Father in Quest of Stolen Babe Offers Reward
Charles Lockhart of Richmond searches the country for his abducted daughter Ruth, taken from 75 West Canal street, Richmond, on July 18, 19. Mothers grief killed two months later. Lockhart raised reward to 35,000 and files warrants against Josie Russell, adopted by Jennie Boyte, suspecting revenge for Lockhart’s marriage. He recounts pursuit across cities, from Huntington to Danville, vowing to spend his last cent to recover Ruth.
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Charles Lockhart
Richmond
Ruth
Washington
Vahan
Nis
Mr. Loeckhart
Far South
Truth Lockhart
West Canal Street
Lockhart
Pittsburg
United States
James A. Fourshe
South Carolina
Evelyn
Ruth Lockhart
Sint
Huntington
Gansitte
Danville
Hammond
Chia
Colored Pastor Resigns From Shiloh Baptist Church
Rev J Anderson Taylor, longtime pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church at Sixteenth and L streets NW, resigns after a lengthy ministry. He came from Richmond Virginia and was a leading figure among local colored ministers. The church notes his abrupt departure follows evening services with a forthcoming explanation. He was among Washington ministers chosen for the London international conference last winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Anderson Taylor
Shiloh
Baptist Church
J Anderson ‘Taylor
Shilo
Shiloh Church
Taylor
Washington
London
England
Suit Against Street Car Company for 1500 Damages
John J. Connelly filed in the District Supreme Court seeking 1500 damages after claiming he was humiliated and unlawfully ejected from a Washington Iry and Suburban Railway car at Sixteenth Street and Rhode Island Avenue north. He boarded at Fourth Street and New York Avenue en route to Riverdale and paid fare before the forceful ejection about four miles from his destination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixteenth Street
Rhode Island Avenue
Encampment depart for Minneapolis by special train
Commander Entriken and staff of the Department of the Potomac depart on a special Baltimore and Ohio train at 5:30 PM for the annual encampment in Minneapolis. About seventy five persons travel with Col. and Mrs. O'Meara joining. Col. O'Meara introduces a Potomac Post aimed memorial at Arlington. Col. O'Meara notes his early service as a drummer at age ten by President Lincoln's order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Entriken
Department of the Potomac
G. A. By
Baltimore and Ohio
Minneapolis
W. A. O'Meara
Potomac Post
No. 11
Staf
Tanner
O'Meara
Affable New Yorker Sought in $675 Race Hall Scam
William G. Russell of New York is wanted on grand larceny charges for allegedly swindling two women out of 675 by promising big race winnings. Warrant issued by Detective Baur and Hartigan after Mrs. Edward Buckley and Miss Sophia Campbell reported losses of 175 and 700. Russell, described as an Indies man with inside track race knowledge, is believed. to be in Saratoga as police pursue.M
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William G. Russel
New York
Saratoga
Baur and Hartigan
Edward F. Buckley
Chevy Chase Circle
Sophia Campbell
Larz Anderson
Massachusetts Avenue
Buckley
Miss Campbell
Russell
Mr. Russell
Itad
Hartigan
Jan Saratoga
City Briefs Highlight Local Elected, Funerals and Crimes
Election of A Pic point as vice president of the Shock Metal Workers Association. Brookland church fete continues tonight for St Anthony's Church fundraiser. Funeral notices for James J. Carroll At Providence Hospital and burial at Pleacataway, Ma. Asaph Wilson dies in Providence with daughter Grace MacPherson among mourners. Maj. Dwight H. Kelton to be buried with military honors at Arlington. William L. Carrier dies of typhoid fever. noted for athletics in Fleet District Regiment. Clifton W. Barks funeral at 1926 Steth stood NW. buried Congressional Cemetery. Knight of Pythias member. Frank Matthews injured by timber on new bridge site. serious skull fracture at Providence Hospital. Wilhelmina Jackson sent to reform school for theft. Detective Birman captures threats to Pennsylvania Station. Charles William and Martin Grogan charged with assault attempts.
