Miracle Bird Prayer at Bishop Curtis Grave
Two Wilmington orphanage girls prayed at the grave of Bishop Curtis for wild song birds. Birds landed on their shoulders, leading Cardinal Gibbons to call the incident both a manifestation and a miracle, though he declined a formal council. The tale ties to a broader report of a child regaining sight through intercession in Baltimore.
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Wilmington
Del
Bighop Corts
Gurtis
Sip
Curtis
Cardinal Gibbons
Cardinal Gibbon
Insurgent Efforts Aim to Change House Rules
Insurgent Republicans in the House push to alter rules by force if standpatters resist. Key talks between Pete Hepburn and John Sharp Williams signal plans to draft amendments to strip Walden? authority and seek Democratic aid. Committee members Heyes Townsend Cooper Koster to draft changes.
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Wertle
Pete Hepburn
John Sharp Williams
Hepburn
Withimself
Heyes
Californy
Townsend
Viclgan Cooper
Wisbasin
Deaths in Health Office Record Highlight Many Names
The Post classified column lists numerous deceased individuals with ages and partial addresses, including Aihut Hogan Geo Wash 24, Carence Hagan 27, Clurigs B Pew 34, Wiss Me GB, Kielron E Muth 31, Fowlin Pesigie 1992 near Sears, Marla EB Barrett, Sarah A Fowle, Paterson Douglays Anacostia, Wilkinson NJ 6T years, Samuel Cah 1238 Noland Court, Robert Gameth, Lat Shouk 17 years, George and Lena Gehid, Lena Gehid, Elizabeth Pinte, Therese J ant Firub, and others listed in dense OCR-era text. The notice appears within browsing-classifieds, urging readers to use the Post’s classified columns for secured results.
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Aihut Hogan
Geo Wash Los
Murphy
Carence Hagan
Paterson Douglays
Anacostia Sans
Wilkinson
NJ Ae
Mity Fu Ly
Samuel Cah
Noland Court
Robert Gameth
Ygara Kalle Shouk
High pressure water main urged to back safety plan
Washington business leaders and officials press Congress to appropriate 750000 for a high pressure water main to strengthen fire protection in the District. Chamber of Commerce President Robert N Harper and others argue the system reduces conflagration risk, protects major buildings, and justifies the cost.
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Congress
Senate
House
District of Columbia
Washington
Robert N Harper
Chamber of Commerce
Cunon Rudolph
Board of Trade
Rudolph
Chief Belt
Eighteenth
U Streets
Fort Reno
Isi Gins
Suks & Co
Ins
Gins
Lkely
Robert N Wurper
Harper
Water mains plan to boost city fire and water pressure
A proposal to install 756000 dollars of new water mains from Fort Reno to raise gravity fed pressure in central Washington. The plan would enable hydrants to reach taller buildings from Capitol to White House and Mah to H Street, reducing dependence on steam engines and allowing current engines to be redeployed. Maj Cosby notes the district's water capacity is near 90 million gallons daily, below the previously assumed 96 million.
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Washington
Thomas
Hickman
Hickman Company
Louisiana Avenue
Commission District
Fort Reno
City of
Capitol
White House
Mah
H Street
Spencer Cosby
Corps of Engineers
War Department
Maj
Cosby
Honor Dead Grace and Helm in Y M C A Memorial
Y M C A in GA to honor Archibald H Grace and Verling W Helm who died in foreign service. Memorial service at 3 PM in the YMCA gym with speeches by foreign service secretaries ELC Carter and G B Phelps. Also a 6 PM Round Table talk by Charles H Turner on jail and workhouse conditions. Boys Y at CGA hosts a stereopticon tilt and religious meetings run by Navy yard personnel.
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Archibald H Grace
MCA
India
England
Verling W Helm
Japan
Young Men's Christian
Foreign Movement
Elc Carter
Athena
Phelps
Kyoto
Archibald Grace
Snmba
Washington Woc
Carter
Harvard
Grace
Allahabad
Washington Chamns Club of Voices
Waj Palmer
Round Table Club
United States
Charles H Turner
Washington
Knowles Cooper
Cowboys
Navy Yard
Chrstan Isoliation
Georga I Whitehoure
Alimony Day Declared by Cook County Judge
Judge Albert G Barnes of the Superior Court of Cook County announced that beginning with the new year there will be an alimony day on Friday afternoons. He said the volume of legal business from divorce and separation hearings has grown so large it interferes with more important matters, necessitating a dedicated time.
