Disciples Get Pastor A Crawfordsville Minister Called
The Rev Earl Wilfley of Crawfordsville is chosen as associate pastor for the Vermont Avenue Christian Church in Washington. Dr Frederick Power, longtime pastor, faced a nervous breakdown and will share duties with a younger man as preparations proceed. Garfield era ties and the churchs growth are noted as Power nears retirement.
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Earl Wilfley
Crawfordsville
Washington
Vermont Avenue
Earl Wiffley
Crawfordyie
Ed) Christian Church
White
Power
James Abram Garfield
Dr Powers
Garfield
Verrmont Avenue
Dr Power
Healer Slandering Suit In Connecticut Church Case
Dr Ralph C Hannon of Windsor sues Dr J Cc Maina sister Vass Pauline Mann and Mrs Neumann over alleged conspiracy and slander in a $15000 suit. Hannon, long practitioner in Christian Science and Divine Science, claims the defendants damaged his healing ability and reputation by false statements.
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Washington Post
New Hillain
Conn
J Cc. Maina
Christian Science Church
New York
Hannon
Robbers Surrender After Starving Escape in Mountain Region
London dispatch reports Francis Gilreath and Charles Walker surrendered after a starvation siege following a prison escape on Friday. They overtook the jailer, abducted the jail's guard, and fled with loot before being chased by sheriffs and locals into the mountains near Wilton in Knox County. Authorities held them without food or drink for several days before capture.
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London By
Francis Gilreath
Charles Walker
Fail
Wilton
Knox County
J Butler Swann Dead After Polo Field Accident
Special to The Washington Post Narragansett Pier R I Aug J Tintler Swann of Fauquier County Virginia polo team died at 10 16 tonight at Greens Inn after an accident on the Point Judith Country Club grounds last Friday while practicing polo He was Harvard class graduate and a member of the University Club His home was in Glenar Marshall Virginia.
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Washington Poat Narragannctt
R. I. Aug
J. Tintler Swann
Fauquier County
Point Judith
Greens Inn
Glenar
Marshall
University Club
Harvard
Accident Report: Miss Atherton Struck by Buggy
Miss Levi Atherton was knocked down by a buggy at Fourteenth and 8 streets northwest early last night and sustained bruises. She was taken to Freedmen's Hospital. Miss Atherton, of 136 Columbia Road, was reportedly walking into the buggy driven by James T Peake of Braddock Heights, Va.
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Levi Atherton
Freedmen’s Hospital
Miss Atherton
Columbia Road
James T Peake
Braddock Heights
Alderton
Postal banking system to open bank in city
A committee from the Testofice Department plans to establish a postal banking system centering in this city. The Washington office is to be included in the first group for deposits. Branches will be opened at two distant offices to test impact and convenience for outskirts residents.
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Testofice
Cumter
Washington
Deathbed Bride and a Rivalry Islander's Tale
Big Jim Kennedy, famed organizer of clubs in New York and Chicago, died after marrying a trained nurse on his deathbed. His will, dated June 1, left his estate largely to his wife, who could claim a third of the fortune. Kennedy rose from Irish immigrant cooper to sugar refinery worker, then man about town, with Saratoga property never used as a club due to title limits. His wife, Miss Hattle Kenor, 27, of New York, shared his final years amid stalled plans to rival Canfield’s house.
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New York
Big Jim
Kennedy
Chicago
Ireland
Brooklyn
Coopers
Havemeyer & Bilder
Manhattan
Saratoga
Canfield
Miss Hattle Kenor
Rockefeller Arrested For Speeding In Cleveland Suburb
Special to The Washington Post from Cleveland Aug 8 Constable Bilkey of South Euclid arrested John D Rockefeller on a speeding charge after the car owned by the master of Forest Hills was found to be exceeding village limits. Rockefeller appeared before Justice Dean and accepted service after a long chase to the mansion gates.
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Washington Post
Cleveland
Bilkey
South Euclid
John D Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Justice Dean
Forest Hills
Pat Lynch
Lynch
Constable Bilkey
Mr. Rockefeller
Rich Woman Menaced With Dynamite Over Blackmail Demand
Middletown Conn Aug 8 Andrew Fitzpatrick blacksmith and his son Andrew were arraigned on attempted blackmail charges after three letters threatened to blow up Mrs. Clarence S Wadsworths home unless $2000 was placed in an old cannon near the soldiers monument. Police caught the defendants taking a decoy envelope from the cannon. Mrs Wadsworth, a wealthy citizens wife, had the letters.
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Middletown
Conn
Andrew Fitzpatrick
Andrew
Clarence S Wadsworth
Fitzpatrick
Wadsworth
Mrs Catherine Bromwell Dies at 1147 Connecticut Avenue
Mrs Catherine M Bromwell wife of Dr J R Bromwell of 1147 Connecticut avenue died yesterday at the family residence after illness. She was daughter of W S and Catherine Bromwell of the Eastern Shore Md and is survived by her husband. Funeral services will be held at the residence tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock with burial at Baltimore. Will educate Chinamen here United States minister to China informed the State Department that seven Chinese students to enter American schools and universities will reach San Francisco September 10. They will be educated in the United States at the expense of their government with Boxer indemnity money remitted earlier.
