Earth Caves Threaten Post Office Area in Staunton
Report from Staunton Virginia describes earth sinking on Baldwin Street near the post office and government offices. A third hole opened behind Prof. C L Wilson’s home, bringing cracks toward Lewla Creek and the public school, with water plummeting to the bottom of a crevice and a suction-pump blamed for removing moisture from the soil. Officials expect expert guidance from Washington to assess the widening hazard.
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Valley City
Washington Post
Staunton
Baldwin Street
C L. Wilson
Lewla Creek
J E. Todd
Mary Glenn
Government
Post Office
United States Marshal’s Office
Lewis Street
Central Avenue
Washington
Herald
Frederick
Baldwin
Brownlow will filed in Tennessee probate
The will of Representative Walter P Brownlow of Tennessee’s third district was probated this week. He leaves his entire estate to trustees for twelve years with eventual division among his children. His wife is provided for. The estate centers on real and personal property, largely Johnson City Traction Company stock in which he held a controlling interest worth probably not less than 1300 percent. Capt Kyle M King, Gov John P Smith, and Chancellor Hal H Haynes named as trustees and executors.
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Washington
Tonesburg
Tenn
Walter P Brownlow
Johnson City Traction Company
Kyle M King
John P Smith
Mountain
National Soldiers Home
Hal H Haynes
Bristol
Mm Hus Stead
Race riot on a train from Norfolk to Greensboro
A violent race disturbance aboard an excursion train returning from Norfolk to Greensboro in Southampton county last night left Danville native Tel Staines shot in the breast and possibly fatally injured. Robert Jones, about years old, was beaten with a bottle in Greensboro. Four Negroes were arrested at the station after the train reached the city, and several white passengers identified San Mackin of Reidsville, NC, as the shooter.
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Danville
Southampton County
Norfolk
Greensboro
Tel Staines
Ullford College
Robert Jones
M& Bottle
Creneral Hopital
San Mackin
Reidsville
Stanley
Ill Health Causes Death By Own Action
Winston Salem merchant Crews despondent after health and business reverses shot himself last night at home. Body found in night clothes with pistol nearby. Survived by wife and three children. Member of Fairview Council J U A M and Salem Lodge IOOF. Special to The Wangington Post.
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Winston Salem
Wangington Post
Winston Salem N C
Crews
State Hospital
Fairview Counci
Salem Lodge
Farmer Shot by Son Mistaken for Chicken Thief
Sylvester Hay, a prominent farmer between Meyersdale and Herrin, was shot in the legs by his son at night. Each man, awakened by a barking dog, believed the other was a chicken thief and fired. The incident occurred near Cumberland, Maryland, with both men aiming to protect the flock.
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Sweelal
Washington Post
Cumberland
Sylvester Hay
Meyersdale
Herrin
Senator Rayner's Touring Car Wrecked Near Federalsburg
United States Senator Rayner's touring car smashed this morning near Federalsburg while Miss Bessie Rook and Miss Lulu Sullivan rode with chauffeur James Crevins. All were pitched from the vehicle as steering gear failed and the auto struck a pole. The chauffeur escaped. the senator and women were injured. The senator returned home by carriage.
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Washington
Cambridge
United States
Rayner
Bessie Rook
Lulu Sullivan
Hurlock
Ocean City
James Crevins
Grevins
Federalsburg
State Department may patch up Nicaraguan compromise seek
Madriz representatives Sebastian Sallamas and Dr. Modesto Barrios met with Acting Secretary Huntington Wilson at the State Department. They submitted a formal representation seeking a settlement of Nicaragua's troubles. Officials stressed the government’s fixed policy remains, but noted possible compromise arising from both Madriz and Estrada factions. Barrios and Salinas will be recognized as unofficial communication channels between the department and the Madriz faction, similar to prior arrangements with Dr Corea and Dr Cantrillo.
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Sebastian Sallamas
Modesto Barrios
Madriz
Nicaragua
State Department
Huntington Wilson
Estrada
Chantales
Managua
Barrios
Salinas
Department
Corea
Washington
Cantrillo
Joke on husband ends trial as wife abandons kids
In Clarksburg West Virginia a court case over nonsupport of two minor children ends when Mrs SBerty Hoodlet of Athens Ohio declares this is all I have to offer and leaves the courtroom. Hoodlet then takes custody of the children aged 3 and 9 and moves them to a hotel.
