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Library of Congress1913

Image 49 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), April 27, 1913

WASHINGTON D C SUNDAY MORNING APRIL 27 1913 30 Serge Outfit 1875 Steins Great Combination Offer Famous Guaranteed Sunproof Serge Suit and Extra Pair of Fine White Flannel or French Striped Serge Trousers The Whole Outfit steinsTo Measure For t wdl SjriyrM I SUNPROOF A _ __ _ _ 11175 Sen A For a limited time only we make this extraordinary offer of the Finest Sunproof Serge Suit in America and an Extra Pair of Fine White Flannel or French Striped Serge Trousers to wear of evenings the whole outfit made to measure and guaranteed to fit at 1875 Other Stylish Suits to Order 1475 to 4000 Browns Grays Pin Stripesthe largest variety of the best quality woolens shown in Washing ton Call for samples Make comparisons M STEIN CO Largest Tailoring Establish ment in the United States IP Six Stores at 8tb and F Sts All Kinds of Talking Machines Victrolas Grafonolas taken in exchange for New and Used Pianos balance on easy terms Pianos for Rent Rent applied if the instrument is purchased Sole Agent for the Following Highgrade Pianos EMERSON SOHMER BLASIUS LAUTER HOWARD REGENT LINDEMANN SON We Make a Specialty of Rent Applied If Piano Renting

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Library of Congress1907

Image 13 of The Washington herald (Washington, D.C.), October 8, 1907, (Anniversary)

WASHINGTON D C TUESDAY OCTOBER 8 3 1907 an TT e rp ee trenminiias a WS 3 ON HERALD Anniversary ONE YEAR OLD Anniversary T i The Washington Herald Enters Second Year WHAT IT HAS DONE i Welcomed to a Field that Waited for It ITS GROWTH IN A YEAR i Story of the Founding of the Cap itals Newest Newspaper and What It Has Achieved During the Busy Period Since Its First Issue Left the PressA Glance Backward Re calling Incidents of Its Birth x Vh ry f Arr This line with which everybody has become familiar the last six weeks is now explained Tre Wasrixerox HerALD is one vear old today 1 Its anniversary finds it no newspaper fledgling but full growna wellestablished institution of the National Capital This it intended to become when the first number left the press October 8 1906 It has the readersover 30000 of them It has the good will of the communitythe hearty good will It is known the country over the most widely quoted Wash ington newspaper i It has a share a generous share of advertising patronage Glance over its wellfilled columns and you will see what the Washington merchants

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Library of Congress1943

Image 33 of The Washington daily news (Washington, D.C.), October 6, 1943

THE WASHINGTON DAILY NEWS WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 6 1943 The Canioufleurs Art Me Army Air Corps Photo Students at the Army Air Forces Training Commands radio school at Sioux Falls S D get a taste of work under combat conditions in this case repairing radio equipment of a grounded bomber The camofleurs also seem to have got some excellent training f x yw V _ i i 1 i i WtL kuvi t 1 I wk j I Il JkljL 1 wife lEL v JwU Ik i PI UAfe x f Napier Field Photo Chosen outstanding cadet of his graduating class Oct 1 at Napier Field Ala Lieut Donald Lowe Garrison of Hagerstown Md is congratulated by Col James M Daniel Jr Flying ability ground school study athletics military courtesy and discipline all figured in the choice On the battlefronts the mess line is the great democratizerall ranks commingle and all ranks wash their own eating gear Top man in any chow line is the inner man whose rank is at once the highest and the lowest Stooping man in front is a Marine captain 9 to 430 Ck One Firm Gets J 1000000 From Bond Contract By JOHN F CRAMER

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Library of Congress1943

Image 23 of The Washington daily news (Washington, D.C.), November 29, 1943

THE WASHINGTON DAILY NEWS MONDAY NOVEMBER 29 1943 The Broad Atlantic Is a Pond x AHL Bw dn y fl KtlJKa yA bkpssihpb NewiAcm At least the great sea isnt as big as it used to be what with flying youth in modern planes hopskipping it hourly The youngster peeping at you is Lieut jg Bob Stearns of California who has blasted four Nazi subs and also guided escort vessels to pick up 27 survivors from the Uboats Here he takes his TBF Avenger aloft on another mission from the flattop U S S Card I A L j AK ggMk A j 07 t jl jkWw fl fly k bflrBß CaMWgSfl HEIM 1 w v fIHF lOSI AL wy NewsAcme Aboard the famed carrier Card Grumman Avengers and F4F fighters swing around to take off for enemy engagement after the latter has been contacted Pointing in foreground is the commander of the Card Capt A J Ishell v A 6 V 1 Jv k r d flhaT j HS v B l 5 X I r I t I 7 _ k s At left tense seconds pass as the Navy pilot drops his flaps as he prepares for

