Woman Accused of Guiding Book Loan Scheme in Washington
Miss Frances Caspari, sister of Dr Charles Caspari, Baltimore pharmacist, is accused of luring wealthy Washington residents into loaning money for books through a fraudulent scheme. Detectives report she obtained about $2000 from several women, with a larger sum missing. she was arrested after presenting a bad check and held at police headquarters.
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Elizabeth W. Gemmill
Charles Caspan
Baltimore
Miss Frances
Caspari
Otto
Ind
Cornwell
Cetucan
Tuviens
Bo Shepola
Caspar
Ispati
Chara Caspart
Germany
Clangta
Casa Tod
Nertisa
Lrye
Andy Fequalls
Jung
Gaspar Mo
Treet
Washington
Misa Caspari
Miss Gemmill
Miss Caspari
Miss Gemmils
Miss Caspati
Gemmill
Lincoln National Bank
Jordan
Miss Gemmil
Treasury Building
Boardman
Miss Caspar
Lr.asury
Cotnw
Baur
Vaiss Gemmiil
Mee Clegetts
Vis Caspar
Caspart
Wile Tong
Timtenth Street
Chules Caspari
Balimore
Obituary notices from a 1908-1916 era page
Fragmented obituaries and notices list multiple deaths and funeral details. Names appearing include Pammon d or Mondiy Jct, Henry Vcr at SN Rouea, and Anicico Meng Ad Ot Son, with references to churches, Arlington, New York locations, and private interment. The legible fragments indicate infant and elderly fatalities, with private services planned for early July.
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Pammond
Mondiy
Mary Jost Prine Infant Hug Co
Wo Morris and
Anne A
Sumit
HENRY
Church of the Rover
Ftnest
Arlington Mine
New York
Anicico
Funeral Directors and Embalmers Advertised in City Listings
A fragmentary historical notice lists multiple funeral directors and embalmers with addresses and phone numbers. Names include John R. Wright Co, Harvey's Sons, Speare, Sardo & Co, Costello, Geier's Sons, and others, with locations around Seventh Street NW and F Street NW. The ad market includes livery services and generic terms like first class and reasonable terms.
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Geo P Zurhorst
ANS
Parto & al
William Lee
Rasneeting
Cemovens
Pennsyvania Aye
John R. Wright CO
Rertira
Phalmers
Harvey's Sons
Juntral Doctors
Fmea Murs
Loupti Cth
ST NW
Dia
Speare
F Street
N. W
Cass
Frank A Spfarf
Ster
Main
WM H Sardo & CO
Pvealmers
Minden
Thos. S. Sergeon
RS Cain
Essex Woods Search for House Attacker
Chief Jot Gilhurt leads about a hundred armed farmers and police to scour the woods at Essex edge for a man who attacked Mrs Lowe at her home and attempted a robbery. Mrs Lowe was left seriously injured after the assault, with screams heard by her daughter who interrupted the intruder before he fled.
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Essex
Jount Lowe
Nuise
Gilbert
Licensed to Marry in Madison and Baltimore Districts
Several marriage notices list individuals from Madison Virginia and Baltimore Maryland including JB Shrautraut and Elizabeth M Firman both in their 20s, Rev Eugene Connelly, and others. The items show multiple couples with ages ranging from early 20s to mid 40s and accompanying ministers.
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Soho
JB Shrautraut
Mlizabeth M Firman
Eugene Connelly
Tay C
Ticham
Chel L Bustele
Madison Va
Irvine Joeph M
Kearney
Nora EB Fanis
Harlin
John Wo McDougall
Baltimore Wa
Mabe Ksinger
Lamater Pa
Hiya
Holmes
Mary L Robinson
Power John Hh Rogers
Norfolk
Mary
Jonn Gn
Howard County
Rex Foward
Dantos Clogantii Voscata
Morinica Cornelio
Max County
Ldyard
Health Office Record Deaths Reported in 1998 Mix
Health office records list multiple deaths with ages and addresses, including Elineth Ferris 69 at 1611 Warlington Way, and Mor Skaés 20 at Mor Skaés. entries reference Sibley Hospital, Washington streets, and various wards. The fragmentary OCR shows names, ages, and locations like Decatur, Bladensburg road, and Nichols Avenue, with several insane hospital notes and municipal addresses.
