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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1908
Page
3
Legal action filed against an art dealer accused of selling forged works to collectors for thousands of dollars. The case centers on highly skilled imitations attributed to noted painters now deceased, including Wyant Innes Ranger Pranturphy and Biakeloven. The dealer allegedly contracted copies and sold them as originals.
Fragmented obituary style notice lists multiple marriages and memorials with dates in April 1908. Mentions Winifred Cooney, Dr Serno Ringin? and others, including locations such as Iowa and Pennsylvania. Shows deaths and ceremonies with dates and names, but text is garbled.
A fragmented funeral service directory lists John R F Wright Co Embalmers harnessing premises at North 47 and 10th Street, Anid Embalmers, Speare, Sardo, Costello, Zurhorst, William Lee, and others. It notes modern crematoriums, design offerings, and florists George Comley and Geo Shaffer with contact details and prices.
The article details allegations against an unnamed artist accused of fraud linked to a painting retouched for restoration. Widow Homell Martin claimed a work credited to her husband was by a copyist, selling for 1,000 and later rejected at 7,500. An art dealer employee resigned, triggering citywide controversy. The artist protested, accusing rivals of plots to ruin his reputation and livelihood, insisting the remodelling work was legitimate restoration. He asserted insinuations began three years earlier and blamed others for fabricating claims.
Distinguished figures including Representative J A T Hull Justice John A Tarlan and Commander Washington Gardner extol Gen Ulysses S Grant at the eighty sixth birthday celebration held by the Department of the Potomac at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church The remarks praise his wartime leadership and insistence on international arbitration while noting his modest nature and the loyalty of subordinates.
Cardinal Gibbons meets Cardinal Logue in Madison Avenue as a large papal dignitary presence fills New York City for the diocesan centenary celebration. Masses for children mark the day while flags fly and plans form for a May 5 centenary dinner at the Hotel Astor with Carter and senior prelates in attendance.
The American Security and Trust Company invites desirable accounts of any size and promises monthly interest on balances. The notice lists numerous executives and investors including Milton E. Atten George F. Huff Charles I. Bell Henry Hurt Henry Biount John Kasson John Boyd and others.
Rome reports a consistory planned for early June to elevate new cardinals. Names touted include Ar chbishop Majeitte of Paris and patriarch Mendes Bello, with a German candidate such as Bishop William Schneider or Professor Franz Fein. No American cardinal is anticipated now. Rev. William H. O Connell of Boston is noted as a likely later choice.
In New York, April 27, receivers of T. A. McIntyre & Co. faced angry customers demanding their stocks. They allege firm held assets as trustee, worth over $200,000, while McIntyre suffers nervous breakdown in North Carolina after wife’s death and family disputes.
A compiled list of marriages shows couples with ages and residences, linked to various reverends. Names include Charles W. Ruiter and Florence E. Sililian from Vermont, and many others across New Jersey Maryland and Philadelphia area.
List of deceased individuals with ages and last known addresses from Washington area hospitals and districts. Includes Lucretia Hunsaker 75, Mary Mickum 79, Jane Harrison, Rudolph Heunsch 87, William Jeckins 89, Catharina Krour 57, Mary Smith 39, Margaret Harmon 26, Luanna Shaw 81, Alonzo Henrick 76, Clarisse LeBourgeois 63, Lawrence Thowspoon 16 months, Josephine Smith 53, Ela Wilson 50, Oscar Holmes 21, Florence Booth 10, Robert Dixon unknown age, John Stewart 39, Emma Lewis 25, Francis Green 42, Wilson Watson unknown, Nellie Frazier 12, Washington Hawkins 28, Lisle Anderson 40, Mary Carter 40.
Julius Chambers argues against doom filled prophecies of deserts, praising irrigation programs funded by Congress. He cites Salt Lake City and Denver as examples of how engineered waterways transform urban life, urging study of Italian irrigation methods and noting Colorado’s politics with a presidential nominating gathering forthcoming.
In a New York Telegraph piece the author argues criminals and police share surprising ties. It cites Sing Sing escape as a pivot to reveal Pinkerton agents as friends of famed crooks, aiding victims after convictions, with anecdotes of jail officials and a politician's failed ransom of a murderer.
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