Inauguration Day Preparations on Pennsylvania Avenue
Painters rush to decorate the big ballroom background at the Pension Office quarters for visiting troops. Stands along the Avenue in front of the White House and Lafayette Square near half finished with a week to finish. Commissions plan balconies and pillars, palms from New Orleans, and a southern theme to greet March 4 crowds.
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Patrina Owen
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Luuistege
Fant
Pliny Hough Ends Life by Poison in Baltimore
Pliny Hough a former cashier at Columbia National Bank died after drinking embalming fluid containing arsenic at the John E. Hough Undertaking Company hospital in Baltimore. He lived four hours and left a note citing a desire to die mirroring his brother Col. John B. Hough, who died en route to a cemetery years earlier. He was 44, a Baltimore native who had lived in Washington, survived by wife and two children. He had worked at Continental Bank after returning to Baltimore.
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Columbia National Bank
Baltimore
Union Protestant Infirmary
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John B. Hough
Pliny Hough
John E. Hough
Continental Bank
Lawyers Ready 10 Prosecute Machen Case Despite Incarceration
Lawyers for August W. Machen announce no delay despite his incarceration in a penitentiary. They will adjust calendars to hear the case in late March or early April if the government presses other trials. Letters from John G Carlisle and A S Worthington urge swift action. Beach seeks trial within a month. Lorenz's whereabouts and illness cause new delays or complications in Toledo.
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Charles A. Douglass
August W. Machen
Machen
Douglass
West Virginia
Debay
United States
Morgan E. Beach
Secretary of the Treasury
John G Carlisle
Joe Wiliam G. Crawford
Carlisle
Worthington
Crawford
Beach
Messrs
Carlisie
Toledo
Ohio
George WH. Lorenz
Stiill
Oyster dealers complain over ice blocking Chesapeake shipments
Oyster dealers along the wharves at Eleventh street report an unusually hard season due to the Potomac and Chesapeake Bay freezing since mid January. Ice prevents dredging and limits shipments to Olid Point Comfort and Norfolk areas, forcing reliance on steamers from those points. Prices remain near last season level, with selects at $1.60 per shell and standards around $2.40 to $2.70 per gallon.
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Awwal
Signal Tower Burned at Ana costa Railroad Yards
Fire originated from an overheated stove and destroyed the signal tower in the north bound freight yards of the Pennsylvania Railroad at Ana costa. Firemen and railroad workers fought the blaze but could not save the building due to water access. The tower housed costly signaling apparatus and the loss is estimated at 2500 dollars.
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Anacosta
Year of Prosperity at University Club of Washington
The first annual meeting of the University Club of Washington reports strong finances with receipts of 21851.12 and bonds purchased. Elected council members include Taft Cortelyou Day and Totten while admissions committee names Abbe Blair Clabaugh Dean Glasie and others. Banquet set for February 22 at Rauscher's with Taft presiding.
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Monroe
G. O. Patten
Wallace J. McLean
Rufus H. Thaer
Totten
Rauscher's
Taft
Committee On Elections
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Lehigh
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George B. Cortelyou
Georgetown
Columbian
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Johns Hopkins
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Princeton
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Yale
University of Cincinnati
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Columbia
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Chicago
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Arthur P. Gresley
Dartmouth
Truman Abbe
Harvard
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Harry M. Clabaugh
Pennsylvania College
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National Law School
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Alexil
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Rufus H. Thayer
Mich-ipal
Ellis Spear
Bowdoin
William N. Compton
Aluwbarua
Negro Pearce Captured After Murder Try Arrest in Virginia
A circular with Pearce’s likeness led to his capture at King George County Court House Virginia on a $50 reward. He allegedly fired blank at his wife Henrietta Pearce during a January 13 quarrel, bullet injuring her. she recovered after hospital care and minor surgery. Spanish War Lineal Society elects officers and plans a Martha Washington tea in Spanish War Veterans Hall with colonial costumes and a Virginia reel.
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Pearce
King George County Court House
Cornwalleft
Washington
Brooks Court Northwest
Henrietta Pearce
Homeopathic
Lineal Society of
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Dief
George W. Driver
Leta M. Ferguson
J. F. Nolan
Alice Estes
W. J. Phillips
L.S. Adams
Anna S. Ferris
Johnson
Ferguson
Adams
Estes
Dolph
Cox
Phillin
New Clubrad es Opened by Commercial League in Washington
The Commercial League opened its clubrooms at 1347 Pennsylvania Avenue with a full day of events and a buffet lunch. Barry Bulktey welcomed hundreds of visitors while leaders like Warren Richardson and E. C. Snyder spoke on civic improvement and national policy.
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Roosevelt
Tragic Crash Kills Boy On Connecticut Avenue Tracks
A trolley collision on Connecticut avenue extender last night killed 13 year old Gilbert Scott who lay beneath a wagon and crushed skull. His brother Edward Scott, driver of the vehicle, was gravely injured, and another wagon occupant Reed Smith escaped with lesser injuries. Motorman Booten Marlin and conductor Henry Harris remained at large as police investigated the fatal accident near Highland avenue.
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Edward Scott
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Reed Smith
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Ivery
Gilbert Stott
Martin
Henry Harris
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Tenth
Girl Returned To Camden From Philadelphia Detention
Fifteen year old girl, picked up by Detective Barbee at a Pennsylvania Railroad station, was a ward of a Camden charitable organization and returned to Camden last night in detective custody. She claimed she had been farmed out to a Virginia family and fled due to harsh treatment. Arriving with no friends or money, she wandered the station before being placed in the House of Detention until Camden officials arranged her return.
