Census Shows Population Rise in District of Columbia
The census enumerated by police reports the District of Columbia at 343,003 residents, up 3,600 from last year. White residents total 245,861 and colored 97,142, with females outnumbering males by 15,425. Precinct tallies list white and colored populations across ten districts, noting gains in several and declines in others largely due to railroad and building work. Washington proper has white 181,358 and colored 63,290, while the city alleys count white 1,608 and colored 18,410.
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Ashington
Maj. Sylvester
District of Columbia
Maj
Sylvester
City of Washington
Ethel Roosevelt Keys Ride with Mrs Wadsworth to Avon
Mrs. Herbert Wadsworth leads a 400 mile equestrian journey to Ashantee in Avon New York with Miss Margaret Carey and escorts. Ethel Roosevelt declines to ride full length, while Edward P Smith and George Marvin provide early leg support and Andrew J Peters David Grey join as escorts. Mrs Wadsworth travels with grooms and baggage for comfort. Miss Roosevelt previously trained at Ashantee in hurdle jumping.
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Herbert Wadsworth
Margaret Carey
Buffalo
George Marvin
Edward P. Smith
Washington
Wadsworth
Avon
N. Y
Ethel Roosevelt
Mitch Ethel
Mrs. Wadsworth
Mrs. Roosevelt
Miss Ethel
Miss Carey
Andrew J. Peters
David Grey
Marvin
Mr. Smith
White House
Roosevelts
Miss Roosevelt
Ashantee
Amusement Mentor Carpenter Guides Taft Theatre Tastes
RED W. CARPENTER, secretary to the president, acts as the official amusement mentor in the White House. He evaluates plays from the president’s viewpoint, attends a second time to gauge impact, and informs managers of what pleases Taft. His influence makes him a sought guest for theater houses.
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Red W. Carpenter
White House
Taft
Mrs. Taft
Fred
Fred Carpenter
Carpenter
Unedinsi
Washington, D. C
The
Has Served 30 Years as Senate Doorkeeper Edwards Honors Loyal Service
OL JAMES F EDWARDS recently completed 30 years as doorkeeper for the Democratic side of the United States Senate. He began May 12, 1879, when no current senator had yet entered the chamber, and is now 71. Col Edwards and Col Coombs, both Missourians, are longtime loyal servants to their state and the Senate.
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James F. Edwards
United States Senate
Washington
Senator West
Senate
Congress
Hole and Frye
Col
Edwards
Weat
Beef Trust
Chauncey M. Depew
New York Central
Holward
Col. Edwards
GC. W. Coombs
West
Col. Coombs
Sioux Indian Waif Found From Wounded Knee Battle
A Sioux infant rescued from a dead mother after the Wounded Knee battle becomes Margareta Elizabeth Colby after adoption by Gen. L. W. Colby. She grows to education and society life in Beatrice and Portland, now tied to Albert Chalivat of Hudson Bay country. Also notes Jewish settlement plans and Mesopotamia expedition for a colony, plus a Pittsburgh boy found after three days in a culvert and Australia’s sparse white population.
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Onaha
L. W. Colby
Beatrice
Neb
Margareta Elizabeth Colby
Washington, D. C
Gen. Colby
Portland
Ore
Albert Chalivat
Hudson Bay Country
Chalivat
Pittsburg
Michael
Michael Sinco
Clinton Mines
Mike
Clinton
Rich Jews Plan Big Colony
New York reports details of a proposed Mesopotamian Jewish colony the largest ever. International Jewish organizations join in the plan with declared financial backing exceeding 100 million dollars to support a substantial settler population in the new colony.
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New York
Mesopotamia
Sleepless Wonder of Trenton Inventor Sees Sleep as Habit
Albert E. Herpin of Trenton, famed as the sleepless wonder, claims a new underglaze photography process lets him reproduce portraits on chinaware at comparable cost to prints. He has not slept in 15 years, yet remains physically fit and hardworking, stating rest at night is unnecessary and his brain stays active. He once earned money awaiting an awake demonstration, and he receives marriage proposals from women who believe his condition adds intrigue to his wealth.
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Trenton
N. J
Albert E. Herpin
Herpin
City
Fair Sex
Frog Survives Years Sealed in Tree Hollow
Ashland Virginia resident R H Gregory recalls a frog kept in a cement sealed tree hollow after reading a magazine claim that frogs could live hundreds of years without food or water. Years pass, the tree breaks, the cement gives way and the frog jumps out thriving as before.
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Ashland
R. H. Gregory
Gregory
Liberty
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Russia
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Constantine Isenburg-Nikiforoff
Wounded Knee
Jacob H. Schiff
Israel Zangwill
London
Jewish Territorial Organization
Mgr. Zanegwill
Sir Andrew Wingate
Meyer Spielman
Northern
Australia
Jersey
Albert E. Harpin
Chas, A. Grubb
Lavy
Th and
Chestnut Streets
Atlantic
ICWA
C. B. Clovis
G.R. Miller
Iowa
C. G. Clark
Fomerly Interng Mospital State University of Town
R. A. Gamble
Osteopathic
Opera House
Black
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T. B. Swan
Willa
General Law Businesansacted
C. L. Campbell
Gillespie Bullting
Musson
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Wood & Savery
John H. Woods
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W. Savery
Bixth
Cheatnut Sts
A. S. Mullins
Opera Hovle
Charles D. Finley
Josephine Cook-Finley
Ofice
Certut St. Atlantic
Lowe
Butler
M. H. Butler
Doves
Munson
J. A. Giffen
C.thurman Furniture Company Furniture and
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Bell
Mussoni Atlantic
D. O. Herbert
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East Fifth Street
D. S. Disbrow
Peone
Vatlanito
J. B. Rockafellow
Attorney At Law
Lowa
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