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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1909
Page
41
A chaotic scene at Butter, Pa, following a denied proposal to compel a company to rehire striking workers. Violence erupts as stokers and others clash with police and strikers threaten more unrest. damage and fear of further trouble prompt authorities to restrain crowds.
A neighborhood group urged improvements for suburban districts at a late evening meeting held at Cape Walley Mitchell Postmaster Hechama Hares residents spoke on September needs. The association favored funding for playgrounds, street widening, and school-area facilities while nominating speakers for future district Supreme plan.
Funeral directors O B Jenkins announce a death and funeral arrangements in Port Town. The notice lists contact details and service plans, urging mourners and relatives to attend or arrange rites and a burial date.
Four thousand five hundred workers return to the Standard Steel Car Company plant after a four day strike. A settlement, brokered by Rev Father Byczewski and Attorney Levi M Wise, includes a wage reduction on delinquent rents and release of a jailed man on nominal bail. Austria Hungary consul will seek state governor intervention to ease tensions.
An investigation traced a newborn baby found under a shawl in a northwest street area yesterday afternoon. Police identified the mother, Alberty Carter, who was detained at a local asylum after being taken to a city hospital.
A man aged around 30 was struck by a falling tree limb during a Wisconsin morning mishap. Several bystanders and witnesses, including local residents and workers, reported the incident as authorities investigated the scene near Potomac and nearby streets.
Health office records list births including Pete and Imi Suman Reoay at Tink and Jtaane Remple gid tumest now ary E acton led NTE Su Hele Hamlet sif Pigmtow Celine A and Mary Te Burke. Deaths include William Bormann and others at Govt Hospital Tasane 72, and William York 268.8 ave pure Wiliam 10 House US Soldier Home 06 year.
The Isabella d Arc and Society for the Improvement of Working Conditions of Chorus Girls of America hosted their 14th annual outing aboard the City of Worcester. The group toured Manhattan in sightseers, with Miss Van Nesey and Miss Hoyt noted among attendees, while wine and festivities accompanied the trip from Herald Square to Fifth Avenue.
A chase in a southwest block yesterday led Bayle of the Fourth precinct through two backyards as a bulldog attacked. Bayle escaped the dog bite, warned occupants, then pursued the suspect toward an alley. The dog incident spurred renewed determination to clear up recent thefts of brass fixtures from local homes and river craft.
Special to Tha Washington rest Chicago July 0. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson attacks James A Patten, the local board of trade operator, who replies that Wilson can twist figures. Patten asserts the facts prove his positions on wheat stocks and overestimation, and offers no further remarks.
Dr George A Spratt of West Brandywine announces a successful trial flight in his own aero plane without a motor. He claims to have achieved stable navigation in the air using a gliding, motorless craft, asserting a future advantage over motorized devices and noting rapid progress in aviation experimentation.
Chicago reports a mine explosion at Mansfield involving Willam Wayne Belvin, claimed New York resident, who was discharged by an official warning. Belvin testified the explosion wrecked a mine owned by a Prussian company with majority stock and left 16 workers missing or injured. The incident ties to railroad workers and significant speculative losses. details remain unclear in the official records.
Summary of early aviation records including Wilbur Wright flights at Le Mans France in September 1908 covering 81 miles and over an hour. Glenn Curtiss at Hempstead Plains with 62 minutes. Count von Zeppelin 12 hours over northern Switzerland. Also Fielding balloon flight 895 miles from Galeage to Quebec in July 1908. Schaeck, a Swine officer, 73 hours aloft starting October 11 1992. Prof Berzon and Suring altitude 34000 feet in October 1902.
The article chronicles Wilbur and Orville Wright’s flight demonstrations as they push distance and altitude records. Crowds cheer as the machine executes precise turns and a figure eight, with observers noting speeds around 40 mph and impressive showmanship amid growing public interest.
