Lynchburg heir ends life after years of decline
Howard G Rocke 44 a once well to do Lynchburg family member killed himself in a Hartford Hotel lodging room. He used laudanum and gas after months of failed employment seeking, leaving a path to Lynchburg. Describes his background and recent lodging house death near Washington.
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Letter on hotel stationery hints at family tragedy
A fragmented excerpt mentions a Rocket letter to Leodard Rocks care H S Hicks & Bros in Lynchburg Virginia about business. The piece notes suicide as a possible cause of death with a final request to be buried beside the writer's sister, signed as a loving father. The letter, dated late July, bears a downtown hotel letterhead.
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Vatican and Spain clash over concordat diplomats
Father Eugene Hannan argues the dispute is between Rome and Madrid diplomats over the concordat, not religious principles. He insists Home views the matter as a government treaty issue, distinguishing church from state in the controversy.
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Vatican Concordat Controversy Reflects Transatlantic Ties
A dispatch notes speculation on a possible Vatican concordat dispute between France and the Vatican. It argues Catholic involvement in Vatican affairs is natural, but doubts the current friction will impact church welfare in the United States or beyond.
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Cool Weather on Program Signs Hot Wave Delayed
Weather forecast signals cool conditions likely to persist for several days. Bureau ofdata coverage in Washington shows data spanning thirty nine years, indicating August may be favorable.
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Yesterday's Temperature Update For August Records
The weather bureau released August temperature data noting a continued cool trend with no change in venue. August mean temperatures are around 72 degrees with history showing a high of 101 degrees on August 13, 1881 and a low of 49 degrees on August 24, 190. July had a protracted heat spell averaging above 90 degrees.
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Laundry Trust Rumors Stir City Industry
Government reviews evidence on local laundry firms amid concerns of restraint of trade. United States District Attorney Wilson weighs papers but officials offer no final conclusions. The case echoes a congressional speech by Representative J Hampton Moore about market wide laundry practices in Washington.
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Trials Follow Death by Own Action in Philippine Army
Three or four courts martial may close this week as War Department rewrites verdicts. The cases arise from the death of Lieut. Clarence M. Janney in the Philippines after a quarrel with his wife over a champagne cooler given to Ames. Chaplain Dalam and Col. Bowen also faced courts martial tied to the disturbance at Ames quarters. The War Department expects a report this week.
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Weather conditions and temperatures across regions
The Weather Bureau reports high temperatures across the Great Basin with showers in the plains and eastern Rockies, while the Atlantic states see moderate temperatures with showers in southern districts. West of the Rockies, fair weather with seasonal temperatures prevails. Scattered showers expected Tuesday and Wednesday in the Mississippi valley to the Rockies and along the southern upper lake region and South Atlantic States. Winds will be light to moderate from the southeast along coasts, with variable winds on the Gulf and inland. Temperatures recorded include midnight readings around 64 to 61, noon highs near 88, and a maximum of BO. Relative humidity varies through the day with zero rainfall from 8 p.m. to 8 p.m. and a 194 percent sunshine estimate listed.
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Indiana's Middies Win Cup In Rowing Race
Potomac River clears and Shenandoah clouds as the Middies from Indiana win the Lysistrate cup in a midshipmen rowing race aboard the United States battleship Glen.
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Pitcher Hinrichs Paralyzed as Infantile Paralysis Cases Rise
A recent Nationals recruit Bil Hinrichs is diagnosed with infantile paralysis after hospital admission for suspected rheumatism. He likely cannot play this season while health authorities report two additional cases in the District. Dr Woodward notes quarantine would be difficult and no isolation wards are available.
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Four lynched for murder near Pensacola Fla
In Pensacola Florida Aug 1 telephone lines were cut as mobs hunted Black residents after the murder of Besgie Morrison a little schoolgirl. Reports say a Black man sent an amulet to a suspect and was hanged while others fled or were killed. This marks the fourth lynching linked to the case.
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Harmon’s Peace Plan Fails In Columbus Street Car Strike
Governor Harmon’s bid to settle the Columbus street car strike collapsed as union leaders refused to waive union recognition and badge wear. A stormy Columbus Chamber of Commerce meeting criticized Mayor Marshall, who offered to resign if proven derelict. Militia patrols remained firm with little violence.
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Methods for killing fleas outlined by health service official
Public health service report details quick and effective flea destruction using kerosene, water, and chemical agents including hydrogen cyanide gas and sulfur. Maurtee B. Mitzman of the plague laboratory in San Francisco presents the technique in detail.
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Denial by Senator Burton on Brown nomination pact
Cleveland August 1 Senator Burton denies any agreement to nominate Judge C B Brown for governor. He says Brown is excellent but a Cincinnati wager and Cox support forced the delegation to split among four candidates. He considered Harding Herrick Garfield and Garfield as options and notes Longworth's solid bloc.
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Clubman Goes To Jail In Divorce Contempt Case
Willis Counselman, Chicago broker and former husband, begins a three month sentence for contempt in Judge Chetlain's court after his divorce decree was entered. He allegedly feigned ignorance of his first wife’s insanity to pursue another marriage with Miss Clara French of Englewood, later annulled when the divorce was invalidated. The Smithsonian announces a new freshwater amphipod species named Huerangony serratus found by George C. Embody of Cornell University in an Ashland Virginia pond.
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Suit Seeks One Third of Foster Father Estate for Helen King Longacre
Helen King Longacre, adopted daughter of Endicott King, sues in district court seeking one third of his estimated 360,000 estate under a will construed to pass as if die without issue. Named defendants are John Harry King and Mary Gage King. Court may declare a trust to share with two other children. Longacre alleges she was raised as a King and prevented from self support.
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