Maj Armell Weds in Philadelphia a Surprise Alliance
Maj George A. Armes of India and Philadelphia bride Miss M. T. Atkinson wed last Saturday at the bride’s home. The ceremony united allied families on both sides of the Atlantic with Gen Henry H. Bingham present as guest. The couple departed for Atlantic City then New York, likely to settle at the Arlington Hotel. Mrs Armes is from the Atkinson family, noted educators with deep colonial roots and ties to the Sons of the American Revolution.
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
Beth
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
Army Major Armes of Houghton Family of Lewinburg
Army veteran Major Armes 66, born in Virginia, mapped early American frontiers in the Civil War and Indian wars. He aided Seward’s staff, warned of a secession raid, led scouts with McDowell and Union forces, and endured multiple wounds including at Bull Run and Williamsburg. He connected Quaker Atkinson lineage and old Lewinburg settlement with a storied Washington life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houghton
Pennsylvania
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
Fairfax Courthouse
Armes
McDowell
Richmond
Bull Run
Williamsburg
Grant
Maj
Armés
President Harrison
Gov. Beaver
Mareshal
Obituary notices from Washington area December 1910 deaths
Deaths include George W Rell Virginia Bell Charlotte Gasdore James Healy and others. Notices give funeral locations in Washington and surrounding areas with addresses on Seventh Street Northwest First Street Northwest and Kenyon Street Northwest and church and cemetery details. Relatives and friends invited to attend services and interments at Mount Olivet Arlington and Arlington Cemeteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
W R Pumphrey & Son Funeral Directors Ad
Funeral directors and embalmers listed with chapel on premises and phone number. Includes address details and an on premise chapel announcement with associated contact numbers for arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Pumphrey & Son
Maryland
Fires as mob pursues jobtled uses pistol
Calvin Coleman, a 28 year old Black man, fled on Tenth Street with a revolver as several hundred pursued him after an accidental jostle near G Street Northeast. William Parrilla and Alle Marchon, accompanied by young women, were passing when Coleman fired, a chase ensued, police intervened, and Coleman was captured after dumping the weapon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvin Coleman
Tenth Street
G Street
Coleman
Linturiatea
Wiliam Parville
Fifth Street
Alle Marchon
Massachusetts Avenue
Tenth
Young Marchon
Marchon
Parrilla
Bateman
Delimico
Johnson
Ninth Precinct
Eleventh Street
Record of Early Flight Feats and a Wreck
AERO P1424 FEET. Parmates on the Baby Wright soared to 6 625 feet and wowed the crowd with spirals and dips before Walter Brookings added a spiral slide. Hoxsey’s barograph readings were certified for Harmon and Duffy. Latham spoke of his Antoinette wreck after a gale trapped him two hours. Samuel Perkins showcased a man carrying kite with a stool suspended for 260 feet.
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
3 Men Kill Prisoner Lynched Mob Disguised In Masks
Oscar Chitwood, accused of killing Sheriff Jake Houpt of Hot Springs Ark in August, was lynched at the Hot Springs county jail by a mob of about twenty masked men. The crowd waited outside as three gunmen shot Chitwood and fled, with deputy Rutherford reporting the incident and vowing to investigate how the mob learned of the transfer.
