Maj Armes Weds Miss Atkinson in Philadelphia Affair
Maj George A. Armes, Indian fighter and civil war veteran, married Miss M T Atkinson of Philadelphia last Saturday in a private ceremony at the bride’s home. The event united storied Atlantic lineages with Armes leaving for Atlantic City and then New York, possibly to reside at the Arlington Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Armes
India
Washington
M. T. Atkinson
David Spencer
Armes
Henry H. Bingham
Maj. Armes
W.S. Hancock
Gen. Bingham
Philadelphia
Atlanticity
New York
Waldorf-Astoria
Rmes
Arlington Hotel
Army Man Armes Weds Noted English Family Links
Maj Armes a Civil War veteran born in Virginia who later engaged in Indian wars in the West and served as a courier for Secretary Seward. His marriage history included an earlier breach of promise suit and two separations before a Washington wife. He survived a 1902 shooting at Fairfield Villa and received first hand war service across Fairfax, Four Mile Run, and Bull Run campaigns.
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Beth
Armes
Henry Lee Atkinson
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Armes I
Sons of the
Willim Ames
M Weil
Deerfeth
Mass
William Armes
Reltthves
New Engkind
Maj
West ‘Amt
Benedict Arnold
Maghington
Hudson River
Bille
St Michael A Md
Houghton
America
Joseph Priestly
Houghtons
Lewinburg
Mry Armes
Atkinson
Burling
N. J
Yorkshire
England
Maj. Armes
Annandale
Fairfax County
National Capital
Mas. Armes
New York State
Metzerott
Bedon
Washington
John Ekoland Johnston
Fairfield Villa
Chevy Chase Road
Johnston
Col. Armes
Fairfield
Major Armes
Anderson
Virginia
Waslington
Kirkwood House
Seward
Young Armes
State Department
Fairfax
Gov. Thomas
Virginna
James W. Jackson
Wilord’s
Cassius M. Clay
Clay
Baty
Ward H. Lamman
Lincoln
Chain Bridge
Alexandria
Four Mile Run Colt
Wilcox
Capt
Ball
First
Michigan Infantry
Richmond
Fairfax Courthouse
McDowell
Bull Run
Army of the Potomac
Williamsburg
Sixteenth
Leutenant
Lee
G. O. Howard
States Cavalry
Frontier
Indiang. d
Grant
Armés
President Harrison
Gov. Beaver
Mareshal
Obituary notices and funeral details published for December 1910
Deaths listed include Captain George W Rell husband of Virginia Bell, and Charlotte Gasdore, with funeral plans at northwest Washington addresses. James A Healy, Kelly, McLari widow, William Gordon Wamsley, Jon B Wilson, and others noted with service times, church attendance, and private or public interment at Arlington or Mount Olivet. Names, ages, residences, and funeral arrangements provided for relatives and friends.
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Rell
Jesus
George W Rell
Virginia K. Bell
Wall
Steet
Ulsdorf
Seventh Street
Charlotte Gasdore
Healy
Providence Hospital
James A, Healy
Costello
H Street
Batrick’s Church
Jon B
Robert
Johanna Wilson
Tate
Tit Kenyon Street
Ima
the Sacred Heart
Mount Olivet
New York
Brooklin
Funeral Services Ad By Local Undertakers
Funeral directors announce chapel on premises at W. R. Pumphrey and Son with telephone N 2009322. Includes address details and notes for Maryland Meense Reckvilla and ost Rea- indicating local service coverage and contact points.
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W. R. Pumphrey & Son
Maryland
Mob pursues man firing pistol in street chase
Calvin Coleman a negro aged about 20 is chased by hundreds on Tenth Street NE near G Street after firing at a man and breaking away. William Parrilla and Alle Marchon, white youths with companions, intervene as Coleman fires again before police from Ninth precinct capture him and recover the pistol.