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Washington Post
Clarksburg
W. Va
Sberty Hoodlet
Athens
Ohio
Hoodlet
Army Orders Detailing Leaves andTransfers Across Posts
Army orders list leaves of absence and station changes across multiple units including Camp Glenn, Fort Logan H Roots, Fort Leavenworth, Fort Benjamin Harrison and Philadelphia. Officers named include First Lieuts Harry Graham Joseph Mauborgne and Raphael Nix, Capt Willis Coleman and Oliver Dockery, with assignments to coast artillery, infantry, signal schools and ordnance. Special orders amend and revoke prior directives affecting stations and duties through September and August.
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Glenn H Davis
Twelfth Infantry
Harry Graham
John P Keeler
Coast Artillery Corps
John R Proctor
William A Millr
USA
Robert B. Hewitt
Fort Logan
H Roots Ark
Willis P Coleman
Fourth Infantry
Twenty-second Infantry
Joseph O Mauborgne
Third Infantry
Army Signal Schon
Fort Leavenworth
Kana
Army Service Schools
Frank Baker
Ordnance Department
Calt
Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company
Pratt & Whitney Company
Hartford, Conn
Naval Officers Appointments and Ship Movements Shown
List of commissioned naval officers across ranks from captain to ensign with names. Movements detail arrivals and sailings of vessels including Tarantula Chesterfield Lamson Vicksburg and Ajax, plus hospital duties at Las Animas and Mare Island. Also promotion notes and a plug for the Monthly Magazine Section in The Post.
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BO. Bran
H Harlow
A Carr
N C Twining
T P Magruder
W Y Pratt
G Ro Wael
Leutenant
H C Dinger
L Shane
A N Mitchell
Fog Finney
Leutenants
A C Stetter
EC S Rom
A W Sears
Speare
Lonfon
WeNair
Greenree
W Townsend
Fo T Chew
Rowan Midehipmann
J Keleher
Naval Hospital
Las Animas
AW Higgins
Navy
JH Gunnell
Navy Yard
Mare Island
Cal
Yo Megates
WB. Ferguson, Jr
J A Spilman
Ro B Deming
Cleveland
Wheeling and Petrel
Singapore
Tarantula
Annapolis
South Dakota
San Francisco
Norfolk
Lamson
Newport
New London
Wolvarine
Dorothea Gopher
Nashville
Yaute
Hawk
Don Juan de Austria
Buffalo
Capitola
Towa
Indiana
Massachusetts
Horta
Azores
Solomons Island
California
Tiburno
Georgie
Philadelphia
Newport Vicksburg
San Juan del Sur
Corinto
Legal Record Summary of Equity and Other Courts
A dense docket across Equity Court No 1 and No 2 includes overruled Ballinger exceptions with ten days to replicate, extended transcripts to October 15 1910, and multiple matters assigning receiverships probate filings and administration for numerous estates. Also notes bankruptcy hearing set September 2 and various civil actions from Washington through Dupont Circle to private sales and real estate transfers.
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Supreme Court
District of Columbia
Equity Court
Justice Barnard Watta
Ballinger
Plaintif
Kegwin
Forests Forest
Iecord
WG G Gardiner
WG Johnson
Wyeth
Northrup Ale
Cos Hilver Seale
Hitchett
Darlington
Wo Ambrose
John Rideout Coughlin
Trades Unionist Publishing Company
T Hendler Rawlings
Kelly
J Dickbaut
Pendente Hiebend
D C O'Callaghan
E_WA Jackson Block
Famous Clothing Company
L Tobriner
Alexander Wolf
Elks Beat Knights of Columbus in Charity Baseball Game
Cy Cummings led the Elks to a 6 to 0 victory over the Knights of Columbus at American League Park in a game for St. Vincent's Orphan Asylum. Becker and Robertson held the Knights to three hits while Ferguson relieved McKnight and allowed one run. Cummings played faultless first base and combined with strong Elks fielding and battery work to secure the win.
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Cy"’ Cummings
B. P. C. E. Ball
Becker
Robertson Allen
Elks
Knights of Columbus
American League Park
St. Vincent's Orphan Asylum
Knights
Robertson
McIknight
Ferguson
Cy” Cummings Stara
Cy Cumings
Phil King
Princeton
Cissel
Quinn
George Markward
Harry King
A J. Cummings
Edward J Murphy
The
Peter P. Finnegan Ang
James O'Shea
Questioned in Rice case Brown testifies on murder night
John Hartness Brown real estate promoter testifies at Cleveland coroner inquiry into the murder of attorney William L. Rice. Brown recalls seeing three cars near the fallen man and the doctors calling the morgue. Frank Jardine says he did not see a street car.
