Money Men Welcome Plans for Entertainment
Washington bankers prepare for the American Bankers Association annual convention October 10 to 13 with receptions at the White House Arlington Hotel and New Willard. Delegates from across the nation will attend sessions at the National Theater and Willard venues hosted by Secretary Shaw and President Swinney, with extensive social events and hotel bookings already in place.
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Washington
John Joy Edson
Washington Loan and Trust Company
McKinley
Washington Bankers’ Association
National Theater
White House
Shaw
Arlington Hotel
New Willard Hotel
Trust Companies
Savings Bank Section
Shoreoiwn Watel
Charles LD Sprague
Union Dime Savings Institution of New York
PF Siul
The
Home Savings Bank
Basings Bank Committee
Washington Bankers
Wecome
Omo
N Henchman Davis
Central Trust and Gate
Cleveland
Bankers’ Convention
America
United States
Natonal
Association
Swinney
Corcoran Art Gallery
Potomac
Fort Myer
National Cemetery
Arlington
Fort
Chase
Edson
Congressional Library
Clerks Force Closing Rule Enforced At Saturday Night
A Retail Clerks International Protective Association meeting Local No 262 discussed enforcing the 9 o’clock Saturday closing. The committee will inform violators and push for adherence. The group also reviewed Galveston convention finance reforms including common dues, education on benefits, and elimination of a collector. President Gompers spoke urging unity and financial strength. New members were welcomed and wage-scale talks loom. Mrs Ballinger's will leaves estate to daughter Miriam Berryhill with three daughters as beneficiaries. Theosophical Society meetings resume with discussion on Theosophy. An acid phosphate claim promotes mixed health benefits and typhoid germ destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Retail Clerks' International Protective Association
Galveston
Gompers
Federation of Labor
Association of Labor
Manning
SONS OF RECHABITES HOLD NATIONWIDE SESSION IN DC
The Independent Order of Rechabites oldest temperance group begins its forty ninth annual session in Washington with pre meeting services at Calvary Baptist and Ninth Street Christian churches. Delegates from across the United States gather for two days of sermons on temperance and a monster parade on Pennsylvania Avenue. The convention will discuss death benefits, dual tent memberships for men and women, and the order's worldwide scope led by High Chief Ruler John C. Moore in Washington.
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Independent Order of Rechabites
Calvary Baptist
Ninth Street Christian
United States
Pennsylvania Avenue
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Seventh Street
Scottish Rite
National Assembly
Wayne Cordell
Committee On
Washington
Calvary Baptist Church
Ninth Street Christian Church
J. Ellis
Margaret J. Bilis
Cordell
Loeb
Tho
North America
Salford
England
British Isles
John Quick
New Yorker
New
Rechab
Jeremiary
New England
Senator Hoar
Levi P. Morton
Wayne W. Cordell
Anti-Saloon League
Mquor
George C. Thompson
Philadelphia
Rechabite National Council
Great Britain and Ireland
Great Britain
High Tent
Bermuda
Tasmania
British House of Commons
St. Alban’s
Chichester
Durham
Liverpool
Llandaff
Newcastle
House of Lords
British Columbia
Order
John C. Moore
K Street
Treasury Department
Westernport
Rechabite Order
White Palages Grow New Museum Well Advanced
The National Museum on the southern Mall border at Ninth and B streets is nearly finished with the basement. Granite and Liverpool brick will form the exterior, with slender internal brick linings. Foundations use piles under the canal site, while under basement corridors utilities will run. The Agricultural Department building wings advance and labor unrest is absent as construction continues.
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Agricultural Department
National Museum
Ninth
B Streets
North America
Cold National Museum
Camparison
Liverpool
England
United States
Washington
Epworth Sunday School Presents Musical and Literary Evening
Pupils of Epworth Methodist Episcopal Church South staged a musical and literary programme as a lead in to the forthcoming fall rally. The event featured solos by Compton Edmunds and Herbert, instrumental pieces by Edmunds and Herbert, and several duets and recitations. A local orchestra accompanied selections, with talks by the pastor Rev. Dr Blakemore and school superintendent W F Hummer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth Methodist Episcopal Church South
Tucker
Forrester
Waescher
Rodier
Wheat
Big bass bite in Potomac area boosts anglers mood
Water in the Upper Potomac runs clear and anglers report strong bass catches. In Edwards Ferry Montgomery County Md a fisherman landed thirteen bass weighing twenty seven pounds. Hyman and Treim each snagged twenty five bass nearby. Seneca yields a five pound plus bass by Rev W H Stone. Harpers Ferry yields excellent bass by George Bready and Dr Will Trail with twenty bass caught.
