Anthracite Strike Fears Grow as Operators Rally
Reading and Pennsylvania railroads store coal ahead of a potential April strike. The United Mine Workers vow a unified response if Baer and operators refuse Mitchell’s ultimatum. Union fears widespread layoffs and possible coal famine unless mines reopen, while operators warn public sympathy may falter.
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Washington Post
Philadelphia
George F Baers
United Mine Workers
Reading
Pennsylvania
Reading Coal and Iron Company
Mitchell
Baer
Uoft
Bose
Monumon
Marriage and death notices mailed to many papers
Notices from The Washington Post state marriage and death items will appear in multiple morning papers without extra charge. The list includes The New York Times, Boston Globe, Buffalo Courier, Cincinnati Enquirer, Chicago Record Herald, Philadelphia Public Ledger, Pittsburgh Dispatch, Providence Journal, Rochester Herald, St Louis Republic, Syracuse Post-Standard, St Paul Pioneer Press, Minneapolis Tribune, Cleveland Plain Dealer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
FW York Times
Boston Globe
Buffalo Courier
Cincinnati Enquirer
Chicago Record Herald
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Pittsal
RG Dispatch
Providence Journal
Rochester Herald
Br Louis Republic
Syracuse Post-Standard
BT Paul Pioneer Press
Minneapolis Tribune
Cleveland
Flasn Dealer
No Sign of Rogers After Washington Departure
J W Rogers, a former Washington court reporter and chief stenographer, vanished with his family. He left behind bills and deposits including 1487.28 at the Consolidated National Bank in New York, and two Kern Valley Bank checks. The Har vard street home hosts say the couple lived flamboyantly, owed rents, and vanished after plans to sail for Europe.
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New York
J. W. Rogers
Fifth Avenue
Rogers
West Leith Street
James D. Finch
Washington
Consolidated National Bank
New York City
Kern Valley Bank
Bakersfield
Cal
H. Blodgett
R. Shaw
R. MidDonald
Mr. Blodgett
California, Consolidated Oil Field Company
Quigg, Bostwick & Coleman
J W. Rogers
Ohe
The
Southern Railway
Star Building
San Francisco
Congressional Correspondence Company
New York Avenue
Oxford Hotel
Correspondence Company
Ralph Burton
Harvard Street
Roger
Virginia
Europe
Rex
Jack
Rogerses
Anders
Wilson Formally Named Second Assistant Secretary of Interior
Jesse T. Wilson of Indiana was formally appointed by President Roosevelt as Second Assistant Secretary of the Interior, succeeding Melville W. Miller who resigned effective August 1. The nomination had been anticipated, aided by Senator Hemenway. The Roosevelts rode to Oyster Bay for a morning excursion returning via Oyster Bayville.
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Miller
Oyater Bay
Jesse T. Wilson
Indiana
Roosevelt
Interior
Mr. Wilson
Melville W. Miller
Wilson
Hemenway
Old-time Telegraphers Reunion Headed for New York
The twenty-fifth annual reunion of the Old-time Telegraphers and Historical Association and the Society of the United States Military Telegraph Corps will gather in New York for four days beginning today. About one thousand veterans, with a Western Union delegation led by H T Taft, W H Young, J H King, and R G Callum, are expected. The program includes meetings at Waldorf Astoria, a Pearl and Pumpkin theater party, a Money Island steamboat trip, and a town sightseeing automobile tour. Officers include John S Barley as president and Francis W Jones, Frederick Pearce as vice presidents. The article also profiles Taft, the Washington office’s oldest telegrapher William Hamilton Young, and R G Callum, noting their long Western Union careers.
