Railroads May Seek Class Rate Increases
Philadelphia August 11 a public letter from Pennsylvania Railroad President McCrea to the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce explains no general freight rate rise is planned but an advance in class rates could be considered. The note cites higher operating costs and scarce traffic, with officials delaying any move until business improves.
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Philadelphia
McCrea
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cleveland Chamber of Commerce
Trath
Death notices and birth announcements from August 1903 1908
Fragmented obituary and birth notices list births and deaths with partial details. Entries mention Caldwell in Seattle August 1908 two daughters, Lolle funeral at Fairmount Street, Columbus and Philadelphia notices, Rasmussen Department of State death notice in Washington August 1908, Hebertson residence August 9 1903, Herbert Rasmussen interment details, Truston aged seven at Forest Glade Md.
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Rasmussen
Department of State
Washington, D.C
Benjamin H. Ridgely
Mexico Witty
Mexico
American Hospital
Richard Rasmussen
Amerizen
Wheaton
Truston
Jon Church
Forest Glten
Wy Welac
Funeral Directors and Embalmers Directory Listing
Funeral directors and embalmers listed with addresses in Washington area. GEG PB Zurhorst Aker and Embalmer East Capitol Street 1J. William Lee Funeral Director and Embalmer Livery connection. Cormmostieus Chapel and Modern Cremaincium 82 Pennsylvania Ave NW. John R Wright Co Putal Divectors and Embalmers 1337 Tenth Street. RF Harvey's Sons Funeral Directors and Embalmers 1385 Fourteenth Street. W. R. Speare Undertaker and Embalmer 940 F Street NW. Various chapel on premises and telephone numbers noted.
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GEG PB
Zurhorst
Aker and
Embalmer
East Capitol St
William Lee
Cormmostieus
Pennsylvania Ave
John R. Wright
Harvey’s Sons
Ramad Ous Chapel
W. R. Speare
Wit
H. Sardo & CO
Railroad Rate Talk Signals Possible Future Increases
A dated discussion notes that no general increase has been decided yet but warns that if business conditions stay strong and operating costs remain high, railroad companies may need to consider future rate advances. The statement reflects ongoing deliberations across lines in the territory.
Interstate Commerce Commission May Hear Georgia Freight Case
The Interstate Commerce Commission has not set a definite hearing date for the Georgia freight rate case in the Southeast, but a hearing is likely in late September after counsel for complainants asked to delay until after September 15. Chairman Knapp and members plan to decide the hearing date soon. railroads were notified to answer within 15 days as new Texas rates took effect yesterday. Edward Baxton of Nashville will prepare the railroad responses for the defendants.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Wren
Georgia
R A
Knapp
Washington
Southwestern
Texas
Edward Baxton
Nashville, Tenn
Attourney General Defines County Fair Attractions
Special to the Washington Post Albany Aug. Attorney General Jackson clarifies which county fair attractions are legal He allows certain skill focused games and amusement items while banning pure gambling devices Such guidance helps fair organizers apply the $250000 state grant rules and proceed with plans under the Hugilios recommendation.
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Washington Post
Albany
N. Y
Jackson
Pearson
Igov
Hugilos
Murder, Mother's Charge in Presidio Shooting
Mrs. Eaglish, mother of Private English, plans murder charges against Private Ryan for shooting English at the Presidio guardhouse. She also sues the United States for damages of 100000, claiming his illness warranted hospital care rather than confinement. Ryan faces court martial proceedings for the shooting as part of military procedure.
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San Francisco
Eaglish
English
Coast Artillery
Presidio
Ryan
United States
Ingate
Gloucester Steamer Rescue of Ten Seamen Reported
David F. Wilbur the American consul general at Half Nova Scotia reports to the State Department the rescue of ten Gloucester fishermen by the Spanish training ship Nautilus under Capt. Moreno. The seamen were left their schooner off the mouth of La Havre River, were blown to sea, picked up at Halifax July 21, and were on board several days. Capt. Moreno refused remuneration but offered to pay for their work aboard.