Prison Fire Claims Life After Escape Attempt
Henry Redding, 61, jailed in reeds county, died in a midnight jail blaze started near his cell. Authorities say the fire began as an attempted escape as Redding faced charges of stealing stock from a local resident.
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Roche
Henry Redding
Rego
Ammunition for president sent for Roosevelt African hunt
New Haiyen Corn reports ammunition and weapons for President Roosevelt’s African hunting trip have been prepared and forwarded to Washington. Expert examination awaits. She ball cartridges vary in weight, with the largest deemed suitable to bring down a pachyderm.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Investigation ordered into District Building Department after fatal collapse
President Roosevelt directs Charles P Neill to lead a thorough probe into District Building Department affairs following the North Capitol Street collapse that killed ironworker Raymond Hibbs. Contractors decline to continue work as inspectors seek data, with a $19,000 estate suit against owners and contractors filed in District Court.
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Roosevelt
Charles P Neil
North Capitol
Raymond Hibbs
Neill
Bureau of Commerce and Labor
Lkely
William Newman
Contac
Newman
Thomas Mindie
R Golden Donaldson
Walter Donaldson
Malolm
W Hill
Norman Hall
Martin McLam
Executor sues over fatal steel mill collapse
Thomas M Hindle as executor of Raymond Hibbs estate files five counts of $1000 against six defenders tied to a North Capitol and M streets steel structure erection. Hindle says Hibbs died about a month ago and that the workman exercised due care while defendants failed to provide safe materials.
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Thomas M Hindle
Raymond Hibbs
North Capitol
M Streets
R. Golden Donaldson
Walter F Donaldson
Malcolma W Hib
Norman Hill
Martin McNamara
William Newman
Hindle
Glassblower Boyd Haley Missing From Alexandria
Police seek Boyd Haley a glass blower about years old who vanished from his Alexandria Virginia home. Haley a Millville New Jersey native arrived in Alexandria weeks ago to work for Virginia Glass Works and has not been seen since.
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Boyd Haley
Alexandria
Tuladey
Haley
Millville
Virginia, Glass Works
Army Bridegroom Hazed Over Mixed Marriage
A Cook at Weslington Bar tecks Thomas Yancey, who wed Flossie Johnson, a colored woman, causing a disturbance among fellow soldiers. The marriage, performed by a colored minister, triggered objects being thrown and strong disapproval, yet officers avoided immediate punishment amid tensions.
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Thomas Yantey
Weslington
Flossie John
Post
Thomas Byrns
Yancey
Yencey
Mystery Murder In East Side Flat Lures Suspicions Twin Suspects
New York police probe a baffling murder after a young woman found dead in an East Eleventh Street flat. bloody fingerprints point to one or two men who lived there, possibly lured from California to steal jewelry worth around 2000. two suspects resemble each other. receipts fail to identify buyers. authorities note the victim may have died two weeks prior and the killer may have fled to Europe.
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Calfornia
East Side
New York
Lora
East Eleventh Street
Lieut Petrostat
Eleventh Street
Californa
jJewrls
Cald
Santa Clara
Cal Erie
Bresinsky Brothers
Weider Lane
Imalns
Bocco Beilontoni
Broome Street
Witten
Carey
Europe
Callers at White House Included Senate and House Leaders
A roster of political figures attended a White House event on a Saturday in December. Names listed include Secretary Wright and others such as Senators Smoot and Curtiss, Representatives Longworth and Robison, and Delegate Kalianaole of Hawaii, among numerous state and federal officials.
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Wright
Vfwberry
Ohio
Cole
Landis
Indiana
Edwards
Kentucky
Carter
Oklahoma
Sabath
Noir
Langley
Madison
Kaozas
Adamson
Georats
Hepbury
Lowe
Lowden
Knots
Eterling
itUnola
Cooke
Wisconsin
Kalianaole
Hawaii
Health Inspectors Rigorous Christmas Provisions Review
District health office inspectors conduct a strict pre holiday examination of game, poultry, and other Christmas dinner provisions. They also monitor fish and oysters for freshness to ensure only quality supplies reach local markets.
