Opposed to Highway Keen Voices the Sentiment at Banquet
At a G A R banquet in honor of Judge Alfred Beers of Bridgeport the Potomac Department voiced opposition to a Washington to Richmond memorial road with a Confederate monument until every veteran is cared for and national debt paid. Taft praised. Kern and Barnhart spoke. Taft letters read. committee listed.
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Taft
Rauscher’s
Department of the Potomac
Alfred B. Beers
Bridgeport
Conn
Grand Army
Washington
Richmond
Judge Beers
John W. Kern
Indiana
Henry A. Barnhart
F. A. Johnson
Comdr. J. In
Bloodgood
George H. Lillebridge
John «. Black
Belia We
Daughters of Veterans
Clark
Cannon
James R. Mann
George Sutherland
Charles D. Hilles
Kern
United States
Willam H. Taft
Joe Wheeler
Barnhart
Gen. Black
Congress
Abraham Lincoln
Henry A. Johnson
Osborn H. Oldroyd
Thomas H. Mckee
H. D. Norton
Newton Ferree
John Finn
B. FR. Bingham
H. W. Raymond
A. H. Heathers
Ll. H. Patterson
L. P. Sethold
Thomas Hopkins
Alfred Shaw
Samuel G. Mawson
F. L. McKenna
B. W. Bonney
George FE. Corson
C. H. Worden
S&s KE. Faunce
Howard Gillman
A. Huntoon
William M. Potter
M. Young
Thomas Calver
A. H. G. Richardson
John Connolly
A. H. Frear
Lemuel Warner
Chris Storm
P. Tasker
James McKee
George P. Davis George «Ross
J. R Oursler
E. BR. Campbell
Jerome FF. Johnson
A. F. Dinsmore
George R. Cook
J. W Shaw
J. Tyler Powell
W. H. Hoover
W. L. Schmalhoff
T. J. Duval
A. B. Frisble
TL. H. Bleks
William H. Price
H. H. House
B. P Tintrikin
H. H. Bunyea
E. P B. Seavey
Samuel Bricker
E. J. Sweet
Lawrence Wilson
Charles F. Benjamin
Briscoe Goodhart
Robert Armour
French aviator sets 3 hour 6 minute Paris to London flight
Marcel Brin de Moluilals flies a monoplane from Paris at 9 13 to Valais at 190, resumes at noon, lands in London at 1 30, a 7 mile distance with a flying time of 3 hours 6 minutes and an average speed over 54 miles per hour despite fog. Bruno Wernigen, a German aviator, falls 9 feet at Hangelar near Bonn and dies.
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London
Paris
Marcel G. Brin
Cologne
Germany
Bruno Wernigen
Hangelar
Bonn
Boy 17 Weds Widow 35 in Huntington, W V
William Owens aged 17 marries Lucy Jenkins widow aged 35 in Huntington. Jenkins is mother to four children, the eldest a 15 year old son. Separate cable from London reports the Duke of Abercorn estate valued near 5 million dollars.
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Washington Post
Huntington
W. Va
Wiliam Owens
Lucy Jenkins
Jenkins
Duke of Abercorn
London
The
Daily Express
Inauguration Week Foot Ease Ad Promotes Comfort
During inauguration week an advertisement touts Foot-Ease antiseptic powder to shake into shoes. It claims you can walk for hours without fatigue and notes use in patent leather shoes for dancing and breaking in new footwear. It urges a 26 cent package from any druggist and offers free mail samples from Allen S. Olmsted.
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Allen S. Olmsted
Charity groups appeal for 10000 to sustain annual work
The Associated Charities and Citizens Relief Association urge Washington residents to donate ten thousand dollars by their finance committee to fund twelve months of city wide charity work. The appeal stresses personal services such as employment help legal aid medical aid and social service tasks aiding thousands of families and warning that funds must be raised promptly or doors may close.
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Associated Charities and Citizens’ Relief Association
H Street
L Tm
Washington
Joint
Dinance Committee
Two Views On Mrs Wilsons 1000 Wardrobe Debate
New York reports clash over whether Mrs Woodrow Wilson could dress on a thousand dollars a year. Princess Liwall Parlaghy argues it cannot be done, while Mrs John Winters Brannan says determination makes it possible. The piece details a suggested breakdown of expenses and voices from society.
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New York
Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Linoll Parlaghy
John Winters Brannan
Bellevue and Allied Hospitals
Wilson
Princess Liwoll-Parlaghy
Chauncey Depew
Europe
Wood‘row Wilson
Antarctic tragedy adds two deaths to Mawson expedition
Sydney reports the deaths of Lieut. B Ninnis of the Royal Fusiliers and Dr. Merz a Swiss scientist aboard Mawson's Antarctic expedition. Ninnis, a survey expert, fell into a crevasse. Merz, a prominent skier and geographer, died during the voyage. The Aurora left Mawson and five companions to endure a second winter. King George V Land will be named from new discoveries, per Mawson's wireless to Lord Denman.
