Marriage and Death Notices With Telegraph Insertion Free
The Washington Post offers marriage and death notices to appear simultaneously without extra charge in several morning papers including the Cincinnati Enquirer New York Times Boston Globe Buffalo Courier Chicago Record Philadelphia Public Ledger Pittsburgh Dispatch Providence Journal Rochester Herald St Louis Republic Syracuse Post Standard Minneapolis Tribune Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Washington Post
Luncinnati Enquirer
NEW York Times
Boston Globe
Buffalo Courier
Chicago Alcord Herald
Ypelladelphia Public Ledger
Pittsburg Dispatch
Providence Journal
Rochester Herald ST Louis Republic
Syracuse Post
Praise for life saving crew at Larchmont disaster
Henry B Davis reports from Reuben Bemis that he witnessed the Block Island rescue scene after the Jovy Line steamer Larchmont disaster. Bemis describes immense suffering and praises the crew’s heroism, urging Congress to grant the requested increased compensation.
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Henry B Davis
Tstrict
Reuben Bemis
Providence RI
Bemis
Block Island
Jovy Line
Larchmont
Rhode Island
Masons
Congress
Cleveland State Hospital abuse report cites sustained charges
Trustees filed with the governor a report on charges against the hospital management detailing cruelty to patients. About 20 of 52 charges were sustained, including ice pieces placed down backs, attendants cursing patients, and repeated blows by named attendants Garrett and Skinner amid a noisy incident involving Wakeman and Hubbard.
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Columbus
Ohio
Cleveland State Hospital For the
Garrett
Hubbard
Skinner
Wakeman
Licensed to Marry Many Virginia and Maryland Couples
A list of marriage licenses shows numerous couples from Chester Virginia Woodsboro Baltimore Crewe Burkeville Detriot and Grand Rapids. Names include William H Cogblil Pearl Chalkley John F W Vorkeeper A Amelia Peter James D Bukrer Eva Goldsborough Louis Stern Anderson Dessie J W Saxton Joseph T Kelly Mamie Belle Hamilton EF B Mc Laughlin Fred Shadbolt Fannie K Johnson Andrew W Nelson Emory Barnett and J B McLaughlin.
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William H_ Cogblil
Pearl Chalkley
Chester P O, Va
J E Irvine
John F W Vorkeeper
A. Amelia Petersen
James D Bukrer
John J Scott
Eva Goldsborough
E H Lamar Jeaae H Strauss
Ross M Keller
Baltimore
Louis Stern Anderson H Etzler
Dessie J W Saxton
Health Office Record of Noted Patients and Ages
Report dated noon February 14 1907 lists numerous individuals with addresses and ages in Washington area, including Rebecca M Barton 80 Raymond Povis 4 months Anders Sindland 17 James P Dootey 72 Bernard Schon 76 Hiram W Goff 37 Judith Phelps 0 Charles R Zepp 33 John Lewis 9 Eta Colston 37 Scott Lockett 52 Herman A Ware 128 Hendartes Taylor 2 Jonas Jones 40 Iene Watking 49 Dennis Carrol 10 Annie Thomas 70 Sherman Parker 28 Florence McKnight 35 Lewis Armited 26 Amanda Stafford 48 Annie Bowser 23 William A Dixon 4 months The Washington Post Book Catalogue advertised as on sale at the office.
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Rebecca M Barton
Raymond Povis
Children's Hospital
Anders
Sindland
Sthley Hospital
James P Dootey
Bernard Schon
Govt Hos
Hiram W Goff
Hameo
Judith Phelps
I St
Charles R. Zepp
Lamont
John Lewis
Wash
Asylum Hos
Eta Colston
St Ow
Scott Lockett
St. Ow
Herman A. Ware
Va. Ave. Se
Hendartes ‘Taylor
Sherman Ave
Jonas Jones
Dumbarton Ave
Iene Eo Watking
Fenton At
Dennis Carrol
Q St
Annie Thomas
Mass Ave. Nw
Sherman Parker
7Th St Aw
Florence McKnight
O Wt Nw
Lewis Armited
Washington At
Rockefeller rushes home as wife’s cold prompts alarm
John D Rockefeller hastily travels from Augusta to Lakewood after a telegram says Mrs Rockefeller is confined indoors with a cold. Doctors note her asthmatic condition worsened by a slight cold, though family insists illness is not serious. Rockefeller’s trip follows his golf leave in the South. Mrs Rockefeller’s sister and physician offer cautious statements while confirming no severe illness.
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Washington Post
Lakewood
N. J
Augusta
New York
John D. Rockefeller
Ocean Avenue Boulevard
Rockefeller
Irwin H. Hance
Engravers Freed Over Venezuelan Coin Dies Charge
New York February 15 Joseph and Sidney Keller engravers were discharged in federal court after Judge Holt ruled no criminal intent shown in making counterfeit dies and hubs for the Bolivar dollar. Evidence tied the work to funding a Castro revolt via Captain Boynton who claimed legal advice supported legality pending decree and enactment after victory.
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New York
Joseph and
Sidney Keller
Venezuela
Holt
United State Court
Jo Holt
United States
Ridgway
Charles Boynton
Kellers
Capt Boynton
Castro Boynton
Vassar Objects to Prison Near Poughkeepsie
Poughkeepsie N Y February 16 The bill to erect a state prison near Poughkeepsie to replace Sing Sing provokes strong protest from Vassar College President James M Taylor He warns a large jail nearby would harm the college community and patron confidence and endanger campus decency due to escapes and hangers on nearby inmates
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Poughkeepsie
S State Prison
Sing Sing
James M. Taylor
Vassar College
Vassar
Taylor Saya
Beleyve
Boys Try To Wreck Train Near Tallapoosa
Four boys led by Carl Davis aged thirteen confessed to trying to wreck a Southern Railway train near Tallapoosa Georgia on Tuesday night. An Atlanta accommodation train derailed after an open switch. the engine was demolished, engineer and fireman injured, passengers unharmed. The lock was broken and the switch left open. the youths planned to rob the express car.