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Library of Congress1890

Real estate map of the Metropolitan Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company between Washington, D.C., and Rockville, Md., and adjacent land holdings : from latest official authorities & actual surveys

Partial cadastral map showing owners' names and acreages of larger landholdings in districts adjacent to the B&O R.R. in Washington D.C. and Montgomery County (Md.). "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1890 by Francis R. Fava Jr. in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington." North oriented towards the upper left. Includes notes, "Profile of the Metropolitan Branch B. & O.R.R. ... showing distances from Washington D.C. and elevations," and advertisement for "T. Janney Brown, general agent." LC copy stamped on verso--"Gilbert Thompson." Sectioned in 4 sheets and mounted on 2 sheets of cloth. Annotated in ink--"With the compliments of Francis R. Fava Jr. C.E., January 1892." LC Railroad maps, 461 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP

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Library of Congress1911

Image 2 of The Washington times (Washington [D.C.]), February 9, 1911, (Last Edition)

THE WASHINGTON TBIES THURSDAY FEBRUAEY 9 1911 BEVERIDG E UPHOLDS RECIPROCITY TREATY Senator Pleads With His Colleagues to Enact the Measure Let is not forget that this Is not a local and patchwork afCalr but a broad national and humanitarian plan of statesmanship Generally speaking It affects favorably more than a hundred millions of people on this continent ninetenths of vhom are under our flas and substantially all of whom are of the same race with the same industrial methods the same cuftoms the same ideals In these words Senator Albert J Bev rige of Indiana todav appealed to the Senate to enact the Canadian reciprocity legislation which President Taft has put up to Congress Senator Beverldge took up many of the arguments against reciprocity anO angwered them He declared that if a few selfish Interests prevent even the beginning of this beneficent program it well may be that those shortsighted and selfish Interests will be made to suffer In stern reality Infinitely more than they vainly Imagine that this re ciprocal arrangement will make them suffer now Senator Beverldge recalled that our wisest statesmen including McKlnley were for reciprocity He urged that no local or selfish motives be allowed

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Library of Congress1915

Image 7 of The Washington times (Washington [D.C.]), April 5, 1915, (HOME EDITION)

THE WASHINGTON TBIES MONDAY APRIL 5 1915 AN APPEAL TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE Let us alleviate human suffering and preserve lifenot help to destroy it AS a result of receiving hundreds of thousands of letters cables and messages thcough various sources containing heart broken appeals prayers and pleas from the people of our mother countries we the undersigned editors and publishers have concluded to place this appeal before the great American people on behalf of our readers The readers of our newspapers are vitally affected almost without exception by this disastrous conflict of the Europexn nations Their brothers their sisters parents children or relatives live in the warring countries This does not mean that the Ameri can people as a whole is not vitally affected but our readers arei more closely linked through the bonds of blood relationship with the peoples of countries now plunged in the depths of barbaric war fare Each days mail with its news of the pitiful progress of the war brings some new and bitter anguish to the hearts of our people The pleas of the millions of widowed mothers the appeals of the fatherless children and orphans and the prayers of the starving thousand