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Barbee
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Four Boys Hurt in Edgeworth Sled Car Collision
Four small boys were injured two fatally when a bob sled collided with an automobile near Edgeworth, Pennsylvania. The car was traveling from Youngstown, Ohio toward Pittsburg, and sustained only minor damage.
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Frightful Mortality and Kidney Disease Warning
A historical census notes rising deaths from Bright's Disease and predicts thousands with chronic kidney trouble. The piece warns of Fulton’s Renal Compound, with Williams’ Drug Store as local agent, citing edema, swelling, and weakness as warning signs.
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Death of Addison Atkins Washington correspondent of Brooklyn Eagle
Addison Buller Atkins longtime Washington correspondent for the Brooklyn Eagle died at his home in Washington D C at 1318 Fifteenth Street Northwest. Heart trouble caused his death after more than a year of illness. He was born September 7 1856 in Germantown Pennsylvania and had a newspaper career spanning Philadelphia New York and Brooklyn before settling in Washington. He was favored with close ties to President Roosevelt and covered national conventions for sixteen years. Funeral set for Tuesday in Washington with burial in Brooklyn's Greenwood Cemetery. He is survived by his widow Annabel Squires and two sisters. A Washington correspondents meeting will honor his memory.
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Henry K. Alvord
George H. Garman
Edmund A. Bates
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Washington
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Weather Conditions and Local Forecast for the South and North
Weather conditions note widespread rain in the South and snow in the North within ten days. Forecast calls for continued snow in northern districts, rain in the South and East of the Mississippi, and cold waves across Indiana Illinois Texas and Kentucky Tennessee. Special forecast warns of cold spells and varying winds along coasts and lake regions with moderate temperatures on the Atlantic coast. Local report lists midnight to 8 pm temperatures and tides with several weather measurements. Theft reports include two pocketbook snatching incidents on New Jersey Avenue and Fifteenth Street.
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Greason death case eyed for new trial in Philadelphia
Reading Pennsylvania February 11 The fight for life centers on Monday in Philadelphia where Samuel Greason petitions to reopen his case seeking a new trial based on Mrs Kate Edwards claim of innocence The case has been before the Supreme Court five times and a pardon board in Harrisburg will hear the matter Wednesday Mrs Edwards may seek commutation to life if Greason is spared from the gallows The couple’s plea cites that Edwards says the comforted by the truth and that Abraham H Rothermel doubted her story The New York Sun note quotes a country woman recalling a fire and bustle in New York with vivid street scenes
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Samuel Greason
Philadelphia
Supreme Court
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Harrisburg
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Clergymen Demand Resignation Over City Vice In Philadelphia
More than 100 clergymen gathered at Holy Trinity Church to hear D Clarence Gibboney of the Law and Order Society discuss the social evil. They urged Mayor Weaver to demand the resignation of David J Smyth, director of public safety, citing rampant vice. A laymen meeting and a Woman's Rescue League session followed to address Philadelphia’s vice impact on Washington. Police reported no unusual influx of “white slaves” into the city.
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Holy Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church
D. Clarence Gibboney
Law and Order Society
Gilboney
Woman's Rescue League
J1 Street
League
Washington
Rescue League
Weaver
Charlotte Smith
Martha Johnson
Woman’s Rescue League
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Police seize two bookies in city wager crackdown
Warrants issued on complaint by E. B. Brooks lead to the arrest of Percy Chambers and Frank McInaren, held at precinct stations after search at a hotel known as a sporting headquarters. Bond posted by Frank Foster owner of a horse, collateral returned. crackdown follows enforced poolroom closure and planned renewed police action by Maj. Sylvester and Capt. Boardman.
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Percy Chambers
Frank McInaren
Grant
Mullen
Chambers
McLaren
Brooks
Frank Foster
Foster
St. Asaph
Maj. Sylvester
Capt. Boardman
Morgan Beach
Severe Weather Health Hints From February Dangers
A historical notice argues February brings severe storms and cold across North America and offers health tips. It urges ventilation, cold-water towel baths, brisk dry-towel rubs, meat rich diets, ample sunshine, warm dry clothing, Peruna for exposure, and rest if chills occur, with endorsements from readers and doctors alike.
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Mereuy
Poison in Wife's Stomach Bigamist Near Sensational Confession
Chicago police expect a sensational confession from Johann Hoch, the self confessed bigamist, as new details emerge. Coroner Hoffman notes arsenic found in Marie Walcker Hoch and urges an early final report from Prof. Haines. A full organ analysis is needed, delaying the inquest until Wednesday for further witnesses.
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Chicago
Feb. Il
Johann Hoch
Hoch
Shippy
Hochi
Hoffman
Marie Walcker-Hech
Haines
University of Chicago
Reese
It Is a Strain From Puck
A brief quotation notes the strain in social roles as people pretend to be what they are not yet fear revealing true selves, highlighting the pressure to maintain appearances. The line suggests social satire on performance and identity under scrutiny.
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German Chemist Proposes Cocoa Nut Butter Rival
The Milwaukee Sentinel notes a German chemist claiming to produce a butter from coconut oil that could rival cow’s milk butter. The vegetable butter allegedly tastes, preserves, and resembles dairy butter, with high fat content and low water, though questions remain about flavor and palatability.
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