Will Camp at Forts! Guardsmen Favor Forts Over Harpers Ferry
The District National Guard may encamp at the Lower Potomac forts instead of Harpers Ferry, Va. Officials, including Gen. Harries, favor the coastal defense plan to exercise with regulars for two weeks, while some men prefer training at Harpers Ferry for land maneuvers. Col. Smiley supports dual purpose coastal defense and rear protection training.
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District National Guard
Potomac
Bolivar
W. .Va
War Department
Forts Hunt
Washington
Office’ National Guard
Harries
Harpers Ferry
Ers Ferry
Smiley
National Guard
Cal. Smiley Hassted
Grand Army of the Republc
Department of 11Th Potomac
Arlington
Adjt
G. A .Oldroyd
Fifteenth Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
James P. Green
United Spanish War Veterans
Twelfth Street
Kingston
Clinton
Congressional Cemetery
Board of ‘Trade
Chamber Commerce
the Mistriet
Lo Partteina
Congress Heights
Battey
Cal. Smiley
Maj. Bell
Ompany
Apt. J. Harry
Leesburg
Committee Finishes Session of League on Uniform Municipal Reports
The uniform reports and accounts committee of the League of American Municipalities, meeting at the New Willard, concluded its work with late sessions. It adopted resolutions to establish uniform reporting and accounting systems in American cities and named a subcommittee to research Census Bureau related branches. Dr L G Powers of the Census Bureau aided the effort, with reports due at the next convention in Omaha.
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Nmittee
League
Sess Ciong
League of American Municipalities
New Willard
Census Bureau
L. G. Powers
Omaha
Wilson to Meet Butchers at Chicago Meat Conference
Secretary Wilson with the Bureau of Animal Industry headed by Dr. A. D. Melvin began a trip to Chicago to attend a conference of meat inspectors. The gathering aims to secure greater uniformity in enforcing Agriculture Department meat inspection regulations.
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Tetary of Agriculture
Chicago
Wilson
Bureau of Animal Industry
A. D. Melvin
Department of Agriculture
Liberian Delegation Seeks U S Help on Boundary Dispute
A Liberian delegation led by Garretson W. Gibson James Dossen Charles B Dunbar and Charles Hall Adams visits Washington to seek United States aid from Secretary Root in boundary disputes between Liberia and European colonial powers surrounding the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Africa
Garretson W. Gibson
Liberia
James Dossen
Charles B. Dunbar
Charles Hall Adams
Boston
Washington
Root
Ae Erie
Italy to Test Concrete Armor for Warship Hulls
Italy will test seagoing steamships and battleships with hulls of reinforced concrete to assess armor performance. The first concrete ship experiments date to 1855 Paris Exposition with a cement coated wire netting boat by Lambot, followed by Gabellini’s 1890s Italian vessels. Early tests used 120 ton craft at Spezia, showing no damage against iron armored ram. Concrete vessels promise low maintenance, fireproofing, and far cheaper costs, prompting proposals for concrete armor on warships and further trials by Signor d Adda.
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Italy
Lambot
Gabettini
Gabellini
Spezia
Signor d'Adda
Brave Rescue by Crosby Earns First Class Medal
John Schuyler Crosby saved Miss Edith May from the sinking yacht Mohawk on July 20, 1871, and then attempted to rescue others despite peril. The Sun reports a letter from Secretary of the Treasury John Sherman transmitting a life saving medal, noting Crosby’s gallantry and a partial reward to a crew member who aided in the rescue.
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John Schuyler Crosby
Young Lady
the Post
John Schuyler Creaby
New York City
Edith May
John Sherman
Washington, D. C
Dine I. Schuyter’ Crasby
United States
Florence
Italy
Edius May
Adele Hunter
William Gainer
Monawk
Naanvetary
Col. Crosby
Carl Fusbere
Thomas
Herndon
Comprehensive plan for Washington water frontage redevelopment
The wharf committee reports on a 2.88 million dollar plan to reclaim and extend Washington water front from Giesboro Point to Massachusetts Avenue. It urges government control of river frontage, development of Analosian Island as a park, and immediate as well as long term improvements to accommodate growing commerce and sanitary needs.
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Giesboro Point
Massachusetts Avenue
Anacostia Flats
Analosian Island
Wharf Committee
Orde
Washington
United States
Wash Channel
Shepherds Landing
Glesparo
Anacostia
Massachus
Avenue
Idisiriet Inc
Park Commission
Ice Cream as a Necessity Drives Washington Factory
Victor A. Conover of Dayton Ohio opens a large ice cream plant at the northeast corner of Twelfth and V streets NW adjoining Home Ice. It operates as a necessity priced moderately with purity and quality, aiming to supply Washington and nearby states. The plant, with 3000 gallons daily capacity, serves 50 wholesale outlets after two weeks of operation, shipping to local and regional markets. The cream is from Western Ohio Creamery Co Greenville Ohio, and the facility claims to be the largest east of Chicago, with eighteen hours transit to Washington.
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Victor A. Conover
Dayton
Conover Ice Cream Company
Twelfth
V Streets
Home Ice Company
Conover
Washington
Mr. Conover
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Hahn’s
Wwerren
Tenford Babies
lWe
WM. Hahn & Co.’S
Three Reliable Shoe Houses
N. W
Morsell
Albert. L. Johnson
7Th Street
Lower Potomac Points
Gonsus
Ameran
Hood
Urced
D. J. Kaufman
Pa. Ave
Gibson
Crocker’s
Hooper Bros
Penna. Ave
I. Haas & Co
L Haas & CO
Pennsylvania
S. Goldheim & Sonsington
Keeley
Gapttol Street
Miera Gleen
District “of Columbia
Ieeryland
Tasheta
Washington Gasfight Co
Tenth Street N. W
McConnell
Uistall
OS Metropolitan Bank
WSPA
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