Baldwin Curtiss visit sparks talk of airship plans
Baldwin and Curtiss arrived in the city with entourage as scientific visitors and reporters for a test of a heavier than air machine. They discussed propeller choices and safety, noting potential government bonuses and a planned flight schedule, while dismissing parachutes as unnecessary.
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Baldwin
Asreplane
Curtiss
Miles
Éropantical Experimental Association
Alexander Graham Pell
Cota
Sergi Ward
Baliwin
Mage
Inquirer
Sacket
Mr. Baldwin
British Parliament delays most major bills for summer session
London reports only two of twelve anticipated measures passed before the summer adjournment. The old age pension bill and the universities bill were enacted with no major opposition, while many topics including licensing and eight hour work rules for coal mines were postponed to autumn amid continuing contentions over costs and policy.
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London
Jhst
Irs
Bil
House of Commons
House of Lords
Cardinal Talks University Visit and Catholic Milestones
Cardinal Gibbons met with Cardinal Satolli and Cardinal Marnelli to discuss loan matters and the Washington University project. Bishops Foley and O'Connell will visit Castel Gandolfo tomorrow to see the American college villa. Archbishop Farley of New York has received praise for the New York diocese centennial celebration regarded as a major Catholic event in U.S. history.
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Rome
Cardinal Gibbons
Cardinal Satolli
Congregation of Wtudles
Cardinal Marnelli
Fhington
Gisbens
Foley
Detroit
O'Connell
Washington
Castel Gandolfo
American College
Mer. Farley
Archbienop
New York
New ‘York
United States
Soldiers Killed in Fire at German Guard Section
Fire in the German guard section of Peking tonight destroyed stables and messrooms and detonated ammunition. Two German and one French soldiers were killed, eight German and five French soldiers were wounded, with four soldiers and several civilians slightly hurt.
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Peking
Neem
Two Young Women Arrested After Robbery Ride
Wallace, 23, and Thorenson, 21, allegedly robbed Jean Minnix, 21, at 15 Sixth Street Northwest after a ride with two women and a man. They were detained at Ninth Precinct Bee station, charged with robbery and held for inquest.
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Minnix
Burg
Minny
Peamy
Farman’s First Public Aeroplane Flight at Brighton Beach
Henry Farman demonstrated a third mile flight at Brighton Beach race track New York on August 2. The improvised exhibition drew about 2,000 spectators who watched the aeroplane travel about 30 seconds from one track corner to the opposite with birdlike grace before landing softly, as mosquitoes swarmed the crowd and police kept a loose watch.
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Brighton Beach
New York
Henry Farman
Parla
Farman
Darsun Green
Hapa
Glen Echo Sunday Amusements Petition Circulated
Petition circulated by Glen Echo residents asks State's Attorney Waters to permit Sunday amusements at the Glen Echo park. Sheriff Mullean did not enforce a tight lid yesterday and deputies were few with amusements not in operation, though sales continued. The phonograph praised the sheriff in recent days but played a neutral tune yesterday.
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Mullean
Glen Echo Park
Phonograph
Mullican
Hig
Am Nomg Citzens
Gien Echo
Watera
Waters
Fanama Vote Unanimous in Provincial Elections
Panama August 2 electoral boards in seven provincial capitals elected Senor Don Jose Domingo de Giraldia president designate for October. Returns from Veraguas Carle Colon and Panama show unanimous choice amid strong enthusiasm from supporters. Obsidia conceded after a special committee informed him of the result. Joe Beeves pledged to seek the best elements of the country.
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Panama
Veraguas
Carle
Colon
Panams
Senor
Jose Domingo de Giraldia
Pritater
United States
Senor Obsidia
Panneme
Joe Beeves
Robbery by Two Strangers Reported in Mount Pleasant
Charles A Lynch of Mount Pleasant told police he was robbed by two white men after they invited him for a drink near Ninth and D streets NW. They took $35 cash and a piece of clothing. A booking sheet has been sent to precincts. Thomas Lodge, 46, of Missouri Ave NW, was taken to Emergency Hospital after spraining his back in a fall from scaffolding on Fourteenth Street and Columbia Road.
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Charles A. Lynch
Mount Pleasant
Ninth and
D Streets
Lynch
Pariants
Thomas Lodge
Missouri Avent
Northwest
Towaday
Fourteenth Street
Columbia Road
W. S. Klemreth
Fort Washington
Ernest Ludwig
Fost
Washington
Frank Sigourney
Mrs. Martin
Night Watchmen Benefit Excursion Planned At St Rose’s
Bebolars at St Rose's industrial Gelved invite guests of the Night Watchmen's Benefit Relief Association to their third annual excursion tomorrow. Activities include athletic contests for Industry School scholars, various races, and entertainment for children at the steamboat wharf and resort. Local merchants donated prizes. proceeds aid the relief association.
