Secretary Shaw’s Virginia welcome at Republican convention
Special to The Washington Post from Roanoke Virginia August follows Shaw arrives from New York greets delegates and newsboys in open house style at the Roanoke Hotel. He mingles with Republicans and cabinet officers as discussions focus on tariff and party harmony. An amused cattle-country visitor renews a handshake with Shaw.
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Washington Post
Roanoke
Shaw
Virginia
Ceol Slemp
Treasury
Leslie M Shaw
United
Mr Shaw
New York
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Chamber of Commerce
Gleever
Lewis
Rose
Woretoe
Iowa
Bevietany Ary Shaw Morgan Araat
Credentals
Portsmout
E. C. Wilden
A. Eby
Nolloway
Groner
Carter B. Southan
Lawrence D. Groner
Norfolk
Pat McCaull
McCaull
Virginia Politica
Gov. Cameron
Mahone
Representative Blempv
Fettle
Mason and Dixon
Ime
Col. Slemp
Lesle L
Mr. Shaw
Leslie M. Shaw
Notable Marriages and Death Notices in Early 1900s Virginia and DC Regions
A collection of marriage licenses and obituaries dated August 1905 lists unions in Culpeper Fauquier and Baltimore, including Henry B Thompson with Jeanie C Embrey and Murray Taylor with Daley Taylor. The notice also reports numerous funerals and interments for figures such as Alexander Melville Bell and Horace M Reeve, with services at Rock Creek Cemetery and Mitchells Chapel respectively.
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Henry B Thompson
Culpeper County
Jeanie C Embrey
Fauquier County
William Frittar
Celia Alman
Bhner Young
Madge Hayes
Norfot
Murray Taylor
Daley Taylor
James R. Mitchell
Agnes V Blinchcomb
Baltimore
John Doerr
Hulda Lena Luchel
Philip Uurtatian
Dunna Ford
Wiliam Ball
Erma Bushrod
Christopher Toppin
Emma Moore
Bell
Alexander Melville Ell
Funers
Alexander Graham Bell
Connecticut Avenue
Rock Creek
Colt
Mel S—tun
Moos Otlock A Om
Aristides
Hariet
Columbus
Mitchells Chapel
Eleventh Street
Everly
Washington Asylum Hospital
Harry Crerly Pureral
Maryland Avenue
Laurel and T Baltmore
Hili—Siddenly
New York City
John Bennett IV
Reeve
Col
Phelix Reeve
Nineteenth Street
Horace M Reeve
Stoiber
Silverton Cole
Gustavus A
Laura K. Stoiber Taylor
M2 Street
Arence Dean Taylor
Miles
Fannie Taylor
Health Office Record shows multiple infants and ages listed
A health office record dated August 7, 1905 lists numerous individuals with ages ranging from newborn to 86 years and addresses across Washington. Names include Dorothy Allen, Olga Cohen, Emory Brown, John Jarbos, Virginia Jerrel, Bertha Kosack, and Caroline Ward among others, with many entries describing infants and young children.
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Dorothy Allen
Wylle Atne
Alexander M Hell
Conn Ave
Emory
Brown
Olga Cohen
Grant
Wiliam
Elliott Congress Hta
Jordan Frazier
Freedmen’s Hospital
Cilfton Hawkins
Delaveen
Maree Higes
Alvin Humphrey Children’s
Marsin
Notice of joint marriage and death notices across papers
Notice states that marriage and death notices in The Washington Post will be reproduced in multiple newspapers the following morning at no extra charge upon request. Papers listed include New York Times Boston Globe Buffalo Courier Cincinnati Enquirer Chicago Record Herald Philadelphia Public Ledger Pittsburg Dispatch Providence Journal Rochester Herald St Louis Republic Syracuse Post Standard St Paul Pioneer Press Minneapolis Tribune Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Washington Post
NEW York Times
Boston Globe
Buffalo
Collier
Cincinnati Enquirer
Chicago Record Herald
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Pittsburg Dispatch
Providence Journal
Rochester Herald
8&T Louis Republic
Syracuse Post Standard
Paul Pioneer Press
Minneapolis Tribune
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Undertakers Lee and Harvey Offer Moderate Funeral Services
J William Lee Funeral Director and Embalmer provides livery in correction at Commodious Chapel and Modern Crematorium with modest prices at 382 Pennsylvania Ave. R Fr Harvey's Sons, Funeral Directors and Embalmers at 1325 Fourteenth Street NW advertise first class services at moderate prices, Commodious Chapel North 379.
