Trunk hides secret father claims daughter was wife
The father of a dead girl asserts he believes his daughter was married to Prof Simpson and vows to uncover the truth. Detectives report a forged letter linked to the case as handwriting experts study samples. the funeral was held in Cincinnati with multiple family members present as authorities pursue further details.
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Simpson
Bimpton
Coultry
Prot Simpson
Nevitt
Potters Field
Lawrence Wrdte
Chidke
Lawrence
Lay
Unclear OCR fragment reports several names and places
Fragmentary OCR text lists multiple names such as Mathew, Louisa, Byker, Westeb, and various terms. It appears as scattered personal notices or a damaged page segment with no coherent event or dates to anchor a single item.
Marriage and Death Notices From Washington Post Parcel
Fragmentary OCR yields a jumble of names and phrases including marriage and death notices. The readable bits reference local church or community notices, but details such as dates, full names, and precise events are not present to form a clear, factual card.
Mrs Gould Case Details Hotel Farnum Depositions
Bellboy James G Clarke and waiter Clear No Fallen testified Tuesday in a civil suit by Katherine Clem ons Gould against Howard Gould. Clarke described Mrs Gould visits to the Hotel Carr-at in November and an alleged dinner with Farnum where pay was given to a cabman. Both witnesses said they had not seen Mrs Gould drink or misbehave, and neither received payment for their testimony.
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Soal
Wattigton
James G Clarke
Holl Carnell Tonshburg
Katherine Clemons Gould
Howard Gould
Gould
William C Arnold
Clarke
Govlas
Carrat
Dustin Marnum Ie
Tor
Miss
Gupis
Isi
Rouma Mandly
Oyer Clarle
Furnum
Noilu
New York
Gouli
Vt Gould
Farnum
Twining City Protest Overcrowded Street Cars
A committee appointed by Rane Highlands and Twining City residents met Tuesday to urge the District Electric Railway Commission to address overcrowding on the Cantellivetion Company line on F Street. They seek action from the District health department and propose a portable school building for Or Scheal. Captain Mitchell presides as the association invites officials and notable guests to the next meeting on February 10.
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Rane Highlands and Twining
Cigens
District Electric Railway Commission
Cantellivetion Company
District Health Department
Sven
Walter Mitehel
MoIt Darnall
William Tfenning Lyon
Capt Mitchell
Abitchel
Macfarland
Captt
We Warkham
Nathan Wial
Tennessee
Harry Colm
The
United States Historical Society
Association
Polo Tourney Planned on Monument Grounds
President Roosevelt via Cal Charles G Treat representative of the Army and Navy Polo Association has moved to arrange a polo tournament in Washington for spring or early summer. The President has shown interest largely because the parade ground near the Washington Monument is provisionally secured for the event.
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Washington Post
Boston
Roosevelt
Cal Charles G
Army
Weaiy Polo
Washington
Tle
Rabbi Simon Stays Washington After San Francisco Call Refused
Rabbi Abram Simon of the Washington Hebrew Congregation decided to remain in Washington after Temple Emanuel in San Francisco extended a flattering call. The Optimist Club praised his decision as members noted Washington would gain a prominent Jewish leader and educator. The event followed his lecture on Abraham Lincoln the Prince of Optimists and highlighted Darwin centenary remarks.
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Washington
Optimist Club
Ta Church of Our Father
Abram Simon
Washington Hebrew Congregation
Abraham Lincoln
Prince of Optimists
John van Achafcx
Simon
Tempie Emanul
San Fran
van Schalen
Orde
San Francisco
Simon Ead
Warsiington
Tenple Emanuel
Pacific Coast
Sam
West
Temple Emanuel
United States
Far West
Mide Lim
Darwin
Tresln
Ife
Lincoln
Sunen
Boy Killed by Boston Terrier in Lynn Visit
Albert Leadbetter two year old son of Walter Leadbetter of Lynn was killed in Newburyport while visiting his uncle John Collis. The terrier seized the child by the neck and shook him after the dog became annoyed. The uncle freed the boy but he died minutes later from a broken spine.
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Newburyport
Albert Leadbetter
Walter Leadbetter
Lynn
John Collis
Albert
Colby
ELOPER FINED SIX CENTS IN BERWICK CASE
Special to The Washington Post reports ex chief Veikel of West Berwick deserted his wife and family and eloped with Mrs Dorothy Potter. He was tried Tuesday and fined six cents. wife withdrew charges and Veikel was jailed only for nonsupport. Mrs Potter was released and will not be prosecuted.
