Spirit Directed Cure Nothing in Case Concealed
The Washington Post reports a remarkable case of spiritualist treatment for breast cancer. Mary Rowland of New York consulted surgeon Dr William Tod Helmuth who advised operation. Instead a spirit guide led her to electric treatment under Dr Shirley via Rev Mr Currie, and she claims lasting cure years later with no surgery.
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Washington Post
New York
James H. Kyalop
American Society For Psychical Research
Columbia University
Mary Scott Rowland
Windsor Arcade
Fifth Avenue
William Tod Helmunn
R. E. Townsend
Ansonia
Townsend
Helmuth
Spirit World
Heslao
Mgr. Curtix
Brooklyn
Curtis
Shirley
Mila
Notice of simultaneous insertions in major papers
Notice states that obituary and death notices inserted in The Washington Post can appear simultaneously in multiple papers listed, including The New York Times Boston Globe Buffalo Courier Chicago Record Herald Philadelphia Public Ledger Pittsburgh Dispatch Providence Journal Rochester Herald Syracuse Post Standard by Paul Pioneer-Press Minneapolis Tribune Cleveland Plain Dealer Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Washington Post
NEW York Times
Boston
Chicago Record-Herald
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Pittebure Dispatch
Providence Journal
Pochester Herald
Louis
Syracuse Post-Standard
Paul Fioneer-Press
Minneapolis Tribune
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cincinnati Enquirer
Local Undertakers and Embalmers Offer Services
A list of funeral directors and embalmers with addresses in Washington. Harvey and Sons, Mitchells, Speare, Riley, Lee provide funeral services, embalmers, and carriages. Includes chapels, crematoriums, and moderate to first class pricing, with telephone numbers for contact.
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R. F. Harvey
Fourteenth ST. NW
Telephone North 7
John. M. Mitchell
11Th St
W. R. Speare
N. W
Riley
J. William Lee
Ava
Medern
Pennsitewnia Ava
Count's Daughter Swindler Sought by Police and Pinkertons
A famed social swindler known as Mrs A T Rowland, with a long string of aliases, is hunted across the U S and London after leaving unpaid hotel bills and stolen checks. Florence Scott’s arrest in Manhattan exposed Rowland's elusive past and ties to a Norwegian noble family. Count Yarde is named as Rowland’s father, and her travels since a disputed marriage prompted a divorce suit.
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Washington Post
New York
A. T Rowland
Pinkerton
America
Norway
London
Florence Scott
West Forty-fifth Street
Tombs
Mary Giles
Wellington
LICENSED TO MARRY LIST OF WEDDING PARTNERS
A Rogersville era notice lists multiple marriages with ages and locations. Names include Thompson, Elizabeth Carpenter, and others tied to Martinsburg, Hampden, Musselman, and Richmond areas. Clergy Rev Weston Braner and Rev J Wells appear among the officiants alongside various couples.
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Telgr
Thompson
Herndim
Elizabeth Il
Carpenter
Weston Braner
Harry H. McKnee
Jessie L. Robertaun
C. Alein Smith
Panlel Wambeugh
Johnstown
Anna &. Powell
Martinsburg
W. Va
Mebraughiln
F c. Myers
Hazel
Kelley
Greene
J. Wells
Katia E. Redmiles
Upper Marlhara
Rex
G. Freeland Pjur
Theodore Kunza
Florence T. Mason
G. C, Bacon Bernard J. Sweener
Daisy V. Seaborn
Croome
Everett H. Brosius
Thomas Bryan
Dora Knight
Musselman
J. J
Walter W. Hawkins
Mare E. McGuire
Richmond
Frank
Aristol
Olington C. Granger
Emma J. Cubbon
Weston Bruner
James Skinner, Sr
Mammie Butler
Enac Toller
John H. Hill
Mary
Charles H Young
Hen M. Leah
Edna B. Wilson
George W. Lee
Health Office Record Deaths Reported by January 9
List of deaths with names ages and addresses from various Washington areas plus hospital sources. Entries include Fannie Bloundon 3 years, Mary Butler 29, George Banka 48, Augustus Drigge 47, Rebecca Bord 50, Annie Crandall 70, Samuel Groff 59, Noah Clements 8, Toale Wiegel 19, Emma Jackson 43, Katharine Kauftman 3, Barrie Muné 25, Rose Brown 28, Lewis Vale 7, Roser Diggs 12, infant of Charles and Bessie Gooding 7 days. Also Maxim Gorky ill with bronchitis in Naples. profits from new novel to aid Russian electoral propaganda.
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Fannie F. Bloundon
1St St. Nw
Mary C. Butler
2D St. Ne
George W. Banka
16Th St.ne
Augustus Drigge
Elvin Ave
Hillsdale
Rebecca Bord
Annie A. Crandall
16Th St. Ww
Samuel A. Groff
N.C. Ave
Noah
Clements
Pa. Ave. Nw
Toale Wiegel
Profilence Hospital
Emma Jackson
Girard At
Hated Russian Slain In St Petersburg Garden
Lieut. Gen. Vladimir Pavloff, known as Hangman Pavlov, was shot in the garden of the military court building in St. Petersburg. The assassin, in a court clerk uniform, fired about forty shots, killing Pavloff and wounding a boy and a policeman. The incident triggers alarm of treachery within the military court and hints at a broader terror network.
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St. Petersburg
Vladimir Pavloff
Painoff
Nicholas
Parlait
Glinka Street
Imperial Opera House
Opera House
Lantern Lane
Parrott
Quste
Pavnoff
Judicial Department
Army
War Ministry
Supreme Military Court
Pavloff
Rediger
Baltic
Poland
Grand Hotel
Russian Bomb Attacks Wound Officials in Several Cities
Reports detail a series of bombings targeting high officials. Generals Alikhanoff and Vonkarharski were injured or killed, along with police chiefs and guards in Moscow and surrounding regions. A girl at Peterhof killed a guard at a railroad station.
