Auto Kills Three Men None Is Left Alive to Tell
Three men riding in a touring car on Hunting Park avenue were killed when the auto crashed through closed gates in front of a Reading Railway train. Victims named include Charles Humphrey, Samuel W. Roop, and John B. Taylor. Driver lost control. the car struck the locomotive as the train approached, preventing braking. A second item reports a separate fatality at Sea Bright New Jersey where Julia Drucker and others were injured when a horse carriage was struck by an express after crossing a gate. Julia Drucker died later at the scene.
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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 In New York Case
A social figure labeled baron is sought by police on larceny charges in New York. The complainant, Camminck, a wealthy widow, accuses the baron of promising seven shares of Union Pacific stock and failing to deliver before disappearing with the funds. The noted social circle in Narragansett Pier is mentioned in connection to the case.
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Mer Colony
Ay Narraganpert Pier
Ransseme
Atlcd
Sance Teron
Frederick Vor Horton Lepteli
Pis
Lds
New York
Ty Fo
Camminck
Cirema
Sle
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Union Pacific Sto
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Robbers Use Mail Box In Denver Heist
Wealthy St Louis wholesale man loses pocketbook containing $27,000 in notes $200 in certified checks and $50 in currency. Thieves drop the pack in a letter box last night. money and checks were recovered this morning. A post office official noted the owner Hamel Koenmin arrived to investigate, finding the loss after reaching his residence.
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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 in San Francisco claiming seven years of separation and income of $50 monthly, seeking $200 monthly support. The dispute follows a bitter estrangement involving Mrs Stavenson, widow of Robert Louis Stevenson.
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Washington Post
San Francisco
Osborne
Inherk
Louis Stevenson
Oyburne
Robert Louis Stavenson
Farnum Divorce Granted to Actress Alice Johnstone
Actress Alice Johnstone was granted an interlocutory decree of divorce from Dustin L. Farnum by Justice Dayton. The suit was heard before a referee with evidence sealed by court order. Farnum and Mrs Gould both denied the allegations and the named corespondent remains undisclosed.
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Washington, Post
New York
Alice Johnstone
Dayton
Dustin L. Farnum
Dustin Farnum
Howard Gould
Katherine Clemmons Gould
Revered Rev Daniel McGillicuddy Dies in Boston
Dr Daniel McGillicuddy pastor of St Stephen's, famed United States Catholic Total Abstinence Union lecturer, died at Charles Gate Hospital Boston of leukemia contracted in Tibet a year earlier. Age 48, he explored much of the world and planned a visit to Africa. One of the first whites to reach Lhasa Tibet.
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St. Stephen's
United States
Total Abstineste Union'of
America
Charles Gate Hospital
Boston
Tibet
Kather McGillicuddy
Africa
Lasea
Falls 1 000 Feet and Lives
Special to The Washington Fast reports miner John Weiss found on Colorado and Southern tracks near Empire after a 1000 foot plunge from a road above. His horse lay crushed nearby. Though dazed and bleeding, Weise gave no clear account, and it is believed intoxication and darkness led to the fall continuing last evening in Georgetown.
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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 Baron Lieb enberg divorce hurdles cleared and Princess Joachim, the Kaiser's fourth son, set to wed actress Marie Sulzer. A decree was issued in Budapest, with banns posted in Zurich after the promise to marry.
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Berlin
Poersn Courier
Baron Liebenberg
Marie Sulzer
France Joachim
Budapest
Joachim
Zurich
Auto Hurls Five Into River During Bridge Crash
Horace H Westcott of Westcott Story real estate rescues five men from drowning after his touring car strikes a survey on a Speedway bridge over an inlet. The collision breaks the railing and plunges vehicle, horse, and occupants into the water. Westcott assists the men to safety and informs police.
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Horace H. Westcott
Westcott & Story
Udal Basin
Westcott
Convict Fight Described Before Georgia Legislature
Special to Tae Was! Atlanta July 31. A death fight between two convicts armed with picks occurred at the mines as Deputy State Warden Bleevins watched. General Manager Hurt of the Georgia Coal and Iron Company recounted the duel before a legislative committee probing the convict system. Charley, urged by Bleevins to seize the foe, faced a giant who drove his pick into the other man’s neck and lungs. Charley then pulled free the weapon as the warden ordered. Hurt cited the scene as proof the system makes such outcomes possible.
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Bleevins
Hurt
Georgia Coal and Iron Company
Legislative Committee
Georgia
Buins
Chat
Aer
Charley
Rve
Ning
Fall Child Survives Third Floor Fall in Falls City
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 and was taken to Children’s Hospital at Thirteenth and W streets with no broken bones. The child was kept overnight and expected to return home if no complications arise.
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David’ Levezzo
Children's Hospital
Thirteenth
Tee
Mary Leveszo
Eighth
Children’s Hospital
Che
Sha
Sealed Proposal Requests for Depot Furnishings and Supplies
A 1908 notice states sealed proposals will be received by the office until 8 T, September 1, 1908, for furnishing and delivering items to Washington Barracks and Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, with instructions to apply to the depot major and quartermaster in charge. Details mention flooring, lumber, ventilation, and water tube components, dated July 71, 1908, and referencing furnishing and delivering responsibilities and deadlines.
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Washington
Myer and Hunt
Arlington National Id. Va
Charlotte
Suned
Library of
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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 English wife
Harvey T. Wells formerly cashier of the First National Bank of Kenosha Wisconsin confessed to stealing 6000 dollars to marry Florence Winniston of London. He eloped to New York and England, repaid part of the sum by selling jewels then tried to return to Wisconsin to face extradition. Wells was held on 6000 bail and later jailed after arraignment in New York.
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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 Mystery In Wolcott
Special to The Washington Post reports four years after Englishman Robert Perry, estranged from his family, received a 21000 English legacy and vanished from Wolcott, his supposed skeleton was found by berry pickers on Wolcott Mountain. His wife claimed he went to England for money and left Southington.
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Washington Post
Hartford
Conn
Robert Perry
England
Wolcott
Southington Water Company
Wolcott Mountain
Petty
Southington
The Post a Leading Newspaper for Government City Readers
This excerpt markets The Post as the dominant Washington newspaper offering comprehensive financial news, market reports, and guidance for farmers and merchants. It highlights sections on business status, produce sales, and leisure reading across its Sunday Morning Edition style content.
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United States
Post
The Washington Post Flas No Equal Anywhere
The Sunday Post presents itself as superior among Sunday newspapers with careful selections by prominent writers and accurate foreign news illustrated pages. It claims to be a trusted household visitor through timely coverage and notable fiction from renowned authors.
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Sunday Post
Pink Sheet Sporting Section Highlights Broad Coverage
The Sporting Department of Tue Sunday Post showcases extensive coverage of all sports on pink paper. Four pages brim with baseball results, races, billiards, yacht contests, golf, tennis, swimming, and more, accurately chronicling the sporting world.
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Tue Sunday Post
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