Roosevelt Seeks New York Role in GOP Fight
Oyster Bay July 25 Theodore Roosevelt avoids Ohio factional talk while keeping watch on the Columbus convention He plans in New York to back a progressive stance and participate actively in the state campaign He may meet Senator Mantle of Montana who could challenge Carter and Mantle’s past Senate run is noted with Roosevelt saying he will not endorse a candidate.
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Mantle
Carter
Montana
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
Ohio
Columbaa
Col. Roosevelt
James R.garterd
Roosevelt
Reynolds Kinkade
New York
Col Roosevelt
Wade H Ellis
Republican State Committee
Sagamore Hill
Ellis
United States
Lee Mantle
Butte
Mont
Senate
Thomas H Carter
Obituary notices from Washington DC area July 1910
Death notices and funeral details for multiple individuals including Henry A Baker Catherine L Hell Mary Tintley Henry Emmerman Sarah Flather Maria Gaghan Margaret Horn Leo M Kramm Looker Jeas Agi Looker and Ida McCleay. Residences listed in DC suburbs and addresses in Northwest and Northeast districts. Funeral dates span July 23 to July 27 with private and public services noted.
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Baker
Chautauqqua
Henry A. Baker
Q Street
Hell
Providence Hospital
Mibaablt
Annie Comber Burns
John and Margaret Burns
Glenwoord
Femmerman
Henry
Catherine Emmerman
Eleventh Street
D Street
Sarah
Alfred Flather
Douglas Memorial M. E
Ghan
F Street
Maria
James Gaghan
Horn
Hilltrenk
Margaret Horn
Frank Geler
Seventh Street
Prospect Hill
TRE Amal
Leo M
Gregor
Thirtieth Street
Lado Pom Lient
BR. Tt. Russell
Alrion Kelth Parris, Jr
Faulding
Melen Offley
Leonard Pauldine
UC S
Arlington Cemetery
New York
Hannard J
Tievd P. Pumphrey
Trinity Catholic Church
Oak Fir Cemetery
Thompson—Sudilenty
Saranac Lake NY
Ida McCleay
John Barker Thompson
St. Margaret's Church
Roosevelt visits and letters spark talk of politics
Reports from St Louis and Kansas City note Theodore Roosevelt may deliver a political speech in St Louis on October 11 pending Gov Hadley approval. A telegram from Vox Popul commenting on Roosevelt and public sentiment is cited as urging focus on common people over politicians.
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Peter Jay
Cairo
Col. Roosevelt
Gerrit J. Killen
Hope College
Holland
Mich
Vox Popul
New York
Moses
Roosevelt
Vox Popull
St. Louis
Theodore Roosevelt
America
St Louis
Herbert S. Hachey
Hadley
Col. Ro
Kansas City
Col
Katzenbach Ready to Run for New Jersey Governor
Frank Katzenbach Jr., former Trenton mayor and past opponent of Gov Fort, said he would accept another party nomination for New Jersey governor if offered, though he personally prefers not to run again. He emphasized past honors and his willingness to respond to the party’s call.
Democrats Split Over County Option At Grand Island Convention
In Grand Island Nebraska on July 25 delegates to the Democratic state convention debated county option and the liquor issue. Bryan did not speak as a large gathering was canceled and a smaller meeting heard ex-senator W Br ick state that Gov Shallenberger blocked direct referendum. Leaders said over 450 of 586 delegates opposed county option with about 200 uninstructed likely aligned against it. A Popular convention may complicate the Democratic stance with a potential county option plank and support for initiative and referendum.
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Nebr
County Op Lon
W. J. Bryan
Grand Island
Bryan
Methowst
W. B.rick
Shallenberger
Insurgent Republicans Lead Nebraska Convention Fight
Lincoln Nebraska July 25 insurgent and optionist factions appear to dominate the state convention. The ballot centers on insur gency and county option liquor control with Norris Brown favored for temporary chairman and George W Norris as a possible challenger. Of 75 delegates 366 are instructed for county option and 16 opposed.
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Lincoln
Neb
State Central Committee
United States
Norris Brown
Kearney
George W. Norris
McCook
Ninth
Link Denies Bribery in Lorimer Election Case
Illinois legislator M S Link of Mitchell Madison county sworn statement denies any sale of vote or bribe money in the Lorimer Senate election. He replies to a Democratic convention resolution calling for resignation over bribery charges.
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Illinois
Edwardsville
Til
M. S. Link
Mitchell
Madigon County
United States
William Lorimer
Lind Alone for Governor as Democrats to Nominate Him
Minnesota Democrats plan to nominate former Governor John Lind for governor at the St Paul convention in Minneapolis July 28. Despite Lind's letters saying he cannot be a candidate, the Ramsey county gathering elected 97 uninstructed delegates favorable to Lind as sentiment on the local option question runs divided. Lind is en route to Alaska.
