Washington Builds Six Story Fire Training Tower
The city erects a six story steel frame training tower behind No 8 engine house at Eighth Street and North Carolina Avenue Southeast to drill recruits. Dummies 6 feet 8 inches and 5 feet 4 inches will simulate victims for rapid extraction and ladder handling practice with Pompie ladders. Chief Belt says drills will occur twice weekly and all new recruits must train on the tower before assignment.
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Eighth Street
North Carolina Avenue
Washington
Belt
Betty
Georgetown Citizens' Association first fall meeting notes tunnel Rock Creek plan
The Georgetown Citizens' Association held its first fall meeting at 1325 Thirty-second Street with President Smith Thompson Jr and Secretary Don M. Miller presiding. Items included a suggested public entertainment, boosting membership, and emphasis on advancing the Rock Creek tunnel proposal before Congress.
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Georgetown Citizens’ Association
Thirty-second Street
Smith Thompson, Jr
Don M. Miller
al Linthicum Halil
Thompson
W. Riley Duble
Rock Creek
George W. King
Washington
Chicago
O Electric
King
George W. Wood
Georgetown
Lighting the cIt ry Allen Reports Work of Office for the Year
Electrical Engineer Allen submitted to the District Commissioners his annual report covering the last fiscal year. It details street lighting fire alarm police patrol municipal telephone service and general electric work in public buildings. The report notes costs and counts of lamps and alarms, plus miles of aerial wires laid and taken down. It also lists 11 950 electric poles in service and small budget balances within administrations. A separate item reports Marine bandsman Lucien Conen wounded, in hospital, in serious but hopeful condition after a shooting incident. Let Shaffer Florist to execute wedding decorations.
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Allen
Walter C. Allen
General Electric
Act of Congress
Mr. Allen
Conen
Lucien Conen
Jennie May
Naval Hospital
Courts Open Today for October Term at City Hall
Courts reopen with all judges present for the District of Columbia October Term. Beavers and cotton cases expected early. Court of Appeals docket to 92 cases the largest opening in memory. Officials note brisk terms ahead in criminal and equity divisions with familiar jurists guiding sessions.
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Court of Appeals
District Supreme Court
City Hall
Beavera
Supreme Court of
District of Columbia
Stafford
Barnard
Wright
Gould
Justice Wright
Justice Clabaugh
Justice Barnard
Justice Anderson
Equity Court
Justice Stafford
Justice Gould
Canopy
Clabaug
Shepard
Justice McComas
Annual Report on Paving Street Materials and Tests
The District Commissioners received the annual report from the asphalt bureau noting tests on pure bitumen are hard to standardize for bids. It describes adding white marble dust to reach 60 percent bitumen and detailing tests for toughness, penetration, heat changes, and water action. It also requests funds to upgrade the laboratory to a higher standard.
City Bulletins Trial call and local notices in Washington
City bulletins list a 10:80 AM trial call in Circuit Court No 2 for even numbered cases from the district trial calendar. Ads promote Columbia Wall Paper Co and Vonderheide's Hotel Manhattan Cafe offerings, prices, and contact numbers. Also notes for jobbers, sugar and food prices, mining stock, and shoe sales. A woman, Alice Willis, fined for keeping a speakeasy. Red Clover Butter ads. West End Laundry contact details.
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Circuit Court No 2
District Supreme Court
N Street Northwest
Alice Willis
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Saks & Company
Pennsylvania Avenue
Seventh Street
F. Saul
Erica J. Moses
Ales. S Clarke
Francis Miler
Michael J. Colbert
Carl Auerbach
Alex
Clarke
Anthony Gaegler
John B Geter
Wm Hahn
J Philip Herrmann
BR Harrison Johnson
Francis Miller
Wm. Miller
Brice J. Mones
John H Ruppert
B. F. Saul
James F Shen
Shughree
Home Savings Bank
Seventh and
Massachusetts Ave
A. Herman’s Sons Co
H Street
F. W. Smith
New York Ave
Peates
Lilests
Selinger A
Ben
New York
Friedlander Bros
Goodyear Rain Coat Co
Coats
Cravenet
Oxford
Modelsa
Ninth Street
F N. W
Congress
Shaffer
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Scales of Justice
Thomas P. Morgan
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Mutual Life Insurance Company
Mr. Morgan
F Street Northwest
Mr.Morgan
D. J. Kaufman
Pa. Ave
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Lumbia
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Vonderheide
Hotel Manhattan
9Th
F Streets
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Frank
Lewis Wilila
Eighth Precinct
Red Cross
Crane
Greg
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Magus
C. A. Muddiman & Co
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Q. Whitford Co., Dist
West End
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Main
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Shestman
Pettit & CO
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Hubbard
F Street N. W
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Sea Car
KAHN
F Street
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Ofar
Munyon
Sleepy Hollow
Brussels
Regal Washington Store
Penn. Ave. N. W
R. P. Andrews Paper Co
la. Ave
Mayer &G CO
St. A
Morsell
A. Eberly
Washington Gas Light
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11Th St. N. W
Warner
Rochester
Aenan
J. T. Walker Sons
10Th Street
U.5. Realty Co
Firemen’s Insurance Co. Blig
7Th St
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