Nun in Charity Garb Feared to Shoot Self Near Braddock Heights
Four youths report a woman in a Sister of Charity garb seen on Mount Vernon and Alexandria Railway tracks near Spring Park and Braddock Heights at night. A shot was heard as they fled toward Alexandria, but the body could not be found due to darkness and dense brush. Authorities pursue the baffling case as residents recall the nunlike figure.
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Braddock Heights
Alexandria
Polles
Charity
Mount Vernon
William Pullin
John Kersey
Spring Park
Braddock Heighta
Alexandra
Suraignt
Arrington
Bell
Wreck at Williamsport Hits Depot and Platform
An east bound freight train of the Western Maryland Railroad derailed at Williamsport, tearing up thirty feet of the plank platform before landing on an embankment. The Williamsport station suffered damage as did six cars. The track was severely torn and traffic was halted for eight hours. Agent Samuel McClanahan rushed from the building, fearing collapse.
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Washington Post
Tagerstown
Mil
Potomac Vale Jey Division
Western Maryland Railroad
Williamsport
Negroes Plan Boycott In Norfolk Street Car Strike
In Norfolk Virginia on July 6, African American workers formed two companies to operate wagons and a parcel delivery service as a boycott against streetcar lines. They protest the segregated car system and aim to pressure the city by withholding use of the streetcars. Thorogood notes indignation at being moved on public transport and supports the boycott against the streetcar lines.
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Washington Post
Norfolk
wWt
Escod
Thorogood
Cruiser sighting near Cape Henry sparks debate
Norfolk dispatch reports a cruiser flying the Mexican flag seen near Cape Henry today. It did not answer signals and its name was unreadable, moving toward Baltimore. Virginia pilots dispute observer, claiming the vessel is Italian and bound for Baltimore and Annapolis.
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Norfolk
Cape Henry
Weather Bureau
Cruser
Virginia Capes
Baltimore
Virginia
Agstria-ion
Annapolis
Waiters for Midshipmen New Plan Aims for Efficiency
Annapolis July 15 The Naval Academy adopts civil service hiring for mess staff replacing academy authorities. About thirty waiters employed with plans to reach ninety as midshipmen return. Expected savings of about 34 a month per cadet and a more permanent trained staff accompany the shift. An unrelated street incident near Klug street prompts police attention as a sisterhood inquiry in Alexandria and St Mary’s Academy glow with stray inquiries as Braddock Heights search continues.
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Washington Post
Annapois
Naval Academy
Sands
I Annapolis
Academy
Midshipmen
Klug Street
Lylea
St. Mary's
Riot on Electric Car Leaves Passengers Dead and Injured
Washington Post reports a violent clash aboard the Alexandria to Mount Vernon car on Saturday night. Conductor Tazewell F Johnson turned back to Alexandria for help as whites and colored men fought. Otto Hicka is jailed in connection with the trouble. Police, led by Lt. Smith, escorted survivors to Mount Vernon and back to Alexandria to restore order.
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Washington Post Bureau
Hing Street
Alexandria
Alexandrian
Alexandia
Mount Vernon
Aleanndra
Tazewell
F. Johnson
Smith
Paff
Beach
Garvey
Vernet
Bluecoatas
Otto Hicka
Mquor
Pastor collapses and dies during sermon in West Virginia chapel
Rev. Thomas J. Alderton fifty of Great Cacapon West Virginia collapsed and died in the pulpit at Greenwell Baptist Church Rees Mills West Virginia while preaching He stood nearly seven feet tall and weighed over 300 pounds He is survived by his wife and two children one of whom resides in Washington D C
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Cumberland
Thomas J. Alderton
Great Cacapon
W. Va
Greenwell
Colored M E Conference Held at Monroe Chapel Ashburn Va
The Alexandria District Colored Methodist Episcopal Church held its district conference at Monroe Chapel Ashburn Loudoun County with Rev R B Robinson presiding and reports of prosperity. Delegates include Mrs Josephine Zenus Mrs S A Bing Presley Jones William Gibson J W Late and Magnus L Tobin as alternate for Washington and Philadelphia conference next November. Morning sermon by Presiding Elder Robinson and communion observed. Afternoon service featured Rev Stephen Johnson of Washington, with Rev RS Jenkins also preaching. Session adjourned to meet July 1907 at Willard Loudoun County. A Hawthorn man named George Gathaway of Washington was arrested for fast riding and cruel treatment of a horse at Cooper's livery stable, fined 35, horse kept. Body of Mrs Bertha Lowenbach sent to Baltimore for burial. Miss Nelle Thomas daughter of Joseph B Thomas dies at Hokhart aged 24. Mrs Motsgee wife of Prof Frederick G Metzger of Lutterville and Mrs Ecker wife of Rev Harry B Ecker survive as sisters.
