Death of Dr Chamberlin, Southern Scottish Rite Leader
Dr Austin Beverly Chamberlin, grand secretary general of the Supreme Council Southern Jurisdiction of the United States Scottish Rite, dies of a stroke after a Texas journey to his bedside. His body will be taken to Galveston for interment. he had long served in Masonry since 1865 and held top council posts since 1898.
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Texas
Galveston
Beaumont
Tex
Austin Beverly Chamberlin
Supreme Council For
United States
Buff
Sadie C. Rone
Gwo Kidd
Charbherlins
Mrs. Rone
Mr. Kidd
Washington
Union Station
House of Temple, Supreme Council
Chamberlin
Trone
House of Temple
Albert Pike
Frank J. Gibson
Albert Pike Constatory
Canada
Montreal
Maine
Univeristy
Nashville
Arkansas
Bright Star Lodge
Dardanelle
Ark
Dr C Chamberlin
Texan
Supreme Council of
Mexico
Italy
Supreme Council
Dr. Chamberlin
No Bodies Yet Found In Strange Postcard Case
Police continue search without results as readers share fragments from a disturbing correspondence trail. Notes describe a woman seeking photos and a doll dress, with letters from multiple men and a mysterious unsigned keepsake. The material hints at a forgotten case of possible abduction or disappearance linked to Masonreek Mine and distant correspondence.
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Masonreek
Wemeure
Dave
Syed
Nashua
J. L Murdock
Bermuda Street
Athol
Mass
Murdock
Aot
M C Murdock
Princess
Ann Avenue
W. E
Atlanta
National accounting convention opens at Arlington Yotel
The fifth annual convention of the National Association of Comptrollers and Accounting Officers opens at 10 am at the Arlington Yotel with welcomes from Henry 3B F Macfarland and Alonzo Tweedale. Afternoon talks feature Rep Swagar Sharlay from Kentucky on budgets and Le Grand Powers on statistics.
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National Association of Comptrollers and Accounting Officers
Arlington Yotel
Henry 3B
F. Macfarland
Alonzo Tweedale
Swagar Sharlay
Kentucky
le Grand Powers
Bureau of Census
Duncan MacInnes
Comptroller
New York City
L. A. Rockefeller
State Comptroller’s Office
New York
F. R. Leach
Bureau of Municipal Research
Cleveland
Howard ©. Peck
Detroit
Philadelphia
John M. Walton
Frederick A. Cleveland
President’s Commission
Edward Statson Griffing
New Rochelle
Duncan MacTnnes
White House
Taft
Association
Arlington Hotel
Taft White Confer On Federal Equity Procedure Reform
President Taft and Chief Justice White reviewed proposed reforms to federal equity procedure in a long session. Justice White and colleagues Lurton and Van Deventer were named to a commission to study the antiquated rules last revised in 1840. The President, deeply interested, planned to finalize details before the justices depart for vacation.
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Taft
White
Supreme Court
Lurton
van Deventer
Maine cofferdam intact after brief halt in inspection
Havana July 7 no further progress in Maine work today water保持 foot level within the cofferdam remains disturbed preventing below surface inspection after hours there is no leakage or instability noted time before pumping resumes will be spent completing the incomplete caisson which will be finished tomorrow
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Havana
Jime
Maine
Yacht Club Pushes Protest Over Tug Safety
Corinthian Yacht Club of Washington plans to take the issue to Navy Department Secretary Meyer after a naval inquiry into the Dolphin collision with the Culprit Fay. Commodore C J Ingting leads calls for stricter nautical etiquette as members accuse government tugs of ignoring smaller craft on the Potomac, despite witnesses saying the Dolphin did all it could to avoid the crash and noting the death of Alexander Yellowess.
