Taft Urges Liberal Aid to Hampton and Tuskegee
President Taft spoke at Beverly home of Mrs. Bradley to Hampton Institute trustees urging generous funding for Hampton and Tuskegee and their offspring. He argued education for both races must advance whites as well, stressing race uplift through schooling and self-respect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mihionaires
Hampton
Tuskegee
Beverly
Mass
Taft
Hubert
Bradley
Prides Crossing
Hampton Institute
Gov. Fort
New Jersey
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Nahant
Hampton Trustees
Ker
Jookong
Edna May Bradbury Fimner Funeral Notice and Closings
Obituary items announce Edna May Bradbury Fimner died August 6 1910 at Capitod Uembts Md age 23. Services at William T E Sar io Co chapel 408 First Street Northeast Saturday August 7 at 2 30 PM with interment Mount Olivet Cemetery. Also notice Charles Bradbury retired Latine funeral details and James Ward memorial service listed with church and private interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitod Uembts
Edna May
Willam T
Ana Annie Alvey
William TE Sario & Co
Mount Olivet Cuneters
Bradbury
Colon
Sibley Hospital
James Ward
Ap. m
In Memoriam Hu Suetoon Eighted in manhood two years gone
A grieving family recalls Meredith Henderson two years after his sudden death in the prime of life. Parents note the son’s bright promise and enduring love as they mark the anniversary with heartfelt remembrance. The notice lists hospital and publication notices in multiple newspapers for notices and memorials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meredith Tenderson
Tery Frei
Ts Isep
Setim Henefeth
Funeral Directors and Embalmers in Washington DC Directory
A list of funeral directors and embalmers with chapel connections and contact details across locations including Main 1385 Prospect, 1337 Tenth Street, Fourteenth Street NW, and East Capitol area. Firms include J William Lee, John R Wright Co, Harvey's Sons, Sardo & Co, Thos. A Costello, Frank Geier's Sons, W R Speare, Frank A Speare, and Geo P Zarhorst, offering first class service, modern chapels, and livery services with daytime and night availability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J William Lee
Commodions Chapel
Pannssvania
Teleptone
John R. Wright CO
Fuerst
Embalmers
Seventh St
Modern Chapel
Cal
W.R. Speare
F Street
N. W
Claas
Frank A Speare
Geo
P. Zarhorst
East Capitol
Washington lectures praised as race progress catalyst
A speaker lauds Booker T. Washington for guiding African Americans toward self support and community uplift. He urges unity between white and Black communities in the South and North, arguing politics recedes as practical progress emerges. Washington is hailed as a bold, truthful leader shaping the century’s race relations through skilled labor and industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
South
Booker Washington
Million Dollar Gift for Tuskegee Institute
News from New York reports the death of Flora L Dotger in South Orange New Jersey. Her estate is estimated near one million dollars with the bulk to Tuskegee Institute. Her husband Andrew T Dotger died in 1903 leaving a life interest and two thirds to Tuskegee. He never visited the school but supported Black education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampton
Aspion
New York
Flora L. Dotger
South Orange
N. J
Tuakegee Institute
Booker T. Washington
Tuskegee
Dotger
Philadelphia
New York Stock Exchange
Taft to Tour Panama Aboard Two Warships
The Navy announced President Taft will sail to Panama in November aboard the armored cruiser Tennessee, a flagship, with the Montana as escort carrying newspaper correspondents and experts. Taft plans a trip under twenty days. Both ships are at Rockland, Maine, and will move to Portland soon for overhaul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Department
Taft
Panama
Montana
Tennessee
Rockland
Portland
Quail Controversy Ties Mrs Fish Dinner to Albany Hearing
In a New York hearing, Mrs Stuyvesant Fish faces questions over a dinner menu claiming 60 quail served out of season. The case could have carried penalties up to 6060 dollars, but Chief Counsel Ward questioned prosecution, noting the chef’s error and concerns over zeal, while moieties might have benefited the Albany office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Albany
N. Y
Department
Ward
Strong
Austin
Pittsburg Autoist Halts Runaway To Save Life
In Pitteburn Pennsylvania on August 26 a runaway horse dragged Antonio Bazone along a cliff edge near Kenny wood park. Thomas Nugent of Braddock and companions chased the wagon, halted the animal after a half mile, saving Bazone from worse injuries though he bears a broken leg and bruises.
