France Receives Franklin Bicentenary Gift Medal
Representatives from nearly every civilized nation attended in Philadelphia as the United States presented France with a grand golf medal marking Benjamin Franklin’s 200th birth anniversary. Secretary of State Billingslea delivered the medal on Roosevelt’s orders, with Ambassador Jusset and French officials accepting it.
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Philadelphia
United States
France
Benjamin Franklin
Academy of Music
American Philosophical Society
Billbu Reot
Roosevelt
Jules Jusser
Gov
F Pennypacker
Pennsylvania
Joseph H Choate
Charles William Eliot
Harvard University
Horace Howard Furness
Furness
Franklin
Eliot
Choate
Roat
Justetand
Alumni Banquet Set at Georgetown University
Grand annual Alumni Society banquet at Georgetown University scheduled for Monday April 23. Justice White of the U S Supreme Court will preside as toastmaster. Speakers include Rev David H Buel university head, Chief Justice Harry M Sitebaugh, Dean George McRobert, Justice Ashley McGound, Dr W M Barton, and Senator Stenlon R Mallory. Banquet committee led by Daniel W. Donoghue with James Entsby-Smith, Dr Samuel Adams, Joseph I Weller, and Charles H. Walsh.
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W M Barton
Stenlon R Mallory
Torida
Danel WU Donoghur
James Etnsby-Smith
Samuel Adams
Joseph I Weller
Charles H. Walsh
Walks 23 miles daily by rural letter carrier
Reports from the Fourth Assistant Postmaster General highlight extraordinary pedestrian feats by rural letter carriers. Carrier Jordan Fox on a Sunbury Pennsylvania route walked 23 miles daily for twenty consecutive days despite two heavy snow storms and multiple snow drifts, illustrating remarkable dedication amid impassable roads.
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Far &3
Jordan Fox
Sunbury
de Graw Ia
Pythian Fair Attracts Large Crowds And Continued Entertainment
The Knights of Pythias fair drew strong attendance with daily growing decorations and a dancing scene. A matinee for children is set this afternoon and tonight the Government Printing Office Veterans Club and the Maccabees join the event. Organizers consider extending the fair two more weeks due to high turnout. Funeral services were held for Mrs Elia Blaine Mulcahy at St Patrick’s Church and burial at Mount Olivet Cemetery. David Aiken, a government employee for 46 years, will be laid to rest at Eastern Presbyterian Church with burial in Washington, Pa.
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Knights of Pythias
Government Printing Office
Clab and the
Elia Blaine Mulcahy
Daniel Mulcahy
North Capitol Street
St Patrick's Lurch
Thomas E McGuigan
Father Pittar
Imes F Smyth
Wiliam Carroll
David Aiken
Eastern Presbyterian Church
Washington, Pa
Aiken
K. J.P. Hart
Maryland Avenue
Mrs Corey Abandons Nevada Divorce Plan
Special to The Washington Post. Mrs W E Corey, wife of United States Steel Corp president, abandons a Nevada divorce attempt. Supreme Court decision cited. Reported she will not sue in Nevada nor go to New York. may abandon plans if Mr Corey sues. Pittsburg society stirred by the reversal.
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Washington Post
Pittsburg
Mra W Ei
Two Towns Fire Sweeps Meriquina and Pasil
Fire swept Meriquina in Rizel Province leaving thousands homeless and hungry. Two thousand dwellings ruined. government rushing aid to sufferers. Fire also hit Pasil near Cebu destroying two hundred homes and displacing residents.
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Manila
Meriquina
Rizel
Pasil
Cebu
YMCA Banquet Honors Instructors and Speakers
Dr Hale and 130 attendees gathered in the YMCA building for an evening banquet. Merrill Gates presided, praising open life and daily contact with superiors, while Rep Graff urged practical education from infancy to grave and urged service to Christ. Speakers included Robert K. Guiey of Pekin and Syngman Rhee, with others sharing views on modern education and YMCA work.