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Library of Congress1910

Image 8 of The Washington times (Washington [D.C.]), June 7, 1910, (Last Edition)

he Washington Times i SD A EB ii EE i TT i Published Every Evening in the Year at 1 r THE MUNSEY BUILDING Penn ave between 13th and 14th sts i 1 Chicago Office1710 Commercial Bank Rldg Poon ONIOR um cusses ves seems Journal Building Philadelphia Office 612 Chestnut St Baltimore Officeccun News Building i Fifth Ave Oftk i i y FRANK A MUNSEY Proprietor EDGAR D SHAW PAUL C PATTERSON General Manager Managing Editor a eT SS tT RE iH J i TUESDAY EVENING JUN NE 7 1910 1 tl SUBSCRIPTION RATES BY MAIL Imo 3 mos mos 1yr Daily and Sunday030 0 175 350 Dally only cones 25 iY 150 300 Sunday only 50 a BY H i Hi I TE 2 TITIES aN TNE aE aa il i 2g the month of May was as follows 50147 51341 il 17 T iH May i amsnnensus The net total eirculation of The Times daily during the month of May was 1158532 all copies left over and returned being eliminated This number when di vided by 26 the number of days of publica tion shows the net daily average for May to have been 44574 Mav Sunday A

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Library of Congress1911

Image 7 of The Washington herald (Washington, D.C.), April 19, 1911

Vvto1 i 75 THE WASHINGTON HERALD WEDNESDAY APEII 19 1911 AMUSEMENTS IBELASCOIrffi Wed tod Sat Mats and Nights Hte to V M Jules Layolles French Grand Opera Co OP NEW ORLEANS Matinee today La Boheme tonight Faust Thursday Herediade f Friday Sigurd Saturday matinee Carmen Satur day erening Lucia NEXT WEEK SEATS NOW THE NEW THEATRE Production of Josephine Preston Peabodys Etrattad Prize Play THE PIPER With EDITH WYNNE MATTHISON In Her Original Eole PRICESHta to C inTwimaiagJBg THE SWEET 25o COLUMBIA KITTY 50e PLAYERS in BELAIRS 7Se NEXT WEEK ARIZONA Daily Matinees He Evenings 3c SOc and i The Broadway Musical Comedy Bon Mot THE LEADING LADY The London Comedians Kilph Lynn Edward Oote raan Mercedes Lorenz Show tilrls MR TOM TERRISS The Noted English Crencdian and His TwelTe Asso ciate London IlaTcn in bCliUOGB rYom Diek eni A ttinttmas Carol The Neapolitans Frank MorrelL Serjeant Bren nan Carl Victor Pederson SunarofTa Dogs School Days NEXT WEEK FOR TWO WEEKS J The Greatest Attraction on Earth The Jungle Man Sharpshooter I1ani Typewriter Athlete Oycllst ater Comedian c Seven Other Big Acta Buy Seats Today and Arad the Bush CASINO Conttnnou Performance 12i to 11 p m Tlie KIncTt of

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Library of Congress1923

Image 14 of The Washington times (Washington [D.C.]), March 12, 1923

W 1 One of Washingtons Industries So tremendous is the business of running the United States Goverment that Washington even to Washingtonians is considered a Government city as applied to industry It is true the Governments one hundred thousand odd employes with a monthly payroll of some ten millions bf dollars is a tremendous factory yet throughout the city are hundreds of smaller industries giving employment to thousands of men and women and turning back in the business channels millions of dollars each year Such an institution is THE WASHINGTON TIMESHERALD Whose Weekly Payroll for 594 Employes Is in Excess of 24000 These 594 employes are for the most part heads of families or at least breadwinners and probably suppbrt 2000 people which is a small community in itself a community spending for the necessities and many of the luxuries of life over a million and a quarter dollars each year Buying Power to be reckoned witha farreaching influence in merchandising real estate and financial circles THE WASHINGTON TIMESHERALD A National Institution With Washingtons Interest Always at Heart will soon move into its new home One of the largest and most modern newspaper plants in the United States is being

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Library of Congress1958

Image 8 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), April 20, 1958

A8 THE BUNDAY BTAR Washington D C SINIIAV AfBII N IN j 7 j BEFORE ASSAILING COMPLACENCYSenate Majority Leader Lyndon B Johnson gives the incoming and outgoing presidents of the American Society of Newspaper Editors a look at his notes before addressing the society last night With him are George W Healy jr new ASNE presi dent left and Virginius Dabney the outgoing president rightStar Staff Photo Clapper Award Goes To Chalmers Roberts By th Associated Pru Chalmers M Roberta foreign affairs reporter for the Wash ington Post and TimesHerald last night was awarded the 14th annual Raymond Clapper Memorial Award Five newspaper executives acting as judges credited Mr Roberta with the first exten sive disclosure of the essence and fundamental findings of the Gaither Report This still unreleased report was made to President Eisen hower last year by a commis sion of national security ad 0 OPEN MON EVENING 9 til 9 Park Free Next Door on F St kits Un Mat kit high prices with I BELTOX IH ft ml PLYMOBTH FIIIE BUBS W f rotors use them tor model homes Three differ M ent designs Cochin diamond Madros plaid and cV Molobar in green Jk M J

