Rescue of five sailors after capsized boat near Punta Arenas
Five sailors from the Rhode Island party were rescued off Punta Arenas after their boat capsized in heavy seas. Captain Martin, maritime governor, led the relief by launch, bringing all five exhausted but unharmed aboard. Anticipated naval reviews and a social event aboard the Chacabuco followed, with officers from American, British, and Chilean fleets mingling at Valparaiso and Punta Arenas.
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Valparaiso
Mexico
Rhode Island
B. Kelly
Punta Arenas
Martin
Joan Hicks
Chile
Chacabuco
Hodge
Sappho
Weary L. Jones
Chacabuca
Punta Aroway
Obituary and Funeral Directors Directory Ad
Classified page fragment listing multiple funeral directors embalmers undertakers and livery services with addresses and telephone numbers. Includes John R Wright Co Harvey's Sons Speare Sardo Costello Zurhorst Lee Geier's Sons and Frank Geier's Sons offering services and modest prices in the Washington DC area.
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John R. Wright Co
Eal
Exbalicera
Eos
Sf Chapel
Harvey's Sons
Tors
Empalmers
Neitone Chapel
W. R. Speare
F Street
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Mgr
Pugres
WM. H. Sardo & CO
Lotern Chapel Phi Pt
Thos. A. Costello
Ewgalmer
Ia_Connection
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Japan ambassador to Washington seeks early settlement
Baron Kogoro Yakauura arrives in New York en route to Washington as Japan's ambassador and expresses confidence in warm US relations. He says war between the United States and Japan is unthinkable and expects any bilateral questions to be settled soon with American friendship strong. He denies reports of Britain expanding its Pacific fleet and notes no changes to the China squadron.
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Washington
England
Pacific
London
Japan
China
Esquimalt
British Columbia
Franco flees in fear as cabinet ministers vanish
In Lisbon on February 6, reports say former Portugal premier Franco fled across the frontier with his wife and son after death threats spiked by the king's murder. Ministers Carvalho and Abreu disappeared. several deputies and republicans were freed, while the queen weighs a visit to England or Spain to preserve neutrality. The flight follows Franco’s decree granting unrestricted cabinet powers amid upheaval.
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Lisbon
Senor Franco
Spain
Franco
Senhor Carvalho
Ministry of Finance
Dr. Abreu
Minster of Justice
Amelie
England
Manuel
Premer Franco
Curleg
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Diaris Popular
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Mario de
Prince Estel Frederick
Emperor Wiliam
Angush
Duke of Connaught
Arrogant
Admiral Howe
Great Britain
Switzerland
Portugal
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Madrid
Nennor
France
Senhor Novas
Maaria
Hotel de la Paix
Senhor Franco
Licensed to Marry The Bond List of Unclear Pairs
A scrambled OCR fragment lists multiple names and ages with religious figures, suggesting forthcoming marriages. The text includes personal names, ages, and places such as Virginia and Michigan, but the fragmented nature limits clear pairs, dates, or locations.
Health Office Record Deaths Aged Infirm and Infant Named
A health office birth and death ledger lists multiple individuals with ages from infancy to elderly. Notable entries include an infant of Spencer and Sarah Gross at Olson Street, and several residents at homes and streets in the city. Names appear with addresses such as 210 A Street Northeast and 701 Growety KellIs, along with a 2 day old infant.
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Hades
Noutheast
Samuel Frye
Grwety Kells
George
John van
Vermaut Nouw
Tatoo
Stron Sm
Fred
Wind
Hare
Montgomers
Tenth Street
Howe
Infant of Spencer
Sarah Gross
Submarine flotilla leaves for Annapolis on long voyage
Special to The Washington rose reports on February 6 as submarines Tanrantula Cuttlefish and Viper, with gunboat Hist leading, setting out from Sandy Hook in a single column for Annapolis, heading south at 6 05 PM. The marine observer at Sandy Hook mistook their position and could not locate them again, though quarantine ships later sighted anchorage near Tompkins.
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Washington Rose
New York
Viper
Annapolis
Sandy Hook
Hook
Tompkins
Feud Leader and Judge Hargis in Blood Feud Case
The Hargis clan accusation ties John Smith and Joan Abner to a murder plot against Dr. Cox. The feud escalates with Stan Cockrill killed and attorney James B. Marcum declaring he is marked for death. Judge Hargis orders an elaborate coffin, and his son Beacher Hargis is described as an unruly, vagrant-arrested youth.
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Joan Abner
Hargis
Dr. Cox
Stan” Cockrill
Cockrill
James B. Marcum
Cockrill Boys
Lexington
Marcum
Jackson
Court House
Ewen
Asassin
Curt
Tom" White
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National Casket Company
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Judge James Hargis
Judge Hargis
Evelyn
Dr. Hogg
Beacher Hargis
Cincinnati
Roosevelt Boxer Claim Faces Harvard Records Clash
In a 1884 autograph letter Roosevelt claims he was lightweight champion and sparred at Harvard in 1879. Harvard witnesses and college records dispute this, saying Roosevelt never won the lightweight title and only sparred once, a 1879 bout with Charles Stedman Hanks, with Hanks later denying the claim.
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William Hooper
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Athletic Association
Cambridgy
Mass
Cosmopolitan Magazine
Roosevelt
Albany
Assembly Chamber
Harvard
Sote
Sparr
R ‘Ecords
Harvard University
Boston Elevated Railroad
Harvard Athletic Association
Messrs. C
Ohio Bankers Indicted in Misapplication Scheme
Charles N. Sehmick and W Harry Schrate, father and son in Leetonia and Cleveland, were indicted today by the Federal grand jury. The First National Bank tallied November 4 and the pair were arrested in December, charged with making false reports to the Comptroller of the Currency and misapplication of funds. They posted bail.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Charles N. Sehmick
W. Harry Schrateson
First National Bank
Leetonia
Federal Grand Jury
Schmicka
Trial halted as prisoner tries suicide during murder case
In Rochester New York, February 6, Matteo Perleone, accused of murdering his two year old child, halted his trial by attempting suicide. He slashed his throat with a razor during recess and will probably die.
