Public notice in District of Columbia highway extension case
Commissioners of the District of Columbia file condemnation petitions for extending M street east of Bladensburg road and Nineteenth street from Woodley road to Baltimore street with a 90 and 50 foot width. Juries and damages assessments are ordered, public hearings set, and notices published in Washington Law Reporter and local newspapers.
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RE. H. Thomas
A. Leftwich Sinclair
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
District Court
M Street
Bladenaburg Road
District of Columbia
Bladensburg Road
United States
Washington Law Reporter
Wening Star
Washington Times
Ashley M Gounn
EB H Thomas
Leftwich Sinclair
Nineteenth Street
Woodley Road
Baltimore Street
Congress
Hoyter Road
Washington Law Porter
Evening Star
Washington Post
District
Dentistry Without Plates and Extractions Questioned
A fragment notes dentistry without plates or extractions, claiming painless options and facial restoration. Mentions Dr J. at 1208 St NW.
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Dr. J. Ka
FOR SALE PIANO LISTING WITH CARVED LEGS
SATE PIANOS ST NW offers a square piano with carved legs in good condition and another near new piano at a bargain price. Separate notes indicate two listings on ST NW and a casual buyer-friendly tone.
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Nh ST. NW
Auction sales feature multiple Washington DC properties
Trustees announce public auctions in Washington DC for unimproved real estate and townhouses. Properties include blocks in Yale subdivision and Brightwood Park with two to three story dwellings, expressing terms of sale, deposits, and note-backed payments. Auctioneers THOS J Owen & Son and Sam A Drury manage sales with deadlines in October and November 1905.
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Berar
Washington, D. C
A. D
District of Columbia
Yale
Office of the Surveyor of
Jesse V. X. Huycr
Pennsylvania Avenue
Woshington
Union Trust Company of
Thos J. Owen & Son
Brightwood Park
D CO
Uber
Thor J Owen & Son
County of
Washington
Brightwood Fark
Colum 1
Washington, DC
Sam’s A. Drury
Kentucky Avenue
City of Washington District of Columbia
Thomas H Pickford
Surveyore
Gale
John Taylor Arms Trustes
Sam's A Drury
Auction Postponed and Public Notices For Automobiles
The sale is postponed to Monday the 24th at the same hour and place. Automobiles offered include a nearly new 11 model F Cadillac in first condition from B H Braays and an OLDS Runabout in good condition with top and accessories. A new light automobile stable space is requested by a janitor at 1639 I St.
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B. H. Biays
Duck Shooting on Goodwin's Island in Clarke County Va
Report of duck shooting activity at Goodwin's Island near Clarke County Virginia notes shore land use and local access. Details are fragmentary but indicate a pursuit event involving area residents and nearby properties.
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Goodwin's Island
Geres William Page
Joyce, Clarke County
HER FIRST TROLLEY RIDE AT CONVENTION TALES
A Philadelphia street railway convention hears tales from traffic managers and auditors. Irwin Fuller of Detroit recalls a pretty Irish girl on a trolley who blushes when the conductor teases her about fate. A Chicago Journal note adds a quip about a newly appointed judge and legal arg uments.
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Philadelphia
Irwin Fuller
Detroit
Sald
Kind Old Man and Small Boy Night School Joke
A brief Chicago Journal gag shows a man asking a boy if he learns daily. The boy replies that he attends night school, implying he learns at night to keep up in class.
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The
Chicago Journal
Proposals Clamor Over Higher Liquor Licenses in DC
A heated debate surrounds possible restrictions on minor sale in the District of Columbia. Some push a semi prohibitive license of 1000 a year for all saloons while others back could shutter most. Saloons in hotels and restaurants could remain. Officials and saloonkeepers offer divergent views as Congress is urged to act. The anti saloon groups seek a compromise that limits outlets while public education advances. The “tin bucket” trade is branded an evil to be eradicated.
