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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1909
Page
25
New England’s soil wears out and civilization shows effects of rapid growth. Tariff debate aside, experts warn cost of living rises as agricultural output lags demand. A plan urges expanding agricultural college services to teach farmers soil optimization and crop yields to curb prices.
Multiple obituaries and funeral notices dated February with names such as JOSEPEC I, DR GEORGE EWING, GEORGE A. GORDON, FLOR MAPFORD LOMAX, MATHEW M. ROB SUR, MARY K CUNUTMAN, and others. Entries include residence addresses, dates of death, and scheduled services. interments referenced at Mount Cemetery and St Mary's Cemetery. Notes indicate private or mass services and requests to copy notices in various city papers.
In memoriam for Marla Louis Cox daughter of Willian Cox and Palaldaughter of William Newitt from Pohick Run Fairfax County Virginia. She died February 10, 1909. The tribute praises her unselfishness high ideals and devotion to duty and notes her loss to relatives and friends. Signed J. Nevitt Washington DC March 20, 390.
A column of funeral homes and embalmers in Washington area listings names R F Harveys Sons, W R Speare, Geo P Zu Zurhorst, Frey, John R Wright Co and others with address blocks, phone numbers, and livery services. Profiles firms offering chapels in various locations and on site use with modest prices and on premises chapels noted.
Funeral designs offered by Shaffer at Blackistone’s on Senata Uivenue N W. Phone Main 870. Special at 2.00. Geo C Shaffer provides beautify floral design at very reasonable price. Also advertises funeral designs for every description and moderate pricing.
A health office death list shows numerous names and ages with fragmented addresses and multiple pairings. Entries include Jozeph H Lowe 30, Minnie Buddington 7 months, Ruppert Home 85, and many couples or guardians tied to infant or child entries amid garbled streets and partial affiliations.
High federal court in Caracas suspends Cipriano Castro from the Venezuelan presidency after finding sufficient evidence in a case brought by the interior minister and attorney general alleging Castro plotted to assassinate acting president Juan Vicente Gomez. The decision transfers the case to criminal court as Castro plans to resign and live privately. Foreign Minister Guinán and others bid farewell to U S special commissioner William R Buchanan departing for Guantanamo aboard the cruiser Des Moines.
Winthrop Scarritt, ex Automobile Club of America president, blasted Congress at the First Signal Corps dinner in New York for cutting aviation funding. He warned a $30,000 aeronautics program could build an airship to sink two 26,000 ton battleships in twenty minutes, asserting France and Germany already field ships that threaten the US Navy.
Frankfort Ky Feb 20 applications for pardons for John Davis and Harlan Whitaker alleged principals in the conspiracy to assassinate William Goebel will be filed with Gov Willson. Caleb Powers J Bird and Dr F W Finley also sought pardons for Gov W H Taylor Charles Finley and John Powers. The petitions for Taylor Finley and Powers carried 5000 names but Willson would not act until Commonwealths Attorney Franklin was notified. Franklin called it a farce and would not participate further.
Pope Pius sends blessings to Archbishop Ryan on his twenty eighth birthday in Philadelphia on February 20. The message follows a flood of letters and telegrams from friends nationwide, but the pontiff's greeting gives the archbishop special pleasure.
A peculiar illness or disease has struck the Winnipeg buffalo herd presented by Lord Strathcona. Once thirty head in a barn, the herd dwindled to two due to feeding issues and lack of new bloodline. Officials blame restricted breeding and confinement for the rapid decline.
New York February 20 Edward Byrnes shot and killed Police Officer Goldhammer as he attempted to enter Byrnes apartment to arrest him. Byrnes was remanded without bail and committed to the Tombs. He claimed the officer looked like a thief and says he feared for his life. The case sparks debate on police warrants and home entry without one.
New York reports say Capt. Thornton Jenkins Hains faces a March trial for the killing of William Annis at the Bayside Yacht Club last summer. District Attorney De Witt plans to move the case forward and seek a lunacy commission to affect proceedings. Hains, confined in Queens County Jail, receives daily outdoor exercise under guard, with health and spirits reportedly improving as he follows the Sunnyside Railroad yard project.
Charles M. Schwab, in Paris for two days, left for the Riviera. He declined to discuss E. H. Gary's alleged trust policy announcement, saying he had received no news and that any comment would be premature. He suggested Paris papers may have exaggerated or misreported the claim.
Special to The Washington Post reports Salt Lake City Utah February the Utah State senate defeated the statewide prohibition bill, a measure passed by the house two weeks earlier by a nearly unanimous vote. The senate vote was 13 to 6, signaling no restrictive liquor legislation and a firm push by prohibitionists for full prohibition.
Large new policy shifts in steel pricing trigger wide inquiries and price drops while major producers including United States Steel, Cambria, Lackawanna, Bethlehem, and Pennsylvania outline a tacit price agreement. Independent firms plan to follow, aiming to keep rail prices steady at 28 a ton amid broader market open selling.
A wealthy husband with paresis is cared for by his wife and nurse at home. The wife, an expert chauffeur, drives him in a London outing with a friend as she rants about plots to separate him. The friend escapes, and Scotland Yard is quietly alerted as relatives seek his whereabouts.
A brief item notes no trace of the couple has been found and that their funds will run out, prompting them to seek help from bankers. Anxiety and sympathy for the missing wife’s well being are mentioned as she endures acute mania.
Chicago February 20 Italian superstition holds that a killer must kiss his victim’s wounds to avoid haunting. The Rosie Albert case against Vito Frappamino’s murder was discussed as witness Nicholas Mostriane testified that after the shooting Mrs Albert kissed her bullet wounds, explaining the act by superstition.
In Reading Pennsylvania on a February day the funerals for Estella Rocktashel and George Kanut concluded a taxicab tragedy. George and Charles Rocktashel, brothers of the slain girl, served as pallbearers for Kanut, while Charles and William Kanut, brothers of the killer, handled pallbearing duties for Miss Rocktashel, signaling family reconciliation. The services were discreet. the girl was buried at noon and the killer four hours later after he shot the girl and killed himself.
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