Independence urged amid threats to pastors by government bosses
A fiery pamphlet accuses government officials of pressuring Shiloh Baptist Church and allied ministers to quit political activity against the ruling party. It claims party leaders plan to purge government workers who back anti administration preachers after the election, urging voters to stay independent and defeat the party seen as a false friend.
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Shiloh Baptist Church
Shiloh
Galbraith
McK. Zion Church
Hess Qnen
Washington
Justis
Whisky abuse ends in deadly duel at dawn
Special to The Washington Post from Austin Texas July 2. A farmer A B Duncan living 20 miles east of here forced his minor child to drink whisky. His wife, horrified by the scene, seized a pistol and shot and killed him.
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Washington Post
Austin
Texas
Duncan
Hare
Save L lives in marsh Sunday dice game disaster at Potomac Flats
Five men and three officers tangled through a treacherous marsh while police chased a dice game gang. Five Black men slipped into the swamp, two nearly choked. three were saved as bystanders and four officers pulled them to safety. Crowds watched as the scene ended with arrests at the Third precinct station.
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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 Alley Poker Fight Ends With Hospital Care
Police report a late night disturbance at 4 Bland alley where a poker game escalated into violence. Weapons appeared as Carter and Harrison clashed over a pot, with four players wounded and sent to hospital. doctors say injuries are not life threatening. Officers removed suspects to a patrol wagon for gambling and weapons charges.
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Ube
Joseph Garto
Freedmens
Tius Perueulic
Bland Alley
Harvisens
Sess
Alout
Voler
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Hierrbackel
Carter
Ile Pohive
Harrison
Snu
Funeral of Miss Roby in two services at Union Station area
Funeral services for Miss Nellie Roby sister of Luman B Roby station master of the Pennsylvania Railroad at Union Station will be held at 205 Mat find avenue northeast at 2 2 o clock this afternoon and later at St Josephs Vi a thonig Church Burial will be in Mount Olivet Miss Roby 48 years old was a trained nurse and oldest nurse in service at the Government Asylum for the Insane at St Elizabeth She had worked there many years and is survived by two brothers Lucien and John Roby
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Roby
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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 for Dormitory Plan
Sperval to The Washington Post. Eiburs, Va., July 26. Virginia Christian College advised to drag pan Andrew Carnegie for 30.60 dollars promised upon condition it raise 30,000 dollars. The money will be subscribed at once and to morrow work will start in the dormitory costing 25,000 dollars.
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Carnegie
Sperval
Washington Posseiburs
Virginia Christian College
Pan Andrew Carnegie
Stevens Slayer to the Bay
Korean marksman Whan Chang to stand trial in San Francisco Superior Court tomorrow before Judge Carroll Cook for the March 23 shooting of Durham White Stevens, adviser to the Korean emperor. Chang was captured at the ferry slip after wounding associate M. W. Chun and was jailed awaiting trial.
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San Francisco
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Whan Chang
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Steves
Washington
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Drowned in Carnegie Lake Near Princeton
Special report from Princeton describes the death of John Logan who fell into Carnegie Lake during a heavy rainstorm. He lived about a quarter mile from the lake and, confused by darkness, was swept into the swift current and drowned. The incident follows a prior drowning near the same location involving Bertha Vanderbilt months earlier.
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Washington Post
Princeton
Carnegie Lake
Bertha Vanderbilt
John Logan
Logan
Miss Caspari in New York search for missing accomplice
Detective Baur and Assistant District Attorney Given depart for New York to locate a man tied to Miss Francea A. Caspari the so called woman of mystery. Investigators believe she aided an accomplice while denying any disclosure of her operations. Several leading New Yorkers and two publishing houses are to be questioned upon their return.
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Nen
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New York
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Hawe
Given
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Weather Conditions Spain July 26 summary by Weather Bureau
The Weather Bureau reports generally moderate temperatures for the coming week with rain in middle and southern districts. Sunday saw local rains and storms from the Mississippi and Ohio valleys through the middle south Atlantic and gulf coasts, with a sharp temperature drop in the Missouri valley accompanied by showers. Monday winds shift easterly along the Atlantic coast, with brisk to high on the middle and south Atlantic coasts and the east gulf coast, while the Great Lakes see northwesterly breezes. Local reports list temperatures around 72 at midnight rising to near 73 by afternoon, humidity around 88 percent, with rainfall near 0.04 inch and 72 percent sunshine.
