thomas Hulfish
C. E Dare
F. L Slaymaker
Richard Acton
Alexandria Chamber of Commerce
Births Reported in Local Family Notices
Ridrey K and Alice G Williams welcome a girl. George H and Ellen S Woolridge announce a baby girl. Otto and Elizabeth Shultz have a girl. Percy and Dorothy Schneider report a girl. Norman W and Xellir R Pyles announce a boy. Joseph B and Mary B McGobrick welcome a boy. Roy E and Helen G Lanham have a boy. Bernard A and Hazel K Rober announce a boy. Felice and Rosa G Tannucci report a boy. Boyd and Barbara Henry welcome a girl. Berkley T and Norene A Heng report a pin. Sheridas and Erna Ferree greet a baby. Charles A and Adah M Barbey have a girl. Joseph A and Ruth Dorsey announce a baby girl. Rodney C and Ruth Dafter report a girl. Joseph and Franciata Bellndente welcome a girl. Traneraco and Maddalena Hattinette report a girl. Carl GO and Ixria Alexander have a boy. Maciane and Rachela Adetani announce a boy. Samuel F and Caroline Tyree report a girl. James and Mary Smith greet a girl. Charles E and Jane Jones announce a girl.
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Ridrey K
Alice G. Willams
George H
Ellen S Woolridge
Homan
Anna M Wernstein
Otto
Clizabeth Shultz
Percy
Dorothy V. Schneider
Norman W
Xellir R Pyles
Joseph B
Mary B. McGobrick
Roy E
Helen G Lanham
Bernard A
Hazel K Rober
Rl Felice
Rosa G Tannucci
Boyd
Barbara Henry
Samuel F
Caroline Tyree
James
Mary Smith
Charles E Auo Jane Jonea
Deaths Reported in Local Mortality List
A fragmented death notices list multiple individuals with ages and rough addresses in Washington area. Names include Lily W Stonett aged 39 at 1201 Twenty fist street NW, Edna P Detut 24 at Washington Asylum Hospital, and others such as Willam P Matthews 51 at Providence Hospital, Mary 12 Champion 4, and Claudia Trier 4 at Freedmen's Hospital. several entries show hospital affiliations, street addresses, and kinships. The garbled OCR preserves numerous names, ages, and locations though some lines are unclear.
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Lily W Stonett
Edna P Detut
Washington Asylum Hospital
Wilttan
F S Duvall
Garfield Honplt
Abraham
Prince
Sixteenth Street
Frederick P Sawyer
North Carolina
Willam P Matthews
Providence
Gospital
Mary Mo McIntyre
Georretown
Niversity Hospital
Nhaneome
Washington
Freedmen's Heartal
Brooks
Fourth Street
Aes
Payne
Sitters
Yuna Matthewn
Dave
Stanton Road
Richard
Katherine Moore
Onyant
Georee
Bory Davie
I Georee
Mary Dav
City News in Brief Highlights Local Civic Meetings and Events
The executive committee of the citizens' committee to aid Grand Army of the Republic at the grand encampment meets this morning at the Chamber of Commerce with William F. Gude presiding and Gude's bid for a chairmanship to resume. Also notes complaints to the public utilities commission about substation noise, upcoming diplomas and speeches by officials, and social club and federation activities across Washington.
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Citizens’ Committee
Grand Army of the Republic
Chamber of Commerce
William F. Gude
A. Leftwich Binglair
Henry K. Simpson
Washington Railway and Hilectite Company
Anacostia
District Court News Recaps Local Suit and Indictments
A dining room operator at the George Washington Inn filed in the District Supreme Court for an accounting against Hugh J Phillips and the Washington Development Company, seeking over $500 for meals and tourist lodging arrangements. The court issued a rule for cause next Friday. Also, seven indictments were returned, including L Lopez Quesada for gaming at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and a separate murder case against William Poland with a jury pool goal of 26 talesmen.
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Aulan C White
George Washington Inn
New Jersey Avenue
C Street Noutheast
District Supreme Court
Hugh J .Phillips
Washington Development Company
Phillips
H Il
B Atkisson
Henry I Quinn
Justice Siddons
L Lopez Quesada
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Quesada
John A Clark
Charles E Mitchel
Harry Powell
Charles Lark
Josephine Simpson
Grant Mason
Frederick Joyce
John Wayne
William H. Johnson
Mary L Naylor
Twining City
William Poland
Covington
Poland
United States
Hawken
Ethane
George P. Hoover
Philly Lee Stling
Claim Dismissed In Choctaw Rights Suit
The Court of Claims yesterday dismissed a suit by the estate of Charles F Winton seeking $3,060,000 for services securing Mississippi Choctaw rights and share of lands allotted after relocation to Oklahoma. The action involved claims by several attorneys for services to Mississippi Choctaws totaling over $3.9 million. Mississippi Indians agreed to pay 26 to 50 percent of their prospective allotments. land values were estimated around $15,000,000.
