Barely Escape Death Shock Prostrates Woman
A dynamite blast for a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad branch on Canal Road hurled a 20 pound rock through Mrs. Lynch’s roof, injuring her and her baby as their home sits near the work site. She recovered gradually after hours of terror, while investigators note the blast caused by the new line’s earthwork.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Canal Road
Mrs. Lynch
Messina
Italy
Lynch
Maine
Chain Ige
A. Sinios Company
Death notices from a late January 1969 Rochester area funeral pages
Fragmented obituary notices list multiple individuals including Georgie Om and Ada Po Qeaiten. Entries describe interments, graves, and funeral arrangements at local cemeteries such as Brookland and Creek Cemeteries. Names, dates, and locations appear amid damaged OCR with scattered street and cemetery references.
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Bessie
Cheshire
Lincoln” Post
Momlin
Tran Cane
Torres St
Ocinels Boo
Bart
Perr Savin
Toney
Itera
Northwes
Tone Tealite
Georgie OM
Brookland
Ada Po
Stuicer
Churseis
Providence
Mital
Ate Vuirk
Higgins Family Fire Kills, Wounds Several in Connecticut
Xen Haven Connecticut January 1 A fire destroyed the Higgins residence causing the death of Sara Higgins and injuries to his wife Isabel his daughter and his mother in law Mrs M E Corbin Others escaped by leaping from second and third story windows Harold Higgins narrowly avoided harm The cause was overheated rummage Mr Higgins a former Southern Railway official later general manager of the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad is a Yale graduate and University Club member
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Xen Haven
Conn
Sarin’ Higgins
New York
New Haven
Hartford
Moore
M. E Corbn
Isabel
Esgins
Ad Miss Sfluging
Higgins
Wormng
Harold
Alsolmed Ugh
Mr. Higins
Nolane
Jiggins
Nuiral
Southen Railway
Orty
Southern Machine
Manger
New
Yor News Haven
Sever
Yale
University Club
Wife sues for ten thousand from motion picture queen
Mrs Sadie Skegges of North Twelfth Street Richmond seeks $10,000 damages from Pye Skeggs promoter of a Virginia chain of moving picture theaters alleging her husband was procured away by J Franklin Skeggs the steel engraver and that the plan proved false excitement caused alienation of affections The suit was filed in Richmond January.
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Wrehington
Richmond
Jan
Anezingtha
Stevens Named Likely President Of Colorado and Southern
Denver Jan 13 John M Stevens ex Panama Canal Commission chairman and current vice president of New Haven Hartford railroad has been offered and will probably accept the presidency of the Colorado and Southern Railroad to succeed Frank Trumbull who retires next Wednesday The Colorado and Southern was recently adopted by the Hil interests
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Denver
Colo
John M. Stevens
Panama Canal Commission
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Colorado and Southern Railroad
Frank ‘Trumbull
Colorado and Southern
Hil
Million Dollar Coke Concerns Form in West Virginia
The D E R Davidson Coil and Coke Company announces a 1,000,000 venture to develop 3,000 acres of coal land along the Monongahela River. Incorporators are principal stockholders of Union Drawn Steel Company, with plants in Beagalls Hamilton Ont and Monterey Me. The new firm will produce coke for its steel operations, replacing purchases from H and Coal and Coke and United States Steel Corporation sales networks.
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D. ER. Davidson Coil and Coke Company
Monongahela River
Union Drawn Steel Comper
Beagalls
Hamilton
Ont
Monterey
H. & Coal and Coke Company
United States
Steel &Corporation
Uniform Auto Rates End Rail Freight Dispute
In a ruling by the Interstate Commerce Commission the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific and the Chicago and Northwestern railroads upheld a rate of 92 cents per hundred pounds for transporting an uncrated automobile from Beatrice Nebraska to Kenosha Wisconsin. Movements of naval vessels list Scorpion at Constantinople Solace at Tabanyano Salem at Yorktown Kentucky at Tripoli Birmingham at Newport. Salled Scorpion from Mesina to Constantinople Yorktown from Talcahuano to Callao.
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Inter- State Commerce Commission
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Chicago and Northwestern
Beatrice
Neb
Kenosha
Wis
Scorpion
Constantinople
Solace
Tabanyano
Salem
Yorktown
Kentucky
Tripoli
Birmingham
Newport
Salled
Meesina
Talcahuano
Callao
Senate Favors Ball for inaugural event and concerts
The Senate approved using the pension office building for an inaugural ball with eight days of surrender. Five concerts are planned on March 6 with a closing chorus of 500 voices under Percy Foster, pending Congress approval of the venue. Plans include marks on historic sites, parade arrangements, and a large civic spectacle with multiple organizations and guests from across states.
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Congress
United States Army
Navy
Senate
House of Representatives
United States
Percy S Woster
A U S Ladies Night Meeting Auspicious One
More than 200 guests attended a District of Columbia Society Ladies Night with remarks by Judge Henry Stockbridge and Mrs Donald McLean. Mrs Bishoff sang solos as a buffet luncheon followed and Marine Band provided music for the event honoring Daughters and Sons of the American Revolution and inviting attendance at future dedications.
