Auto Kills Three Men at Reading Railway Crossing
Three Philadelphia officials die in a late night crash on Hunting Park avenue when a speeding touring car fails to stop for a Reading Railway watchman and crashes through closed gates into a southbound train. Chauffeur loses control. Charles Humphrey, Samuel W. Roop, and John B. Taylor killed. others uninjured. The accident occurred as the party, returning from Montgomery County, failed to avert the fatal collision. Separate report from Sea Bright says Julia Drucker of New York is killed at Northborough crossing with two sisters injured when a carriage is struck by a passing train.
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Washington Post
Philadelphia
Hunting Park Avenue
Reading Railway
Charles Humphrey
Police
Samuel W. Roop
John B. Taylor
Humphrey
Taylor
Koop
Montgomery County
Sea Bright
N. J
Julia Drucker
New York
Mary
Ruth Rauz
Northborough
New Jersey
Louisa Mannelin
Younge Wnmen
Lissa Drucker
Wore
Julia
Drucker
Baron Wanted For Larceny
A fragmentary police notice alleges a baron is wanted in New York on charges of grand larceny. The wealthy widow Camminck accuses him of illicitly obtaining seven shares of Union Pacific stock never delivered, and the accused baron is described as missing and pursued by authorities.
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Robbers Use Mail Box in Denver Pocket Book Incident
Denver July 2 thieves entered a mail box night action after hiring William Benman a wealthy St. Louis wholesale man. They dropped a pocketbook containing $27 in notes $200 in certified checks and $50 in currency. The notes remained intact and could have been cashed by robbers. The owner Assistant Postmaster Hammel Koenmin arrived later with concerns about the alleged intoxicated suspect.
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Denver
William Benman
St. Louis
Hammel
Koenmin
Gepul Oa
Novelist's Wife Sues for Separate Maintenance
Mrs Osborne, wife of novelist Louis Stevenson, files suit for separation after seven years apart. She claims her husband earns about 50 dollars a month and seeks 200 dollars monthly support. The case follows a strained family dispute involving Mrs Stavenson and the widow of the author.
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Washington Post
San Francisco
Osborne
Inherk
Louis Stevenson
Oyburne
Robert Louis Stavenson
Dustin Farnum Divorced in Interlocutory Decree
Actress Alice Johnstone secured an interlocutory decree of divorce from Dustin L. Farnum yesterday in Justice Dayton's court. The trial before a referee sealed all evidence by court order. Farnum was named by Howard Gould in a separate defense to Katherine Clemmons Gould’s separation suit, which remains pending. Farnum and Mrs Gould denied the allegations and she refused to reveal whom she named in her own divorce action beyond claiming it began before the Gould case.
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Washington, Post
New York
Alice Johnstone
Dayton
Dustin L. Farnum
Dustin Farnum
Howard Gould
Katherine Clemmons Gould
Reverend Daniel McGillicuddy Dies in Boston Hospital
Rev. Daniel McGillicuddy pastor of St Stephen's fame across the United States and leader of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America died in Charles Gate Hospital Boston from leukemia contracted in Tibet. He was 48 and had traveled widely, planning a trip to Africa. He was among the first whites to reach Lhasa Tibet.
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St. Stephen's
United States
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Catholic Total | Abstineste Union'of
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Charles Gate Hospital
Boston
Tibet
Kather McGillicuddy
Africa
Lasza
Miner Plunges 1000 Feet on Colorado Southern Tracks
Special to The Washington Post Georgetown Cole July Half dazed and bleeding from a dozen small scratches but otherwise unharmed John Weiss, a miner, was found on the Colorado and Southern Railroad tracks near Empire this morning after a 1000 foot plunge from the road above. His horse lay crushed nearby. Weiss cannot give a clear account. it is believed intoxication may have carried him off the cliff during darkness.
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Washington
Georgetown
Cole
John Weiss
Miner
Colorado’ and Southern
Empire
Weise
Kaiser’s Son to Wed Actress in Zurich Banns
Berlin dispatch reports Prince Joachim, son of the Kaiser, to wed actress Marie Sulzer after divorce obstacles between Baron Lieb nberg and his wife were cleared. A decree was issued in Budapest. banns posted at Zurich as the marriage is planned.