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O'vlorkile
Margaret Gates
Plecataway
Asaph Wilson
Grace
MacPharson
Providence
Weehington
Dwight H. Kelton
U. S
Montpetier
Henora
Arlington
Kelton
William L. Carrier
Fleet District Regiment
Carrick
Mount Gretna
Clifton W. Barks
Steth
Congressional
Tanke
Knighta of
Pythias
Thrank Matthews
New Jer Avenue
L Street
Eleventi
Vemlerdey
Provicence Hospital
Reform School
da Lacy
Earth Johnston
Czegon Avenue
Birman i
Pennsylvania Station
Targ Ae
Charles Wiliam
Catarrh Described as Debilitating Mucous Discharge
Catarrh affects nose throat stomach or bowels and other delicate organs. It is a discharge from inflamed mucous membranes caused by impurities in the blood, often scrofulous in nature, demanding constant attention.
Carpenters Strike Aiding Plumbers Over Open Shop
Bricklayers and plasterers refuse to work on buildings where nonunion plumbers are on site as a sympathetic strike expands. About 300 workers idle. unions claim fight for the open shop while employers vow to finish the dispute. Details show 28 union plumbers with 100 working, 15 buildings affected, and a broader impact on 6,625 unions members with idle workers below 5 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brotherhood of Carpenters
Fwe
Flasterera
Burlington
Vermont Avenue
Reuunion
Bricklayers' Union
George C. Hough
Fourteenth Street
Employers' Association
Brotherhood
Amalgamated
Settary
Building Trades Unions
Mae
Post
Arthur Taylor
Cherry Hill Northwest
Mystery Woman Returns After July Night Disappearance
Mrs Florante Poole who vanished from 9 Grant Place NW on July 31 reappeared yesterday morning. She reported a New York visit to friends and fainted upon returning to her upstairs room. Mr Poole had been summoned and arrived eagerly. She claimed relatives in Baltimore informed her husband she was alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florante Poole
Grant Place
Pooleousehold
Stranded German Girls Are Reunited With Relatives
Two German cousins Agnes Boy and Minnie Bilbill, found hungry and frightened in Pennsylvania Station by Detective Berman, were sent home to New York after relief and sustenance in Washington. They explained they left Virginia relatives to seek service in Front Royal and were stranded due to language and money barriers. Detective Berman escorted them to safety and arranged for their relatives to be notified, expressing gratitude to Washington officials.
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Agnes Boy
Minnie Bilbill
Pennsylvania Station
Berman
New York
Germany
States
Front Royal
Corditians
Washington
Herman
Favor Going to Jamestown Aids Greater Washington Boom
A Norfolk Jamestown Exposition exhibit plan aims to show Washington’s commercial residential and industrial gains. The Jokers and Shippers Association formed a committee chaired by Mr May with members from Merchants Transfer and Storage and other firms. A Norfolk letter urges more jobbing houses to bring regional trade to Washington, including transport rate boosts and better steamer links.
