Hartje divorce trial ends after twenty one days of testimony
Pittsburg Pa Aug 2 After twenty one and a half days of actual court sittings the Hartje divorce case ended today Attorneys for both sides fenced for advantage with Judge Fazer setting arguments for Monday The judge ordered submission by Wednesday evening as he plans to leave for vacation Mrs Hartje received sympathy from friends Augustus Hartje sat silent Edward Hartje denied letters and statements about Mrs Hartje John Ball and John Gayer testified to interviews with Hartje and notes about letters in April Hartje attorney Marron denied February statements as falsehoods The case closed amid mixed reactions with odds favoring Mrs Hartje and over 300 pages of testimony marking a record duration in Allegheny County
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Pittsburg
Hartje
Robert S. Fazer
J. L. Welsian
John Gayéb
Madine
Freeman
Edward Martie
Ball
Gayer
Augustus
John Marroh
Hartle
Fred L. Long
News
Long
Marron
Mrs. Hartie
Thomas Madine
Edward Hartie
Richard Hartie
Hartje Company
Alma Ross
Liellant
Josephine ‘Wright
Tong
Allesheny
Washington Post Marriage and Death Notices Promo
Notice states the Washington Post will appear concurrently with a wide range of newspapers in various cities at no extra charge for each insertion or telegraphing. It lists New York Times Boston Globe Buffalo Courier Chicago Record Herald Philadelphia Ledger Providence Journal Rochester Herald LOUIS Republic Syracuse Post Standard St Paul Pioneer Press Minneapolis Tribune Cleveland Plain Dealer Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Washington Post
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NEW York Times
Boston Sloer
Muffalo Courier
Cmcago Record-Herald
Philadelphia Public
Lebger
Vittyarg Dispatch
Providence Journal
Uogchester Herald
Louis
Undertakers Wees at 1204 F St Northrwest
Fragmentary OCR lists an undertaker entry with address 1204 F Street Northeast, incomplete name likely Wees or Wish. No clear event or dates.
Fay Templeton Marries Twice Married Before in Philadelphia
Fay Templeton, famed American stage comedienne long linked with vaudeville and Broadway, wed William Patterson of Pittsburgh, a widower and president of Heyl e Patterson Enginering. The ceremony occurred in Philadelphia at Dr Giles’s home. Patterson, aged forty five, had been separated from his first wife, and Templeton’s past marriages include Howell Osborne, son of a Jay Gould broker.
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Howell Osborne
Jay Gould
Ber
London
Washington
New York
Fay Templeton
Wiliam Patterson
Pittsburgh
Weber & Fields’ Music Hall
Broadway
Migs Templeton
George’ M
W. H. West
West
Miss Templeton
Powell Osborne
Osborne
Charles J. Osborne
George Edwardes
Edwardes
Mr. Patterson
Philadelphia
Patterson
Pitsburg
Aus
William Joshua
Vatterson
Heyle& Patterson
Heys
Mr. Heyl
Phila Hetpiia
Ohio law used to challenge Hearne widow claim
An old Ohio statute banning intermarriage by race is cited to dispute the marriage claim of Mrs. Althea Foley, a colored widow of Lafcadio Hearne. Judge Malsbury considers restoring marriage records destroyed in a 1994 courthouse fire as part of Hearne estate actions. An eastern publisher alerted officials to the statute, dating from 1861 and repealed in 1877, in a probate case linked to Hearne’s estate and a Japanese widow.
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Washington Post
Ohio
Althea Foley
Lafcadio- Hearne
Japan
Malsbury
Probate Couras
Foley
Hearne
Canfield to Close Morrissey Clubhouse at Saratoga
Saratoga Sprites report Rich ard A Canfield the famed gambler announced the Saratoga Club House to close next Sunday for the season and all time after, citing a return from gambling while clergy and Senator Brackett opposed open houses. Police warned closure or raid amid a fading “call of the wild.”
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Saratoga Sprites
Richard A. Canfield
Monte Carlo
Saratoga Club House
John Mortisey
Canfield
John Delahanty
Delahanty
Bass
Forty-third Street
Bob Davis
Ag A
the Battery
Golden Gate
Davis
Saratoga
Providence
R. 1
Morrissey Club
Cauheld
Brackett
Rendier
Bryan reception committee to issue tickets for Madison Square Garden address
The executive committee of the William J. Bryan reception decided to issue reserved seat tickets for a Madison Square Garden address. About 12,400 capacity Medhall Square Garden, seating 12,400, will host the event with over a thousand prominent Democrats invited. The Missouri delegation seating mix up noted. Gov Folk and ex-Gov Francis each organized trains, but only one delegation will attend the garden address.