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Court of Claims
Charles F Winton
Mississippi
Oklahoma
Protest Against Proposed Car Line on Seventeenth Street
Livingston Hunt of 1709 Rhode Island Ave NW led a protest against the Capital lraction Company plan to run a line on Seventeenth Street NW between U and I. He questioned public need, cited a nearby public school at Seventeenth and M, and argued the west of Connecticut Ave is unserved. He warned the line would harm Seventeenth Street’s residential desirability and seclusion. The public utilities commission will hear protestors May 2 at 10 o'clock.
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Capital Lraction Company
Seventeenth Street
U and I
Public Utilities Commission
Livingston Hunt
Rhode Island Avenue
Hunt
Seventeenth and
M Streets
Connecticut Avenue
Supreme Court Recess Through Early June Adjournment Next October
The Supreme Court recessed yesterday and will resume on June 1 with opinions. It will recess from June 1 to June 14, then reconvene June 2 and adjourn until next October.
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Supreme Court
City Bulletins Coordinate Cleaning Deals
Local notices list carpet and rug cleaning services connected with W. 636 Chas Chaplin and daily Virginia address. Shaffer offers fragrance and floral wedding items at a nearby location. Prices shown are low with readings suggesting budget household care options.
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Chas Chaplin
Virginia
Ouantt Shaffer
Sibley Hospital Night Observes Graduates and Lab Dedication
The Sibley Hospital observed hospital night with staff and 34 graduates of the Lucy Webb Hayes Training School, including music and speeches. A new pathological laboratory, dispensary, and X ray rooms, funded by Mrs Benjamin Haywood, were dedicated with Bishop Earl Cranston and several doctors speaking. diplomas will be awarded tomorrow evening to graduates.
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Sibley Hospital
Lucy Webb Hayes
Henry 8. France
F. M. McCay
Waugh M. E. Church
E. Davidson
Franca
Buffalo
N. Y
Bureau of National Training Schools
Ida 1 Jury
Mig Edith Holt
Edith Ernest
Training Schools Bureau
Thirkield
Wilbur P Thirkield
New Orleans
Woman's Home Missionary Society
The
Methodist Church
Training School
Benjamin Haywood
Mercer
Sibley
France
Earl Cranston
Washington
Woman's Home Missionary Seciety
Fannie J. Hatman
William A Jack, Jr
Charles A Pfender
Arthur Macnames
Quincy A Gordon
Harry K Daugherty
Grove City
Army and Navy News Abbreviated Assignments Report
First Lieut William W Harris Jr signals two days extension. Numerous officers from infantry to coast artillery and engineers transferred or reassigned across posts including San Francisco Manila Sandy Hook Panama and Hawaii. Details include Captain ordnance tasks and Coast Defenses reports.
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William W Harris Jr
Signal Corps
Barat
Prank
Meccoy
Eastern Department
Diiman
Edwin A Root
Sixteenth Infantry
Army Transport Service
Lowdll
Wright
Madison Barracha NY
Charles de W Det Tun
Philippe Department
Cloment
Flagler Corps of Engineers
Army Tar College
Emfry T Smith
Fifth Field Artillery
California
Oregon
George R
Port Warren
Otter
Boston
Coast Artillery Corps
United States Military Academy
Coast
Vurat Lient
Trugian D Booth
Chesapeake Bay
Fordice
Perego
Oahu
Francis G Delano
Panama
James H Johnson
Coast Artilery Corps
Fifty Seventh Company
Manila
Harrison W C Richards
Fort Shafter
Hawaii
Naval officers reassigned and detached to navy yards
A list of naval officers detached from Columbia University and other posts to navy yards in New York Philadelphia and other locations. Promotions retirements and medical detachments are noted including Lieuts Stark Joves and others to St Louis and New York yards. Several officers from Columbia University are assigned to naval yards in New York and Philadelphia with various junior grades and destinations.
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Harold Joves
Promenena
St Louis
Stark
Columbus
Navy Yard
New Fork
Rbbehler
Naval Academy
New York
Dolan U
Navy
W & Carter
Columbia University
Pashley
H & Donald
Columbian University
Navy Yarden
York
Loftin
Olumbia University
Lew Lora
A‘ Bidwell
New
J JS Brosher
New York NY
Davin
Newark
Marshall Collins
Pevy Yard
Tient
Crors
Lient
C Windsor
Colmmtia University
Crarlton
Mary Yaco
Columba University
Navy Yart
S F. Maury
Wyoming
Montana
Bns
H M Briggs
North Dakota
J A. Crutchfield
Cleveland
Whitsfa Peering
Denver
Auiatic Station
F Stokes
Naval Hospital
Philadelphia
Stekesto
Oliver Diehl
C. M. Devalin
Navy Officer Resignations and Retirements Abroad
Norfolk yard to Philadelphia recruiting station details show officers listed for retirement and placement on the retired list of the Navy from May 11 1913 onward. The document notes retirements at sea and ashore, including transfers to hospitals and final resignations effective May 13 191.
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Norfolk
Philadelphia
Navy
Movements of Naval Vessels and Routes Across Ports
A list of vessels and their sailing routes from various ports including Chiriga Bay Tompkinsville and San Diego to destinations such as North River Blanzapsilo Cleveland and San Francisco. The report notes multiple ships at sea with orders to proceed to goals like New York Vera Cruz and Mare Island with one vessel remaining at Port au Prince and the Princeton relief.