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Elineth Ferris
Jdus
Vannie
Sibley Hospital
Mathieson
Washington
Tielils
Tawird P Lore & Mos Tae Decatur Heiry
Gibson
Max Children x
Samal Bormko & Mos
Bladensburg
Thonay
Wadlein
Barnes
Mos
Nichols
Tiwad
Gorden
L. Jordan
Mille Boswell
Mary
Cusey
Mary Washington
Demure governess linked to multiple romance motives in Hazel Drew case
Troy July 27 police edge toward solving Hazel Drew murder in Tees Pond. Letters from several men suggest she had secret affairs and may have known her killer. District Attorney notes the letters are key and an arrest could follow. a Pullman conductor and a shore club may hold further clues.
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Troy, N
Hazel Drew
Tees Pond
Hazel
Carey
Atectives
Pullman
Syracuse
New York
Manhattan
O'Brien
Showers Aim to Break Heat in Tonight’s Weather Outlook
Forecaster predicts showers tonight offering relief from a prolonged heat spell. The brief cool snap could ease humidity as temperatures dip, with some areas possibly receiving scattered storms late. Citizens are urged to seek shade and stay hydrated through the evening hours.
Temperature Yesterday in District of Columbia Area
The Weather Man reported showers across the District of Columbia and nearby states with a forecast of Tuesday night and Wednesday showers followed by fair weather. Temperatures reached 97 in the afternoon, with a high near 90 on the horizon and a low around 74 in the morning.
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District of Columbia
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
New Orleans
Picayuneville
Washington
Valey
Middle
North Atlantic
E. W. Wheeler Takes Regent Hotel Lease
E W Wheeler, longtime hotel manager in the city, obtained a lease of the Regent Hotel and took possession. He plans a thorough renovation starting early today, including a full new supply of dishes and cooking utensils. Wheeler, a 12 year resident and well known hotelman, previously served 11 years as chief clerk at the St James Hotel and last season managed the Thousand Island House.
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E W Wheeler
Driscoll
Wheeler
St James Hotel
Thousand Isiand House
Cotton Brokers for Reform Inquiry by New York Exchange
The New York Cotton Exchange board orders a special committee to review future cotton delivery contracts and other policy features. After talks with northern and southern spinning interests, the panel will seek input from the U S Bureau of Corporations and report by September 1.
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New* York Exchange
Tts
New York
Board of Man Opera
New York Cotton Exchangesing
Lheatson
United States Bureau of Corporations
Herbert Knox Smith
Bureau of Corporations
New York Exchange
Peary Wires All Well From Labrador Voyage
Commander Robert Peary reports the Roosevelt has reached Belle Harbor Labrador on the way to the Arctic. Telegram notes arrive at Cape Charles, weather fine, all well aboard. Peary en route toward the polar ice fields as of July 22.
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Belle Harbor
Labrador
New York
Robert Peary
Arctic
North Pole
Roosevelt
Cape Charles
Peary
Pringes Nears Quebec as Fairbanks Honored Leader
In Quebec on July 20, the British battleship Indomitable with the Prince of Wales aboard neared the area after a fast Gulf of St Lawrence passage. Vice President Fairbanks will arrive by train at Levis Wednesday and be escorted to Spencerwood, while the U S battleship New Hampshire joins ten ships in the harbor. American and French officers exchange ceremonies as crowds fill Duffern terrace for the celebrations.
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Quebec
Gulf of St Lawrence
Earl Grey
Fairbanks
Levis
Governor Generals
Spencerwood
New Hampshire
United States
Cowles
Winslow
Earl
Countess Gray
I taHan Gardens
Wirstins
Duffern Terrace
Anigato Menogal Dead on Naval Station Boards
Antonto G Menocal, a famed civil engineer long with the U S Navy since 1872, died at 21 West Eighty First Street in his 72nd year after a long illness. He advised on ship canal plans in Nicaragua and Panama, helped select sites for naval stations in the Philippines and Africa, and drafted Cuba drainage plans. The Navy will seek Arlington burial. funeral planned for Thursday.
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Washington Post
New York
Antonto G Menocal
United States Navy
West Eighty First Street
Africa
Cuba
Atlantic
Pacific
Nicaragua
Panama
Maritime Canal Company
Paris
Canal Congress
Hayes
Legion of Honor
Grevy
Philippine Islands
Qlongapo Subig Bay
Liberia
Matanzas
Navy Department
Edward Menocal
National Cemetery
Arington
Edison Resumes Full Time Work With 2000 Employed
Edison plants in Orange New Jersey resume full time operations with 2,000 workers after months of reduced hours. Ansonia Clock factory in Brooklyn opens with full force employing over a thousand. Naumicaz cotton mill in Salem Massachusetts reopens full time, employing 1,509 workers.