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Calvin Coleman
Tenth Street
G Street
Coleman
Linturiatea
Wiliam Parville
Fifth Street
Alle Marchon
Massachusetts Avenue
Tenth
Young Marchon
Marchon
Parrilla
Chage
Bateman
Delimico
Johnson
Ninth Precinct
Eleventh Street
Early Flight Feats Awe Crowd At Aero Meet
Parmates on the wing reached 6 625 feet and performed whirling dips while the wind rose briefly. Walter Brookings joined with the spiral slide as spectators watched Latham recount his wreck tale and Samuel Perkins staged a man carrying kite act from 260 feet for two and a half hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mret Parmates
Wright
Walter Brookings
Hoxsey
Clifford B. Harmon
J. K. Duffy
National Federation of Aero Clubs of America
Latham
Samuel Perkins
Three Men Lynch Prisoner In Hot Springs Jail Yard
Oscar Chitwood charged with killing Sheriff Jake Houpt in Hot Springs Ark last August was lynched by a masked mob of about twenty at the county jail. Three gunmen fired as deputies wrestled him from custody en route to Benton for safekeeping and Little Rock. The crowd watched from the street as the execution occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Chitwood
Sheriff Houpt
Hot Springs
St. Louis
Oscar Chitwood
Jake Houpt
Ark
Chitwood
Benton
U. v. Wood
John Rutherford
Wood
Saline County
Rutherford
Little Rock
Bach
Red Lestass
Belgian Aviator Crashes After 700 Feet Flight
Frank Moerck a Belgian pilot with three prior Schneider flights tried to fly from Guttenburg racing track to Columbus Circle New York. He crashed into Sullivan's roadhouse on Bergen Line Avenue and Thirtyninth Street. hospital for several days, no bones broken but badly bruised. Morok real name Charles Frank van den Merricat had planned a Hudson River arrival and Broadway display. He formerly rode six day bicycle races and performed loop the loop in a wheel and automobile, using the name Diabolo.
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Jersey
Washington Post
New York
Frank Moerck
Schneider
Guttenburg
N. d
Columbus Circle
New York City
Sullivan
Bergen Line Avenue
Thirty- Ninth Street
Morok
Charles Frank van den Merricat
Hudson River
Hotel Plaza
Broadway
Newark
Europe
Spooks Search for Grace in Cross Channel Flight
London dispatch says Cecil Grace, missing since his Saturday attempt from France, may have landed on land not sea per a mysterious telegram from Sweden. Aero Club directs coast guards to sweep 40 miles of the coast as wreckage sighted near Ostend is deemed naval target. no part of the plane found.
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Washington Post
London
Cecil Grace
France
Sweden
Aero Club
Grace
England
Coast Guards
Ostend
North Sea
Grahame-White Abandons English Channel Attempt
London reports Claude Grahame-White, after a narrow escape and a burned plane, will not pursue further distance cross-channel flights for the Baron de Forest prize. The admiralty refused torpedo boats for protection, holiday schedules cited. Two rivals remain Robert Loraine and F S Cody. Sopwith likely to win after his 170 mile Belgium landing.
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London
Claude Grahame-White
English Channel
Baron de Forest
Admiralty
Robert Loraine
F. S. Cody
Sopwith
Sheppy
Belgium
American Monoplane Flies in Six Short Trips
Six brief straightaway flights were made in Walter L. Fairchilds monoplane at Mineola aviation field. Frank Schumacher, a mechanic for the engineer, piloted the tests, marking possibly the first time an American monoplane powered by an American engine has been aloft.
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W. L. Fairchild
Yankee Motor
Mineola
S. 1
Frank Schumacher
Walter L. Fairchild
Mr. Fairchild
Aviator Piccolo Dies In Sao Paulo Fall
New York December 25 A cable from Rio de Janeiro to the Herald reports Senor Piccolo the aviator died in Sao Paulo after a fall during a gale He had ascended despite bystander advice declaring he would die or be the most famous aviator. A separate cable from Havana notes Frank Brown died when his balloon Boston struck a building during a parachute drop.
