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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1910
Page
8
Glenn Curtiss powered a 50 mile course along the Atlantic City beach in 1 hour 14 minutes 59 seconds to set an American record. Brookins and Coffyn praised the feat as Curtiss then posted a new quick climb record of 1 minute 80 feet in 6 minutes seconds amid a strong easterly wind.
Obituary fragments list multiple DC area names with dates in July 1910. Entries mention Clark daughter, Clarke James, Jacob Povert, Grady, Hyatt, Bridget Barke, Myron Robinson infant, Elizabeth Talbot, and events at local churches and cemeteries with funeral times and addresses. Interments at Mount Olivet and Holy Rood referenced.
In memory of Martin Summerville Mclearen who died suddenly one year ago on July 12 1900. Loved by his father mother and sister this solemn notice expresses their enduring grief and remembrance. A public death and mourning notice appears in major newspapers as part of the family’s tribute.
Curtiss wowed crowds along the ocean edge from Massachusetts avenue to Dover avenue with a flying display over Atlantic City. He hailed his engine’s reliability despite extra convergency gear and wind, while Brookins and Coffyn staged sharp turns and a 1000-foot beach sweep.
The torpedo boat Bagley arrives at the Washington navy yard to have a launching platform fitted on its bow for testing Rep resentative Butler Ames of Massachusetts aero plane lifting power. The test uses no flight, with the vessel moved at about 10 knots into the wind and a device measuring lift under varying conditions. Expenses are paid by Ames.
Widow Mrs Jeanne Dyrenforth and her daughter Rose Marie Krowston face unsettled probate as lawyers warn terms may fail in court. Attorneys Dennis and Yeatman say no probate action yet and executors may be challenged via letters of administration or a receivership. They note possible life insurance and heavily encumbered city real estate with no income.
Clifford Harmon, an amateur aviator from Garden City, attempted a flight across Long Island Sound to Greenwich, Connecticut. His aeroplane crashed after 150 feet of descent, the pontoon-laden craft failing and Harmon escaping serious injury thanks to a tree breaking his fall as onlookers watched near Roslyn.
Baltimore July 11 Lieut Joseph McGovern of the Central police district will be appointed captain of detectives tomorrow morning succeeding Capt Aquilla J Pumphrey who resigned last Tuesday An interview with President A Whetle at the Central station helped seal the appointment McGovern 51 born in Seneca Falls N Y came to Baltimore young joined force May 15 1885 after seven years street work he became clerk at Southern police station promoted to sergeant August 1 1900 and rapid rises follow
British aviation record set by J Armstrong Drexel son of J Anthony Drexel at Bournemouth. First ascent reached 1 950 feet then a sunset flight raised the mark to 3 493 feet. Drexel trained at Pau and Brockenhurst earlier. He with W E McArdle runs an aviation school on 500 acre flying ground near Lord Montague's seat in the New Forest.
A long list from Vesuvius Fredericksburg and Druid Blum noting marriages or engagements. Names include Raymond Crawbund Ada Snider Joseph Curtis Mary Hinton Myrtle Skinner and others with accompanying reverends. The roster reflects multiple couples with varied ages and locales.
Franklin K Lane, member of the Interstate Commerce Commission, told English speaking delegates in Berne that American railroad law is less drastic than English law. He said Congress did not fix uniform classifications, mileage-based class rates, or universal terminal charges, and that American regulations follow English precedents yet are not radical. He noted the rules support securities stability and are welcomed by railroad men.
A Pennsylvanian vestibuled passenger train running from Altoona to Cumberland overturned near Bedford, Pennsylvania on July 11. The engine remained on track. a relief train carried passengers to Cumberland. Passengers escaped with no serious injuries as the train dragged over ties on a 20 foot bridge at 30 miles per hour.
Special to The Washington Post reports the engagement of Rose Mildred Taylor daughter of Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy M Taylor of Washington D C to Joseph O Donohue of New York City with Elberon New Jersey as their summer home. The couple will marry likely in autumn. O Donohue is grandson of Mrs. O Donohue of East Sixty ninth Street and has siblings Henry B O Donohue Marie and Ethel.
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks holds its largest annual reunion as hundreds of delegations arrive for the grand lodge opening at Detroit's Lyceum Theater. Senator J C Burrows Governor Fred Warner and Mayor Philip Breitmeyer welcome the delegates. Grand Lodge officers tour St Clair Flats on a Motor Boat Club cruise.
