What Is It Aids Parking Lot Fountain Mystery
A 1910 era mystery stands in a city parking area near Pennsylvania Ave and Fi Street. A four foot high device with an oval head and single eye spurts water when pressed, prompting debate whether a toy, astronomical tool, or sanitary drinking fountain. Locals report two workers installed it and departed with tools, while officials tout its sanitation benefits and fear a public controversy over its purpose.
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Bittle
Pennsylvania Avenue
Fi Street
Jerome K. Jerome
Aoine
Muntefpat
Itia
Game One
Aod
Thera
Public garden access urged in Letter to Post
In a Letter to the Post, the writer criticizes the Botanic Garden's limited hours and Sundays closures. They argue public funds support an exclusive space, noting 4000 plant varieties and urging open access, opposing Superintendent Smith and the continuing wall removal debate. The piece cites Kew Gardens and historic barriers to public visitation.
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Post
Botanic Garden
Kew Gardens
London
Washington
Smith
Grant
Tf Trust
Seneca Not In Collision Says Captain Commandant
Captain Commandant Worth G. Ross returned to Washington from New York where he witnessed the Haddon Fulton opening and declared that reports of the revenue cutter Seneca ramming the Lackawanna ferry Hopatcong on the Hudson River last Saturday are unfounded. He says he was aboard the Seneca and the vessel did not collide with any steamer. A vetagram from the Seneca’s commander denying a collision was also revealed.
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Worth G. Ross
Revenue-Cutter Service
Washington
New York
Seneca
Lackawanna
Beth
City Bulletins and Local Society Notes Highlight Autumn Activities
Dunbar Literary Society of Northeast Baptist Church held its fall meeting with Rev. C. Davis leading the invocation and William Underwood the keynote address on summer topics. Mrs. M. Furgerson spoke, with short talks by Mrs. Williams J. Poindexter and B. Seyles. The ad section promotes Fr. HW Snyder & Co fabrics, Freund's quality goods, and local beverage and table water offerings.
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Fr. HW. Snyder & Co
Pennsylvania
Freund
Heurich
Fone Grocer
Ariington Bottling Co
West
The Mayer Plan for Theaters Seeks Two Side Alleys
A. C. Mayer president of the Mayer Amusement Co says two side alleys should be required for theaters seating 260 or more. He notes misprints overstated his stance and urges safety fire exits while small venues remain without mandatory side alleys. District inspector Morris Hacker will push stricter fire rules after inspecting current theaters.
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Mayer
A. C. Mayer
Mayer Amusement Company
Seventh and Fairens Earthwest
Morris Hacker
Mr. Mayer
Hacker
Spy Fails to Get Bounty for Antietam Information
George McClure of Clarks Mill Pennsylvania claimed to furnish plans of the enemy that influenced Antietam and other Civil War actions and sought extra bounty as a spy. The War Department found no records of such service, noting no law authorizes further payment after an initial $200. the Treasury advised no additional bounty is due.
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George McClure
Antietam
Clarks Mile
Hem
McClure
War Department
George B. McClellan
Q. B. Wilcox
Antistam
Knoxville
Fort Saunders
100Th Penn|y Sylvania Infantry
Treasury Department
Retail catalog items including medicines and tonics
A fragmented advertisement lists numerous drugstore items with prices and brands. Items include Carter’s pills Mentholatum Guticura Soap Glyco-Thymoline Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets Hay’s Health Gude’s Pepto Mangum Sanitel preparations Remed Royal Grape Juice and Long Island Malt Marvel Whirling Spray Syringes and Bay Rum, noting a special price and claims of genuineness.
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Carter’s
Stuart
Hay’s Weir Health
Gude
Long Island
Found Dying in Lot at South Capitol and Q Streets
A man named Thomas Flatherty aged 44, formerly of the navy yard, was found suffering from a hemorrhage in a vacant lot at South Capitol and Q streets southwest. He was taken to Casualty Hospital yesterday afternoon and died shortly after arrival. His body was sent to the morgue. He leaves a wife and five children.
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South Capitol
Q Streets
Thomas Flatherty
Navy Yard
Borry
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United States Cavalry Band
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U. S. Soldiers’ Home Band
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