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Senate
Graff
Gates Prendes
Merrill E. Gates
Edward Everett
Bale
Christ
Hale
Jopeth E. Graff
Tuimois
China
Robert K. Guiey
YMCA
Pekin
Christian Missions
Ching
Washington
Washington Association
Syngman Rhett
Korea
Rhee
G J Pillow Charles F Crane
Harry Blaxe
N. Morgan
Merrill Gates
Myron J Jones
Harry O Hine
Receiver Is Appointed For F Street Jewelry Firm
Justice Stafford in Equity Court No 2 yesterday appointed Attorney J S Basby Smith as receiver of the McKay Company conducting a jewelry business at 16 F street northwest. The action follows Lona Costaggitt’s complaint alleging fraudulent representations by John F McKay to obtain $1,500 and to form a corporation named the McKay Company, with claims of mismanagement and control by McKay.
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F Street
Justice Stafford
Equity Court
J S Basby Smith
McKay Company
Lona Costaggitt
District Supreme Court
John F Mr Kay
McKay
Memorial from Chicago negro representatives to President
A Chicago committee representing African Americans presented a memorial to the President yesterday deploring national conditions. It asks for aid to stem the lawlessness sweeping the land, but relief appears unlikely while the petition is under consideration.
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Chicago
Conductor Narrowly Escapes Fall From Train
Harry Fletcher a forty year old freight conductor on the Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad fell from his train at Maryland avenue near Twelfth street last night and sustained a slight head injury He was taken to the Emergency Hospital where his condition was reported not serious
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Harry Fletcher
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad
Maryland Avenue
Twelfth Street
Funeral for Mrs Herzog Held at Home of Daughter
Funeral services for Mrs Joseph Herzog were held yesterday afternoon at the home of her daughter, Mrs S J Glasser, at 1808 First Street Northwest, following her death on Thursday.
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Herzog
Joseph Herzog
S.J Glasser
Flrst Street
Money and votes in McCall bill debate in House
Representative Sulzer of New York told the House campaign funds for Republicans and Democrats since 1840 show money decides presidential outcomes. He cited 1860 costs at 25 000 and listed later yearly fund figures, urging disclosure of receipts and disbursements in campaign reports under the National Publicity Bill led by Perry Belmont.
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Sulzer
New York
Napoleon
Providence
Suizers
Suizer
Mc Sulzer
National Publicity Bill Association
Perry Belmont
Washington
Denied for President Presented by MBE
Buenos Ayres April 20 Local papers publish that Charles D White American charge d affaires presented to the Argentine government a protest over a Roosevelt Merou conversation cited March 31 1905 The note denies utterances attributed to Roosevelt and other matters. Campbell County Almshouse Rustburg Va lost fire Monday night dining room kitchen and tool house about 800 dollars not insured
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Buenos Ayres
Charles D White
Roosevelt
Foreign Office
Garcia Merou
Washington
Argentina
Senor Meron
Weehington Post
Lynchburg
Campbell County Almshouse
Rustbuce
Free Kidney Disease Test and Warner's Safe Cure Ad
An old ad urges readers to test morning urine for signs of kidney disease by letting it sit twenty four hours. It promises a free analysis and report from doctors. The promotion touts Warner's Safe Cure for kidney liver bladder and blood ailments including gout diabetes and urinary issues.
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Tsme
Washington Daily Post
Warner
Warner's Safe Cure promoted for kidney disease relief
A testimonial from a Schenectady resident claims Warner's Safe Cure cured her worsening kidney and related health issues. The ad urges readers to request a free trial bottle and medical booklet, noting the product is vegetable, non constipating, and sold with a per bottle price.
