MELVILLE BELL DIES AFTER ILLNESS AND SURGERY
Alexander Melville Bell longtime pioneer in phonetics and father of Alexander Graham Bell died at age eighty five in Washington DC after a diabetes related illness and pneumonia following an operation. Funeral will be at the Connecticut Avenue home with Rev. Ten nis Hamlin officiating and burial at Rock Creek Cemetery. The Bell family and colleagues noted his decades of work on visible speech and vocal education.
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Alexander Melville Bell
Alexander Graham Bell
Connecticut Avenue
Tennis & Hamlin
Church of the Covenant
At & c
Rock Creek Cemetery
Beil
Gardiner G. Hubbard
Gilbert H. Gros- Vvenor
David Fairchild
Growvener
William Ker
Misa Ada Wartuwan
Johbo Hitz
Colonial Beach
J B. Briggs
Washington
Briggs
Thomas B Futcher
Johns Hopkins University
James Mitchell
Bell
Prof Bell
Edinburgh
Scotland
Alexander Bell
Henry E Wilkens Printing Pioneer and Baltimore Native
Henry E Wilkens born Baltimore December 1888, son of Julius Co. He practiced law briefly before shifting to printing, founding Henry E Wilkens Printing Co in 1900 with offices on Thirteenth Street NW. He led Maryland Athletic Club as captain for three terms and held multiple Masonic and fraternal roles. Married Lena Van der Horst in 1894. six children. Resided at 2003 Kalorama Ave NW.
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Henry E. Wilkens
Julius Co
Babetta
A. Wilkens
Baltimore
Oerm
Vans, Wilkens
Henry E. Wilkens Printing Company
Thirteenth Street
Ni Mim
Wilkens
Maryland Athletic Club
Washington
Dime Ravings Bank of
Concordia Lodge
Jerusalem
R A M
Maryland Commandery
K. T
Almas ‘Temple
Mystic Shrine
Scottish Rite Masons of
Misa Lena van der Horst
Kalorama Avenue
Northwest
Identified Suspects in Pawnbroker Death Case
Detroit police report two men Harry Parker and Harry Johnson identified as suspects in the July 28 pawnbroker death near Monroe Avenue. Investigators found bloody clothing, boarded evidence in Johnson and Parker’s luggage, and a startling claim that Johnson received plunder from the crime.
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Detroit
Mich
Capt
McDonnell
Detective Bureau
Harry Parker
Harry Johnson
Cleveland
Monroe Avenue
Joseph Moyer
Billy Moore
Johnson
Parker
Moore
Moyer
Greveland
Pope salutes Roosevelt as peace efforts praised
In Rome on August 7 the Pope received Edward J. Sullivan American consul at Trebizond and FE Marting his secretary The Pontiff praised President Roosevelt for attempting to end the war between Fyasia and Japan and said Roosevelt deserved the thanks of the civilized world He blessed and gave Sullivan a photograph with an inscription
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Sage Roosevelt
World
Rome
Edward J. Sullivan
Trebizond
Turkey
FE. Marting
Pope
Roosevelt
Fyasia
Japan
Sullivan
Southern Indiana Storm Sweeps Across State
A severe electrical storm and heavy rain in Southern Indiana cause over a half million dollars in damage. Princeton sees flooding with the electric plant submerged while traffic halts on the Moanaville and Terre Haute lines. Petersburg closes factories as waterworks and power fail, with rail lines washed out.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Princeton
Moanaville and
Terre Haute
Evansville
Petersburg
Deneve
Fire in Naphtar Launch Forces Roosevelt Party Ashore
James Roosevelt nephew of the President and a Sea Bright summer resident with friends had a scare off Sea Bright when a leak ignited gasoline in their naphtha launch. The craft was beached at Great Meadows after the party jumped into the river and swam to shore.
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Waslington
M. J
James
Roosevelt
Sea Bright
Great Meadows
Courts Move to New Fifteenth Street Quarters
Heat and cramped cells plagued the Police Court in the new Fifteenth Street building. One woman and two men collapsed from the crowded conditions as judges, clerks, and prisoners adjusted to the space. Officials promised corrections, while Massie provided ice and water to relief prisoners.