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Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia
District Court of the
United States
District Court
Supreme Court of
United States District Court For
Congress
United States Courthouse
City Hall
Union Station District of Columbia
Third
Florida Avenue
Second
Fifth
First
Capitol Streets
Square
C. S A Baker
Gorge W Moss
George Spransy
Office OF the Commissioners OF the
Washington
District Columbia
Beatty & Hawkins
Georgetown
Beatty & Hawking
Henry B OF
Macfast
Henry L
Tohn Biddle
Excise Board
Mqnor
Gity
Post
Liquor Dealers’ Association
Anti-Saloon League
Awkward Longevity Outcomes From Hypothetical Century Life
A London Spectator piece imagines a fifty year old earning well living to ninety. It warns of wealth concentration delaying incomes for descendants and possible social upheaval if many live far beyond their productive years. The scenario questions intergenerational wealth transfer and family business dynamics.
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London Spectator
Oxford
Eeventy
Alter
After the Taste at the tack door in the Press tale
A Philadelphia Press fragment shows Miss Starvem challenging a tramp at the tack door asking his intent while he claims to have seen her at a place called table Board in hie minnin's veRvell, suggesting a possible mischief or accusation.
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Philadelphia
Incidents in Career of New Major General Weston
Rejoicing and regret greet Gen John F Weston promotion to major general. A famed storyteller, chemist, and top commissary, Weston rose from Civil War lieutenant to brigadier general of volunteers in Cuba and modernized army supply. His career included service with Custer, relief efforts on the Lower Mississippi, and cost reductions that cut losses to under 1 percent. Secretary Taft opposed his promotion to avoid losing him as Commissary General.
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War Department
John F. Westox
Weston
Fourth Kentucky Cavalry
Custer
Little Big Horn
Sitting Bull
Mississippi
Harrison
Capt
Department
Proctor
Shafter
Cuba
Taft
Old Flame and Banquet Tale at Schwenkfelders Reunion
At Allentown Pennsylvania the Schwenkfelders held their annual reunion with a feast of bread and apple butter. Reverend Scherman of Pandora Ohio explains the meal recalls the first New World landing, not a luxury banquet. He narrates a humorously revealing story of a host who discovers a guest is actually his own wife.
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Allentown
A R Scherman
Pandora
Ohio
New World
Scherman
Cambridge
Chicago
The Elevator Battery and the Starter Who Shoots the Big Projectiles
A tall office building starter in a trim uniform manages elevator cars nonstop while describing how brokers and people demand instant service. He explains keeping cars moving with constant action, likening it to firing a battery of enormous projectiles day after day.
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Gridley
Bragg
Bible Study Campaigners' Club Organizes at Y M C A
The Young Men's Christian Association hosts its Bible Study Campaigners' Club in its Hew home. D W Montgomery leads the effort with a large turnout. The first meeting features Rev Frank M Bristol and music by the association orchestra.
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Young Men’s Christian Association
Ita
Suillway
Frank M. Bristol
Metropolitan Methodist Church
Association
Percy 8
New Continental Hall of the Daughters of the American Revolution
At &O’clock
Henry van Dyke
Princeton
G. W. Woodward
Continental Hall
al Neaily
Work on Church Music Joint Authors Release Manual
Two Washington choirmasters join with a Philadelphian to publish A Manual of Church Music. Rev William Josephinn Georges Herbert Walls and Francis Joseph OBrien contribute with sections on chancel choirs boy-voice training and repertoire while Mgr Diomed Falconio writes the introduction.
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Washington
Philadelphian
William Josephinn
Catholic University of America
St. Paul’s Church
George Herbert Walls
Georgetown University
Trinity Church
Francis Joseph O’brien
Gesu Church
Philadelphia
Mgr
Diomed Falconio
Largest Sea Elephant Mounted At Berlin Zoo
A 10,000 pound sea elephant, measured at 21 feet from tusk tip, was killed off the Falkland Islands and mounted for display at Berlin Zoo. The animal, among the largest sea elephants, fed on cuttlefish and ranged throughout Antarctic waters. it is described along with its tusk length and body measurements and notes on its distribution and hunting history.