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Washington Post
Berwick Pa
Pohea
Veikel
West Berwick
Dorothy Potter
Ted
Yerkes Executor Owsley Denies Misuse Claim
Chicago February 3 Louis S Owsley, named executor of Charles T Yerkes estate, fled an answer in probate court denying Mary Adelaide Yerkes petition to remove him. He accuses her of being driven by false statements from Clarence A Knight, his former adviser, and denies intending to profit from the estate. Knight calls the alleged offer to surrender $3,000,000 in property in exchange for 6 percent a vicious falsehood.
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Chicago
Louis S Owsley
Mary Adelaide Yerkes
Charles T Yerkes
Owsley
Yerkes
Clarence
Knight
Washington clerk elopes with Baltimore bride revealed
Lester Burns of the Washington Gaslight Co and Miss Marie Friedrich wed in Baltimore at Rev Dr Neelys home after a secret elopement. Cousin John De Maine served as best man. Parents later learned of the marriage and gave blessing after a confession.
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Lester Burns
Washington Gaslight Company
Delaware Avenue
Marie Friedrich
Leon L . Friedrich
East Capitol Street
Baltimore
D J Neely
North Carolina Street
John DeMaine
Brunswick
Herr's
de Maine
Hariig
Nise Friedrich
Rockwile
Ba’ More
Washington
Friedrich
Taft Cabinet Picked War and Agriculture Open
Taft unveils his cabinet with war and agriculture positions filled while G. M Reynolds of Chicago is listed for Treasury. The schedule omits Wilson from official family.
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G. M Reynolds
Chicago
Treasury Portioo
Wilson
Cabinet selections in Taft administration listed
A Washington dispatch reports cabinet posts filled or offered as Taft prepares for inauguration. Knox and Hitchcock lead the list with State and Postmaster General. Reynolds would head Treasury. Meyer to Navy. Nagel to Commerce and Labor. Wickersham to Justice. Balenger to Interior. War and Agriculture remain unfilled. Ohio influence noted as waning.
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Treasury
George M Reynolds
Hinds
George W. Wickersham
New York
Frank H Hitchcock
Massachusetts
Navy
George von L Meyer
Interior
R A. Ballinger
Washington
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Commerce and Labor
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Missouri
Sperial
Washington Post
Tiftan
Panama
Senator Knox
Augusta
Chicago
Treasury Department
Meyer
Navy Department
A Balenger
Seatile
St Louis
Commerce
Labor
George YW Wickersham
New York City
Bonaparte
Department of Justce
Books on angling bring high bids at first day sale
George Osmith and Ziency Thorpe lead the auction of the late John Gerard Hecksher angling library in New York. The highlight is The Fresh Water Tishes of Great Britain in Mrs Edward How ditch from 1838, selling for 97 dollars, while The Treatyse of Fysshynge With an Angle by Dame Julyana Barnes drew 530 dollars. The sale also featured early Hawkyng and Fysshynge works and 180 lots at the American Art Association galleries, totaling about 20 600 dollars for the afternoon.
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Washington Post
New York
George Osmith
Ziency Thorpe
John Gerard Hecksher
Great Britain
Edward Howditch
London
Thorpe
Fysshynge
Dame Julyana Barnes
Wynkynde
Dame Julyans
The
American Art Associaton
Man fined for stealing kisses from landlady in Chicago case
In Chicago on February 3 Judge Newcomer at the municipal court fined John Fallon ten dollars and costs for stealing three kisses from his landlady Mira Edna Caramel. Fallon, who claimed to be the son of a New York millionaire real estate dealer, later said his name was Julius Levy and that his father is A J Levy of Beekman Place.
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Chicago
Newcomer
John Fallon
New York
Mira
Fallon
Juling Levy
Memorial Evangelical Lutheran Church Revives Fight Over Finances
Insurgent members Messie Heitmuller Fred Wardemin and F R Harcla plan statements to exonerate themselves and press for wider action. Resignations were accepted Monday night as a stormy meeting ended with plans to appeal to the Maryland Synod and possibly seek an accounting of church finances. Legal action is doubtful, but the dispute over church leadership and votes remains heated and unresolved.
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Heitmuller
Wordeman
Bath Clay
Anton Heitmuller
Fred Wardemin
F R. Harcla
Memorial Evangelical Lutheran Church
J . Butler
Insurgen
Maryland Synod
Dr Butler
Maryland
Allegen i Legatity
George S Claybaugh
Messrs
Hellmulle
Barclay and
Wunleman
Comorrows
Seventeen Die In Birmingham Coal Mine Explosion
An explosion at the Birmingham Coal and Iron Company mine near Short Creek west of Birmingham killed seventeen men including outside foreman C L Harmon and chief weighman J Salter. About one hundred workers were underground. rescue parties retrieved bodies within minutes. Fire and gas hindered access as inspectors Hillhouse and Flynn began inquiries into the cause amid a reduced, dangerous working condition.
