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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1908
Page
35
A 23 year Navy veteran, Paddy Coyle is praised as the expert tobacco chewer for the Navy. The article notes his extraordinary chewing habit, traveling worldwide to sample brands, and his influence on procurement as a measure of navy supply and cultural shifts in tobacco use.
Reports claim negotiations to sell the Bobinger tract near Cabin John, with Waskington post prominent buyers, could close within a week. A new suburb with streetcar lines is planned on the Potomac ground. Engineers draft plans for the bridge work as the deal progresses. Also noted is the appointment of Mrs Lorena Wirgon’s son as an assistant chemist with a Minnesota mining company.
Insurance agent Frank K. Raymond filed a bill against Union Central Life Insurance of Ohio seeking an inspection of policies since March 20, 1908 and an accounting. He claims agency from 1892 to 1906 with partner Oscar Ricketts and says he was discharged March 2, 1906 without cause. He alleges a contract to receive commissions on renewals and seeks those commissions on policies reissued after discharge, though he cannot know how many policies exist.
Executors of the late Ward F. Droop, who died February 8, filed a bill seeking construction of the will. The clause questions the power given to trustees to reinvest principal, said to affect daughters and possibly violate perpetuities rules. Droop was a prominent local businessman with an estate around $200,000. Woman Sues Railway Company for Damages
Three people died and a fourth was mortally hurt in New York as heat drove residents to unsafe air. John Falkenner fell from a three story window, John Meyers fell from a high window, Stella Dominick died on a fire escape, and Albert Lane fractured his skull but survived. Colton Estate Trustees Named Justice Gould appointed R Golden Donaldson and Conrad H Syme as trustees to sell the late Mrs Ellen Cotton home at 1617 Connecticut Ave. They may raise a 330000 lien pending the sale. Bond of 9125,000 required. Harry Burwell Demands 10000 Damages From Robert Warren Burwell sues Warren for alleged defamatory letter harming his reputation. The suit seeks 10000.
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