Six Killed in Grand Trunk Wreck Near Durand Mich
A rear-end collision on Grand Trunk lines near Durand Michigan killed six aboard the Nebraska Pullman and injured many more. Officials cited air brake trouble on the forward section No HM. engineer Bert Mitchell was crushed under his engine while searching for the fault. Passengers and train crews battled flames as rescuers arrived, with one body burned beyond recognition. Washington D C passenger Mrs H J Jeffers among the uninjured. Names of dead include James McRean Chicago Alma Woodward of Belford N Dakota and Clinton A Davis Montreal with others injured or missing. An official investigation followed with no blame assigned.
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Durand
Mich
Charles Ehrke
Grand Trunk Railroad
Toaight
Grand Trunk
Here
Nebraska
Fhrke
Pullman
Haynes
Chicago
H G. Ellett
Supt Umke
Grand Truk
Detroit
St Clair
Supt Egan
James McRean
Alma Woodward
Beifeld
N Dak
Port Huron
Woodward
St John's ‘Hospital
Halifax
Squires
Tavistock
Flint
Albert HE Watts
Famonton
Alberta
Semonah
Missr FE Mcnean
James McKean
S A Shettes
Clinton A. Davis
Montreal
H. J. Jeffers
Washington, D. C
Dodd
Minneapolis
Parley
George Nelson
Bert Mitchell
Mitchell
No. HM
Spencer
Ehrke
No. 14
G. M. Graham
G. R. Graham
Graham
Died notices and funeral service announcements from 1910
Multiple obituaries and funeral notices dated August 1910 across Washington area. Entries include Edna May Altrey William T and Annie Alves Fomeral. James Edward Ward. Elizabeth G Lurne. Thomas Ruselby post quartermaster. Marta Counsel. Phomas Simmons. Mueller. Tom Rudoulpel. Wade. Others list residences, churches, interment sites like Mount Olivet, Arlington National Cemetery, Prospect Hill Cemetery, and services at various churches. Invited relatives and friends for services on August 24 to 27 with interments private or at designated cemeteries.
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Altey
Capital Height
Edna May
Wiliam T
Annie Alves Fomeral
William I. Sar Ao & Co
Fi Street
Plom
Mount Olivet
Bright
Sibley Hospital
James Edward
Mary Eliazebeth Tulght
Thomas Ruselby
Church of Nativity
Wigla
Ariington National T‘emeters
Coonsel
Mlorida
Marta Counsel
Ios
Phomas
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Isage
Furhursts
Karhas
Camerol Street
Aueust
Ipom Friends
Mueller
Ab Des Sisidente Capitol
Tom Rudoulpel
Annie Mueller Tuarsa
William H. Saido & CO
Prospect
Wood
Quincy Street
Washington, DC
Charles Wade
Vereral
Alice Carew
West Barre Street
Baltimore
St Joseph's Church
Femme Rine Cemetery
Mithers
Imo
Chevy Chase
Rose IT
Mary WV
Thomas T. Withers
Ree Sena
Marriage and Death Notices Inserter Notice
Inserter in The Washington Post appears in multiple morning papers listed, including Cincinnati Enquirer Providence Journal Chicago Record Herald Rochester Herald St Louis Republic New York Times Philadelphia Public Ledger among others, with no extra charge for insertion or telegraphing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Cincinewa Enquirer
Fittaburg Dispatch
Cleveland
Fain Dealer
Providence Journal
Chicago Record Herald
Rochester Herald
Bute
St Louly Republic
New York Times
St Paul
Prowser Press
Foster
Funeral Directors and Embalmers in Washington area
GEO P ZARHORST undertaker and embalmer operates at 901 Capitol. WILLIAM LEE embalmer and director offers livery, crematorium, and modest prices. JOHN R WRIGHT CO funeral directors EMBALMERS Livery in use of chapel at 1837 Tenth St. R F HARVEY SONS funeral directors and embalmers at 25 Fourteenth NW. WM Sardo & Co funeral directors and embalmers with modern chapel Lincoln 624.
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Geo. P. Zarhorst
William ‘Lee
Abalmer
Pennsylvania
John R. Wright CO
Tenth Staw
WIFE FEARED DEAD IN DURAND WRECK
HJ Jeffers of this city rushed to Michigan after learning his wife Mrs Jeffers escaped the Grand Trunk wreck near Durand Michigan. She had left Racine Wisconsin to visit Toronto and was believed among the dead until a telegram confirmed her escape. The husband and son Percy await further word as investigations continue.