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Corinthian Yacht Club of Washington
Meyer
Dolphin
Fay
Potomac River
Corinthian Yacht Club
Navy Department
J. G. Lindsay
Culpiit Fay
C. J. Ingting
Mr. Ingting
Alexander Yellowess
Naval Board of Inquiry
Charles G. Marah
Washington Navy Yard
G. Garrow
A. 8S
Hickey
Quartermaster Bauer
Flees With Her Child From Washington Bride
Mrs Voler Viles secreted away her four year old child from Elwin Paden in LaMont Texas then hid on a Frisco train to Springfield. She later married Wiles a candidate for Congress in Missouri and plans to seek custody by filing papers after meeting him in Philadelphia on June 20. Authorities pursue as the chase continues.
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Springfield
Voler Viles
Census Bureau
Washington, D. C
Colonial Hotel
Lamont
Tex
Elwin Paden
Paden
Iisit
Texas
Mi. Viles
Philadelphia
Wiles
Not Son of the Diplomat Denies Link in NY Incident
In New York on June 7 a man calling himself Leonard J. Boutell, claiming descent from former Chicago representative Boutell, was prevented from a self harm attempt at the YMCA and held for examination. Hugh G Boutell, son of former representative Henry Sherman Boutell, later denied any relation to Leonard.
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New York
Leonard J. Boutell
Boutell
Chicago
Young Men’s Christian Association
Frenchi
Hugh G Boutell
Henry Sherman Boutell
Tilmois
United States
Portutal
Leonard J . Boutell
Jack Johnson Sets Sail Amid Awe and Speculation
On the Kronprinz Wilhelm a flood of curiosity follows the famous Black champion. Johnson and his wife occupy a premier suite as crowds, reporters, and society figures observe from deck and corridor. Johnson promises calm conduct while eyeing future engagements and even a possible boxing bout for $30,000.
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Mr. Johnson
Kronpring Wilhelm
Baron von Ende
San Francisco
Johnson
Jack Johnson
Fortune
Oxford Music Hall
England
Hugh McIntosh
Bombardier Wella
Bombardier
Maryland
Taft LaudS Church and Lutheran Unity At Synod
A report on the general synod meeting highlights Lutherans in Cincinnati and nationwide. Speakers praise religion among Americans and the Lutheran Church. Remensnyder elected president, Manhart secretary, Knollenberg treasurer.
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Clark
Greene
Fenner
Christian Church
General Synod
Remensnyder
St. James Lutheran Church
New York City
Pennsylvania College
Lutheran Theological Seminary
Gettysburg
F. P. Manhart
Selins Grove
George H. Knollenberg
Richmond
Ind
Swindled at the Capitol in Senate Coin Game
John H Campen of Hertford North Carolina was duped of 84 dollars by two swindlers inside the U S Senate chamber yesterday afternoon. He was first approached by a man who claimed a casual game of matching coins then pressured outside where Campen lost 14 dollars before realizing he was being swindled. The trio then left after continued talk of the game.
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John H. Campen
Hertford
N. C
Campbell
Senate
Campen
Senate of the United States
Stays in the asylum court quashes his writ
Chief Justice Clabaugh ruled against Harrison Wagner in habeas corpus proceedings, demurring to the government's answer and remanding him to St Elizabeths asylum. Dozens of witnesses testified but the judge decided the case without a jury, ending Wagner’s bid for liberty after years of lawsuits across Maryland Virginia and the District.
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Clabaugh
Harrison Wagner
St. Elizabeth’s Asylum
District Supreme Court
Wagner
Maryland
Virginia
District of Columbia
Dominion
Maryland Court of Appeals
Sawyers
Not Guilty of Joy Ride
Samuel Stockton was discharged in U S police court by Judge Pugh after nineteen witnesses supported an alibi. Bell’s automobile was stolen June 1 and returned damaged about $9. Witnesses testified Stockton rode in the car at 6 o'clock that evening.
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Samuel Stockton
Charles J. Bell
American Security and Trust Company
United States
Pugh
Bell
Movements of Ocean Steamers Attend New York Arrivals
Arrived Havre Chicago from New York Niagara from New York Rotterdam Uranium from New York Copenhagen United States from New York Queematown Carmania for New York Southampton Oxeanle for New York Halser reported with destinations and origin links in brief steamship movements.
