Independence urged by Shiloh preachers and church members
A fiery pamphlet claims government officials threaten Shiloh Baptist Church and allied ministers opposing the ruling party. It asserts workers in public positions may be removed after elections and laments corruption and hypocrisy, urging African American voters to stay independent and vote to defeat the current administration.
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Shiloh Baptist Church
Shiloh
Galbraith
McK. Zion Church
Hess Qnen
Washington
Justis
Woman shoots husband after forcing child to drink whisky
Special to The Washington Post from Austin Texas July 2. ADB Duncan a farmer twenty miles east of here forced his 32 year old child to take several avinke of whisky His wife partly crazed by the sight seized a pistol and killed him The incident centers on family alcohol abuse and a fatal shooting in a rural Texas home.
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Washington Post
Austin
Texas
Duncan
Hare
Tragedy Nearly Averted In Marsh Potomac Flats Dice Game
Five African American men playing a Sunday dice game in Potomac flats fled marshes as police pursued them into treacherous mud. Officers Newton Welsh and Creagh rescued two choking men and pulled three others from waist deep water before arresting them amid hundreds of onlookers.
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Potomac Flats
Twenty-Second Street
Third Precinct
William Reed
Jatin Burrell
John Henderson
Robert Wooldson
John Manuel
Newton
Welshamd Creagh
Indge
Meartilin
Back Hangs With Weapons In Poker Fight Ends With Hospital
Police arrested several men after a late night poker game on Bland Alley led to a melee. Shots, an ax, a razor and a gun were used as tempers flared and players were hospitalized. Doctors report no major injuries. Suspects face gambling and weapons charges.
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Royel Flue
Ube
Joseph Garto
Freedmens
Tius Perueulic
Bland Alley
Harvisens
Sess
Alout
Voler
Hugh
Hierrbackel
Carter
Ile Pohive
Harrison
Snu
Funeral of Miss Nellie Roby in Mount Olivet burial
Funeral services for Miss Nellie Roby sister of Luman B Roby station master of the Pennsylvania Trailroad at Union Station will be held at her brother's home 205 Mat find avenue northeast at 2 2 o'clock this afternoon and later at St Joseph's Cathedral Burial will be in Mount Olivet Miss Roby 48 years old was a trained nurse who served many years at the Government Asylum for the Insane St Elizabeth She is survived by two brothers Lucien and John Roby.
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Roby
Luman B. Roby
Pennsylvania Trailroad
Alothe
Union Staton
Providence Hospital
Mat Find Avenue
St. Joseph's Vathonig Church
Mount Olivet
Misa Roby
Ata
Government Asylum For the
St. Elizabeth
Miss Roly
Lucien
John Roby
College Earns Carnegie Gift From Virginia College
Sperval to The Washington Poss eiburs, Va., July 26. The Virginia Christian College has been advised to draw on Andrew Carnegie for $30,040, the amount promised upon condition that the college raise $30,000. The sum will be substituted at once, and tomorrow work will begin on the dormitory project costing $25,000.
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Carnegie
Sperval
Washington Posseiburs
Virginia Christian College
Pan Andrew Carnegie
Stevens' Slayer to the Beamed Fort
In San Francisco superior court Judge Carroll Cook will hear the case of Whan Chang a Korean indicted for fatally shooting Durham White Stevens adviser to the Korean emperor at Seoul on March 23 The shooting occurred as Stevens boarded a ferry to Washington Chang was captured on the spit and held in jail awaiting trial
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San Francisco
Carroll Cook
Whan Chang
Durham White Stevens
Seoul
Steves
Washington
Chang
M. W
Chun
Mr. Stevens
Drowned in Carnegie Lake Near Princeton
Special to The Washington Post reports in Carnegie Lake near Princeton another drowning following a heavy rainstorm. John Logan, who lived nearby, was swept by the swift current in darkness and disappeared, presumed dead after the accident.
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Washington Post
Princeton
Carnegie Lake
Bertha Vanderbilt
John Logan
Logan
Miss Gaspari Weeps as New York Quest Begs Answers
Miss Francea A Caspari known as the woman of mystery remains in jail as detectives plan a New York trip with Assistant District Attorney Given and Detective Baur. They seek to locate a Roman contact suspected of aiding her operations while questioning about a dozen New York associates and two publishing houses tied to the case. The arrest prompted claims she would fund a scheme to settle creditors, and she refuses to reveal details.
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Francea A. Caspari
Nen
Chead
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Caspar
Frank Baur
New York
Wall
Roman Wth
Raur
Carmwell
Faul
Vaspari
Misa Gaspari
Hawe
Given
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Weather conditions in Spain and US coasts forecast
Weather Bureau reports show moderate temperatures across the week with continued rains in middle and southern districts of Spain. In the U S the Atlantic coast winds rise to high, Great Lakes see brisk northwest air, and pagos indicate warm nights with scattered showers from Mississippi and Ohio valleys through the Gulf and Atlantic coasts.
