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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1909
Page
8
Karlton hats priced at 3 dollars attract men seeking distinct style and quality. The new Khacon model emphasizes better finish and fashionable appeal, positioned as superior to other options in the market.
Police court reports reveal Sarah Scott convicted after pleading self defense in a failed attempt to collect payment from Philip Burnett. Lucinda Butler and Maggie Brooks charged with assault, both sentenced to four months. Magruder admits breakin and theft from an armory. Edward Burley held for grand jury on false pretenses. Corinne Johnson’s assault case dismissed after conflicting testimony. Louise Curry fined after riding hack without fare. Several embezzlement charges against Christie continued to September 2.
A jumble of hotel dining hours and menus plus official notes on a Rock Creek park bus line proposal. Commissioner Judson seeks information from New York and Philadelphia on bus operation weights and road impact while engineers gather data. Also mentions healthful school lunches, local beverage ads, and restaurant reopenings with new elevators and renovations.
Three smallpox cases were found in the District last week per the health department weekly report. Fred Splitvse, 216 Twenty-seventh Northwest, recovered before the case was reported. August 2 illness began. Sivrile Fitzimmons, 608 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, contracted the same. suspect from Bullivan in the same shop. removed to smallpox hospital. Paul J. Simonton, 30 Floride Avenue Northwest, also infected and moved to hospital. Homes fumigated. other occupants vaccinated. Current health counts show typhoid 128, diphtheria 15, scarlet fever 78, whooping cough 105, chickenpox 3. There were deaths this week: 1 white, 54 colored. Births numbered 153: 108 white, 49 colored.
Mrs Adelg L Charpentier files a limited divorce suit against Keon J Charpentier alleging cruelty and joint account theft. She seeks alimony and custody of two children. Bessie A Hartey seeks legal separation from Frank V Hurley claiming desertion over a year and a half, with infidelity alleged against a named correspondent.
Preparations are under way as Georgetown School of Law braces for a record student intake under a new teaching law. Richard I Watking secretary treasurer, says applications pour in from across the United States and the school plans to accommodate all. Wade H Fills will join as assistant to the Attorney General and lecture on international and mining law. Adolph A Hoebling Jr will teach evidence. Francia Cassidy and George Healy named librarian and assistant librarian.
The commissioners suspended action on all cases affecting poultry owners who were notified by the health department to remove their fowls immediately. The move follows a petition from the Poultry Protective Association, which will be given a hearing. The health department has issued 110 permits to keep chickens within city limits, with several applications on file awaiting inspector review before permits are issued.
Horace a Negro deck hand on the Southland steamer was held on a mutiny charge after a morning head wound and ax threat to Captain Posey and fellow crewman John Manus. Wade fired to stop the assault as the steamer neared Old Point Comfort. Wade was bound over on a grand jury action.
The public fountain under construction in Mount Vernon Square will be completed in a few days and a donation of ice is being sought. Applicants may obtain the fountain fee at Thirteen-and-a-half Street and Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest or at Seventh Street and Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest. Additional fountains will be built within two weeks at Eighth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast and Ninth and F Streets Northwest, replacing old wells removed earlier.
The wharf committee led by Daniel E Garges J R Sutton and W J Douglas urged a 300000 appropriation in city estimates to improve the capital’s waterfront. The committee and Engineer Commissioner Indson call the current waterfront a disgrace to the nation’s Capitol.
Takoma Park school marks seventeenth annual opening in a rebuilt facility after the November 1908 fire. A new dining bungalow stands across Takoma avenue, with a reception to follow and later visits by General Secretary Cooper and Commissioner Macfarland.
Grand jury returns indictments including Seth W Van Dever former police man dismissed for failing to defend charge of stealing ham from Georgetown grocery. Also named are John Hasty William Tojbron Joseph Black Marie McDonald Walter Williams Albert Edwards Thomas Brown Harry Brown Kirby Jones Hee man Johnson James Hamp shire Ernest Beaton Raymond Hughes Osborne Riley Edward Skinker John B McGrath and Edward Chase with various charges including robbery grand larceny false pretense and selling liquor without license.
District Sealer of Weights and Measures Haskell announced that a special inspection of coal scales will occur in a few days to ensure full measure for the public. He noted few complaints of short weights last winter, attributing errors to carelessness rather than deliberate fraud, and warned dealers that short weights will incur heavy fines.
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