Harbor Repairs Criticised as District Foresees Public Landing
The harbor wharf committee notes the annual rent of about 18,, proposes improvements to the water frontage at an estimated 3 million dollars, urging early action. It seeks to reclaim spurned wharf space from William W. Riley for a model fish market and possible congressional intervention to fund or lease the new frontage.
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District Engineering Department
Harbor Trent
Congress
William W. Riley
Areps
Riley
Wharf Committee
Public Wharf Higher Revenue Option Considered
The district weighs establishing a public wharf to generate whip and dockage revenue. The plan emphasizes demand for public facilities as independent shippers lack landing options without private leases. Improvements to the wharf frontage include temporary wooden buildings added this past year.
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Commit
Georgetown Sessions Open With Record Enrollment
Georgetown University reopened its college and preparatory departments yesterday, boasting the largest enrollment in 120 years. Private rooms were filled, dormitories exhausted, and plans for a major new building are under consideration. Forty-five professors lead the faculty, headed by President Rev. Joseph J. Himmel and Vice President Rev. Augustus Dustin S. The list of instructors includes Rev. John Br. Creeden and several Jesuit scholars, with additional names following.
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Georgetown University College
Joseph J. Himmel
Augustus
Dustin S
John BR. Creeden
James B. Betker
S. J
Thomas A. Emmet
John A. Conway
Aloysius P. Brosman
John Toohey
F. ¥. Sullivan
Edward J. Devitt
Joseph Farrell
Henry Wennerbern
James B. Mahoney
George I. McDonald
William V. Sullivan
John J. Viteck
Augustus de Yturbide
X. Saint Sain
Edmund A. Walsh
George C. Reid
Airick J. McTluch
Joseph 58
Wallaurice
A. Joyer
Ernest. Lent
Lawrence A. Callan
Former Glen Echo Mayor Witkowski Applauds Court Peace
Louis Witkowski once known as the fighting mayor visited juvenile court in Kensington after resigning in Glen Echo. He praised Judge DeLacy for orderly proceedings and noted how obedience differs from his former town council. He moved from Glen Echo to Kensington earlier than planned.
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Louis Witkowski
Glen Echo
William H. DeLacy
DeLacy
Kensington
Mrs Eliza A Hester Dies in Washington at 93
Mrs Eliza Addison Hester dies at her daughter’s home 2427 Connecticut Ave NW born Georgetown 1830 daughter of Thomas G Addison and Elisa Elingon her husband James Hester died years ago seven children survive including H C Ansley William B Hester Frank D Hester J R Mohler Monroe G Chew Edward Knox Cooke and Herbert Lyman Blackman funeral at 3 pm Saturday with private burial in Oak Hill Cemetery
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Eliza Addison Hester
H. C. Ansley
Connecticut Avenue
Georgetown
Mrre. Hester
Thomas Gelt Addison
Elisa Elingon
Thomas G. Addison
Old Trinity Episcopal Church
James Hester
Wiliam B. Hester
Frank D. Hester
Washington
J. R. Mohler
Monroe G. Chew
Virginia
Edward Knox Cooke
Herbert Lyman Blackman
New York
Oak Hill Cemetery
Park Road for Playground at Fourteenth Street Site
A letter from a Heights parent endorses the Columbia Heights playground site on Fourteenth Street and Park Road. It stresses its central location, abundant shade trees, and quietness due to a row of business houses separating it from Fourteenth Street, hoping for majority parental approval.
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Columbia Heights
Fourteenth Street
Park Road
The
Heights
District Budget Delayed by Education and Charities
District budget figures for the next fiscal year are stalled as the commissioners await estimates from the boards of education and charities. School statistics are due by Monday, with charity estimates arriving in about two weeks. Once complete, officials expect a week to ten days for revisions before forwarding to President Taft.
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Boards of Education and Charities
Httle Likeli
Taft
Board of Education
Board of Charities
Charity Board
Masons Plan Excursion to Baltimore Country Club
Temple Lodges No. 22 FA AM ML announces an excursion on September 2 leaving Washington at 8 45 am by trolley and reaching Baltimore at 10 am. Travel by trolley or motorboat and a special Maryland dishes feast is arranged at the club at the mouth of the Patapsco River.
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U. Temple Lodgs No
FA. AL ML
Masonic Order
Baltimore
Washington
Maryland
Patapsco River
City Bulletins Excursions and Local Services Advertised
Daily notices list excursions from New York avenue and Fifteenth street with special trips to Maptap Beach and Glen Echo. Steamer Charles Macalenter runs to Mount Vernon at morning and 2:20 pm. Local vendors tout bottled wines and beer with delivery until 11 pm. Classifieds invite free ads in The Post.
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Chaves
New York Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Maptap Beach
Cara
Glen Echo
Fear
Teenth
F Streetaoorkwear
Charles Macalenter
Mount Vernon
Cigar Sale Teasers Offer Mince Pie and Owl and Dean Brands
An old advertisement promotes Mince Pie and Se Cigar cut to eight for 26c, one eighty per box of ten. It highlights two shapes Friendship size A pointed end de Hifoson and size A large after dinner, claims high tobacco quality, stock clearance at 23 percent savings, and urges quick purchase before prices rise. Also features Owl cigar cut to five for 50c and Dean Be cigar cut to five for 50c, touting O’Donnell’s large U S retail presence and bulk pricing strategy.
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Dean
O'Donnell
United States
Hoffman House Bouquet Cigar Price Change
The Hoffman House Bouquet once a 19-cent brand now offered as a 3 for 10 cents and 81.65 box of 50. The cigar is now produced by the trust with the original quality only in name. We previously debuted a 5-cent version and now present a second lot at a fair price, without personal guarantee.
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Hoffman House
Trust
Washington
TOF Cigars Offer Quality and Value For Travelers
A vintage cigar ad extols TOF Cigars with Wey 2 for We and a $5.50 box of 50. It praises consistent flavor aroma and quality, noting careful tobacco selection from Havana filler and Sumatra wrappers, skilled labor, and the best value as the world's largest selling 10 cent cigar. It urges buying a box for travel.
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Havana
Cigzar
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