Mrs Gelshenen Weds Braker Amid Morse Divorce Fallout
New York reports the wedding of Mrs Katherine Dunn Gelshenen to Henry J Braker at her Fifth Avenue home. The ceremony followed links to the Dodge Morse divorce saga, including gossip of a large legacy and a planned witness summons by Jerome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Fast
New York
Katherine Dunn Gelshenen
Henry J. Braker
Fifth Avenue
Father Taylor
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
Mra Braker
William H. Gelshenen
Garfield National Bank
Willam H. Gelshenen
Florence Carpenter
Gelshenen
Braker
District Attorney's Office
Douge-Morse
Europe
Jerome
Abe Hummell
Charles W. Morse
Morse
Clemence Cowles
Charles H Dodge
Atlanta
Death notices from 1907 linted for interment and services
Notices announce deaths of Mary Wheishel Armstrong Carrie Kerr Edward Kinslow John Schlotterbeck and Charles Lyman Brookes age details scattered addresses and funeral dates. Services set at 40 pm Sunday 54 New York avenue NW Glenwood Cemetery Philadelphia church St Stephen’s 9 30 am Monday and Willamsport MD interment with lodge involvement for Arminius No. 25 F A A M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armstrong
Mary Wheishl
William W. Armstrong
Samuel Weisel
Daniel Weisel
Thirteenth Street
Willamsport
Brookes
Charles Lyman
Charles F
Mary Lyman Brookes
Kerr
Thev
Carrie J. Kerr
Weyrich
William D Kerr
New York Avenue
Glenwood Cemetery
Kinslow
Edward
M. Tinslow
Philadelphia
L Street
St. Stephen’s Church
Twenty-fifth
Pennsylvania Avenue
Schlotterbeck
John
Emma Schiotterbeck
Herrmann
Arminius Lodge
G Street
Baltimore
New York
Boston
Funeral Directors Listing with DC area firms
A dense, early 20th century directory fragment lists numerous funeral directors and embalmers in Washington DC, including W. R. Speare, Adolph J. Schippert, John M. Mitchell's Son, Thos. S. Sergeon, T. A. Costello & Bro, Frank Geier's Sons, John R. Wright Co, William Lee, WM. H. Sardo & Co, George P. Zurhorst, Hindle & Bayliss, Thos. R. Nalley & Son, R. F. Harvey's Sons, and Gude Florists. Entries note chapels, livery connections, and 24/7 service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Speare
F Street
N. W
Adolph J. Schippert
20Th St
Ave
John M. Mitchell
Eleventh Street
Sergeon
Cain
7Th St
T. A. Costello & Bro
Frank Geier’s Sons
Seventh ST
John R. Wright CO
Funcral
Tenth St
William Lee
Pennayivania Avv
WM. H. Sardo & CO
George P. Zurhorst
East
Capitol St
Hindle & Bayliss
5Th and
H NW
Suicide on Brooklyn elevated train shocks city
A man hurled himself in front of a north bound train at the St Mark avenue station in Brooklyn, killing himself and suspending traffic for about an hour. Letters found on the body gave no clear identity, one addressed to “My Dear John” and bearing 130 Prospect Avenue Milwaukee Wis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
New York
St Mark Avenue
John
Prospect Avenue
Milwaukee
Wis
William Bigelow
Bigelow
New York Cafe Proprietor Shot Dead Nearby
New York June 1. Charles Greenwich, proprietor of a cafe at 65 Suffolk street and resident of 276 Madison street, was shot in the left breast within a short distance of his cafe tonight. He staggered to a drug store at Suffolk and Brooms streets and died. The killer remains at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Suffolk Street
Charles Greenwich
Madison Street
Suffolk
Brooms Streets
Death by own action linked to steel patent swindle
Marius B. Beckman president of the New York Auto Transfer Company died after taking pruasic acid following losses to a mysterious swindle involving a steel treatment patent and an arc lamp. Associates say a hypnotic swindler lured Beckman with papers claiming patents and a secret process. The auto firm faced heavy losses but may continue after the strangled financial impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Marius B. Beckman
New York Auto Transfer Company
Broadway
Beckman
West Thirtyfourth Street
Auto Company
Flatiron
Will test war balloon flight under Signal Corps plan
The Signal Corps will trial a fifty five foot diameter war balloon at noon tomorrow from Twelfth and M streets southeast. Captain Charles De F. Chandler leads the ascent with Leo Stevens and J B McCoy. If successful, orders may follow though limited funding restricts extensive use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Signal Corps
Twelfth
M Streets
Charles de F. Chandler
Leo Stevens
J. B. McCoy
New York
Army
Stevens
Local Names in Colonial Marriage Notices Remain Dense
A fragment lists numerous pairs and trios of individuals with ages and affiliations such as Rev, justice of the peace, and city or state origins. The garbled OCR shows repeated names like Wade Lowe, Mary Crowe, Rev W E Clark, Isadore Leorey, Philadelphia and Baltimore ties, and various others connected to churches or towns, indicating a crowded notice page of marriages or engagements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade Lowe
Mary Crowe
Wascon Bruner
Wilbur M. Carper
Mary E. Smith
W. E. Clark
Isadore Leorey
Mary =. Dunlop
J.E. Irvine
John D. McMulkin
Philadelphia
Charlotte S. Gienn
Baltimore
Hdwin B. Navin
George C. Frey
Zate M. Bevard
Chicago
I. Lewis T. O'Neal
Thomas R. Weymouth
Oil City
Louise Holtzman
T. D. Clark
Guy W. Latimer
Hyattsvile
Mabel KR
Sanford
George C. Carter
James H. Rowe
Edith Webster
Fev
Abbott
John
Ghenneld
Louise I. Jacobs
W. GL. Lynn
Walter L Redraw
Columbus
Obie
Elinor M. Dougherty
Hey
John B. Pitter
Nell M. Nichols
Martha A. Hughes
Health Office Record Report May 31 1907
