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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1909
Page
10
Fragmented OCR text describes Julian and Chilean ministers, a train arrival, a host club, and various indistinct actions. The passage contains garbled names and places, with no coherent narrative or verifiable facts to summarize a single event.
An OCR fragment mentions officials, offices, and street names in a New England setting. It references executive offices, the secretary, and an assistant, with scattered notes about civic buildings, street corners, and planned services. The text is garbled and includes stray names and numbers with no clear single event.
Secretary Carpenter has taken quarters at the Batem Club near here and Capt Butt is living with H C Woodberry close to Stetson Cottage. The United Shoe Machinery Band held a torchlight concert as the President plans summer work next Monday and the younger Tafts were active today with tennis, golf, and fishing activities noted.
Charles P Taft, brother of the President, is adding a Rembrandt to his Cincinnati collection. The piece, a Pourtales Rembrandt, has belonged to the Pourtales family for 199 years in Paris. Taft plans to show selections this autumn as part of Americas premier private holdings, alongside works linked to Widener and Burk.
United States not a two party to the dispute. China says Japan’s ultimatum delays were caused by Japan and China insists on treaty terms. Japan begins Antung Mukden railroad construction while Britain consulted and supported Japan. London reports justify Japan’s move though China protests.
Private Edward W Coulter of Company D Seventeenth Infantry was shot and killed at Fort McPherson tonight by Private B Elam of the same regiment during guard duty. Elam fired after Coulter did not halt at the command, killing him instantly.
Misa Altea Corbin of Corbin Kentucky wed Darehirg Wooyeno a Japanese merchant who sold his Grand River Avenue business in Detroit. The couple left for New York after the ceremony and plan to attend the Tokyo World’s Fair in 198. They met in Cincinnati four years ago in a romance that began with love at first sight. The Corbin family rumor of Gen Henry Corbin II was disputed. Gen Corbin is said to have one married daughter and a son, with scattered memories of other relatives and a distant Wilmington branch.
A New York report describes Annie Wasserman owner of a Williamsburg dry goods store who, while assisting a customer, wrapped a shirt waist and accidentally included a bankbook with $10 in bills and $185 in checks in the package. She discovered the loss minutes later and searched the area for the bag. The incident warns merchants about inadvertent misplacement of valuables during routine transactions.
A sensational wedding in Cass County Ohio as Julia Kruger and Master Tony, chimpanzees owned by banker August Lambrigger, were reportedly joined in a ceremony conducted by Chief of Police Sketlun with many attendees present. The improvised rite prompted playful assent from the crowd as the clerk proclaimed the couple married.
Immigrant authorities plan to admit Mrs Wolna as the wife of an American resident from Detroit once her husband becomes a citizen. She was deported on the Kroonland but will return in December for final papers. Her husband, a Russian prisoner of war, is pursuing naturalization while Miss Gretchen Seip and Maurer from Chicago obtained a marriage license.
Francois, an electrical engineer at Columbia University, vanished from his home with his year old daughter. His wife obtained a warrant for abandonment, saying he ran away to escape nagging and the Ten Commandments. Police report a note to his mother explains a wish to live free of rules.
Mysterious inquiry begun by prosecutor Speet al in New York related to financier Augustus Heinze and about 200000 loan collateral tied to Windsor Trust Co. Officials say the investigation has not advanced to charges and remains adjourned until Monday.
St Louis man Frederick Lortner, accused of forging a mortgage on a 3000 bill, reaches New York on an American liner under escort. Detective John Mehtulien, traveling from Missouri to Paris with extradition papers, reports the suspect claims innocence. He married Kathryn Handle before entering real estate, and was kept under strict custody aboard ship during the crossing.
Rumor in New York on August 7 claims King Raward of Eaylaid made a substantial sum from United Suter Steel common stocks. Report ties source to J F Morgan dining at Windsor and a 50 000 share English funded order, with Steel trading around 7 5 to 52. No reliable confirmation exists.
Mia Ciara of Newton Brown and Doris Machel of New Haven drowned while bathing at Lake Waramaug this evening. They were both young women, Mrs Brown about 21, with the Machol girl stepping from a ledge into deep water and Mrs Brown attempting a rescue. Bodies recovered. Also mentions a California trip advertisement and unrelated transit text.
District Attorney Jerome argues Thaw is currently dangerous and should not be released, citing tainted insanity and family heredity. Charles Morschauser defends Thaw, detailing witness credibility and Thaw's alleged susceptibility to Evelyn Thaw's dramatic tales as evidence in the Manhatt an supreme court proceeding.
A jumble of headlines covers a missing man tale, a jail swindler on a ship, a controversial China Japan accusation, a political defection, and local society notes. Readers see committee positions, editorial remarks, naval maneuvers, and upcoming resort features in a broad early 20th century newspaper frame.
Kenosha man John Burns tracked the wandering ex judge Joseph R Clark from Kenosha to Chicago and Morrison Iowa then Clinton and Sabula. He sold clothes shaved his beard and bought workman’s attire. The judge showed waking confusion, unsure of his identity, with a Van Winkle like recovery and interest in baseball standings.
Navy Department commends Fireman W Parker and Gunners Mate R Myers for gallantry aboard the battleship North Carolina during a July incident in Mediterranean waters. They rushed into a smoke filled bunker to reach Muti Tan amid a fatal explosion, risking their lives to save others.
A large sightseeing party of twenty five from Chesapeake Beach was shaken when their auto ran off the track near the dunes. Mrs Mary E Thornton suffered two fractured ribs and contusions and was taken to Casualty Hospital Washington aboard a Chesapeake Beach railway car. Other passengers received medical treatment and were sent home. one man declined treatment. Full details of the crash were not clear.
In Alameda County a bubonic plague case linked to a ground squirrel prompts the State Board of Health to renew efforts. Joseph Mendoza, a youth with plague, reportedly contracted the disease via infected squirrels killed on a tip. The Alameda Hospital patient allegedly touched or ate contaminated wildlife.
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