The Countess Seekendorf and Her Lost Millions in Washington
Round the capital gossip notes Countess Seekendorf once heiress to a four million estate who rose from humble origins to social prominence. Her life of spending ended as property was sold to satisfy debts, with rumors she has no regrets now that funds are gone.
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Armington
Counless
Dilla
Lely
Ware
Eabl- Hel
Washington
Coutntess
Seekendorf
Seeau
Jiln Davidson
John
Donner
Donners
Talslo
Downer
Donne
Leper to be housed with family under limited contact
District health officials plan to end strict isolation of John R. Early and allow him to live in the same house as his family with a separate sleeping area and shared household facilities. A federal transport question and a treasury solicitor opinion delay final action. If needed, Early may reside near the asylum or in a small suburban home. doctors also consider inoculation with leprosy bacilli, a controversial Nastin cure in early disease.
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John R. Early
Early
Solicitor of the Treasury
North Carolina
Commonwealth
Federal Department
Secretary of the Treasury
Woodward
William Fowler
Contagious Disease Service
Marly
Warly
Harry
Parry
Welsh Choir Refuses Roosevelt Sherry at White House Concert
Twenty five Welshmen from Mountain Ash refused President Roosevelt’s sherry after a private White House concert. The group, total abstainers all, declined in turn causing alarm as a waiter misread a wrong tray delivery. Mrs Roosevelt enjoyed the music while the scene unfolded in the open window chamber.
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Roosevelt
Whitehlouse
Joe
Ife
Mountain Ash Choir
Civil War Veteran Warner Report Details Restitution Case
ESPASIAN WARNER, pension commissioner, told President Roosevelt that a Civil War veteran once surrendered his pension certificate. The veteran enclosed two $500 U S coupon bonds and a $172 draft to repay all money received from the certificate. Warner refused to name the soldier and said he had not told the treasurer of the United States.
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Espasian Warner
Roosevelt
United States
Warner
Pension Returned to Treasury After Conscience Money Reconcilement
A veteran’s conscience money was investigated after a pension inquiry. The special examiner found the veteran in sound health and of clear mind, confirming entitlement beyond question. The conscience contribution was withdrawn and the funds deposited into miscellaneous receipts of the treasury.
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Treasury Department
Cheap political speech echoes from Cincinnati Enquirer account
An observer recalls a stumping for a governor candidate praising the speaker's performance while noting the speech was billed as cheap at $15. The exchange quips about a stronger, more costly address and invokes patriotic imagery as crowd support supposedly saved the nation.
Man Sheds His Skin in Medical Rarity From Trenton
William A Cake a Trenton linoleum printer suffers periodic full-body skin shedding known as Dermitosis Exfoliatina. Doctors from across the country examined him. cause and treatment remain unknown though grafting skin may save lives. The case is noted as exceedingly rare in medicine.
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Trenton
N. J
William A. Cake
Cake
World’s Largest Bronze Coin From 1659 Described
New Jersey dealer cC Engstrom holds one of the four biggest world coins. The 1659 bronze oblong piece, 20 by 13 inches and weighing 31 pounds, bears King Charles X of Sweden’s marks. It was not in general use then, stored in cellars, and only a select few could access money. Two coins remain in Russia, one in England, and this one recently reached Mr Rugstrom after travel via the Adriatic. In 1622 its value equaled eight Swedish thalers. as an antique it’s valued at about 500 dollars.
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New York
Cc. F. Engstrom
Jersey City
Engstroam
Charles X
Sweden
Charles
Russia
Riga
Sun
England
Rugstrom
Adriatic
Jackson City Council Ponders Gown Ordinance in Debated Session
In Jackson Mississippi the city council considered an ordinance by Alderman Chiles imposing a $10 fine on any woman wearing a sheath gown on the streets. It would also require police to enforce the measure or risk dismissal. After lively debate the proposal was tabled for call. Chiles warned that without adoption he would press police to arrest sheath wearers for disturbance of the peace.
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Jackson, Missi
Jackson
Chiles
Attleboro Fights Railroad Air Rights Over Wires
The town of Attleboro and the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad debate air space use above city streets after the railroad bill for air space was ignored. Officials calculate value, set two year rent at five dollars a year, and the shanty at the bridge is removed. The dispute centers on air ownership over Park Street grade crossing and bridge edge.
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Alleiais
Attlesboro
York, New Haven & Hartloard Railroad Company
Attleboro
Okatreet
Iiternaliame
Atlabore
Park Street
George M. Worrall
Board of Selectmen
George A. Sweeney
Board of
Selectmen
Charles Douglas
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Atilehore
Salmon Fishing for 1908 inWashington Territory
Consul General West reports British Columbia fishing season yields 288 000 cases of sockeye salmon with excess packed in canneries on the Wr azer and Skeena rivers and reduced pack at Rivers Inlet. Fisheries inspectors note spawning counts are at least three times higher than recent years amid tightening regulations to prevent long term ruin of the industry.
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Washington
Falmer
British Columbia
Vancouver
Wrazer
Skeena
Hounds Unearth Beagle Leads to Missing Pocketbook
Beaver Falls man Ross Keefer took a beagle for a woods trial when the dog spied an uprooted stump. Keefer lifted the stump and found a pocketbook containing 3070. The discovery occurred during a routine hunt and the owner was not yet identified.
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Beaver Las
Ross Keefer
Keefer
Adventurous visions in Taucy Groms tales and reviews
The October Companion offers essays and fiction featuring Jonathan Drake and Taucy Groms, with pieces on Debs and Bryan era politics, a critique of American labor measures, and travel notes. It includes Norman Duncan at Bir el Abd, and a long survey of Harper’s and McClure’s October issues, plus literary portraits of reform and prohibition debates.
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