Roosevelt Walks Thirteen Miles With Boys In Heat
President Theodore Roosevelt and Theodore Roosevelt Jr with two school friends began after 3 pm leaving the White House for a long walk through Georgetown to Great Falls and Chain Bridge. They crossed Cabin John Bridge and the aqueduct road to the Chain Bridge then returned to the White House by carriage, reaching before 9:20 pm tired from the hot day.
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Mr. Roosevelt
Theodore, Jr
Roosevelt
Galt
White House
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Secret Service
Georgetown
Conduit Road
Great Falls of the Potomac
Cty
Great Falls
Potomac
Chesapeake and Potomac Canal
Cabin John Bridge
Glen Echo
Chain ‘Bridge
Chain Ridge
Washington
Dhaft
Falls
Chain Bridge
Daniel S Christy Dead Patriarchal Washington figure dies
Daniel S Christy longtime post office clerk and church worker dies at 1107 Eighth Street Northwest after weeks of illness aged 23? He was known as Father Christy for his patriarchal appearance. Survived by widow and son Jesse. Funeral at Hamline Church Tuesday at 2 pm with interment at Glenwood.
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Eighth Street
Mr Christy
Father Christy
Elizabeth
Washington
General Post Office
Hiness
McKendree Methodist Episcopal Church
Hamline Church
Ninth and
P Streets
Jesse
Omahs
Nebr
Hemline
Uchick
Glenwood
Lev Dr Doney
Naylor
Funeral of Albert P Marston
The funeral for Albert P Marston a Government Printing Office foreman was held at his residence 704 Twelfth Street and conducted by Rev Mr Stetson. The urn was placed in Roch Creek Cemetery vault with interment to follow. Representatives from Columbia Topographical Union No 101 Bancraft Union of the National Union and Hope Lodge No 20 A F and A M attended. Pallbearers from the Masons and floral tributes followed, survivors include his widow and four children Harold, Ahear, Shirley P., and Helen A Marston.
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Governaent Printing Office
Mr Stetson
Hope Lodge
von Hermann
Government Printing Office
Marston
Harold Marston
Ahear
Shirley P
Helen A Mars
Howard University to Hold First Meeting of Investigating Committee
A committee appointed by Howard University board president Rev Dr Yeunils S Hamlin will meet this afternoon at 3:00 at Howard University to probe all university departments following a board meeting last month. The panel includes Dr Edward M Gallaudet Judge Thomas Anderson B H Warner Gen Charles Bird Rev Dr C H Richards and James H Merriwether.
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Yeunils S Hamlin
Board of Trustees
Howard University
Board of Trusteéa
John Gordon
Congressman White
North Carolina
Gordon
Edward M Gallaudet
Gallaudet College
Thomas Anderson
District Supreme Court
B. H. Warner
Bicyclist Wins Gripping Five Mile Endurance Race
The event on the Great Falls road matched Dr. Willam Boyd driving a 20 horsepower car against Scott Hamel, a one mile champion bicyclist. Hamel kept pace for five miles from Angiey’s clubhouse to Cabin John Bridge Hotel, finishing mere inches behind the auto in nine minutes.
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Great Falla Road
Angiey
Cabin John Bridge Hotel
Willam Boyd
Scott Hamel
Boyd
Hamel
Dr. Boyd
Hemel
Cabin John Bridge
Drowning of Virginia Downer in Potomac Canoe Outing
Miss Virginia Downer of Norfolk was drowned near the Old Dominion Boat Club in the Potomac while canoeing with her cousin banker Jack Burke. Rescue efforts by nearly a hundred men with twenty boats continued for hours. Burke was saved. Downer had been visiting Miss Bessie Jones in Alexandria. her family and Miss Jones’s relatives spoke of past near drownings and caution about canoeing.
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Washington Post
Alexandria
Virginia Downer
Norfolk
Potomac
Jack Burke
Maryland
Old Dominion Boat Club
Burke
Miss Downer
Downer
Kicherer
Washington
Bessie Jones
Miss Jones
Elza Downer
Fort Monroe
Misa Jones
T. Marshall Jones
Virginia Beach
Jones
Closing Bowen Loomis Case Taft Today
Secretary Taft to hear two more witnesses, Willard H Bean of New York and P C Huntington of Minneapolis, in the Bowen Loomis case. After their testimony the record goes to President Roosevelt for a likely early decision.
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Bowen- Loomis
Willard H. Bean
New York
P. C. Huntington
Minneapolis
New York and Bermuda Asphalt Company
Venezuela
Bean
Roosevelt
Mr. Bean
Eastern High School Dissatisfaction Over Class Night Fallout
Tension rises at Capitol Hill High as senior class prepares for class night and graduation while teachers refuse to attend the exercises citing previous engagements. Principal Swartzell cannot speak due to a prior commitment, provoking further conflict. Graduates defend student actions, argue teachers overreact, and seek a peaceful resolution to avoid lingering bitterness.