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Catherine M. Bromwell
J. R. Bromwell
Connecticut Avenue
Bromwell
W. S
Catherine Bromwell
Eastern Shore
Baltimore
United States
China
State Department
San Francisco
The Map in Black Serial Begins Next Sunday
A charming serial titled The Map in Black will debut in the Monthly Magazine Section of The Post next Sunday and continue thereafter each Sunday in the week Magazine Section. The Post invites readers to subscribe and enjoy this and other delightful serials.
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The
Post
Racial tensions flare at Texas lynching protests
A mass meeting at Metropolitan Baptist Church denounces Texas lynchings of Black residents, calling on President Taft and Congress to enforce laws and intervene. Speakers include W. H. Hart and several pastors, urging federal action and racial justice amid recent violent incidents.
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Texas
Minta Yera
Rap Hat Church
Taft
South
Palestine
Tex
W. H. H Hart
Howard University
J. Anderson Taylor
Trinity Baptist Church
J. Milton Waldron
Shiloh Baptist Church
IL. N. Ross
Metropolitan A. M. E B
R. K. Harris
Israel A.M. E
Thirteen Die in Wreck Near Ignacio Cal
Thirteen persons are killed and at least 12 injured when a passenger train from San Francisco to Santa Rosa collides with a locomotive and caboose near Ignacio California. Most victims ride the smoking car. many were Red Men delegates en route to Santa Rosa for a state convention. The crash follows a dispatcher error and a failure to take a siding at a sharp curve. The wreck left baggage and smoking cars telescoped as brakes set.
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Cal
San Francisco
Santa Rosa
Northwestern Pacific Railway
Petaluma
Red Men
To Teach Mining Rescue Station at Evansville Ind
The Bureau of Mines will set up a mining rescue station in Evansville Indiana to train coal miners of southern Indiana and northern Kentucky. Weather forecast notes general unsettled conditions east of the Rockies with showers in several regions, cooler temperatures in the north, and variable winds along Atlantic and Great Lakes coasts.
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Evansville
Ind
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Kentucky
Dept of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
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Tennessee
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New Engand
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Weet Gull
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Grand Banks
Tragic drowning and suicide reported in two children
Mrs Mex Min 8pm at a bath tub drowned her two little children in a tub and then hanged herself in a fit of insanity. The incident occurred in Alameda City and was reported with other weather and transport notes from The Washington Post.
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Washington Post
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Cal
John Westman
Alama
Pes Aga
Gate Ie
Treasury Department
Ane
Postofite
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New York City
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Vicksburg
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Koenig Albert
Genoa
Gleagow
Calpdonia
Hugh Wales
Mlasconset
Minneapolis
London
New
Tork
Tusciay
Rockville Marriage License Snag Delays Young Couple
Lome's young dream for John William Walls and Miax Pearl Cornell, both residents of this city, faced a setback in Rockville Maryland when a license clerk refused to issue a license after Wells claimed age 19 and lacked parental consent. The pair returned home, unsure if they will reattempt once consent is obtained.
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Lome
John William Walls
Miax
Pearl Cornell
Ttse City
Rockville
Maryland
Haltigan Tells of His Northwest Trip and Conventions
Patrick J. Haltigan editor and ex deputy of the Knights of Columbus returned from a Northwest and British Columbia trip. He attended the Knights convention at Quebec and the Ancient Order of Hibernians in Portland. He praised Portland hospitality and noted $5000 was raised for visiting delegates and $470000 in one year for the Catholic University of America. Taft and the Pope sent greetings. The Hibernian editor was reelected, and a Knights of Columbus baseball game for St. Vincent's Orphan Asylum was announced.
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Knights of Columbus
Northwest
British Columbia
Quebec
Ancient Order of Hiberniang
Portland
Oreg
Fotomac Council
Edster Hairtigan
Hiberniana
Catho—ic University of America
Cathdatic Church
Mr. Hartigan
Taft
The
Hibernian
Hartigan
National Hibernian
P. T. Moran
Washington
Ancient
Order of Hibernians
Benevolent ‘and Protective Order of Elks
St. Vincent’s Orphan Asylum
Williams Alumni Proud of Hopkins Recognition at Capitol Doors
Williams College alumni in Williamstown Mass celebrate the placement of President Mark Hopkins on new Amateis bronze doors for the Capitol west entrance. The Boston era scholar Emerson and scientist Agassiz flank him on the transom. Hopkins led Williams for sixty years as student tutor professor and president.