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Library of Congress1958

Image 40 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), December 29, 1958

C4 THE fVENING STAR Washington 0 C Monday December 29 19St Personals Special 1 Notices Official Notices and Pro posals on Page A3 AUCTION SALES TBOI J OWEN a SON Auctioneer mi t t WFVSW w val M DWELLING WITH BASEMiNT Bj virtue of Deed of Truat re corded lo Über No 10U80 at folio 821 o r the Lend Records of the District of Column we snsll sell n font of the orcmlses on TUE3DAY THE BIXH DAY OF JANUAR AD 1050 At TWO l OCLOCK PM Lot numbered fortrflsht 46 In Square num bered Thtrtysi Hundred end likhtyflve f3M In the sub division mode by Morrk Calritx s i posit of SSOO required et time of C safe Terms of rule to be com piled with within thirty days Iro n date of sele otherwise the trus tees reserve the right to resell the property at the risk sad coet of the defaulting purchaser after five days advertisement of such resale In some newspaper pub _ fished In the District ol Cofiim bla or deposit may be forfeited or without forfeiting depoett trustees may aval themselves ol any legal or equitable rlshta T against defaulting purchaser Further psrticulars

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Library of Congress1913

Image 9 of The Washington times (Washington [D.C.]), June 28, 1913, (FINAL EDITION)

ifPPI v M THE WASHINGTON TIMES SATURDAY JUNE 28 1913 NECTP I E GET MANY PLACES Editors Magazine Writers and Reporters Capture Good Positions Under Wilson Writing men highbrow and hack have come Into their own during this Admin istration There are authors and maga zine writers journalists and news paper men publishers and printers all helping Woodrow Wilson run the Gov ernment at the present writing Presi dent Wilson himself a writer ot note has shown his confidence m the writing men by calling many of them from private life to enter the Government service The latest evidence of the inclination oa the part of the President to give recognition to the writers was given by the selection of Oliver P Newman ono of the prominent newspaper workers or Washington as TJIstrlct Commissioner over a large Held of candidates includ ing some of the most prominent Wash ington citizens and of Frank B Lord newspaper correspondent as a member of thb Excise Board Heading the list of the newspaper men in the Government service there is Sec retary of State Bryan political reporter editor and publisher It was while at tending the Chicago convention in 183o In the dual

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Library of Congress1917

Image 14 of The Washington times (Washington [D.C.]), June 27, 1917, (Editorial Page)

fWPt EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE WASHINGTON TIMES JUNE 27 19T7 WASHINGTON EDGAIt D SHAW Publisher Entered m econd tlui matter at the Postofflce at Washington PiQ Published Every Evening Including Sundays By the Washington Times Company Munsey Building Pennsylvania Ave Ona Year Including Sundays J3B0 Sir Months J17S Three Months SOc WEDNESDAY JUNE 27 1917 What Is a Good Newspaper Here Is One Answer There Are Forty Others The ablest editor in the United States said There are forty ways of making a good and successful newspaper All I ask is tlrat you adopt and follow ONE of the forty ways Dont try to work forty ways at once A reader asks this newspaper to define GOOD newspaper work Here is one of forty possible definitions A good newspaper attends first to the most im portant work at hand Today that work consists in earnest support of those that must get us honorably out of this war Earnest support and friendly constructive criticism but earnest SUPPORT above all and the less criticism the better A good newspaper feels toward its readers the great body of them not a chosen few who can repay favors as an honest lawyer feels toward