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New York
William J. Bryan
Madison Square Garden
Bryan
Medhall Square Garden
Lewis Nixon
Alexander Troup
Edward Murphy
Troy
Garvin
Rhode Island
Clifford Breckinridge
Arkansas
James. J. Lewis
Chicago
David B. Hill
Albany
Senator Hill
Norman
Mack
Hecht
Troup
Ill
Columbis
Harvey Gather
Democratic State Committee
Buckeye
W. J. Bryan
Thomas
Springfield
M.H. Ingalls
Chi Einnati
J. J. Lewis
Columbus
M. A. Daugherty
Lancaster
A. Hoakina
Migsourk
Madison Square Park
Bryant
Garden
Wreck blocks traffic on three railways near Kenava
A morning wreck on the Norfolk and Western at the Kenava junction, where N and W, Chesapeake and Ohio, and Baltimore and Ohio intersect, piled twelve battleship gondolas loaded with pie irons into a heap. The spun cars blocked all three trunk lines for several hours, described as the most peculiar wreck in the state.
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Washington
Huntington
W. Va
Kenava
Here
Norfolk and Western
Chesapeake and Ohio
Baltimore and Ohio
Baltimore and Ohio Board Takes No Action on Rate Cut
Special report notes no action by the executive committee at its meeting in New York on Aug 2 regarding the Pennsylvania Railroad passenger rate cut. The item concerns the broader impact on schedules and fares as reported by The Waeningten Inst. in a New York dispatch.
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New York
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Flagman Killed Jumping From Train In Goldsboro
Special to The Washington Post York Pa Aug 2 A flagman from Baltimore William J Smith of the Northern Central Railroad was struck by a locomotive on an adjoining track after stepping from a bumper and was killed instantly He leaves a wife and two children.
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Washington Post
York
Goldsboro
William J. Smith
Baltimore
Northern Central Railread
Revolt Through Russia After Siege and Casualties Reported
The article describes widespread revolt across Russia with prisoners being landed in batches under loyal guard. Civilians suffered brutal treatment, many with red hands and feet. Official casualty reports are unavailable, but authorities estimate about fifty soldiers and five officers killed, with around 150 wounded.
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Ehoir
Waiting for the Signal in Yugovka Strife
Aug 2 reports a near total strike as troops pour in and agitators press for armed uprising after flooding mines and arrests. Gov Geri and Bonyin are in personal command while saboteurs from St Petersburg and Moscow urge action. Dragoons crack down on gatherings and three speakers are captured. A jail delivery plan is discussed. A peasant revolt spreads near Kamischevka listetel with calls for militia action.
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Yugovka
Geri
Bonyin
St. Petersburg
Mogeow
Jast Oeht
Sagtormovka
Doh
Resi
Kamischevka - Lis
Telet
Callistona
General Assassination in Warsaw Targets Polish Governor General
To-day in Warsaw Maj. Gen. Markgraitsky riding to his summer villa with his wife son and daughter was ambushed. The volley killed the general and his son and wounded a horse before the frightened animals bolted. The carriage occupants including Mme and Maller Markgrattsky fainted. Markgraitsky long served as a Polish government official.
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Warsaw
Geridarmerie Markgraifsky
Ine
Mme
Maller Markgrattsky
Markgratisky
Poland
William Webber Dies After Crisis in Huntington
William Webber a prominent contractor who recently won the Los Angeles government buildings project died in Huntington Hospital from morphine overdose amid a personal crisis. His wife had killed herself three months earlier in Texas. He was found unconscious in the Adeph Hotel with an empty vial beside him. doctors stated there was no hope of recovery.
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Washington Post
Huntington
W. Va
William Webber
Los Angeles
Cal
Huntington Hospital
Webber
Texas
Adeph
Neighbors Quarrel Ends With Injury At John Marshall Place
William Washington and Charles Howell clashed last night at 416 John Marshall Place. Howell, 34, claims he was knocked down and cut on the shoulder by Washington, who says he fell on a bottle during the fight. Howell was treated at Emergency Hospital for a 2 inch by 4 inch shoulder wound and Washington was locked up on a charge of disorderly conduct.
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William Washington
John Marshall
Charles Howell
Howell
Washington
Hewell
Sixth Precinct
Sunday School Outing at Chevy Chase Maryland
Kensington Presbyterian Sunday-school children toured Chevy Chase on a pleasant outing. They traveled in two hay wagons to the pavilion grounds, sang songs and told stories, enjoyed supper at six, and later heard Marine Band music. Parents and older pupils joined in the evening entertainment and all declared the day exceedingly pleasant.