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David F. Wilbur
Nova Scotia
State Department
Gloucester
Nautilus
Moreno
Eliza
la Havne
Halifax
Health Office Roster of Residents and Ages
Health office card lists names with ages and addresses including John Carmory aged 90 at U S Soldiers Home Alexander ca Pury 65 at Masa avenue ne Bawant A Greer 32 at 1425 Clitton street Fthel D Martin 3 months 1226 Ma ave ne Mary Stewart yes 1385 fd gt sw Nelson Coleman 61 2267 Stir at nw William Baker 60 at Net nw Josephine Crawley 21 yr T12 tat st sw Wersin Davis 14 months 118 Jacksonsley Mamie Kramer 11 months at Brirg and Ainger Aves Gerfelt BG Infant of George and Jennis Buck 1 day 39 venton pl ow TM
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John Carmory
U. S
Alexander Ca Pury
Masa
Ave
Bawant A. Greer
Clitton St
Fthel D. Martin
Mary Stewart
Nelson Coleman
William Baker
Josephine Crawley
Wersin Davis
Jackeonsley
Mamie Kramer
Bricg
Ainger
Gerfelt
George
Jennis Buck
Venton
Woman plots crime led by nurse in aged woman death plan
In Chicago Aug 11 a jury convicted Austin Kelley Ruth McLaughlin and Moses D Brown in a conspiracy to murder Mrs Nolain using poison. Brown and Kelley received indeterminate penitentiary terms while Brown paid a $1000 fine. The nurse Miss McLaughlin helped devise the deed and administered the poison as the victim lay in a sanitarium.
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Wiineis
Chicago
Moses D. Brown
Austin
Kelley
Ruth E. McLaughlin
Annie
Nolatn
Windes
Miss McLaughlin
Atorney
Rittenhouse
Brown
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Evans to retire next week
Rear Admiral Robly D. Evans former commander in chief of the Atlantic battleship fleet will be placed on the retired list August 18. Orders issued by Rear Admiral John Pillsbury chief of the bureau of navigation and acting secretary of the Navy. Evans entered service September 20, 1860 and became rear admiral February 1901. He led the Atlantic fleet around South America from Hampton Roads to San Francisco. He was relieved May 8 and assigned to the Navy general board. Retirement elevates Caspar F. Goodrich to center rear admiral. Evans is recovering from inflammatory rheumatism at Lake Mohonk New York.
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Robly D. Evans
Atlantic
Reef
John #. Pillsbury
Bureau of Navigation
Secretary of the Navy
Admiral Evans
Dewey
South America
Hampton Roade
San Francisco
General Board of the Navy
Caspar F. Goodrich
New York Navy Yard Center
Evans
Lake Mohonk
N. Y
Republican leaders discuss fund-raising for national campaigns
Frank H Hitchcock chairman of the Republican national committee and Cornelius Bliss discussed money raising for the party at Bliss's New York office. Hitchcock planned to confer with Taft in Hot Springs while Bliss agreed to join a nine member advisory group.
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New York
Frank H. Hitchceck
Republican National Committee
Hot Springs
Taft
Cornelius N. Bliss
Bliss
Hitchcock
Witchcock
Chicago
J. ©. Burrows
Michigan
Sherman
Hittchcock
Utica
N. Y
Army Orders Review Board and Ship Movements Include Transfers
A military notice lists a medical board of review with Col Valery Havard Maj Guy Edie and Capt Walter Webb, detailing examination proceedings for medical officers found unfit. It notes transfers, postings to Fort Leavenworth and Fort Wood, and appointments of Lieut Francia Angeles to temporary chief of staff duties from July to November 15. It also covers naval vessel movements including arrivals at Gardiners Bay and Norfolk, and retirement of Rear Admiral Evans on August 18, 1908.