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J. William Lee
Pennsylvania
R. Fr. Harvey's Sons
EBM
Fourteenth Street NW
Commodiass Chapel
North
Virginia Republican Convention Echoes Push for Statesman Role
Secretary Leslie Shaw captivates Roanoke convention with a defense of tariffs and national progress. He argues Republicans must champion the producer, warn of free trade perils, and urge Virginians to elect a capable administration, amid clashes over committees and a crowded opera house backdrop.
Death of C H Prescott and other railroad figures
C H Prescott longtime rail executive and former auditor and cashier in Oregon died after a paralysis stroke six weeks prior. He had served as second vice president of the Northern Pacific and held posts with Oregon Railroad and Navigational and other lines. The piece notes his birth in Michigan and ties to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Also mentioned are Willard Merrin of Milwaukee and a Pasadena death of a mutual fund executive, with brief hometown context.
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C. H. Prescott
Presat
Boadt
Oregon Railroad
Northern Pacific Railroad
Russia and Japan Open Peace Talks on Eastern Railways
Special to The Washington Post reports from Portsmouth New Hampshire that Russia and Japan seek peace with mutual concessions. Russians may cede ownership of the eastern Chinese railway while Japan may receive compensation in land or other terms. A potential Sakhalin settlement is discussed as part of a broader trade off before formal talks begin.
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Russia
Sakhalin
Wachington Post
Portsmouth
N.H
Tokyo
Japan
Korea
Manchuria
China
Tme
Sakhalin Island
Czar and Witte Clash Over Peace Talks
Special dispatches from St. Petersburg report ongoing cipher exchanges between the Czar and Witte on the eve of Portsmouth negotiations. The messages travel via Portsmouth and the Peterhof palace with no foreign ministry involvement, signaling court discord and a faction urging continued war despite Japan’s terms.
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Washington Post
St. Petersburg
M. Witte
Portsmouth
Peterharft Girect
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Japan
Russian Empire
Japanese Land at Eastri Bay Forces Capture Lighthouse Keeper
Japanese forces landed at Port Imperator near Eastri Bay in Siberia and captured the lighthouse keeper before releasing him to continue duty. Russians fled inland. initial bombardment followed with the landing at Kas Gentimeter. Valdez Seward Cable completed by Signal Corps linking Waldex to Seward Alaska. rates listed. Ohio deadlock persists after 106 ballots in Fifteenth Sixteenth Senatorial district Republican convention at Olentangy Park. Senator WN of Delaware voting pattern noted.
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Tokyo
Navy Department
Port Imperator
Eastri Bay
Siberia
Kasgentimeter Guna
Valdex-Seward
Signal Corps of the Army
Waldex
Seward
Alaska
Seattle
Valdez
Peattie
Poward ‘Obooma
Ohio
Columbus
Oho
Olentangy Park
Delaware
Cane
Envoys Enter Portsmouth for Peace Negotiations Welcome
The Russian and Japanese plenipotentiaries are welcomed in Portsmouth with informal reception hosted by Rear Admiral Mead. Witte and Komura exchange cordial greetings as the trio tour the navy yard, then travel by sea and land to Portamouth where Gov. McLane and state officials greet them.