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Kensington
Chevy Chase
Marine Band
Conductor Knucks Ed Under Wheels Special to The Washington Host
Spencer NC August 2. Wilson of this place was dangerously injured last night near Taynckburg by being knocked from a train. While the engine was atop a car his head struck an overhead bridge and he was hurled between cars. He narrowly escaped serious injury and lay insensible for a time before recovery.
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Washington
Spencer
N. C
Wilson
Taynckburg
Iit
Cas
Outhin Shouigge
Lithographers Strike Across Nation for Shorter Week
A nationwide general strike by organized lithographers began today to secure a reduction of working hours from fifty three to forty eight per week. About 5 000 workers stopped work locally and nationally 30 000 workers are affected. In Cincinnati Ohio striking pressmen and transfer color workers closed major plants reducing force to half or less at Strobridge Lithograph Company and other shops.
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New York
Employers’, Association Tool
Stecher
International “Protective Association
Iworkmen
Cincinnati
Ohio
Strobridge Lithograph Company
Pig Iron Breaks Record in Philadelphia Iron Trade
Fragmented OCR notes report a record in pig iron and steel trade in Philadelphia during 1906 to 1908. Mentions months and halves of years with unclear phrasing and missing dates. Names and precise figures are illegible but the item signals a notable production milestone in the iron industry.
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Philadelphia
Ivan” Iron
Steel
Mar A
United
M McGarren Sues for Breach of Promise and Damages
Mrs Mary Dixon sues Mr McCarren for 206 000 alleging breach of promise and damages. The case returns August 6 at 10 o'clock before Justice Dickey with attorneys Dixon Sordey McCarren and Blaherty cited. The plaintiff claims denial of recognition as wife and seeks relief in the civil action.
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Mary
Dixon
Patrick
Hi. McCarren
Dickey
Dixon Sordey
Isie Belles In Demand Amid Scandal Rumors
Town buzzes over a mystery admirer of Miss Frances Gunter connected to a “dias 16” beauty pageant. Envelopes and a non delivered message at a Chattanooga address fuel speculation about identity, with Bridgeport and Tenn names surfaced. the suitor denies wrongdoing and says he pursued a promise made to the belle.
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Mies
Frances Gunter
Misa Gunter
Bridgeport
Evi
Chattanacga
Mary “Alice
Whiteside
Health and Breakfast Phrases From An Old Ad Snippet
A fragmented health and breakfast note mentions steady daily meals and cereal. It references eating with milk or cream and hints at a product or package called Apitatd vide teepadage, with garbled branding suggesting a food or health aid.
Sage Will Changes Showed 1900 1901 Dates
Attorneys for Sage executors disclosed that the will dated 1900 was altered to insert 1901 before witnesses and execution. The change suggested the will may have been prepared earlier with blank date fields and signed later, with photos and records prompting no public comment.
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Washington. Post
Russell Sage
Death of Mrs. T. Alexander at Bar Harbor Cottage
The Washington Post reports the death of Mrs. T Alexander at her summer home Bar Harbor Masonette around 2 30 pm after years of illness. Survived by three daughters Mrs John Emery New York Mrs Arthur D Weeka Washington and Miss Eamonia Alexander Washington. Funeral Monday at Xavier's Church Bar Harbor. Burial planned in New York at a later date.
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Thursoay
Tax Harbor
Julia Bahhet
Wits
Charles T. Alexander
V. S.A
Puneral
Navier's
Bar “Harbor
Ua. Tm
West Point
N.Y
Burton
Bridgeport
Conn
Helen Daly
Fisak
Farrflia
Hereridance
Atroct
Edward George
Arrell
Fimera
Church of the Holy Comforter
Frength
East Capitol
Atreeta
Sacur
Brooklyn
N. Y.V
Flartford
Coos Flovey
William Flovey
Josephine Fiovex
Rida Am
Duginto
Mount Duvet
The
Washington Post
Bar - Barbar Ghanes
Masonette
John Emery
New-York
Arthur’ D. Weeka
Washington
Eamonia Alexander
Washingto Tn
St Xavier's Episcopal Church
Bar Harbor
Fragmented 19th Century Wire Briefs From Tattered OCR
August dispatches report a hanging sentence in Georgia for murder complicit nearly a year prior, plus labor unrest at Rawards Manufacturing suspending operations after a worker’s actions. San Francisco notes Stanford president changes amid trustees’ resolution. Washington mine workers breaker boys strike renews.
