District weighs plan for special loan to cover extraordinary district expenses
A District of Columbia Board of Trade committee urged Congress to authorize a loan style advance backed by future revenues to fund extraordinary improvements. They argued the plan would avoid diverting current funds and allow a sinking fund for long term repayment, while noting revenues are sufficient if extraordinary costs are treated like other municipalities.
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Ci Wee
Congress
Board of Trade
Iti
Wool Velvet Carpets Regular Sale and Price Cuts
Wool Velvet carpets listed with regular prices and discounts for pile velvet Saxony and Angora varieties. Art squares and wool area rugs shown with sizes 4x4 and 3x4 styles, all noting sale prices and quantity units. Closets and oak furniture priced with quartered and polished oak options, showing original and sale prices. All items emphasize home furnishings with free installation and lining.
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Saxony
City Commissioners Seek Congress Funding for District Upgrades
District commissioners aim to request about $11.46 million from Congress to cover extraordinary improvements and current expenditures. They expect to finish estimates by Monday after receiving boards of education and charities figures, with funds likely advancing salaries for policemen firemen and teachers. Major asks include water service protection building railway terminal sewer work and militia costs, while militia pay and upkeep rise modestly to support uniforms drills and clerical staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Board of Pharities
Boy Hurt by Horses On C Street In Southeast
Hart Rothery, ten, of Missouri avenue, was struck by two prancing horses driven by a colored man on C street between Four-and-a-half and Sixth streets southeast. He was taken to Emergency Hospital with a swollen head and gashes. Dr Jones cleaned and sewed the wounds. no concussion. He was sent home with Charles Cook of Virginia avenue southeast who rushed him to the hospital. mother unaware of the accident.
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Hart Rothery
Missouri Avenue
Emergency Hospital
C Street
Charles Cook
Virginia Avenue
Destined Grocer Order for Malt Bread in Jamestown News
City bulletins urge instructing grocers to deliver Schneider's Malt Bread to avoid unsatisfactory bread. Life-saving service exhibits planned at Jamestown show new water and land measures. Officials and aides from the Treasury travel west to view displays and review arrangements for the event.
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Schneider
Jamestown
T Kimboll
W. W Ludlow
Treasury
Willem Saddes
Tha Es
Westernt
Ame
Police Chiefs to Meet Before National Criminology Convention
June 17 will see 20 police chiefs from major cities convene at the Dabitt House to plan for the fourteenth annual National Association of Police Chiefs convention. They will travel to Norfolk by water and then attend the Jamestown Exposition. May Sylvester leads the organization as president, with John Whitaker of Dayton as vice president and Harvey O Carr of Grand Rapids as secretary and treasurer. The gathering aims to be the largest in the association’s history.
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Washington
United States
Dbbitt House
National Association of Fotca Chiste
Norfolk
May Sylvester
John Whitaker
Dayton
Ohio
Harvey O Carr
Grand Rap
Maj Sylvester
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Johnson Bros
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Health Department
Model of
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Chestnut Farms Dairy
Geo. M. Oyster, Jr
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Prine
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Ouse
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Visive
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Home Savings Bank
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Mass. Ave. N. W
7Th St. Sw
Royalis
Jon
Wilson & Mayers
Burchell
Pa Ave
Horn
HE Taor
Paul
R. P. Andrews Paper Co. (Incorporated
la. Ave
D St
Goodyear Ree
Adler
Victor E.adler
Ten Per Cent Clothing House
7Th St
Mass. Ave
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