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Berlin Zoological Gardena
Berlin Zoological Garden
Falkland Islands
J. F. G. Umlauft
Equator
Antarctic
Kergueten
South Shetland
Ehhorter
Niagara movement DC branch forms local organization
A recent Friday meeting of the District of Columbia branch of the Niagara movement perfected a local organization. Presided by L. B. Hershaw with H. J tt as secretary, the group planned a Thanksgiving night service to honor Abraham Lincoln era reformer William Lloyd Garrison and Albion Tourgee, urging Negro Americans to support the commemorative effort.
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Garrison
Tourgee
Beeld
District of Columbia
Niagra Movement
L. B. Hershaw
Niagra
H. J.tt
Lfe
William Lloyd Garrison
Albion
Problems for the Bishops in Baltimore Conference
The Methodist Episcopal Church bishops meet at Foundry Church in Baltimore this week. About twenty of twenty-nine bishops attend the opening. reports, cases, and district conference presidencies for the coming year are discussed. Foreign delegates include Bishops Thoburn India Neely South America and Burt Zurich. The case of Prof. Mitchell at Heaton University and the selection of the Baltimore conference presiding bishop in April are key items.
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Methodist Mncopal Church
Foundry M. E
Foundry Church
Robert M. Moore
Thoburn
India
Neely
South America
Burt
Baltimore
Washington
Bertha Kalich as The New Jewish Actress in Met Review
The Metropolitan Magazine praises Bertha Kalich's talents while noting mixed judgments. James Stuneker argues Kalich has been overpraised, yet acknowledges her dramatic promise and rare presence. He contrasts Yiddish vigor with English performance and notes her potential to mature into a distinguished artist.
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Metropolitan
James Stuneker
Mme Kelleh
Bertha Kalich
Bernard Shaw
Karl Marx
John Stuart Mill
Mme. Kalich
Kalich
Berth Kalich
Fedora
American Theater
New York
Elert
Chile
Agset
Kalidh
Rachel
Bernhardt
Dawison
Eewin Booth
Ode to Felix N Gernot in Public Ledger, 1905
A memorial poem from Philadelphia dated October 14, 1905 honors Felix N. Gernot. It laments his death and praises his genius, noting the loss of a man who shaped both tragedy and mirth and left a proud niche in the halls of time.
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Felix N. Gernot
Public Ledger
Philadelphia
A last look and a jealous past disrupt a London home
Mrs. Reginald wrestles with a letter from a former lover as her husband Reginald prepares to leave for an engagement. A chance encounter with the admirer at the door triggers fear of discovery, a heated confrontation, and a dramatic turn as she blinds her husband to safeguard their marriage.
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Helen
Reginald
London
Mrs. Regina
Jane
Belen
Greatrex
Havana Cigars and Their Quality Test by Palate and Nostrils
A London Mell article argues that true cigar judgment rests on tasting and smelling the smoke, not the wrapper or box aroma. It explains that Vuelta Abajo in Cuba produces superior tobacco, the blend relies on diverse leaves, and Cuban factories emphasize skilled hand-rolling over machines.
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Colorado
Colorado-Maduro
Maduro
New York
Liverpool
London
Bond
Pain
England
Havana
Vuelta Abajo
Vuelta Absjo
Gulf Stream
Selling to Uncle Sam: business falls to a few firms
The article notes it is very hard to do business with the United States government. Although efforts are made to attract large manufacturers, bids are scarce and many firms cannot meet strict government requirements. Purchasers face long payment delays, technical rejected accounts, and red tape that raises costs and limits competition.
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United States
Efe
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Trustes
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Y.M
Dr. Bristol
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Joseph B Bowles
Uncle Sam
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