Venezuela seeks annulment and receiver for Bermudez asphalt
Venezuela’s attorney general moves in a suit for annulment of contract damages and seeks a receiver for the New York and Bermudez Company. He accuses the firm of exclusive asphalt exploitation, failed canalization, and seeks seizure of the mine at Guanos to cover damages, with Powell Hamilton’s 1883 contract key to the case and President Castro urged to act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venezuela
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Caracas
I.wen
United States
Carner
Apd
New York
Bermudez
State Department
Yesterdis
Bowen
Castro
New York and Bermaiz Asphrals Company
Mwlegal
Castigo
Caphalt
Flnat
Venezuelian Court
Tnorhee
Mall
Leiding
Costes
Venegzuelan Herald
Aul-gistrouite
Washington
Government of Venezuela
New York and Bermudez Company
Ft Arrows Parejo
Veneget
Horice R Hamilton
Hamilton
National Congress
United States of North America
The
Republic
Ministry of Fomento
Department of Territorial Wealth
New York and Bermudez
Horace R Hamilton
Hubert Kemp Wright
Fomento
Horace R. Hamilton
Benudez
Notice on Marriage and Death Inserts Across Multiple Papers
A notice states marriage and death notices inserted in The Washogton Pass may appear simultategesiy in various listed newspapers without extra charge. The intended papers include The New York Times Baltimore Herald Boston Globe Chicago Recorder Philadelphia Ledger Pittsburgh Post, Minneapolis Tribune, Cleveland Plain Dealer, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washogton Pass
NFU York Times
Baltimore Herald
Boston
Hlegalo
Oulrier Cincins
Pnqlirer
Chicago
Pilsmelphia
Furlic Ledder
Pittsre
Providence
Werald
LICENSED TO MARRY IN HOT SPRINGS AND DIED OBITS
Fragmentary notices from a 1904 era newspaper list marriages and deaths. Ait Howe and Wulgares Perigo, both of Hot Springs, are licensed to marry, and Lucy Haney and other names appear in obituaries. Entries include Willard on August 17, 1904, Kate Baker and Lucy Baker, and several private interments in New Jersey and New Hampshire, with multiple ages and addresses noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ait Tc Howe
Wulgares Perigo
Hot Springs
Jllo
Harry D Sen
Kate C
Baker
Licy B
Werden
Marti
Cahogw
Goitetd NJ
Ann B' Greenleaf
Foduwoof
Hill
Auguste
Bom
In Memoriam Guednwe Dliin Mother Elizabeth Greens
In sad but loving memory of dear mother Elizabeth Greens Tl who depicted this life one year aery day August 20 1908. Remembered in prayer and memory at Holy Name Church.
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Fom
Eizabeth Greens
Holy Name Church
Deaths in Health Office Record August 1904
Health office record lists multiple deaths with ages and addresses. Notable entries include Margie Dewes Chrants six months, Harris Wed ath years, CeceNa Maid Tamerpency Hospital 73 years, Charles F Shipman 42 years, Agnes Turner 2 months, and May Muthern one year, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marginr Trowa
Marjorie Dewes
Charle F Shipman
Mar Agnes Turner
Undertakers and Embalmers Parade in City Ads
Historical funeral notices list several undertakers and embalmers with local addresses and phone contacts. W R Speare at 940 F Street NW, Joseh Gawler Main 21, Harvey’s Sons at 1425 Fourteenth Street NW, John R Wricht at 1337 Tenth Street NW, William Lee with a crematorium on Pennsylvania Avenue, George Fr Zur Oisst parlors at 30% East with telephone contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Gawler
Po. Ave
Parker
R. F. Harvey’s Sons
Fourteenth Street NW
Tammodious Chapel Telephone North
John R. Wricht
Tenth Street
William Lee
Penceylvania Ave
George Fr. Zur
New Yorker seeks injunction over Mount Tabor golf lease
Rev Dr Albert Richardson of Mount Tabor Methodist Camp Meeting Association faced a court injunction restraining him from leasing forty acres to a local golf club. Benjamin Britten, a Newark board member, alleged trustees planned a gift of the land, defying the association charter. The suit, signed by Vice Chancellor Stevenson, seeks to halt the lease pending Newark hearings next Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Yorker
Washington Post
Newark
Albert B. Richardson
Mount Tabor
Methodist Camp Meeting Association
Chancelor Stevenson
Benjamin #. Huitten
New York
Camp Meeting Association
Newark Methodist Episcopal Conference
New Jersey
Morris County
Richardson
Britten
Tie
Kidnapping mystery grips New York case to end
Nine year old Antonio Mannino returns home after midnight with fears and claims Angelo Cucozza took him to Manhattan and paid him. Police suspect the kidnapping was orchestrated by Mannino relatives and hunt band leaders while the boy’s father vows full cooperation and pursuit of justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Antonio Mannino
Brooklyn
Salvatore Manning
Salvatore Mannino
Can
Young Mannino
Angelo Cucozza
Manhattan
Cucozza
Mannino
Cucozza, Ws
Salvatora Mannino
Salvator Mannino
Booth Ferry
Julie
South Ferry
Columbia
Amity
New Uniforms for Pythians and Encampment Set in New Orleans
Louisville reports the Knights of Pythias Supreme Lodge chose New Orleans for the next encampment by vote, with the third Tuesday in September, 1506. New uniforms for all officers except generals are adopted, resembling United States army dress. Secular fatigue uniforms must be worn by new and mustered companies. The reform faced opposition from the uniform rank, but the ruling is final. Rathbone Sisters’ officers are named, and amalgamation with the Pythian Sisterhood is deemed not feasible due to legal issues. The Detroit Free Press piece ends with a light club joke about summer mornings.
