Examinations burden Typographical Union seeks renewal path
A meeting at Typographical Temple on G Street appointed a committee to press for Civil Service reform allowing year to year renewal of registry for Government Printing Office compositors. They argued one exam suffices. if Congress action is needed, the committee will take the matter to Congress.
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Aleeting
Columbia
Typographia
Enionio
G Street
Civil Service Commission
St Louis
Conn
American Hardware Company
T J Rowe
Colorado Springs
T C Parsons
Central Labor Union
Whe High Everett
H C Knapp
Raymond Gerry
Multiple Fire Alarms in Quick Succession
Three alarms sounded within ten minutes yesterday afternoon due to a ground fault in a circuit at a woodshed and a chimney spark. Fires caused minor damage at Edith Cream’s rear 4 F Street NW and George C Buett 1039 A K Street SE, with losses around $20 and $3 respectively. Fire crews responded from boxes 08 and 431, with lines extended and crews guiding suppression.
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Jolleck
Edith Cream
F Street
George C Buctt
AK Street
J H Cham
Twelfth Street
Free Department
Atlantic Coast Line Seeks Proposals for Jacksonviile Terminal
Warnington N Co pept Wm Pleasants liv. Engineer seeks sealed proposals for building wharves and piers and grading yards for a new Atlantic Coast Line terminal at Jacksonviile. Projects include 20000 feet piling 2000000 feet lumber 50000 cubic yards excavation to load warehouses and three 88 foot piers with three tracks each into St Johns deep water. Estimated outlay about 1 000 006.
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Warningtonn Co
Pept
Death by own action Case In Rock Creek Police Report
Theodore Brooks reports a red haired woman jumped into Rock Creek but admits he did not see her enter or exit the water. Laura Whitney, about 35, stole from Eighth Street and was found yelling near Water Street seeking a certain man. She was arrested and taken to the Fourth precinct, with prior incidents noted.
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Theodore Brooks
New Hampshire
Aseruc
Rock Creek
Stronan Halboran
Lanten
Emercon
Brooks
Laura Whitney
Eighth Street
Florida
Grant Avenues
Fourth Precinct
Potomac
Piret
Battleships Return from Mediterranean to New York Harbor
The Kearsarge and Maine class ships arrived at Tompkinsville Staten Island from the Mediterranean, followed by the Minneapolis, with more battleships and cruisers expected. The fleet gathers for the Connecticut launch and a four hour full power trial, Missouri winning the sprint by about 900 yards amid high heat. The ships faced rough seas earlier in the week but demonstrated readiness for emergencies.
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New York
Sept
Kearsarge
Barker
Maine
Alabama
Missouri
Mediterranean
Menemsha Bight
Tompkinsville
Staten Island
Minneapolis
Wise
Atlantic Training Squadron
Tompkingville
Illinois
Iowa
Massachusetts
Texas
Columbia
Prairie
Connecticut
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Praise for the Fifteenth Cavalry After Bull Run Honors
Official orders from Gen. Wint congratulate the Fifteenth Cavalry for exemplary performance as rear guard at Manassas. Capt Sigerfoos and Adjutant Ryan convey the brigade commander’s praise for officers and enlisted men under trying maneuvers, stressing discipline and readiness as four troops prepare to depart Fort Myer for Fort Ethan Allen Vermont.
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Pees
Bull Run
Wint
Wallace
Fifteenth
Cavary
Fort Myer
Manassas
Waint
Edward Sigerfoos
Fieth Infantry
Ol Wallace
Sigerfoos
J A Ryan
Grant
Maaneuvers
Fort Ethan Allen
Seventh Cavalry
Visitors on the Puritan Quiet Sunday Aboard the Big Fighting Machine
On Sunday a quiet day prevailed aboard the monitor Puritan anchored near Seventh Street. The afternoon featured short boat trips to the ship for inspection of decks while officers and guests paid 25 cents for rides. Work on the ship's accounts continued as a routine Sunday observance. Meanwhile, news from New York noted the French cruiser Troude arriving from Sydney and saluting the Kearsarge at Stapleton before heading to the West Indian station. In Virginia, Detective Muller arrested William Lambert on charges including theft, with items traced to Hil’s property, and the suspect was returned to Washington.
