Replica of Washington bust unveiled in Capitol rotunda
French Ambassador Jusserand presented a bronze replica of the destroyed Washington bust to Congress in the Capitol rotunda. Senator Wetmore and Representative McCleary spoke for their branches as President Pro Tem Frye presided. Jusserand announced the gift seals friendship between France and the United States.
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Ambassador Jusser
Congress
George Washington
Library of Congress
Capitol
Senate
Wetmore
Rhode Island
McCleary
Minnesota
Notice of Marriage and Death In The Washington Post
Notices list births and deaths with names and dates from 1905 1906. Individuals named Brown Biggs Dwyer French Halsted Dwyer Smith DeAtley Fox LeRoy Smith and others appear with dates and locations in Washington Baltimore and Hyattsville. Interments and funeral arrangements are noted with times and places.
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Washington Post
NEW York Times
Paarna Blom
Biggs
K Street
J E. Biggs
Baltimore
Deatley
Arthur DeAtley
Washington, D. C
Dwyer
Hannah C. Dwyer
T R Dwyer
Guy Avenue
Hyattsville
St. Jerome's Church
Hyattswile
Lucy Laura Fox
James H
Sarah B. Fox
Lydia Fox
Pennsylvania Avenue
Depauville
Wiliam B. French
East Capitol Street
Mary E French
B. B. French
Joseph Gawler Funeral Director and Embalmer Ad
Joseph Gawler offers funeral services from 1730 32 Pa. Avenue NW Established 1850 with a phone line Main 131. Doors open for all to arrange dignified ceremonies at moderate prices.
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J. Welliam LE
Pennsylvania Ave
Joseph Gawler
Main
Ave
Perjor
R. F. Harvey's Sons
Fourteenth Street NW
France Honors Washington with Bust Gift at Capitol
The French ambassador presented a bust of Washington to Congress on his birthday, honoring the revolutionary leader. The ceremony recalled Franco American friendship, with remarks on Lafayette and Rochambeau, the 1823 1829 David d Angers busts, and a hope for lasting unity between France and the United States.
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France
Washington
Valley Forge
America
Republic
the Invalides
Fontanes
Congress
Rochambeau Mileston
United States
David d’Angers
Lafayette
Capitol
Europe
David
Angers
Agoon
Rochambeau
de Grasse
Eltisen
Wetmore
Washington Remembered In House Prayer By Chaplain Couden
The House convened yesterday as Chaplain Couden delivered a prayer praising George Washington. He spoke of Washington as clear in his concept thens, strong in his convictions, wise in counsel, heroic in battle, and magnanimous in peace.
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Couden
George Washington
Deaths and notable aged figures across several towns
Walla Walla Washington reports Jerry McCraith dead at the county poor farm, once famous for claiming a large Spanish grant across Oregon Washington and Idaho. Bath New York notes Mrs Caroline Shorter dying at 100 after a long life born in Smithville. Columbus Chico reports Mrs E J Copeland, mother of Foster Copeland and sister of John W Foster, dying of old age at 72, body to Brooklyn for interment. Winona Minnesota records E D Dyar, bank president, dead at 61 from heart failure. a Maine native. The last notice promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine for colds with a money-back guarantee.
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Walla Walla, Wash
Jerry McCraith
Northwest
McCraith
San Francisco
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Walla Walla
Bath
Caroline Shorter
Smithville
Columbus
Chico
E. J. Copeland
Foster Copeland
John W. Foster
Benjamin Harrison
Brooklyn
M. Y
Winona
Minn
E. D. Dyar
Merchants’ Bank
Winona Fire Insurance Company
Maine
Grave of Paul Jones Found in Paris Cemetery Search Faces Fund Hurdle
Ambassadors and officials recounted a five year pursuit to locate John Paul Jones the founder of the American navy. The grave is in an abandoned St Louis cemetery in Paris with remains found undisturbed after a shaft 17 feet deep. Roosevelt urged Congress for 35000 to fund excavation and return the hero to liberty’s soil.
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American Navy
Paris
Congress
Washington
Ambassador Porter
John Paul Jones
France
Porter
Jones
National Assembly
M. Simonneux
Polies
St. Louis Cemetery
Roosevelt
Westminster
Hand of Charity
Liberty
Charles H. Davis
International North Sea Commission
Baron d'Estournelles de Constant
Roosevelt addresses university ceremony with naval pledge
Trustees award doctors of laws to prominent figures including Theodore Roosevelt and Sir Henry Durand. President Roosevelt lauds Washington and Lincoln, stresses naval buildup and a balanced foreign policy, urging strength coupled with justice and international goodwill.
German Students Strike Over Academic Liberty at Hanover
German students at the Technical Institute of Hanover have declared a general strike protesting the expulsion of a student and demanding rehearing. The dispute stems from sympathy with Innsbruck riots and has drawn support from some faculty and students at Berlin. A committee of professors seeks amicable resolution and calls for resignations from Barkhausen and the senate.
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Berlin
Technical Institute
Hanover
Barkhausen
Innsbruck University
Innsbruck
Hanover Institute
Heile
Germany
Bark- Hansen
Senate
Eberty
Freight Cars to Be Renumbered for Pennsylvania System
Columbus, Ohio date line reports all freight cars east and west of Pittsburg will receive new numbers to denote class and ownership. Numbers 1 to 999,999 will be used. work begins immediately and will take over a year to complete. Also notes movements of ocean steamers with arrivals and departures in New York and Liverpool.