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John H. Brown
Cleveland
Ohio
John Hartness Brown
William L. Rice
Brown
Attorney Rice
Frank Jardine
Sald
District pound halts muzzling order and dogs surrendered
Poundmaster Einstein halted operations to enforce muzzling rules as twenty dogs remained unmuzzled and awaiting possible humane disposal. Nineteen owners surrendered dogs fearing punishment and nine more entered the pound voluntarily. The drag net will continue until August 11 1911 unless officials change stance. Separate Arkansas county population figures were released by the Census Bureau detailing six counties including Hot Spring and Crittenden.
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Einstein
Bureau of Animal Industry
Department of Agriculture
Thursiday
Congressional Library
Arkansas
Census Bureau
Chicotmas
Desha
Hot Spring
Lincoln Ae
Crittenden
Co - Wat
Deeds of Trust in Washington Area Properties
A long list of deeds of trust filed across multiple Washington neighborhoods including Columbia Heights Petworth and Belvedere, detailing grantors and trustees such as John P Stuckert, Sarah L Clements, and George Goodjaeet. Secured amounts range from 1500 to 26400 with terms from one to five years and interest rates from five to six percent, covering numerous lots and squares in districts like Park View, Holmead Manor, and Meridian Hill.
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Columbia U Heights
Emanuel Speich, Jr
John PF Stuckert
Columbia Heights
Thomas E Clemerite
Edward W Petherbridge
Petworth
Julia FE Siescon
Sarah L Cremants
L Streste
Wilbur F Nash
Washington
Aggeement
Betwen
Theodore
Ebsugh
Herman R Hawenstein
Iota
Second Street
Florence
Simpson
Elizabeth P Reynolds
Eleventh Street
Elizabeth
Kennedy
John F Bolen
Jeninh
Boen
K Street
Arthur F Wood
Michael’ Rinaldo
Square Ss
Third
Padsworth
George Pumphrey
Sophie L. Fincher
R Street
Anna B Goegier
yIr Te Gaspare Amato
LE Droit Park
Thomas W Maccubbin
Fannie
Hopkins
Senate Heights
Hunter
Gustave Harrison
Kalorama Heights
Marle L
Salman Sick
Ingleside
Richard Wolfe
Wilbur D Slaven
Crerk
Sixth Street
M D Campbell
James P Briges
Ernest F Ehnert
Mar
A’ Prince
James A Finch
Square
Patrick Glesin
Mary Seymour
Connecticut Avenue Terrace
Iamen A Wach
Wilbur L Wright
North Grounds
Columbian University
Henry May
Alice Miller
John P_ stuckert
E Spetch, Jr
J A Hayden
Emanuel Speich
Sarah L_ Clements
Gardiner
WG Dent
Julia E Slosson
Barry Farm
George Goodjaeet Ux
BW Parker
Park View
Matile
Moss
Bertha M. Robbing
J M Hemon
L A
Rover
W. Levengaier
LE Dhoit Park
Fannie R Hopkins
Taylor
JH Ralston
Thomas W Marcubbin
Leek
Bellevue
Clarenda
Chariton
George C Gestman
C A Cragin
Samuel Scrivener
Folsey Ate
F Heights
Et‘ Ux
A E Walker
L Gaddis, Jr
Sscore
PF Clarke
Kalobara Heights
Samuel Richards
Saloman-Licky
Salman Lire
Scheutzen Park
Charles Conroy
James F. Shea
William P
Normaus
G T Borger
L. EB. F
Rainey
Toj
Prinea
James A. Finch
H A Gilirand T
N Gill, Jr
J. H. Baird
Meridian Hill
James B. Bond
A Saul
W. HE
Hildon
Connecticut Avenue
Wilbur L. Wright
Gilr
Gill
Kenlworth
The Yacht Confronts a Dangerous Reunion
On the Grande Dame a tense confrontation unfolds as Cherry Malotte arrives with an uneasy escort, forcing Willis Marsh to face exposure and Mr. Wayland to grapple with a looming scandal that could unravel the yacht’s carefully guarded affairs.