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S$ Dept of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
Spain
Mississippi
Oho
Middle
South Atlantic
Gulf Cours
Missouri
Atlantic
East Gulf Coast
West Gulf Coast
Great Lakes Frest
Suyerson
Cucapexn
Grand Banks
Farman Comes to Fly to Challenge Wrights
Henri Farman, holder of the flying record, arrived in New York to perform fifteen ascensions at Brighton Beach and later duel the Wright brothers. He plans to use a heavier-than-air machine, open to inspection, and bets $10,000 against the Wrights on a longer flight. Farman will fly first at the race track Saturday with two machines aboard the Red Star Line Kronland.
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Washington Post
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William R. Kimball
A. Holland Webr
Paul Lacroix
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France
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Mallia
Paris
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Bint
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Ife
America
Curtiss Brief Flight in June Bug at Hammondsport
Aviator G H Curtiss attempted a turn during a 360 yard flight in the June Bug at Hammondsport, achieving only a partial success. Lieutenant Selfridge of the First New Army Air Corps then made three short flights of roughly 16 yards each, with the second takeoff lifting off after a ground touch about 16 yards from the start and flying Mb yards on the fifth attempt.
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Hammondsport
G. H Curtiss
Lieut. Selfridge
A Lady Doctor Praises Postum Over Coffee
A physician writes of daily pleasure from Postum, noting it is a non stimulant beverage that replaced coffee eight years ago. She cites better sleep, steadier nerves, weight gain, and improved energy, encouraging others to try Postum as a coffee substitute.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Esther Rebekah Lodge Installs Officers in Local Ceremony
Officers of Esther Rebekah Lodge No 5 were installed Monday evening by Mrs C M Schippert acting grand toaster and her corps from Martha Washington Lodge No 3. The roster includes Eliza Schneide as Noble Grand Laure Lemmon as vice grand Mary Pollock as recording secretary LEA Keiser as financial secretary Etha Quisenberry as F S to N G W S Keler as L G to N G Myrtle Loebsack Lucia Rugg Myre Morrison Maude Jimerson Mary Houghtaling Harriet Billings H C Denshue Charles Sample. Reports praised the lodge’s excellent condition. Visitors and Grand Master B H Basterling spoke. Myrtle Loebsack presented a gift to the installing officer. Dell Fuller Wright received the past noble grand jewel.
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LO. O. F
C. M. Schippert
Martha Washington Lodge
No. 3
Nettie Tyne
Noble Grand
Eliza i Schneide
Laure J. Lemmon
Mary Pollock
Etha Quisenberry
N. G
S Keler
M. EB
Donahue
W. G
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Lucia Rugg
Myre. Morrison
Mias Maude Jimerson
Mary Houghtaling
Guardian
Harriet * Billings
H. C. Denshue
Charles Sample
B. H. Basterling
Myrtle Loebsack
Esther Lodge
Grace E. Mahany
Dell Fuller Wright
Balloonist Baldwin Builds Dirigible for Army Tests
Capt Thomas Baldwin, testing a new dirigible for the Army Signal Corps, gathers mechanics from Hammondsport and Curtis Engine Works. He aims to begin engine assembly this week and start tests by the first of the next month at Fort Myer, with plans to finish by June end and shift to exhibition airships.
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Thomas
Baldwin
Army Signal Corps
Wort Myer
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A. F. Zahm
Dr. Zahm
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War Department
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Navy Lumber Cheats Prompt New Mill Inspection System
Officials say evasions in navy lumber contracts led to a new inspection plan. Lumber will be checked at mills rather than navy yards to prevent contractor fraud and ease oversight. Affected contracts allegedly used altered specs to mislead government purchasers. Peru Adopts American Time Decree installs official hour at 75th longitude west. Telecommunication links set with regional lines to transmit noon time from New York.
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Peru
Greenwich
New -York
Man of Many Tasks He Never Takes A Vacation
Eliott Woods, superintendent of the Capitol and a busy official with four offices, works from dawn to night year round. He oversees Capitol affairs, supervises Senate and House office building work, and manages grounds within Capitol grounds. Known as a quiet, tireless worker, he attributes health to constant labor and pursues music as a recreation.
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Eliott Woods
Woods
Moon
Senate
Jen
Mr. Woods
House
Congress
Yterday
Tami
Washington Composer Woods Seeks Harmony in Music and Wireless
The Washington figure discussed, a composer of comic opera with libretto by James Hay Jr., plans a satirical work set in Washington for a possible next season. He also pursues wireless telegraphy, having a Capitol grounds instrument contacting Atlantic warships and aiming to harmonize all instruments under government control. He notes Congress may adopt his plan someday. He is described as the busiest man in Washington that summer.
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James Hay, Jr
Woods
Washington
Mr. Woors
Capitol Grounds
Atlantic Ocean
Congress
Motor power lifeboats tested on Atlantic coast service
Members of the use saying service await reports on net power lifeboats tested at dangerous Atlantic points. Twelve boats ordered, some in operation, self bailing and nonsinkable with gasoline motors in watertight compartments, plus sails and oars. They have worked well in tests and reports on performance under actual service conditions are awaited.
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