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Durand
Mich
HJ. Jeffers
Washington
Michigan
Crazy cat attack strikes two men in Brooklyn street scene
In Brooklyn at 176 Gates avenue a large white cat attacked Paul Pincun and Charles Tais as they fled from its doorway. Pincun and Tais suffered bites and were treated at St Johns Hospital. The cat, subdued by Officer Carney with a billy, was confined for rabies tests at the Ralph Avenue station.
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New York
Gates Avenue
Brooklyn
Billy
St. John’s Hospital
Pasteur Institute
Ralph Avenue
Health Department
Carney
Health Office Records Show Numerous Births and Deaths
The Health Office records list numerous births naming parents and infants such as John and Lilian Williams with a boy, Edward and Gertrude Blush with a boy, and John H and Lucile Dale with a boy. Death notices include Louisa Simpson at 63, Elizabeth Burnett at 68, Molle Lacy at 33, Rose Wade at 1, Martha Davis at 78, and many others with addresses in Washington area.
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John 3
Lilian J. Williams
Michelangelo
Mary Vammino
Richard A
Mary E. King
John
Julia Kamp
Edward
Gertrude B. Blush
Charlea
Hesse Raccosin
Harry P
Bessie M. Baker
Menzie E
Clare E. Pittman
Michael S
Suan Knoas
Harry
Mary E Houser
George W
Daisy Parker
Amos and
Gertrude Moser
Gustave A. F
Falla ’« Kroger
John H
Lucile Dale
James
Rebecca Proctor
Alles Tucker
Minnie Crenshaw
Joseph A
Francis Kell
Frank and
Hizabeth V. King
Louisa E.i Simpson
Ellabeth Burnett
N. H. Ave
Molle Lacy
Rose A. Wade
Quincy St Nw
Marla Robinson
Washington
Emma Cooksey
William J. Horan
N. Cap
Clarissa ‘. Hathbun
Blair Road
Takoma Park
Roy
G. Marean
the Marlborough
Martha E Davia
S. Ave
Marie Wilson
5Th St. Xe
Garreld A. Gillespie
Capitol Ave
Ivy City
John Chesley
A. S. Botanical Garden
Boward Carter
Tuberculoss Hospital
Mona Council
Ave
Sarah A. Hil
4Th St
Thelma KR. L. Moseley
Kenyon St
Nonthy
Wiliam Dickson
St. Se
Hypnotic powers alleged in New York abducting case
Special to The Washington Post reports Pierre A. Bernard known as Doom the Omnipotent was released on his own recognizance after 104 days in the Tombs on an abduction charge. Miss Zelia Hopp and Miss Gerhard Leo said Bernard used hypnotic influence to keep them from leaving, with both believed to be in Tacoma, Washington.
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Hopp
Leo
New York “Oriental
Washington Post
New York
Dom the Omnipotent
School of Mysticism
Weat Beventy-fourth Street
Justice O'Sullivan
Zelia Hopp
Clark L. Jordan
Oom
Pierre A. Bernard
Jennie Miller
California
Gertrude Lee
Pacific Coast
Berard
West Seventy-fourth Street
West End Avenue
Breen
West Side
Bernard
Zeise Hopp
Gerhard Leo
Seventy-fourth Street
Bronx
Miss Leo
Tacoma
Wash
Miss Hopp
Spella
West 109Th Street
Central Park Wear
Airship Service Resumes In Baden Baden
The new airship passenger line in Baden Baden restarts on a daily schedule until September 20 with trips lasting one to three hours. Fares range from 25 to 75 dollars per person. The Zeppelin VI, seating twelve, will be used with two gondola cars in the bow and stern and a crew of ten. Tickets are sold through Hamburg American Line offices and the central airship office in Baden Baden.
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Baden- Baden
Zeppelin
Friedrichshafen
Berlin
German Airship Stock Company
Deutschland
Airship Passenger Department
Baden-Baden
Wright Brothers Defended by Lord Northcliffe
Lord Northcliffe arriving on the Mauretania defends the Wright brothers aviation invention. He praises aviators, says America fosters new development, and notes plans for a Chicago to New York race. He criticizes attacks on the Wrights, stating inventors have right to protect their products as his party heads to Montreal then Grand Falls, Newfoundland, with Earl Grey joining September 4.