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Fifteenth Street
Pollce Court
Macfarland
Morrow
Ha- Biveer’s Department
C. HE. Massie
Prisoners’ Aid Society
Fang Yestern
Mills
O'Neal
Mose Robinson
Mose
Mike” Flynn
Mike
Ian
Quarantine Patrol Expands as Gulf Coast Measures Increase
The article notes widespread New Orleans losses from a health crisis and the large funds spent on ward sanitation. It details new federal actions ordering several cutters to Gulfport and three launches Grace Carolyn and Norets for Gulf patrols under Surgeon Wasdin and Captain Chaytor with authority to cruise American waters. Detention periods of five to six days may be required for vessels landing on the Gulf coast with options to return to Louisiana or relocate to Ohio Island.
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New Orleans
Ness
Boards of Health
Emaen
Aga ‘Auiteras
Marine Hospital
St Mary Saskeh
Reginus
Winone
Gulfport
Mis
Revenue Cuttter
Key ‘West
Hamilton
Tampte
Beminole
Wilmington
N. C
W. G.omg
Revenue Cutter Service
Xtta
Treasury Department
Agaist
Gulf Patrol
de Spienaenia Mianese
Evens
Wasdin
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Grace
Carolyn
Louisiana
Ohio Island
GREEN A REFUGEE COMING TO WASHINGTON TO AVOID YELLOW FEVER
Special to The Washington Port from St. Louis August 7 reports B H Green of Terrell Texas son of Hetty Green and president of the Texas Midland Railroad among yellow fever refugees arriving at Tinton station. He plans to go to Washington D C to escape the fever, noting no cases in his Texas area but concern over possible spread.
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Washington
St. Louis
Tinton Station
BH. R. Grean
Terrell, Tex
Hetty Green
New York
Texas Midland Railroad
Lone Star State
Washington, D. C
Mr Green
Texas
Realistic reenactment of Custer battle at Lewis and Clark Exposition
The Lewis and Clark Exposition plans a startling feature on August 10 a live reenactment of Custers Last Stand using 20 or more Umatilla Indians and U S soldiers to depict the Little Bighorn fight on exposed grounds. No scalping permitted and the scene aims to be thoroughly real with crackling gunfire and battle mood.
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Washington Post
Portland
Oreg
Custers Band
United States
Little Big Horn River
Oregon
Custer
Exposition Area
Lyon Named Temporary Major General of Uniform Rank
General Joseph H Lyon of Leavenworth Kansas is appointed to fill the vacancy after Gen James R Carnahan's death. Lyon, a Western passenger agent for the Missouri Pacific Railroad, hails from Indianapolis and assumes the post in the Uniform Rank Knights of Pythias.
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J. H. Lyon
Indianapolis
Ind
Joseph H Lyon
Leavenworth
Kans
Knights of Pythias
James R Carnahan
Lyon
Western
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Christian Scientist Acquitted in New York Case
New York on August 7 1908 John C Lathrop a reader at the First Church of Christ in New York City had been charged with multiple slaughters. County Judge Pratt of White Plains dismissed the indictment stating no substantial case and the proceedings ended.
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New York
John C. Lathrop
First Church of Christ of
New York City
Pratt
White Plains
Lathrop
Hasar
Man on Chicago and Aston train injures two women
A man ran amuck on a Chicago and Aston train Saturday biting Marion Warner of Be cor and injuring Ellie McDonald of Galesburg. Authorities identify a Bueno eloah of le, Taxens in connection with the incident as the trial proceeds in bike County.
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Bloomington
Chicago
Aston
Marion Warner
Be.cor
Misa Ellie McDonald
Galesburg
Taxens
Bike County
Quarantine Measures Tighten Across Cities
Memphis imposes a strict quarantine with guards and train inspections, barring entry without a health board permit. Beaufort Township tightens fever guard against Louisiana sources. A statewide health official weighs the danger after a suspected fever case with no new infections reported.