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Washington
Spain
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Oho
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Gulf Cours
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Atlantic
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Suyerson
Cucapexn
Grand Banks
Farman Comes to Fly to Challenge Wrights
Henri Farman, holder of the aeroplane record, arrived from Havre to face the Wrights. He plans fifteen ascensions at Brighton Beach for 461 dollars, then a public challenge race with a 10,000 dollar stake. Farman advocates open methods and aims to prove aviation can progress with shared knowledge. He will fly at Brighton Beach and then at the race track, using two machines aboard the Red Star Line ship, with a public flight anticipated.
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Washington Post
New York
Henri Farman
Havre
Hner la
Charles J. Glidden
William R. Kimball
A. Holland Webr
Paul Lacroix
Mr. Farman
France
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The
Aero Club
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Mand
Red Star
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Ife
America
Curtiss Flight Partially Successful in June Bug Test at Hammondsport
Aviation notes report G H Curtiss attempting a turn during a short 360 yard flight in the June Bug at Hammondsport New York. Lieut Selfridge of the First New Artillery followed with three brief hops about 16 yards each, then lifted again for a 64 yard fifth flight after an initial 16 yard ground roll.
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Hammondsport
G. H Curtiss
Lieut. Selfridge
Morning cup of Postum praised by a doctor writer
A lady doctor extols Postum as a daily pleasure and substitute for coffee, noting improved sleep, steadier nerves, and weight gain after eight years of use. She describes careful preparation, the cream color, and repeated recommendation to friends, with a closing cue to read The Road to Wellville and the Postum branding.
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Kentucky
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Esther Rebekah Lodge Officers Installed in Formal Ceremony
Officers of Esther Rebekah Lodge No 5, LO O F were installed Monday evening by Mrs C M Schippert acting grand toaster and her corps from Martha Washington Lodge No 3 with Mrs Nettie Tyne acting grand marshal. Ladies named include Eliza Schneide noble grand Laure Lemmon vice grand Mary Pollock recording secretary LEA Keiser financial secretary Etha Quisenberry treasurer Myrtle Loebsack L S warden Lucia Rugg Myre Morrison conductor Maude Jimerson chaplain Mary Houghtaling inside guardian Harriet Billings outside guardian H C Denshue degree director Charles Sample. Reports praised condition of the lodge and visitors spoke highly. A gift to installing officer was presented by Myrtle Loebsack and past noble grand jewel was presented to retiring noble grand Dell Fuller Wright.
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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
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Myre. Morrison
Mias Maude Jimerson
Mary Houghtaling
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Harriet * Billings
H. C. Denshue
Charles Sample
B. H. Basterling
Myrtle Loebsack
Esther Lodge
Grace E. Mahany
Dell Fuller Wright
Balloonist Baldwin Eyes August 1 Tests For New Airship
Capt Thomas Baldwin, tested dirigible for army signal corps, meets Hammondsport mechanics from Curtis Engine Works. He plans to begin engine assembly this week and aims to start tests by August, hoping to finish by June end and deliver to the War Department. He cites Dr Zahm and Dr Bell as influences and emphasizes balancing science with business concerns. He will proceed to Fort Myer to initiate assembly and testing.
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Army Signal Corps
Wort Myer
Curtis Engine Works
Hammondsport
Capt
Alexander Graham Kell
A. F. Zahm
Dr. Zahm
Curtis
War Department
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Navy Lumber Fraud Prompts New Mill Inspection System
The navy reports evasion of lumber specifications in contracts, prompting a shift to mill-side inspection to prevent fraud and streamline rejection of unsatisfactory material. Contractors accused of deviating from government requirements face tighter oversight and possible loss of orders. Peru Adopts American Time in official hour shift beginning Tuesday, with telegraph ties to transmit the noon hour.
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Peru
Greenwich
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Man of many tasks never takes a vacation
Eliott Woods, superintendent of the Capitol, also serves on multiple commissions and manages duties from the Capitol grounds. He works year round, holding four offices and visiting each daily, including overseeing Senate and House offices, Capitol grounds, and construction projects. He praises work as medicine and remains even tempered, a quiet, tireless public servant with strong vigor and colorful presence.
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Eliott Woods
Woods
Moon
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Jen
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Yterday
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Washington composer Woods vivid in comic opera and wireless work
The Washington composer Woods is at work on a comic opera with a libretto by journalist James Hay Jr. He says only the songs are ready and scenes are set in Washington for a possible local tryout next season. He also pursues wireless telegraphy from the Capitol grounds and dreams of harmonizing instruments nationwide under government control.
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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 report on the operation of twelve self-bailing nonsinkable lifeboats with gasoline motors in watertight compartments. Equipped with sails and oars, the craft are undergoing tests at dangerous Atlantic points, awaiting performance reports under actual service conditions.
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