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Potomac
Edwards Ferry
Montgomery County
Hyman
Mr. Treim
Seneca
W. H. Stone
Harpers Ferry
George Bready
Will Trail
Washington
Lawyers Rely Absolute On The Post’s Legal Record
The Post emphasizes strict accuracy in its legal record keeping. Lawyers depend on the publication for precise case details and official statements, underscoring the newspaper’s role as a trusted legal reference.
Residents Support Residential Zoning of Sixteenth Street
District Commissioners receive a flood of letters from Emma L. Yoder Mary F. Stotte G Robertson M N Shafer Robert Fleming L L Thompson executrix Mary Swaim Hale Walker Eliza W. Hornburgh and others urging legislation to restrict high buildings and keep Sixteenth street for residences only, with pledges to back congressional action.
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Sixteenth Street
Emma L. Yoder
Mary F. Stotte
G. Robertson
M. N. Shafer
Robert I. Fleming
Congress
L. L. Thompson
Mary Swaim
Hale
Mary Chandler Hale
Walker & Son
Eliza W. Hornburgh
Bank Clerks Musical Evening Delights Washington Guests
Washington chapter of the American Institute of Bank Clerks hosted a musicale at 1214 F street NW featuring leading city vocalists. Edith Towell’s Nymphs and Fawns drew repeated encores while Thomas L. Jones and Roland R. Rodrick received praise. The event showcased ornate decor, an entertainment committee, and modest repasts as bankers pursued social engagement.
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Washington
American Institute of Bank Clerks
F’ Street
Bemberg
Edith Towell
Wallace Mok. Stowell
A. B. Claxton
A. H. Bedford
A. K. Parris, Jr
Percy Wilson
Arthur G. Plant
F. Bernard Stevens
Gold Poles Concert Delights Ryland Church Audience
An old folks concert at Ryland Chapel M E Church drew a full crowd with fifty voices from Ryland and Anacostia choirs. Daniel Smithson directed as performers wore costumes of "olden times" and featured solos, duets, and group numbers.
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Ryland Church
Ryland Chapel M
Brotherhood of the Church
Ryland
Anacostia M. E
Daniel Smithson
Anacostia
J. H. Brewer
Edna Taylor
M. L. Odel
Ben Bell
Reuben
Cynthia
J. Hammond Brewer
Margaret Larcomb
Maggie
Hazel
Jedediah
Ada Spence
J. H. Cathell
Isaac
Pyles
Mr. Smithson
Ysaac
Rebew Orchestra
Moy Tong Robbed At Chinese Restaurant
Moy Tong, keeper of the Chinese restaurant at 1827 Seventh Street Northwest, roused to find burglars had entered after climbing three flights of stairs and opening three windows and doors. They stole $115 in U S currency, $10 in Chinese money, and a gold watch valued at $18, taking the trunk key from under his pillow without waking him. Police seek leads to the intruders, believed to be familiar with the establishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moy Tong
Seventh Street
United States
May Tong
Sues Contractor and District Over Fatal Sewers Job
Alice D. Barnes administratrix of Charles W. Chapman sues the District of Columbia and contractor Andrew Gleeson for damages. She alleges that on July 8 Chapman, employed by Gleeson building sewers, was killed when a derrick arm fell due to a failed supporting cable. Attorneys Mather and Gardiner represent Chapman’s estate.
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Alice D. Barnes
Charles W. Chapman
District of Columbia
Andrew Gleeson
Chapman
Gleeson
Mather
W. Gwynn Gardiner
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Macfarland
San Francisco
Minneapolis
New Orleans
Peston
H. F. Swinney
Kansas City
HB. BF. Macfarland
Statrict of Columbia
Frank A. Vand Erlip
the Treasury
Joseph French Johnson
New York University School of Commerce
Robert Blyth
Union Bank of Scotland
Glasgow
Walter Hill
McShente American ‘National Bank of Bills
American Bankers’ Association
Harvey E. Coulder
Afflerts
Trust Company
New Willard
Edward J. Stellwagen
Union Trust Company
Frchivve
Theosophical Society
Blavatsky Branch
Theosophical Society of America
Metzerott Hall
F Street
Hereford
Temperance Body
William B. Kelly
Balford
Margaret J. Ellis
John ©. Moore
Epworth M. E. Sunday-School
Washington Post
Sues Contractor
Chestnut Farms
Geo. M. Oyster, Jr
Prop
Connecticut Avenue
Health Department
House & Herrmann
N. W
Horn
the Tailor
Massachusetts Avenue
Ous
Em Firemen
Arenes
Co. Eng
7Th St
la. Ave
Pa. Ave
Washington, DC
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