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New York
Rito Janiero
Herald
Boston
National Aviation School to Open at College Park
The National Aviation School plans a March 1 opening at College Park Maryland with an aerial grounds exhibition and flights for delegates. Army navy and National Guard officers show interest as the school offers aircraft manipulation courses and military aeronautics experiments.
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National Aviation School
College Park
Montgomery County
Pev
Chevy Chase
Sereptea
National Aviation Company
Union Trust
Army
Navy
National Guards
Washington@k
Tta
Washington
Albert F. Zahm
The
Aero Club of Washington
National Council of the Aero Club of America
Gen
Allen
Alfred J. Moisant
International Aviators
New Orleans
River Front
A. L. Welsh
Wright
St. Louis
Germans Celebrate German Christmas Programs and Turnverein Officers
Christmas festivals were held by the Columbia Turnverein and Germania Maennerchor in Washington. The Turnverein featured a musical program and a reading of Weihnacht Nacht by Miss Beatrice Endres, with performances by Miss Elsia Hammel and Alma Buehler. Officers were elected for the Turnverein and a blue granite stone for Father Jahn will be sent to Berlin in 1911. Plans for a new clubhouse addition costing about 50,000 were announced, including a gymnasium, auditorium, and rathskeller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father John
Berlin
Columbia Turnverein
Germania Maennerchor
Washington
Turnverein
A. G. Bauverd
E. ¥. Juergengen
Paul Arndt
John Alt
A. Meissner
A. Halfter
Kurl Kollmer
Gustav Bender
P. Halfter
J. Sob
United States
Farmer Survives After Grade Crossing Crash Kills Wife
Lemoyne Ohio December 26 A southbound Hocking Valley train struck and demolished its bogey killing the farmer’s wife. John Bartelshien was thrown to the ground and carried six miles to Pemberville where he was dazed but uninjured. He held broken pieces of the engine alongside a lap robe. Christ Dinner at Girls Home. A Christmas dinner was held at the Christian Home for Girls on Massachusetts Avenue Northeast with about twenty girls and guests attending.
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Lemoyne
Ohio
Hocking Valley
John Barteishein
Pemberville
Togethr
Christian Home For Girls
Massachusetts Avenue Northeast
Cabinet reshuffle rumors swirl after March 4
Diplomatic circles report no cabinet changes yet but widespread belief Knox will depart and a successor is being discussed. Norton leads as MacVeagh successor while Loeb or Tawney are also named. Taft aims for party unity in Senate and a more harmonious post March 4 White House, with Wickersham defending DOJ prosecutions.
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Knox
Ballinger
Senate
James A. Tan- Dey
Congress
House of Representatives
Tawney
Norton
Loeb
MacVeagh
Treasury Department
White House
Taft
Charles D. Norton
Collector Loeb
New York
Wickersham
Department of Justice
Republican Party
Aldrich
la Follette
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Phata
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Pho
Frank Geier
Seventh ST
Modern Chapel
W. R. Speare
Fenamtrania Ave
John R. Wright CO
Embalmera
Tenth Tow
R. F. Harvey's Sons
Fourteenth ST NW
Idnroth
Thos
Sergeon
Tor
Cain
Ost Rea
M. J. J. Falvey
Fitz
N. W
Jobtled
AERO
Mob
To-Kalon Wine CO
St. K W
White
de Forest
Brasilien
Aero School For Capital
Verein
Paris
Walter Baker
Huyler
Lowney
Bendorp
Royal Dutch
GHD
Ge Welsh
van Houten
A& P
Baker
Huyler’s
Lfc
Japan
Norway
Congressional
Crosse & Blackwell
Heinz
Tarragon
Pure Ae
Wee
Burnham’s
Steero
A&p
Jams
Snyder’s
Hecker
B&o
Heinz’s
Seventh St. N.W
Swift
Sansage
Underwood’s
Columbia
B& M
Brookfield
7Th St. N. W
14Th St.n.w
Wis. Ave
N.E
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Palifc Teac
Hing Street
21St & K
Center Market
Campbell’s Soups
R. Harris & CO
the Jewelers
Wepare
Arerive
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