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District awards cement sidewalk contract to Blome & Co
District Commissioners awarded the cement sidewalk contract to S Blome & Co of Chicago. Congress appropriated 147000 for the work with abutting property owners paying half. Preparations to begin immediately but delays feared. Union wage demand to replace 1950 cents daily after 1907. Street speakers may need licenses, sparking a petition to investigate federal abuses. Poundmaster Sam Einstein’s wagon guard removal approved. health guard deemed less important. Mentions C S Pure Cream Ice Cream as a favorite desert of particular people.
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S. Blome & Co
Chicago
Blome & Co
Cement Aidewaika
Lewis J. Marshall
Congress
United States
District of Columbia
United States of America
Sam Einstein Mey