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Lord Northcliffe
Washington Post
New York
Lord
Lady Northcliffe
Mauretania
St. Regis
Newfoundland
Chicago
America
Wright Brothers
Montreal
Grand Falls
Earl Grey
Canada
Forty Fliers Meet at Havre Aviation Meet Opens
Havre August 25. An aviation meet opened with 49 competitors including Hubert Latham Count de Lesseps Capt F P Cody Le Blanc Aubrun and Legagneux. Prizes total $53 000. The day’s feature was contestants crossing the mouth of the Seine to Trouville where the meet continued.
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Havre
Hubert Latham
Count de Lesseps
Cody
le Blanc Aubrun
Legagneux
Seine
Trouville
Licensed to Marry in Virginia and Nearby States
A list of couples and individuals from Virginia Maryland and nearby areas facing marriage licenses. Names include Walter B. Ford and Maggde Beall, George T. Jarrell and Katherine M. Parriah, and others from Chesterfield Richmond Ballston Alexandria Caroline Stafford and Spotteytvante counties.
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Walter B. Ford
Chicago
Maggde Beall
Washington
George T. Jarrell
Chesterfield County
Katherine M. Parriah
Richmond
Alexandria
Clinton C. Parks
Spotteytvante County
Fancie F. Watson
Stafford
John N. McKimmie
Mabel J. Sanford
Robert Wilson
Josephine Alexander
Nathan Rosavelt
Carrie Davin
Fall kills a minister at Bash Bish Falls
The Rev. William V. W. Davis pastor of the First Congregational Church of Pittsfield fell from a rock ledge at Bash Bish Falls Copake N Y this afternoon and was killed. He picnicked with his sons William Stearns Davis and Harold Stearns Davis of Boston and his daughter Miss Fannie Stearns Davis of Pittsfield. While turning a heavy wagon around momentum pushed him over the ledge a 20 foot drop. He died instantly.
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Washington Post
Pittsfield
Mass
William V. W. Davis
Tha First Congregational Church
Copake
Dr. Davis
William Stearns Davis
Harold Stearns Davis
Boston
Fannie Stearns Davis
Women May Smoke There New Comfort for Patrons
New York August 25. Theater manager William Morris plans a women smoking room during intermissions in his vaudeville theaters. The idea, first whispered in Chicago, aims to attract female patrons with a luxuriously furnished space in the American Music Hall and other Morris venues. Opinions split on success, Morris pressing ahead with a trial.
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New York
William Morris
Washington Post
Morris
Chicago
Madison Street
Wabash Avenue
Sibley's Heart Too Weak Delays Warren Hearing
Former Representative Joseph C. Sibley and three Warren men face conspiracy charges over debauching voters with money. Sibley cannot appear due to a weak heart, with his attorney attacking the information and lodging a timing date error challenge tied to his primary election nomination. An audit of his $42,000 campaign expense will begin Monday.
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Franklin
Joseph C. Sibley
Warren
Sibley
P. Hammond
Frank H. Taylor
J. 8. Carmichael
Carmichael
Congress
Judd Thompson
Venango County
Oysters Size Regulation Not in District of Columbia
Reader letters prompt inquiry about oyster size laws in DC. Investigation shows no statute governing size for sale. beds are private and guarded to protect young stock. Some states regulate harvest, but DC and federal statutes do not. Bureau of Fisheries bulletin will provide details.
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District of Columbia
Post
Washington
Bureau of Fisheries
Held as Forger in Paris
Paris Aug Oswin King aged 24 was arrested on a Swiss request for swindling by passing forged checks. He claimed to be son of a Texas former governor, denied guilt, said he is an expert skater and instructor to the Queen of Italy, and that he has worked as an artist for an American newspaper. Dallas Texas Aug No man of the name King has ever served as governor of Texas.
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Paris
Oswin King
Texas
King
Italy
Dallas
Tex
Texaa
Helthy Worthington
Mr. Roosevelt
Buffalo
Ellicott Club
Herbert B. Crouch
Col. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Great Lakes
Dunkirk
Bolly
George
Erie
T. R
Board of Trade
Sturgeon
Lincoln
Denison
M. Smith
Station
Kendallville
Ind
South Bend
Elkhart
Taft letter knots Ohio politics over campaign chair
Mystery swirls around a Taft written letter said to place Senator Dick in the in bad club for revealing that Taft favored Carmi A. Thompson as chairman of the executive campaign committee. Ohio officials named Lewis C. Laylin as campaign chair, while Dick acknowledged he told Walter F. Brown of Taft’s preference for Thompson.