Crowds cheered as the Zeppelin airship with Gen Puttkamer hovered near the Franco German border above Nancy and Metz, but the planned joint crossing failed after the Ville de Nancy was barred. Hubert Latham announced a fresh attempt to fly the English Channel from Paris, where he guests the parliament aviation commission.
Three balloonists near Pittsfield endured a near 8000 foot fall when their craft plunged toward earth. Pilot O J Fauneld of Rutland Vermont and colleagues Oswald Tower and others escaped unhurt aside from temporary sea-like strain and fatigue. Spectators watched as the balloon descended in a continuous drift hours after ascent, with witnesses noting the tense, nerve-testing incident.
A chaotic scene unfolds as a boy awakens amid taped pennies and coins on his person, drawing attention from Senator Crane and drawing a note of gossip about life policies and London insurance rates tied to Harriman. The piece blends a sensational wakeup moment with financial-era chatter about stocks, Lloyds, and guineas.
Roscoe Conklin Brace faces charges from the Colored Citizens Association amid a dispute over Negro education policy. The exchange centers on whether to expand professional schools for Black youths or confine them to trade schooling, with references to national cities and the Baron de Hirsch program in New York.
William Place of Woodmont faces a charge of assault with intent to kill after he shot Alexander Morrison. Morrison, hospitalized at Georgetown University Hospital, is recovering from shock. Place was released on ten dollars bail and faces a harsher charge if Morrison dies. Mrs Morrison testified that she and Morrison’s son followed Place home and sought to confront him, while Place denied provoking the clash.
Beverly Mass July report notes local livery stable influence blocks taxi service from Beverly railway station to President Taft’s summer home at Woodberry Point. Aldermen oppose Baston company plan though Representative Gardner supports it. Citizens tied to local staples push back.
Waterbury resident Julio Ford Atlas Waterbury is detained in Washington on charges of defrauding several congressmen. Attorney Catt left tonight with a loan bond of 4 percent to secure his release. Ford, arrested last month in New York, is from Orfield in Guy County. His parents and friends, who knew him as a capable student, await his bond outcome.
Petersburguly 24 The Russian government legally proposed a palace at Kir Tuga built by Empress Catherine for the Khan of the Crimean Tartars Teheran July 20 Enormous crowds cheered the little shah who drove in state from the Sultanatabad palace to his town residence Shomerema where he received his new ministers audioneo
Gen J Charles Elmer Compton a retired officer dies at his son's home in Hollywood Los Angeles today. He served in the Civil War and Indian campaigns and was appointed brigadier general at the outbreak of the Spanish American War.
An advertising line notes the cereal appears in every package with the slogan Telephone the grocer. It promotes Popular pkg at 10c and Large Family size at 15c, highlighting value and reach for shoppers.
Albany Ga July 20 four other men and two named figures from Leary and Wilcox county were arrested after a hotel poker game erupted into rough house. Charged with assault to murder gambling carrying concealed weapons and assault and battery, a pistol shot was fired. Macon July 2 saw another arrest in a related gambling case with Snyder and his wife arriving.
Lawmakers of the government faced angry, acrimonious scenes as they battled to push the budget through the house after an all night session. Mr Balfour condemned the methods as a public scandal while David Lloyd George took brief rests in the private room as members slept on benches.
Fire devastated Brownwell Texas south of Houston destroying Kirby Lumber Company mill and stock valued around 326H. About 20 houses and small stores burned. no casualties reported. Colorado Springs voters elected Democrat F Avery as mayor, proposed by incumbent WH Spurgeon.
The fall of Georges Clemenceau’s cabinet shocks Paris as creation of a parliamentary inquiry into the navy exposes decades of mismanagement. Leon Bourgeois and other leaders are touted as successors while socialists hail the demise of the “most dangerous man” in the republic.
A dynamite plot on Walnut Street aimed to destroy a street car. The blast shattered windows and damaged a carriage and curtain but left the car’s single passenger unharmed. The incident follows weeks of street unrest and is being investigated.
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