Tragic Grand Trunk Crash Kills Six Near Durand Mich
Chicago and Grand Trunk officials report six dead and many injured after a rear end collision east of Durand Michigan. A Pullman sleeper was demolished as a second locomotive plowed into the rear of the forward section. Passengers and crew describe flames and frantic efforts to escape as rescuers and farmers aided the scene.
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Mra
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
George Nelson
Bert Mitchell
Mitchell
No. HM
Spencer
Ehrke
No. 14
G. M. Graham
Obituary notices from August 1910 time period
A collection of death notices and funeral details. Names include Edna May Altey and James Ed Ward among others, with venues such as Mount Olivet Cemetery and Trinity Church. Entries record residences in Capital Height, Takoma Park, and Washington DC, with dates around August 24 27 1910 and services at local chapels and churches. Interments listed as private or at Arlington National Cemetery and Mount Olivet Cemetery.
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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
Washington Post Inserter Notices in Morning Papers
Notices announce marriage and death insertions appearing without extra charge in multiple papers including Cincinnati Enquirer St Louis Republic Providence Journal New York Times and Philadelphia Public Ledger. The notice lists papers such as Cleveland Plain Dealer Rochester Herald Chicago Record-Herald and others for simultaneous publication with telegraphic transmission.
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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 Capitol Area
Local funeral homes announce services and facilities with modern chapels and moderate prices. Zarhorst, Lee, Wright, Harvey’s Sons, Sardo & Co. describe livery in connection, crematorium options, and 24 hour service. Contacts listed include Main 1286 North 47 and Lincoln 624. Descriptions emphasize affordable, dignified burial and embalming services.
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Geo. P. Zarhorst
William ‘Lee
Abalmer
Pennsylvania
John R. Wright CO
Tenth Staw
Husband Rushes to Michigan After Durand Wreck
HJ Jeffers of this city rushed to Durand, Michigan, believing his wife Mrs. Jeffers was among the dead after the Grand Trunk wreck. A message from Racine indicated she escaped injury, but the family feared she was unidentified. The husband and son Percy await further word as telegrams failed to locate her.
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Durand
Mich
HJ. Jeffers
Washington
Michigan
Crazed Cat Attacks Two Men in Brooklyn Incident
A crazed white cat leaped from 176 Gates Avenue Brooklyn, biting Paul Pincun and Charles Tais as they fled. A passerby knocked the animal to the sidewalk, and Policeman Carney rendered it insensible with a club. Both men sought care at St Johns Hospital. cat confined at Ralph Avenue station for rabies evaluation.
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New York
Gates Avenue
Brooklyn
Billy
St. John’s Hospital
Pasteur Institute
Ralph Avenue
Health Department
Carney
Health Office Record Of Births And Deaths
Health office records show numerous births listing couples and newborns with names. The deaths section lists multiple individuals with ages and addresses including Simpson Burnett Lacy Wade and others, noting homes like Emergency Hospital and Washington Home for Incurable.
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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 at Center of New York Abduction Case
Special to The Washington Post reports Pierre A. Bernard known as Doom the Omnipotent was released on own recognizance after 104 days in the Tombs on an abduction charge involving Miss Zelia Hopp and Miss Gerhard Leo. Witnesses remain abroad. Bernard’s institute allegedly offered secret religious instruction for a fee.
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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 Passenger Service Resumes in Baden Baden
The new airship passenger service in Baden Baden restarts temporarily with daily trips from one to three hours until September 20. Fares range from 25 to 75 dollars per person by distance. The Zeppellin VI, chartered from the German Airship Stock Company, carries twelve passengers in a luxuriously equipped cabin with crew of ten. Tickets are sold at Hamburg American Line offices and the central airship office in Baden Baden.
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Friedrichshafen
Berlin
German Airship Stock Company
Deutschland
Airship Passenger Department
Baden-Baden
Wright Brothers Defended by Lord Northcliffe
Lord Northcliffe says aviators are right in protecting invention and praises the Wright brothers as the absolute inventors of the aeroplane. He arrived in New York with his party aboard the Mauretania and travels to Newfoundland and Montreal, with Earl Grey to join September 4 at Grand Falls.
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Washington Post
New York
Lord
Lady Northcliffe
Mauretania
St. Regis
Newfoundland
Sort Cage
America
Wright Brothers
Montreal
Grand Falls
Earl Grey
Canada
Forty Fliers Meet at Havre Aviation Meet Opens
Havre August 25 An aviation meet opened successfully today with 49 competitors including Hubert Latham Count de Lesseps Capt FP 8 Cody Le Blanc Aubrun and Legagneux Prizes for the events total $53000 The feature was a cross Seine crossing to Trouville where the meet continued.
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Hubert Latham
Count de Lesseps
Cody
le Blanc Aubrun
Legagneux
Seine
Trouville
LICENSED TO MARRY NAMES LIST OF COUPLES
A clipped notice lists multiple marriage license applicants across Virginia and nearby states. Walter B. Ford and Maggde Beall. George T. Jarrell and Katherine M. Parriah. A ciew L. Wright and Russell V. Farmer. Frank J. De Polters and Kathleen Merney. Milton E. Lovelace and Eunice Johnson. Clinton C. Parks and Fancie F. Watson. John N. McKimmie and Mabel J. Sanford. Robert Wilson and Josephine Alexander. Nathan Rosavelt and Carrie Davin.