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Orange
Thomas A Edison
New York
Ansonia
Brooklyn
Balem
Masa
Naumicaz
Library Fund Benefit in Roof Garden at New Washington Lodge
Elks hold a kala entertainment in the roof garden of their new H street home to aid the Library. Several hundred dollars were raised as Washington lodge members presented dances, songs, and comedy acts with encores. Notable performers included Mamie Schuyler, Helen Berens, M Smithson, Walter Sondheim, Misses Berens and Smithson, the Excelsior Comedy Four, and Eddie Leonard. The event featured blackface numbers, soloists, duets, juggling, and juggling acts, with a reception committee and library committee officers named.
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Elks
Washington Lodge
H Street
Blisses Mamie Schuyler
Helen Berens
M. Smithson
Walter Sondheimer
Amber
Miss M Smithson
Excelsior Comedy
Wise West
Garner
Garher
Alexander W Brink
Mat Cohen
W A. Boyd
W A Morsell
Dan
Cecelia
Wolf
Misa Iva Vaughn
Edward LaGrue
Billy Franklin
Messrs Flynn Smith
Nelson
Maxwell
Muscal
Shirleys
Eddie Leonard
Nordica Mandela Clib
Sam Richards
Frank B German
Bd Abbott
Lilirary Committee
Conrad Hoffman
Herman Richards
August Hagermman
T QO May
Arthur Abbott
G H Markward
J Luchs
Thomas F King
Leon Strauss
Charles F Herrmann
J .Edward Swing
J Sanger
James L Ward JA Balderson
M Strasburger
Hugh Harvey
Metropolitan Hotel Guests Among many city visitors
A long list of guests and residents staying at major hotels in Baltimore Raleigh and New York City includes officials, businesspeople, and notable travelers. Notable properties cited are the Willard Ebbitt and Lincoln hotels with patrons from Philadelphia Chicago Ohio and Georgia among others. Destination cities include Raleigh Washington Newport and Milwaukee with several names and spouses listed.
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Baltimore
All Ratolph
Fopyor
Woneh
J Hanselman
John Plat
R Wasilas
Robert Kling
Lucar
Coals
Willard Waler
Bond
Fisher
Rosenheim
Gowdy Rational Woo Mobley NJ
Aradaricksen Williams
Alexander Bi James
Slifeberg Metropoliten Nitsburg
Holmes Raleigh
Mori
Morrill St James
Wadsworth
Lincoln Kaufman Ebbitt
New
Albama
OH Craig Jr
Mies Craig
Selma
New Willard Connecticlt
Fridan Y
Bury
Hartford
Raleigh
NFL
Kellery
Hartford New Wilard
Georgia
R D Spratt
Branswick Ralbn
Illingis
D Johnson
Howard County
New Willard
Indiana
Edgar Roher
Arthur Bf
Hood South Bend
Shoreham
Iowa
WeArthur
New Willard Lowisestha
Bayersdoffen
Sheveport
Mass
Burkhardt
Holyoke
Wichigan
Wallaca
Detroit
New Varnum
Minnnesota
MM Chalmms
St Paul
Wizard
Wilgouri-Stuart Camptil
Louis
Cok Perkins
Haneis City
Kinis City
Lincoln
New Jersey
Neurell
Trenton
New York
STATI
Chalea Knight Schenectady Ragigh T FE
VcDornell
Buffalo
Hyen Setonctady
North Carolina
John M Morhead
Rigel Ohin
Piies
Cincinnati
Mies Howler
Joseph L Wright
Reidy
Cleveland
Perbsylvanta
David Auchaiboch
Reading
Lancaster
Abrama Chester Riggs
P Stout Ethichem
New Wulard
Rhode Island
Thomas F Riley
Wits
Providence
Maxwell
Maxwell Mint
Ruth Maxw
Fairmont
George P
Hoge
Wheeling
Shurdham
Wisconsin
Edwin
Milwaukee
Shoeham
Harriet O Shea
Gregory Jr
Honduras
EH Lange
Denmark
Baby Athlete Saved Self From Fifth Floor Fall
New York July 20 20 month old Helen Giat fell from the fifth floor window at 1857 Webster Avenue Bronx. Trained by father athlete Joseph Graf she grabbed a broomhandle and held on as she descended to safety after brushing past a third floor railing. Dr Rosen of Lebanon Hospital treated her for scratches.