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Aubry
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Stapleton
Trouds
Kearsarge
Virginia
Mack Hill
Vermont Avenue
Muller
Madison Court House
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Lambert
Washington
F Kendall Fox
Concord
Sept
Wanns Tall Collection
Mi- VA
Haliday
Henry Jo Goodatan
Halord
Ith St
Washington, DC
Barry & Whitmore CO
Harrisans
Fourteenth Street
Hairison
Macdonnall School OF Phrerology
Sthat Nn
Q Benn
Mme L Macdonnall
Galt & Bro
Eugene
Eugene D
Charles Francis Carus
Columbian
van Doren
F Street
Gurlay Stock
Fost
Hood's Sarsaparilla Greatest Blood and Liver Medicine
An advertisement proclaims Hood's Sarsaparilla as unquestionably the best blood and liver remedy. The copy emphasizes universal efficacy and urges readers to try the tonic as a trusted cure.
Unique Model Maker Mountains of Cardboard at Eighteenth Street
Edwin Howell, a geologist turned model maker, runs a cardboard relief shop near the War Department. His cross sections and plaster-paper casts produce detailed topographic maps for government and industry, including Grand Canyon and Black Hills displays, Cadiz Ohio wells, and a human interest water contamination model. His works, built from layered cardboard and wax, blend artistry with engineering for expositions and commercial displays.
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Edwin Howell
Eighteenth Street
Alaska
Canyon of the
Colorado
South America
New York Harbor
Eawin E Howell
Howell
Grand Canyon
St Louis
Horse frightened by auto injures two on Pennsylvania Ave
A wagon overturned after a horse took fright at an automobile on Pennsylvania Avenue near Fourteenth Street yesterday afternoon. William Mann aged forty and David Kilgore aged twenty five, driving with Samuel Goldheimer and Vietor McCleary inside the auto, were thrown from the wagon. Mann suffered a broken rib while Kilgore had bruises on the head and right side. Both men were taken to Emergency Hospital.
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Pennsylvania Avenue
Fourteenth Street
William Mann
S16
Third Street
David Kulgore
Twelfth Street
E Street
Samuel Goldheimer
Vietor McCleary
Fall River Strike Faces Winter Strain and Deadlock
In Fall River Massachusetts on September 18 the long running wage dispute between mill owners seeking a 12 and a half percent cut and 26 000 workers remains unresolved. Foreseeable winter hardships prompt union preparations while foreign workers have largely left. Rumors of October resumption persist, but weaver mass meeting suggested no change. In Curwenville Pennsylvania a street speeder collision fatally injures the track foreman William Houlton and instantly kills his seven year old son when struck by an eastbound freight.
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Fall River
Mass
Cit
Curwenville
Mahaffey
William Houlton
Rebuilding Food and the Grape-Nuts Cure
A Chicago man credits a Grape-Nuts diet with restoring his nervous system and clarity after long illness. He describes eye alignment improvement, better memory, stamina, sleep, and complexion, noting lasting recovery and health gains from the cereal. The ad cites Postum Co and suggests reading The Road to Wellville.
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Chicago
Ife
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Wellville
State Dept Warns of Pasadena Death Fraud Scheme
State Department officials deem a Pasadena tale about a missing heir and a deceased relative a fraudulent scheme to extort money. They warn foreigners are targeted by impostors claiming a death, a priest confession, and a fortune, seeking funds for access to supposed data. McLachlan seeks formal inquiry, which may be reviewed in Washington once filed.
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State Department
Spa
Pasadena
Cal
Cpressman McLachlan
California
Eoris Blaigdell
Arajuez
Spain
Chinaman Loses Savings to Clever Thief at Laundry
Gung Si, a Chinese laundryman at 2336 Brightwood Avenue, reported $421 stolen from his trunk, the haul representing years of savings. Police arrested a suspect but found no strong evidence, noting the thief clearly knew the routine and where the money was kept. A misdirecting chair and table setup suggested an attempted second story entry that failed.
