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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1910
Page
8
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Washington business leaders urge Congress and local commissioners to include a 25000 appropriation in the next city budget to host delegations and visiting dignitaries. The move follows Providence RI and Rhode Island examples and aims to boost Washington as a convention center with broad backing from merchants and the Southern Commercial Congress.
Secretary MacVeagh answers Chicago bank questions on emergency currency associations under the Aldrich Vreeland act. A letter from Dublin New Hampshire to James B Forgan clarifies what constitutes commercial paper and approves the interpretation, easing formation of emergency currency groups. The decision aims to accelerate nationwide organization of emergency currency associations.
Interstate commission declares no authority in the matter. District Railway Board approves discontinuance of through cars to Chevy Chase and changes meeting times.
Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railway faces District and Interstate commissions over local fare and service limits as debates continue on 5 cent local rides. Alexandria sees police reports of poisoning with a death. council and aldermen prepare to swear in new members amid leadership tensions. Community crime, court records, and real estate notices also fill the day.
Infantile paralysis continues to strike country districts around Washington. Roy I. Pugh, year old son of Mr and Mrs Pugh of Bethesda Maryland, died yesterday from the illness after being ill for several days. Other Bethesda families report cases, including a daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry T Newcomb. Nearby towns Bowle Latham Springfield Glendale Laurel and Hyattsville also report cases as the Washington area sees a rise in the disease.
Dawn breaks on the reed bird season as hunters gather at marshes along the Anacostia and Benning bridges to shoot reed birds artolan and black birds. Shooting is allowed on alternate days and south of the Anacostia bridge is restricted. Crowds attend the Kent and Queen Anne county fair at Telchester with new attractions and horse events. Special rail and boat connections facilitate fair attendance. Cabinet members Wickersham and Nagel, returning from Alaska, are expected to land in Seattle on September 6, likely continuing to Beverly afterward.
Acting Interior Secretary Pierce designates 669,760 acres in Montana open to settlement and entry under the enlarged homestead act. Total Montana lands opened to date reach 30,355,966 acres while a notes section mentions ATTCO taxicabs and a garbled fare line.
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