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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1909
Page
8
The aviation banquet celebrated a week of electrifying demonstrations and orders for more than 50 aeroplanes. Latham Curtiss and others spoke on safety and speed as crowds of up to 100000 watched aerial exploits with no fatal accidents. American hopes stay high as buyers rush to aviation firms amid solid profits.
Georgi Sunnemann longtime resident of northwest area died Sunday. Funeral arrangements announced for 90 year old at St George church on 94 Norfolk Street Northwest with burial in nearby cemetery.
A damaged OCR listing multiple funeral directors and embalmers in various locations including Ot Nort SE, NW, and downtown, with addresses on streets like 1 WC Street NortheABT 940 F Street NW and 1a REVENTH ST NW. Includes firms such as Harvey's Sons, Jenk ins, Costello, Frank Geier's Sons, Speare, Zurhorst, and J William Iee.
Zeppelin II descended at Buelsig near Constance after propeller damage during return to Friedrichshafen. Gas loss occurred but airship remained aloft with ballast, landing gently on a meadow near railroad tracks. Repairs to take at least two days. Emperor Francis Joseph due to inspect Zeppelin works. war department to inspect Zeppellin II at Constance.
Special to The Washington Host reports Ottawa ontario inventor Israel Kinnes proposes a balloon system to treat tuberculosis. A main balloon would rise half a mile high by cable with an auxiliary balloon to transport patients and doctors. German doctors call air treatment highly promising. Elsewhere Walter Wellman returns to Tromso Norway from Spitzbergen after an unsuccessful north pole attempt and leaves three guards for the airship through winter.
A boy about years old climbed a Southern Power Company transmission tower near Albemarle Stanly County to test shocks from 8090 volts. He touched the wires and fell dead, the tower part of a line feeding Piedmont mills. The incident prompted safety checks and firefighting crews at the site.
The fifty sixth annual Montgomery County Agricultural Society fair begins in Rockville with a four day program featuring sixteen racing events offering about 800 in total prizes. The event promises diverse attractions from motorcycle contests to foxhound chases and horse exhibitions drawing thousands from Washington and nearby areas.
A conference led by Sheriff T C Wall and the Farmers Educational and Cooperative Union of America appealed for a guaranteed average of 12 1/2 cents per pound for all tobacco on the market. Dealers refused, citing uncertain supply demand and crop quality. The meeting remained harmonious as stakeholders discussed prices.
A man named John Spencer of Newnat Tenn, once a neighbor and relative of slain A T Slagle, killed himself by diving headfirst into a rain barrel after attending Slagle’s funeral. Slagle’s body had been in the river for days at Brageport, Cocke County. The event fuels theories that Spencer was involved in Slagle’s murder or that a later threat pushed him to suicide.
A garbled 19th century style license notice lists multiple couples with ages and locations including Alexandria Virginia and Seabragi Bea. The fragmentary text cites names such as Bettie Alla, George A Johoeot, Walter Gibbs McKenney, Lavinis Thomas, Marta Stewart, and Alfred Hariag, with scattered references to counties, towns, and dates. The readable portions indicate a public registrar posting marriage licensing data.
West Virginia gments of the Cumberland Valley and Baltimore and Ohio railroads have agreed to build a joint yard at Cambo three miles north of Martinsboro. The facility will have two tracks and a capacity of about 30 cars, aiming to streamline traffic and interchange between the lines.
Multiple lightning incidents report fatalities and barn fires during Sunday thunderstorms. In Johnson City Tennessee Tom Davis, 34, died holding a baby who survived unhurt. In Albemarle County Virginia Barn Parrott's farm barn and hay were destroyed. in Chesterfield Virginia two horses burned. in Grover North Carolina planter Alexander Ruyter, 56, was killed while sitting in a friend's barn.
The Tri state Good Roads Association adjourned after forming a permanent organization. An executive committee will appoint representatives from counties, with officers including President Dr John F Goucher and five vice presidents. Honorary vice presidents are governors and congressmen. Notable speakers included HD Wakter and Prof Archer B Hulbert.
Miss Lanrie B Wynn of Pleasant Grove in Lunenburg county married Robert W Willis in the Jefferson Willis Hospital Washington Court Richmont Va. The ceremony occurred in the brides room as she faced an appendectomy. The wedding, originally set for November, was performed with the groom insisting on a preoperative ceremony led by Rev De James Nelson.
North Carolina justices convened the new term with Justice Ines So Man ning succeeding Henry Connor. Richmond arrest of a 7 year old alleged abductee led to prosecution by the sister’s father. Officials visit southern coast rail project from Winston Salem to Wadesboro. Former showkeepers Holloman and Hennings fined for misconduct. State Council of Junior Order to meet at High Point may consider Quaker Church land for a state orphanage.
Obituary notices report several deaths near Winchester and Stafford county. Marquis Jones, 81, longtime farmer on ancestral land near Winchester. Mra Edwards, married to Fria Edwards, prominent Stafford farmer, died of consumption aged 2. Mrs Catherine Harvey, wife of Sheriff TW Harvey, died near Montross, survived by husband and children. Connor, a well known Manassas resident, died at home aged 8, survived by son and daughters. mentioned as uncle to J W French. Also brief crime note: John Moore confesses to murder in self defense after confrontation with Wilford Gayelle. weapon mishap details provided.
Former Senator George L Well ington accuses Williams F Stone of meddling in Maryland politics. The report centers on the Sixth district convention at Hagerstown to nominate a judge, with Sloan favored in Allegany and Garrett counties and Wagaman backed by Washington. Pearre avoids endorsing, while Pearce’s stance remains unclear.
In a tense county political scene, figures including Pearre, Wellington, Sloan, and Ravenscroft vie for influence over the judiciary and party control. Debates center on retaining nonpartisan court appointments versus political alignment, with conjecture about nominations by Kane or Wagainn and plotting to keep Pearre as district leader while aiming for a return to Congress.
John Staley aged 90 near Clear Springs was found dead by his brother Lewis Staley in the barn. He had last been seen at neighbor Daniel Boyd's home where he ate a hearty watermelon and said it often made him ill. No sign of struggle. physician cites natural causes.
A mile long race on Saturday featured Dick Maor and Newt McGill in wheelchairs, attracting hundreds. The event ended in a draw. Gov Kitchin honored Virginia’s requisition for J Murphy who is jailed in Fayetteville, wanted for horse stealing in Petersburg. The Dallas Wright case at Buckingham Courthouse was continued until Thursday awaiting an anatomy expert. Porter, long-time Lowen county clerk, served nine years as clerk and earlier as deputy. The Staunton district conference of the Colored Baptist Episcopal Church ended after a week, deciding next session will be in Waynesboro in August.
Mary Elizabeth Tizer aged 8 died of general deaths at her daughter’s home in North Hagerstown last night. Four children survive. Emma Kate Irwin wife of Benjamin Irwin died of typhoid fever at home in Smoketown yesterday. Her husband and four children survive.
The Alexandria Lodge of Elks accepted plans by Wagner and Han for a two story brick and stone lodge at Prince street east of Royal street. The building includes a Rathskeller with hard pool and card rooms, a 400 to 500 seat hall, reception rooms, and a top lodge room. Cost estimated around 45000 dollars with completion interior finished in marble and hardwood.
Representative Carlin of Alexandria said he would back Albert Fletcher Jr of Warrenton for the census supervisor position in the Hinien District of Virginia. The selection faced objections from Representative Lamp of the Fourth District who argued Green of Culpeper remains a State Democratic Committee member and a partisan figure.
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