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Colored Methodist Episcopal Church
Monroe Chapel
Ashburn
Loudoun County
R. B Robinson
H. J. Willams
Josephine Zenus
S A. Bing
Presley Jones
William Gibson
J W. Late
Magnus L. Tobinaen
Washington and Philadelphia
Stephen Johnson
Washington
RS. Jenkins
Willard
George Gathaway
Cooper's
Polca Court
Cumberland
Nelle Thomas
Joseph B. Thomas
Hoffman Mines Consolidation Coal Company
Hokhart
Motsgee
Frederick G. Metzger
Maryland College
Lutter Vile
Mre Ecker
Harry B Ecker
Presbyterian Church of
Frostburg
Sis. Tank
Son Dashes Poison Away to Save Her Life
A fourteen year old boy in Baltimore intervened when his mother Mrs Ollie Hutton attempted to swallow carbolic acid. He dashed the bottle to the floor, splashing burns on her arms and chest. Police say she had recently faced the death of a child and separation from her husband.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Ollie Hut Fon
City Hospital
V. M. I. Man Killed In Morehead City Fall
Special to The Washington com Raleigh July 16 William Boyland nineteen son of William M Boyland of Raleigh killed instantly by falling from an upper window of the Atlantic Hotel at Morehead City His family prominent in the state He was until recently a cadet at the Virginia Military Institute
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William Boyland
William M. Boyland
Atlantic
Morehead City
Virginia Military Institute
Crowd at Gamp Meeting Enlivened by Local Clergy
The Washington Grove camp meeting opened with a large visitor turnout from Washington and county areas. Bishop Cranston fell ill and was replaced by Presiding Elder H R Naylor in the morning. Dr Carl Doney of Hamline Church spoke at 3 pm and Rev Frank Bristol of Metropolitan Church preached in the evening. A children's service directed by Miss Swartz of the Deaconesses Home was held, with Rev A H Zimmerman leading the evening service. Music came from a large choir directed by Prof Percy S Foster.
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Washington Grove Ca
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Bishop Cranston
H. R. Naylor
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Hamline Church
Frank Bristol
Metropolitan Church
Miss Swartz
A. H. Zimmerman
Percy 8. Foster
Plumbers in Norfolk Threaten Walkout Over Pay Rise
Norfolk July 15 350 plumbers threaten to strike at 4 AM if demands for a $1 per day raise on the current $4 eight hour scale are not met. Union members delivered demands yesterday with no prior warning, risking delays to numerous building projects in progress.
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Norfolk
Robbers Loot Post Office at Glen Burnie
Robbers looted about $1,000 from the Glen Burnie post office on the Baltimore and Annapolis Short Line Trailroad. Postmaster Adam Wingert was hit, bound, and gagged, then left unconscious for about an hour. The exact amount taken unknown. no clew yet to the thieves. Wingert was filling in for William F. Kuethe.
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Baltimore
Glen Burnie
Wingert
William F. Kuéthe
Dovener to Succeed Buzzard as U S District Attorney
Wheeling July 15 Reese Buzzard of Parkersburg will resign as United States district attorney for the Northern West Virginia district due to health. Capt. B. B Dovener of Wheeling is named as his successor after a recent congressional renomination defeat by W. P. Hubbard.
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Reese Buzzard
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United States
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W. P. Hubbard
Boy Dies of Lockjaw After Toy Pistol Incident
Special to The Washington Post reports twelve year old John R. Lannon died in Piedmont from lockjaw after injuring his finger on a toy pistol while helping ex-Councilman Noon in a store. The wound was initially seen as minor.
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Washington Vest Cumberland
John R. Lannon
Piedmont
Noon
Himelf
Refused to Give Name Arrested on Disorderly Trespass
A well dressed stranger from New York refused to identify himself to Salisbury officers. He was arrested at Walter Poole’s home for disorderly conduct and forcible trespass after Poole reportedly beat him with a pistol. The man was jailed and again refused to reveal his identity.
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Washington Post
Salisbury
N. C
New York
Walter Poole
Poole
Fatal shooting in Ghurgh over old grudge at Children s Day
A noon shooting near Maxwell Station eight miles west of North Tazewell Va left Charles and Arthur Grabeal fatally wounded. They were sons of J Monroe Grabeal a local merchant and farmer. Walter McNeil was the assailant who fled the scene at a holiness meeting. The motive was said to arise from an old feud observed by a large crowd.
