Beyond the Veil: A Boston Mayor's Death Speaks from Spirit
A stenographer reports Gen Augustus F. Martin's posthumous messages through Mrs Leonora Piper, detailing the afterlife. The Boston figures describe a celestial reception, a palace home, and a healing, peaceful departure from the mortal body, as recorded for the Society for Psychical Research.
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Boston
Ike
Sherman, French & Co
Augustus F Martin
Leonora
E Piper
Arlington
Miss Robbins
Society For Psychical Research
Gen Martin
Mr. Piper
Miss Robbing
Turkeys Cost Deep as Washington Markets Hear Holiday Grievances
Shoppers flood Washington markets as turkey prices stay high amid alleged scarcity. Dealers joke on Congress intervention while buyers discuss value, with women and families buying decorations and seeking festive substitutes like possum. Local vendors offer varied responses and humor to the holiday squeeze.
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Lamb
Washington
Congress
New York
Dix
Autoist Sought After Child Hit On Wisconsin Avenue
Police urge city officers to scrutinize every passing vehicle to identify the automobilist who struck Hilaa Tully nine by the home on Wisconsin Avenue injuring her seriously. The 9 year old remains under hospital care with a fractured hip and possible internal injuries feared but later ruled out.
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Hilaa Tully
Wisconsin Avenue
Boardman
Georgetown University Hospital
Clarence Tully
Ghrt
Omens and superstitions from dreams and omens
A compilation of popular superstitions from the New York Herald era, noting omens in dreams and daily signs. It cites Napoleon as a believer and lists beliefs about weather, animals, and actions such as dream interpretations, cats, snakes, frogs, and lucky tokens, with regional variations in Dalmatia Wales India and beyond.
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New York Herald
Napoleon
Saya
Pasa
Galt
India
Superstitions and Folklore Across Regions
The passage discusses various beliefs from different communities. It notes death fears tied to pigeons, frogs signaling misfortune, an English superstition about bacon and the moon, and a practice of exposing a supposed person to river currents to judge guilt.
Waltham Watches Lead Global Sales by Jewelers
Waltham watches top global sales among watch brands as professional jewelers handle distribution. The program targets certified jewelers only, with standard pricing and dealer requirements guiding whom may sell the timepieces.
Waltham Watches Advice for Buyers
Waltham watches should be purchased from a jeweler or watchmaker to ensure proper setting. Ask the jeweler to provide a model adjusted for temperature and position to ensure accurate timekeeping.
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Waltham Watch
Christmas Vesper Service at Y M C A for Strangers
Special Christmas vesper at the Y M C A tomorrow at 2 PM features St Pauls English Lutheran Church quartet with soprano Mrs Deyo and others, a motet choir, solos, band and orchestra pieces, plus an address by Rev Henning Nelms on The Spirit of the Christmas Tide. The program aims to welcome strangers and men away from home.
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Young Men's Christian Association
St Paula
English Lutheran Church
Deyo
Brylawski
Scanting
Meyers
Bess
Motet
Messra Beantting
Callow
Shepfields
Reed
Messias Handel
Mara Deyo
Irlo
Mendelssohn
Messiah Scanting
Collyn
Nazareth
Gounod
Mr Meyers
Blumber Gweetly
Geibel
Mrs. Br
Gompers Critical Vein in Contempt Case Editorial
Samuel Gompers AFL president publishes a harsh editorial in the Federationist condemning District Supreme Court action and Taft's recommended legislative approach to notice and hearing before injunctions. He argues the President’s plan would legalize judge-made practice, not existing law, and urges review via writ of certiorari to overturn the prison sentence.
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Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Federationist
District Supreme Court
Gompers Morrison
Mitchell
Supreme Court
Justice Shepard
Gompers
Taft
Out of Work Man Ends Life in Despondent Act
Wiredt B Pinkston, 56, a former Printing Office employee of GS, K street northeast, shot himself yesterday afternoon after learning he had lost his government job months earlier. He telegraphed distress, spoke with his wife, then retired to his room where a fatal shot was fired. He was taken to Casualty Hospital with almost immediate death. Pinkston, once seen with a revolver in hours, left a wife and four children.
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Lfe
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K Street
Emgsten
Ownstairs
Shemas
Ninth Precinct
Casualty Hospital
Wickershamt
Washington
New York
Otter
United States
Attoin Wise
Goxmopolitan
CAPT SHERWOOD DEAD VETERAN GOVERNMENT CLERK
Captain Charles William Sherwood longtime district resident dies of pneumonia at his son’s home at 3 pm after a two week illness. Born 1833 in the city he served 38 years in government service from the Treasury to the Interior Department and served as a captain in the Civil War. He belonged to Grants Post GA R Camp Union Veterans and Harmony Lodge FA A M. Survivors include his wife Virginia Riordan Sherwood, brother Vernon of Philadelphia, and sister Kathleen Brown of New York.
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Charles William Sherwood
Lawrence W Sherwood
H Street
Sherwood
Treasury Department
Interior Department
Grants Post
No 4
Union Veterans’ Union
Harmony Lodge
Virginia Riordan Sher- Wood
Vernon Sherwood
Philadephia
Mra
Katherine Brown
New York
Macalester Line Steamer to Run Sunday for Alexandria
The Mount Vernon and Marshall Hall Steamboat Company will run the steamer Charles Macalester on Sunday December 36 to serve residents of Alexandria Fort Washington and Marshall Hall with all landings both ways departing the dock at 2:30 pm.
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Macalester
Mount Vernon and Marshall Hall Steamboat Company
Charles Macalester
Alexandria
Fort Washington
Marshall Hall
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