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Louisville
Lvhe
Supreme Lodge
Knights of Pythias
New Orleans
United States Army
Supreme Assembly
Rathbone Sisters
Lydia A. Monroe
Riverside
Cal
Anna Mung
Zionsville
Ohio
Nellie E. Mernam
Muscogee
I. T
J. T. Cotton
Texas
M. Josie Nelson
Union City
Ind
Ocen Bashford
Lincoln
Wis
Clara L. Sawyer
Montana
Sarah Beecher
Connecticut
Supreme Guard
Pythian Sisterhood
Ocean Rates Cut Again Across Trans Atlantic Lines
New York Aug 19 rates cut again as American Leyland Allan State Lines reduce fares. First class from New York to Southampton $33.50. second class to Liverpool $30. Boston to Liverpool $15. Asian State Line posts 40 for first class to Glasgow and 27.50 for second. Hamburg America lowers eastbound fares to Plymouth Dover Cherbourg Hamburg. Moltke Blacher Hamburg to Plymouth $50 first class $30 second, Hamburg $60 first $35 second. Atlantic Transport lists first class $50 on several ships. others vary.
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American
Leyland
Allan State Lines
New York
St. Louis
St. Paul
Philadelphia
Southampton
Liverpool
Jeyland Line
International Mercantile Marine Company
Boston
Asian State Line
Glasgow
Atlantic Transport Line
Minneapolis
Minnehaha
Minnetonka
Plymouth
Cherbourg
Hamburg
Pennsylvania
Fretoria
Patricia
Graf Walder
Dover
Last Cabinet Meeting Delicate Far East Policy Un discussed
The last cabinet gathering before September discussed the Panama Railway and Pacific Mail contract amid tense Far East topics. Secretary Taft reported little chance to change the directorate before April and Japan's seizure of the Russian destroyer Ryeshitelmi spurred China neutrality concerns. Postmaster General Payne announced new appointments including Clinton Connecticut and Rockford Colorado while Emma Jarvis named fourth class postmaster at Finney Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hay
Taft
Wilson
Payne
Oyster Bay
New Hampshire
Turkey
New England
Vermont
Maine
Wisconsin
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania Railroad
Jersey City
McAdoo
New York
Long Island City
Loeb
Metherlands
Latta, Hinman
McGraw
Lightfoot
Hall
Dulaney
Foster
White House
Panama Railway Company
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Japan
Chefoo
Russia
China
Connecticut
Clinton
Kelasy
Colorado
Rocky Ford
Oregon
Lebanon
W. Ly Brown
Roebury
Parks
Ohio
Pleasant Hill
W. T Marshall
Emma. Jarvis
Finey, Va
Cliff Dwellers Trephining Displayed Ancient Skill
Denver Post report recounts examination of cliff dwellers skulls in New Mexico. Trephined skull shows advanced surgery and durable healing. Pottery from tombs reveals burial customs and symbolic decoration tied to officials and distinguished individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver Post
New Mexico
Las Vegas
E L. Hewitt
State Normal School
Labor Leaders Plan Action Amid Stock Yards Tension
About twenty five Chicago Federation of Labor unions met to discuss a plan of sympathetic action, denied as a general strike, aimed at resolving the stock yards disruption. Packing houses may need alterations to remove lodging, with three days given to comply. George F. Golden was acquitted of disorderly conduct in a related case. Federal intervention was not involved, with Metcalf merely passing through Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Demneily
Chicago Federation of Labor
John J. Fitzpatrick
Donnelly
Butchers’ Union
Fitzpatrick
Chicago
Tolman
Harrison
Golden
George F. Golden
Teamsters
Court of Justice
Quinn
Hunt
Nat C. Murry
Government Bureau of Agriculture
Victor H. Metcalf
Chica
Strike-Breakers Mobbed in Cleveland Cloak Strike
New York non-union cloakmakers, 50 strong, arrived by Nickel Plate to Cleveland to break the cloakmakers strike. A mob of about 2,000 gathered as cars carried them to Bank Street, stones flew, a riot call sounded, and 29 of the 50 were won over by union men while 21 were guarded inside a Bank Street factory by police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cleveland
Ohio
Nickel Plate Road
Bank Street
SONS OF VETERANS ELECT ANNUAL CONVENTION OFFICERS
William EB Dustin of Dwight Illinois was elected commander in chief by acclamation at the National Sons of Veterans annual convention in Boston. Other officers named by acclamation include George G Geis, M D Friedman, Fred B Boston, with Gettysburg chosen for the next meeting. A new constitution divides military and civic branches and sets uniforms by state law. Ida E Warren Worcester was elected national president of the Daughters of Veterans. Negro veterans placed laurel wreaths on the Robert Gould Shaw tablet in Boston.