Paris officials refused bail for Count d Aulby de Gatigny held since April on misrepresentation of paintings and antique furniture bought by Mrs. Charles H. Paine of Boston. An official expert found the pictures to be forgeries and worth less than their frames.
London declares no power to stop Johnson Jeffries fight pictures. Churchill notes government cannot suppress screenings. Manila moves to ban the films over effect on Filipinos. Chesapeake and Ohio dispute two cent fare law with Kanawha circuit court. appeal planned. Madrid names Perez Caballero as ambassador to France succeeding Marquis del Muni in Paris posting.
Health office list records births for many couples including Edmund A Varela and Margaret Varela a girl and Antonio Di Benedetto with Lillian Di Benedetto a boy among many others. The deaths note J C Dean aged 43 at park location 7th and B sts nw Pauline Streent Garfield Hospital 53 William Tucker 17% XII J ave and many entries listing names ages and addresses across local hospitals and homes.
Bridgeport editor Stanley Y Reach of Scientific American leaped from a Bleriot monoplane near Lordship park as the plane ran along a cliff edge over Long Island Sound. He escaped with bruises and his machine was wrecked, carried home in pieces after a failed ground run to gain altitude.
At the Friends conference in Asbury Park New Jersey July 11 critics objected to hymns such as Jesus Lover of My Soul There Is a Fountain Filled With Blood and Onward Christian Soldiers as expressing sentiments not aligned with Friends views. Dr O Edward Janney of Baltimore led the opposition with a note of broader hymn debate amid travel and ship schedules mentioned in the report.
Aged Mary Jane West testified at the Alexandria police court that Richard Williams, a negro, assaulted her in the yard near her South Washington home Sunday afternoon. Williams was fined $100 and sentenced to six months in jail. Nephew John Canter was charged with theft, admitted taking $1, but claimed it was to guard against thieves and was discharged after corroborating West.
The R F P Pleasure Club organized near Alexandria plans dances and excursions while aiming to influence town politics. Membership capped at 60 with offices led by Edmund Clark and staff in Calvert Castle St Elmo. Also notes stormy weather, a Silvta Brick and Stone Company charter, lodge excursion to Marshall Hall, and local funeral and court news.
Fire destroyed an unoccupied frame peanut factory building at Third and Lombard streets in Petersburg, formerly used by Shelton Chieves. Estimated loss around $2,000. Special to The Washington Pass reports the blaze started mid afternoon.
Imposing funeral services were held for Representative Walter Preston Brownlow at the Mountain branch of the National Soldiers' Home in Johnson City Tennessee. His body was buried on the reservation chosen by the congressman amid attendance by national figures and congressional colleagues. The event is recalled as a solemn occasion in East Tennessee, with the Soldiers' Home praised as a living monument to Brownlow's efforts.
Hyattsville Md July 11 John Dant white 27 is held on $500 bail after being charged with attempted criminal assault by Misa Lottie Davis adopted daughter of Col A L Thompson near Landover Prince George county Davis identified Dant after arrest at his father home near tuxedo He was brought before Justice A H Gabler at Bladensburg and held for grand jury Davis testified she boarded a WM A line car at Chesapeake Junction to Columbia Park Dant followed her to a lonely road and caught her by the throat but fled when she cried out.
Lieut. Charles A. Zimmerman bandmaster and organist at the Naval Academy is hospitalized in Annapolis with a knee cap injury after a fall from the organ loft near the new chapel. He was treated at the Naval Hospital and is reported in stable condition.
Col Jorge Valera and six others were seized by secret police in Havana on charges of conspiring against the government. A trunk with arms and dynamite was shipped from Havana to Vieja Bermeja, Matanzas, with the Havana University medical school janitor linked to the case. Police found more dynamite on his possession as investigators believe the group planned to blow railroad bridges and damage property to pressure the regime.
Warrenton Virginia July 1 Mayor T C Thornton aged 70 died at his home after weeks ill. A native of Caroline County he moved to Fauquier County after the Civil War and became a renowned educator. He taught a large boys school before serving as mayor and belonged to Joe Kendall Camp UCV. He is survived by Mrs Eugene Allen Miss Bessie Thornton D C and T Thornton and Maj R J Burnham Dead.
A veteran describes severe eczema on hands lasting three years with constant pain and multiple doctors and remedies failing. After trying Cuticura Ointment, he reports complete relief eight years ago and no recurrences, crediting the product for restoring work capability. Signed by Thomas A. Clancy in 1909 from Trenton New Jersey.
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