Occoquan Jail Described as Summer Resort by Paroled Men
Three men arrested for nonsupport Joseph Lewis Samuel Rodgers and Lewis Martin told Judge DeLacy how Occoquan Workhouse near the Potomac River offered rest and health benefits during their brief paroles They praised the scenery and urged patience and sobriety while pledging to abstain from liquor for one year as a condition of parole
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Lewis
Samuel Rodgers
Lewis Martin
Pareles
Occoquan
Fiawe
Yeaterday
William H. DeLacy
Occoauan
Occoaquan
DeLacy
Rodgers
Page Laundry Company Wins Suit Over Driver Solicitation
The Page Laundry Company wins in the District Supreme Court when Justice Gould dissolves an earlier restraining order barring former Manhattan Laundry drivers from soliciting the Page Company’s business. A new order will restrain drivers from soliciting on routes they drove for the plaintiff, under a one year non solicitation clause. Attorneys W. Arth represented the defendant while Carr Peyser Taylor and Baker Sheehy Hogan represented the Manhattan company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page Laundry Company
Manhattan Laundry Company
Supreme Court
Justice Gould
Page Company
Gould
Manhattan Company
W. Arth
Carr, Peyser & Taylor and Baker, Sheehy & Hogan
Young EloPERS Forgiven in Washington Elopement Reversal
The Hov Ignatius Fealy of St Josephs Church received a letter from Mr and Mrs James V Cruse confirming the elopement of their children. The couple married in New Jersey before traveling to Washington where Fealy performed a second ceremony after a dispensation. Mrs Cruse was El?nn Murray and her husband is the son of the late Bernard Crouse, Brooklyn lawyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ignatius Fealy
St. Joseph's Church
James V. Cruse
South Orange
N. J
Washington
New Jersey
Walher Fealy
Fist
Funeral Touch Rescues Western Land Fraud Principal
President Taft freed Will G. Comstock on compassionate grounds so he could attend the funeral of his partner Bartlett Richards, who died in a cell while both were imprisoned for conspiring to defraud the government of land. Comstock and Richards, Ellsworth residents, had been convicted on perjury-related charges and were to begin one-year sentences in October. Taft had previously refused executive clemency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Thad
Will G. Comstock
Nebhraska Land and Seeding Company
Bartlett Richards
Ellaworth
Nehy
Comstock
Richards
Ramparts to Replace Graves on Flamenco Island
The graves on Flamenco Island Panama Bay will be moved to Ancon Cemetery as ramparts rise to guard the Panama Canal entrance. Some interred were yellow fever victims from decades past, with many navy personnel represented. War Department prep work aims to finish with the canal’s world commerce opening. A separate note reports a Good Roads Party traveling from Bristol, Virginia, October 2 to Roanoke and Washington to promote a Bristol to Washington highway via a Memphis to Bristol route.
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United States Navy
Good Roada
City
Bristol
Roanoke
Washington
Memphis
Ebriste
Professor Opposes Punishing Children by Withholding Recess
At the Maryland School Teachers Institute meeting at Buasi nese High School Prof I A Robinson urged teachers to end depriving boys of recess for minor offenses. He argued short focus and need for recreation periods to aid work. Other speakers included Miss Wilhelmina McLeod on physical culture, Francis H Green on Rambles Through Westminster Abbey, Miss Hannah Cole on Recitations, and Miss C J Hinkle on Geography and History. The institute adjourned after the addresses.
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Robinson
Maryland School Teachers’ Institute
Buasinese High School
A Robinson
Wilhelmina McLeod
Francis H. Green
Westminster Abbey
Hannah Cole
Misa C. J. Hinkle
Low Rates to Stand for Alexandria Fare Cut Denied
The Interstate Commerce Commission denied the Washington Southern Railway's request to raise the Washington Alexandria fare to 50 cents to curb passengers buying cheap Alexandria to Richmond through tickets. The decision also blocked a 20 cent Potomac Bridge toll and other fare schemes, with one exception allowing current rates between Atlanta and Chattanooga to continue. The ruling keeps a 2.85 fare path via Alexandria for travelers bound to Richmond and limits on through fares.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern
Washington
Washington Southern Railway
Fexandria
Richmond
Mexandria
Virginia Corporation Commission
Alexandria
Washington Southern
Potomac River
Washngton
Aml
Tenn
Galton
Atlanta
Augusta
Savannah
Chattanooga
Wants Regular Pay Day For Public Laborers
A laborer appeals for timely wages citing a monthly pay rule. He describes earning 15 cents per day, missing holidays, and outstanding month’s pay of 39.25 dollars. He urges publication to pressure Col Cosby and officials to fix a regular pay date and compares laborers with higher officials who are paid on time. The letter notes copies sent to the President, Secretary of War, Col Cosby, and other officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Casby
Col Cosby
Widow May Lose Estate Overview of Freeman Will
The Freeman estate valued around 155000 may be divided among widow Mrs Mary E Freeman and four children Joseph W Louis William V and Elizabeth Freeman after the will lacked proper dual witnesses. The widow filed for letters of administration and is represented by Vieney Joseph A Burkhart. Assets include 612 Thirteenth Street NW valued 76000 1112 acres opposite Walter Reed Hospital about 65000 in ground stock and cash totaling about 15600 and 5000 respectively.
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Joseph R. Freeman
Mary HE
Joseph W
J. Louis
William V
Elizabeth Freeman
Vieney Joseph A. Burkhart
Thirteenth Street
Walter Reed Hospital
City Bulletins Excursions and Services For Today
City bulletins list excursions from New York Avenue and Fifteenth Street and frequent streetcar service for Glen Echo and Marshall Hall. Notes open hours and nearby vendors offering wines, groceries, oysters, and photo services. Illustrates early 1900s Washington DC transit, dining, and retail touches with specific street names and venues.
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Chevy Chase
New York Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Marines
Glen Echo
Fourteeth
F Streets
Charles Macalester
Marshall Ball
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Saka & Company
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Karlton” Soft
America
Russia
Kenny
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the Sunday Post
Judd & Detweiler, Inc
Page-Manhattan
Father Fealy
Mr. Taft
Flamenco Island
Panama Bay
United States
J. R. Freeman
Patent Office
Hahn’s “Bend-Eesy’ Shoes
DBS
N.W
Hahn & Co. S
Pa. Ave
Reliable Shoe Houses
S. E
F Street
N. W
Sth
10Th Straits
City Bulletins
SL Arlington Hotthing Co
Phila Oyster & Chop House
California
Schwab
Quick
Ave
Kodaka
Columbia Photo Supply Co
N. Z. Ava
Prince Albert
Sabe
Boston Sample Shoe Parlor, Inc
Henltor Big
THE
Sunday Post
Mal
Por Kear
Post
C. A. Muddiman & Co
12Th St
Andrews
South
S. R. P. Andrews Paper Co
F St
la, Ave
China
Knock Furniture Co
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Tharp
Berkeley Rye
Maryland Upholstery CO
Washington Post
Czar
Count Rodionoff
Owen Johnson
Joseph
Maryn Crew Garnett
Hamlin Garland
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