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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1908
Page
10
Crowds thronged four performances as local pageant figures crowned a queen and maids amid a busy village circus day. Post office reports brisk activity with patrons mailing items while a German village attraction drew motor races as a principal feature today. Local events feature Penny Fox at Cortry Circus and Elks events in the county with reporters noting crowd size and program notes.
Capt Edwin M Markham and Capt William Kelly will select names from the list to fill clerical vacancies in the government service. The piece catalogs appointments and leave statuses across multiple federal offices, naming officials, departments, and districts as they prepare for vacancies and start dates while noting several officials on annual leave.
War Office hours summer schedule announced for Saturdays from June to September with noon to 2 pm lunch break. Wedding plans for Miss Caroline Wilmerding and Murray Wilmerding Trevor proceed. ceremony set for Fame 2 at the residence of Lucius K Wilmerding in New York. guests and attendants noted.
Mrs Charles Kaufman widow of Cul Alexander Brown dies at Hebrew Hospital from a stroke of apoplexy. She married Mr Kaufman of Boston a year ago, a sensational match due to wealth and age disparity. She was about 54, he 32 years her junior. The couple recently returned from a six week Europe trip. she had been in poor health for months and is believed to have left most of her fortune to him.
Graduates celebrate in Cabell Hall as 130 plus diplomas and scholarships are awarded. The absence of President Alderman in Europe is noted while Dr James Morris Page presides. University income, faculty strength, attendance, and course offerings rise markedly as several named scholarships and fellowships are announced.
In Rockville Maryland on June 17 voters in Potomac District approved a bond issue of 70000 to build a pike from Petem to a conduit road five miles long. The county commissioners will begin construction immediately and the route will connect Potomas to Washington, creating a new thoroughfare.
A flood of June weddings across Virginia and nearby states is recorded. Couples include Moss Suaie Friend Norfinet and John Wellfnrd Brockenbrough. Toulse Gordon Rennie and Gordon Montagu Woody. Hally Voss Smith and Arthur Rawbothim. Mary Powell and Blair. Samuel J. Taylor and Vira Ageliide Duval. Louie Tremlett Walker and Harmsoon Cassard. and other ceremonies at Charlottesville Roanoke Winchester and Petersburg venues with ministers from local churches presiding.
In Clarke County the Ramsey and McCormick families united as Wes Ramsey, son of George and Mrs. Ramsey, wed Miss Elizabeth McCormick in a Protestant ceremony at Christ Church. The groom’s relatives and out of town guests attended as the church was decorated with palms, sweet peas, and smilax. The occasion followed by a North Carolina honeymoon plan.
The sixty ninth annual Episcopal High School commencement near Alexandria awarded diplomas to Ambler Mason Blarkind Randolph Fairfax County and others from Maryland Virginia Kentucky Texas and more. Prizes for reading, declamation, and scholarship were presented, with top medals going to students from Baltimore, Richmond, and Alexandria. A separate report notes Captain William L. Davis and Mate James H. Leach of the Trenton were exonerated in the sinking incident, with a similar outcome for deckhand Joseph Williams.
A petition for reinstatement to the court bench involves Blackstone who was removed by the legislature for alleged immorality and neglect of duties. Attorneys plan to seek a writ of mandamus to compel Justice Marence Wo Rotinsen to vacate a seat as successor. The Supreme Court is poised to decide the defendants’ motions.
Grand jury in United States District Court returns indictment against Dred Cox and David Casper former owners of West Oaks Vista for attempting to defraud the government by evading tax on distilled spirits. Accused of underreporting taxes on about 1 000 barrels of distilled liquor totaling roughly 150000 dollars.
Mary land wedding notices reveal Miss Pile and Miss Wela as new brides in a Baltimore area publication. The document lists multiple ceremonies, clergy, venues, and family ties indicating marriages across several households.
Woodstock obituary notes James Kh Fhillipa died here last night at age sixty four. He served in the Confederate army and was a member of Riena ba cry. Survived by his wife four sons and three daughters.
A garbled OCR snippet mentions Roanoke and Norfolk with scattered names and figures. The fragment references places, possible names like Maher, West, Tin, Hooverne, and Haas, and hints at a local page with mixed notes. No coherent event or clear dates emerge from the unreadable text.
Danville dominates Lynchburg with a 7–1 victory as players like Spelallo and Wallace contribute big plays. The chaotic recap lists numerous names and scattered notes from the game, reflecting a noisy page with multiple references to positions, scores, and moments.
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