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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1907
Page
5
Tales of criminals escaping danger, sudden fortunes, and tragic fates unfold in a string of 19th century anecdotes. Theft, forgery, murder and odd luck weave through episodes from France to Cork, with impostors exposed by cunning evidence and a baker's coffin misadventure ending in a dramatic vow.
A sweeping portrait of James Robertson as a founder of Tennessee and organizer of frontier government. The article credits Robertson and his ally Sevier as pivotal in shaping early American democracy on the Kentucky and Tennessee frontier, detailing Robertson’s trek from Virginia to the Cumberland settlements, his leadership during Indian pressures, and the 1760s Great Kanawha engagement. It frames him as a father of American democracy and contrasts frontier governance with British authority before the Revolution.
The wedding of Miss Katherine Rody to Beveridge will be celebrated here Wednesday in the American colony. The ceremony was to be held in the bride’s brother Spencer Eddy’s apartments but the space proved small. Ambassador Tower offered his residence, but the plan was abandoned. The couple will tour Europe after the wedding. Also visiting are Mr and Mrs Nathan Straus, Mr and Mrs Horace Lacy, A Busehl, and Georges Howland Chase.
A special from Pound Gap Virginia reports Yomes McCoy, wanted for beating and fatally injuring his mother in law, was tracked to the Cumberland Mountains where he was killed by a member of the McCoy faction amid the Hatfield McCoy feud. Officer Holbrooks was slightly wounded.
Augusta Ga Aug 3 French Swiss investors organize a company with 9.1 million capital for Iron In Georgia and South Carolina redevelopment. Improvements on the Augusta site totaling several million dollars are planned ahead of a council meeting on Monday.
Sag Harbor reports an epidemic of sore throat with physicians puzzled by its rise. They suspect a reaction to automo bites from August activity. Over two percent of villagers affected. illness is brief, typically fading by day two with no fatalities.
Fragments describe a labor dispute with the Employers' Association opposing union demands. Officials note non union conditions persist in building trades and express desire for a settlement. International officers have left Washington. a few remain to finish convention work as meetings resume tomorrow.
Special to The Washington Post reports a bizarre incident near Amsterdam Avenue where Armenians and locals watched Antonio Moro the vegetable seller allegedly drop a painted cantaloupe disguised as a bomb among diners at Adrian Ampotjian’s Armenian restaurant. The unfit fruit exploded into laughter, surprise, and a tense moment as patrons fled and chatter spread of a prank turning chaotic.
A London cable describes Miss Jean Reid daughter of the American Ambassador arriving in New York this week. The piece notes her wealth and status contrast with the attention given to Miss Miley Mildrea Carter, daughter of the first secretary, who has become the most popular in American society and noticed by royalty. It mentions envy within embassy circles over Carter’s favored position versus Reid’s lesser court presence.
A servant girl Sophie Heckler was killed during an attempted burglary at Lea and Harry Mack’s home on East Sixty Second Street. The brothers left at 9 and a package was delivered at noon. around 4 a man stole into the house and a fire started in a second floor closet. Firemen found the girl dead at the cellar stair foot. head injuries and scorched clothing noted amid the looted premises.
Kentucky traveler George Brush on the Great Northern train to Palestine was caught with whisky in his pocket. A state ranger arrested him for violating the new law prohibiting drinking on trains. Brush paid a 210 fine and was released after pleading ignorance of the law. The dispatch notes rising marriage and divorce statistics nationwide from the Bureau of Statistics, including Liverpool and Rotterdam routes, with 13,000 marriages in the county over the period.
A Washington report says Tammany Hall members meet at a German resort Carlsbad to remove leader Charles Murphy and to pick a successor Justice James A. German and others including John B McDonald Supreme Court Justices Morgan J O Brien O Gorman Persick Francis Murphy and Samuel Untermayor attended the conference.
Fourteen year old Julius Simon of New York summering at Traybold Cottage reports a white crabbing trip in Shrewsbury when two boys netted an alligator about twenty inches long. The animal was the second river catch this summer, with another estimated at fourteen years old and about three feet long. The incident occurred near Trayhild Cottage audience.
Reported sailing and docking movements involving New York bound ships. Listings include routes from Havre, Rotterdam, Gameow, and Kendon with estimated docking times and ports such as Naples Genoa Antwerp Morita and Glasgow Astorie. Indicates probable dock times around 7:20 am with ships like Miaiconnet Caledonia and Souter.
A memorandum from parliamentary committees estimates universal old age pensions in the United Kingdom at £278,000,000 plus admin costs. Existing pensions totalling £10,682,000 support 27,115 people, with many pensioners likely to seek national support while others rely on self-provision. In Vienna, Drurger proposed 100,000,000 kronen for a sixty fifth anniversary pension fund, part of a wider state celebration measure approved amid Radicals' opposition.
New York early this morning an electrician named Frank Gertinger, 27, was shot and killed in a house on East Righty Street by Terena Stein, 37. Stein then jumped from the sixth story window to the street and was taken to Presbyterian Hospital as a prisoner.
A Dublin article investigates the growing lunacy patient numbers, blaming social change, poorhouse stigma fading, economic stress, and medical staffing. It notes central and regional asylums filled by elderly farmers and alleged physician-driven admissions, with claims about the Central Criminal Lunatic Asylum and broader evictions shaping mental health care. In addition, a brief unrelated item reports a Newport preacher dying of heart disease after a drowning incident.
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