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Pittsburg
Cliff's Edge
Pitteburn
Kennywood Park
Attonio Bazone
Thomas Nugent
Braddock
Russia to Admit Straus to Visit St Petersburg
A St. Petersburg dispatch says the Russian interior ministry issued an order granting Oscar S Straus, the American ambassador to Turkey, permission to visit St Peters burg with his family. The move is seen as a notable relaxation of anti Jewish restrictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Tageblatt
St. Petersburg
Ministry of the Interior
Oscar S Straus
Turkey
Pertalte
Constantinople
Ducat &, Straus
Playground to Open on Fourteenth Street and Columbia Road
The Washington Playground Association announces a new playground opening at Fourteenth Street and Columbia Road Monday. It is intended for little children with special facilities for those accompanied by nurses, and no formal ceremony will mark the opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Playground Association
Fourteenth Street
Columbia Road
Ltte
Burglar Wright Captured After Bronx Bridge Chase
A Bronx burglar writing notes to victims and police was captured after a quarter mile running gunfight with Patrolman William Burke on Unionport bridge. Wright confessed to Westchester burglaries and waived examination, held on $2000 bail. The note writer left messages offering sympathy with a hungry baby and a dollar, while another note said the family would be left as found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Bronx
William Burke
Unionport
New Haven
Burke
George Wright
Bistols
Wright
Stewart Hemphill
Pugeley Avenue
Hemphill
Policamen
Detective Bureau
Westchester
Krotel
Morasania
Stallo Girls Must Wait for Estate Proceedings
New York surrogate Cohalan denied petitions by Laura McDonald Stallo and Helen MacDonald Stellen’s guardians for their income details and father’s support. Petitions may be renewed with amendments. Reporters were barred from seeing the papers as the matter centers on the $15,000,000 heiresses, grandchildren of Alexander McDonald, Standard Oil Kentucky president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Cohalan
Laura McDonald Stallo
Helen MacDonald Stellen
Howard K. Stalle
Alexander McDonald
Standard Oil Company of
Kentucky
McDonald
Dan Hanna
Live Teddy Bears Featured at Bretton Woods Ball
Unusual attraction at the Bretton Woods Employer's Association masked ball at Mount Washington Hotel features two live black bear cubs. Ethan Allen Crawford, grandson of Green Mountains pioneer, appears as Theodore Roosevelt and presents the bears. Bears trained by Crawford delight 800 guests as J. Blake White of New York speaks and the event raises several hundred dollars for the association.
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Mount Washington Hotel
Washington Post
Bretton Woods
KX. H
J. Blake White
New York
Association
LICENSED TO MARRY AND DEATHS LISTED IN NATIONWIDE RECORD
Marriages recorded for Poaniers Walter R Talbot and Clark and numerous other couples in Washington Chicago and multiple towns. Deaths include James Bright 63 Sibley Hospital Richard C Goodridge 72 Providence Hosp Ruth Johnson 38 observed at T st. ay and cases at Naval Med School Hosp Children's Hospital and Washington area facilities. Volunteer and infant entries note many ages and venues such as Freedmen's Hospital and Hillsdale Dy.
