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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1907
Page
16
Detective McConville reports Dr. R C Flower, linked to grand fraud schemes and a South era faith cure sanitarium, was arrested in Philadelphia. Flower vows to resist extradition as prosecutors push for bond and pending charges, detailing alleged misrepresentations and large cash deeds.
Died notices for Annie at Jones and Elizabeth Dent report sudden and lingering deaths. Andrew Benton Johnson and Margaret M Lockwood are listed with funeral details and addresses. Jaquette and Jaquette interment arrangements noted. private or pending services planned.
Worn and imperfect OCR indicates a notice about marriage and feather notices, with references to Washington Fest and application without extra charges for some form of insertion. Fragmentary text lacks clear names, dates, or locations to confirm specifics.
San Francisco The Bulletin reports Charles H Gilman intends to travel with his daughters Pearl and Huntice to Paris next week where Miss Maybelle Gilman will wed William Ellis Corey of United States Steel Corp The Gilman family lives at 243 Late Street Pittsburg An official says Corey's marriage plans have not involved the steel company and the firm does not meddle in his private life as long as his work remains satisfactory
Thomas Haden, watchman of 241 Ninth Street NE, was assaulted by three unknown Black men at Maryland Ave and Ninth St in the Southern Railway yards. Haden, beaten with heavy clubs, was taken to Emergency Hospital in serious, comatose condition. suspects not yet arrested.
A steamship passing through the Hook at 12 39 this morning grounded on the south edge of the ship channel opposite the north Hook Beacon. The vessel was unidentified and unable to be identified at that time.
A distressed exchange recalls a man describing the loss of his home after his wife loses her job. The brief dialogue portrays hardship and social strain, reflecting on unemployment's impact on families.
Firemen faced four alarms in early night city calls. The worst blaze broke out at the corner of Louisiana Avenue and Tenth Street Northwest in a three story brick block owned by Joan A Hamilton and tenanted by Hickroon Co Belster Bros and J W Beasley commission merchants. Smoke poured from the second and third floors. Firefighters under Assistant Chief Wagner confined the flames to the upper levels. The block housed various goods including chickens whose coops suffocated. Damage about 2500 dollars covered by insurance. The largest loss occurred at Kelster Brothers where the fire began. Origin under investigation. A schooner Davina McNamara at Thirteen and a Half Street Northwest suffered fire damage to the sail and yards totaling about 10 dollars. Fireboat Firefighter could not respond due to engine damage. Other alarms from boxes at D and Second Streets Northwest and at P and Twenty-Fourth Streets Northwest proved false.
The article outlines Dr Richard C Flower known in Washington as a doctor and broker who amassed a fortune by bogus mining schemes and other confidence tricks. He operated here years ago, fell from grace, and later ran a big stock market racket while evading authorities. Police in Philadelphia hold him awaiting New York requisition papers as he faces charges.
New York readers hear sensational testimony on Harry Thaws potential insanity and family dread of a tragedy as a lunacy commission could examine his motives in the Stanford White case. Polish priest Blasowsky sues for 300 dollars over an affidavit about a Polish girl linked to White.
A health office record lists multiple deaths dated January 4 1107 including Frant Hurley and George Bell among others with ages ranging from 1 to 90. A separate note reports Former Atlanta Man Kills Himself in Bolingbroke near Macon Ga after illness and despondency.
Reports describe a bomb explosion at Fourth Street Bank and a suspicious man matching Robert Steele from Garner Iowa visiting Equitable Trust on Broad Street asking for a $5 loan. Steele, a former Garner councilman, lived in Chicago with a history of wells drilling and patent medicines and has relatives in Garner.
In a historic Cincinnati ruling Judge Sam W Smith granted two sisters daughters of Lena Buck divorces from their respectively neglectful husbands Edward McMahon and Harry Jicath. Lillian McMahon testified she supported herself after marriage while her husband pursued other women. Hulda Heath told a similar tale with corroboration from their mother and sister.
Captain James H. White resigns as general superintendent of the Railway Mail Service due to ill health after sixteen years in charge. Appointed clerk in 1866, he oversaw rapid growth from 703 clerks to about 14,000 and from 32,092 to 200,000 miles of railway post office service. White, born near Albany Wisconsin, enlisted 1861 in Iowa, served in the Civil War, and was mustered out in 1865 with the rank of captain.
London journal reports Gen Sir Henry Perceval De Bathe is dead at an advanced age. His son Hugo Gerald De Bathe is married to Mrs. Lillian Langtry. Born in 182% the general’s death marks the end of a noted family lineage.
If you are sick or feel badly begin taking Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root, a kidney remedy. As soon as your kidneys improve they help other organs to health. A trial will convince anyone.
Special dispatch reports ongoing attempts to reach a man entombed by a tunnel cave-in on the Hunsbruck railway near Lauer Bunn. Fresh landslides hinder rescuers while desperate scenes unfold as victims' wives attempt to assist. forty men buried, fifteen bodies recovered.
A raid last night at 612 Ricketts Court Northwest broke up a crap game. Officers Sgt. Williams and Pokes men Scanlon Newton and Van Horne entered the building, seized the window sash and panes, and arrested Frank Ford Fred Bates Albert Evans William Turner Maxwell Grant Arthur Butler Emanuel Lee and John H. Francis, all colored. An unknown Negro escaped from four policemen.
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