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A curious nickel contraption in a city parking lot at Pennsylvania Avenue and Fi Street draws crowds daily. Viewers debate whether it is a toy, an astronomical instrument, or a sanitary drinking fountain. The device, about four feet tall with a wheel and nose, dispenses water when pressed, offering a splash shower to passersby and prompting speculation about its purpose and the county commissioners’ role.
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Bittle
Pennsylvania Avenue
Fi Street
Jerome K. Jerome
Aoine
Muntefpat
Itia
Game One
Aod
Thera
Public garden access urged to spare the public
In a Letter to the Post Gaya argues that nine tenths of Washington residents are excluded from the Botanic Garden. He criticizes the garden’s limited hours and Sundays closures, calls for opening it to workers and the general public, and condemns Superintendent Smith for resisting access and the removal of the garden wall. The author notes support for moving the Grant monument within the garden. Big September 2, 1.
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Post
Gaya
Botanic Garden
Kew Gardens
London
Washington
Superintendent Smith
Smith
Grant
Tf Trust
BIG
Seneca Not in Collision Says Captain Ross after New York visit
Captain Commandant Worth G. Ross of the revenue cutter service returned to Washington from New York where he attended the Haddon Fulton celebration. He dismissed reports that the Seneca rammed the Lackawanna ferry Hopatcong on the Hudson River Saturday, stating the Seneca did not collide or meet any accident and sending a telegram from the Seneca's commander denying the claim.
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Worth G. Ross
Revenue-Cutter Service
Washington
New York
Seneca
Lackawanna
Beth
Motoring in the Beautiful Park and a Busy City Scene
In a bustling city bulletin the Dunbar Literary Society of the Northeast Baptist Church convened its first fall meeting. Rev. C Davis led the invocation as Mrs M Furgerson offered remarks, with Rosa McNeill introducing speaker William Underwood. Short talks followed by Mrs Williams J Poindexter and B Seyles. Also advertised are local fabric imports from Fr HW Snyder & Co and Wise wedding catering options at 1111 Pennsylvania Ave and 915 10th St. A push to sample Heurich’s Senate Beer, Altamont Spring Water, and services from Arlington Bottling Co appears amid notices for dining, carpets cleaning, and furniture upholstery services.
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Fr. HW. Snyder & Co
Pennsylvania
Freund
Heurich
Fone Grocer
Ariington Bottling Co
West
Exits for Nickelodeons Face Fire Regulation Debate
Mayer Amusement Company president A C Mayer urges two side alleys for nickelodeons seating 260 or more and opposes forcing small theaters out of business. He notes misprints overstated his stance while District building inspector Morris Hacker reviews theaters and may push stricter fire rules in the near future.
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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 Mills, Pa, claimed extra bounty as a spy for Civil War tips on Antietam and related actions. The War and Treasury departments found no record of such service and denied further payment beyond $200. He enlisted August 1861 for three years in Company G, 100th Pennsylvania Infantry, with no documented scout or spy duty in 1863 and no legal basis for additional bounty.
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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
Local Drugstore Ad Offers Variety of Pills and Remedies
An OCR fragment lists medication and product names including Carter’s pills Mentholatum Guticura Soap Glyco Thymoline Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets Hay’s Water Health Gude’s Pepto Mangum Sanitary Preparations Royal Grape Juice and various fruit juice sizes. Also notes Long Island Malt Marvel Whirling Spray Syringes and a Bay Rum offer, with price highlights and claims of genuine value.
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Carter’s
Stuart
Hay’s
Wair Health
Gude
Manyon‘s and Sumphries
Long Island
Found Dying in Lot at South Capitol and Q Streets
A 44 year old man named Thomas Flatherty formerly of the navy yard was found muttering with 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. The body was moved to the morgue. He leaves a wife and five children.
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Q Streets
Thomas Flatherty
Navy Yard
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