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Havre
Chicago
New York
Niagara
Rotterdam
Uranium
Coopenhagen
United States
Queematown
Carmania
Southampton
Oxeanle
Halser
Rich Boys Fail Should Win Their Own Way at Graduation
Justice Andersgon of the Supreme Court urges Washington Collegiate School pupils to earn success. He notes poorer boys succeed more by effort than sons of the rich. Siamese graduate Nai Kim Bee wins a mathematics and physics prize as others receive diplomas and honors. John W. Thompson, Seward Bacon, Preston Bacon, and Rost D. Thompson are noted for scholarships and future college plans at Princeton, Penn, and Cornell.
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Washington Collegiate School
Justice Andersgon
Supreme Court of
District of Columbia
Tooms
Evans
Nai Kim Bee
Siam
United States
Bee
Paul N. Peck
John W. Thompson
Vinton A. D. Pierce
Penton G. Raunders
Seward Bacon
Preston Bacon
Rost D. Thompson
Princeton
Fenton Saunders
University of Pennsylvania
Karl W. Corby
M. B. Swanson
Cornell
Georgetown Prep exercises close Georgetown College the preparatory school
The closing exercises at Gaston Hall featured Rev John F Quirk giving diplomas to twelve graduates after a public elocution contest. Prizes awarded across Latin mathematics English composition and foreign language, with multiple first and second prize winners led by John McInerney Calvin Garwood and Joseph Leary.
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Georgetown College Preparatory
Gaston Hall
John F. Quirk
5. J
A &Bret Bpsech
Charles R. Galligan
Mastachusetta
Calvin Garwood
Texas
Richard M. Hamilton
District of Columbia
Edmund Niland
George Brown
George Bliss
Roger Bone
Calvi Garwood
Arthur Kirwan
Jamet Baxter
Joseph Leary
Wiliam Cusack
Mathematice
Edmund Nueud
Miguel Marquez
Eliot Wright
Manuel Pietro
Firet
James Baxter
Robert Matthews
Rufus Lusk
Thomas Healy
Thomas R. Jessup
Raymond West
Jamie Vaughn
Strant M. Rosillo
John T. Devine
Michael Donohue
Thomas Sullivan
James Hishan
Hilot Wright
Graduation Exercises at Memorial Continental Hall
Normal School No 1 completes arrangements for graduation at Memorial Continental Hall at 4 30 pm on Wednesday June 21 Principal Senator William Borah Idaho will deliver the address Mrs Ellen Massey vice president of the board of education will preside and Capt James F Crater will present diplomas The ceremony includes chart elazing and a list of graduates with many names entrammed.
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Normal School No. 1
Memorial Continental Hall
William Borah
Idaho
Ellen 8. Massey
Board of Education
James F. Cvater
Gisdya Bla Abbott
Nannie Apptc' Attdneson
Isabel Miller
Alvings
Maris Jane Barbour
Ethel Fields Betcon
Florence Abagall Beall
Florench
Emily Berg
Anna
Elzabeth Carey
Marie EL Carter
Helen Elizabeth Cherry
Margaret Rambey Clark
Zang Louvena “Clendening
Rachel Exnentine Coggins
Alice Mary Goughiih
Marion Edith Craig
Mary Cornell Darrah
Mary Catherine Dent
Suzanne Robertson
Esses
Elvie Leslie Elliott
Pauling
Isabelle Erskine
Edith May Goodwin
Katharine Edger Greenwood
Ella Amelia Hanft
Hattie Mey Herfurth
Erma
Alving Fradericker Holzer
Florente May Jackson
Mabel Louise Kennedy
M Hope Knickerbocker
Eliabeth Adalone Kohl
Miriam Kramer
Elizabeth Lacy
Catherine May Langley
Annie Roberta Lawton
Katherine Ryland Lynch
Anta McCoach
Ruth Audréy McElftish
Carolina M. B. Martin
Helen Burd Masson
Mary Edna Morgan
Mary Eliza Morricon
Harriet Washington Morsall
Alice Pows] Myers
Josephine Morgan Nelson
Fannie Reeder Noick
Mary Virginia O'Nau
Susie Virginia Owen
Mabelle Gertruda Peck
Hélen Rice
Mary J. Rice
Hélen McMurtrie Roseberry
Stanford, Mabel Praises Stoked, Myrtle Hazel Stone
A fragment lists a string of names including Stanford Mabel, Myrtle Hazel, Helen Elizabeth, Anita, Ruth Rodkwell Taylor, Elsie Side Thompson, Mildred Trusheim, Blyth Latetla Walter, and others linked to a kindergarten course or class, with several personal names and partial surnames appearing in a jumbled catalog. The text reads as a roster or roster-like item from a local notice or school record.
