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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1908
Page
3
Fragmented OCR reveals a chaotic political scene with references to Foraker predicting victory, questions about successors, and intense theater around elections. The garbled text mentions candidates, timing, and strategic moves in a disputed state contest.
A scrambled health office record lists multiple names and places associated with deaths, hospital wards, and patient notes. The fragment mentions Vinny, Gear, Mo igan 83 ars, Tasene, Filman, Bong C, stoma, water, and references to hospitals and streets such as 14th, Prospect Street, Merton Street, and Logan Place. Names and addresses are mixed with departmental terms, indicating a period health registry or obituary-like clipping with scattered personal and location data.
Representative Sherman will quit as head of the Republican congressional committee. Frank Hitchcock and James Williams Jr. prepare for a Republican leaders conference in Colorado Springs. Hitchcock plans Chicago stop to arrange national committee headquarters before proceeding to Colorado.
A rewritten, cautious note from Washington Post sources suggests Gov. Hughes may pursue re election as governor despite rumors it might have opposition. The piece notes his potential return to legal work after office and hints at internal politics shaping any bid.
Orders issued to naval officers list Ho Peters retred home and Lom Sticht in charge of navy recruiting glalun Heston and Snyder assigned to yards. Discharged sailors receive three months sick leave at Puget Sound Naval Hospital. Arrivals include Wolverine at Uhuvago Gwin and Talbot at Newport, and others at Beaufort Newport Lake Denver Shanghai Manila Muskegon for various stations. Army and Navy Union to meet Admiral Porter. Gen Burt to be guest at G A R hall tonight.
Winter Wisconsin July reports Mrs John F Dietz wife of Cameron Dam outlaw completes a 56 day fast claiming cure for appendicitis. Dietz says she is free of pain while husband asserts the ordeal saved her life. She reportedly lost 50 to 60 pounds and plans to regain weight. no doctor was available due to wartime conditions and Dietz faced five years of state legal action without arrest.
A White Mountain Express train on the New York New Haven and Hartford line derailed near Greenwich Greenway, killing 17 year old Marguerite Armstrong and injuring many others. Coroner says rotten ties caused the crash. Miss Armstrong died in the last parlor car, others were treated at Greenwich Hospital. Survivors include Mrs Armstrong and several named passengers from Walnut Street Wayne Pa and Brooklyn, New York, with limited details on condition.
Cleveland July 16 Representative Theodore Burton issued a statement on the Ohio senatorial race on the eve of his departure for Europe. He said his chief interest is in Taft and a Republican victory in the state and Cuyahoga county. He favored no active bid for the seat for the moment and urged the legislature to act only after election after careful survey of the field. He added that outside Cuyahoga he would take no part in the selection and would not oppose the arrangement of delegates. Burton leaves for Europe tonight and will be away until late August.
A Wilmington municipal court judge fined a witness $5 for contempt after a disrupted hearing. The proceedings involved a Black defendant and named participants including Christopher Brooks and others as the court attempted to enforce decorum and testimony amid tense exchanges.
A record of a high level meeting between Acting Secretary New rty of the Navy and Acting Secretary Bacot at the State Department, announcing the gunboat Paducah to be diverted to Haiti. French forces reportedly prepare to intervene, with tense remarks about governance and the ongoing crisis.
A cablegram from Philip Pints Gen Wissou reports Albert T Bmiegh Company Fuahtrath killed in action with Moro forces. Gen Weston also notes deaths in Limit Fhatey Company Fourteenth Infantry July Kreelen Bell Company EF and Twentyninth Infantry July 7. Knabenshue’s Air Top Fails Toledo Ohio July 16. Roy Knabenshue attempted escape toward Cleveland but halted after moving half a mile due to dense gas. another attempt denied.
Darius Eatman 32, son of H E Eatman of Oxford, drowned when a boat with Hubert Poteat Tom Howell and Nick Cannaday capsized at Cannadays mill pond. He graduated summa cum laude from UNC 1898, taught at Bingham's school Asheville, studied at Columbia, and earned a PhD before being elected professor at Columbia.
Willam P. Blackwell aged 20 son of the late Deputy Shen Thomas Blackwell of Roanoke county is dying at Jefferson Hospital after surgery for a gunshot wound to the abdomen. He was brought from Allegheny county where he worked on railroad construction. James Parker, who found Blackwell’s lost rocket and offered pay, reportedly shot him after an alleged threat. Parker was arrested.
Ten men fell out from Grimes battery during the Portsmouth to Richmond march amid heat and fatigue. Captain Brinkley commands 49 men who halted near Chesterfield County for rest before continuing toward Richmond, expected to arrive tomorrow morning. The unit plans to depart Richmond by the Old Dominion Steamship line back to Portsmouth.
The ninth annual reunion of the Reformed (Lutheran) churches of Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia opened at Pen Mar with attendance over 0. Special trains were run on the Western Maryland Railway to the park. This marks the first in a series of reunions this summer. An interesting program was presented in the auditorium with addresses by Rev. H A Hoffheins of Martinsburg, West Virginia, and Rev. Dr. R B Royer of York, accompanied by a trained choir.
July 16 Plymouth Democrats nominate John H Small of Washington to succeed himself in Congress and elect Walter E Cannon of Abingdon as presidential elector. Small has led advocacy for Atlanticland waterways and has been a congressional leader for ten years.
Three escaped convicts from an Orange County camp flee with one armed by a rifle. Officer Roy Fry of Madison County, Virginia, heads toward Manassas and Alexandria as police, railway detectives track the fugitives who reportedly passed Manassas. A violent escape left a guard injured and the pursuers hopeful the group split toward Maryland or south.
Former Alexandria police officer Vic Loree died at 4 pm yesterday at his home on Quero Street after a long illness. He was 61, survived by his wife and children, and had previously suffered paralysis four years earlier ending his service with the force. He was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and the Red Men society, among other groups, with funeral arrangements noted.
A wild chase near Grens Run ends with a boy shot as a mad dog attack escalates. The bullet wound is linked to Linley firing at the dog. the boy fell from a bridge, presumed dead. Virginia dentists elect officers in Richmond. A marriage ties Elizabeth Henderson to Lt Lyman Cotton in Salisbury. A boy loses a foot after being hit by train wheels in Spencer. In Suffolk, a man is killed during a electric storm while his wife suffers a long seizure.
Special to The Warring Co Post reports a cited assault case near Tonacaning with Elizabeth Mo Nest, 54, linked to Hugh Mc Neal of Mes Carls. authorities seek a warrant for a suspect tied to an attempted choking or suffocation incident involving MrsTabsen who runs a yeast supply business.
Fragmented OCR describes a sale of a bridge covering the eastern branch of a river and related properties in Philadelphia, with references to the Norfatkh and Portsrou companies and associated interests. The text is garbled but notes a transfer of rights for a stated amount and mentions multiple entities and locations.
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