Blair Named First Assistant Corporation Counsel
Henry P Blair was appointed first assistant corporation counsel to succeed Edward H Thomas who heads the department after Duvalls vacancy. Blair, son of ex Senator Henry W Blair of New Hampshire, has a long DC legal career and was chosen by Thomas with West support despite not seeking the post.
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West
Thomas
Blair
Henry P. Blair
Edward H. Thomas
Drew B. Duvall
Commissioner West
Henry P Blair
Henry W Blair
New Hampshire
Plyrmouth
Washington
House of Representatives
Phillips-Exeter Academy
Dartmouth College
Columbian
George Washington, University Law School
Henry Wise Garnett
Corcoran Thom
Power From Food Says Diet Affects Fire Create
A Missouri woman describes chronic stomach trouble and weight loss until Nutra food helped. She credits Grape-Nuts with easing heartburn and bloating, restoring appetite and strength after a ten day trial. Name listed as Pastura Co Bat tle Creek Mich.
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Missouri
Pastura Co
Battie Creek
Mich
Commissioners Seek Sixteenth Street Residential Status
District Commissioners circulate a question to Sixteenth street property owners asking whether the street should stay a residential avenue or allow business encroachments. They favor preserving the lane as a wide, car-free residence corridor and plan to seek federal action to block business licenses. Sixteenth street may soon be named Executive avenue.
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Sixteenth Street
Fisure
Rock Creek Park
Fourteenth Street
Executive Avenue
Twenty filter beds in use at water plant
The city water system reports twenty filtration beds operating and supplying 60,000,000 gallons daily. With two or three more beds to be added this week, all raw water can be filtered and mains pressure can improve. War Department sets October 1 as the date to switch off raw water. Superintendent McFarland notes rapid progress on the Sixth street main and aims for full operation in five weeks, weather permitting, with winter service starting around November 1. Decorations for Weddings: work entrusted to Gude receives best decorators’ attention.
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War Department
McFarland
District Water Service
Sixth Street
Local City Bulletins and Advertisements Collage
A mosaic of ads and notices includes grocery and bakery pitches, hotel reopenings, cafe menus, ice cream purities, and a Chicago Jewel gas range promotion. Prominent names include Havenneir’s Bread, Hotel Johnson Cafen, Vonderheide’s Hotel Manhattan, Reisinger’s Ice Cream, Johnston’s groceries, and Keene’s Shoe Store. Dates imply upcoming reopenings in September and ongoing daily specials.
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Reisinger
C. A. Muddiman & Go
Sampfire
Keene's
St. Nw
Protest Against Pen and Pencil Club Liquor License
Bitter protest by residents and clergy at Ninth and East Capitol streets hearing before the District Excise Board on granting a liquor license to the Pen and Pencil Club. About twenty speakers, including women, urged refusal, deeming the club a menace to public order. The board will decide later.
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Pen and Pencil Club
Ninth and
Capitol Streets
District Excise Board
Wast Washington
Aaron Rosenfeld
Behrend
Lcense
Excise Board
Burnett
Burnatt
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Saks & Company
Pennsylvania Avenue
Seventh Street
Suinghs Syforg
Massachusetts Avenue
Stone & Fairfax, Inc
New York Avenue
F St
Herman
A. Herman’s Sons Co
H Street
Commisstat
Ers
Gude
City Bulletins
Havenneir
Ocat
Hotel Johnson Cafen
Choice Entablea
Lifetime Experience Club
Manhattan Cette
Charles A. Eckatein
Johnston's
7Th St
Cravenette Rain C
Priestley Cravenettes
Cravenette
Priest Priestley Cravenettes
Errsannes
Goodyear Rain Coat Co
Ninth Street N. W
Women Before Excise Board
Dominico Gloria
Washington Southern Railroad Company
Franconia
Dominico
Leonard J. Mather
Intume
Shaffer
14Th & 1
R. Annette Javins
Béda
Harry W. Javins
Javins
Willam B. Reilly
Moses
W. H. Grovermann
Galt & Bro
Berry & Whitmore Company
F and
Eleventh Streets
Southern By
Warrenton
Washington Daily
House & Herrmann
Sts.n.w
Lace
Nottingham
Pacific
Atlantic
M.S. M
D. J. Kaufman
Pa. Ave
Telephone Directory
U.S. Realty Co
Firemen’s Insurance Co
la. Ave
Paave
Washington, D. C
Elgin
Waltham
Selinger
A. Eberly’ S Sons
Seventh St
ADLER
St. and
Mass. Ave
N. W
Victor E. Adler
Clothing House
Tih St
H.W
Gur Price
Pettit & CO
7Th and I Sts
Hubbard Heating Co
F Street
W. W
Arene Cheile
Washington Gas Light
Burlington, Vt
R. P. Andrews Paper Co
la. Ava
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