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St. Paul
Minn
John Lind
Minneapolis
Lind
Ramsey County
City of
Alaska
Murderer hurls self to death before gallows in Carson
Carson City Nev July 2 Under sentence to die on Friday for the murder of his wife C C Petty added another death today. While on daily exercise in the penitentiary yard he broke from a guard and climbed an electric light pole. He leaped from about five feet above the ground and toppled to the concrete below dying instantly in the prison yard.
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Carson City
Nev
C. C. Petty
Carson Penitentiary
Petty
Deaths and births in Washington health records 19th century
Health Office record lists numerous deaths with ages and locations across Washington DC areas including Georgetown Hospital Tuberculosis Hospital and Government Hospital for the insane. Birth notices record multiple newborns with parental names and residences.
Licensed to Marry Listed Names and Officiants
A condensed list of individuals marrying, with ages and officiants, mentions Solomon Spigel and Sara Wassamer among others, including George O. Dittricx, Elizabeth M. Walsh, and multiple pairs joined by various reverends in Virginia and nearby locales. The text reads as a registry of engagements with accompanying clergy.
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Sara Wassamer
Louis I. Exeleon
George O. Dittricx
Richmond
Fiizabeth M. Walsh
Thomas E. McGuigan
Joseph L. Goainer
Louige B. Ruppert
T. G. Smyth
Willam W. Miller
Mary ¢. Sullivan
J. M. Little
A May Howard
Walter A. Bloenen
IS. Mackin
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Elizabeth Murphy
Carpenter
A. W. Graves
Joseph Dobbyn
Gave L. Potts
van Wert
Ohio
R. W. Lowde
Earl Compton
Fairfax County
Lille M. Stephens
Fauquier County
Theron Gutwater
Trving M. Wright
Matilda V. Dwyer
J O'Connell
Frank Harvey
Emma Vessels
P. W. Drew
Chris Harris
Blanche Hollins
H. Harris
Jamea Fi Mayoball
Mary Armateong
J R. Matthews
Harry H. Scott
Maggie Debton
Bristow accuses Aldrich of cotton tariff boost for stock market
In Topeka Senator Bristow charged that Aldrich pushed cotton tariff increases not for manufacturing need but to buoy the stock market. He cited 1909 stock issues totaling 120 million dollars to claim speculators profited while mills gained little. He noted testimony from H. P. Lippitt that manufacturers did not seek higher duties.
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Manufacturers' Association of New England
Ways and Means Committee
Oklahoma City Grows Rapidly in Ten Years
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, shows a remarkable population jump from about 10,000 in 1900 to 64,205 in 1910, a 540 percent rise. The 1910 count also reflects county growth to 85,282 and Ardmore declines to 8,618. Census bullets list other city figures from Marble to Montgomery City and Otla.
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Durand
Census Bureau
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Itasca County
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Carter County
Oxla
Leaders jockey for Ohio governor nomination and captions
A tumult of Republican maneuvering in Ohio centers on the governor race. Key figures including C. B. Brown and Warren G. Harding vie for ballots while Coleman Cox and Col. Willis Rowland push consensus. Denman is ruled out by Burton, and talks swirl over minor ticket posts as party leaders confer.
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Wade H. Bilis
Col
Willis Rowland
Columbus
Burton
C. B. Brown
Dayton
Warren G. Harding
Marton
Big Land Owners Sued Over California Timber Lands
San Francisco date reports 97 civil suits filed under Interior direction charging irregularities in acquiring 15620 acres of government timber lands in California. Named defendants include Pennsylvania capitalists William Donaldson Charles E Gregory and firms Pennsyl vania Lumber Company Curtiss Holbrook Collins and numerous entrymen alleged to be dummy holders.
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San Francisco
Jay
California
Department of the Interior
Land Office
William Donaldson
Charles E. Gregory
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Lumber Company
Curtiss, Holbrook & Collins
Health convention adhesion debated at Pan American Congress
Buenos Aires on July 25 reports the committee favors in principle the sanitary conventions from Washington and Costa Rica. Paraguay and Venezuela oppose, while the Monroe doctrine adhesion proposal likely will not be introduced at sessions.
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Buenos Aires
Washington
Paraguay
Venezuela
Colquitt Wins Democratic Primary by Large Plurality
Colquitt led the Democratic nominating contest with about 45 000 votes in the July 25 results from Austin Texas. A. B. Davidson secured the nomination for lieutenant governor by roughly 4 000 votes. W. P. Lane won the state comptroller post, and statewide prohibition submission carried by about 20 4000 votes.
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Austin
Tex
O. B. Colquitt
A. B. Davidson
W. P. Lane
Tennessee G O P Active In Memphis Campaign
Special to The Washington Port Memphis Tenn July 25 Republicans open headquarters in Memphis for first time in over 25 years as Democratic party split grows. Candidates in county and state announced and a systematic canvass is under way for the August 4 judiciary election and new supreme court judges remaining officers will be chosen.
