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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1908
Page
3
Special to The Wash Port describes Frank J Gould and Margaret Kelly amid rumors of marital strife a year after talk of separation. Report notes gossip about his mother in law and contrasts with claims of public homage to his wife’s beauty.
An aged advertisement page lists funeral directors and embalmers with contact details and shop names. Notable entries include Lee Wright Harvey, Speare, Costello, Geier, Zurhorst, Comley, Shaffer, and others offering open day and night service, modern chapels, and plant selections. The ad showcases multiple firms in the Washington area with telephone and address details.
Reports claim Mme Anna Gould and the Howard Goulds again separated with Mrs Gould beginning legal separation steps. Mr Gould at Hotel Plaza with children Helen and Dorothy, planning a Southward move. a wary family council has formed but may fail to halt the rift. The gossip centers on jealousy and a public display of marital strain amid long-running rumors and in-law influence.
The Wanton Fat ran aground near Hoboken after a collision with the Monterey. Passengers were moved to hotels as the stranded vessel drifted, while U S authorities blamed the Monterey for the accident and prepared to tow the ship to dry dock.
Fragmentary OCR shows multiple marriages including Joseph T Frawie 27 and Bertha Beckham 22, Tana D Price 36 with Rev R Mo Mucie, Allue M Scott 18, Cora Edien 21, Viney Dugger 28, Viney Dugger 28 again, Maggie Briscoe 26, Gertrude Henry 21, and Sarah Barnes 21. The full list appears mixed with clerical references and partial locations.
A health office record lists names and ages of elderly residents and patients with addresses in Washington area. Entries include Margaret Sibert 77 at National Lutheran Home for the Aged and other individuals aged from 1 day to 88 years such as William Parvery 67, Frejerch iarimarn 68, Joep G Venable, and Imma Hurley 40 months at Columbia Hospital, with multiple street addresses in NW SE and NE quadrants.
A Rochester visit by William Jennings Bryan features remarks at Powers Hospital and a Rochester Ministerial Association talk. W J Conners of Buffalo, finance and state Democratic leader, says Bryan’s age is not a factor and notes Bryan’s past presidential bids and resurrection claims.
New York reports Mauretania completed the 288 mile voyage in 4 days 2 hours 59 minutes, a one minute margin over the previous record. The ship averaged about 1405 knots with a late gale slowing progress, ending near dawn with the fastest passage yet.
The first officer first engineer and the cook of the disabled steamer Sonora drifted two weeks in the Gulf of Mexico and reached Vera Cruz in an open rowboat after traveling 250 miles. They said the Sonora carries 300 head of cattle and that the crew and animals were without water or food when they left five days prior. Relief ships have been dispatched to locate the vessel.
The eighth annual meeting of the American Association of Pathologists and Bacteriologists opened in Ann Arbor on April 17. A committee was appointed to raise a relief fund for the widow of May Carroll US&S A, who died from experiments studying the mosquito theory of yellow fever, and for Dr Lazear who was connected with May Carroll in yellow fever experiments.
In Saginaw on mid April 17 the Bijou Vaudeville Theater was emptied in two minutes after a plant explosion in an adjoining building filled the venue with dense smoke. Flames rose sixty feet, but calm heads kept exits clear and the audience evacuated without panic.
Two New York firemen on a day off rescued George Dietz from a burning Third Avenue building. Dugan and Sythes formed a two man chain from an adjoining coping to save Dietz who woke to flames in the hallway. They hoisted him to safety fifty feet above the street as a watching crowd cheered.
New York April 17 a statement by William J Fanning attorney for Wisk Maloney reveals Helen Maloney daughter of Philadelphia wealth and Samuel Clarkson as her proposed husband. The annulment suit is seen as public opinion driven and would not affect her legal status. Maloney asserts Clarkson was the only valid marriage and Osborn ceremony was void.
A Swiss woman arriving from Geneva fears deportation after failing to meet her fiancé Burt Bouet in New York. Immigration officials detained her at Hoboken and traced her fiancé to Ungerer & Co at 173 Pearl Street and a residence at 2nd Street, but he has not appeared for days. The Swiss consul and Bouet’s parents seek an investigation as the woman pleads for news and possible union.
The steamer Manheim reported passing the drifting French steamer Breizhuel about 140 miles south southwest of Sabie Island on April 11. The British steamer Lucerne was standing by from Shields to Philadelphia and may tow Breizhuel, possibly delaying Lucerne’s arrival in Philadelphia.
A balloon carrying two Swedish officers landed in the Kinivi Monastery orchard near Schluesselburg, twenty one miles east of St Petersburg. Lieut Moller led the balloon flight from Stockholm, passports were found valid, and the crew prepared to return to Stockholm after talks with the Swedish Legation. In Springfield, Massachusetts, Winfield N Caldwell and John W Wheeler were elected unpledged Republican delegates from the Second District with George W Cook and Rep. John H Schoonmacher as alternates. no preference resolutions were offered.
In Chicago on April 1, a baby's locket given by a mother to settle a cocaine debt was shown in Desplaines Street Court. Other paid-for items included wedding rings, surrendered by habitual users. Sam Hing, dubbed king of the West Side cocaine trade, and partner Sam Kee faced fines for opium and cocaine related offenses. Also noted are a Paris-style buggy wedding and a Jersey City stage club prank involving a trunk of lemons turned into a nest of bees.
Seattle April 17 The steamship Grenlogan will carry the American and the German cars from New York to Paris contest to Vladivostok tomorrow evening. The American car arrived from Alaska this morning on the steamship Bertha. Chicago April 17 The Chicago Fedexer on Alaska's frozen trails reports the Generation of Mousirians insists it is worth, man car arrived tonight from Ogden.
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