Rescued Midshipmen From Capsized Boat Near Punta Arenas
Five sailors were saved after their overturned boat capsized off Punta Arenas near Cape Froward. Captain Martin, maritime governor, led a launch to recover the exhausted crew. Meanwhile, Admiral Evans and U S forces prepared for passage battleships bound for Mexico and Chile.
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Ponta Arenas
Valparaiso
Mexico
Rhode Island
B. Kelly
Punta Arenas
Martin
Funeral Directors and Embalmers Directory Ad
A historical directory piece listing funeral directors and embalmers with chapel and livery connections, including John R Wright Co, Harvey's Sons, Speare, Costello, Zurhorst, Lee, Frank Geier's Sons, and others. It notes on premises, telephones, and modest prices, typical of late 19th century services.
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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
N. W
A.speare
Mgr
Pugres
WM. H. Sardo & CO
Lotern Chapel Phi Pt
Thos. A. Costello
Ewgalmer
Ia_Connection
Geo
P. Zurhorst
Geral Pastora
East Capital St. J
Peace, Says Takahira Sends Message From London
Newly appointed Japanese ambassador Baron Kogoro Takahira departs for Washington and tells Americans that Japan values the strong relationship with the United States and expects amicable settlements soon. He denies plans for a British fleet increase in the Pacific and says war between the U S and Japan is unthinkable. He will represent Japan in Washington and notes long friendship with Americans.
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Washington
England
Pacific
Japan
China
Esquimalt
British Columbia
Franco Flees in Fear from Lisbon to Madrid Flight
In Lisbon the fallen premier Franco and his wife and son fled across the frontier after death threats following the King’s murder. Ministers disappear, deputies freed. Queen Amelie may visit Spain or England as Manuel’s regime seeks neutrality. Franco arrives in Madrid in a guarded, covert flight with police protection.
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England
Manuel
Lisbon
Senor Franco
Spain
Franco
Senhor Carvalho
Ministry of Finance
Dr. Abreu
Minster of Justice
Amelie
Madrid
Nennor
France
Portugal
Senhor Novas
Maaria
Hotel de la Paix
Senhor Franco
Licensed To Marry In Virginia Style List Of Names
A fragmented listing of individuals and locations including Walter Lj Lilian Borch and others from various towns such as Samerast Mamassan Broad Run and Mount Hainter with multiple reverends mentioned. The text resembles a registry of marriage licenses or banns with scattered ages and places in Virginia and nearby states.
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Mount Hainter
Margaret BE. Flaherty
Mamassan
Alm Smith
Georgs Fo Hauard
Anas MM. Hosberte
Menzel
Steughter
Dora King
Joshua Lyre
Oreo W
Howard Leronse Terrell
Martha Ro Hall
Joseph Matthews
Deaths listed in health office record
Health office records list deceased individuals including an elderly home resident at 210 A Street Northeast and an informal listing of causes and descriptions. Entries mention ages from 2 days to 17 years and reference locations such as 701 Grovety Kell’s and 204 0 Street Northeast with scattered names like Samuel Frye and George John van.
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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 sails from Sandy Hook on record voyage
Special to The Washington rose New York Feb. 6 The submarines Ta rantula Cuttlefish and Viper with gunboat Hist flagship of the expedition headed for Annapolis on the longest trip yet attempted by submarines. They moved in a single column at 6:05 PM, Hist in front. The marine observer near the Hook misread their position. Quarantine vessels later reported them at the anchorage of Tompkins though the observer never saw them again.
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Washington Rose
New York
Viper
Annapolis
Sandy Hook
Hook
Tompkins
Feud Kills Judge Hargis Aide and James Hargis Affair
Scandal surrounding the Margis Cockrill feud intensifies as John Smith and Joan Abner allege a Hargis clan plot to kill Dr. Cox. Marshall Stan Cockrill dies, attorney James B. Marcum predicts his own murder, and wildes Jett and Tom White receive life terms. Judge Hargis orders a coffin, and his son Beacher, an unruly twenty one year old, faces vagrancy and arrest reports.
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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
Judge Hargis
Evelyn
Dr. Hogg
Beacher Hargis
Cincinnati
Roosevelt as Boxer Non A Bout With Coolidge
A facsimile autographed letter from Theodore Roosevelt dated May 1 1884 claims he was lightweight champion and sparred for Harvard in 1879. Harvard records and contemporaries dispute the claim noting Roosevelt sparred once and lost to Charles Hanks, with other 80s class members corroborating.
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Mass
Cosmopolitan Magazine
Roosevelt
Albany
Assembly Chamber
Harvard
Sote
Sparr
R ‘Ecords
Harvard University
William Hooper
Boston Elevated Railroad
Harvard Athletic Association
Messrs. C
Ohio Bankers Indicted in Misapplication Case
Charles N. Sehmick and W. Harry Schrate, father and son, officers of the First National Bank at Leetonia, Ohio, were indicted today by the Federal grand jury in Cleveland. The bank failed on November 4 and the pair, arrested in December, were charged with making false reports to the Comptroller of the Currency and misapplying 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 to kill himself
The murder trial of Matteo Perleone for the death of his two year old child was paused when he attempted suicide in the recess, slashing his throat with a razor. He is reported to be dying.
