Many Seek Position Vacancy in Tenth District
A heated fight for the supervising principal post of the colored schools in the Tenth district grips the city. Two colored board members will select the appointee from candidates including Dr. Bruce Evans, Dr. Henry L. Baily, Prof. A. A. Craig, and John Syphex, with endorsements from prominent educators and officials. The winner earns a $2,000 salary as the district’s leader.
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Colored Schoola
Cty
Board of Education
Elfis W. Brown
Francis
Bundy
Bruce Evans
Armstrong Manual Training School
Henry L. Baily
Harvard
Mirot
Craig
A. A. Craig
John Syphex
N. E. Weatherness
J. W. Cromwell
Weekly Record
Booker Washington
Tuskegee
Washington
Roscoe Conkling Bruce
Bruce
Tusk¢gee
Manual Training School
Vacationing DC official sees irrigation value abroad
Dr. William Tindall secretary to the District Commissioners returned from a Portland trip. the first real vacation in ten years. He attended the Irrigation Congress as a delegate and praised Western irrigation needs while noting Washington’s leadership in municipal methods. He witnessed Portland’s fire and argued for high pressure service and a fireboat to aid large-city fires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Tinaal
Board of District Commissioners
Portland
Tindall
District of Columbia
Washington
Salt Lake City
Seattle
St. Louis
Willamette River
The New Saks Rainproof Overgarments Feature Style
Saks Rainproof Overgarments offer dressiness and weather protection for cool days and mornings. In black oxford tan steel gray they combine Saks quality with reliable function at prices from 12.50 to 30.00.
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Saks
Oxford
Three Men Fined for Assault on Payne in City Court
Edward Sutton Jesse H. Tlusby and George Sutton, all in the southeast city area, were arraigned before Judge Mills in Police Court and found guilty of assaulting Joseph Payne of Oxon Hill Maryland. Each man was fined ten dollars. Payne testified he did not know the assailants and offered no provocation. The defendants claimed Payne and friends had tied him in Oxon Hill days earlier.
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Joseph Payne
Oxon Hill
Edward Sutton
Jesse H. Tlusby
George Sutton
Payne
Oxon Hil
Thas
Elmira Man Named Chief Clerk of Police Bureau
J C Van Bushkirk of Elmira N Y was appointed chief clerk of the Bureau of Criminal Identification by Maj Sylvester, succeeding Edward A Evans who resigned recently. Van Bushkirk long served as Bertillon measurer at Elmira Reformatory and directed its physical instructor work, having supervised about 25000 young criminals. He will start his new duties in a few days.
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Elmira
Police Bureau of Identification
J. C. van Bushkirk
Bureau of Criminal Identification
Maj. Sylvester
Edward A. Evans
van Buskirk
Elmira Reformatory
Reform School
Hood's Sarsaparilla Advertises Recuperative Benefit
The copy argues Hood's Sarsaparilla offers superior recuperative effect to ordinary vacations. It claims the tonic refreshes the blood sharpens appetite and restores courage, while noting the bottle costs $1 and comparing to vacation costs from last year.
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Hood
Deadly GAR line conduit death of Washington trackman
Joseph Mangum a 35 year old trackman for Washington Railway Company died after entering a trolley conduit at Delaware avenue and C street northeast. He was shocked when a powered conductor rail discharged current and later died at the morgue after an inquest was scheduled. Mangum left a wife and four children at Capitol Heights Maryland.
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Joseph Mangum
Washington Railway Company
Capitol Heights
Delaware Avenue
C Street
Nevitt
Mangum
Magnum
Jie
Wedderburn Still Living After Southern Magazine Controversy
In a letter to The Post Alexander J. Wedderburn contests a report that a company plans to revive Southern Magazine. He recalls that Frank H. Alfrind and Maj. George C. Wedderburn owned and published it in 1863 to 1841, the last issue printed on straw paper, and notes the 1865 fire that destroyed Richmond's center. Maj. Wedderburn, later linked to Washington press work, still lives in Baltimore.
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George C. Wedderburn
Still Living
Alexander J. Wedderburn
Post
of Southern
Frank H. Alfrind
George ©. Wedderburn
George W. Bugby
Etrow
James River
Messr Wedderburn
Alfrind S
Richmond
Mr. Alkind
Maj
George A . Wedderturn
Wea Otturn
Press of Washington
The
National Intelligencer
Patriot
Sunday Gazette
Baltimore
Fall Hats and Suits Arrive at Discounted Prices
Straw hats and soft hats in fall shapes arrive with prices eased from $2.50 to $1.90 and $4 to $3 for higher varieties. While trying on a hat, customers can view the full fall suit selection, with the entire line ready and on display in the house.
Colored Knights Parade Marks Fifteenth Anniversary in Baltimore
Simon Commandery No 1 Colored Knights Templars celebrated its 15th anniversary with a parade and evening events at the Coliseum. Delegations from Henderson Gethsemane Mount Calvary Baltimore Rising Sun St. Joseph St. John Emmanuel Richmond joined the observance. Baseball games 6-4 and 7-4, two races won by Charles William, fireworks, music, and dancing followed. Sir John Freeman chaired the arrangements with Sir Jeremiah Scott as secretary and Sir J F N Wilkinson leading the reception committee.
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Simon Commandery
Knights Templars
Coliseum
Henderson
Gethsemane
Mount Calvary
Rising Sun
St. Joseph
St. John
Emmanuel Commanderies
Baltimore
Mount Olive and Lewis Commanderies
Richmond
Hantera
Charles Willama
John Freeman
Jeremiah Scott
J. F. N. Wilkinson
Police Hunt Negro Stabber In City Bulletin
Police from the Tenth precinct seek John Thomas about 24 for allegedly stabbing Garfield Thomas on 1845 Twenty-seventh Street NW after a morning altercation. Separate notes mention a rabies scare in Woodside Maryland after a dog attacked a child. the dog was shot. The column also lists local ads and bits of comic dialogue and shop notices.
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Tenth Precinct
John Thomas
Garfield Thomas
Twenty-seventh Street
Woodside
Thomas Powers
Mr. Powers
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Kappenheimer Clothing
Corductor Rail
Manhole
Southern Magazine
D. J. Kaufman
Pa. Ave
Pat Bain
Bay of House
J Herrmann
7Th and
Eye
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A. Herman’s Sons Co
Seventh St
Colored Knights
City Bulletins
Chicago
C. A Muddiman & G.o
Keene's
HS G St. Nw
Hartung
Fla. Ave
MAGUS
F St. Nw
Manes
J. D. Pyles
Smart Clothes Shop
Jesus of Nazareth
United States National Museum At
Jesus
Washington Post
Congress
Thomas Jefferson Department
Thomas Jefferson Dept
Washington, D. C
R. P. Andrews
A. Kahn
F Street
Munyon
Munyon CO
Dangler
Purner Dan
A. Eberly’s Sons
7Th St
Eve
Schwartz & Pelzman
7Th Street
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Mayer&co
Bibie
Milwaukee
JOS. Schlitz Brewing Co
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Hubbard Heating Co
F St. N. W
Keeley Institute
North Gapitel Street
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