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Tallapoosa
Carl Davis
Southern Railway
Here
Atlanta
Tried to cheat gallows with artificial blood injection
In Rusgelville Kentucky on February 15, Guy Lyon and Polk Fletcher white men were hanged for assaulting Mary Glader a young German girl two years prior. Lyon tried to die by his own hand last night by opening a vein with a sharpened spoon. Doctors injected nearly a gallon of artificial blood to revive him, but he remained too weak to stand for the scaffold this morning.
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United States
New London
Harry Knowlton
Joy Line
Larchmont
New Shoreham
Sandy Point
Charles Mitchell
Frea Hiergesell
Providence
Veina
Rusgelville
Guy Lyon
Polk Fletcher
Mary Glader
Lyon
Elkins Act ruling lets federal action proceed against immune rail
Judge Holt overruled the Delaware Lackawanna and Western demurrer in a case charging rebates to the American Sugar Refining Co. The decision says the Elkins Act applies to routes through multiple states and that the Hepburn Act does not repeal it. The ruling views this as a victory for the government and enables action against other corporations.
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Holt
New York
United States Court
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railway Company
American Sugar Refining Company
Buffalo
New York City
Lowell M. Palmer
United States
Stimson
Hout Ih
Court action to force return of railroad freight cars
Judge Harmon, receiver for Pere Marquette and Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton, plans to sue roads using their cars to obtain returns or damages. The move targets several thousand cars held by other lines, with farmers and shippers suffering from car shortages and railroads losing money. The action could set a precedent compelling car returns nationwide.
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Cincinnati
Univ, Kendi
United States
Harmon
Pere Marquette
Hamilton
Dayton
Barman
Traction Merger Across Ohio and Indiana Involves 100 Million
The Times-Star reports a planned merger of all Southwestern Ohio and Eastern Indiana traction lines with a total capital of 100 million dollars. Leaders Randall Morgan of Philadelphia W Kelsey Schoepf and W S Rowe from Cincinnati push the deal. The new company may be named the Indianapolis and Columbus Eastern Traction Company with Cincinnati Dayton and Toledo as main stem outlets.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Indiana
Times-Star
Traction Syndicate
Ich Randall Morgan
Philadelphia
W. Kelsey Schoepf
W. S. Rowe
Indianapolis and
Columbus
Dayton
Toledo
Oil Trust Case I3f Court Motion to Quash Indictments
Arguments opened before Judge Dunegh in Hancock County in Findlay Ohio to quash nine percent indictments against Standard Oil Company and subsidiaries. Defense from Vir ail P Kite H H Toles J Troup Cleveland Bowling Green. Hancock County prosecutors David and George H B Phelps argued for the state. Judge reserved ruling on quash issue as proceedings continued.
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Ohio Grand
Findlay
Otho
Flo
Standard Oil Company
Dunegh
Hancock County
Virail P. Kite
H. Toles
Cleveland
J. &. Troup
Bowling Green
David
George HB. Phelps
Ofl
Baltimore and Ohio Answer in Pitcairn Coal Case Denies Discrimination
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad filed its answer denying unfair distribution of coal cars in the Pitcairn Coal Company suit. It argues no interstate commerce violation, blames some coal companies for shortages, and notes existing court injunctions over Watson and Wheelage cars. It asserts fair partial distribution and that Pitcairn had access to comparable accommodations.
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Washington Port
Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
United States
Pitcairn Coal Company
Raiload
Pitcairn Company
Pitcairn Commany
Watson
Circuit Court of West Virginia
Baltimore and Ohio
Fairmont Coal Company
Monongah
Pennsylvania Railroad
Funeral of former Gov Higgins held in Olean
Funeral services for former Governor Frank W. Higgins were held at his Olean home with Gov Charles E. Hughes ex-Gov David B Hull and Lt. Gov Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler in attendance. The body lay in state, flowers came from the Roosevelts and Gov. Hughes, and a public service followed at St Stephen's Church before interment in Mount View Cemetery vault pending mausoleum completion.
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Olean
N. Y
Frank W. Higgins
Charles E. Hughes
David B Hull
Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler
Court of Appeals
James W. Ashton
St Stephen's Church
Guy Higgins
Roosevelt
Gov. Hughes
Higgins
Ashton
Mount View
Black Hand Men Held in Pennsylvania Court Case
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania on February 16 authorities disclose the capture of eighteen of twenty three men alleged to be members of the Black Hand. The court proceeding details include robbery murder and terrorism linked to the organized Italian group.
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Pennsylvania
Wilkesbarre
Black Hand terror group: county hearing and arrests
In Browntown near Pittston yesterday and today, officials reviewed multiple charges against 23 suspects. Five were discharged, four later arrested were jailed for further investigation. The county prison corridors hosted testimony of robbery and attempted murder linked to the Black Hand with over 500 members and branches in Buffalo, Rochester, New York City, Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, and other towns.
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Browntown
Pittston
Buffalo
Rochester
New York City
Scranton
Wilkesbarre
Cilies
Alleged Fifth Wife Found Tied to Boshaw Case
In Cheyenne on February 15 Herman Boshaw already arrested for bigamy consented to travel to Buffalo for trial without requisition. A telegram from Cincinnati reported he had been married there as Herman Allison. The item also notes contest titles and widespread distribution at 15 cents.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Herman Boshaw
Bigawa
Buffalo
Cincinnati
Boshaw
Herman Allison
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