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Old-time Telegraphers and Historical Association
Society of the United States Military Telegraph Corps
New York
Western Union Telegraph Office
Washington
H T. Taff
W. H. Young
J H. King
R G. Callum
Messenger
Waldorf-Astoria
Broadway
Money Island
Waldorf- Astoria
John
Barclay
Francis W. Jones
Frederick Pearce
John Brant
Henry Franklin Taft
Western Union Telegraph Company
Western Union
Capitol
Bright
Southern Railroad
Morrell Marean
Bankers and Brokers Telegraph Company
United States Telegraph Company
American Telegraph Company
Robert G. Callum
Greensboro
N. C
Philadelphia
Mutual Union Telegraph Company
Gold and Stock Telegraph Company
Baltimore
James H. King
Dr Kilmer Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Ad
A 1920s style offer promotes Kilmer Swamp Root as a cure for kidney and urinary issues. It claims sediment indicates kidney trouble and touts sample bottles and a free book by mail. Readers are urged to mention reading the Washington Daily Post.
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Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, WN
Washington Daily Post
Kilmer
Binghamton, N. Y
New Orleans Fever Rises as Natchez Quarantine Tightens
New Orleans reports 45 new yellow fever cases and 5 deaths yesterday, lifting totals to 1 788 cases and 260 deaths. The outbreak prompts reorganizing plans to district wards, while Natchez Mississippi endures a shotgun quarantine and reveals undetected cases since July. News from Lake Hoerdene counts 15 new cases, and expert Dr. Audrain Hava explains mild strain transmission by uninfected mosquitoes. Elsewhere, Arkansas officials resign from the state board over quar antine friction, and West Point cadets return to barracks after summer leave.
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Washington Post
New Orleans
Natchez
Louisiana
Vidalia
Mississippi
Lake Hoerdene
Audrain Hava
Patterson
Little Rock
Ark
State
Russians Enjoy Peace Song At Minstrel Show In Portsmouth
Special to The Washington Post from Portsmouth New Hampshire August 28 Russians and Japanese attended a one night minstrel show. End man rewrote verses praising Roosevelt and peace with a chorus praising Czar and leaders while Russians applauded or laughed at the performance. Residents noted autumn weather and hotel life as Witte lingered and souvenirs spread among summer visitors.
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Washington Post
Portsmouth
N. H
Poohbah
Komura
Ekomura
Pokouiloff
Shipott
Gen. Yermaloff
Hhorostovetz
Willenkin
Korostovetz
Yermaloff
Nettle
Wentworth
Tokyo
New Hampshire
New York
Witte
Aving
Billard
Baron Rosen
Rosen
Oyster Bay
Baron Kaneko
Baron Hosen
M. Witte
Takahira
Tateshita
Orders to Army Officers Urge Pay and Canteen Restora tion
Brig Gen William McCaskey in his annual Department of the Colorado report urges reestablishment of post exchange canteens and higher pay for marksmanship. He notes efforts to curb sale of clothing to civilians, proposes marked uniform cloth, and government purchase and destruction on discharge. Also recommends a standard kitchen car for large commands and more post athletic events and interpost visits at government expense.
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Department of the Colorado
War Department
William 3. McCaskey
McCaskey
United States
Pacific Coast
Signal Corps Move From Fort Myer To Nebraska
The Signal Corps at Fort Myer prepares for relocation to Omaha Nebraska with 55 men under Lt Butler commanding. Fifteen remain to finish dismantling. Capt Hathaway and Lieut Jennet stay through completion in about two months. Thirty men will depart soon for Benicia Barracks California en route to the Philippines. The Fort Myer post, once a regimental headquarters with ten companies, is described as a charming, deserted site near the farming district.
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Signal Corps
Fort Myer
Nebraska
Rignsal Corps
Pont
Benicia Barracks
Cal
Philippines
Fort Myer Boys
Lieut Col William H Baldwin Dies on Philippine Duty
Lieut Col William H Baldwin deputy commissary general died of septicaemia in Manila P I He entered the United States Military Academy in 1873 and rose from second lieutenant to lieutenant colonel by 1899 During the Spanish American War he served in the Subsistence Department and had been on duty in the Philippines since February 1903
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Philippines
William H. Baldwin
Manila
P. I
Baldwin
Pennsylvania
Cavalry
Subsistence
Leutenant
Subsistence Department
Col
Prison for Lieut Richards and dismissal from service
The President approved a court martial sentence for First Lieut George Richards Jr of the Twenty third Infantry. He was found guilty of embezzlement and conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman and was sentenced to dismissal and to hard labor for one year. The sentence takes effect August 30 with confinement on Alcatraz Island, California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape
George
Richards, Jr
Twenty-third Infantry
San Francisco
Richards
August Furniture Sale Highlights Sideboards and Arm Chairs
An August sale advertises various Sideboards priced from 18 to 38 dollars and Arm Dining Chairs ranging from 2.75 to 7.50 dollars. China Closets in oak and marble back models are listed from 25 to 150 dollars, with crystal cabinets priced around 70 to 110 dollars.