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Boston
Aus
National Sons of Veterans
William EB Dustin
Dwight, Il
George G. Geis
San Francisco
M D. Friedman
Birmingham
Ala
Fred B. Boston
Gettysburg
William R Congdon
Providence
H.C. Spleeman
Cincinnati
Ohto
Newton J. McGuire
Indianapolis
R. M. J. Reed
Philadelphia
Sons of Veterans
Army of the United States
Ida E Warren
Worcester
Daughters of Veterans Today
Bertha Martin
Ohio
Myrtis Kramer
Winds
Rose Kirrch
Forest fires feared as threat to state wealth and climate
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer urges tougher forest fire rules, warning that standing timber is worth millions and every acre burned harms state wealth and climate. The piece argues citizens must be informed and laws obeyed for sustainable forest protection.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Pike Angling Tale of Hunger Curiosity and Anger
Cambridge Springs correspondent recounts an angler’s experiment with a big pike on French Creek. By triggering anger rather than hunger or curiosity with a hooked spoon, he finally enticed the fish into biting and landed a grand specimen, noting a useful tempering insight for pike fishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge Springs
New York Sun
French Creek
Chinese cattle queen Lee Kue of Arizona in town
Miss Lee Kue, Chinese cattle queen of Arizona, arrives in the Chinese quarter on her way to China to bury her father. She has run the ranch since age fifteen, earning about $10,000 annually, and drives cattle, markets produce, and jokes with cowhands. Her fierce independence clashes with traditional Chinatown expectations as she plans to stay in Phoenix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Kue
Arizona
of &Cent
Phoenix
Ariz
China
Svery
America
Leo Kue
Lea Kue
Chinatown
Elizibies
Ah Kee
Pat Sung
Beau Brummells
Fat Sung
Phoenix Fas
Alikall Lkes
Tucson Charlies
Ching
Lee Kua
Alsamee
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Ministry of
Formente
Cano Colorado
Guarapiche
Maturin
Willard
K Street
North
Wes
Henry Kellogg Waverd
Health Office Record
Undertakers
W.R. Speare
F Street
N. W
Niewepa
Chicago News
Green
Smith
Brown
Boy
Lad
Detroit Free Press
Panama
Far East
Cliff Dwellers
Rayson
Philadelphia Press
Hickley
Sons OF Veterans Elect
Dustin
Illinois
Bouton Seraia
Mason
Berlin
Germany
German Brewers’ Association
Dakota
Detroit Tribune
Miss Abigail Roberson
Judge Parker
Dallas News
Miss Roberson
Miss Abigail
Vuluth News-Tribune
Europe
Great Northwest
Spokane Spokesman-Review
Hag
Des Moines Register
St Prter
C M. Schwab
Jeffries
Milwaukee Sentinel
Cedric
Copenhagen
Chrintlangand
Manchester
Bostonton
Boaton
D' Baltic
Carpathia
Mang York
Sylvania
Roaton
Movilie
Salled- Jonian
Montreal
Andorra
Naples
Koenigen Luise
Baldwin
Chicago Tribune
Jenner Lee Ondego
Fort Arthur
Holme
Sunday Post
Reuben
Edward W. Townsend
Metropolis
Ee Czarovitz
Alexis
Dorothy Dix
Berryman
East Side
William Waldorf Astor
MR. Pike
To-Kalon
Owental
Fitz-Greene Halleck
Halleck
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