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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1909
Page
39
Indisputable notes describe a local store discovery on 9 4 street wt series Ding Store 2 1 with mention of cures and confidence. Patrons at Vicl & Dev Store report a trial method and price around $24 at Seventh street.
Two contestants faced court action after a rival game incident described as too strenuous. Each participant was fined five dollars for their involvement. Police reports noted the confrontation occurred during a pastimes contest labeled as Thak, with rule violations leading to enforcement. The episode underscores local concerns over safety and sportsmanlike conduct in informal gambling and pastime games.
Judge Mullowny, long an advocate for an inebriates home, sentences George Harper for habitual drunkenness and speaks on the need for institutional support. The piece also details arrests for disorderly conduct tied to a rough game in Willow Tree, a drunkard case, unlicensed liquor sales, gambling near First Street, and a mule theft confession by a hotel bell boy.
District officials recommend destroying a mountain of outdated papers and memoranda stored in the basement record vaults. The junk includes daily foremen reports, property journals, tax certifcates from 1873, inspector notes, and street and alley reports, with about eight hundred or more directory listings retained.
The conventions committee of the Washington Chamber of Commerce will report next Thursday on Riverview Exposition Company of Chicago offering a free convention auditorium on Analostan Island. The deal includes a $5000 subscription by island owners and proposed improvements. Road access from Humestreet and Little River to the island and a ferry by Yerry would link the site to Georgetown, aiming to make the island a suitable convention hall location.
Grand jury charges Do ward Hughes colored with murder in the second degree for a razor attack on August 5 at Hughes home in G street southwest that led to John Turner’s death at Emergency Hospital One. Also indicted were Ernest Forrester for assault with intent to kill and assault with dangerous weapon, and several others for offenses including housebreaking larceny robbery and assault with dangerous weapon.
West Commissioner studies a mammoth crematorium to burn all city refuse in one receptacle. Wood, returning from New York, suggests no separation of materials and outlines heat by the destructor powering District needs, reducing collection and disposal costs.
District beach details forwarded to JG Dana Abraman and Dr William B Hudson for public library review. Vendor ads promote Perfection Ginger and other foods, beverages, and home products. Housebreaking charges cleared for Melville Pinkney and William Jackson. Local business notices cover florists, waters, catering, and restaurant services.
Mrs Hooke, wife of furniture dealer W. Hooke of Eighth Street and Market Space, was appointed by the Supreme Court of the District to fill the vacancy caused by Mrs Justina H. Hooke received her commission from Justice Barnard. She has long been connected with District schools, educated there, taught for years, and expressed intentions to devote full time to the board. President Oyster of the board praised the selection, noting her long association with schools and confidence in her capabilities.
Through its attorney Michael W Sullivan Eadward W Poole yesterday filed in the Supreme Court to recover 29000 for injuries alleged from being struck by a company car on October 26, 1906. Mary Warren yesterday filed suit against Caroline Reichart in the Supreme Court seeking 0000 damages. Harat Somers is Birney Woodard.
The commissioners exempt the new parochial school in Anacostia from the water tax for schools with endowment funds. George W Wallace, water registrar, informed the commissioners that since tuition and textbooks are not charged and no pupil is admitted due to religion, an allowance of 60 gallons per capita per day will be granted free.
Second Assistant Postmaster General Stewart issued instructions to postal officials permitting candy to be mailed by parcel post if it contains no fruit and is packed to prevent damage to other items. The advisory notes confectionery without fruit is mailable, while fruit preserves retain restrictions. The War to Go. Cab? No The Federal Taxicab service markets itself as a combined pleasure and dispatch option at a reasonable rate.
A fragmented report lists several names alongside brief identifiers, reflecting a local notice or sports item. The readable lines reference Hearn Suppe Strange Ase, Tyerelt Neflesen, Verdi Lewis in a context suggesting event participation or acknowledgment. Further details are not provided.
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