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Bebolars
St. Rose's
Industries School
Prizza
Re| Het Association
Clerk in Postoffice Charged With Opening Decoy Letter
Macdonald Douglass of Braddock Heights Va a Postoffice clerk was arrested after noon for opening a decoy letter stamped to appear as if it contained valuables. He says curiosity led him to open the letter and had no criminal intention. He is held at the Blret precinct and to be arraigned. He is 26, married two years with a child, and owns property near Alexandria.
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Postoffice Department
Macdonald Douglass
Braddock Heights
F. R. Barclay
Blret
United States
Taylor
Douglass
Barclay
Saya
Department About & Yest
Post
Houglass
Brown
Western High School
Alexandria
Baths and the Death Rate
The Post argues for public baths in Washington to curb higher death rates. It cites other cities with bathhouses and recreation facilities, urging the board of commissioners to promote at least one public bathhouse as a public health measure. A reader letter questions if Washington’s lack of baths contributes to disease prevalence.
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Washington
Congress
Board of Commissioners
Boston
Brookline
Mass
San Francisco
Detroit
New York
Prisoner Writes President from New Jersey Death House
Archibald Her Fon, awaiting execution for the Metuchen murder, writes President Roosevelt demanding liberty or a new trial. Prison officials deem the letter indicating possible insanity and refuse to forward it. He appeals for justice and asks the President to acknowledge the letter.
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Sppcter
Trenton
N. J
Archibald Her Fon
New Jersey ‘State
Samuel BD. B. Prickett
Metuchen
Roosevelt
George Osborne
Bis
Eferron
Ship engineer drowned near Philadelphia in Delaware River
Nerbert Mitchell aged 33 engineer on the Red Statler famland arrived today from Antwerp and was drowned in the Delaware River hours after docking. He was the third of three sons of John Mitchel, a London broker, to die by drowning. Mitchell attempted to swim to Friesland, sank after rising his hands, and the body was recovered.
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Philadelphia
Aus
Nerbert Mitchell
Red Statler Famland
Antwerp
Delaware
Mitchell
John Mitchel
London
Friesland
Fire Endangers Many Lives In Northwestern Connecticut Armory
Incendiaries started a fire today in the Armory, the largest hall in northwestern Connecticut, destroying property valued at $30,000. The flames endangered the lives of a score of persons who were taken from third story windows.
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Washington Post
Conn
Connecticut
Gro
Rats Gnaw Childs Toe in New Aswells Incident
In New Aswells Louisiana Aug the two large rats attacked a sleeping infant in bed with his mother gnawing the left toe and leaving a tooth fragment imbedded in the flesh. The father heard the infant’s screams and saw two burly rats leap from the bed. The right foot also suffered injuries though less severe.
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New Aswells
Morris Taquinge
Coffee to health cure in old time letter claims Westurn Postum
A reader recounts long suffering from pale health and stomach troubles, attributing recovery to giving up coffee for Postum. He details weeks of improvement and eventual weight gain, praising Postum as life giving and recommending The Road to Wellville.
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Tate
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Pias
Hotel of the Encampment at Fort Washington Militia Pranks
Fort Washington August 2 reports a lull in hostilities with militiamen amusing themselves by pranks on rookies. A notable incident involved a private delivering a request for ice cream peaches claret chocolate cake steak and mint sauce to officers. A four week old guard rowed into Fort Hunt to obtain olive drab chapl, while officers and staff move between Fort Washington and Battery Wilkins.
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Gerona
Fort Washington
Col
Ureli
Arell
Fort Hunt
Wilkins
Battleships of Putaré to Be Equipped With Gas Engines
United States naval futurism is explored by Robert Heywood Fernald, a fuel expert with the US Geological Survey. He predicts smokeless gas engines on ships, reducing coal needs and freeing decks for guns. Experiments on Great Lakes vessels aim to prove fuel economy and increased travel range, with broader civilian adoption forecast.
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Robert Heywood Fernald
United States Geological Survey
Navy
Fernald
United States
Ftr
Venger
Bishop Brent Arrives in Boston After Continent Crossing
Bishop Charles H. Brent of the Philippine Islands and Washington diocese arrived in Boston from Vancouver after a rapid cross continent journey for an operation on nasal trouble. The procedure occurred at the mission house next to St Stephen's Church, where he once served as rector for a decade, with secrecy on the surgeon and exact method. The bishop, weakened by the experience, was moved to the home of a St Stephen’s parish member.