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Chiriga Bay
Cristobal Dolphin
Tompkinsville
North River
Galveston
Obluklang
Kinkiang
Anahac
San Diego
San Francisco
Yorktown
San Blas
Blanzapsilo
Cleveland
Jason
ManzapiNo Chattanooga
Iroquois
Target Grounds
San
Olongapo
Torragut
San Pere
Serene
Boston
Chattanooga
Broquois
Severn Potomac
Cristobal Mathis
Sewall Point
Manamilo
New Orleans
Guaymas
Chattanooge
Targel Grounds
Nashville
Port Au Prince
Fortune
Puget Sound
Mare Island
Tutulla
Princeton
Troquois
Sammon
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Saks & Company
Penmsylvania Avenue
Seventh Street
National Art Galleries
Paul G. Garber
Mgr
Jes Nies
New Hampshire Ave
H St. N. W
Western Union
Telegraph
Western Union Telegraph CO
Morris & Company
Byron S. Adams
N. W. Fhone Siaim
Tharp
Berkeley
Sereet
Eie
Judd & Detweiler, Inc
Civic Improvement League
Miss Cumming
Virginia Women’s Club
Red Mex
Bristol
Earl Cronin
Dennis Cronin
Earl Porter
Alexandria Hospital
M Tf Delaney
Roberts
Porter
Cameron Club
Virginia Federation of Women’s Clubs
Fairfax Courthouse
John Leadbeater
Great Council
Roger Sullivan
Great Council of Improved Order of Red Men
H H Newton
A. J Butcher
Great Council of the State
Hall
Isabella Hall
William E Hall
William A Myers
Marron
Murry
Pittar
Henry Peterson
Mae D Peterson
Poe
Chisago
Cham- Frank K_ Ott
Nennie
Adams
Melvin Jain
Honter
Nancie Howler
Fredericksburg
McKenney Tuther
Crismond
Sallie C. Howard
Doeat
Shirley
Blake
Victory
M Chambers
Eugene G Jacanaje
Montgome
Tabet M Hui
Olite Jiulley
Ihmond
Howard
Dawns
John Donobre
Sarsh Bampton
Downy Willam
McAllister
Kathagine
Garett
Morgan Chambers
Everett
Julia Rubbla
Baltimore
William
MicKenney Wits
Lutti
Norwood
Tata Church
John B Clark
City News
Brownlow
National Domestic Science Training School
Rauscher's
Brownlowill
Civil Service Retirement Association
G. A. R. Hall
Federation of Woman's Clubs
Federation
Columbia Theater
Hillis Logan
Court F. “Woods
Washington College of Law
Memorial Continental Hell
St. John’s Church
Western High School
F. le Siddons
Union Station Plaza
Figza Awards Commission
Delaware Avenue
North Capitol
First
Brookland Rosé
Brookland Masonic Temple
Monroe Streets
Brookland Citizens' Association
University Heights and Vicinity
Brookland Rose Society
Wisconsin Avenue
Logan Tribe
Srestnea
George Washington University
Board of Trustees
Fred D. Morton
Roscoe Bruce
Manassas Industrial Institute
Manassas
Donald Garrison Villard
South
Treasury Department
J. W. Crowley
Temperants
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Chapin Union
Takoma Park
Helen Nelson Doocy
J. H Donnelly
Sewing Machine Times
Electric Sign Journal
Civil Service Commission
Washington Parks
Glenn Brown
Committee of One Hundred
Optimist Club
al Souls’ Unitarian Church
Fourteenth
IL Streets
Coast Guard
George H. Slaybaugh
Patworth Citizens’ Association
Wallace Memorial Presbyterian Church
New Hampshire Avenue
Randolph’ Street
Florida Avenue
Hebrew Home For the Aged
Edith Levitt
M Greenbaum
M Stearman
H Bachrach
Rose Herman
Young Womens Hebrew Association
Pocahontas Memorial Association
Hotel Bellevue
District ‘Court News
Excelsior Anonement Company
Recorder of Deed
Emanuel
Albert E
Lester H Steinem
George Eupert
Willam J Bacon, Jr
Flora Hupert
Greencastle
Effie Cochnower
Judge Pugh
Benjamin Maddox
Harts Shook
Harry Nolan
Gtand
Thomas K Conrad
Chevy Chase
Milton L Philips
Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast
Maddox and
Nolan
Charlies Dunston
Mary Francis Dunston
Yeaterday
Eugene H McLachlan
City Bulletins
Sibley's Hospital
Army and Navy News
NAVAL
Standard Oil Company
Washington, D. C
New Jersey
Charlotte, MD
Norfolk, Va
Charleston, W. Ve
Richmond
Charleston S.C
Horlick
Hb. W
Park & Tim Tord
Huylers
Riterion
John T. Crowley
Elk Grove
Golden & Co
Pennsylvania
Covault
R. R
Burchell
N. W. Burchell
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