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Greater
Washington
May
Robert N. Harper
American National Bank
F Street
Dyer
B. Dyer & Co
Philip
Warren
Warren & Dyer
L Street
Percy
Foster
Sunders & Staymanm
John L. Newpold
Fransfer and, Storage Company
E Atreat
W. A. Wimeatt
Joknesn & Wimeatt
Eighth Street
Nichols
Katowne
Virginia
North Carolina
Baltimore
Norfolk
Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company
Jokers and
Gayety Theater Planned on Ninth Street in Washington
Weber & Rush of New York bought the final Ninth Street site for a $150,000 theater project to be named The Gayety. The planned 2000-seat, fireproof building will feature ornate stone and terra cotta exterior, artistic electric displays, and postless galleries for unobstructed views. The site spans 313 and part of 515 Ninth Street and adjoining blocks, with plans designed by J. B. McHattrick & Son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ninth Street
Weber & Rush
New York
Big Theatrical Syndicate
Moore
F Northwest
Franklin Fire Insurance Company
Paul Starrett
S. Black
Gayety
Washington
J. B. McHatrick & Son
United States
B. McKifatrick & Son
F Street
Jones Denies Standard Oil Link in Barnsdale Oil Row
Former Senator James K. Jones says his meet with President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay represented the interests of T. H. Barnsdale of Pittsburgh in a dispute with the Interior Department over Indian Territory leases. Barnsdale seeks to hold about 60,000 acres of oil lands, challenging Hitchcock rules limiting leases to 4,800 acres per party, with Standard Oil reportedly involved in the contention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkanson
Oyster Bay
Barna—dale
Pittsburg
Interior Department
James K. Jones
Arkansas
Democratic National Committee
Standard Oil Company
Indian Territory
Oyater Bay
Njw
Barnsdale
Hitchcock
Standard Ml Company
Jones
Gov. Higgins
New York
Roosevelt
Higgins
Hitchcowhy
Oklahoma
Weather Conditions Reported by Weather Bureau Washington Aug 19 8 pm
U S Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau reports a barometric low moving east of Lake Ontario with showers from the Eastern Lake region to the Middle Atlantic and New England. A high pressure area moves southeast over the Blisnurt Valley bringing fair weather to the Middle Western states. Sunday expected fair with moderate temperatures from the central valleys to the Atlantic coast. Winds vary by region with southwest on the Gulf coast and fresh westerlies on the Lower Lakes. Steamers to Europe face fresh SW winds and showers to the Grand Banks. Downtown temperatures and Humidity noted with various readings. River bulletin from Harpers Ferry reports conditions Aug 19.
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U. S. Dept of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
Western Lake Region
Middle Atlantic Coast
Lake Ontario
Eastern Lake Region
Middle Atlantic
New England
Missouri
Arkanesa
East Gulf
South Atlantic States
Blisnurt
Middle Western
Duying Garturdey
Middle Atlantic States
Lek
Ohio
Upper Mississippi
Gulf and
South Athaetic Coast
Europaen
Grand Banks
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Sims
Department of Commerce and Labor
Pribilof Islands
Agenta
St Paul Iard
Department
Sitka
Seattle
A. R. Department
W. G. Russell
Martin Grogan
Sixth Street Southweet
Bertha Griffin
Hood
Millard Spohn
Mr. Spohn
Wiere
Mrs. Poole
Lansburgh & Bro
Seventh St
N. W
Mada of Batiste
Lansburgh
Gare
R. G
Wallace
Ea Staal Ene
Greater Washington
Man
Ark
Bain- Mn
Fall Acheville
N.C
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Binmarck
N- Dak
Boston
Mass
Buffalo
Ghivage
Cincinnati
Be ‘Cheyanne
Wye
Towa
Davenpo Eater
Colag
Des Moines
Iowa
Galveston
Tex
Helens
Mont
Indianapolis
Ind
Kansas City
Jacksonviie
Fla
Ack
Tech
Memphis
Ten
Vicksbute
Peter Grogan
LN Ae maTed
Massachusetts Ayrnove
Cathedral Grounds
Mount St. Alben's
A. S. Marine Band
Tennaltytown Cara
Ave
Rey
Clement Brown
Enoch M. Thompson
B.D
Weeley Chapel
W. M. Ferguson
D. D. pavior-Sundey-school
W. L Lynn
Joint Service Church
Epworth League
First Baptist
16Th
Oosts
Charles F. Winwigler
F. Mensfee
Washington College
Sundey School
E. Hilton Tackaon
Geran
Carleton Vaughan
Washington Gaslight
Tenth ST
Horn
Raitor
Dangler
A. Eberly’s Sons
St. N. W
7Th and
H Sts
Columbia Graphophone
F St
Heurich- Brewing Co. Co
Maerzen
Senate
Liege
Rhone West
Ms Ae Eo
Castelberg
Opticians
Penna. Ave
Schlitz
Milwaukee
Dos
Schltz Brewing No
St. S. W
Hone
Wilkens Sheiry
Wilkens-Sheiry Printing Co
Elevanth
E Sts
Christian Xander
Ives
Norton
Tharp
F St. N.W
Phons
FSR
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