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Washington Post
Birmingham
Ala
Birmingham Coal and Thon Company
Short Creek
C L Harmon
P Salter
Aigazel
Will Hariigton
Schoeller
J Jacksor
J Harmon
FP Saller
Ensley
Birmingham Southern Railway
Alex Bonneyman
Th Company
Birmagham
Hill
Love No Proof of Madness in Washington Post Hearing
After a two juror verdict, the court ruled Maria Augusta Valentine a New Rochelle widow mentally competent to manage her affairs and $10000. Relatives sought the case citing her theater usher romance as evidence. Valentine testified she loved the usher, while a commissioner noted affection does not prove insanity.
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Washington Post
New York
Maria Augusta Valentine
New Rochelle
Valentine
Duma Probes Spy Network Ties To Government
The St Petersburg duma resumed sessions on the government spy system linked to Azef, head of the fighting Russian Socialists, and Lopukine, former police director in the interior ministry. Pergament said agents provocateurs are now Russia’s greatest power and condemned the system for eroding trust and security. He charged the government with culpability alongside reactionary groups for political murders.
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Duma
Azef
Lopukine
Ministry of the Interior
Pergament
Constitutional Democrats
Russia
Istem
Calgary
Grand Durie Sergice
von Piebye
Mitchell heir in peril as villa dispute turns fatal
Milwaukee reports David F Mitchell eldest son of late Senator John L Mitchell may lose his life of a shot during a bid to take possession of Villa Alexander in Jacksonville Florida. Mortgage foreclosed in 1901 and a watchman fired on the trespasser. The villa has been tied to two Florida mysteries including the death of Rear Admiral J Cogswell and the ambush shooting of the watchman.
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Washington Post
Milwaukee
Wis
David F . Mitchell
United States
John Ll. Mitchell
Jacksonville
Alexander
Mitchell
Alexander Mitchell
J Cogswell
Florida
Cogsewell
Fosele
Rogers Sey
Billard Seeks Incorporation To Control Boston and Maine Stock
Hartford petitions before the legislature request incorporation of the Billard Company by John Z. Billard of Meriden and associates to form a body politic with power to purchase hold pledge and sell shares of stock of the Baster and Mine Railroad and other securities. The aim is to transfer 110 600 Boston and Maine shares formerly sold to Mr Bullard by the New England Navigation Company into a corporate entity.
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Hartford Conn
John Z. Billard
Meriden
Billira Company
Baster and Mine
Boston
Maine
Bullard
New England Navigation Company
Iam
Billard Bu Corporation
Kiss Damages Repair Effort Between Crans and Evans
San Francisco police report Lieut 7 W Osburn of the Clevenne sails from San Diego with aim to reconcile Naval Constructor Holden Crans and his wife Evans who has filed suit. Osburn sought leave of absence after leaving his vessel to mediate the domestic dispute. Evans rejects reconciliation and Mrs Dyans remains noncommittal.
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W Osburn
Holden Crans
San Diego
Osburn
Evans
San Tiego
Dyans
Peace hopes float after Peru Chile tension recall
A Chilean envoy arrived to seek amicable settlement with Peru after a dispute over erecting a tablet. He was welcomed by a large crowd at the railway station, with officials stating he left Lima as no other country was open to him and that he desires peace. Families of those who died in the 189 war between Peru and Chile attended from the Perusyizans side, underscoring the war’s lingering impact.
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Belenaque
Aldermen Increase Pay With Private Secretary Raises
Aldermen boosted their salaries on Monday from 1 to 7,00 each and set private secretaries at 1 90 each to aid heldovers. The council also proposed a 30 stipend for upcoming aldermen while friction over the 50 discrepancy stemmed from Mayor Busse’s pledge that salaries would not exceed 50.
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Lucago
Gow Deneen
Busse
Olney Attacks Roosevelt at Boston Union Banquet
Richard Olney former Secretary of State spoke at Brown University alumni banquet in Boston criticizing President Roosevelt for imperialist aims. He said Roosevelt seeks a rapid expansion and an individual government akin to Napoleon III while praising America’s plural political path.
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Roosevelt
Richard Olney
Brown University
American House
Olney
Americas
Mr Olney
America
Napoleon III
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