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Mark Hopkins
Williams College
Williamartown
Mass
Capitol
Hopkins
Emerson
Agassiz
Mark Hopking
Central Labor Union Eyes Retail Canvass and Ostrich Race Plan
The Central Labor Union begins a general canvass of Washington retailers to push union labels on goods and to secure stock lines for labor. A special Labor Day event at Benning Race Track features a trained ostrich in a mile race against a horse with a quarter mile handicap. The carpenters dispute over work for a building renovation continues between locals as the firm cites consent with Amalgamated Carpenters. Columbia Typographical Union plans its August 26 excursion to Marshall Hall.
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Central Labor Union
Washington
Havehold Gdéoda
Northwestern Bottling Works
Ben- Ning Race Track
Jacksonville
Carpenters
Adjustment Commttee
Frm
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Amalgamated Carpenters
Brotherhood
American Federation of Labor
Legal Building Trades’ Council
Columbia ‘Typographical Union
No. 102
Marshall Hall
News Service Dissolved After court ruling ends name dispute
Justice Barnard dissolved the United Press Association in the District Supreme Court yesterday on petition by president and GM William Wolff Smith and secretary treasurer Ernest H Pullman. The action ends a long standing conflict with United Press Associations, which sought an injunction against using the same name. The injunction was not granted and an agreement between the services preceded the petition for dissolution.
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Justice Barnard
District Supreme Court
United Press Association
William Wolff Smith
Ernest H. Pullman
United Press Associations
Bluejacket Shot Near Navy Yard in Brooklyn
James Smith a sailor on the battleship North Dakota now at the New York navy yard was shot in the groin by an unidentified man on Sanda Street Brooklyn near the yard. Two sailors pursued but the assailant escaped. Police consider the act likely the deed of an insane man.
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New York
James Smith
United States
North Dakota
New York Navy Yard
Sanda Street
Brooklyn
Navy Yard
Smith
Roosevelts Rain Ride Amid Western Speech Plans
Oyster Bay Aug. Roosevelt rode a horse for several miles in a rain shower after returning from Africa. He will complete speeches for a Western trip by early next week and has seen no visitors at Sagamore Hill. Henry A. Jackson of Atlanta is named collector of internal revenue for Georgia, succeeding Henry A. Rucker, a longtime Taft affiliate.
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Washington Post
Oyster Bay
N.Y
Col. Roosevelt
Africa
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
H. S. Jackson
Atlanta Post
Henry A. Jackson
Atlanta
Georgia
Henry A. Rucker
Mr. Jackson
Taft
Narragansett Pier Club Raid Described By Telegram
A Narragansett Pier raid described in a Evening Telegram dispatch depicts officers cuffing men and women, with spectators laughing as they list fake names. Women reportedly claimed the gaggle of handcuffs fit poorly and many gifts were taken as souvenirs.
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Cross
Mrs. Hanan
New York
Hanan
Narragansett Pier
Evening Telegram
Narragansett Pier Club
Narragansett
Police drop revenge theory in Rice murder case
Police abandon the theory that wealthy attorney William L. Rice was killed for revenge. They now blame highwaymen, citing the body under an arc light and no valuables missing, after a struggle near Rice’s Huclid Avenue Heights home. A $10,000 reward from Rice’s partners and $5,000 from William Nelson Cromwell spurred amateur sleuths.
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Cleveland
Aug
William L. Rice
Huclid Avenue Heights
New Crowe
Rice
Pasquale Guiliano
Mr. Rice
Dr Cook Not Looking North Report Denied
New York august 5 reports that Dr Frederick A Cook plans a return to the Far North to recover a brass tube said to be left at the pole His brother William runs North Pole Dairy in Bushwick and was said to be buying new furs for the journey Mrs William Cook denies the tale stating no word from Cook and that no furs were bought She says Cook is not at Colorado Springs and she knows his whereabouts but cannot say more.
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New York
Frederick A. Cook
Far North
Pole
Cook
William
North Pole
Dr Cook
Delightful Surprise in Monthly Magazine Section
The Post announces next Sundays issue will feature the best of this magazine variety. The front Aspiece showcases a clever picture on the front page. Regular readers are urged to order The Post and start the Monthly Magazine serials carried over the coming Sundays and into the next section.
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ST. Anne's Episcopal School For Girls
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Mabry Duval
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St Mary's County
G M Thomas
AM. Frincizel
DR. Cook
Mayer & CO
the Young Men's Store
Laman ON
Steinway
DROOP
Christian Xander
Blild- Aly Eeoe
Carl Auer
Adam Adler
Trustet
Seventh Street
Washington, D.C
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
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Mena
Argo
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Fifth Euest Northwest
Washington, DC
Pamous Clothing Company
Lucas P, Loving
Columbian Building
Fifth Street Northwest
Kodaks and Supplies
Frank
Chapin
Wilburn, Heister & Co,architects
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Gallantine
Newar
Shoemaker Co
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Adams
Gitta
Comptrollers of the Currency
Washington, D. C
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Ralph W. Hills
F Street Northwest
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