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District Health Office
Dr Kilmer Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Ad Card
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a remedy for kidney and bladder issues. It warns of symptoms like pain back fatigue rash and urges purchases of 50 cent and one dollar bottles, with a free sample offer and mail request. The copy stresses natural healing and includes the Binghamton address for ordering.
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Kilmer
Dr Kilmer
Binghamton
DR. Kilmer & CO
All Druggista
Kimer
Bonding Firms Sued In US Government Actions
United States attorneys in district court filed two suits against Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland and National Surety Company. The actions seek to recover 141,?.247.87 and 161,870.00 respectively alleging mismanaged funds by former Treasury official George A Bartlett and misapplication of Marine Hospital Service quarantine funds.
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United States
Baker
District Supreme Court
Fidelity and Depost Company
Maryland
George A. Bartlett
Treasury Department
Bartlett
William Worcester
National Surety Company
Baker Sileges
Worcester
Marine Hospital
Servce
Sylvester Refutes Charges Against Police Bureau Chief
May Sylvester, superintendent of police, rebuts Chief McGough of the Pittsburg detective bureau who faulted local police for failing to stop P J Kieran of Fidelics Funding Company before he left the city. McGough warned New York and Washington police would have acted if they paid proper attention to business not sensational papers. Sylvester argued detectives followed Kieran to Baltimore beyond jurisdiction and that the arrest telegram arrived after the banker had departed, with no basis for the claimed neglect.
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Richard Sylvester
McGough
Pittsburg
P J Kieran
Fidelics Funding Company
McGouslig
New York
Washington
Sylvester
Kieran
Baltimore
Wrath Silver and the ancient collection ritual in Warwickshire
A scrambled account recalls Wrath wafer collection near a hillock on the London to Holyhead road, noting its Norman pre invasion origin and its role as a village tax for road repairs. The piece mentions the Duke of Buccleuch, parish defaults, and lingering public interest in this centuries old custom. It also references railway traffic figures around Melbourne and nearby stations, citing Mr Walne and various lines.
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Lonfon
Great Touston
Holyhead
Lut
Cowan
Warwickshire
Ly Acrid
Mebourne
Walne
Ratway
Enon
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Weatret
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Ts Okla
Lebo Jorin
Tam
Kutte Brown
Seoon Sears
Sory
Mamie FE
Ford
T FooLurell
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Apnupalis
Tuberculost
Clarence Teloved
MI Foott
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Furenth Street
Weleradty
Lee
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Pal Chiren
Abin
Titicoo
Renalen
Pas
Nurearch
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Louta Republe
Funfrat
Geo P Zurmorst
Vivanta Aye
Telepton
John R Wright Co
Harvey's Sons
Fonssae
Inferate Price Co
Chapel Telephone North &Te
Speare
Speaure
Speaure, Mice. Phonps—Waty
H Sardo & CO
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Lincoln
Costello
RY & Mat
Cpinion
Frank Geter’s Sons
TY Spyeath
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Iit Fet Sorthwest
Geo C. Shaffer
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Health Office Record
James
Veggie Guenck
Lena Gehid
Ant Gewie Skinner
Luis Ant
Elizabeth Pinte
Ant Firub
Curae Boy
Sohn
Annie Hylan
Sarah Rosenthal
Dena Bo
Celestine Smith
Ril Hobart
Fiosa Millar
Bey Ceorge
Cordelia Sayles
Poe
Macfarland
Archibald H. Grace
Verling W. Helm
Chicago
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Kalion Wine Co
44Th Street N. W
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Streets
James Barcher Jr
John Lewis Smith
W Os Isham
Morrow
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Munroan
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Bureau of Later
Theodore! Roosevelt
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Hibbs Estate
Bright
Berkeley Ave
F St
N.W
the Sunday Post
ALL Souls Church
Andle Highlands
U.S
Rande Highlands
Capital Wa
Dupont Circle
Eas Parmenta
Pete Gotha
Hotel
Buckingham
Wetherbee & Wood
Frede
R Wishart
Proprietors
Washington Gas'ight Co
Tenth Steel
Ar Opticians
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