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Stockbridge
Donald McKean
Bishoff
District of Columbia Society
Daughters For the
Anderson
Donald McLean
Daughters of the American Revolution
Henry Stockbridge
Sons of the American Revolution
Prudent
Miss Moore
DeCaindry
Hagsher
John Pant Harness
Binhoff
Damild McLean
Lars
Apus
United States
Hamilton
Col Runkle Transferred from Miami Military Institute
Lieut. Col. Benj P. Runkle U S A retired was relieved from duty at Miami Military Institute German town Ohio and detailed by the War Department at the request of Gov Har itis to duty with the organized militia for Ohio reporting to the governor at Columbus immediately
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Col. Runkle
Benj, P. Runkle
U. 5
Miami Military Institute
Germantown
Ohio
War Department
Gox. Haritis
Oho
Columbus
Poor's Books Bring $82 330 in Sale Notes
Special to The Washington Post New York Jan 1 on day two of Part II of Henry W Roots library sale brought 8400 and total for first two days 1420 with large sum of day 20 paid by a dealer for a first edition of William Morris Grettir Bage published in London in 1869 A Decree of Star Chamber concerning fitting made by the Grolier Club in 637 the first book printed by the club of which only 150 copies were printed brought 180
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Washington Post
New York
Henry W. Roots
Desler
William Morris
Grettir Bage
London
Star Chamber
Grolier Club
Watson Dead Special Employee of the House
Wilhelm A. Watson, longtime special employee and unofficial sergeant at arms of the minority in the House, died yesterday at Providence Hospital from liver cirrhosis. A known Tammany ally from New York, he had many friends at the Capitol and was greatly mourned.
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Providence Hospital
Williem A. Watson
Hammerstein Arranges 400000 Loan for Philadelphia Opera House
Oscar Hammerstein arrived in Philadelphia and went to EB Stotesbury who agreed to back a 400000 loan to finance the Philadelphia Opera House. Hammerstein then met Mrs Rayburn wife of the mayor and pledged continued opera production in the city.
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Philadelphia
Oscar Hammerstein
EB. T. Stotesbury
Stotesbury
Philadelphia Opera House
Broker Denies Official Word On Nominee Reports
Ansonia Conn Jan 13 Charles Broiker Republican national committeeman for Connecticut said he has heard nothing official about a successor to Frank H Witchcock By chairman of the Republican national committee and called the reports rumors he noted no confirmation from party leaders.
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Ansonia, Conn
Charles 3. Broiker
Thin City
Connecticut
H. i
Republican National Committee
Forty-nine incorporators named for new national convention hall
A planned auditorium project near the Corcoran Gallery of Art draws strong interest as forty nine prospective incorporators are publicly listed. An option on a full block at Seventeenth Street between the Bureau of American Republics and the gallery, fronting about 300 feet, supports a site chosen for a future national convention hall and theater.
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Corcoran Gallery of Art
Suuch
Hich
Hoat
Auditorium Company
National Convention Hall
Seventeenth Street
Bureau of American Republics
Corcoran Art Gallery
Dayton Offered Place in Taft Cabinet as Navy Secretary
Judge Alston G. Dayton of the U S District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia is tentatively offered a cabinet post, reportedly Secretary of the Navy. The decision follows adjournment of court at Parkersburg as Dayton heads to Washington to discuss the prospect with Taft allies.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Alston G. Dayton
United States Court
Northern District
West Virginia
Taft
Dayton
Federal Court
Parkersburg
Washington
Knox
Augusta
Secretary of the Navy
Congress
Jackson
Suffragette storms Birmingham dinner with Churchill
A suffragette created a dramatic scene at a Birmingham banquet honoring Winston Churchill. She confronted Churchill about hotel access for women, refused to leave when asked, and was escorted from the dining hall amid battle cries.
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Birmingham
England
Auffragista
Towers
Winston Spencer Churchill
Board of Trade
Churchill
Fearless dogs and fleas, a curious Audubon talk
Philadelphia January 13 Charles D Keiloge a nature lover told the Pennsylvania Audubon Society that fear drives fleas and other insects away. He cited his old dog Don who he says never bited by fleas, claiming lack of fear odor prevents bites and that mosquitoes avoid him when he remains calm.
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Philadephia
Charles D., Keiloge
Nature
Pennsylvania Audubon Society
Don
Rinehart to name Greene County political backers in bank case
Pittsburg Jan 13 J B F Rinehart accused of wrecking the Farmers and Dravery National Bank of Waynesburg, where he was vice president and cashier, was to testify today on Greene County political practices and reveal the 20 to 30 others who drew checks for political purposes against the trustee account for the 1905 campaign. About 7,500 voters in the county saw an average of $4 spent per voter. A jury was to hear the case tomorrow.