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Columbus
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Naval Strength and Washingtons Legacy Highlight Roosevelt Visit
President Roosevelt cites naval power as peace insurance in a Philadelphia address citing Washington and Jackson. He praises Taft Wright and Wood and urges education and public virtue. He is hosted by the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry at luncheon with a grand armory reception and a crowd along the route to the station.
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Washington
Lincoln
Philadelphia
Continental Congress
Brandywine
Germantown
Valley Forge
United States
Republic
Hach
Taft
Wright
Wood
Philippines
Cuba
Roosevelt
Philadelphia City Cavalry
Academy of Music
John C. Groome
West Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Capt. Groome
Broad Street
Doctor's Testimony Endorses Father John's Medicine
Dr Geo P Madden of Lowell writes that Father John's Medicine is a splendid remedy for throat and lung troubles. He says it cures colds and grip and recommends it with great confidence based on hospital and private practice observations.
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Father John
Geo. P. Madden
Lowell
Roosevelt Homeward Run In Private Car Returns To Washington
President Roosevelt reached Washington at 6 23 last night after a return trip in a private car attached to the regular train. A laborer attempted to shake hands with the President in Philadelphia and was struck by a saber blow from a nearby trooper to clear the way. Senator Knox accompanied the party and German Ambassador Baroness Sternburg joined the visit at the Armory luncheon with City Troop.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Pennsylvania Railroad
Baroness Sternburg
Knox
Philadelphia
Academy of Music
Armory
City Troop
Secret Service
Tyree
University Club hosts honorary degree luncheon remarks
At the University Club in Philadelphia on February 22 trustees of the University of Pennsylvania entertained guests of honor from the Washington Birthday exercises. Attendees included Baron Speck von Sternburg German ambassador Sir Henry Mortimer Durand British ambassador Rear Admiral Charles E Clark author Thomas Bailey Aldrich and Carnegie Institute president Robert Simpson Woodward along with Senator Knox Baithmore. Prices and transit details mention Return via Pennsylvania Railroad 81.25 and Saturday Sunday service with all trains except Congressional Limited.
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Mitchell
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
University of Pennsylvania
United States of America
William
Prussia
Durand
Henry Mortimer Durand
Great Britain
India
Afghanistan
Persia
Clark
Oregon
Charles Hogar Clark
Harrison
Roosevelt
President Roosevelt
Philadelphia
Washington
City Cavalry
University Club
Baron Speck von Sternburg
Sir Henry Mortimer Durand
Charles E. Clark
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
David T. Watson
Pittsburg
Robert Simpson Woodward
Carnegie Institute
Knox
Medringhaus Summoned In Bribery Trial
In Butler Missouri on February 2 attorney Fauntleroy secured an attachment for Thomas K Niedringhaus the Republican U S Senate nominee while Charles Kratz on trial for taking a bribe in the St Louis municipal assembly was attended by his wife and a physician Kratz fainted and the court delayed proceedings as he received care The defense opened after a motion to quash was overruled and witnesses testified to Kratz good character A separate report notes a butcher knife duel in Circleville Ohio where Henry Witbie killed John Price after a dispute at Hesler Packing Company others details unavailable.
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Butler
Fauntleroy
Charles Kratz
St. Louis
Ratz
Circleville
Ohio
Hesler Packing Company
Henry Witbie
John Price
Price
Wibbe
Ibbe
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Frence
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Chicago Record-Herald
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Pittsburg Dispatch
Providence Journal
Rochester Herald
Louis Republic
Syracuse Post-Standard
Paul
Pioneer Press
Minneapolis Tribune
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Brown
George Brown
Krauser
Undertakers
John R. Wricht
Tenth Street
North
Noren
George P. Zarhorst
East Capitol St
David d'Angers
John Quincy Adams
Wietmoren
Congress of the
David d' Angers
House
France. When He Had Concluded, President Pro’ Tempore Frye
Jerry Wcraith
H.W. Grove
Paul Jones
Gen. Porter
Whitaker
Rome
Lucius Warren
W. K. Vanderbilt
Levi P. Morton
Craig Bidudle
E. A. Bowen
Venezuela
Meyer
New York
Bovie
Liverpool
Gaited
Georgie
Majenik
Southampton
Bremen
Cherbourg
London
Mesaba
Oceanic
Queenstown
Teutonic
G. H. Mumm &Co’s Champagne
Bonfort
Messrs. Fredr. de Bary & Co
G. H. Mum & Co
Isthmian Canal
Andrew Jackson
Barbary States
Old Hickory
Jackson
Navy
the Armory
John
Baithmore
POST
Campbell-Bannerman
Chamberlain
Lincoln Day
Abe Cronkite
Gentleman George
Marcel
Clarence L. Gullen
Leslie
Bae Nee Ate
Affleck
Pa. Ave
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Medringhaus
Kratz
St. Louie Boodler
Dresser
Hub Furniture Co
S. E. Cor
A.collins
Marssville Cal
A. Merry
Sacramento
Apollinaris
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