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Valery Havard
Guy L. Edie
Walter D. Webb
Prymotion
Calden L.H .Ruggles
Ordname
United States Military Academy
Howard P. Oflern
George A. Wheezover
Signal Corps
Company A
Fort Leavenworth
Kans
Fort Wood
Francia A. Angeles
Fifteenth Cavalry
Staf
Joseph Tuiquard
Medical Reserve Corps
Wort Leavenworth
James Bourke
Ervin L. Phillipe
Thirteenth Cavalry
Cornell University
Ithaca
Regular Nominations Void Incomplete June Ticket
Secretary of State Wipf rules that candidates named to fill vacancies on an incomplete ticket from the June primaries cannot be placed on the ballot. The selected candidates were chosen at two state conventions after the primaries and endorsed by the state committee. He says only a second ticket under another name can complete the ticket, with court action possible.
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Pierre
Lak
Wipf
Gahnot
State Committee
Hammond for Governor Seens Cleared at Minnesota Meeting
In St Paul Minnesota a secret conference of Democratic leaders reportedly selected Representative W R Hammond of St James as the likely nominee to head the state ticket for governor. The decision, result of a thorough canvass, is said to have chosen Hammond as the party standard bearer.
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St. Paul
Minn. Aux
Sonferente
Minnesota
Ohio Safe Vorys Sees One Democratic District Likely
Hot Springs Va Aug 1 Arthur Vorys Ohio Taft manager and Gus J Karger with Frank Hitchcock arrive to headline campaign focus in Virginia mountains Vorys predicts 100000 vote plurality for Taft in Ohio and says only one Democratic district is certain four are doubtful Hitchcock to lead financing as nine member advisory committee planned Taft and associates discuss campaign organization and speeches Taft golf and letters fill his day Senator Elkins visits to push West Virginia faction but Taft not steered to conflict Karger to head publicity bureau in Cincinnati Times Star Taft office
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Hot Springs
Arthur ¥. Vorvs
Ohio
Taft
Buckeye
Vorys
Verys
Aitchcork
Jare
Hitchcock
West Virginia
United States
Stephen Elkins
Charles W. Swisher
Mr. Taft
Republican National Committee
Cincinnati
Gus Karger
Cincinnati Times-Stear
Charles P. Taft
Washington
Chicago Convention Fund Shortfall Repaid Plan
Chicago officials report four fifths of the $100,000 raised to secure the Republican national convention for Chicago was spent. The remaining $20,000 is to be distributed among the 503 subscribers to the fund as the local arrangements committee begins refunds.
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Chicago
Ipent
Jlocal
Almost a Shadow From Digestive Health to Strength
A New York state woman reports ten years of stomach and liver trouble. After stopping coffee, using Postum and Grape Nuts, she gained twenty pounds and regained energy. She can work from morning to night and eat normally with no ill effects, crediting the products for her recovery and renewed vitality.
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York State
Battle Creek
Mich
Well Ville
Bryan Notification Rally in Lincoln Neb at Fairview
Vice Presidential candidate John W Kern and Democratic national chairman Norman E Mack traveled to Fairview Nebraska for Mr Bryan's notification ceremony. Delegates and journalists met with Bryan to discuss campaign strategy and projected spending. Kern asserted Indiana and Wisconsin margins favor Democrats while Mack voiced confidence in a broad eastern and midwestern victory.
