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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1910
Page
23
The Washington Post reports Dr Loring W Batten pastor of St Mark_s Church in New York_s East Eleventh Street claims hypnotic treatment at his rectory cures chronic drunkenness. He cites multiple well known business men and a Bellevue Hospital case as evidence and notes women have been treated with equal success.
A string of obituaries and death notices list multiple individuals with dates and locations. J Frank, beloved husband of Juan Forward, dies at home in Boston. Lathrine, widow of Patrick Polo, dies at home in northeast Ro Street. Cork Elbe, wife of Chris, funeral at Punarat Mecurlay. Patrick, husband of Bridget Moxan, dies at home in Scarriff. Maly Wade of Howensten and other locals are mourned with funeral details. Interments set for Mount Duvet Cemetery and similar sites.
Washington April 7 Gen Victor Gordon heads to Bluefields on the Mariéita di Glorgie with Gen Cantey Chamorre to back Estrada's government. Reports from Bluefields say Gen Luis Mena is named commander in chief of the revolutionary army, signaling a fracture with Chamorro and a broad jailings of Estrada loyalists including Gen Spinosa Francisco Moreira and other officials.
New York police recovered 21000 in loot stolen from a steamship pier in Sew Yop tapri. Plunder valued at 4000 was found in two seizures one from an East Side tenement cellar and one from three suit cases of a man arrested after alighting from a surface car. Suit cases contained 1500 watch movements valued at 6900. The cellar yielded dentists supplies merchandise valued at 3040. Four arrests were made. goods had been stolen weeks earlier from the steamship pier.
A runaway horse leaped through a street car rear door at Pouth and Main streets in Cincinnati today injuring about six passengers. Police and firefighters freed the animal with axes after it wedged itself in the wreckage. No passengers sustained serious injuries. the horse had to be shot.
A garbled union notice lists numerous marriages with names such as Wali Frances Esther Walk and Saraed Supplee along with others from Virginia counties. The text appears misOCR’d, mixing ages, ministers, and locations in a jumble, yielding an unclear roster of couples and wedding details.
Health office record shows births including names such as Emma Miley and Alice O Daniel with multiple parent pairs and a list of other infant names. Deaths listed include Katherine Foley aged 32 and Robert McCaules with hospital notes and various ages, locations, and partially legible addresses.
Catholic and Protestant factions debate rights and morality as Methodist leaders push church support against sales of Sunday baseball in Washington. Speakers urge action to defeat congressional measures while praising freedom of speech and labor, with emphasis on temperance and Sabbath observance.
Two Olsen brothers Nela and C W died by self inflicted means in a Missouri River find near Sylvia Kansas after financial reverses in a partnership brokerage. Bodies showed they had been dead weeks. a revolver with two empty shells and a post card to Nels Olsen plus loan ads were found on one body. Hunters estimated losses at seventy five thousand dollars or more.
Special to The Washington Post reports Johnson City Tennessee where Civil War veteran John Osborne of the Native Soldiers’ Home was shot and killed this afternoon near the operation. Chaclea Sellers, a 23-year-old man, was arrested on suspicion of the crime, with Dock Leonard a companion present at the time. Sellers was detained for questioning.
Reports from Wilson note a North Carolina Sunday school gathering electing R M Andrews as president and J Van Carter as office secretary alongside a Greensboro vice president and Raleigh treasurer. Fire in Salisb ury destroyed Stacey and Lemly homes, with about 2000 dollars loss. Flour millers urge bleached flour sales, referred to attorney general. North Carolina National Guard Convention elected Wiley Rodman as president, with pay for guards discussed. Winston-Salem Railway seeks own rails to Lexington with track work toward Wadesboro by September.
Caswell County North Carolina farmer Adam W Richmond died at home from injuries after a Tuesday quarrel with his brother John D Richmond. The brothers, sons of John Richmond of Toy Knot, Caswell, were involved in a confrontation over a wagon tree that escalated to gunfire. Both men are married. ages not fully stated. John Richmond is held awaiting trial.
Alleged postoffice thieves Fay Little Dick Harris and others are bound for Richmond to face federal robbery charges. United States Commissioner Shields denied a two week delay to allow an alibi, as the writ of removal was signed. Coppin and Henkel, with District Attorney Lewis, escorted the detainees.