Cathedral School Awards At Mount St Alban Commencement
The Cathedral School for Boys held its annual commencement in St Albans Church with Bishop Harding presiding. Diplomas were presented by Bishop Harding and the graduating address delivered by Bishop Talbot. Prizes honored many forms with Edward DeKoven Williams and Samuel Dickson among top awardees. A Lane-Johnston gold medal went to Frederick Grinn and a Bishop Satterlee medal to Edward De Koven Williams. Diplomas were awarded to several graduates from Washington and Omaha, followed by a luncheon and reception with numerous dignitaries in attendance.
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Mount St. Alban
St Alban’s
Bishop Harding
Bishop Talbot
Pennsylvania
Dr. Dickson
U. 8 Ni
Billings Wilson
Thomas Lemuel Small
Jemea Kirkpatrick
Edward Harris
Walker White
Walter Boyd
Francis G. Cole
Morsell Laker
Charles Nagle
Aon
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Lower Gret Form
Richard Davids
George Zadlés
J. Henning Néteng
Church of the Ascension
Jesse Morse Robinson
Lane-Johnston
Frederick Grinn
Satterlee
Edward de Koven Williams
Ernest Mitchell Crane
Chicago
Myrron B. Garber
Washington
Bertram B. Gamond
Herbert H. Schoenfeld
Robert King Stone
John M. Wilson
Thomas Hyde
William C. Rives
C. William de Vries
J. Henning Nelms
Frederick C. Howden
George Williamson Smith
G. C. F. Bratenahl
Talbot
Georgetown University Class of 1901 Reunion Banquet at Shoreham
The Georgetown University collegiate class of 1901 celebrated its tenth anniversary with a Shoreham banquet. Hugh J. Fagan acted as toastmaster while members from multiple states shared remarks. Afternoon Georgetown Fields displayed a nine-man class lineup against the current senior team.
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Georgetown University
Shoreham
Hugh J. Fagan
Glase
Telke
Lewis Lauve
New York
Benson C. Rice
New Jersey
Edward J. Smith
Maryland
Thomas Smith
Tennessee
Clifford Sappington
Joseph McCalgon
P. J. Fleming
Massachusetts
A. Murphy
Pennsylvania
Thomas Wharn
Winfield Jones
Georgia
E. L. Byrne
Stanley Brady
James J. Martin
Louisiana
Thomas A. Ferneding
Ghia
James P. B. Duffy
R. P. Whitley
Georgetown Fields
C. M. Barry
J. B. Gracie
T. A. Ferneding
J. T. Smith
J. Keane
M. J. Walsh
A. C. Gracie
G. C. Greene
Weather Conditions Report from Washington Weather Bureau
A low pressure system in the Northwest raises temperatures in the northern plains with 90s to 100s in spots like Oklahoma City and Shreveport. Warm in the South and East with thunderstorms possible, showers likely Friday in the Upper Lakes region, fair elsewhere. Winds vary by coast, steamers to Europe expect easterlies, rain 0.04 inches last 24 hours, Potomac and Shenandoah rivers muddy at Harpers Ferry.