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Alani
Moore
Valdosta
Carter
Iby
Sxminta
Rawards Manufacturing “Company
Guous
Profespore
Janine
Ander
Wien
Jordan Srestans
Whkesharra
Mine ‘Workers’ Union
Washiteton
Pismonth
Cemetery Graft Convicts Erie County Former Auditor Neff
John W. Neff, former Erie County auditor, was found guilty of grand larceny tied to the North Street Cemetery deal in Buffalo. The trial centered on stealing 1500 from the county on October 1, 1901 and a conspiracy from 1900 to obtain a 9000 bribe for cemetery site approval, with contractor R F Conover also implicated and convicted.
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Erie County
N. Y
Warsaw
N. x
John W. Neff
Grand Tare Teny
Old North Street
Buffalo
Neft
Erle County
Board of Supervisors
Conover
R. F. Conover
Neff
Archie Roosevelt at Sea Returns Happy Sailor at Ten
Archie Roosevelt has just returned from a Newport voyage with Captain Slocum aboard the Spray. The one day trip left him sunburned and elated, claiming a sailor’s life as the only life for him.
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Oyster Bay
Archie
Roosevelt
Newport
Cruis
Slocum
Archig
Alscum
Delegates to Alexandria Meeting Named in Culpeper
Culpeper Republicans mass meeting re elects county organization and endorses Samuel Diener Jr Colvin Batts Fant and W H Hegborn for state committeeman. Delegates Curtis and three Jacksons Beabore are named for Alexandria congressional gathering.
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Culpeper
Washtoxton
Culpepers
Curtis
Fackson
Beabore
Alexandria
Samuel Diener
Colvin
Mds. Batts
J.D. Fant
W. H. Hegborn
UITON'S SUCCESSOR Formal election by the body pending
Fragmentary notice notes that Rich eee and Ang are contenders for the governor’s successor with the clerk awaiting formal election by the appropriate body. The passage references the governor and the clerk in a transitional moment.
Thaw Trial Developments Stir Broad Debate and Allegations
Special to The Washington Past reports rising public interest as Harry Thaw advances in his murder case. Disputes with his mother over strategy surface, with Thaw claiming influence over her stance on his defense. Hartridge denies certain statements, while legal moves and possible new counsel shape the forthcoming trial landscape.
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Washington
New York
Harry
Mrz
Jam ‘Thaw
Stanford White
Thaw
Clifford W. ‘Hartridge
Wiliam
Hartridge
Black,Olcott, Gruber & Bonynge
Willam Thaw
Oleote
Witten
Hartrides
Hartridge Willinol
Mgr. Jerome
Mutiny Charged Aboard St Johns Stevedores
Four colored stevedores of the excursion steamer St Johns are charged with mutiny after an alleged midstream assault on Captain Randall at Colonial Beach. The men Robert Alexander Henry Smoot James Kelson and Henry Williams were arrested at the Fourth precinct station and await a hearing as police and district attorney investigations continue.
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Kidd
Steve> Dores
St.Johns
Randa
Robert Alexander
Henry Smoot
James Kelson
Henry Williams
Fourth Precinct
United States
Colonial Beach
Hf Hag
Atentay
Eighteen Years For Murder in Staunton Trial
In Staunton Virginia on August 2 a jury after eight days of trial found Frank Sprouse guilty of murdering Conrad Boyd. Sprouse sentenced to eighteen years in the penitentiary, with appeals likely. Boyd, a young married man and foreman at a cement plant nearby, was shot after Sprouse had been discharged from work.
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Stawnton
Frank Sprouse
Conrad Boyd
Staunton
Clegg Court
Jone & Last
Mia
Aisk
Sprouse
Fordwick
Boyd
Luce Elected Chairman Leads Third District Committee
John G. Luce a bookkeeper at Planters National Bank was elected chairman of the Republican committee for the Third Congressional district in Richmond Virginia. The convention for nominating a candidate is planned for Manchester with 34 delegates based on votes and fractions. George A. Hanson likely to be renominated for Congress. In Winchester a heavy morning rainstorm near Kernstown caused flooding wrecking bridges and fences with hundreds of dollars in damages to farms.
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Washington Post
Richmond
John G. Luce
Planters’ National Bank
Republicum Committee
Manchester
Judge Lewis
George A. Hanson
Congress
Winchester
Kernstown
Georgetown Store Robbed Report
Fred Dunbarth of 3418 M Street NW told police the Georgetown store was entered Monday night and the safe robbed of 74 dollars. Access gained by forcing a window. safe door left open and drawer pried with scissors. Police investigate.
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Georgetown
Fred Dunbarth
M Street
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