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James Bright
Sibley Hospital
Richard C Goodridge
Providence
Ruth E.johnson
St.ay
Morton
Naval
Alvin B Small
Georgiana Dorgan
Mes
Children’s Hospital
Robert Hayes
Wash Asylum
Caroline Hawking
James Tim
Wash
Asylum
Vernice J
Bavo Lomax
Mary Harriday
Freedmen's Hospital
Charlotte Smith
Champlain Ave
Harry Lee
Alphonse Stemore
St. Aw
James Lee
Nat Homeo Hospital
Frederick
Hattie Brown
Knoz Ave
Hillsdale
D. Gy
Record total of infantile paralysis hits 95
Health Officer Woodward reported three new cases of infantile paralysis in the last 24 hours, raising the district total to 95. He cited Kansas state health authorities urging physicians to report cases to improve isolation efforts amid ongoing uncertainty about prevention and cure.
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Woodward
Health Department
Medical Association of the
District of Columbia
State Board of Health of
Kansas
Kahnes
Medical Association
Gems on their way from Africa raise New York ship activity
Two women are reported en route to the United States with a fortune in diamonds valued at 750000 dollars. The reception of the gems followed a tip about shipments from Africa prompting increased naval interest. New York and German vessels were also seen visiting, with crews allegedly found in boxes aboard a ship.
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United States
New York
Diamonds smuggling inquiry widens aboard Cunard liner Mauretania
New York agents search the Cunard liner Mauretania for diamonds valued at 760000 believed smuggled from German South Africa by two women with a ship steward’s help. The probe, led by C C Wall, follows a cable report that gems left South Africa and were landed at a European port before reshipment to New York.
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New York
South Africa
Treasury
C. C. Wall
Mauretania
Hoboken
Chicago
Thea
Lee O'Neil Browne
Cunard
Illinois
Loeb
Brentano
George Glass
Sidney Yarbrough
Representative White
St. Louis
Lorimer
Gloss
Law Commission Debates Marriage Act Draft in Conference
The uniform state law commission in Washington held a pivotal session at the Federal building. Proposals would require publication of loan like prerequisites before marriage, subject to court review for validity. Committee members include Frost, Thornton, Taylor, Siddons, Snodgrass, Semey, and Freund.
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F. &. Siddons
Washington
Chattanooga
Tenn
Edward W. Frost
Michigan
J. R. Thornton
Louisiana
Seneca M. Taylor
Missouri
F. L. Siddons
District of Columbia
Robert Snodgrass
Pennsylvania
John Semey
New Jersey
Ernest Freund
Hinois
Kidnapping Attempt Targets Scranton Heiress on Vineyard Visit
Miss Ruth Shepherd heiress of a Crawford estate valued in the millions returning shaken after a would be abduction on Martha's Vineyard. A heavy set man posing as a detective seized her as she walked with Blanche Stenolds and the Dorchester couple intervened. He dragged her toward the road but fled when near the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkes-Barre
Ruth Shepherd
Scranton
insane in berth shoots two on union pacific train
Harry Pugh of Niagara Falls New York became insane on a Union Pacific car near Ellsworth Kansas and fatally shot porter Young and Dr. H H Temple of Kansas City. Temple and Young died after the attack while the assailant was overpowered and jailed.
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Pullman
Kansas
Ellis
Kana
Harry Pugh
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Union Pacific
Here
Young
H. H. Temple
Kansas City
Pugh
Temple
Denver
Ellsworth
Sibley Held for Trial in Warren County Conspiracy Case
Warren Pa August. Joseph Sibley former Republican congressional candidate waived a preliminary hearing on charges of conspiring to debauch Warren County electors. Frank R. Taylor of Franklin Charles D. Crandall George B. Munn and D M Howard of the county were held for court, with Sibley absent due to heart trouble. Each defendant released on own recognizance with bail set at 1000 dollars.
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Warren
Warren County
Joseph
Sibley
Franklin
Elephant Eats Potatoes Causes Elephant Arrest
Pittsburg citizen calls police after an elephant escapes a show and tramples the porch. Officer Morley sends dog catcher James Burke to Henry Garrett’s home where a five year old elephant is found at the rear, having consumed two bushels of potatoes and three bottles of milk while attacking a screen door. The animal had escaped when tents blew down in a storm last night.
