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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1909
Page
32
A prisoner claims pressure to cut Thaw's allowance while Meyer quotes Thaw's account given the day before the calling. Dr Cavy observed him glaring, and the scene ended with actions taken.
Mary J Hoxie sues to recover 80 000 claimed from a Part Payment wire contract for seven volumes of Charles Dickens works and five volumes claimed not as described. The defendant Sproul allegedly offered illuminated tablets of the Declaration of Independence as substitute and that only five volumes were delivered. The Garfield Safe Deposit vaults were said to hold the tablets valued around 1500 while Corcoran Gallery offer was mentioned. The case involves Virs Hoxie, Sproul, and the Garfield company with legal action in Illinois court.
Commissioners and police clash over patient freedoms at Government Hospital for the Insane. Dr White argues for expanded liberty for mentally ill patients under care, while Major Sylvester and others warn that dozens escape yearly, risking public safety. West urges strict confinement within asylum limits, contending some patients remain a danger even after cure.
New York reports a Cuban man von Oosten shoots himself after a quarrel with a German actress in a lodging house. He followed her from Havana to New York aboard the same steamer and spent lavishly, claiming she loved his money but not him. A note to the actress recounts betrayal, heartbreak, and a final irony with a faded rose.
An international brief notes diminishing war fears in South America. It reports Bolivian troubles easing, Argentina signing on to certain terms, and Lima welcoming favorable coverage of U.S. newspapers. The piece mentions demonstrations at Ta Taz against Argentine legations and ongoing boundary tensions between Peru and Bolivia.
A Loudoun county wide mobilization supports a Washington to Richmond highway via Leesburg Berryville and Winchester. Officials community leaders and farmers pledge funds and organize committees to back the project with strong turnout at the Loudoun courthouse and urging county-wide participation in the effort.
Rioters armed with guns clash with cavalry and police at McKees Rocks where strikers confrontors fire, horses surge, and workers are restrained. Report notes bullets, pursuing forces, and plant operations amid mass tension and arrests.
M Paulhan stays aloft for one hour and seven minutes in a remarkable aviation display near Douneau. Officials report covering 36 miles before fuel exhaustion forced a halt. The flight, part of a popular excursion, drew crowds along the aero drome as trains and routes to Frederick and Hagerstown offered return trips from Washington.
A distressed engineer in Washington Luray Virginia receives a telegram at Rocky Mount North Carolina announcing the death of his son Ralph in Rochs Mount. The message arrives during a station stop as the train proceeds via Baltimore and Ohio routes. the fragmentary text references Mile Grace Leave of Luray and mentions other names and dates in a chaotic travelogue.
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