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Ghargea
Rochester
Matteo Perleone
Perleone
Avielde
Coffee Corner Spars With Brazil Over World Supply Claim
A Brazilian protest to Washington challenges a Rio de Janeiro report by Deputy Consul General Joseph J. Slechta claiming Brazil reserves half the world’s annual coffee consumption. The notice notes tempers rise as officials discuss possible actions including burning or discarding the immense stock, with a special commissioner appointed to report on the matter.
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Rio de Janeiro
Washington Post
New York
Washington
State Department
Joseph J. Slechta
Brazil
Department of Commerce and Labor
Slechia
Lloyds 'Steamship Company
Root
South America
Cable
Hoot
Stechta
Herman Stelcken
Crossman & Slelken
Broad Street
Mrs Walker Not To Wed Denial Of Engagement Rumor
A Washington Post report of an engagement between Mrs Anne Weightman Walker and Frederic Penfield was denied by Aubrey Weightman. Walker, a New York resident, and Penfield are close friends and Penfield’s wealth stems from his late wife Katherine Wells Penfield, widow of Col McMurdo, builder of the Delagoa Bay Railroad. Penfield previously served as vice consul in London and assisted in settling Col McMurdo’s estate matters.
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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 Guild
Massachusetts Governor Curtis Guild Jr issued the first Lincoln Day proclamation urging February 12 to be set aside from work to honor Abraham Lincoln. He urged flags to be displayed and said Lincoln’s wartime example may inspire peacetime crisis. He noted friendship with the President and admiration for Roosevelt.
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Guild
Martyr
Poston
Mass
Massachusetts
Curtis Guild, Jr
Abraham Lincoln
Guiid
Roosevelt
One Life 18 Lost in Flood in Ohio Valley
Floods from drifting ice and rising streams cause severe damage across Ohio and West Virginia. In Short Creek near Dillonvale residents awoke to backwater flooding, 25 homes inundated and people escaping in night clothing. In Parkersburg the Little Kanawha River gorge broke, washing away docks and 6,000 logs into the Ohio River, with substantial property loss.
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Wheeling
Ohio River
Parkersburg Dock Company
Dreams of Husband's Death Visions Prove Fatal
New York reports claim Mrs. John Coyde dreamed thrice of her husband’s death. He died at 6:30 near Washington Street after leaving their Sixth Avenue home. Coyde, 60, English-born on night shift at Brooklyn Bridge, had dismissed fears before the fatality.
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New York
John Coyde
Sixth Avenue
Brooklyn
Lek
Earth crack alarms town in Hudson River area
In Haverstraw New York residents along Front Street Main Street and Allis Avenue fled as a large earth crack opened near the homes. The scare recalls the January 1980 slide that claimed lives and damaged property in the same vicinity.
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Hudson River
Haverstraw
N. Y
Front Street
Lower Main Street
Allis Avenue
Removal of clay for brickmaking from river bed noted
The passage cites damage from removing an immense quantity of clay for brick making from the river bed over the past years. It frames the activity as the cause of ongoing effects, highlighting environmental and possibly economic concerns tied to this extraction.
Covington verdict awarded in breach of promise case
A verdict of 19000 dollars was awarded to Dollie Stout in her suit against John Duffy in Covington. Both had been married before. Duffy served as a captain in the Covington fire department while Mrs. Stout lives in Cincinnati.
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Washington
Cincinnati
Ohio
Wes
Dollie Stout
John Duffy
Covington
Duffy
Stout
Baby Waif at Biltmore Courtyard
Special to The Washington Past reports Mrs Henry Reed at a Vanderbilt villa in Biltmore Asheville found a baby girl on her doorstep in a willow basket with a letter to Rev Rodney Rush Swope D D rector of All Souls Church. The mother signs as THE MOTHER seeking forgiveness and protection for the infant.
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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 reports Freiherr von Stengel, secretary of the imperial treasury, has resigned. No successor named. The retirement is linked to the empire’s financial embarrassment and the struggle to satisfy different states and political parties.
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Berlin
Freiherr von Stengel
Imperial Treasury
Will Consecrate Bishop at St Marys Cathedral Baltimore
Announcement at Catholic University of America said the papal bull naming Mgr Denis J. O Connell rector as bishop of Lebante had been received and that his consecration would be on Sunday May 3 at St Marys Cathedral Baltimore Cardinal Gibbons to officiate with most of the US hierarchy expected in attendance
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Valnarico
Chil
Officera
Calore
Mexico City
Maxton
Mexico
Magdal
Wua Bay
America
Magdalena
Catholic University of America
Mgr
Denis J. O'Connell
Lebante
St. Mary's Cathedral
Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
United States
Fire Commissioner Out Lantry Resigns Over Hose Scandals
New York Mayor McClellan accepts Francis J. Lantry’s resignation as fire commissioner effective Monday. The move follows the investigation into alleged improper conditions in the fire department’s hoses. Lantry’s successor will be announced by the mayor.
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Lantry
New York
McClelan
Francis J. Lantry
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