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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1909
Page
3
A man shot his wife and then attempted suicide after violent outbursts over her leaving him for Al. Neighbors report a disturbed mental state. The incident occurred Sunday afternoon, with the couple’s children present. Police are investigating the events and motive.
The report notes Goode remains in the same condition as before with no change observed. Medical staff describe stability and comfort, while family and supporters await further updates on his recovery.
A brief item notes a $25 000 church building project announced by local leaders. Details are unclear due to OCR errors but indicate a formal plan for a handsome edifice intended to serve the community and its workers, with possible references to dates and donors.
A man sustained fatal injuries after an explosion at a residence. Emergency crews responded to the blast site, and investigators began examining the scene to determine the cause and any contributing factors.
A woman was saved from a blaze when a neighbor raised the alarm and fire crews arrived promptly. The quick action prevented injuries as the fire was contained to a single unit and investigations began to determine the cause.
Tamnoke Va July ww Woo Tenor wife of a wholesale Nauur dealer attempted death by own action this afternoon by shooting herself in the presence of her husband who heard her say I am sorry to die. The burial caused her left side at the chest. Mrs Trenor declared she only wanted to die and begged for medicine to ease her pain. She was a Miss Hendrick from Glade Spring Va with three children. A local druggist was fined $2 for selling coc aine without prescription. A physician was fined for selling narcotics without proper prescription.
A Bristol Bristol special reports a July parade from downtown to Fairmount Beck in honor of Beabern Wright of Georgia. The mile long procession featured Sunday schools factory hands business folks temperance and church groups including women and girls with two mayors leading. Floats and decorated vehicles bore slogans advocating home protection by law and boy safety.
The state socialist convention adjourned until today after nominating Mark Jackson of Baltimore for state comptroller. The platform opposed the proposed black disfranchisement amendment and child labor laws, advocated woman suffrage, and supported the operation of gas and electric utilities and the election of judges and magistrates by direct vote.
Richmond observed a quiet holiday marking the Fourth of July with gala attire and public festivities. Admiral George Dewey attended with Mrs Dewey at Hot Springs, games and fireworks brightened the afternoon, and Red Men paraded with ceremonial dances and a green corn supper.
A fragmentary Virginia brief describes election matters in Front Royal and Richmond area counties, plus court outcomes. It notes a meeting and candidate activity, and reports two women, Brant Royal and Taverton, jailed on charges with sentences, along with references to a July 5 firearm case and a year sentence for an attempted act. details are unclear due to damaged text but show political and legal items in the region.
Blooker won the match with a low 9 handicap score of 9 at Washington Country Club in Jewelly Waitor pits. Bascome John-Son took second with 82 as 33 golfers competed, marking the largest field since the course opened.
On Independence Day in Alexandria two accidents and several fires marked the celebrations. Margaret Nugent, seven, severely burned when a firecracker set her dress ablaze, while Blair Ballenger, seven, escaped serious harm after a pocket ignition. A nearby fire department responded to multiple small blazes caused by sparks from rockets and sky rockets.
A new bank to aid home builders in Mevandna County is proposed with a meeting set at a Washington venue to discuss the institution and its plans. Prominent figures named include George, Ho Rucker, J Porter, James S Groves, RC Lb Monoire, RH Tebbs, Robert Biot, Laas Sterlman, Mitin B Hume, David No Pitty, and Heginald W Beall.
Police raid the Waipahau plantation area as two more suspects are arrested in a case involving kidnapping and false imprisonment of a Japanese strikebreaker, Sunoda. He alleges captors held him in a hotel room during a mock trial conducted by Waipahau union officers. The incident draws attention from the Japanese consul and naval officials seeking to avoid complications.
Thorne Falaise was second in the Prix Jeanne d Arc run today. Mr Thornes Bont and Rosa Adams Gainte Victoire ran in the Prix Rouvray but neither finished in the placings.
Officials of the Industrial Home School organized a full day of sports and picnics for the children on the Fourth. Activities included a martial drill with cadets in paper caps, a marathon race from Tennallytown, and various field events such as long distance races, obstacle runs, and tug of war. The event featured treats like sandwiches, ice cream, cakes, and peanuts, with Company A winning the cadet drill.