Four of seven African American inmates who broke from a salt barn by forcing a window were captured at Lad Plata and brought to town on the 6 o'clock train. The jailers went toward Benedict to locate the remaining three fugitives while residents gathered with curiosity after yesterday’s escape.
Special to The Washington Post from Hagerstown Maryland reports frost and flurries worry fruit growers across Washington County as temperatures plunge. Crops remain in full bloom and highly vulnerable to frost damage with frost warnings for tonight. Orchardists fear widespread injury to apples pears and peaches if cold persists and snow accumulates despite recent heavy snowfall in Cumberland and surrounding areas.
Bertram Spencer, the so called masked burglar, confessed to killing Mrs Barbara Blackstone and wounding her servant Miss Dow. He also claimed to have shot Michael Gilhooly, a motorman, two years ago, when Gilhooly wrongly thought Spencer was joking and told him to “beat it” as Spencer fired twice, one bullet lodging in the leg and the other in the body. Gilhooly remained in critical condition but later recovered.
George W. Francis, longtime Alexandria resident and former Southern Railway employee, died Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Annie F. Naramore in Alexandria. He was 73. Funeral services will be held at Wheatley’s undertaking establishment in Alexandria this afternoon. A coroner’s jury ruled his death accidental. Also noted: funeral arrangements for a Trackman job-related death near the railroad are planned in the same city. John A. Marshall II, VP of Alexandria National Bank, has suffered a relapse and remains at home in Alexandria.
In Henry county court a jury found James Harris, Thomas Bailey, and Joyn Rehol tal guilty of murder in the stabbing death of Sidney Woody near a Norfolk and Western train at Bayretis. Defense counsel gave notice of appeal on exceptions and errors. Victims and alleged accomplices resided in Windsor galem, N C, during an excursion. two other accused remain at large.
In Hagerstown on April some couples wed locally. Bana Carpough and James Martin of near Quines tied the knot with Rev. A B Evers of the United Brethren Church officiating. Cora Mann and James H Robarts of Hellegrove wed at St Pauls Methodist parsonage with Rev Edwin Mobray. Alprhersole and D Frank Hull, both of the area, married at the Lutheran parsonage with Rev W H Diehl presiding.
Obituary notices for Sadie Naugle age 42 at home in Waynesboro wife of Naugle daughter of William Ingram near Ripenedburg. also Miss Irene Hoffmaster died at home of nephew Frank Hoffmaster Brownsville. William C Mintuni prominent farmer near Churchtown age 83 died of heart disease. Col C Simmons aged 0 died near Black Gap native of Harrisburg formerly Mont Alto forestry academy contributor. survivors include wife and children.
A Pittsburgh capitalists' survey begins for a new Berkeley town four miles north of Martinsburg along the Cumberland Valley Railroad near Patterson Grave Evans town. A Parkersburg agent seeks possession of a large lot with apparel piano and noodle dog. Evans resigns to run for Winston Salem. B Jones of the superior last week slant in the reservation.
Norfolk area wedding notices recount the April marriage of Miss Bessie Waters to Fr William Dryden at the bride’s mother’s home officiated by Rev David We Howard of St Duke’s Church. Another ceremony lists Philip Stanley Stevens, a Redmonds merchant, wed to Mrs Mark Lucy Sandridge at a private residence, with details incomplete.
Fragmented OCR about a Greene county resident, mentioning burial in Charlottesville, a marriage to Mae Austin, and a long-ago death. includes garbled references to the University of Virginia, a fifteenth year, and a disease affecting a song. Ongoing reconstruction needed for clarity.
Virginia briefs report on Grand Lodge officers and appointments, a pastorate decline, a storm related fatality near Hagerstown, a divorce case, a desertion case in Roanoke shops, a counterfeit half dollar hearing delay, and a newly organized society with officers led by Reary Robaf and F.K. Faxon.
A Baltimore style snippet reports dentel Vandyke of Newport News facing assault charges against Mubdel Toylos, with postponement due to illness. It notes church reorganizations in Washington county, a Smithsbury hall lease for new congregation, and a Greenwood event. Also mentions Norfolk belt line railroad interests extending toward Sewells Point terminal.
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