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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 minister at Bash Bish Falls in Copake
The Rev. William V. W. Davis, pastor of the First Congregational Church of Pittsfield, was killed when a wagon backfired and rolled over a 20 foot ledge at Bash Bish Falls, while picnicking with his sons William Stearns Davis and Harold Stearns Davis and daughter Miss Fannie Stearns Davis. The tragedy occurred after they had prepared to return home.
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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 in his theater chain. The American Music Hall will feature a luxurious lounge reserved for women smokers during intermissions. Chicago also discusses a smoking room as Morris pushes the idea amid mixed journalist and public reaction.
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New York
William Morris
Washington Post
Morris
Chicago
Madison Street
Wabash Avenue
Sibles Heart Too Weak: Hearing on Validity Challenged
Franklin Pa Aug 2 Former Representative Joseph C Sibley and three Warren men are charged with conspiracy to debauch voters by money. Sibley will not attend the Warren hearing because of a weak heart. His attorney will challenge the information and question the primary date. An audit of Sibleys campaign expenditures totaling 342000 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
Oyster Size Laws in District of Columbia Not Regulated
A reader questioned oyster size laws in DC while warning about floating oysters. Investigation found no DC statute governing oyster size for sale. beds are privately controlled to protect young stock. Details from the fisheries bureau bulletin available at the Washington office.
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District of Columbia
Post
Washington
Bureau of Fisheries
Held as forger in Paris
Oswin King, 24, was arrested in Paris at Swiss request on fraud charges for passing forged checks He claims to be a Texas governor’s son and an expert skater who tutored the Queen of Italy and worked as an artist for an American newspaper Dallas reports no such governor named King in Texas
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Paris
Oswin King
Texas
King
Italy
Dallas
Tex
Texaa
Taft Letter Clouds Ohio Political Move
Mystery surrounds a purported Taft letter accusing Sen Dick of breaking confidence by naming Carmi A Thompson as proper campaign chair. Ohio leaders and Harding supporters weighed the claim as Lewis C Laylin was chosen campaign chair, while Dick admitted telephoning Walter F Brown about 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
Woman Suffrage Association Puts Questions to Congressional Aspirants
The National American Woman Suffrage Association will quiz all Congressional candidates. Questions cover full municipal school and taxpaying women suffrage, any form of suffrage, and support for a constitutional amendment. Emma Gillette leads the committee to map each aspirant’s position.
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Woman's Suffrage Association
Congress
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Congressional Committee
Association
United States
Emma Gillette
Patterson Will Not Quit In Tennessee Governor Race
Nashville August 25 Gov Malcolm R Patterson declares in a written statement there is no truth to rumors he will withdraw from the Tennessee governorship contest He says he will go to victory or defeat and is acting in the interest of the Democratic party not personal ambition He criticizes newspapers for unfair treatment and emphasizes his commitment to the party's nominating process.
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Nashville
Tenn
Malcolm R. Patterson
Iowa
Democratic Party
Helthy Worthington
Mr. Roosevelt
Buffalo
Ellicott Club
Herbert B. Crouch
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Erie
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Board of Trade
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Lincoln
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Kendallville
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Elkhart
Saratoga
Vention
Wade Ellis Predicts Republican Victory in Ohio
Wade H. Ellis, Ohio Republican State chair, telegraphed from New York that Ohio is firmly Republican this year. He cited past voting trends, noting only a single Democratic win in two years over the liquor issue, and said the state is aligned with the President. He warned of a spirited test but kept faith in GOP victory.
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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
In Meridian on August 25 incomplete returns from five counties show A. Witherspoon of Meridian holding a small edge over incumbent Adam M. Byrd in the Democratic primary for Congress in the Fifth Mississippi district. 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 Urges Honest Officials Over Mob Rule
Crowds hear Roosevelt in early morning Buffalo talk demanding order and justice. He argues governments must settle disputes, corporations must act fairly, and public officials must crush graft, stressing moral governance over party lines. He cautions against corruption in public life and praises clean citizenship.
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Toledo
Teddy
Jack Roosevelt
King Furnished J B S Idea Peace League of Nations
The King of Italy prepared a memorandum on a European peace league and asked Col Roosevelt to convey it to Emperor William. Roosevelt mentioned the proposal at Christiania before the Nobel prize committees, urging a league of peace among great powers to prevent breaches by others.
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Christiania
Col. Roosevelt
Roosevelt Letter Reveals Saratoga Convention Tensions
A 1910 correspondence shows internal Republican rifts over nominating methods. Griscom altered the nomination to favor Roosevelt, triggering a letter from the state committee chair defending the convention system and urging unity with Taft allies. Roosevelt planned to attend the Saratoga convention to present views.
Francis Would Enter Senate Candidate Files as Democrat
David R. Francia of St. Louis former president of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition and former Missouri governor filed with the secretary of state his candidacy declaration for the United States Senate as a Democrat. Gov Hadley said he will not seek the Senate but will remain governor.
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David R. Francia
St. Louis
Missouri
United State Senate
Hadley
United States Benate
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