New Cooperative Plan Lets Members Buy Coal At Savings
Washington readers hear of Consumers Coal Company launched this fall offering perpetual membership for 35 with two shares of dividend earning stock. Members may purchase coal for life at only 3 cents per ton above cost. Robert N. Harper is president, W B E Sursby vice president, Henry Grinnell secretary, with Robert H Love directing operations. Organizers expect 2000 to 3000 members, about half already enrolled.
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Washington
Consumers Coal Company, Incorporated
Robert N. Harper
W. B E. Sursby
Henry Grinnell
Robert H Love
Attorneys To Get Fees In Georgetown Building Case
Justice Anderson ordered payment of 1000 to the attorneys for the receiver in the Gora Ball v First Cooperative Building Association of Georgetown matter. Receiver William E. Ambrose reported saving about 16000 from the institution wreckage. lawyers Joan Lewin Smith and James Banby-Smith will be paid from those funds.
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Georgetown
Justice Anderson
Gora Ball
First Cooperative Building Association of
J Barton Miler
Suil Mied
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Clys
William E. Ambrose
Joan Lewin Smith
James Banby-Smith
Ambrose
Bank Rules Eagle in Trust Faces 50 Cent Ration Fine
A Western bank held an eagle in trust and paid 60 cents daily for its meat. Acting Comptroller Kane found state law fines for keeping an eagle captive and directed the bank receiver to free the bird immediately.
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Kane
Guily
Arrest in Fourth Precinct After Disorderly Resistance
James Baston, a Black man two years old, resisted a police officer during arrest for disorderly conduct. He injured Officer Patterson with lacerations and was sent to Emergency Hospital before being returned to the Fourth precinct and jailed. Congress Hall Hotel advertises a special table and dining options through Lueck, while Second National Bank seeks designation to receive fungible assets in bankruptcy proceedings.
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James Baston
Patterson
Huston
Beck
Congress Hall Hotel
Plan to heat pool keeps community hopeful in opening
Secretary of the Board of Commissioners and Dr Hudson advocate heating one bathing pool with coal to extend season. A portable shelter over a pool would shield bathers from October winds and prevent health risks for Washington gridiron players. Small boiler and coal costs expected to be modest, with rental options possible.
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Board of Commissioners
Washington
Aragon
Weary Contestanta
DF Hudson
Hudson
Tindall Sarn
Cen Bs
Disbursing officer defends delay claims in payroll
Louis C Wilson rebutts criticism of the District disbursing office over alleged late salary payments. He explains a standard process for time slips and special pay rolls, noting that payments to discharged or resigned laborers are expedited whenever possible and that delays of two weeks are not experienced by the office.
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Louis C Wison
Wison
Washington gains Australian interest in park system book
A letter from Charles G Coulter of the Sydney Royal Commission on Improvement to the Washington District Commissioners highlights “The Improvement of the Park System” volume. Coulter, soon to help lay out Australia’s federal capital, expresses strong interest and notes the book’s relevance to his work. Markets close early Labor Day hours approved for Eastern Western and Georgetown District market houses. Local floral displays praised by Gude's florists.
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Charles G Coulter
Royal Commission On Improvement
Sydney
New Smith Wales
Coulter
Commonwealth of Australia
Georgetown
Labor Day
Win Haskell
Duffy Malt Whiskey Company
Rochester
Preparations for Leaf Season by City Street Office
James M Wood, superintendent of street cleaning, plans autumn leaf removal in tree bordered districts. Starting next Tuesday two more machine sweeping schedules will run where trees are thickest, with further schedules added as autumn progresses. Leaves are hard to collect as they blow for blocks due to lightness.
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James M Wood
Flova
Wood
Woman Sues Car Company Over Injuries in 1903 Case
Than M Chapman through attorney LA Batley filed in Distt Supreme Court a $25,000 suit against Capital Traction Company. The complaint states on July 1903 near Rock Creek bridge a passenger’s hand protruding five inches from a pay-as-you-enter car was struck by a trolley pole on Connecticut Avenue, breaking the wrist and fracturing the elbow.
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Than M Chapman
LA Batley
Supreme Court
Capital Traction Company
Rock Creek Bridge
Connecticut Avenue
The Sho Gan and Finale in Milite Valse program
The program lists Hacerptstrom The Sho Gan, Walia Sulte Valse Militaire, and finale The Belle of New York suggesting a concert sequence with varied works by named pieces and performers.
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Walia Sulte
New York
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