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Gung Si
Brightwood Avenue
United States
Razor Attack at Notley Hall Excursion
Mary Cole a 39 year old woman of 1328 Greens Court NW was slashed with a razor during a Sunday excursion to Notley Hall. She was taken to Emergency Hospital by steamer River Queen. the wounds were not serious and she was sent home. The attacker, a Black woman, was arrested. Cole did not know her name.
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Notley Hall
Mary Cole
Green's Court Northwest
Washington
Germanic Congress Ends in St Louis Moves to Refer Immigration Laws
At the Germanic congress closing session resolutions backed the German American alliance in urging Congress to refer immigration laws to a committee of different nationalities. A directorate with full power to elect officers and set meeting places was formed led by General chairman Prof Marion Dexter Learned of the University of Pennsylvania and group chairmen from Holland England America Germany Norway Denmark and Sweden with representatives in Chicago St Louis and Oxford.
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St Louis
Holland
Gerritt H Tenbroeck
England
America
A A. MacDonnel
Oxford University
Germany
Otto Heller
Washington University
Norway
Denmark
Nicolay A Grevstad
Chicago
Sweden
Johann Mnander
Weather Forecast and Temperatures Across Regions August 18 1904
Unsettled conditions over the interior bring showers to the Lake region Ohio and Upper Mississippi valleys and Eastern Texas with cooler temperatures in parts of the Ohio and Upper Mississippi valleys and Upper Lake region. Western areas rise in temperature. Showers expected Monday in the Onlo and Middle Mississippi valleys New England and Middle Atlantic states with Northwest involvement. Tuesday forecasts include showers in the Middle Slope Missouri and Upper Mississippi valleys Ohio and Upper Lake regions with continued showers in Eastern Florida. Cooler Monday in New England and Middle Atlantic States and Northwest. cooler Tuesday in most shower districts except Upper Lake region on the New England coast. Winds vary by coast from west to north along Middle Atlantic to southerly along Gulf and light to northeasterly on Upper Lakes. Frost warnings issued for Perry districts of Wisconsin. Local report shows midnight to 8pm temperatures ranging from 55 to 85 with humidity around 8 to 28 percent and 0 hours of sunshine. sun may be 100 percent of possible. High and low tides listed with times for the day. Temperatures in other cities summarized with rainfall observations.
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Washington, DC
Lake
Ohio
Mississippi
Texas
Florida
Atlantis
Lear
Missivsippi
Upper
Lake Region
Onlo
Miasssippi
New England
Middle Atlantic Statea
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Miasissippi
Ohio Valley
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Western
Lower Lake
Middle Atlantic States
New Hughand
Middle Atlantic Coast
South Atlantic
Gulf Coast
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Lower Lakes
European Porta
Grand Bank
Perry
Wisconsin
Raipia
The American Idiot At Wedding Occasions In Britain
London journalist Robert Webster Jones critiques the American wedding joker, noting pranks on newlyweds across the United States. He cites decorated luggage, brass bands, kidnapping stunts, cages on drays, and street flames as examples, urging restraint and civility at weddings.
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Robert Webster Jones
London Journal of Repute
America
Pittsburg
Red Fle
Teomo
Serving Melons Tips From Elizabeth W Morrison
Elizabeth W Morrison offers melon and muskmelon guidance noting selection methods using weight and cracking sounds, proper chilling for 24 to 48 hours, and serving approaches such as scooped pulp on a dish or in a basket shape. Recipes include muskmelon fritters with lemon, cinnamon, and nutmeg and a batter fried to a delicate brown with a fruit sauce.
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Elizabeth W Wtorrison
Rise of American Banks Critic Sees Risk in UK Compare
A London critic argues New York banks over extend credit while British banks keep vast sums idle. The piece notes New York deposits around 1,129 million with 107 million loans and discounts, most deposits loaned. In London only two thirds of deposits are used, with 92 million in safe but unprofitable government stocks.
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New York
New York Associated Banks
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