Karr Sentenced Five Years for Embezzlement in Smithsonian
William W. Karr, disbursing clerk for the Smithsonian Institution, was sentenced to five years in Moundsville Penitentiary after pleading guilty to one count of embezzlement involving 7400 dollars. He was escorted to West Virginia Prison with 26 prisoners, accompanied by his son Arthur, and chained to two Black inmates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur
Moundsville
W. Va
William W. Karr
Smithsonian Institution
West Virginia
Justice Gould
Karr
Gould
Charles
Kay
J. Fred Harris
Warden Harris
J. ©. Gumm
Manuel Ream
H. C. Hayne
Baltimore and Ohio
Howard Terrell
Vermont Avenue
Terrell
Charles Terrell
William Anderson
Moundsvile
Melville Lerner
Citizens' Relief Association Expands Support for Consumptives
The Citizens' Relief Association plans to supply milk and eggs to indigent consumptives through Associated Charities. The measure, urged by visiting nurses and physicians, aims to augment Met Kitchen funds, aiding recovery and self-support, with remarks from Rev. Tennis Hamlin and others. New board members include Mrs Eilen Spencer Massey and Walter Clephane, replacing deceased members, and several incumbents are reappointed for three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens’ Relief Association
Citizens' Relief Association
Associated Charities
Met
Tennis Hamlin
M. I. Weller
William C. Rives
B. T. Janney
Fairfax Harrison
George M. Sternberg
Eilen Spencer Massey
Walter Clephane
Tudge C . Cole
Berlah Wilkins
H. F. Blount
John F. Cook
Mra. H. B OF -Macfarland
George S. Wilson
George W.F. Swartzell
Satterlee
Frank H. Hitchcock
Fifth Congregational to Build New Church on Massachusetts Ave
The Fifth Congregational Church plans a new building at Massachusetts Avenue and Eighth Street after selling its I and Highth Streets northeast property to Centennial Baptist Church. The old trustees will form a new church body with a new name, drawing members from Fifth Congregational and parts of First Congregational. Dr Newman of First Congregational is asked to assist as a meeting around December 1 or 3 decides on the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Congregational
Massachusetts Avenue
Eighth Street
Fifth Congregational Church
Highth Streets
Centennial Baptist Church
Fifth Congregation
First Congregational
Newman
First Congregational Church
Pupil Complaint Demands Four Room Addition at Benning School
J J Ivins told the District Commissioners that Benning school, eight grades and four rooms, lacks play space and ventilation. There is no teachers’ room, and classes must go to Kenilworth. The board recommended a four room addition costing 27000 dollars, but funds were cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Ivins
Benning
Board of Education
Benning School
Mr. Ivins
Wal
Kenilworth
Ivins
Local City Bulletin and Ads Mix in Odd Message
A jumble of local notices and ads lists prices for meats and groceries, landmarks, a funeral arrival from Havre de Grace, and various shop promos. Mentions Johnston's Best Groceries, Havemner's Waferettes crackers, and Rock Creek Cemetery interment for Mrs Rodgers. Includes weights, prices, and storefronts such as 725 Tih St Ni Wy and 1427 N Y Ave with phone 1613.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodgers
Robert &. Rodgers
Havre de Grace
Baltimore
Onio
Bethlehem
Rock Creek Cemetery
Peculiar Red Tape Rules Stifle Interior Clerks
A July 1905 article notes Interior Department clerks facing strict register rules for leaving the building, with one clerk forced to log a return to the desk despite not having left. The piece also mentions voter travel discounts and campaign tickets for the Virginia election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interior Department
Treasury Department
Treasury
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pennsylvania Avenue
Saks & Company Eventh Street
Sala
Tyssowski Bros
Wm. H. McKnew
Andrew Carnegie
Home Savings Bank
Health Department
Chestnut Farms Sanitary Dairy
GEO. M. Oyster
Je. Prop
Conn. Ave
C. G P
Manufacturing Department
Manarch
Sweetia
Dangler
Dangler Gas Radiator. Co
A. Eberly
Annie Cole
Grace Scott
Wern
Albert Locks
William Gordon
George Walker
William Jones
George Morgan
William Warfield
Edward Coates
Henry Wood
Caesar J’ Westmoreland
Allen Hayes
Fred Morris
Linwood Thomas
William Dorsey
Walter Harrin
George Clark
Jacob Hughea
Arthur Welch
Robert Slaughter
Benjamin Coleman
George H
Cravene Mackin
Rain Co
Toshes, Ats At
New York
St. Louis
Cravenette
Priestley Cravenettes
Chaice
Choi
Choice
Priomley Cravenettes
Nectal Bargaid
Feo
Gale Boys
Goodyear Rain Coat Co
Ninth Street N. W
F Streets
Bay of House & Herrmann
Sts. N. Ww
Fassel
N. Y. Ave
Jr. T. D. Pyles
la Ave
Red Clover Creamery
Art
Sean
Johnston's
Havemner
Geonine
LB. Heene’s
G St
Jones Engraving Company
Ith St
Afuddiman
Virginia
Lincoln
Nebr
American ‘Reeders’ Association
Nebraska Agricultural Societies
A. T. Peters
American’ Breeders
Washington
D. J. Kaufman
Pa. Ave
H.J
H. J
Ren. Ret
Crocker
Ave
Seventh Street
Mayer & Co
St. N. W
Burma
Washington Gas Light CO
Ste N. Ww
Selinger
H Street
N. E
Philip Leberer
A. Kahn
F Street
Ninth St
Friedlander Bros
Eagle
R. P. Andrews Paper Co
la, Ave
Ecesaene
Pettit & CO
United States
Realty Company
7Th St
Laaves
Washington, D. C
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