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Berlin
Poersn Courier
Baron Liebenberg
Marie Sulzer
France Joachim
Budapest
Joachim
Zurich
Auto Hurled Five Into River Rescue at Bridge
Horace H Westcott a touring car operator from Westcott Story real estate firm struck a survey on the Speedway bridge over an inlet to the Udal basin early Friday rescuing five men from drowning. The vehicle and horse were thrown into the water. Westcott aided in pulling them to safety and alerted police.
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Westcott & Story
Udal Basin
Westcott
Fight to the death among Georgia convicts described before committee
Special to Tae Was from Atlanta reports General Manager Hurt of the Georgia Coal and Iron Company describing a deadly mine fight between two convicts. One man armed with a pick killed a rival after a struggle with the warden’s deputy present. Hurt cited it as evidence of the system’s horrors.
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Bleevins
Hurt
Georgia Coal and Iron Company
Legislative Committee
Georgia
Buins
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Aer
Charley
Rve
Ning
Child Falls From Third Floor Window In Falls
Regina Levezzo, two, daughter of David Levezzo, fell from a third story window at 1736 Fourteenth Street shortly before midnight. She landed on the cement pavement, was taken to Children’s Hospital, doctors reported no broken bones, she remained under observation, and was to return home if no complications arose. Police notified. Post want ads offered free classified space.
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David’ Levezzo
Children's Hospital
Thirteenth
Mary Leveszo
Eighth
Children’s Hospital
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Sealed proposals for furnishing and delivering depot items
Sealed proposals received at the office by September 1 1908 for furnishing and delivering Washington Barracks Arlington National id to Myer and Hunt and related instruction details. Information available upon application to the depot major and quartermaster in charge.
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Washington
Myer and Hunt
Arlington National Id. Va
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Nationel Museum
Bernard R. Geen
Walter Real
Walter Reed Army General
Ospital
Washington, D. C
U.S
Bank cashier confesses theft to marry Englishwoman
Harvey T. Wells formerly assistant paying teller at First National Bank Kenosha confessed stealing 6000 dollars to fund his marriage to Florence Winniston of London. The pair eloped to New York in 1907, toured Britain, then went to Montreal before Wells returned to the U S and pledged to repay the bank. He was held on 6000 bail and to be returned to Wisconsin amid a long pursuit spanning England.
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Harvey T. Wella
First National Bank
Kenosha
Wis
Florence H. Winnijston
London
Chicago
Misa Winniston
New York
Wells
Hoston
United States
Hayes
Wisconsin
England
Henosha
Harvey_ T. Wells
Benton
Weils
Milwaukee
Skeleton Sequel to Legacy Disappearing Englishman Found
Special to The Washington Post Hartford July 31 Four years after Englishman Robert Perry received a 21000 English legacy and vanished from Wolcott he was later said to be missing. Berry pickers on Wolcott Mountain discovered what is believed to be his skeleton as questions linger about his brief English trip and the money sent home.
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Washington Post
Hartford
Conn
Robert Perry
England
Wolcott
Southington Water Company
Wolcott Mountain
Petty
Southington
The Post’s Sunday Morning Edition Overview
Easily recognized as the leading newspaper published at the seat of the United States government. It showcases full financial news and market reports for merchants and financiers, plus a farmer’s guide to selling produce and leisure reading across its columns. The Sunday Morning Edition offers broad information and reading value.
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Post
The Washington Post Flas No Equal Anywhere
The Sunday Post is praised as superior among Sunday newspapers with readers relying on it for foreign news, timely illustrations, and thoughtful selections by prominent writers. It emphasizes high standards and popularity in households.
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Pink Sheet Sports Section Highlights All Events
The Sporting Department of Tue Post and Tue Sunday Post covers every sport in all climates. The pink Sunday four-page Sporting Section features baseball results, running, trotting, billiards, auto racing, yacht contests, boating, golf, tennis, swimming and more with accurate comprehensive coverage.
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