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New York
Helen Giat
Webster Avenue
Joseph Graf
Bronx
Helen
Graf
Joseph Colombo
Army Company G to Camp at Chickamauga Park
The Seventieth Virginia Regiment recruits in Alexandria received khaki uniforms and will drill tonight in King street before marching to Rosemont to camp for the night. They plan an exhibition drill in King street and depart at dawn for Chickamauga Park Georgia for a ten day camp.
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Washington Post Bureau
S32
Ring Street
Alexandria
Seventieth Virginia Regiment
Chickamauga Park
Frank L Slaymaker
Rosemont
Pees
King and Henry Streets
King Street
Bailey
Charity Races To Come Off In Suffolk
The King's Daughters charity horse races proceed as scheduled tomorrow afternoon despite a clergy protest signed by all but one Suffolk preacher. A special meeting met at 9:30 this morning to finalize actions after the paper delivery delay. Mrs Withers declined to receive the protest petition, stating the matter was closed. Three trotting classes have been filled: 250, 240, and 280 dollars.
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Washington Post
Suffolk, Ve
King’s Daughters Charity
Suffolk
W Mosby Seay
M T Withers
Mimic sea war begins with Norfolk fleet drill
Norfolk naval vessels from Maryland Pennsylvania New Jersey District of Columbia and Carolina reserves engaged in nautical practice and a mimic warfare drill amid an electrical storm. The torpedo boat rouila returned to the yard and rejoined the fleet as preliminary exercises prepared for a real war game with searchlight detection and no gunpowder. In Clifton Forge Virginia Mrs T A Minter aged 58 committed suicide by jumping into the Jackson River after learning relatives planned to hospitalize her following release from an insane asylum.
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Norfolk
Maryland
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
District of Columbia
Carolina
Rouila
W G Mitchel
Navy Yard
Ane Vyasning
Clifton Forge Va
T A Minter
Jackson River
Gen Wright Leads Review at Camp Taft Maneuvers
War Secretary Wright and Maj Gen Franklin Bell arrived at Camp Taft in Chickamauga Park Chattanooga Tenn. The army is divided into brown and blue forces led by Gen Clifford L Andersen and Col Cornman US A. Blues expected to converge on Dalton to attack brown lines along Missionary Ridge as the review awaited tomorrow afternoon.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Camp Taft
Chickamauga Park
Lafayette Road
Brown Army
Clifford L Andersen
St Georgia
Blue Army
Cornman
Twelfth Cavalry
Tennessee Cavalry
Field Artillery
Tennessee Infantry
North Carolina Infantry
Brown
Tthe Twelfth Cavalry
Geormans
Seventeenth Regular Infantry
Georgia National Guard
Dalton
Missionary Ridge
Wright
Franklin Bell
Woman tied to Chapman murder in Slanesville ambush
Winchester July 20 Hampshire county West Virginia police believe they solved the killing of John B Chapman a wealthy mill owner shot from ambush on his store porch at Slanesville. No arrests yet but a Slanesville resident is strongly suspected. Police say a quarrel over business deals and a woman sparked the dispute. The killer hid in Chapman's cellar fired buckshot from a double barrel gun. Chapman's body brought to Winchester and buried yesterday with Confederate veterans pallbearing.
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Washington Post
Winchester
Hampshire County
W Va
John B Chapman
Slanesville
Chapman
Fredericksburg Man Narrowly Survives Fire Blaze
Special to The Washington Fast Fredericksburg Virginia July A Randolph Howard a Virginia horse fancier escaped death when a barn fire swept through the loft collapsing the structure. He lay unconscious in the path of the flames until workers pulled him to safety. Most of Howard's horses were at an Orange county show. Royal Swell, a blaze-stained stallion, was removed by force from the burning stable.
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Washington
Fredericksburg
Randolph Howard
Virginia
Howards
Royal Swell
IRON PLANTS RESUME IN VIRGINIA. WISE COUNTY OPERATIONS EXPAND
In southwest Virginia industrial activity improves with lumber mills reopening and a revival in coal and iron. The Virginia Iron Coal and Coke Company reports coke ovens in blast at Stoncea in Wise county and Toms Creek, planning to add 100 more ovens. A former convict, Zachariah Holmes, is jailed in Maryland for an attack on Elizabeth Engle in Glen Burnie, receiving two years. Frank Perdee, a former Seaboard car inspector, is accused of stealing ham and freight from Seaboard cars. Randolph Jones, 21, son of Mr and Mrs E A Jones of Front Royal, dies of tuberculosis, survived by his parents and two sisters.
