Open verdict in Loomis death inquiry at Bilge burg Bay
Coroner for Devonshire returns open verdict on Frederick Kent Loomis found in Bilge burg Bay near Bigbury. Jury says death caused by a heavy blow but no evidence shows how or by whom. body to be embalmed and sent to New York for burial. Consul Stephens reports no clear signs of foul play and case remains an inexplicable mystery.
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Kings Bridge
Devonshire
Gigbury Bay
F Kent Loomis
Stephens
Plymouth
Thurle
Bigbury Uy
Sidney Hacker
Thomas Snowden
Associated Press
Brand
Hroaadway
New York
Cody Wile
Mildred
Webb
Loomis
Coro‘ner
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Loomis Cate
Reagan
Frederick Kent Louming
Bilgeburg Bay
Paris
Hent Loomis
Washington
Gowdy
Notice of Marriage and Deaths Across Newspapers
Notice in The Washington Post states that marriage and death notices will, upon application, appear simultaneously in multiple morning newspapers at no extra charge. The list includes New York Evening Post, Baltimore Herald, Boston Globe, Buffalo Courier, Cincinnati Enquirer, Philadelphia Public Ledger, Pittsburgh Dispatch, Providence Journal, Rochester Herald, St Paul Pioneer Press, Minneapolis Tribune, and Cleveland Plain Dealer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Baltimore Herald
Boston Globe
Buffalo
Colrier Lindinnatt Inquirer
Record Herald
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Pittsburg Dispatch
Providence Journal
Rochester Herald
ST Tolls Republic
Post Standard
ST Paul
Pioneer Press
Minneapolis Tribune
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Funeral notices from July 1904 and 1964 obituaries
A batch of obituary notices listing multiple individuals with names such as Barry Parry Fleishell Moore Hia Hichards Rittenhouse Sims and Williamson. Details include birth and death dates from July 1904, funeral locations at churches and private residences, and interment notes. Some items reference relatives and invited attendees, with multiple street addresses and times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barry
Mary Parry
Shohan
David Parry
Miiool
St Tigis
Fleishell
Weyetoch
Myrtle Agnes
George and
Florence Fleishell
Fos
Carolin Avenue
Siddenly
Edward Tflee
Emma H Cs
Ee Viedt
Moore
Moithit Moore
New Mark Avenue
Olympia
Tulston Hichards
Mwithim Hichardy
Janet EL Rolands Fuierd_servieod
St Pauls Catholic
Lurah
Misa B. E Burns
Savannah Ga
West
Mary ‘Dodge
Charlea Wo Wrellk Foner
Atasaachunetta
Din le
Wittambon
Ballumiay
Walter
Death by Own Action Aboard Kaiser Wilhelm II
In Plymouth England on July 18 the Kaiser Wilhelm II arrived after an inquest into the death of F Kent Loomis. A second passenger, Mrs Lipschitz, jumped overboard one day out from New York. Hundreds watched lifeboats search. body not recovered.
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Plymouth
England
F Kent Loomis
Lipschitz
New York
Cherbourg
Kaier Wilhelm I
Bremen
Galletr
Antwerp
Krootland
London
Boulogne
Salled
Pennsylvania
Hamburg
Kaiser Wilhelm
No protest from Russia on war squadron to Turkish waters
The report claimed Count Cas ini, the Russian Ambassador, delivered a protest to the State Department against sending a war squadron to Turkish waters to press claims. It is stated positively that no such protest was made and the subject was not discussed by the ambassador with the Secretary of State.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Count Cassini
State Department
Stampe de for land at Yankton fuels mass rush
The Yankton land rush grows into a stam pede as 33,000 register by night. A daily record of 6,406 is expected to be surpassed tomorrow. Railroads report ample applicants with lines stretching two blocks at closing. Chicago and Northwestern alone moved 2,000 today. Many will stay up all night to secure spots, with at least fifty men already securing food for the wait. notaries will work through the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankton
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Wire Gauze for Isthmus Mosquito Protection Order
Gen Davis, governor general of the Panama Canal strip, urges the Panama Canal Commission to buy 100000 yards of wire gunsea to curb canal zone mosquito invasion. He predicts it may be the largest mosauric netting order, favors steel wire screens not coarser than seven by seven mesh per square inch, galvanised. Admiral Walker suggests copper and brass wire as alternatives. Capitol area needs 20000 yards, canal houses along the route 75000 yards, and 2000 yards to shield the De Lesseps residences at Cristobal.