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Boston
Charles H. Brent
Philippine Islands
Washington
Vancouver
British Columbia
Mission House
St. Stephen’s Church
St Stephen's Parish
Brent
Pacific Coast
Dead man found in room with needle and thread
Dr J W Steenes aged 58 of 1102 Fourteenth Street NW was found dead in his room yesterday morning seated upright near a window with a needle and thread in his hand and trousers across his knees. The janitor forced entry after a knock produced no reply and the coroner ordered the body sent to the morgue with autopsy planned to check natural causes while drugs were found in the room. Steenes, a Canadian resident for about twelve years, had lived in the Fourteenth Street apartment about two months.
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J. W. Steenes
Fourteenth Street
Wille
Breenes
Namned Hall
Dr. Steenes
Kkagen
Steenes
Nevitt
Kent County
Bulldog Attack Injures Child. Man Shot by Police
A dog attacked children near First and F streets Northwest. a policeman from the sixth precinct shot the animal at Betond and F streets. Mary Carroll, three, colored, was bitten near 748 Greencourt Northeast and taken to Casualty Hospital. injuries not serious.
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Poieman McCarthy
Betond
First
Casualty Hospital
Weather conditions and coastal storm reports across regions
Weather summary from the Weather Bureau notes an Atlantic coast storm past the maritime provinces with generally fair conditions, showers in the south Atlantic and Gulf states, and a warm spell breaking in parts of the West. It forecasts warmer days ahead in the East, the Missouri and upper Mississippi valleys, light to fresh winds along coastlines, and variable conditions into Tuesday. Local reports include river conditions at Harpers Ferry, and departures for European ports with favorable winds.
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Dept of Agriculwurs
Weather Bureau
Washington
Sapmdiga Maritime Provinces
South Atlantic
Gulf States
Caboles
Montana
Went
Upper Lake Region
Houthwest
Ohta Valley
Lower Lake Region
Miesouri
Misaisappi Va
Middle Atlantic Coast
Lower Lakes
Upper Lakes
Mondey
Grand Banks
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Cardinal Talks University
Washington Institution
Vatican
Ammcunition
Aviator Farman
Pell Meli
Glen Echo
Fanama
Obsidia
Charles Lynch
Brink
Printera
Garthen
Paris
Acte
General Labor Federation
Leld
Federation of Labor
Beely
Vigneux
Kreetris Power Company
Reseen
Vignoux
St. Etienne
Sual
Electric Light
Dessbetten
Wharmond
Morgan
Hunter
Hubbard
Crown
Sartown
Ballinger
Kelchner
Tela
Thomasson
Bgrodock
Dudley
Locust Grove
Cols. Urell
Mclean
Bisy District
Cuba
Ince
Secr Stary
Army and Navy
Charles McDonald
Fort Wastington
George J. Crosby
Rees
B. Phisids
John A. Oneill
Soret
Henrik
Gahn
Wiliam
Kiemroth
Giovannont
Nepcom
Death Cell
Evey
Hotel OF
Licdut
Thomas T. Duke
Twenty-third United States Infantry
B. J. Pike
Fifteenth Cavalry
Capt. Edwards
Corcoran
Yenman
Stull
Hazara
Moyer
Tegty
Torrey B. Miaghes
United States Army
James E. Bell
Dempf
J. D. Carmody
Naval Battalion
Harries
Cupid
Casst Artilery Corps
Bachelors’ Club
Fortyfourth Company
Arnold
Fern Williamson
Seret
MsDonald
Atlantic City
Philip & Golderman
Artillery District of the Potomac
Golderman
Boyd ‘Taylor
Washington Loan and Just Company
Toderi
Emil Schaefer
Richardd A. O'Brien
Great Lakes
Apf
North Dakota
Hixperts
West
Bishop Brent
Special River Bulletin
Spac
Harpers Ferry
W Va
Potomac and
Shenandoah
Max Mis
Apm
Wall
Phys
O - Atlant
Aulentics Glen
Bismarck
Chicago
Et Inneti
Ears
Bavert
Bonreris
Taalansotis Jacksonvile
Fin
Wanase
Little Rock
Marquette
Nebrey Ekehars
Az Salt Laks City
Utah
Paul Inn
Springdel
Nooa
St.nw
Peter Grogan, & Sons Company
Seventh St
H and I (Eye) Streets
Cette Tartare
Gael
Harper’s
Harpers Brain Food
Femonds
Droop ! Sons CO
Christian Kander
Christian Xander
Tharp
Berkeley Rye Us
N. W
Burchell
N. W. Burchell
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