Typhoid cases fall as health officer notes unclear causes
Forty four new typhoid cases were reported for the week ending August 21, a decrease of eight from the prior week and 23 from the same period last year. Total land cases reached 204, with mortality down compared to last year. Health Officer Woodward noted the drop but could not attribute it to Potomac water versus wells, citing 482 cases investigated with many linked to river water and ongoing uncertainties.
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Potomac
Health Department
Sy Nyw Waume
Woodward and Yeaterday
Potomac River
Arlington
Letan HW. Carter
Cartes
Agricultural Department
Univer
Fort Myer
U. R.A
Carter
Illnois
William Garner Marvel Coroner's Jury Verdict
The coroner's jury ruled that William Garner Marvel died from hemorrhage of the brain after a blow. A witness described being assaulted and forced to remove items from Garner's clothing, and the alleged assailant was said to have disappeared into the woods. Capt. Schneier and Mosea Martin testified at the inquest.
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Gorner
Capt. Schneier
Dovanth Peo Einer
Mosea Martin
John D. Moray
Masea
Garner
Glazebrook
Tery
Sean Hel
Chancellor Expects No Autopsy Over Absence Incident
President Oyster plans to press for explanation from Superintendent Chancellor after his absence from a school board meeting. Chancellor denies being asked to explain and cites telephone talks with Captain Oyster. Board president says a satisfactory explanation is required and a formal interview is expected today.
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Capt
Janes F. Oyater
Syard
Capt Oyster
Chancellor Saimed
Tin
Capt. Oyster
Casadeilor
Capt. Oymter
Wife Seeks Maintenance in Deserta Case
Mrs Cunningham sues husband Joseph A Cunningham a shoemaker for maintenance. District Supreme Court issued an order requiring Cunningham to show cause next Wednesday why he should not be compelled to pay reasonable support for his wife Anna M Cunningham. The suit states the couple married in March and have two children and that he deserted her leaving her destitute.
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James C. Holme
Holmen
Virginia Avenue Southeast
Walt
Supreme Court
Gould
Tees Pendlog
Short Scale Irregularities Lead to Driver Arrest in District
District Sealer W Hinkel reported an American Ice Company driver Charles Montgomery was arrested after a wagon scale showed a five to ten pound error instead of zero. Montgomery posted 50 for appearance in the Fo jlige Court. The sealer will intensify enforcement against short weights and tie-short scales.
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Ice Company
Commissionera En Efforta
Times
Sealer
Hinkel
Charles IT. Montgomery
Fojlige Court
Haskell
Providence Woman Seeks Help Locating Lost Parents
Trene Brevena of 1 North Main Street, Providence, writes to city officials calling herself the “Mayor of Washington” and asking aid to find her parents. She says she last saw them years ago and provides names Levy Johnson and Leltha Johnson, noting a possible mislisting in Washington directory and suggesting a dressmaker Leltha Johnson at GM Kptreat Northwest.
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Washington
Trene Brevena
North Main Street
Levy Johnson
Latha Fohnson
Leltha Johnson
GM K Ptreat Northwest
Fifty or More Faces Prosecution Over Backyard Cleanups
Police named fifty or more residents who failed to tidy backyards after a recent city notice. They warn noncompliance will lead to prosecution and removal from premises if requirements aren’t met by next Saturday. Assistant Playground Supervisor Juanes Walker reported actions at ZeeLand and Bulle playgrounds with heightened enforcement. A building permit was issued for a two story brick store at 3217 Mascat Street Northwest.
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Undean AM Rabbiah Tm
Pvems
Juanes
ZeeLand
Bulle
Brewingha
Washington Playground
Agsta
Accident Victim Buried In Maryland At Funeral
The parents of Ernest J. Crabbe, fourteen, killed Monday near Marakal Had, Md, by the accidental discharge of a shotgun, held his funeral at 2:20 yesterday from his home 233 Fourteenth Street SE. Rev. George A. Mex of Ninth Street Christian Church conducted the services. burial followed at Congressional Cemetery.
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Marakal
Fourteenth Street
Darloce
George A. Mex
Ninth Street
Christian Chuch
Teterment
Congressional Cemetery
Hotel Johnson
Choise Edibles
Bea Food
New York
Jim Pralte
Veretables
Clat
Weber Separated by Court Over Alleged Abuse Case
Mrs. Glare G. Weber filed for separation from Le Roy Weber, a Department of Commerce clerk, detailing a pattern of abuse including cold water thrown while asleep, threats to kill, and beating their child with a bread knife. She left in August 1908 for safety with her mother in Petersburg, Virginia, as Weber pursued their daughter. The court order urged him to show cause why custody should not be granted.
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District Supreme Court
le Roy ‘Weber
Department of Commaree 2Nd Labor
Wir Weber
Ms Club
Mra. Weber
Tila
Gpata
Fluri
Weber Saya
Hom
Peteraburg
Weber
Inine
Pigeon
Calvert Floats Off Sands to Complete Washington Run
The steamship Calvert of the Delaware and Virginia Railway was freed from a sand bar near Kidsale in the Coan River with help from the tide and the steamship Northumberland. It arrived at the port, unloaded, and sailed to Baltimore, completing a planned run before the schedule change takes effect. Arsenal ranges burned at dusk. two wooden ranges at US Arsenal grounds were destroyed by fire, with origin undetermined. The headquarters building faced a brief threat but was not damaged.
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Washington
Calvert
Delaware and Virginia Railway
Kidsale
Coan River
Baltimore
Strikebreakers Return From Baltimore Meet Union
Eight strikebreakers procured by the Mester Builders' Association returned to Baltimore last night. Allied Trader Union members met them at the depot and escorted them to union headquarters where a conference led to an agreement to keep off local work.
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Mester Builders’ Association
Baltimore
Allied Trader Union
After & Conferanes
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