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Canal Strip
Davis
Panaame Canal Strip
Panama Canal Commission
Walker
Two Peoria machinists shot in deadly fight over woman
William Freeman and Samuel Slater, both machinists from Peoria, were fatally wounded after a savage encounter over Mia Freeman Slater's sister. Freeman shot Slater in the abdomen then Slater struck Freeman with a knife causing severe wounds. Both men were unconscious when police reached the scene and were taken to hospital.
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Peoria
Ill
Feorla
Til
William Freeman
Samuel Slater
Mia Freeman
Slater
Freeman
Mrs Freeman
Brothers killed by lightning in hay field at St Marys West Virginia
Byron Clutter aged 22 and Ross Clutter aged 14 were struck by lightning during a severe storm while working on their father John Clutter’s farm in St Marys West Virginia. The bodies were found three feet apart with their axes in their hands, indicating they were mowing when the strike occurred.
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St. Mary’s
Wva
Byron
Ross Clutter
John Clutter
Effort to end strike. union and allies ready to act
Chicago July 18. Another attempt at settling the stock yards strike via arbitration is planned. President Donnelly of the striking unions will send a letter to packers seeking a conference and proposing concession to take back all strikers. If rejected, allied trades totaling about 19,000 will be called out tomorrow. A fatal slugging of Anton Bartusinko vis by strike sympathizers is reported, with injuries to others and a violence warning issued by Donnelly. The scene features Swift Packing and Armour & Co operations, with half normal plant strength and rising meat transfers, while a guard against violence is urged and a plan for union-backed meat supply is announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Donnelly
Packers
Joseph Morton
Morten
Ashland Avenue
West Forty-seventh Street
Anton Bartusinkovis
Swift Packing Plant
Hunt
Bartustakogis
Hartuslakovis
W. Clifford
Michael Donnelly
Swift & Co
W. J. Russell
William Sterling
Butcher Workmen's Union
John Floerach
Packing Trades Council
Philp Murphy
Packing House Teamsters’ Union
Teamsters
Planta
Armour & Co
Nelson Marns & Co
Meat market turmoil hinted as butchers seek wage hikes
A regional notice announces wages for sheep and beef butchers and plans to open slaughterhouses near the city. Prices are steady for beef, lamb, and pork, with wholesale and retail prices diverging amid reports of no meat famine and ongoing price tensions.
Strikers Block Swift Works as Court Action Looms
In St. Paul Minnesota on July 18 strikers surrounding the Swift packing plant faced an impending injunction. The governor said he would only act after all non legal means failed and court action seemed likely to disperse the pickets. Sheriff Grishn claimed lack of deputies due to widespread sympathy for the strikers. Four Swift officials escorted Mayor Lyttle along the picket line but could not breach the cordon.
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Bt Paul
Minn
South St. Paul
Jawald
United States
Bherif Griffin
Ven Sant
South St Paul
M D Flower
Grishn
Lyttle
Supt Burns
Swift
Little Slaughtering Done
New York reports widespread work stoppage at abattoirs and packing houses on the East Side as beef cutters and butchers strike. Independent firms are filling some orders but most activity is halted. Kosher shops nearly all closed with no reopening date. Gompers met local leaders Masterson and Echelberger to assess conditions with no recommendations given. Strike notices were posted at striker headquarters urging orderly conduct.
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New York
Samue Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Joseph Masterson
Echelberger
Gompers
Prices Advance in Boston Amid Meat Strike
Boston July 38 Another advance went into effect on almost all beef grades due to the Chicago meat cutter strike. Dealers say no famine danger but prices nearing prohibitive levels for many customers. Shipments may suffer as packing-house strikes continue, with Buffalo July 18 also reporting wholesale meat hikes of ten to thirty cents per 100 pounds and retailers matching increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Hillman
Golden & Co
Carcana
Boston
Chicago
Buffalo
Philadelphia independents seek pact to defeat Western packing houses
The Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen's Association aims to bar Western packing houses from Philadelphia. Independent butchers, supported by Richard Butler of New York, plan a meeting to sign a formal agreement to supply meat, backed by union manpower. Swift & Co operates a small slaughterhouse. prices hover about 2 cents above pre strike levels as the city contemplates broader regional supply if the strike endures.
