Contest fuels Jamestown vote drive with daily cash prizes
The Post reports persistent contest activity as weekly leaders shift and new entrants surge. Notables like Fred N Webber and Rev Edward Slater Dunlap gain votes, while letters from supporters urge friends to subscribe and cast ballots for Jamestown Exposition trips and cash awards.
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Mr. Webber
Fred N. Webber
United States Capitol
Fred N Webber
Punlap
Edward Slater Dunlap
St. John’s
Theodore Ficktin
Boye
Alexandria
Col Vicklin
St John’s Academy
Georgetown University
District of Columbia
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Ins Ife
FC Knight
King Street
George Washington High School
South Washington Street
Inchburg
Dr. Boone
Charles Boone
Holy Comforter
Washington D.C
Gormly
Mary Wood
Our Village
Jamestown Exposition
Anna Ridgway Muirkirk
Flag Day Order Urges Flag Displays on District Buildings
Commissioner Macfarland issued a June 14 flag display order for all District government public buildings. The notice calls for appropriate commemorative exercises in public schools and other venues and invites citizen cooperation in the nationwide observance.
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Macfarland
Boston School Commission Inspect Visit Hub of Universe
A Congress appointed commission including Engineer Commissioner Morrow and others returned from Boston with valuable suggestions on centralizing District schools. They noted Boston’s buildings are smaller but architecturally fine and pledged to pursue improved bridges and beautified approaches to the Connecticut avenue bridge, with bids for ravine filling likely rejected as too high. Isabel Worrell Ball travels to Kansas after her father Captain James Purcell Worrell’s death, leaving duties to Annie W. Hoagland.
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Births rising in District after health department drive
Health records show total annual births in the District increasing from under 4 750 to about 6 811, with 1905 and the previous year setting new highs. Health Officer Woodward cites public education for the rise and notes the department's policy of notifying physicians of required birth reports and pursuing action for future neglect.
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Woodward
Secretary Denies Search Practice at Government Printing Office
Reports claim guards search interviews with foremen at the Government Printing Office. Secretary Collins says no such general practice exists though under narrow conditions a search could occur. A discharged Mergenthaler operator said he was searched before meeting a foreman on the seventh floor. He was monitored after entry, and officials questioned the procedure as unlikely and impractical.
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Mergenthaler
Colling
Bath Houses Contract Awarded To Local Builder
The Bath houses and other structures at the new bathing beach were awarded to E. L. McClelland of the city for 33,938. Work to begin next week with aim to finish before the bathing season opens. Also notes local business ads and a pair of city appointments for inspectors by Engineer Commissioner Morrow.
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