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Lake Region
Central Village
Ohio Valley
Upper Lake Region
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Miénours
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Jake
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Grand Banks
Asheville
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Wyo
Davenport
Iowa
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Des Moines
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Ind
Jackgonville
Fla
Kansan City
Little Rock
Ark
Los Angeles
Cal
Marquette
Mich
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Tenn m
New Orisant
New York
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Nel
Omaha
Springs
Tatoma
Tampa
Fie
Tote
Ohio
Vicksburg
Miss
George P Zurhorst Dies At 57 In Washington
George P Zurhorst an undertaker and longtime District resident died after a lingering illness at his home three third street southeast He was 57 born in Martinsburg Ind He led multiple DC undertakers and liverymen associations and held Masonic and other lodge memberships Funeral services set for tomorrow at 4 pm at his residence with interment in Congressional Cemetery The Rev John Weldley officiating and Magzons lodge to conduct graveside rites He is survived by his wife and four children
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George P. Zurhorst
Third Street
Martinsburg
Ind
Zurhorst
District of Columbia Undertakers’ Association
District of Columbia Liverymen’s Association
Horse Owners’ Association
Columbia Lodge
Mount Vernon
Columbia Commandery
Knights Templars
Seengerbund Society
Washington Lodge
Congressional Cemetery
John Weldley
Church of the Reformation
Columbia Lodge of Magzons
Judge names official to take Willson divorce testimony
Justice Gould assigns Commissioner Andrew K. Littlefield of Atlantic City to depose James C. Walsh for Mrs. Louise L. Willson in her divorce suit against Harry B. Willson of H. B. Willson & Co. patent attorneys. Notary Public Rhodes to take further testimony. Hearing start date not set. Willson reports annual income around $12,000 while Willson claims about $20,000 from business and investments.
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Justice Gould
Willson
Ashley M. Gould
District Supreme Court
Andrew K. Littlefield
Atlantic City
James C. Walsh
New Jersey
Walsh
Notary Public
Rhodes
Three Women Granted Absolute Divorces in District Supreme Court
Justice Ashley M. Gould granted absolute divorces to Mrs. Susan M. Forrest from Raymond Forrest with custody to the mother and weekly visit rights for the father. Mrs. Mary L. Wyndham was divorced from Charles M. Wyndham. Bertha Miller obtained a divorce from Joseph Miller and permission to resume her maiden name Hertha Matthews.
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Ashley M. Gould
District Supreme Court
Susan M. Forrest
Raymond Forrest
Mary L. Wyndham
Charles M. Wyndham
Bertha Miller
Joseph Miller
Hertha Matthews
Playground Purchase Sought To Save Columbian Heights Site
Senator Gallinger after talks with Arthur C. Moses and the Washington Playgrounds Association said Congress should immediately buy the land at the northwest corner of Fourteenth Street and Columbia Road now used as a public playground. Representative Ben Johnson will be asked to aid. a syndicate led by Moses plans to buy the Columbian Heights playground and hold it until the District can take charge.
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Fourteenth Street
Columbia Road
Congress
Senator Gallinger
Arthur C. Moses
Washington Playgrounds' Association
Ben Johnson
House District Committee
Moses
Columbian Heights
Arlington Fire Insurance Company
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest
Washington, D. C
James M. Johnston
S&s L Philips
S. Thomas Brown
L E. Shoemaker
Thas
FR. Edmonston
Burr N. Edwards
Tarbert A. Gill
California Fig Syrup Ad Claims Gentle Laxative Benefits
In a period advertisement the elixir promotes itself as pleasant and refreshing to the taste, cleaning the system and easing indigestion. It touts safety, family use, and cold relief, urging buyers to seek the full company name California Fig Syrup Company on packages, with a price of 30 cents per bottle at drugstores.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Geoume
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Dumbarton Ave
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