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Pittsburg
J. B. F. Rinehart
Farmers and Dravery National Bank
Waynesburg
Taday
Greene County
James T. Jams
Rinehart
Taft Dines and Meets Pritchett in Augusta
President-elect Taft, amid a tight Augusta schedule, dined with Maj. Jones at the arsenal and spoke with Dr Henry Pritchett of the Carnegie Foundation. A delegation from Anderson, South Carolina, is due to visit. Taft plans Emory College address aboard his train and will speak to Agnes Scott College students in Decatur.
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Washington Post
Augusta
Taft
J W. Jones
Arsenal
Henry §. Pritchett
New York
United States Coast Survey
Carnézie Foundation For the Advancement of
Olf
Anderson
S.C
Mr. Taft
Frank HW. Stedtock
John Hays Iammond
Panama
Oxford
al Isata
Emory College
Covington
Agnes Scott College
Denatur
Englishman Arrested Over Torpedo Blueprints For Job Prospects
Robert H. Lobbett, 31, former Bliss & Co. employee, held on theft charges after police found torpedo blueprints and patent prints in his possession. He planned to sail to England and said he took the documents to display his drafting skill should he need a job. Authorities say the plans were not new and the U S government had no connection to the project.
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England
Washington Post
New York
Robert H. Lobbett
H E. W. Bliss & Co
Brooklyn
United States
Labbett
Bliss & Co
Willard I’. Meyers
Vernon Avenue
Long Island City
Lobbett
Longett
Meyers
Torpedo
National ‘Lin Plate Company
Pittsburg Meed and Water Company
Schesler Bridge Company
Erle Saw Works Company
Schenectady Railroad Car Company
Preacher Trued For Murder Involving Two Clergymen
Suffolk Va Jan 13 Accused of murdering Rev James J Smith a brother clergyman and successor to Rev Eimeat Lyons at Reids Ferry today was arraigned for his life in Nansemond circuit court Counsel for defendant said he would prove the victim is alive in a New York jail under the name Caesar Hines The State sought to prove the two preachers plotted the disappearance and both were to attend a conference next day while Lyons claimed Smith was elsewhere in Portsmouth Newport News Princess Anne county and North Carolina
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Washington Post
Suffolk
James J. Smith
Reids Ferry
Eimeat Lyons
Nansemond
New York
Caesar Hines
Smith
Lyons’ House
Lyons
Portsmouth
Newport News
Princess Anne County
North Carolina
Escape of Fulton After 680 Volt Contact at Substation
Fulton general manager of Washington Railway and Electric Company narrowly escaped death when his hand touched 680 volts. Two fingers were amputated at Providence Hospital, with another possible amputation pending. He remained unconscious but briefly regained consciousness and spoke to physicians and relatives. An accident occurred as workers connected cables near Shoreham Hotel, with a new main feeding car lines west of Ninth Street.
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Fulton
Washington| Electric Company
Providence Hospital
S. I. Fulton
Washington Railway and Electric Company
Nis
Abby
Shoreham Hotel
Ninth ,Street
Lut
Furni
Ourden
Providence, Hospital
Senator Scott rules out probe into President action
Senator Scott, chair of the public buildings and grounds committee, said he has no plan to offer a resolution to investigate the President's order to tear down the old Pennsylvan ia Railroad passenger station near Mulat Sixth and streets. Despite his stance, several senators want a congressional committee to scrutinize the action.
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Scott
Maue
Pennsylvana
Andi
Senate
Firemen Honor Young For Stopping Runaway Carriage
Private T. C. Young of Washington fire department No 5 Truck Company and Percy Given halted a runaway carriage on F street after hearing screams. Officials Commissioner Macfarland Chief Hagimeier Belt and Capt Harper commended Young for saving panicked occupants.
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Young
Percy Given
T. C. Young
No. 5 Truck Company
Washington Fire Department
Macfarland
Hagimeer Belt
Harper
F Street
Tie
Georgetown
JAP IMMIGRATION LIGHT SHOWS JAPANESE MOVEMENT
Department of Commerce and Labor reports for the twelve months ending November 1 show 18,000 plus Japanese admitted to the United States and Hawaii with 7,084 denied. Net nonlaborer gains and laborer losses are noted, suggesting Japan’s government adjusts emigration in line with U S policy.
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Department of Commerce and Labor
United States
Hawai
Hawaii
Japan
Uns
Roots election next week in Albans caucus
In Albans New York on January 1 the party houses plan to caucus Monday night to name a candidate for United States senator to replace Thomas Platt. Tuesday each house will reconsider its choice and Wednesday at noon they meet in joint session to declare the successful candidate elected. Elihu Root will be the Republican choice but Democrats have not yet decided. Names discussed include former Judge Alton B. Walker and former Lieutenant Governor Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler.
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Alton B. Walker
Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler
Postal Receipts Rise at Washington Post Office in December
The Washington city post office reported December gross receipts of 142,816.85, up from 139,328.32 the previous December, a rise of 3,588.53 or about 20 percent. Nationally, the five largest offices totaled 9,554,594.12, exceeding the prior year by 1,406,922.02.
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