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Lieut
Ninnis
Fusilliera
Crevanse
Dr. Merz
Mawson
Sydney
New South Wales
Douglas Mawson
Tasmania
Magnetic Pole
Adelie Land
MacQuarie Island
B. &. S. Ninnis
Englishman, and Dr. Merz
Royal Fusiiliers Regiment
Lawrence Oates
Inniskilling Dragoons
South Pole
Scott
Ninnia
Merz
Switzerland
Antarctic
Melbourne
Australia
Lord Denman
Commonwealth of Australia
Commonwealth Bay
Dr. Mawson
South Polar
King George V Land
Victoria Land
Adele Land
Acid Kills Aged Man In Cigar Store Tragedy
William Y Clarke 62 drank carbolic acid thinking it was whisky in his Ninth Street cigar store. After a failed antidote from a druggist and urgent medical care, he died at the Emergency Hospital. The coroner noted the mistaken bottle and Clarke’s status as a longtime local union printer. Also reported: Luis Felipe Carbo former Ecuador minister to the United States died in New York. his body to be brought to Washington for funeral at St Matthew's Church. Boast May Get Peace Prize. Salvation Army head General Bramwell Booth proposed for Nobel peace prize.
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William Y. Clarke
Ninth Street
Clarke
R. W. Duffy
Duffy
Nevitt
Yates
Union Printers
Government Printing Office
Typographical Union
Washington
Luis Felipe Carbo
Ecuador
United States
New York City
Mr. Carbo
New York
St. Matthew's Catholic Church
Carbo
Interior
Mexico
Belgium
Guayaquil
St. Vincent Christian Brothers School
Matilde Noboa
Senate
Matilde Carbo
Maria Angelica
Anna
Teresa
Matilde
Beatrice
Christina Carbo
Luis A
Stephen
Joseph
Ernest
William
Booth
London
Bramwell Booth
Salvation Army
Dorr Admits Killing in Murder Trial Surprises Fly
Salem mass February 25 William A Dorr charged with killing George W Marsh a wealthy retired businessman will testify in his own defense tomorrow The defense claims self defense and contests the Essex county venue The State asserts Dorr came East to kill Marsh to seize a $100000 trust for Miss Marsh as defense letters show complaints about the trust and management
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Salem
Mass
William A. Dorr
George W. Marsh
Charles N. Barney
Marsh
Dorr
Orpha Marsh
Stockton
Cal
Barney
Suffolk County
Essex County
Lieut Francis L Harris Dies Last Franklin Search Survivor
Lieut Francis L Harris, the last survivor of the Hayes arctic expedition seeking Sir John Franklin, died at his Roxbury home. He was in his eighties and his ship United States sailed from Boston on July 10, 1860.
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Franklin
Boston
Francis L. Harris
Sir John Franklin
Roxbury
United States
Fire destroys Suckerman dry goods store and blocks city streetcars
A woman employee dropped a burning match igniting discarded wrappings at Henry Suckerman & Son 819 H street northeast. The fire, controlled by three engines, a truck, and a chief, caused about 10,000 in losses and halted H street and Eighth street car lines for nearly an hour as emergency bridges allowed hose lines to pass. Separately a gas meter fire at 522 Kenyon street northwest damaged James Yochum’s residence, injuring no one, with a loss around the insured amount and the building repair to be arranged after the blaze was extinguished.
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Henry Suckerman & Son
H Street
Proctor
Ninth Precinct
Eighth Street
James Yochum
Kenyon Street
Donohue
Yochum
Yochums
Fittaburgh
Cornelius Reagan
Hl Street
Chief Kohler Suspended by Cleveland Mayor
Cleveland police chief Frederick Kohler, known as the city’s “golden rule” leader, was suspended at the mayor’s request to avoid embarrassment. He offered to resign, while charges of conduct unbecoming an officer gross immorality and subversion were filed with the civil service commission. Kohler denies the allegations and says a clique seeks to oust him. A preliminary hearing is set for March 1 by the civil service commission.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Frederick Kohler
Newton D. Baker
Kohler
Civil-Service Commission
Clares
The
Civil Service Commission
Ness Charged With Attempted Bribe in Anti Cigarette Bill
Bismarck North Dakota February 25 B J Ness of Grand Forks arrested on charges of offering a 3500 dollar bribe to legislators A G Divet and L L Twichell to defeat a tobacco bill in the North Dakota legislature.
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Bismarck
N. Dak
B. J. Ness
Grand Forks
A. G. Divet
L. L. Fwicheil
North Dakota
Diver
Twichell
Newbro's Herpicide Claims Benefit For Hair Health
An advertisement extols Newbro's Herpicide as nature aiding and dandruff destroying. It claims scalp cleansing prevents hair loss and adds luster, urging purchase via mail order or dealers, with trial offer and money back guarantee.
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Newbro
Lota
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W. Y. Clarke
Montes
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Fountaing
Horlick
F. L. Harris
Suckerman & Son
Yale
Louis XVI
Ogeey Colonial
W.B. Moses & Sons
F and
Eleventh Streets
Tobacco Company
Goingi
Goneiu
Herpicide Co
Dept. S
Detroit
Mich
O’donnell’s
People’s Pharmacy
the Post
Burchell
N. W. Burchell
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