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Kern
Middle ‘Western ‘States
Mack Saga
Bryan
California
Fairview
Lincoln
Nebr
John W. Kern
Norman E. Mack
Mack
Mr. Kern
Josephus Daniels
National Comimitte
Wyoming
E H. Lamb
Indiana
Humphrey
Autit
Van
Lowell
Mass
Lincoln ‘Typographical Union
Mr. Bryan
Outc
Middle West
Ohio
Minois
Middle Western
New York
Mrr
Wisconsin
Town
Jonn E. Lamb
Jo Sephus Daniels
J. L. Metcalfe
Commoner
Mississippi River
Ambassador Heid Hosts Red Commission Dinner at Dorchester House
London Aug Tix Ambassador Heid hosted a stag dinner honoring members of the mer mat monetary commission. Attending were Senators Aldrich and Hale and Representative Overstreet along with Prof. A T Andrews and other eminent financiers and officials from the Bank of England and Treasury. Afterward the Reid couple left for Scotland to visit Andrew Carnegie at Skibo Castle.
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London
Heid
Dorchester House
Mermat Monetary Commission
Aldrich
Rhode Island
Hale
Maine
Daniel
Virginia
Wreéland
New York
Overstreet
Indiana
Padgett
Tennessee
A. T. Andrews
Lord Rothachild
George Murray
the Treasury
Willem Campbell
Govern Roe
Bank of England
H. Vackaon
Senator Sioet
Utah
Representative Dalzell
Pennsylvania
J. Pierpont Morgen
B. C. Grenfell
D. Cady Herrek
Herbert’ & Foxwell
Gen. Greely
H. B. Tavison
George G. Reynolds
Chicago
Ww. Hampton Moore
Reid
Scotland
Andrew Carnegie
Skibo Castle
Protestant Alliance protests king’s plan to attend congress
London reports the Protestant Alliance presses foreign secretary Sir Edward Grey to block King Edward’s ceremony inviting Cardinal Vannutelli to London for the eucharistic congress. Grey merely acknowledged receipt of the memorial, with no immediate action cited.
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London
Protestant Alliance
Edward
Cardinal Vannutelli
Edward Grey
United Kingdom
America
Europe
Signs of Alliance Fail to Materialize in Central America
New Orleans August 11 British minister Lionel Carden said rumors of a four nation Central American war are baseless noting Guatemalan President Daviles suppression of an insurrection in Spanish Honduras strengthens the region and peace is desired. Carden travels to New York after Guatemala. A San Francisco report describes alleged graft in Honduras with a Guatemala merchant and a 11000 peso check forced from a tobacco firm representative under torture.
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New Orleans
Central America
Guatemala
Salvador
Nicaragua
Honduras
Lionel Carden
Carden
England
New York
Davile
San Francisco
C. G Cana
American Trading Company
Acapulco
Cabrera
Cano
Husticad
Dodge to Confer With Honduran Officials Over Exequaturs
A pending travel report from Minister Dodge details his route from Salvador to Tegucigalpa to consult Honduran authorities about the Ceiba consuls exequaturs canceled by President Davila. Dodge will investigate and his findings will influence U S State Department stance amid Davila’s refusal to suspend the action. If Dodge supports U S propriety, expect sharp diplomatic exchanges with Honduras.
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Dodge
Salvador
Tegucigalpa
Ceiba
Davila
State Department
Honduras
United States
Law Affects Rectifiers Marking of Spirits
The commissioner of internal revenue advised W. M. Hough attorney for the National Wholesale Liquor Dealers Association that law authorizes government marking of spirits in the hands of rectifiers as it does for distiller products. Hough had questioned the authority and was directed to section 3249 of the Revised Statutes as sufficient authority.
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Commissioner of Internal Revenue
W. M. Hough
National Wholesale Liquor Dealers’ Association
Hough
Fire-eater Villa elected alderman in Manila election
Returns from Manila municipal race show Simon Villa winning the southern district seat while Ramon Diokno takes the northern district, with Justo Lukban elected to the assembly. Villa, a former insurgent officer, faces questions of fitness to hold office amid incendiary campaign speeches and government scrutiny. Diokno leads labor party in the north. Americans express concern over native self government and Villa’s possible seating.