Nearly 4,000 attended the opening day of Culpeper Horse Show and Racing Association events at Monta Vista Park. The colt government poet Oregon owned by Dr. Larry T. Grayson of Washington DC won the prize for thoroughbreds while harness horses shown by KE Jackson of Culpeper led the day’s class lineup with judges and officials from Warrenton and Culpeper reporting an active, colorful show segment.
In police court Judge Kimball showed leniency as sentences were handed for assaults. Wilson Mitchell colored received 60 days for punching Armatesd HHA. Bam Bettera and Joseph Smith got 120 days each for loosening teeth of Lew Jong. For Willem Woody Leyt Kettler and Arthur, $5 forfeited for nonappearance. Emma Johnson, colored, to work 60 days in the workhouse. A fondness for gin noted.
London July 5 The Daily News says Dr Boyd an English inventor claims a large dirigible now in a private London shed and in trials since March 9 has flown 360 miles with one descent His vessel described as 120 feet long with three sections and two side propeller wings would be lengthened to 200 feet and powered to 300 horsepower for official testing He is well known in aeronautics especially in France and has submitted the design to the War Office for approval.
Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright labored in the aeroplane shed at Port Myer repairing damage from the Fort Myer collision. They aim to finish the government tests without another extension, hoping to resume flights by Thursday or Friday after securing cloth and restoring the torn lower plane. Orville, back from Trayton, worked on a new cloth cover and plans to resume flight tests next week.
Arthur Grenville Langham, former Provident Life Assurance Society president and Louisville figure, died from a hand injury after a cannon cracker exploded as he grabbed a lighted pan? lawn. Langham, uncle to Baroness von Sternburg and Comtesse de Tairomont, had briefly controlled Provident and rose to prominence amid insurance battles. His widow Stella Peter remains in Europe with the baroness.
A 17 year old Mexican student, Balboa, a Swarthmore College attendee, was arrested by Central Office Detectives Springman and O'Brien in Washington on charges of stealing collars, a sandwich, and small pictures from August H Tense. He was taken to the Mexican embassy for interpreter aid and held for Juvenile Court. The defense and embassy expect involvement in the case.
Honolulu held a Fourth of July parade led by Major Lemel W. Dunning of the Twentieth Infantry with infantry cavalry marines and National Guardsmen. Independence Day exercises followed at the opera house with Dr Thomas Green as orator. Ancon and Cristobal celebrations in Panama were marred by heavy rain though a holiday was declared. San Juan Puerto Rico observed sports and civil and military parades reviewed by Acting Gov Willoughby with a ball and fireworks.
The Mississippi Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling affirming a life sentence for C R Smith, a wealthy planters from Jackson County. Chief Justice Whitfield, in a concurring opinion, called Smith mentally unbalanced when he fired the fatal shot.
C G Stafford formerly Eurekatal mayor was killed in the seventh race at the Lmerteila race track when a car driven by VE Siva crashed and overturned twice. Stafford attempted to cross the track and was struck, breaking his neck. An unnamed companion was knocked unconscious.
Tennessee judges at the state Supreme Court reversed murder indictments in the Night Riders case from Union City. Attorney General Caldwell, who prosecuted the defendants, denounced the ruling as a radical blunder and vowed to pursue justice, while indictments against the Night Riders were postponed to September.
A vagrant jailed six months for vagrancy escaped yesterday night. Police sought the fugitive after a jail warden supplied a description noting the man was a trusted worker who watered the lawn each morning. Warden McKee said two life-term murder convicts, Ducky Holmes and Joan Trilling, were to accompany the escape plan bound for Fort Leavenworth with federal prisoners.
At Belasco Theater the production of Miss Brown Burglar blends farce and verbal wit with a gifted cast led by Laurette Taylor. The plot centers on a mistaken burglary involving a church couple and a determined but misguided thief, keeping audiences in constant merriment through rapid gags and sharp banter.
July reports list Mme Xryzhanovekeia wife of a high ranking interior ministry official among cholera patients in St Petersburg.
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