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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1907
Page
8
Reports from New Jersey describe the search for a girl and missing teacher near Lake Hopatcong. Family, police, and volunteers intensified efforts as investigators considered drowning scenarios and weighed clues about the girl’s disappearance and possible causes.
John Maguire arrives after disappearance of his daughter as family clings to hope she is alive. reports claim tracks and bank near the lake. investigators question witnesses while searchers comb the area and a cousin collapses under distress.
Swedish royal party meets Governor Draper and Worcester officials with a state banquet then travels to Coney Island for Dreamland entertainment. Prince Wilhelm attends meals, receptions, and a Sagamore Hill luncheon as part of Massachusetts and national visits.
A garbled OCR list presents a tangle of personal names, ages, and place mentions including Mechanan West Virginia, Baltimore Maryland, and Virginia locales. The fragment hints at a public notice or record of individuals with ages spanning teens to forties, but the text is unreadable and nonsensical in places, limiting coherent interpretation.
Health department death record lists numerous individuals with ages ranging from months to years and locations such as Vanderulit and New York. Entries include Elizabets gimmormas seven months old, George Hurleyashington and James M Chont in their teens to sixties, and several hospital and street addresses.
A derailment of the northbound New York and Augusta express on the Southern Railway at Red Hill nine miles south of Charlottesville injures 21 people, one seriously. Cause: defective rail split the rail, tipping seven cars. Most passengers shaken but not seriously hurt. Calv in Cowan among the seriously injured. A special train carried injured to Washington, with some to University of Virginia hospital, and others to nearby towns.
Navy department reports on a special board appointed after the Georgia disaster to inspect battle ship turrets and handling rooms. Lieut Comsd Kaiser Vogelgesang and Lieut Palmer arrived to study interior turret safeguards ahead of voyages around South America. The board aims to complete its report by September 1 and guide naval constructors in necessary interior changes. Inspectors have surveyed Atlantic fleet ships along the New England coast and at Hampton Roads, with a few remaining.
An explosion at Robbin & Spencer's flour and feed mill in Scranton Pa. injures four, damages the plant and an adjoining Armour & Co. building. Estimated loss about 5000 with insurance. Proprietor Charles W Robbins badly hurt, others including Fred Stevens Hilde Zeixier seven and Samuel Schmilix burned or injured. Several nearby facilities caught fire but were saved by firefighters.
Jammer O Connell of Cold Springs NY jumped from the South Western Limited near Gerrison NY while en route to Albany. He landed in the Hudson River and was found after an hour clinging to a log, severely injured but insisting on being sent to his wife. He had misread station stops and leaped toward Cold Springs.
A seven year old girl found near the outskirts of Gary Indiana died twenty minutes after being attacked by an unidentified tramp. About two hundred men gathered vowing vengeance and chased the suspect as police work to locate the attacker. The brutal incident sparked intense citywide alarm and a public search.
Prof Oren Root, a prominent lawyer, minister, professor, and author, died at his Clinton home after about a year of illness. Born in Syracuse May 18 1683 he taught at Hamilton College for twenty seven years and held multiple posts including editor and author of works on elocution and trigonometry. He leaves a wife three sons and two daughters and was noted for degrees from Rutger Union College and presiding roles in various institutions.
New York August report from Muldoon Cure fort near White Plains states Secretary Root is progressing well and should be back at work in about two weeks. The personal physician notes Root overworked, needs rest, and is responding to care with improved eating and sleep. concern remains about political pressure while he recovers.
A Washingtonian editorial commends public spirit and vigilance protecting the palisades and Potwinec, recalling the Hudson River palisades’ demolition fight and urging unity of people and press to preserve the nation’s capital attractions. The piece underscores the need to safeguard monumental landscapes for future generations.
A blaze swept the five masted schooner Jane Palmer of Boston commanded by Capt Bowen at the Massachusetts Wharf Coal Company boat. The fire started on deck and she burned heavily with the after deck ablaze and coal in the hold ignited. Estimated damage reaches $200,000.
The Hague August 26. The American proposal by Gen. Horace Porter advances to a definite phase at the peace conference. The plan creates a 15 member permanent court of arbitration with majority decisions, details on jurisdiction, and amendments to the original draft, while the Austrian proposal would postpone the matter.
Fugitives Sperlata and Barton, notable for recent race disturbances on the Eastern Shore at Onancock, were concealed in Richmond within 24 hours of the search. Local officials and prominent colored organizations aided their shelter, while rewards for capture remained offered. The men planned to surrender when safe, and route details remain undisclosed.
Unfrocked Chicago priest Lud wig Sexegiel is held for the grand jury on charges of shooting Stephen and Andrew Starzynski hotel keepers at 1111 Farson Street South Side. Francesco Sprow the housekeeper was held as a witness and an accessory after the fact. Evidence showed $157 taken from the cash register, with $156 found in Sergist's possession during police search. Six witnesses testified as the jury deliberated over the case, lasting more than half an hour before a ten-salute verdict period.
Chicago police report says Hatile Matechi fatally shot by Louis Sat Yor yesterday after five year courtship with Saya He, who had spurned him. He then shot himself, wounding but surviving. Authorities note he claimed justification as she allowed the long pursuit and finally refused him.
The King of Greece arrived today from Alxien-Bains en route to Copenhagen. He was met at the falitwed station by Prince George of Greece and the members of the Grecian Fegation here.
An old advertisement extols Dr Kilmer's Swamp-Root as a universal kidney cure. It claims weakened kidneys cause body-wide illness and urges readers to obtain the product in fifty-cent and one-dollar bottles from vendors, noting a free sample offer and contact in Binghamton NY.
Governed by reports from Teheran on August 5, Turks ravage Persia killing officers captured and slaughtering civilians. Women are carried off, a church is desecrated, and grain and property are seized. Turkish forces reportedly occupy Merivan in Persian Kurdistan east of Suleimania. clergy plead for aid if Persian government cannot act, asking Russia for help.
Japan seeks explanation for the August incident on the Prince Islands where American guards fired on Japanese. five killed and twelve captured. Tokyo protests and awaits Washington reply as officials monitor developments.
Inma Goldman, an American delegate, delivers violent speech to anarchists in Amsterdam during a closed session. Dutch authorities guard government buildings as the congress sits in secrecy for days. Goldman calls for a reign of terror to reset social conditions in the United States. Warico Malestas named president of the congress.
The government disclosed 4208 prosecutions for wine law violations as proof of its determination to curb frauds. Among those prosecuted was a French mayor who protested government inactivity and several members of the Winegrowers Defense Committee.
Fire gripped Hakodate in Japan wiping out nearly 70 percent of houses in Yero and on the island. The blaze began in flimsy seaport dwellings and spread rapidly before firefighters and even American help could halt it. Consulates burned as the city endured great distress and loss.
A Parseval steerable airship carried four aeronauts in a 30 minute flight tonight near Berlin. The craft faced a twenty mph wind yet handled well, with precise helm control and steady motor performance during the test.
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