Police Notes on Robberies and Local Incidents
Police notes report robberies and thefts across several NW DC addresses including a necklace set and diamonds from Mrs S Walker at Northumberland, cash from John H Magruder on Wo Street, and a pocketbook from Lawrence M Huston. The coroner probes Woodford Gibson’s death after a skull fracture at Emergency Hospital, while accidents injure Takoma Park youth and others in multiple incidents. Public events include a Pen Women entertainment at Raleigh and a drug-plant growing talk by Dr Stockberger, with local youths injured by a pistol cartridge explosion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S . Walker
Northumberland
Harry Fisher
Connecticut Avenue
John H Magruder
Woodford Gibson
Pen
Washington
League of American Pen Women
Raleigh
Joseph P. Annin
Mexico
Harriet Harding
F. A. Whitworth
Stella Thomas
A. S. Hamilton
Griswold
A. E. Wilder
Mary Cunningham
Pickett
W. OW. Stockberger
Department of Agriculture
American Pharmaceutical Association
United States
Gladys F. Rahn
Dir. Stockberger
Gurney Street
Georgia Avenue
Shepard Keted
Charter at Issue in Terminal Taxicab Case
Utilities Commission counsel questions adequacy of Virginia charter under which Terminal Taxicab Co. operates in the District. The opinion cites a pending Court of Appeals case and contemplates advising on the company’s status if the decision is affirmed. The memo also discusses the Washington Railway and Electric and Potomac Electric Power cases and hints at a congressional divorce or court action to separate their interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utilities Commission
District Supreme Court
Virginia
Conrad H. Syme
Public Whiltles Commission
Syme
Court of Appeals
Hume
Commission
Andresa
Washington Railway and Electric Company
Potomac Electric Power Company
Congress
Policemen Must Pay and Off Duty Saloon Rules Questioned
Alexandria police face pay obligations or seek other work as the police commissioners review delinquent debts and whether officers may work off duty in saloons. Also in Annandale a stranger’s car color change sparks local suspicions. Lunt is detained and returned to Alexandria. Schnyder’s sugar theft case postponed for further police investigation. Carroll Pierce named director of Alexandria Water Company. James R. Pickin recovering after a serious operation at Providence Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annandale Arrouses
Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
Alexandria Police Force
Police Commissioners
Fisher
R. E. Knight
J. Shinn
Knight
Goods
Wand
Annandale
Fairfax
William T. Lunt
Wilmer Dockhardt
Lunt
Sherlock Holmes
Baltimore
Cor
Albert T. Chambers
Herman Pohler
Sergia
Wilkinson
Scott
Ferguson
Shinn
Richmond
Pohler
James R. Pickin
Providence Hospital
Washington
Excise Hearings End as Board Concludes Licenses Review
The excise board finished 522 hearings for next year’s liquor licenses after 15 days of sessions. The 114 wholesale applications were resolved quickly while remaining time this week will focus on disputed distance measurements and final deliberations. Attorneys for the Anti Saloon League and liquor dealers argued for careful, reputable license choices to curb disorder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antisaloon Teague
Excise Board
A. K E. Shoemaker
Antisaloon League
Publicc
Hugh F. Harvey
Attarnes
Washington Mercantile Association
Haquor Dealers
Jones-Works
Fragmented Birth Notices From an Old Ledger of Names
A garbled list records numerous birth entries with parent names and infant genders, citing families such as George We and Cora Wallace, John G and Mianie Wilson, and Charles H and Nettle M Robb. Scattered addresses and hospital references mingle with uncertain ages and misread spellings, reflecting a damaged public notice page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George We
Cora Wallace
John G
Mianie Wilson
John
Lian Walker
Bey Ener
Mate Fane
Charles L
Almeda Spangler
Aart
Bernice Hart
Charles E
Holpe M. Tietland
John M
Mae Hsnéarson
Josephine B Gartrell
Elmer V
Lydia Griggs
Wilmer
Annie Ro Farran
Gig
George V
Clara G
Earnsha
James
Anna Durity
Ida Keys
Rufus T
Boma Kenney
Hamlet
Frances Gibson
George
Matilda Granton
Ignatius and
Mnle Adame
Guest Of Commercial Club Opens Series Of Luncheons
Arthur Frederick Sheldon head of the Area Institute of Business Technology in Chicago was the horror guest at a noon luncheon of the Commercial Club inaugurating a weekly series for local business men. He spoke on The Science of Bidding Any Business. Nearly 10 prominent business men attended. A well attended social season opener followed with pipes of peace and humorous stories. Committee in charge includes George W. Harris W J. Kynon FE UW Proop EF Marlow K J Walh A Hammett and George A Weaver. W o Johnson, club president, is ex officio committee member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Frederick Sheldon