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Memphis
Tenn
Memphis Board of Health
Mt Chattanooga
City Board of Health
New Orleans
Beaufort
8. C
Board of Health
Beaufort Township
Port Royal
Louisiana
Pam
Rter
Fever and Yellow Fever News Across Cities
A Mississippi woman dies in Chicago at eighty after fleeing Rose Dale for yellow fever fears. The Barnton arrives at Philadelphia with fifteen fever cases among crew and a quarantine investigation follows. A Canadian and a Turkish worker die of yellow fever linked illnesses in Central America. Liverpool doctors offer aid to New Orleans authorities.
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Philadelphia
Delaware
Port de Paix
Haiti
Liverpool
Ir Alfred Jones
School of Tropical Medicine
Wayor Behrman
New Orleans
Unclear fragment on school faculty amid yellow fever
Fragment mentions services of the school during yellow fever and paying faculty. references professor Pathology and dean, with garbled text about Mon Orisane.
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Faa Averteo
Turpentine to be burned in yellow fever quarantine plan
Secretary Shaw met the President to organize a strict quarantine in New Orleans. Surgeon General Wyman is placed in charge of outbreak measures with eight to ten surgeons already at work. Turpentine is ordered as a disinfectant to deter mosquitoes, with funds assured to support labor and materials.
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Sponsot
Washington Post
Oyater Bay
Shaw
New Orleans
Wyman
Marine Hospital
Ross
Revenue Cutter Service
Witiona
Dabut
Congress
Yolo Tacatans Road
Wymane
Behrman
Citiona
New
Diverts Mail Service Amid Yellow Fever Quarantine
The Post-office Department reports no passenger trains between New Orleans and Houston due to yellow fever. Texas and Mexican mail will move via St Louis or Memphis, with local officials urged to maintain mail service under quarantine rules. Aboard the New Orleans steamer two crew members and a passenger were quarantined on Hoffmann Island after showing fever.
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Post-office Department
New Orleans
Houston
Southern Pacific
St Louis
Memphis
New York
Hoffmann Island
Senator Clark Much Better After Surgery Recovery Start
New York August 1 United States Senator William A Clark of Montana left his apartment for the first time since July 18 surgery to remove a spinal abscess. Accompanied by a nurse he drove in Central Park for twenty minutes and was reported rapidly regaining normal condition. He plans to drive out daily until strength allows travel.
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New York
United States
William A.chark
Montana
West Fifty-eighth
Central Park
Clark
Bullets End a Life and Family Crisis Report
Utica area reports note Frank H. Babcock of New Berlin after several attempts killed himself with a brain shot. The piece links his family to repeated personal crisis, with relatives including Horatio Babcock who hanged himself and a mother who attempted drowning before dying in a hospital. Also covered are Arcanum Council meeting plans for August and a Los Angeles will leaving $200,000 to siblings and a niece in Little Falls, with her job as mill worker.
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Washington Post
Utica
Frank H. Babcock
New Berlin
Babcock
Horatio Babcock
Binghamton Hospital
Girk
Thomas Fitsgersid
Los Angeles
Cal
Little Fails
Bogus Butter Sold to League Island Navy Yard Arrest
Thomas Brady, a Philadelphia butter dealer, was arrested on charges of selling watered oleomargarine as butter to the League Island Navy Yard. The case stems from a dairy and food commission investigation aided by the President, with sailors testifying they ate the counterfeit product. Brady faces a further hearing with Naval Yard Admiral Craig to testify.
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League Island Yard
Philadelphia
Thomas Brady
League Island Navy Yard
State Dairy and Food Commission
Warren
Navy Yard
Washington
Brady
Lancaster
Admiral Craig
New Yale Dormitory Plans Revealed in Vanderbilt Gift
Special to The Washington Post from New Haven announces Frederick W. Vanderbilt will add a second Yale Sheffield scientific school dormitory soon. The project extends the existing complex on campus with similar design, replacing several old university residences to clear space. Total land and building costs are estimated near half a million dollars.
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B.W. Vanderbilt
Washington Post
New Haven
Conn
Frederick W. Vanderbilt
Yale-Sheffield Scientific School
Vanderbilt
University
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Florida Ave
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