Sixteenth Street Heights Lands Open for Detached Homes
The ramping street grading in Sixteenth Street Heights progresses with steam shovels as Floral street first opens from Georgia avenue to Sixteenth Street. Alaska avenue will bisect the property then sewer water lines and shade trees follow, creating broad drives and detached houses facing lawns rather than each other. Elevation affords a commanding Rock Creek Park view. 53,613 square feet of ground sold last week. the old Shephard estate barn will be torn down while the mansion remains with four surrounding acres. Robert E. Heater, exclusive Sixteenth Street Heights agent, notes strong buyer interest.
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Sixteenth Street Heights
Beng
Floral Street
Georgia Avenue
Sixteenth Street
Alaska, Avenue
Alaska Avenue
District of Columbia
Rock Creek Park
Zoo
Fourteenth Street
Washington
Shepherd
Robert E. Heater
Heater
Heat wave eases as cooler air moves in after midnight
Weather notes a peak of 95 degrees, two degrees lower than Friday. A cooler spell is forecast for several days with lighter winds. Four heat prostrations reported to police include Harry Stewart at Union Station and Mitchell Wood in Northwest. Navy gun factory band to start summer concerts at 8 pm next Friday under director J G Moody.
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Weather Bureau
Harry D. Stewart
Union Station
Dowling
W. C. Sanford
Ninth
G Streets
Philip L. Prowledge
Hleventh Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Prowledge
Mitchell Wood
Rockville
Gun Factory
Naval Gun Factory Band
The
Navy Yard
J. G. Moody
Prisoners Aid Society Seeks Funds With Benefit Club
The Prisoners' Aid Society of the Diocese of Washington, non sectarian though under Episcopal Church guidance, has helped over 32 000 people in nine years. To raise 400 dollars it partners with Rubinstein Club for a benefit at the New Willard bathroom at 8 30 on Wednesday May 24. Patronesses include Mrs Nagel Mrs Lamar Mrs John Hays Hammond Mrs John R McLean and others.
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Ai Department
Diocese of
Washington
Rubinstein Club
New Willard
Nagel
Lamar
John Hays Hammond
John R. McLean
Levin Letter
Henry Yates Satterlee
John Hay
Mabel Boardman
Thomas Nelson Page
Julian James
Duncan McKim
Matthew T. Scott
Allan McLane
Williams. Rives
Samuel Spencer
Randolph H. McKim
Duncan Phillips
McGowan
Frederick MaGuire
Debt Free St Margaret’s Church to Be Consecrated
Bishop Harding will officiate at St Margaret's Church as the church in Bancroft Place and Connecticut Avenue is declared debt free. Mortgages totaling 75,000 dollars were burned after a six year campaign under Rev. Dr. Herbert Scott Smith, with 1,000 communicants and major improvements including stained glass, a new organ, altar, and brass lectern.
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Harding
Diocese of Washington
St. Margaret’s Church
Connecticut Avenue
Bancroft Place
Protestant Episcopal Church
Connecticus Avenue
Thomas O. Selfridge
District of Columbia
St. Margaret's Church
Dog Poisoning Suspected In Second Street Southeast
Neighbors report three dogs poisoned in the 100 block of Second Street Southeast. Police urged to help as Mrs Evans of 111 Second Street and Mrs Nelson found pets dead last Wednesday. James P Roach of 107 Second Street found his coach dog dead next morning. Strychnine believed used.
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Second Street
Evans
Nelson
James P. Roach
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Bohn Syphon
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White House
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