Fever death in Virginia
Richmond reports Wade Hardy a Lunenburg native who recently returned from the South died after medical examiners declared his illness malaria, not yellow fever, making quarantine unnecessary. Hardy was well known in Lunenburg and the case prompted official clarification on the fever diagnosis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Richmond
Lunenburg County
Wade Hardy
Lunenburg
South
Royal Arcanum Rates Council Adopts Table A Change
The District of Columbia Royal Arcanum Grand Council met last night to adopt Table A, basing rates on entrance age rather than attained age. A previous repeal effort failed, and representatives will attend the Supreme Council meeting at Put-in-Bay uninstructed.
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Royal Arcanum
District of Columbia
Supreme Council
Atlantic City
Arcanum
Put-in-Bay
Ohio
Servant Hired Without Recommendation Steals from Miss Martin
Miss May Martin of 810 Fifth Street Northwest reported the larceny of 10 in money and several wearing articles after hiring a negro woman as a servant yesterday morning. The woman left the house abruptly and did not return, prompting an police interview. The case centers on a unidentified servant and missing valuables.
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May Martin
Fifth Street
Miss Martin
Woman Found in Nightdress Near Home Reports Nervous Condition
Mrs. Elizabeth Noble of 3318 Brightwood avenue northwest was found wandering in front of her home about midnight in her nightdress. Doctors at Garfield Hospital said she was in a highly nervous condition and bordering on typhoid fever. Also notes John B. Berry of Omaha has been appointed a member of the Canal Consulting Board to meet in Washington September 1 to discuss Panama Canal work, filling the vacancy from Herman Schussler.
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George Ee OY Hele Ah Eee Deiss
Gorom
W. &. Hoge
Nevada
John C. Oaken
M. H. Heed
Washington, D. C
Elizabeth Noble
Brightwood Avenue
Tenth Precinct
Garfield Hospital
Canal Consulting Board
John B. Berry
Union Pacific
Omaha
Nebr
Board of
Consulting Engineers
Washington
Panama Canal
Herman Schussler_ nes
Ministers Assigned For West Virginia Conference
The forty first annual session of the West Virginia conference Methodist Protestant Church adjourned after five days. Appointments for the coming year include President A W Morrison and numerous subdistrict chairmen and supply pastors across towns such as Fairmont Morgantown Marion Point Marion Shinstens South Morgantown Buckhannon Parkersburg Parkersburg and more with several names listed for each subdistrict and left in the president’s hands to assign.
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Wantington
Elkins
W. Va
West Virginia
Methodist Protestant Church
A W Morrisom
Henry Avery
D C Jones
Casavilla
Catawba
C Ll Hall
First Church
Fairmont
D. T. Boggs
Marion
J J Phillips
Morgantown
A. F. Hease
Mount Morris
J P Varner
Point Marion
Reedville
D. H. Trembly
Shinstens
E . Chipps
South Morgantown
W H Hodges
L. Queen
Barbour
J A Cobb
Beverly
L. R
Poole
Bridgeport
Steele
B Stout
Supernumerary
Elam
Lewis
Malt
Miletda
Ira L Jackamn
Upshur
W Nestor
Supply
Weeton
K G Hemrick
Subdistric No
Hickel
Doddridge
J J Folger
Elsenboro
Treeport
J W Addis
Harrisville
C Jones Fnandly
J J. Hickel
Parkersburg
J Allman Treasants
Panasboro
Thomas Jackson
Pullman
Shock
McKin
W. H Hart
St Marya
Lyler
A. G. Edgell
C P Butler
Elizabeth
W P Price
Hereford
Gandeville
M Ireland
le Roy
Ripley
W L
Kelley
Richardsonville
Methodist Reporter
G. BL Brown
Westminster Theological Seminary
CC Douglas
Masking Conference
W E Fietcher
Selection of Balify and Judges Confer in Appointment
Judge Scott of the Police Court returned to Washington to fill the vacancy from Balliot J. W. Graham's death. He wires Judge Kimball, who is away on vacation, and hopes to announce a choice in a few days after reviewing applicants and their qualifications.