Chicago Packers Taxed On $10 Million Personal Property
Chicago Indiana August 12 Packers will pay taxes on ten million dollars of personal property inside the Union Stockyards this year. The board of review settled the assessments with Armour & Co at four million twenty five thousand, Swift & Co at eight million four hundred fifty thousand, Morris & Co at one million one hundred five thousand, and Libby McNeill Libby raising from four hundred twenty thousand to four hundred sixty thousand.
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Chicago
Chicago Packers
Union
Board of Review
Armour & Co
Swift & Co
Morris & Co
Libby, McNeill & Libby
The Metal Market Declines Amid Mixed Copper Prices
New York audio markets show copper steady for spot and futures with varied quotes across August to November. London firms hold firm on tin while lead and spelter show dull to steady activity. iron and foundry ore prices move within narrow ranges amid mixed regional quotes.
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New York
London
Loral Dealere Rt
Jake
East St Louis
Aeonrites Bt
Cleveland
Warrine
Northern
Southern
Tou
Convention Set for Virginia Firemen's Association in Alexandria
The Virginia State Volunteer Firemen's Association plans its annual convention in Alexandria on August 24 25 and 26 with large attendance expected from all state districts. Delegations will bring fire apparatus and bands as decorations and parades fill the city. The local committee has offered cash prizes and reel races on North Washington Street.
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Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
Virginia State Volunteer Firemen's Association
Roger C. Sullivan
Washington Street
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Staunton Swallows Frame Building
Smith Fuel
Sortelli
James DB Trilbies
Thia City
Vue Horn
Virginia
Vin Horn
Reporta
Brownlow
MR. Rayner
Senator
Imadriz
Wilson
Husband
ARMY
Justice Barnard
Jesse K Webster
District Court
Tucker & Kenyon
Washington F Street
Robert A Wilson
Lyon & Lyon
Thomas Noell
Robert Griswold
Samuel Noel
Dertha Noell
Plumiey
Benedict Ty Gheen
Mary E Gheen
Joseph A_ Burkert
James M Dunnivan
Joseph A Burkert
Mary E Wells
Bernard Walls
George P
Judas LF Willer
Carr
Anna B Wade
WG Gardiner
William H. Crowell
Wwilliam
G Crowell
Howard Boyd
Mary E Scott
Sarah J. Taylor
Chace Hatate
Napoleon 1
Smith Safe
Ratifed
Theodore E Lewis
Pearl M
Shelton
George W Shelton
Washington Brick Company Et
McIsonnell Et
Ken’ Flaintif
George C Gertman
Sarah Scott
Washington Railway and Electric Company
Laintis
AB Webb
Hart
Cohen
Capital Traction Company
RB Behrend
L HW David
Charles H Smith
Samuel H Tucat
Pinlntif
Flaherty
Magrath & Kennelly
Foster Orrison
LL. Hawly
RUE Oe
Sane
Boyd
Wayland
Fraser
Chancy de Benville
Moniger
Miss Berry
Mr. Yonkers
Jyde
Alton
Bova
Cherry
Emerton
Bertle
Jerry
Cherry Marotte
Tuirn
Wayne Wayland
Mildred
Marsh
Emerson
Mr. Wayland
Felow
Mr. Marsh
Grey
Willis Marsh
Wills
Kalvik
West
Cherry Malotte
Constantine
Goodyear
Win. Halin& Co
Incsraring
City
En Pete
Walter Trimyer
John H Trimyer
Braddock Heights
Alexandria County
Trimyer
Asheville
N. C
F. W. Butts
Frank W. Butts
North Columbus Street
Mr . Gibson
Episcopal Theological Seminary of Virginia
Methodist Protestant
J. D. Wing
Atlanta
Ting
John D . Wing
Éioces O
Episcopal
Mount BT Alban
William Alexander
Christ Church Cathedral
New Orleans
United States Marine Band
Tennallytown
Methodist Episcopal
Foundry Me& Church
Sixteenth
Church Streets
Varry Farmer
Metropolitan Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church
John Marshall Place
Catreet Northwest
John Reid Shannon
E C Powers
Epworth League
First Presbyterian Church
Beach
Gurney Christian Science
First Church OF Christ, Scientist
Fifteenth and
R Streets
Colorado Building
Church of the Holy Comforter
St. Andrew's Chapel
Fairfax County
Thompson
Appich
Frank la Redour
Florida
Sarah James
Graf
St Louis
Plymouth
Cherbourg
Southampton
Amburg, la
Colorado
Denver
Chicago & North Western Railway
Orno M. Brown
Chestnut St
Phila
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