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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1905
Page
4
The department showcases complete lines of automobile clothing and requisites with agencies for leading makers. The New York store representation assures access to top garments for autoists. The department claims unmatched customer service and thorough equipment to meet any demand.
Commissioner Macfarland and West favor canceling this year’s parade due to need for reinforced fire protection and suburban safety. They fear risk to outlying territory and question parade value, noting only a third of units have attended recently. The plan may be reviewed before the board with possible award ceremonies unchanged for inspections trophies.
The weekly health report shows a rise in kidney disease deaths to eighteen, consumption to fifteen, bronchitis four, pneumonia six as weather turns hot then cold. Typhoid cases drop but new cases total forty with sixty three discharged, leaving 205 under treatment. Deaths total 108, with white and colored mortality rates recorded. Births reach 131, split between eighty eight white and forty three colored infants.
The District Commissioners presiding over the condemnation of land at California Street Plaza Site met in City Hall to hear testimony from landowners and government witnesses. Adjournment was taken until Monday at 1 p.m. A jury will resume hearings on Katerama Avenue damages today at 3 p.m.
The Georgetown Citizens Association aims to extend Prospect Street from 38th Street west to Canal Road. They asked the city commissioners to include the cost in annual estimates but were informed that street extensions require separate congressional legislation and must be proposed in a bill introduced in Congress.
Chief Gardener Brown states that sequoias previously planted in city parks have failed due to climate and he doubts official plans to renew the experiment. The note references past efforts and questions any renewed planting in the District.
Charcoal is shown as a safe purifier for the stomach and bowels, improving breath, complexion, and dental whiteness. Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges are praised by a physician for gas relief and overall health, priced at twenty five cents a box. The ad promotes daily use as harmless and beneficial, claiming liver benefits and extensive cleansing effects.
A large petition circulated at the District Building mocks the process as the old Ninth and E streets northwest structure was deemed unsafe. The inspector of buildings warned the Commissioners last June to remove the building, and later a request for extra time to tear it down was deemed invalid. The structure has since been torn down and the extension request became unnecessary.
The Capitol building will receive its annual bath next Friday weather permitting. Chief Belt announced the task with ten men from Engine Company No 3 in charge of one of the new three size engines. Capt. C. B. Proctor will lead the crew. the job lasts about seven hours.
Hugh T Taggart calls a memorial meeting of the bar tomorrow at 3 p.m. Committees will draft restitutions of respect for Justice Andrew Wylie former district supreme court justice Andrew B. Duvall state corporation counsel and William John Miller oldest practitioner here. Also notices of various local ads and events appear including butter brands, grocery specials, dressmaking, meals, and a Ramble Through Ireland lecture by Edward P Harrington.
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