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Maxwell Station
Here
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Arthur Grabeal
J. Monroe Grabeal
Walter McNeil
Hoveyi
Presen McMeil
Noted Baltimore inventor Painter dies in Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore July 16 Wiam Painter noted inventor dies at Johns Hopkins Hospital following an operation for an internal disorder. He was sixty eight. Painter held more than a hundred US patents including a bottle seating device and its manufacture. He was a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the American Institute of Mining Engineers.
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Wiam Painter
Johns Hopkins’ Hospital
United States Patent Office
Painter
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
American Institute of Mining Engineers
Shot While On Train Sparks Mystery In Salisbury
Herbert Shoe of Concord was brought to Salisbury with a dangerous gunshot wound to the lungs after a freight train stop. He claims an officer shot him on the train. others doubt the tale and suspect hobos. The circumstances and timing remain a mystery.
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Salisbury
N. C
Herbert Shoe
Concord
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Hobos
At the Hotels List of Guests by City and Name
A long OCR list catalogs guests and their hotels across cities such as Chicago Philadelphia St James Petersburg Richmond Alabama Arkansas California Florida Georgia Indiana Louisiana Maine Michigan Minnesota Missouri Nebraska New Jersey New York Ohio Oklahoma Pennsylvania South Dakota South Carolina Tennessee Texas Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Chile and the United States Army and Navy personnel. The fragment ends with a poetic line about a maid dressed to kill, noting no murder in her eyes Yet her maid was dressed to kill.
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A. L. Atking
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H. CG. Mechene
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St. James
J. H. Handa
Fort Wayne
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Ratlit
A. Il
Matt
Elliot
New Orleans
John P Steven
John Howard Stevens
Portland
James Micitiganh
D Mebean
Detroit
Ebbitt
R. O Whitmore
Quincy
Newark
Martional
G Polard
Passaic
St. Jomen
P J. Everest
Alenwood
South Carolina
G Arthur Andson
Columbia
Releign _ WONNESSEE
Wiss Blanche Allison
Katharine Robinson
Pauline Hantock
Hattie Hunter
Lewis Denice
Leake Henderson
F. Blackburn
Flora
Copsland
Katherine Dietzen
B Price
Maud Erwin
Nargaret Erwin
Alice McGill
Delay Bartin
Sule McFarland
Mary Fricks
Chattanooga
Riggs T. Ie
Greaves and
Wits
Memphia
New Willahl
L Bickley
Knoxville
Edward F. Goldsmith
Memphis St. James
Texas
Cova
Fort Worth
New Willan
H. Coopman
Danville
Raleigh
Washington
Howard
Seattle
Ebblet
West
Flea Proof Fence Divides Bath Beach Neighbors
In Bath Beach Brooklyn a ten foot fence rises behind Dr John H De Mund kennel club owner amid barking Russian wolf hounds It divides his rear property from the Chipman family who complain of fleas and noise Inspectors found the kennels orderly and the fence a flea defense Dr De Mund plans to fortify the barrier while dogs remain in fine voice and wagging tails
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Bath Beach
Brooklyn
John H. DeMund
Twenty-second
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Kennel Club
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Kagellmeister
Chipman
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Health
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Boris
Sons of Skidoo Form In Waterbury City
A Waterbury Connecticut story reports the formation of The Sons of Skidoo, a club for citizens born on the 23rd of any month. The group plans a birthday dinner and public events on the 23rd, seeking to abolish foolish superstition and elevate the name Skidoo, with aims to go national. The piece riffs on American outings and vacation culture, linking to broader themes of leisure and social custom.
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Waterbury
Conn
Car
New York
Wiliam
Sandland
Poilla
Skidoo
Bed items and prices mixed in OCR fragment
Fragmentary list shows bed sizes and prices with inconsistent text and measurements. The readable parts suggest standard beds 3 ft and 4 ft lengths priced up to 60 dollars, but the data is garbled and names or stores are not legible. This item appears as a damaged listing with multiple misread figures.
Sophie Wright story aims to uplift humanity in July Everybody's
A letter defends publishing Sophie Wright tale and prior hard hitting pieces on finance and trusts, arguing the magazine seeks public good and moral uplift. It urges readers to see in the July issue the spirit of hope, optimism, and help for humanity.
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Sophie Wright
Everybody’s Magazine
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