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Pittsburg
Tom Morley
Taft
Morley
James Burke
Henry Garrett
Burke
Garrett
Population figures from census estimates
Special to The Washington Post from New York reports U S population at about 90,600,000 while New York City reaches 4,600,000 and Chicago 2,400,000. Officials say exact city figures may delay until the November 15 release and are not likely to change materially.
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New York
Washington Post
Washington Dispatch
New York American
United States
New York City
Chicago
Philadelphia
Miss Sears Beauty Spot Shaves Turn Ugly
Newport August 2 Miss Eleanor Sears famed for polo tennis and long swims arrived at the Casino in a low cut gown with a patch on a sunburned cheek. Her friends crowded her as they teased her about shaving and the new beauty spot.
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Washington Peat
Newport
Eleanor Sears
Coronado
Eleanor
Miss Sears
Cloakmakers' Strike Ends in Arbitration Decision
New York Aug 26 Informal notice states cloakmakers strike affecting 70 000 workers is settled with return to work Monday Both sides claim victory and a neutral committee will settle hours and wages while sanitary shop conditions are jointly agreed upon Shorter hours and higher pay anticipated by workers and employers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Death of Harvard Philosopher William James at Chocorua
Prof William James of Harvard University dies at his summer home in Chocorua New York age 78. He arrived from Europe a week ago to be beside his ailing brother Henry James the author. James taught at Harvard since 1872 and wrote landmark works including The Varieties of Religious Experience and Principles of Psychology. He held several prestigious memberships and lecturer roles and was born in New York on January 1 1813.
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Chocorua
N. Y
Wiliam James
Harvard University
James
Ben
Quebec
Europe
Henry James
William, James
New York
Harvard
University of Edinburgh
de Institut
Paris
Balke
Awd
Woman Holds Babe Aloft Eight Hours in Cistern
In Sedan Kansas Mrs. John Burch stood in five feet of water for eight hours at her home after her two year old fell into a cistern. She raised the child above surface and waited for her husband to return from the fields. The mother collapsed in the end and is dangerously ill, while the child escaped unharmed. Friends plan to apply for a Carnegie medal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedan
Kan
John Bureh
Train kills two at Broadway crossing Paterson N J
A westbound Erie train struck a crowded trolley and an automobile at Broadway crossing in Paterson New Jersey. Automaker Albert Froelich and his daughter Henrietta died. Three boys aged 12 to 13 were injured and one escaped unhurt. Gateman Frederick Steward raised the gates too soon sparking the disaster.
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Washington Post
Paterson
N.J
Erie Railroad
Broadway
Frederick A. Steward
Paventa’ Terminal
Jersey City
Tonnneau
Albert Froelich
Henrietta Froelich
Hugh Butler
Norton Edwards
Chester Foyle
Butler
Froelich
Arm clasped lovers drown in Lake Waramang incident
D. Valentine of Brooklyn and his fiancée Miss Moore drowned in Lake Waramang while boating near New Preston Connecticut. Mrs. Umbach was rescued. Valentine, about 30, and Moore were found underwater after the craft capsized in rough wind. Umbach clung to the boat and survived.
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New Preston
Conn
D. Valentine
Brooklyn
Miss Moore
Lake Waramang
Umbach
Valentine
Mr. Valentine
Mins Moore
Robert Bigelow
Mies Moore
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Realth Office Record
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Fred R
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Daniel T
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Jessie Baylor
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Columbia
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Valley of Virginia
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Bethe
Military Academy
Ecanington
Virginia
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Petmonsl
WM. M. Kemper
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Warrenton
Piedmon
Nellie Vv. Butler
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ST. Anne's Episcopal School For Girls
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Thos. Stockham Baker
Port Deposit
Chesapeake Bay
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AL Ward
MT. ST. Agnes
Alsa ‘Elne Sravastuet School
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