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Nkovsky
Moscow
Peterhof
Vonkarharski
Warsaw
Wasaesin
Alikhanoff
Kutale
Borgone
Transcaucasia
Tomushau
Borissoghebsk
Cheshanowski
Lodz
Col. Salamatoff
Constantinoff
Marlboroughs Negotiate Mixed News on Royal Rift
London reports on January 9 show no reconciliation between the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough Consuelo Vanderbilt and Reginald Vanderbilt. rumors of a separation deed are denied. Legal actions over custody and marital arrangements are expected soon, with the duchess set to sail with her mother and brother to the Mediterranean after the step is taken.
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London
Duchess of Marlborough
Consuelo Vanderbilt
Reginald Vanderbilt
Todey Ig
Mediterranean
Bills at Albany to Safeguard Banks and Insurance Directors
Three New York Senate bills introduced by Senator Saxe aim to protect bank trust company and insurance policy holders. The measures require directors to follow defined duties with regular reports to superintendents and allow action for actionable negligence with equity jurisdiction and optional jury trials. The bills target directors for failures causing depositor losses and protection of policy holders.
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Saxe
Albany
Senator Saxe
New York
May Lane
Insurance
Supreme Court
Equity
May Fill Bryce's Place as Irish Secretary
London reports Lewis Harcourt Liberal MP for Rossendale may be named to the Irish secretaryship vacancy created by James Bryce becoming ambassador to Washington. Harcourt’s selection fits noted advocacy for home rule and aligns with his wife’s American, nationalist sympathy. confirmation appears indirect.
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London
Lewis Harcourt
Rossendale
Lancashire
James Bryce
Washington
Harcourt
William Harcourt
Mr. Gladstone
Mr. Harcourt
Walter H. Burns
New York
Husband Sole Beneficiary Under Will Compromise
In the delayed report from January 9, the will of the late Baroness Burdett Coutts set the husband as sole executor and beneficiary, with the income from the trust estate. the capital passes under the Duchess of St Albans will to Francis Coutts, after a compromise ended disputes over property.
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United States Trust Company
Washington, D. C
United States
Washington
National Capital
Baroness Burdett-Coutts
St Albans
Francis Coutts
Lefust
Caucus Selects Gamble for Re‑Election
Pierre South Dakota January 9 The Senate caucus chose United States Senator Gamble for another term by viva voce vote. Before the vote he responded to charges leveled against him.
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South Dakotan
Pierre
S. Dak
Senate
United States
Gamble
Ballot Seizure Standoff Turbulent Board Faces Contempt
Attorney General moves to access ballot boxes from the last mayoralty election as judges grant show cause orders. Judge Hendrick delays contempt hearing until Amend's order is decided, while Justice Gaynor’s injunction restricts Kings County ballot boxes at Eagle Warehouse. Wisconsin Assembly officers organized. Ekern as speaker and Stout as senate president.
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New York
Fan
Butts
Amend
Supreme Court
Jackson
Hendrick
Justice Hendrick
John T. Dooling
Board of Elections
Dooling
Butte
Justice Gaynor
Eagle Warehouse Company
Brooklyn
Donnelly
Clarence J. Shearn
Kings County
Eagle Storage
Ederston
Gaynor
Wisconsin Assembly
Madison, Wis
J. H. Stout
Herman L. Ekern
Pennsylvania Railroad officials learn little in Berlin trip
Charles M. Shaeffer and two railroad commissioners spent three days in Berlin to study steam electric petroleum combination cars and accident investigations. German officials promptly provided information, leaving the visitors with little new understanding. Snow covers Vesuvius top as Naples fears mud torrents when it melts.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Berlin
Washington Post
Charles M. Shaeffer
Germany
Vesuvius
Naples
Mount
Vesuius
Pope Thanks Washington for Mass Meeting Sympathy
Cardinal Merry Del Val sent a cablegram to Thomas J. Donovan in Washington praising the Catholics of Washington for a December 3 mass meeting condemning the French government’s treatment of French Catholics. The Holy Father accepted the sentiments with great pleasure and extended his thanks.
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Thomas J. Donovan
Cardinal Merry del Val
France
Washington, D. Cc
Holy Father
Holy See
Washington
Cardinal Merry del Vaq
Mrs George Eustis Dead Paris
Paris reports the death of Mrs George Eustis widow of George Eustis Jr a Louisiana congressman and former Confederate secretary who remained in Paris after the war and helped negotiate a postal treaty with France. She was sister in law to the late James B Eustis American Ambassador to France. Mr Eustis died at Cannes in 1872.
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Paris
George Eustis
James B. Eustis
France
Eustis
George Eustis, Jr
Louisiana
Washburne
Cannes
Visit to hospital fatal claims two American visitors
Two American mining engineers died in St. Petersburg after visiting spouses at a contagious diseases hospital. Mrs. A I Lawson of Montins and Albert A J Clement of Washington DC contracted small pox from unwashed hospital sheets used for smallpox patients. Mr. Clement died two days ago and Mrs Lawson died yesterday.
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St. Petersburg
A. I. Lawson
Montins
Albert A. J. Clement
Washington
Mr. Clement
Lawson
Mr. Lawson
Tragic Wedding and Double Shooting in New York
A 24 year old truck driver named Igoe fatally shot his brother in law and then killed his 14 year old wife Mary and himself after a Thanksgiving wedding. The couple reportedly wed days earlier and moved to a new home with Mary living with her mother. The events unfolded at the bride’s family residence with details still emerging.
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William Wehmeyer
Igoe
Mary
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