Area Institute of Business Technology
Chicago
Commercial Club
George W. Harris
O J. Kynon
UW. Proop
EF Marlow
K.J. Walah
A. Hammett
George A Weaver
Johnson
Sunday Schools Urged to Run Like Businesses in Reform Push
Reverend Whitmore, vicar of St Agnes’Haye, urged the Sunday School Institute in Washington to adopt businesslike practices, including publicity and improved bookkeeping, calling the Sunday school “the most important business in the world.” He advocated compulsory religion and urged separating attendance from regular services. The convention opened with holy communion and featured talks by Rev Berry Green and Miss Mary A. Wilbur, with a public evening meeting for clergy and educators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wo Whitmore
St Agnes’haye
Washington
Vie
Vries
Berryman Green
I. TL
Virginia Seminary
Busine
Mary A. Wilbur
National Cathedral School For
Mitman
William Kotsardner
General Board of Religious Education
Whitmore
Canon de Vries
G Freeland Teter
Eugene FE Thompson
Institute
Outing Club Plans Halloween Moonlight Hike
George Washington University girls of the Outing Club organize a Halloween moonlight hike with a campfire chestnuts ghost stories and mystical stunts. Faculty may join. Arrangements led by club officers Frederika Neumann Gladys Helgeson Theodosia Seibold Lina Vergussen and Eleanor Stanton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington University
Frederika Neumann
Gladys Helgeson
Theodosia Seibold
Lina Vergussen
Eleanor Stanton
Funeral of Mrs. C L Ebaugh in Montgomery County
Mrs Charles L Ebaugh of 1353 Irving street died October 16 from complications of diseases while visiting relatives in Montgomery County Missouri. Funeral was held at the family home last Sunday. Survivors include husband and two children Ruth M and Charles Ebaugh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Ebaugh
Charles L. Ebaugh
Irving Street
Montgomery County
Ebaugh
Charles L Ebaugh
Department of Justice
Licensed to Marry Figures in Virginia Notices
A chaotic list of names and locations from Virginia and nearby states appears, detailing marriage licenses and arms-length associations. Individuals from Richmond Madison Rockfish and Ashburn are named alongside clergy such as reverends and lay witnesses, with multiple couples and ages cited in an OCR fragment.
Cosmos Theater Offers Refined Vaudeville and Photoplays
City bulletins list entertainment options at the Cosmos Theater with vaudeville, photoplays, music and pleasant surroundings. Also noted are laundry, cleaning, and food vendors nearby with various services and prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmos Theater
Frei
Lee
Lour
Harvey’s
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Brighton
Boston
Paris Garters
Saks Guaranteed Hose
Russia
Pennsylvania Ave
Saks & Company
Seventh Street
Police
Stephen Cochran
Tenth Street
Nellie Bundy
Vel Vo Street
Charles Yingling
E Street
Lawrence M Huston
Fourteenth Street
Tom Nempses
Dempsey
John Maher
Takoma Park
Ninth and
T Streets
R. J. Speare
I'Third
Charles Sandler
Edwin Keady
Twenty-ninth Street
Eighteenth
K Streets
Lawrence Street
Uman Carpenter
Joseph Duffy
North Capitol Street
Nathan Mellman
Sam Gassenheimer
Sixth Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Blue Time
Fifteenth
G Streets
Blue Line
Whitney Clark
Baileysrosa Roads
J. W. Conant
Lowell Street
Lola VW. Marks
Rabheve
Alexandria Board
Carroll Pierce
Citizens’ National Bank
Alexandria Water Company
Edward B. Foraythe
Assluma Hospital
Ceoph J. Nevker
Government Hospital
Rascett
Mega. Ave. Nw
Elizabeth N. Montgomery
Kiva C. Peed
W. Buriess
Farah Johowas
F. Sheldon
W. Whitmore
Wilbert Po Cooks
Siobety
Verna
Hardesty
Mount Wigemony
Wow Barnes Eerl
Brant
Mars Macligan
Ho Schroder
John Preary
Shipman
Lena V Garris
Rockfish
Malia George KE Jones
Grace Eo Nugent
Va the Rav Wo Radelifte
Leonard Ro Gillum
Madison Mille Va
Hettie L. Vaoces
Yaorey
Var
Rok
Fults
Percy Schneides
Sand Dorothy Vo Evans
Thompson Mathes J Prande
May
H Swemn John
Kathrine L. Moone
Farmer
Curtinch
Eva M Darcey
Jimmie Rolamb
Addie T. Coleman
Ravert Talbot Harm BE Binm
Mary Fo Mullis
Miller Clarence Te Bartman
Waxprol Va
Leah Vallahen
Ashburn
Ter
Fpopains
N.Y
T. E Daves Willam
Kamins
Wacdens Bedwell
Dudle Wieehael Mooliwie Sf O
Annie J Clark
Flussell Feentgn
Parrakis
Oand
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Res
Bo Patrakis
John BR Rechner “ Roew
Valda
City Bulletins
Garpeta
Hinkel
Shaffer
Phila
Gunter & Chow House
J. Edgar Robinson
Washington Gas Light Company
10Th St. N. W
Wyndham Bros
Faye” Coureget
Ana Anners
Trent
K. A. Wastrow
St. WN. W
Burchell
N. W. Burchell
Kava
Byron
Adams
John T. Crowley
C. A. Muddiman & CO
Cuttre
West
Heurich Brewing Co
Macaianery
National Electrical Supply Co
Royal Pilsen
Abner-Drury Brewing Company
Wanhington, D. T
Etpom
H.N.D. Pareer
Wee
Beled Judd & Detweiler, Inc
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