Fair Army in Camp Guardsmen Welcome Visitors to Potomac Forts
National Guardsmen at Forts Hunt and Washington spent the second Sunday in camp welcoming visitors and touring fort grounds. Heavy boat traffic ferried guests to Fort Hunt, while meals were ample and like home Sunday dinners. A militiaman baseball contest against a Wakefield post drew dozens as regulars defeated the militia 5 to 3 in a windy, sunbeat day.
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Sisif
Fort Washington
National Guardsmen
Forts Hunt
Washington
Marshall Hall
Fort Hunt
Wakefield
Harry Randall
Ligut
Utnam
Fort’ Foote
Iver
Cal. Coffin
Cols. Urell
Durand
River View
McCathran
Lieut
Walsh
Bomar
Coromand
Xentriea
Fort, Washington
Militie
Wke
Hoya
Fatal auto train crash near Bogota injures five
A touring car carrying five Paterson men and Dr James Curts collided with a slow moving locomotive at Bogota crossing. One killed, five severely injured including chauffeur James Shaw and Dr Curts. Survivors cannot explain the crash. missing warning signals and heading toward New York cited. Coroner to hold inquest. survivors rushed to area hospitals.
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Washington Post
Hackensack
N. J
Bogota
James Curts
Church ‘Street
James ‘Curts
Bnee
Wallace
C. Paul
Paterson
Metropolitan ‘Railway Company
Jamnes Shaw
Wiely
W. H. Turner
Fifteenth Avenue
J .Paterson
Henry Fernback
New York
Susquehanna and Western
Mr. Turner
Donald Holmes
Turner
RELY ON ROOSEVELT CAMPAIGN OF 1896
The article recalls the 1896 crisis when Republicans feared defeat and rallied around Mark Hanna to shift momentum toward McKinley. It analyzes Roosevelt's potential role, party dynamics, and crosscurrent factors in the campaign, including labor, race, and Hearst influence, with state-by-state outlooks and strategic considerations.
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Republi
Mark “Hanna
Bryan
McKinley
Brownsville
Nesra
Denver
Chicago
American Railway
Woodward in Dispute Over Dogs Sparks County Suit
In a rural dispute, Woodward vows action after dogs belonging to summer residents allegedly harmed his property. He files suit against the county seeking 356 dollars, claiming he pays the heaviest tax and is a year around resident.
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Hiata
Woodward
Woddward
Atu
Lefer Wife In Quarantine Near Tombstone Arizona
Gen David K Wardell and his wife are quarantined on a mountainside near Tombstone by order of county physician W A Greene after Mrs Wardell was declared a leper and reportedly went into a rage. They had been moved from Los Angeles to Maco before coming to Tombstone.
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Wardell
Mountain Side
Arizona
Washington
Explosion at Michigan plant kills three workers
Aug. 2 three workers die and a fourth is severely burned when a coal gas explosion belches from a coal conveyor at the Aetna Portland Cement Company plant in Feriton Michigan. Victims are William Harris 40 Andrew Corwin 45 and George Batt 25. A furnace gas buildup triggered the blast and widespread debris.
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Michigan
Cement, Company
Feriton
Mich
Aetna Portland Cament Company
William
Harris
den, Mich
Andrew
Corwin
Fenton
George
Batt
Bryan Grasping Issue Tells How Score Is Likely
Bryan visits Lincoln to attend church and speak on banking policy while focusing on labor and railroad group politics. He notes Attorney General Bonaparte's opinion strengthens Democratic stance, plans speeches in Topeka, and shifts to farm matters as he remains a union printer seeking support from railroad labor.
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Fairview
Lincoln
Nebr
Bonaparte
Chicago
Washington
Democratic Party
Bryan
Topeka
Westmllingter Presbyterian Church
Aiag
Oime
Lancet
Wequre
Taft
Cain
Omaha
Drowned by steamer at Chautauqua Lake
Special to The Washington Post reports Miss Hisle Green of Savannah Georgia and Portem Faris of Memphis Tennessee, a young couple on summer vacation at Chautauqua, were struck by a small passenger steamer Chadakoin and drowned after the girl jumped into the water in fear and the man went in to help. Both bodies were not recovered. Post Want Ads Are Free. Use the classified columns of The Post. No charge for advertising.
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Speclal
Jamestown
Hisle ‘Green
Savannah
Portém Faris
Memphis
Tenn
Chautequa Lake
Chautauqua
Ceca
Post
Peraonay
Euurop Mercat
Curacao
Curacacan
Dutch Minister De Reus Warns Venezuela In Letter
Caracas reports published letter from M. de Reus the Dutch minister in Caracas saying the current dictatorial rule of President Castro blocks Dutch and German employment in Venezuela. He notes firms cut costs and prefer local workers as imports shrink and warns that revival of trade is unlikely while Castro governs. The Jacob Van Heemskerck relief mission to Gelderland is routine.
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Willemstad
Curacao
Eringen Gelderland
Guaira
Venezuela
Hert
Wedapt
Caracas
Port of Spain
Castré
Netherlands
M. de Reus
United ‘States
Enelish
Lord ‘Sackville
West
Cleveland
Wollaya
Spain
Dupwy de
Lotae
Éation
Amsterdam
Houten Tiduw
Goyal
Om Gadership
Holland
Itg
Sdciety
Montig
Tespensi
Inairy
Mirdater de Reus
the “Houten Trouw
Miteiring
Republic
Venezusia
Europe
Hamburg
Caravery
Venexuela
DE Reus
Jacob van Heemskerck
Venemuelan
Gelderland
Inferno Burns Fernie Region as 100 Die in Canadian Fires
Canada faces the worst forest fire in its history with Fernie and adjacent towns wiped out. More than 100 deaths reported as flames driven by a gale force refugees across Elk River area toward Montana. Rail lines blocked, coal stocks ablaze, and hundreds of homes lost as thousands flee to open ground.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Fernie
B. C
Michel
Hosmer
Olsen
Boarwood
Neporiae
Gare
Iife
Canadian Pacific
Great Northern Railways
Crows’ Nest Pass
Canada
Elc River
Elk River
Crows Nest Coal Company
Fikes
Sparwood
Montana
Ready for Flight Capt Baldwin on First Ascension
Capt Baldwin set for an afternoon ascent as a giant gas bag fills and small balloons are inflated to test wind conditions. Engine tests run at high speed while Walter Wellman is expected to witness the flight. Baldwin warns of possible explosion danger during preparations.
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Walter Wellman
Baldwin Talka
HIS GREATEST PERIL CAPT RALDWIN EYES FLIGHT PLAN
Capt Baldwin warns a spark from the engine could ignite hydrogen gas in the gas bay and cause an explosion but assurance follows. He says a flight is planned for Monday evening about 8 30 and plans daily flights thereafter if the wind allows, confident of a safe outcome.
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Raldwin
Baldwin to make first dirigible flight at Fort Myer
Capt Thomas S Baldwin plans the first flight of his army dirigible at Fort Myer this evening around six thirty if winds permit. Preparations dominated by Curtiss engine tests and crowd interest with scientists from signal corps watching as the craft is readied on the parade ground.
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Thomas S. Baldwin
Fort Myer
Army, Signal Corps
Curtiss
Baldwin
Mr. Curtiss
Mr. Bauder
Hammondsport
Ormond Beach
Haant
Farman Aeroplane
New York
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Smith
Feld
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Ee M. Curtis
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William R. Hearst
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Tom Hisgen
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Iowa
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