Health office record lists residents with ages and addresses including Carrie J Karr Augusta Armann Sebastian Dendski Edward Tucker Sophia Kealey Katherine McCarthy Clarence H James William G More George Harris Mary E Mont Elsie Brown Daniel W ah ot Paul Hickman L Allen June Carter Edith Pollare and others, with ages from a few days to 75 years and locations across several NW streets and avenues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie J. Karr
N.Y. Ave
Augusta Armann
Sebastian Dendski
St Nw
Edward D. Tucker
N. J. Ave
Sophia Kealey
Cap. St
Katherine McCarthy
St. Nw
Clarence H. James
Paul Hickman
Defrees St. Aw
Retired officer pays wife to drop suit in Europe move
Capt. William H. Wheeler a wealthy retired army officer from Pittsburg left for Europe after settling with Mrs. Bland Campbell in a $2,100 compromise over alleged luring to his bachelor quarters and indecencies. Campbell and husband Kennedy remain in Pittsburg with two children. Campbell alleged wine was drugged and a struggle occurred in Wheeler’s lavish Fifty-first street home. Wheeler denied forcing drink and said the cab was called by Campbell to return home. The case drew onlookers, including detective O’Mara, who lamented the settlement terms and noted Campbell’s Confederate-era relative Col. Brockenborough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William H. Wheeler
West Fitty-diet Street
Europe
Bland Campbell
Pittsburg
Supreme Court
Campbell
Wheler
Roberta
West Thirty-third Street
Fifth Avenue
Fifty-first Street
Cape Wheeler
Will
Bookkeeper sent to jail for concealing company books
Exein E. Fuller, bookkeeper for a mining firm in Colorado Springs, was jailed for refusing to disclose the hiding place of the company books. She admitted concealing them to compel payment of a $40 salary. She vowed to stay imprisoned until the books are surrendered and declined to reveal their location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jorado Springs
Colo
Exein E. Fuller
Furnage Victim a Maniac in Cincinnati Factory Fire
A man believed to be John Portenk, a wandering Polish immigrant, is suspected in a fatal furnace incident at the Ryan soap factory in Cincinnati. Police and the coroner dispute whether death was murder or self-inflicted as Portenk’s priest says he spent days praying at St Stanislaus Church and wore a coat found near the fire. Coroner notes 3000 degree flames. police suggest he crawled in after fuel was added. Dry Dock Declared Satisfactory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Cincinnati
Ohio
Ryan Soap Factory
John Portenk
Father Baranski
St. Stanislaus Church
Liberty Street
Cameron
Portenk
Central Avenue
Millikin
Aphasia Moored On Street Then Diagnosed at Bellevue
A man found on a West Fifty Fifth Street stoop recited Cyrano de Bergerac before a policeman and ambulance crew. Doctors labeled his condition aphasia and rheumatism, sending him to Bellevue in a psychopathic ward as a precaution. The patient, later identified as Jacob Miller, appeared sober but could not recall his identity or drink. He wore a dark suit and fair complexion and was described as well-dressed and refined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Bellevue
Jacob Miller
Thieman
West Party
Shakespeare, &c
Thielman
Mr. Miler
Thiernan
Hellévue
Haywood suffers poisoning attack during murder trial
Bolige Idaho June 1 William D Haywood on trial for the murder of former Governor Steunenberg suffered an alarming poisoning episode in the county jail this morning. He is not in danger and doctors expect him in court Monday. His illness delayed court, with adjournment to 1 30 pm then to Monday morning. Officials and lawyers deny collapse rumors, saying he remains under care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecal
Washington Post
Bolige
Idaho
William D. Haywood
Steunenberg
Biz
Haywood
Richardson
Ilimesa
Heywood
Alleged Bribers Arraigned In San Francisco Trolley Case
Patrick Calhoun Fhornwell Mullaly Tirey L Ford Whillath B E Abbott Abraham Ruef and Mayor Eugene E Schmitz were arraigned before Judge Lawler on bribery indictments claiming they influenced supervisors to award a trolley franchise to United Railroads. They were given one week to answer and counsel moved to set aside the indictments. Arguments will be heard next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calhoun
San Francisco
Patrick Calhoun
Fhornwell Mullaly
Tirey L. Ford
Whillath BE. Abbott
Abraham Ruef
Eugene E. Schmitz
Lawler
United Railroads
Home Telephone Company
Court Sends Hess To Jail For Abduction Case
Theodore Hess a former Baltimore policeman was arraigned in Harlem Court on two counts in a 4000 bond case for abducting Elizabeth Grady fourteen. The magistrate refused bail and Hess was sent to Harlem prison awaiting transfer to the Tombs amid a crowded, tense scene. Elizabeth showed no response as her father Andrew Grady tearfully embraced her in the magistrate’s office, while agents said she has sworn to an affidavit and need not testify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Theodore Hess
Baltimore
Elizabeth Grady
Andrew Grady
Washington Heights
Harlem
Hess
Lizzie
Grady
Lixzsie
Barclay
Steinhart
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Mrs. Gelshenen-Weds
Ocean
Dodge
Mirs. Gelshenen
Mrs. Gelshenen
Astriet Attorney 8
Petit
aRs
F St
No. Hwest
Geo
C. Shaffer
Florist
Phore
Friends of Auto Transfer Company
Health Office Record
Nn L. Allen
June Carter
Sheppard's
Young
Bland” Campbell
Wheeler
Naval Inspection Board
Charleston Dry Dock
Seventh Street N
Wai
Washington
Northland
COURT
Anne Eoksdn
Bedebesteves
S 2
Deere
Montay
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