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Manila
Simon Villa
Ramon Diokno
Dominator Comez
Justo Lukban
Smith
Villa
Diokno
Labor Party
Silipinos
Duich Prepares for Trouble in Caribbean Shutdown
Willemstad Curacao Aug 11 colonial governments ready for possible clash with Venezuela. A wireless station is being installed and Gelderland sailed to Aruba with rifles and ammo tattered Aruba lacks protection. Meantime Maracaibo announces Felix departed with troops toward Mead of Maracaibo Bay to fight a revolutionary band. The Hague Aug 11 Jacob Van Heemskerk sailed to Caribbean waters, Friesland returning from Norway. Gelderland remains the only warship in Caribbean now. Jacob Van Heemskerk to relieve when ready.
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Willemstad
Curacao
Netherlands
Venezuela
Gelderland
Aruba
Maracaibo
Felix
Maracaibo Bay
Grand Opera at 87 Cents in Berlin Plan
Berlin plans a People's Opera House with high production quality at affordable prices. Parliament and Berlin to finance roughly half each, with Potsdamerstrasse site. Best seats may reach 87 12 cents, cheapest 12 1 2 cents. Fire damp explosion in Dudweiler mine kills thirteen, injures eight near Saarbruecken.
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Sneclat
Washington Post
Berlin
Parliament
Temple of Music
Potsdamerstrasse
Saarbruecken
Germany
Dudweiler I
Cures Eczema Fast with New Drug Poslam Sale
Since its discovery a year ago poslam has cured thousands of eczema and skin trouble cases. A new fifty cent size is now sold alongside the regular two dollar package at Washington druggists or by direct order from Emergency Laboratories New York City. Free samples available to experimenters.
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Ogram’s
O’donnell's
Washington
West Twenty-Afth Street
New York City
Extradited American Hall Faces Bigamy Charge in France
Mandeville De Mar ingy Hall, an American, was extradited from Bow Street to Paris on a charge of obtaining a car by false pretenses valued at $5,000. A detective testified Hall admitted the car and claimed relatives in New York would pay his overdraft. Hall’s first wife Florence Teall of Rochester sues for divorce. Vida C Whitmore, a New York chorus girl, says they wed in Jersey City May 1 and that jewels valued up to $20,000 were pawned in New York and elsewhere.
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Washington Post
London
Fownier
Paris
Mali
Credit Lyonnais
New York
Hall
Florence Frances Teall
Rochester
NM. H
Vida C., Whitmore
Jersey City
Europe
Han
Peruvian Congress Votes to Protest President Slur Incident
In Lima on August 11 the Peruvian congress unanimously protested the insult to the president after Senor Pardo was pushed from a sidewalk by a former political prisoner named Pi erola. Democratic house members were absent during the vote.
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Lina
Peru
the Republic
Senor Pardo
Lima
Pierola
A Perfect Organization For Renting Your Houses
A promotional notice from a housing rental firm urges owners with vacant properties to list them. The group claims a perfect organization for renting houses and managing property, promising quick leasing to reliable tenants and emphasizing convenient locations to attract and maintain demand.
Outlook Better in Persia Amid Political Shifts
Consul Doty at Wabrig reports Persia’s Uramia situation improved within a week, while Tebriz path home on July 8 remained unsafe. Brigandage and robberies occurred along roads, though some parties escaped. American missionaries in Uramia sought consul duty for guidance amid Kurdish threats.
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Persia
Doty
Wabrig
State Department
Uramia
Abriz
Urumia
Tebriz
Excursions Weekend Stays At Old Point Comfort Feature
Weekend stays at Old Point Comfort remain popular with Hy arranged excursions every Friday and Saturday via the Norfolk and Washington steamers. Ticket options cover steamer expenses and hotel time varying by length of stay at the Thambertin Old Point. Travelers may depart Friday evening and stay through Monday or Tuesday morning with special rates on round trips. Tickets are on sale at uptown office 765 Fourteensaid.
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Old Point Comfort
Norfolk
Washington
Thambertin
Old Point
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