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Washington Post
Virginia
Stoncea
Wise County
Virginia Iron Coal and Coke Company
Toms Creek
Annapolio Md
Zachariah Holmes
Elizabeth Engle
Glen Burnie
House of Correction
Raleigh N C
Frank Perdee
Seaboard Air Line
Seaboard
Randolph Jones
Front Royal Va
E A Jones
Optimists Show Results From National Prosperity Drive
A St Louis pamphlet under the National Prosperity Association argues capital and labor nearing normal conditions. It cites 17,000 to 20,000 workers restored, orders worth 5.9 million dollars, and widespread adoption in Cincinnati Cleveland Chicago and smaller cities. The group predicts full recovery in six months if business leaders unite, contrasting with past panics.
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St Lous
National Prosperity Association
St Louis
Jane
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Chicago
Bishop Potter Relapses in Cooperstown After Brief Improvement
Bishop Henry C Potter, ill since June 27 at Fernleigh, Cooperstown, has suffered a relapse. After a week of apparent improvement, his condition again became grave today as physicians expressed cautious optimism earlier.
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Cooperstown
Henry C Potter
Fernleigh
Riot at Crozet Leaves Four Hurt in Brawl Over Seat
July 20 Charlottesville Va four men two white and two colored were seriously injured in a small race riot at Crozet after a colored man refused to leave a seat beside a white girl. Andrew Robinson suffered a skull fracture, Richard Bowen a bullet wound and other stab and cut injuries, Albert Morris and Harry Walker also injured. Police arrested two black men later found aboard a Chesapeake and Ohio train.
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Washington Post
Charlottesville
Crozet
Andrew Robinson
Richard Bowen
Albert Morris
Harry Walker
Walker
Bowen Bowen
Bowen
Robinson
Morris
Robinsons Peak
Staunton
William
Chesapeake and Ohio
Cotton cargo ablaze at Norfolk on the Skipton Castle
The British steamship Skipton Castle bound from Galveston to Rotterdam and Antwerp arrived at Norfolk with a fierce fire burning in its cotton cargo beneath the shelter deck. Steam and water were pumped into the fiery hold as bales of rotten cotton were hoisted on deck to reduce the blaze. The ship carries about 5000 tons of freight.
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Washington Post
Norfolk Wa
Skipton Castle
Cash
Galveston
Molle
Rotterdam
Antwerp
Army Orders Details Leaves and Assignments for 1908
Leaves of absence for First Lieut Carl E Wie etn coast artillery for one month and Lieut James B Dusenbury for twenty days. Several officers detailed for camp and inspections at Fort Riley and other posts. Promotions and appointments include First Lieut Charles C Winnia and Dawson Olmstead in cavalry and field artillery. Reports to Brig Gen William J Haj adjutant general for examination by retiring board in Washington.
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Carl EB
Etn
Coast Artillery
James
Dusenbury Coast Artillery Corps
Grey Bingham
Cal
Fort Riley
John & Long
Twelfth Cavalry
Stryker Fourth Cavalry
Orton L. Wood
Cligton
Sartan
Fourteenth Cavalry
Charles S. Winkely
Third Field Artillery
John Cocke
Fifth Cavalry
Matt C Bristol
Jann
G F Pegram
George L Morrison
Russell T
Frankford Arsenal
Gspt
Willam
Phillips Ennance Department
Will Potes
Camp Perry
Ohio
Port
National March
Dutlee Agching Ordnance
Charles C Winnla
Fifth Cavalry Io
National Match
Dawson Olmstead
Hmery
Clas
Army Signal School
Fork Leavenworth
King
Orders to Naval Officers and Dying Man in Bristol
Orders announce Capt C B R T Moore to Philadelphia Navy Yard and other officers to various yards and stations including New York Newport and Hampton Roads. A string of ship movements lists vessels and routes across multiple ports. A man in Bristol is dying from a self inflicted or accidental gunshot wound, with William Goad jailed pending investigation.
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BR T Moore
Navy Yard
Philadelphia
Bosswain
J F Hopulox
New York
Q Berentson
Naval Torpeto Station
Newport
Bristol Tenn
John Roberts
William Goad
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Cotton Brokers For Reform
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