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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1910
Page
3
Mrs Nicholas Longworth leads a movement to revive intimate cultural salons in Washington, attracting statesmen, scholars, and artists like Mrs Preston Gibson and the Countess dAzy. The scene features planned gatherings, shifting social power, and notable hostesses including Mrs Leroy Percy and Mrs Wesley L Jones shaping a new intellectual order. John S Thrush dead after a Ridgeville farming life marks a separate obituary item.
Fragmentary notices list names such as Emily Shan and Bryest Adams with partial details of marriages deaths and interments. The jumbled OCR reads like a cemetery and obituary page with scattered addresses dates and multiple individuals including Elsie Brown and Geogia Harvis Daly.
Fragmentary OCR text from a marriage and death notices page with numerous garbled phrases and missing details. The readable portions do not identify clear names, places, dates, or events to form a factual summary or headline.
Roanoke Virginia April 17 A negro entered the home of R S Balding on Mountain Avenue southwest and assaulted Miss Mary Baldwin 18 years old knocking her unconscious in the kitchen while her family gathered in the dining room. Police report no further injuries and suspect fled. The incident coincides with heavy railroad and river and harbor bill activity in Congress. President Taft plans to stay in Washington to oversee the conference on the railroad bill, anticipating many differences between House and Senate.
During a severe storm near Salisbury on April 17 a lightning bolt struck a fishing camp by a creek injuring Charles Carroll 16 and Floyd Bost 16 who were knocked unconscious. The other two boys escaped with injuries. Carroll remained unconscious and was not expected to recover.
Ecuador mobilizes reserves amid patriotic demonstrations as about 7000 troops parade. Capitalists reportedly provide full war funding. Peru and Ecuador dispute border terms while Chilean backing wanes. Daily talks between Peru and Ecuador officials hint at progress but no settlement yet. A Japanese loan case triggers arrest and exile.
In Waynesboro, Maryland, workmen digging near old walls of the Harry Harrett tavern unearthed a human skeleton believed to be a 160 year old murder victim. The find, amid two stone foundations, is linked to a local tale of a drover killed after a nighttime quarrel. The skeleton may be that of the murdered drover once hidden in the tavern cellar.
Vice President and Mrs Sherman travel with Shercil Babcock to Utica for a Republican Club dinner where Mr Sherman will preside as toastmaster. Representative James H. Watson of Indiana has agreed to speak, with the party returning to Washington tomorrow night after the event.
Arthur Pearson the English publisher has gone to Switzerland for a long stay to aid his eyesight which is in a serious state. His country house has been let for two years. Durham NC reports four of the Holle family dead. Fney Holt a Durham resident died last, his wife aut youngest deushier died within three weeks, and a sister recently committed suicide. She was the daughter of a prominent physician.
A New York Sut dispatch reports a spectator sport where two Chinese beetles battle in a porcelain bowl. Bets flood in as white and blue beetles clash with mandibles, injuring the fighters and drawing a crowd. The hour-long event sees wagers settle, chatter rise, and the crowd celebrate or rue the outcome.
Cincinnati April 17 A sweeping rearrangement of the American League schedule will occur to permit Sunday games in Cleveland A petition is expected to be filed with election officials under the Anderson law permitting a city to bring Sunday baseball to a vote If Cleveland voters approve the issue Sunday games could be played there with the Washington team likely to host a game May 17 and a manager McGuire indicating his club may stay for two extra days while final scheduling is settled
The West Virginia University team started the season by defeating Bethany College in Morgantown despite a drizzle. A new WVU pitcher steadied the game, lifting the home team from a difficult start as Bethany weakened late. final score unclear due to weather and garbled text in the report.
Special to The Washington Post Richmond April 17 reports about 90 060 pounds of good dark tobacco marketed weekly with remaining supplies held by farmers Receipts in good order Sun cured wrappers sold around 5 per hundred and other grades at varied outside figures Drought severely damaged crops in several areas reducing next season acreage Petersburg and Lynchburg districts show strong prices for leaf and wrappers but drought and poor rains threaten future crops South Boston notes light leaf breaks and beds destroyed by frost leaving farmers replanting efforts uncertain.
The Board of Control orders all refuse removed within three days. Carts will be pressed into service at city expense to collect trash left in streets. A general inspection follows. negligent citizens pay for removal and may face added penalties.
In West Virginia the Chesapeake and Oslo Railroad plans to double track between Mart Spring and Ronceverte, with a tunnel widening avoided to prevent traffic obstruction. Brig Gen Charles D. Eivitt will oversee high school military company organization at the War Department’s request. Preparations heat up for Charleston’s twenty eighth annual Sunday School convention with 500 delegates expected. Parole board recommends paroles for foraying prisoners at Moundsville. Local social announcements mention engagements and forthcoming nuptials including Miss Mary Katherine Cockey to Robert Woollidge Laws.
Virginia obituary notes the death of Albemarle merchant Virgina April Norris at University Hospital from injuries after a driving incident. He came to the city sixteen years ago, worked in business, served as a Confederate private, and married Elizabeth Marshal. Surviving family includes a wife and children. Norfolk obituary reports William T Robinson, longtime Portsmouth fire department officer and former local politician, died after a brief illness. He leaves a wife and four children.
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