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Washington
Memphis
Tenn
Tennessee
Malcolm R. Patterson
Supreme Court
Two Women Drown in Lehigh River At Weissport
Allentown Pa July 5 two young women Sarah Max 18 and Beulah Max 20 sisters vacationing from Philadelphia drowned while bathing in the Lehigh River near Weissport with no swimmers nearby A third relative Mrs Benjamin Ziff 40 narrowly escaped after a strenuous struggle Beulah reached shore but the sisters did not survive.
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Lehigh River
Weissport
Sarah Max
Beulah Max
Wellsport
Philadelphia
Benjamin Ziff
Miss Beulah Max
Girl Drowns After Exploding Boat Engine Near Ulster County
Kingston reports a gasoline engine explosion on a motorboat at Wallkill Creek near Springtown, Ulster County. Helen Mack of Brooklyn, 2%, drowned after being hurled into water, with a woman and two men severely burned. body recovered a mile downstream. Summer boarders at John Relyea’s farm.
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Washington Post
Kingston
N. Y
Springtown
Ulster
Helen Mack
Brooklyn
John Relyea
Miss Mack
New York
Bergen Beach
Arthur Ralsay
Ralsay
Bergen
West Island
Beach Yacht Club
Four City Flight Proposal Aims 208 Mile NYC to DC
Aero Club of Washington proposes a 208 mile air route from New York to Washington with stops near Philadelphia and Baltimore to raise $50,000 for a night flight. aviators Seymour Willard Curriss and Wright brothers likely to participate.
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Washington Post
Bray
Westley Bovee
Aero Club of
Washington
D. C
Hempstead Plain
Boyee
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Aero Clubs
Joseph Seymour
Charles Willard
Seymour
Bovee
Glenn H. Curtiss
Wright Brothers
Mars Breaks Own Record At Omaha Aviation Meet
In strong winds at Omaha Nebraska Mars attempted a quick start flight on the third day of the aviation meet. His four cylinder biplane lifted from the ground in feet and 4 inches, short of the prior 106 foot four cylinder record. The eight cylinder mark remains 887 feet held by Curtiss. Mars earns a silver cup for the feat.
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Omaha
Nebi
Mars
Curtiss
Torpedo boat Morris seeks yacht on mercy mission
Special to The Washington Post from Newport R I July 23 The torpedo boat Morris under Lieut A Anderson left harbor to aid a distressed Rhode Island Yacht Chih fleet during a southwest gale but returned at midnight without locating the yacht off West Island. One boat reached New Bedford safely while seven vessels including the flagship Artmer under Commodore E M Dunbar remain unaccounted for. a relief craft Anna Weta briefly pursued the distressed yacht before turning back due to heavy seas.
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Washington Post
Newport
R. E
Morris
Lieut. A. Anderson
Here
Rhode Island
Chih
West Island
Tyare
New Bedford
New Bedford. Owo
Artmer
E. M. Dunbar
Anna Weta
Haauw Cea
Crisis Nears Peru Cabinet Resigns Over Border Dispute
Lima July 2 The Peruvian cabinet faces imminent resignation amid a sharp boundary dispute with Ecuador. Premier Xa vier Prado Ugarthe leads a ministry formed March 14 as arbitration under a U S Brazil and Argentina panel is sought. President Leguia had offered to resign prior to Ugartohe taking office.
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Peru
Xavier Prado Ugarthe
Ecuador
United States
Brazil
Argentina
Leguia
Congress
Ugartohe
National Conservation Congress to avoid Ballinger Pinchot dispute
Herward N. Baker of Baltimore, president of the National Conservation Congress, announced that the Ballinger Pinchot controversy would not be referred to during the St. Paul gathering. He said speakers are chosen irrespective of political affiliation and will avoid personal remarks.
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Herward N. Baker
National Conservation Congress
St. Paul
Ballinger- Pinchot
Baker
Congress
Pitched Ball Kills a Child in Indianapolis
Special to roe washington Fest Indianapolis Ind July 2 Albert Mattingly amateur baseball player jailed in default of 5000 charged with killing Inez Stephen son a 2 year old child He pitched the ball and passing the catcher struck the child on the head causing death Brownsville Soldier Shoots Two El Paso Tex July Frank Lawson one of the negroes dismissed from the army following the shooting up of Brownsville today shot his wife and his mother in law The negro fired at Post master J A Smith who attempted to capture him
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el Paso
Tex
Frank Lawson
J. A. Smith
Seek $1,000,000 Estate Sparks Heir Claims In Indiana
W B Vaillant of Hammond and Mollie McNeal of Baltimore move to assert claims to Mia Lydia Valliant estate valued at $1,000,000 after a Brooklyn relative died. A Brooklyn attorney reportedly sought signatures on documents, prompting Vaillant to hire counsel.
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Washington Post
la Porte
Ind
W. B. Valliant
Hammond
Carpenter
Mollie McNeal
Baltimore
Mia
Lydia Valiant
Brooklyn
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