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Library of Congress1915

Image 5 of The Washington herald (Washington, D.C.), April 5, 1915

7Sf3r7S VUW Jh r T I r obh i THE WASHINGTON HERALD MONDAY APRIL 3 1913 AN APPEAL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE Let us alleviate human suffering and preserve life not help to destroy it 99 TO AS a result of receiving hundreds of thousands of letters cables and messages through various sources containing heartbroken appeals prayers and pleas from the people of our mother countries we the undersigned editors and publishers have concluded to place this appeal before the great American people on behalf of our readers The readers of our newspapers are vitally affected almost without exception by this disastrous conflict of the European nations Their brothers their sisters parents children or relatives live in the waning countries This does not mean that the Ameri can people as a whole is not vitally affected but our readers are more closely linked through the bonds of blood relationship with the peoples of countries now plunged in the depths of barbaric warfare Each days mail with its news of the pitiful progress of the war brings some new and bitter anguish to the hearts of our people The pleas of the millions of widowed mothers the appeals of the fatherless chil

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Library of Congress1926

Image 8 of The Washington daily news (Washington, D.C.), March 4, 1926

1 C Industry to Be Shown by Exhibits at Auditorium More Than 90 Firms to Show Washingtons Progress In Manufacturing Production Washington will have a chance to I see itself as an industrial center to yight Our industries will be shown in the exhibits at the Auditorium of the Second Annual Industrial Expo sition 200 Booths Two hundred booths covering 50000 square feet of floor space present a panorama of business life popularly and mis in the Capital takenly supposed to be engaged only in the business of government More than 90 manufacturing con And altho cerns are taking part the industrial side is being stressed 1 there will be displays of the work of Washingtons foremost painter and i sculptors as well The Public library will have exhibit uh will the an 0 e Play grounds Department and the various branches of the military service i Special Programs There will be interesting enter tainment programs nightly Concerts have been arranged by the Army Navy and Marine band Thompson will give a program Lout songs each day Amplifier of will carry the music to all parts of the Auditorium Nine pecial nughts have been designated beginning with Marine Night tonight

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Library of Congress1890

Image 4 of The Washington bee (Washington, D.C.), March 1, 1890

assra rfT j n f a H flit f Sfi f WHERE TO BUY THIS BiSiU East Washington Prof J W Fowler 313 3rd street s e South Washington Dr S A Sumby F bet 3rd and 4J sts s w and RevR S Laws 316H st s w Northwest Dr Beller 16th and M streets Oapt W P Gray 15 th near L st Mrs Pokety M bet 12th and 13th tits ChasBealle cor 13th aud H sts Philadelphia House 84S Pa Ave Can always be obtained at any of the above named places every Saturday rooming mm TAKE NOTICE The patrons of the Bee must pay fcr all advertisements in the way ot notices deaths marriages c No matter of a personal nature will be inserted unleB it is paid for GENTLEMAN WILL DO W2LL TO CALL ON J W TAYLOR tfbe Stylish Bair Cutter Perfect order observed also finest brands of cigars ami tobacco Next door to the JBee umue J W Tayloe epl4lyr J T Layton Teaclier of fSiSE EBLTIBE S1BBT EUIIG BEIIBBT Chorister of Metropolit rr A M E Church M treet bet 14th and 15m Sts Music Class every Monday evening at 7 in

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Library of Congress1912

Image 1 of The Washington times (Washington [D.C.]), September 16, 1912, (LAST EDITION)

Mwr jjit lK WWSff i aaltm Fair Tonight and Tuesday Cooler Last Edition NTJMBER 7574 Yesterdays Circulation 44101 WASHINGTON MONDAY EVENING SEPTEMBER 16 1912 Fourteen Pages PRICE ONE CENT Mln m 1R wiriflp R NEWYORKPRESS BY F Another Daily Added to His Chain of Pub lications WILL GIVE SUPPORT TO COL ROOSEVELT Believes Former President Is Only Advocate of True Amer ican Policies NEW YORK Sept 16 Tho pur chase of the New York Press by Frank A Munsoy is announced to day Mr Munsey publishes In the Press a statement setting forth tho reasons for his purchase and giving his views of tho Issues Involved in the present national campaign The PresB Mr Munsey states will support Roosevelt for President be cause of conviction that Roosevelt stands for whatever makes for social Justice real industrial evolution and those economic policies that will in sure the proper protection of Am erican industries and the mainten s anco of the high standard of Ameri can wages and American living The political contest lies between Roosevelt and Wilson with Taft very likely not to carry a single State therefore the preservation of the American protective system Is dependent on the election of

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