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Ane Thuan Aucherson
Liberty Street
Schenectady
Warner
Warners
Safe Cure CO
Rochester
ORE Coo Ag
Borat
Washington Daily Post
Joseph Fearson Dead Wife Seriously Ill At Fearson Home
Joseph Fearson a retired contractor about sixty six died after collapsing at a house on Thirty third and P streets while seeking medicine for indigestion His wife at 2 N street north west is in critical condition and observers think her distress contributed to his collapse Three daughters survive Mrs Paul Graham Mrs Samuel M Mewis Mrs E Corbett and another daughter Mrs George A Shea who died two years ago Fearson was known for charity and had been building six houses for himself before his death
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Waa
Joseph Trearson
Washington
Aps
Fearson
N Street
Bertson
Hiw
O Streets
Two Children Perish In Shenandoah County Fire
Dusty report from Winchester Virginia notes a tragedy near the Page County line in Shenandoah County. Mrs Joan Spitter’s two young children burned to death when a house fire broke out while the mother worked in the garden. A baby slept on a bed and a three year old was fed to a bedpost as the blaze began and an incubator lamp caused the flames.
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Washington Fost
Winchester
Shenandoah County
Page
Joan ‘Spitter
Bredal
Turnasumgnacus
Greenwood
American Woman praised by Schley and Sheppard at Mason lodge
Hear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley and Representative Morris Sheppard spoke in praise of the American woman at a Mason lodge reception in Rockville Maryland. Schley called women central to home and nation, while Sheppard linked liberty abroad to women’s freedom at home. The event included dancing, music by Miss Byram, and a banquet.
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Winfield Scott Schley
Morris Sheppard
Texas
Benjamin B French
Sheppard
Ironk Byram
Musle
Charles E Myers
Mrs Dagley
Lodge
Maryland Weddings Boyds and Brightwood pairings in county notices
Mary West of Seneca and Mabel Cross of that vicinity were wed Wednesday afternoon and will reside in Seneca. Sallie Shaw of Burnt Mills and Merquas Belfield of Westmoreland County Virginia married at Brightwood District of Columbia, residing in Washington after the ceremony.
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Washington
Usury Charge Stuns Richmond Real Estate Agent
John B Braxton, a Black real estate agent in Richmond, was arrested by U S Marshal Morgan Treaton on a warrant charging lending to pensioners at exorbitant rates and using pension papers as collateral. The case was continued.
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Washington
Richmond
John B Braxton
United States
Morgan Treaton
Joseph W Brady
Traction Merger Formed in Norfolk Area
The Williams and Midden dorf traction gas and electric properties joined to form the Norfolk and Portsmouth Traction Company totaling 14 million dollars. Philadelphia and New York investors backed the merger with plans for a new electric plant on the Norfolk side of Elizabeth River and an 18 mile extension to Suffolk plus streetcar system development.
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Washington Fort
Norfolk
Williams and Middendorf
Portsmouth
Berkley
Suffolk
Norfolk and Portsmouth Traction Company
United Gas and Improvement Company
Philadelphia
New York
Elizabeth River
Ten Years For Bailey In Ennis Murder Case
Salisbury April 20 Goldsborough Bailey was convicted of manslaughter in the Circuit Court for killing Mrs Laura Ennis during a struggle with her son. The case stemmed from Bailey's wife taking refuge in Ennis’s house and refusing to return to him. Bailey received a ten year sentence in the penitentiary.
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Salisbury
Goldsborough
Baisey
Laura Ennis
Bailey
Ennis
Remarkable Recovery From Blood Poisoning With Cuticura Remedies
“A man aged seventy-two” describes severe blood poisoning and leg infection, months of suffering, and inability to work. He credits Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Resolvent for rapid healing after two weeks of treatment, noting dramatic improvement and restored walking. Public testimonial from Newburgh, N Y, Aug 21, 1905.
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Yorda
Robert Si Wer
Newburgh
Blackburn Free: Blackburn Acquitted in Tax Fee Case
North Carolina Congressman E Spencer Blackburn was acquitted at noon today of charging fees for appearing before the Internal Revenue Bureau in Washington. A large crowd cheered as the verdict was read, with Mrs Blackburn absent but her aunt present.