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Ghargea
Rochester
Matteo Perleone
Perleone
Avielde
Coffee Corner Sparks U S Brazil Protest Over World Supply Claim
Special to The Washington Post reports a Brazilian protest to Washington over a Rio de Janeiro source alleging a half world’s annual coffee consumption could be cornered. The piece notes a device by Deputy Consul General Joseph J. Slechta and a suggestion the coffee glut could be burned to lower prices.
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Washington Post
New York
Washington
State Department
Joseph J. Slechta
Brazil
Department of Commerce and Labor
Slechia
Lloyds 'Steamship Company
Root
South America
Mrs Walker Not To Wed Denial Of Engagement Rumor
A Washington Post report that Mrs Anne Weightman Walker would wed Frederic Penfield was denied by her nephew Aubrey Weightman who said there is no truth to the engagement claim. The two are close friends with Penfield noted as wealthy and tied to the late Katherine Wells Penfield.
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Washington Post
Philadelphia
Anne Weightman Walker
William Weightman
Frederic Courtland Penfield
New Yorker
New York
Lincoln Day for Bay State Proclamation by Governor
Governor Curtis Guild Jr issued Massachusetts first Lincoln day proclamation urging February 12 pause from work and honor Abraham Lincoln with general flag displays. He said Lincoln's crisis actions inspire a peaceful era, noting close ties with the President and admiration for Roosevelt.
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Gov. Guild
Martyr
Boston
Mass
Massachusetts
Curtis Guild, Jr
Abraham Lincoln
Guiid
Incoln
One Life 18 Lost In Flood In The Ohio Valley
Severe floods across Ohio and West Virginia cause extensive damage in Dillonvale and Parkersburg. A forge burst in Short Creek near Dillonvale, flooding twenty five homes and trapping sleepers in cold night clothes. In Parkersburg the Little Kanawha River gorge broke, washing away docks and 6000 logs into the Ohio River, with thousands of dollars in property losses.
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Wheeling
Ohio River
Parkersburg Dock Company
Dreams of Husbands Death Foretold by Dream Vision
New York reported a Brooklyn woman who feared her husband’s death after three dreams predicting harm. Her husband, John Coyde, a night worker on the Brooklyn Bridge, died suddenly on Sixth Avenue, with the timing matching the dreams. The article also covers a chorus girl assault, a baboon attack in California, a returning greyhound in Oakland, a fire extinguisher incident in Maryland, a bankless man’s misfortune in Pennsylvania, and Smith College students protesting a Wesleyan opera portrayal.
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John Coyde
Sixth Avenue
Brooklyn
Lek
Broadway
Hill
Rialto
Smith College
Middletown
Cann
Wesleyan
Smith
Earth crack in Haverstraw spooks residents near river
Residents of Front Street, lower Main Street, and Allis Avenue fled homes after a deep crack opened in the earth near the Hudson River. The tensed neighborhood, close to a January 1980 slide, feared more houses tumbling into the river as workers assessed the widening fissure.
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Hudson River
Haverstraw
N. Y
Front Street
Lower Main Street
Allis Avenue
Removal of Clay from River Bed Sparks Brick Mak ing Concerns
The text notes that extensive clay removal from the river bed over several years to supply brick making has caused effects. It frames the issue as a consequence of large scale extraction and hints at environmental or structural concerns arising from the practice.
Verdict in breach of promise suit awards $19000
In Covington today Dollie Stout won $19000 in a breach of promise suit against John Duffy. Both had prior marriages. Duffy was a captain in the Covington fire department. Stout lives in Cincinnati.
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Washington
Cincinnati
Ohio
Wes
Dollie Stout
John Duffy
Covington
Duffy
Stout
Baby Waif Found at Biltmore in Willow Basket Rescue
Mrs Henry Reed at the Vanderbilt Biltmore villa found a baby girl placed in a willow basket on the doorstep. A letter inside addressed to Rev Rodney Rush Swope D D rector of George W Vanderbilt’s All Souls Church expresses remorse and asks for prayers for the infant and the mother who signs herself The Mother.
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Washington
Asheville
N. C
Henry Reed
Vanderbilt
Biltmore
Rodney Rush Swope
D. D
George W. Vanderbilt
All Soule Church
Dr. Swope
Signea
German Treasury Secretary Von Stengel Resigns
Berlin February report says Freiherr von Stengel, secretary of the imperial treasury, has resigned. His successor is not named. The retirement is linked to Germanys financial embarrassment and the challenge of satisfying various states and political parties.
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von Stengel
Berlin
Freiherr von Stengel
Imperial Treasury
Papal Bishop Consecration Planned at St Marys Cathedral
Announcement from Catholic University of America says the papal bull naming Mgr Denis J OConnell rector of the university as bishop of Lebante has been received. Consecration set for Sunday May 3 at St Marys Cathedral Baltimore with Cardinal Gibbons officiating and likely attendance by most U S archbishops and bishops.
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Catholic University of America
Mgr
Denis J. O'Connell
Lebante
St. Mary's Cathedral
Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
United States
Fire Commissioner Lantry Resigns Amid Hose Scandal
New York Mayor McClellan accepts the resignation of Fire Commissioner Francis J. Lantry effective Monday. The move follows an investigation into alleged mismanagement of the fire department base pressures. Lantry’s successor to be announced by the mayor.
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Lantry
New York
McClelan
Francis J. Lantry
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