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Philadelphia
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen’s Association
Western
Richard Butler
New York
Cal Union No. 1
Utchers
West Philadelphia
H. L. Eichelberger
Amalgamated Association
Swift & Co
Independent
Atlantic Seaboard
Deaths of C G Rockwood and others in brief notices
Newark banker Charles G Rockwood aged ninety dies after a long banking career dating to 1840 He is survived by son Prof Charles G Rockwood Jr at Princeton Also noted B H Marsh missionary and faculty member at Foo Chow dies in China Dr Isaac Roberts renowned astronomer and geologist dies in Crowborough England Henry Crocker pioneer stationer and brother of Charles Crocker railroad builder dies at seventy two in San Francisco
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Newark
N. J
Charlen G. Rockwood
National Newark Banking Company
Nicholas Rockwood
Midfield
Mass
Ebanezer Hazard
New York
Rockwood
Charles G. Rockwood, Jr
Princeton University
Chicago
B. H. Marsh
Ching
Anglo-Chinese College
Foo-chow
Crowborough
England
Isaac Roberts
Denbighshire
North Wales
San Francisco
Henry Crocker
Charles Crocker
Political campaigning and party organization debates
The piece discusses campaign tactics, committee work, and state by state dynamics in the 1904 national contest. It notes Democrat and Republican efforts in Indiana Illinois Wisconsin and New York, with emphasis on conventions, pamphleteering, taxation issues, and the challenge of building or rebuilding party structures across states while forecasting uncertain outcomes.
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Illinois
St. Louis
Iltipole
Too Ares
Thoes
Chicago
Indiana
Nichols
Fairbanke
Wisconsin
Spooner
la Follette
Pfefferiam
Jerry
Parker
Roosevelt
Samuel J. Tilden
Cortelyou
Esopus
New York
West Virginia
Washington
Washington State
Effenator Turner
Nebraska
Nebraska Ferriers
Anne
Conevelt
Ovember
Ana& Goy
Mickey
Gineo
Rome
Delegates Discuss Democratic Convention Roles and Contests
William Cranch McIntire outlined the convention work and district support. The piece details committee appointments, the Hearst contest outcome, and district delegates placed on the convention rolls amid reports from Cherbourg and Antwerp shipping arrivals.
Divorced wife of theater manager dies in Toledo
Mrs Addie Burt, divorced wife of Frank Burt, Lyceum and Burt's theaters manager, died in Toledo of brain inflammation. She had attempted to shoot her husband on May 21, and a divorce with alimony was granted last Friday. Needing further insight into her ten days of illness, attorneys say the case could have been delayed.
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Toledo
Addie Burt
Frank Burt
Lyceum
Burt
British Steamer Aldborough Crews Rescued After Loss
Captain Brevis and twenty three crew members of the British steamer Aldborough, which ran aground at Fortune Island July 6 and was a total loss, were brought to port aboard the Alfal from the West Indies. The vessel sailed from Daiquiri on July 6 bound for Baltimore with 3000 tons of iron ore. The ship wreck occurred July 1 in hazy weather on Fortune Island’s north coast. Meanwhile American Minister to Colombia, W. W. Russell, is reported very ill at Rockville with an inflammation of the bladder wall.
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Aldborough
Fortune Island
New York
Brevis
West Indies
Daiquiri
Cuba
Baltimore
London
Russell
W.W. W. Russell
Colombia
Rockville
Army Unfazed by Butchers Strike Supplies
The Commissary Department states no anticipated trouble in securing army meat needs. Much bacon and other meats are already on hand for the next Philippines shipment, with ample canned meat orders and large post stocks. Fresh meat for the Philippines comes from Argentina. domestic posts can source beef locally.