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Washington Post
Greensboro
N. C
E Spencer Blackburn
Iegally
Internal Revenue Bureau
Washington
Brunswick man missing sparks murder fears in Petersburg
Robert N Cheely of Brunswick County is missing and presumed murdered. His brother A W Cheely and several Brunswick men searched Petersburg today. Cheely left home Sunday in a buggy to Warfield Station, left horse and buggy there, rode to Petersburg with plans to return Monday morning. He was last seen leaving a house on Old Street around Monday night.
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Washington Post
Petersburg
Robert N Cheely
Brunswick County
A. W Cheely
Old Street
Tne
Winchester liquor dealers contest local option vote
Liquor dealers of Winchester filed an answer to the local option election bill seeking to set aside the March 2 vote on grounds of legal and fraudulent voting. Depositions will be taken at once and the contest will go to court. Five saloon men sign the answer denying most allegations and asserting votes were legal per the corporation judge’s ruling.
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Winchester
Washington Post
Desertion Charged In Virginia Divorce Case
Mrs Samuel Warrier seeks divorce from her husband in Warriner County Virginia on grounds of desertion after he killed her brother Lee Lee in a quarrel. She testified during the murder trial that her brother provoked the deed by drinking. Warrier left for parts unknown after acquittal.
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Poola
Waerington Rose Fitchmond
Samuel Warnner
Lee Lee
Mra Warrinere
Warrier
Man Killed by Blast Ate Eat Maryland Court Appeals
The Washington Post reports from Annapolis on April 20 proceedings in the Maryland Court of Appeals. cases include Unitea Railwaye v Figen, Dexter Sulphite Pulp and Paper v McDonald & Tisher, Mayor and City Council of Baltimore v Chester River Steamboat Co, Whitebridge v Baltimore officials, and others, with judgments affirmed. Also notes death of William D Briscoe of Charlestown and Henry Milner of Leftersburg killed by a blast near Hagerstown.
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Maryland Court of Appeals
Washington Post
Annapolis
Court of
Unitea Railwaye and Electric Company
Dexter Sulphite Pulp and Paper Company
McDonald & Tisher
Jones
Whitridge & Whitridge
Baltimore
Coats
Safe Deposit and ‘Trust Company of Baltimore and Others
Hagerstown
Henry Milner
Leftersburg
Henry Strite
Obituary notices from Virginia region list several deaths
April 2 Fredericksburg area Mrs Hilen Burton aged 95 dies at home near Sao Church survived by three sons. April 20 Drusilla Murphy wife of Joseph F Murphy Bluemont Loudoun County dies at home aged 59 husband survives. April 20 Daniel Arson Engelvenana County dies after short illness aged about 21? twice married and father of 21 children. His second wife and several children survive Leesburg. April 2 William Monroe McCarthy dies at Monroe Grove Farm near town aged 94 native of South America. Early life sea captain survived by two sons and one daughter Lexington April 2 Adam Zollman aged 83 dies at home Buffalo Creek southwest of Lexington after long life twice married second wife survives with twelve children.
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Hilen Burton
Statford
Sao Church
Drusilla Murphy
Joseph F Murphy
Bluemont
Loudoun County
Chatham
Daniel Arson
Wu Grose
Ie Engelvenana
Pneu
Leesburg
William Monroe McCarthy
Monroe Grove Farm
Iui
South America
Amd
Ide Ig
Lexington
Adam Zollman
Fight
Buffalo Creek
Ian
Rocebridge
Jong Hfe
Zollman
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Lain B Dickinson
Harry Campbell West
Misa Mabel Lavinia Cross
Cullen Perry
Isabel M Willams
Benjamin F Thomas
Carris E Howard
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Salsbury
Blackburn
Goff
North Carolina
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Bint
Jewis
Brunswick
William D. Briscoe
Virginia
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Lonnea
San Francisco
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Regal
Whitman
Washington Store
Pennsylvania Avenue N. W
Sims
W. B. Moses & Sons, F
Magdalena Slayman
Cumberland
Wiliam Slayman
Everett
Danville
Newport News
Andes Marne
Saudes Realt
Prigt OF
Washington and Lenfant
U.s.realty CO
District OF Columbia
Potomac
U. S. Realty CO
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