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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1905
Page
13
A brisk notice promotes eight styles of hard twisted worsted trousers, cold water shrunk and tailored in the latest style by specialty pants makers. Sizes available in every style, with a price of 3.40 dollars, promising customer satisfaction and a strong recommendation to buyers seeking quality.
District officials report a large batch of letters urging Sixteenth Street be kept free from business encroachment. Owners and figures including Judge Gould, N. E. Young, J. Carmody, Mrs C G Dhilin, and others advocate preserving the street as a purely residential boulevard, with building heights limited to sixty feet and even a proposed name change to Executive Avenue.
The district excise board postponed approving Henry Senay's liquor license transfer to 1128 Maryland Avenue Northeast. The board will inspect the property and is weighing neighborhood objections amid protests from residents and concerns over the former Commercial Club license.
Dr A A Jackson of El Reno and George Bassler of 922 Pennsylvania Ave recently visited the St James while J B Bennett of Kentucky and Senator Culberson of Texas stayed at the Metropolitan. Others include Capt L M Kelly returning to pension work, Capt Frederick Mitchel from Atlantic City, Judge Shoemaker in from New Orleans, Judge Watson visiting with ties to Senator Maholry, WJ McCandless of Philadelphia at the St James, and Dr A H Thompson moving Pension Bureau duties as temporary pension agent at Des Moines. The Seminoles held their first National Rifles Armory dance, with officers C L Bell as president and Jannie Lybrand, Laura Boxgs, and E M Taylor in key roles.
Isaac M Richardson known in Washington business circles died at his home after fainting in a cigar store near Fourteenth and S streets. He was 68, survived by his widow and four children, and had served in the Civil War before starting a tailoring business at 1022 Fourteenth Street. He collapsed after feeling ill at the store, was treated at home, and died of hemorrhage of the brain.
District Commissioners consider placing a bronze tablet to mark Fulton early steamboat experiments in Rock Creek Park. A sign previously erected without permit was removed amid lack of verifiable historic accuracy. Officials suggest private groups handle such markings rather than public action.
George Washington University medical students report hazing of first year freshmen by clever lure to the medical building on H Street. The captors tied the men together, made them march the streets, deliver speeches, sing, and dance, then marched them to The Post Building and a fountain on Tenth Street and Avenue for more mock ceremonies before dispersing.
Painters spent yesterday removing the Lafayette Opera House name and replacing it with Belasco. The historic facade now bears the newer name in smaller letters, replacing the long familiar sign with that of Belasco, a figure renowned in stage circles.
City notices and ads list the N Auth Provision Co expanding in Washington with new sausage varieties like Moraik Kalpagatantine schwettraulade and Lebaspas. Also mentions arraignment of George T Hilton for alleged diamond theft from a fellow officer. Various storefronts and prices for groceries and wares appear, plus notices on dividend splits and wall paper and local services.
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