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Commissary Department
Army
Philippines
Argentina
Kidney Health Promise from Swamp Root Ad
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a cure for kidney and urinary issues promising relief from frequent urination back pain and scalding pain during urination It offers free sample bottles and a booklet by mail and requests mentioning The Wank ton Daily Post printed in a 1900s style local notice.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
Wankton Daily Post
Half Million Life Policy Paid to Letcher Heirs
Mutual Life, the largest life insurance company, paid half a million dollars to the heirs of Charles Letcher of Chicago in the normal course of business. Letcher secured the policy last November and died June 20 after an appendicitis operation. The policy was the largest carried by a Chicago citizen and was reinsured for over half its amount. Last year the Mutual Life paid its policy holders over 2
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Mutual
Charles Letcher
New York
Mutual Life
Chicago
Letcher
Mutuel Lite
Ite
Licensed to Marry in Virginia and Maryland records
Notices list intended marriages including David D Awde and Iete Anna Chandler of Augusta County Virginia Lawrence Watera and Janie Alexander of Baltimore Maryland William H Thirlea and Daley Smith of Prince George County Maryland Arthur How Craig and Mary Ida Williams of Alexandria Virginia Quinton T Williams and Nannie M Hicks Charles A Price and Annie H Atwood with others mentioned
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David D Awde
Iete Anna Chandler
Augusta County
Lawis Watera
Janie Alexander
Milton Gant
Lottie Wilson
Baltimore
Wiliam H. Thirlea
Daley ¥. Simith
Prince George County
Arthur How Craig
Mary Ida Williams
Alexandria
Quinton T. Williams
Nannie M. Hicks
Charles A. Price
Annie H Atwood
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JUZY
Ansistant
Joseph G. Stephens
Thia
Undertakers
W. R. Speare
F Street
N. W
Joseph Gawler
Pa Ave
Pri
R. F. Harvey's Sons
Fourteenth Street NW
North
John R. Wright
Tenth Street
William Lee
George P. Zarhorst
Wilephone
East
Russia
Turkey
Worcester
E. E Ayer
Hammond Company
To-Kalon
King’s Slaughter House
Bartlett's
Armour
White, Peevy & Dexter's
ST. Paul
Western Trust
Atlantic Coast
C. G. Rockwood
National House
Democratic Congressional Committee
Republicum
Republican Congressional Committee
Mambera
New Jersey
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Seattle
Wasa
Alaska
Dixons Entrance
Rogere
Farmington
Conn
Charles D. Rogers
Him Tree Inn
Washington Schools
Belle Prud
Army and Navy Preparatory School
Roanoke Street
Berlitz
Gonard
Virginia Schools
Roanoke
Stitt Courtem
Q Commercial Courte
Igdhrats
Morehread
Holms Institute
Virginia
Cocke
Pres
Holling
Maryland
Western Maryland College
Highlands
T. H
St. Joseph's College
Ciannio Scientific
Isidorw
Dirrvtor
Lalthmore
BOI
Charlotte Hall
St Mary's County
Springer
Thomas A M
Baltimore Medical College
Park Ave
Gelf
The
Haven College
Ontario
Chase Abrahamson
Abrahamson Business College
Edwin Gordon Lawreach
Lawrence School OF Expression
Massachusetts
la Sainte Union Des Sacres Coeurs
Fall River Mass
Connecticut Schools
W.B. Moses
SONS
William Cranch McIntire
Committee On
Jefferson Hotel
James L Norris
Morris
Democratic National Committee
Hearst
Election Commission
John G Campbell
John F. Monaghan
Committee On Rules and Order of Business
Thomas G. Moore
Smith ‘Thompson, Jr
District of Columbia
Health Office Record
Tee Brown
Defrees St
Margery Brown
Sarah Brown
Ann's Infsnt
Florence Eye
Grace M Koohb
Duncan St. Ne
Lucy Lewie
Duffy Lewis
Norwood P McAllister
Kramer
Elizabeth C Moom
Charles Fo Miller
Sia¢st
Wllen Morton
Whitney Ave
Walte H Patterman
Decatur
Joseph Perkins
Garfield Hospital
William H Price
Robert Rosa
Central Ave
John Black
Fla Ave
Yuare — Stavus
C & O Canal
D C. Iine
Allee Shields
Ridge St Nw
Valoda M Taylor
Fannie Thomas
Fuller Thornton
Homer Thornton
Plummer Tollyer
Pomeroy
Adelaide H_ Walker
Apile
Newbro
Droy
Edward Stevens
Specia
DE CO
Dept. H
Detroit
Mick
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