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Mead
Portsmouth Society
Peirce
William Dean Howells
Navy General Store
Newport
R. I
Hendersons Point
Navy Yard
Witte
Rosen
Hore
Baron Komura
Miniater Takahira
Naval Atores
Admiral Mead
M. Witte
Portsmouth Navy Yard
John McLane
Portsmouth
Portamouth
Kittery
Piscataqua River
Maine
New Hampshire
New Hampshire National Guard
Col. Tetley
Market Street
Congress
Middle
State Streets
McLane
United States
Jacob H. Gallinger
Henry B. Burnham
Cyrus A. Sulloway
Frank
Russia
Jaether
Crete Firestorm and Crete Revolt Amid Island Turmoil
Canes Crete Aug 8 Russian gun boat Khrabry bombarded Castelli on Crete's north coast eighteen miles east of Retima after insurgents opposed a Russian landing to seize the custom house. A shore party was repulsed then fire opened after warning to remove women and children. Insurgents fired back as the bombardment lasted until the village hoisted a white flag. Disturbances persist as Crete seeks greater autonomy. Prince George of Greece leads as high commander, appointed by Britain Russia France and Italy in 1855. A note from Thaporte urged powers to maintain status quo and restore order. Also reports assassin fired from ambush. Thomas Asbury pursued for fatally wounding Howard Rosenberry near Point Pleasant while returning from a funeral. Roanoke Virginia reports railway engineer William Miller killed crushed between engine and tender. Miller from Lynchburg, on his second year as engineer.
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Canes
Crete
Castelli
Retima
Rom
Ebrabry
Prince George
Greece
Russia
France
Italy
Thaporte
London
Rome
Paris
Petersburg
Charleston
Thomas Asbury
Howard Rosenberry
Point Pleasant
Rosenberry
Washington
Roanoke
William Miller
Norfolk and Western Railway
Miller
Lynchburg
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Gleaves
Browning
Summers
Health Office Record
Undertakers
R. Speare
F Street
N. W
John R. Wright Co
George P. Zurroast
Pacer Oeta
Embaluer
Philippine Islands
A. E B. King
George P. Cole
J. H. Cutchin
Roawell G. Horr
Bryan
Judge Lewis
L. P. Summers
Washington County
Col Browning
Lincoln
Roosevelt
James Walker
J. Hampton Hoge
Col. Browning
Ninth District
Park Agnew
Alexandria
Thomas Lee Mecore
Christiansburg
Morgan Treat
Internal Revenue
Asa Rogers
Coles
Department of Justice
Marshall Brown Allen
Staunton
George B. Bowden
Slemp
W C. Campbell
W. W. Griffin
Salem
M. W. Jewett
Wythe
Patrick H. McCaull
National Democracy
The
Democracy
Virginia Democracy
Moses
Gensata
Ral
General Assembly
Earth
Ube
Great Corporation
Goa
Industricul
Bim
Americas Sonéumer
Republican Party
Jabor
William McKinley
Canares
Mississippi
Wttle
Thin
J. B. Stovall
Halifax
W. P. Kent
John Acker
Rivercomb
Palmist
Walter W. Kenilworth
Cottage Colony
Crowley
Kenilworth
Helen Moriner
Helen Morrizon
Helen Kenilworth
Helen D’arville
West Forty-third Street
Audrian
Bellevue Avenue
Kentworth
H. M. the King
New Bond Street
Stuyvesant Fish
Cornell Vanderbat
Misa Gladys Vanderblit
Orth
Capitest
Portland
N. D
Aug
Jared c. Mn
Marshall
Mich
Brotherhood of Locomotive
Milwaukee
Wis
Willard Merrin
Northi In Mutuifeneuranen Company
Pasadena
Czar and
Vaderland
Liverpool
Carcnl
Susenstown
Lisecorgh
Maines Weitchian
Far’ Fermans
Plymouth
Cherbourg
Liverport
Deastogtos
Montreal
Gueber
Bremen
Kronprints Wilhelm
Cherburg
Steerer Masade
New
Jesus of Nazareth
United States National Waseurs
Jesus
Thomas Jefferson Department
Post
Jspyerson Dept
Weabingies, D. A
Pisase
Ecad
Newbro
Edward Stevens
Appleck’s Wholesaith
Pa. Ave
Bain
Dept. H
Detroi, Mich
Mit
Morton C. Stout Tailors
Gretian
Frede
Arapad
Eclal
Taderstics
Vsedit
HUB Furniture CO
Sents
National Capital Brewing Co
Phour
Gov. Johnson
St. Paul
Great Northern
Northern Pacific Railways
Minnewote
Commercial Club
Waden
Minn
Minnesota
Here
Duluth
Induth
Gas Realty Company
7Th St. Pa
la. Aves
Washington, D. C
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