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Washington Post
Columbus
Ohio
Taft
Senator Dick
Walter F. Brown
Toledo
State Central Committee
Carmi A. Thompson
Harding
Lewis C. Lauiin
Thompson
State Committee
Brown
Laylin
Questioning Candidates on Woman Suffrage by NAWSA
The National American Woman Suffrage Association plans to quiz all congressional aspirants on full and municipal suffrage, school suffrage, and taxpaying women’s voting rights. If no federal amendment is favored, state or city level suffrage positions would be sought.
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Woman's Suffrage Association
Congress
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Congressional Committee
Association
United States
Emma Gillette
Patterson Refuses to Quit in Tennessee Governorship Race
Nashville Aug. 25 Gov Malcolm R Patterson declares he will not withdraw from the Tennessee governorship contest. In a signed statement he insists there is no truth to rumors of withdrawal and vows to seek victory or defeat for the Democratic party, arguing he acts for the party not personal ambition.
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Tennessee
Nashville
Tenn
Malcolm R. Patterson
Iowa
Democratic Party
Wade Ellis Confident Ohio Will Go Republican
Wade H. Ellis, chairman of the Ohio Republican State executive committee, arrived in New York after a month on the New Jersey coast and declared Ohio clearly favors the Republicans. He noted only one Democratic win in two years, except over liquor, and said the state is favorable to the President’s party.
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Ohio
Washington Post
New York
Wade H. Ellis
Republican State Executive Committee
New Jersey
Ellis
Witherspoon Leads for Congress in Fifth Mississippi District
In Meridian Mississippi on August 25 incomplete returns from five counties show A L Witherspoon of Meridian with a small edge over incumbent Adam M Byrd in the Democratic primary for Congress. Early returns from the five counties do not reveal a clear leader for any candidate.
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Meridian
Miss
A. Witherspoon
Adam M. Byrd
Congress
Mississippi
Roosevelt speaks on order and fairness in labor disputes
In a speech at Buffalo and multiple stops, Theodore Roosevelt denounces mob rule and corporate wrongdoing while urging honest public service. He ties governance to civic virtue, condemns corruption, and calls for clean officials and fair treatment of workers, stressing law, order, and accountability.
King Furnished J B S Idea Peace League
The Daily News reports that Col Theodore Roosevelts idea for a European peace league originated in a memo by the King of Italy. He asked Roosevelt to convey it to Emperor William at Christiania before the Nobel prize committee. The former president urged a league of peace among great powers to prevent breaches of peace, even by force if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christiania
Col. Roosevelt
Roosevelt Letter Frames Saratoga Convention Clash
A 1910 letter from a state committee chairman to Theodore Roosevelt details the conflict over nominating plans and the use of Roosevelt’s name for Sherman. It defends the convention system, criticizes direct primaries, and asserts no personal warfare among Republicans while stressing party unity and the Saratoga convention stakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga
Francis to enter Senate as Democrat from Missouri
David R. Francia of St. Louis former president of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition and former Missouri governor filed with the secretary of state his declaration as a candidate for the United States Senate as a Democrat. Gov Hadley announced he will not seek the Senate and will remain governor.
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Jefferson City
David R. Francia
St. Louis
Missouri
United State Senate
Hadley
United States Benate
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Enat
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Mer
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H. J. Jefferson
Health Office Record
To-Kalon Wine Co
F St. N.W
Wuminr
Baden-Baden Company
F. S. Cody
Fall
W. W. W. Davis
Dick’s
Ohio Committee
L. C. Laylin
Patterson
Wade Ellis
Witherspoon
R. Harris & CO
the Jewelers
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D Streets
T. BR
Teddy
Jack Roosevelt
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Washington Schools
National Metropolitan Bank
Law School
13Th Et. Nw
HK. Marshall
Denver
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Wood's Strcot
E. Capitol St
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Electrical School
Chicago Ave
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United States College OF Veterinary Surgeons
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U. & Government
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Fevenus Cutter Service
Washington School of Accountancy
Y. M. C. A. Institute
Civil Service
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Columbia
Thad.e. Ragsdale
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Mlle. Prud'homme
Aye
Virginia
Strayer’s Business College
OLD Masonic Temple Ninth and F Streets
Eerie
Boatwright
Reunicem
Randolph-Macon Academy
Randolph-Macon
Onipmett
College of Scientific
Lexgion
Chas. Ly Melton
A. M
Prin
Freet Royal
Anne’s Episcopal School For Girls
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Tescherx
Mary Hyde
Maryland
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H. H. Ballard
Walt
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Mary's County
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