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 In New Jersey Roadhouse Feat
Belgian flyer Frank Moerck later identified as Charles Frank van den Merricat attempted a flight from Guttenburg to Columbus Circle New York. After 700 feet he crashed into Sullivan’s roadhouse on Bergen Line Avenue and Thirty-ninth street, severely bruised but no bones broken. He planned to cross the Hudson land at Hotel Plaza and sail down Broadway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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 Amid Cross Channel Mystery
London telegraph notes a mysterious Scandinavian telegram urging a search for Cecil Grace who disappeared last Saturday returning from France. Aero Club warned to search the east coast of England near the coast line for land wreckage. no part of Grace's plane has been found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
London
Cecil Grace
France
Sweden
Aero Club
Grace
England
Coast Guards
Ostend
North Sea
Grahame-White Gives Up Channel Flight Chance
London Dec 26 Acting on medical advice Claude Grahame White, who had a narrow escape a week ago and whose aeroplane burned Sunday, will not pursue further cross channel distance flights for the Baron de Forest prize of 20000 dollars. Barricaded by holidays, the admiralty refused to permit torpedo boats with aviators for the prize. Only five days remain. two rivals, Robert Loraine and Capt. F S Cody, continue, while Sopwith, who crossed from Sheppy to Belgium over 170 miles, is favored to win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Claude Grahame-White
English Channel
Baron de Forest
Admiralty
Robert Loraine
F. S. Cody
Sopwith
Sheppy
Belgium
American monoplane flies six short trips at Mineola
Six brief straightaway flights were made in Walter L. Fairchilds monoplane at the Mineola aviation field this afternoon. Frank Schumacher, a mechanic for Fairchild, piloted the craft using an American engine, claimed to be the first time an American monoplane powered by an American engine was aloft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Fairchild
Yankee Motor
Mineola
S. 1
Frank Schumacher
Walter L. Fairchild
Mr. Fairchild
Two BRILIED IN AIR TRIPS. Aviator Piccolo dies in Sao Paulo fall
New York reports aviator Piccolo perished at Sao Paulo after a bold ascent in a fierce gale despite pleas. He vowed to die or become the world's greatest aviator. A separate incident in Havana shows balloonist Frank Brown killed during a parachute drop when his Boston balloon struck a building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rito Janiero
Herald
Boston
National Aviation School to Open at College Park Md
The National Aviation School plans a March 1 opening in College Park Maryland to offer instruction in aircraft manipulation and air currents. It will operate as a testing ground and exhibits for military aeronautics with potential riverfront grounds and an aerodynamic laboratory in Washington. Notables from Army Navy and aviation circles show interest and potential instructors may include A L Welsh and Alfred Moisant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
German clubs toast officers and planned Berlin monument
Christmas programs by the Columbia Turnverein and Germania Maennerchor featured a recitation of Weihnachtsszelt by Beatrice Endres. Miss Elsia Hammel and Alma Buehler provided music, while Max Bernstein and George Galssier received gifts for instructing German classes. Officers for the Turnverein were elected and a stone for Father Jahn was purchased for shipment to Berlin in 1911. Plans for a new clubhouse addition costing about 60,000 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 Train Crash
Lemoyne Ohio December 26 A southbound Hocking Valley train struck a trailer and demolished its bogey killing the farmer's wife who rode with him. John Bartelsheim, a wealthy farmer, was carried to Pemberville six miles away dazed but uninjured. He exited the engine clutching broken rails and a lap robe. Christmas dinner was held at the Christian Home for Girls on 183 Massachusetts Avenue Northeast with about twenty girls and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemoyne
Ohio
Hocking Valley
John Barteishein
Pemberville
Togethr
Christian Home For Girls
Massachusetts Avenue Northeast
Cabinet reshuffle chatter swirls after March 4
Diplomatic and Senate circles buzz over possible replacements for MacVeagh and other officials. Norton leads in talks as Taft favors him, while Loeb and Tawney are also floated. Aiming for unity, Taft may bring in a progressive ally to ease post March 4 tensions and counter Wickersham criticism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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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Armel
Benedict
Fliss M. T. Atkinson
Seward
John Ekoland Johnston
Fairfield Villa
Chevy Chase Road
Johnston
Col. Armes
Fairfield
Major Armes
Anderson
Virginia
Waslington
Kirkwood House
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
Phata
Harria Ewing
Thos A. Costello
Ant
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
Sixteenth
Leutenant
Lee
G. O. Howard
States Cavalry
Frontier
Indiang. d
Tokalon Wine CO
F St
K W. Phen M
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
Hing Street
21St & K
Center Market
Campbell’s Soups
R. Harris & CO
the Jewelers
Wepare
Arerive
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