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Scott
Kimball
Washington
Balliot J. W. Graham
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Irwin A Spital
Bertha Jacoby
Chara E May
Cora A Herrer
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Henry A Allen
Irene K . Hesselbach
George A. Finch
Jennie May Wright
George H Smiley
Mssse B. Mitchell
Eping Crock
van Darwin G Lee
Emma H Lea
Thomas Follin
Heasie Outerbach
Richard Chapman
Hele Johnson
Charles A Lipphard
Diara E Berry
Willie Macanberg
Alberta Gibbons
Joseph Ly Sullivan
Margaret & Grinde
James Burton
Amelia Robinson
Bylwaster King
Lizzie Johnson
Willle L Piarce
Ella McGraw
Arthur B. Shelton
Douglas
Henry J
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Mary A. Douglas
Evening Star
Fisher
Henry C Fisher
At & O
138Th Street
Arlington Cemetery
Arlington
Myers
Saratoga
Catalina J
Theodorus Bailey Myers
Sidney Mason
St Bartholomew's Church
Greenwood
Fifteenth Street
Joan Wesley Smith
Wilcox
Corcoran Street
Mary Emily Donelson Willcox
JA. Wilcox
Andrew J
Emily Tennessee Donelson
San Antonio
Galveston
Nashville
Memphis
Health Office Record
UN R Balch
Robart P Billing
Eiizabeth Bland
Philip Butter
Asy Hem
Henry Carroll
Coral Catter
Children’s Hospital
Alice M Crenshaw
Het
Catherine Damnman
McLran Ave
Mailda
James Posey
Wilen Riley
Charles Shedrick
South Ct
Cora O van Allen
Otellda Waecker
Marle Warren
Harry Williams
Charles Wilson
Edward Wilson
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Undertakers
W. R. Speare
F Street
N. W
Ophan J. William Lee
R. F. Harvey
John R. Wright Co
Tenthstaw
North
George P. Zurhgrst
Ladertaker and
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Hast Capiel Mt Telephone
East 3Th
Holand McDonald
To-Kalon Wine CO
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Veterans OF the Key
Military Telegraph Corps
Association
R. G. Callum
Western Anion
Messenger and
Burgglar Alarm Service
A. H. Young
Western
H. F. Tstf Rar
Weatern Union
J. H. King
New Orleans Fever
West Point
N. Y
West Point Academy
East
M’gaskey
Ganteen
Colorado Department
Philippine
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Taft
Philippine Islands
Rainbow
Hainbow
Reiter
Agusan River
Butuan Bay
Mindanao
Fourth Cavalry
Fort Walla Walla
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Texas
Newark
Atlanta
Hartford
Terror
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Sheboygan
Arethusa
Provincetown
Brutus
Hampton Reeds
Woden
Hopkins
Stewart
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Solomon
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Marcellus
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Colorado
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Watch Hit
Hat
Newport
Seagoh
Columbia
Pletara
Tnd
Mewal Siffianwa
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Hood
Bela
W. H. Baldwin
Lieut. Richards
Shumfihify
Massachusetts Avenue
Royal Arcanum Rates
Victoria
Sarah Lake
I. Grosner
Kappenheimer Clothing
Balify
ULS. Realty Co
Fireman’s Insurance Bldg
Washington, D.C
Waters
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