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Moseheim E. F. Bwartzell
High School
Capitol Hill
Swartzell
Ft Jig
Wartzell
LHG
Ing
Swartsell
Post
Death of Patrick Mann Washington business leader dies at 77
Patrick Mann a Washington businessman of about forty five years died at his daughter’s home after eight weeks illness. Funeral at St Peter’s Church with requiem high mass. Interment in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Born in Baltimore April 11 1838 he built a farm implement business on Seventh Street NW and ran a fertilizer plant down the river. Survived by sons Robert Charles William John and daughter Mrs Mary Woolf. He had long residence in South Washington.
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Washington
Patrick Mann
M. Woolf
North Carolina Avenue Southeast
St. Peter's Catholi Church
Mount Olivet
Mr. Mann
Baltimore
Seventh Street
Mann
Robert FE. Mant
cCharles F. Mann
William EB Mann
John H. Mann
Mary EB. Woolf
South
Secretary Hay Expected Tomorrow
Secretary of State Hay is expected to return to Washington tomorrow though plans are not definite. He has not informed the State Department of his intentions, but a private telegram to friends says he will probably be in Washington tomorrow.
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Hay
Ecratary
Washington
State Department
Columba Typographical Union Adopts Eulogistic Resolutions
The Columbia Typographical Union adopted tender resolutions upon the death of The Washington Post editor and publisher. It praised his generosity and harmony with workers and pledged sympathy to his widow. The minute calls for publication in the July papers and union trade journals.
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Columba
Columbia Typographical Union
Calcom
Jafly
Tradea
Mad Hotel Dog Drama Ends in Garbage Can
Police respond to a small dog in the hotel area who caused a crowd and alarm. A firefighter-like engineer lassoes the animal, then Policeman Martin Brown shoots and the dog ends in a garbage can. Brown calls it a dog possibly mad, with the disposal to Cherry Hill to follow.
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Atreeta
Theat
Martin Brown Epes
Brown
Firet
God
Ste Cofenss
Cherry Hill, Ve
Washington Fertilizer Company
Weather Summary From J B Dept of Agriculture 1906
Unsettled nationwide weather with general east of Rockies thundershowers. Highs from 92 to 98 in Ohio Valley. 9? in Boston and New York. cooler in Northwest and Central Rocky Mountains. Local showers Monday in North Carolina and New England coast. mostly fair elsewhere. Winds varied by coast. heating values and tides noted for Atlantic and Great Lakes regions.
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Weather Bureau
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Rocky Mountains
Ohio Valley
Lake Region
Plateau
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Porthern Upper Lake
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Ohio
Missianippi Valley
Boston
New York
Rocky Mountain
North Carolina
Minsianipp
Upper Lake
Mane
Middle Atlantic
South Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Grand Baska
Whather Refort. Temperature—Midnigh
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Autabine
CNTRE
Othe
Charity and Honor in Odd Fellows Memorial Service
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows held memorial services at Mount Vernon Place Church honoring twenty seven members who died in the past year. Rev. W. V. Tudor delivered a sermon on charity while Grand Master William H. McNeil led the ceremony and Rebekah Lodge members attended.
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Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Mount Vernon Place Methodist Episcopal Church
United States
Canton No. 1
Daniel Chisholm
W. V. Tudor
Richmond
Odd Fellows
Hher
William H. McNeil
Frederick A. Stier
W. ¥. Tudor
W. F. Locke
McNeil
Philip Walker
Aetter
Locke
Dr. Tudor
Paul
Corinth
Christ
Apostle
William i
Modern docks for Manila improve Asiatic trade plan
Maj. Gen. Corbin, in Manila, heads a committee to probe harbor conditions and push modern docks. He envisions Manila as the Asiatic coast distributing center from Singapore to Manchuria, with bonded warehouses for ready reshipment. Current Shanghai Hongkong and Singapore cargoes face costly lightering, while new docks would allow ships to discharge and load freight like in San Francisco or Liverpool.
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Spretel
Washington Post
San Francisco
Corbin
Manila
Division of the Philippines
Wright
Singapore
Manchuria
China Coast
Shanghai
Hongkong
Mania
New York
Liverpool
Asiatic
Sigsbee squadron salutes Paul Jones body to Cherbourg
The Sigsbee squadron consisting of Brooklyn Tacoma Chattanooga and Galveston sails from Tompkinsville to Cherbourg to transport the body of Paul Jones with plans to transfer in Paris around July 7 and land at Annapolis the following day. Gov Hoch faces opposition to a punch bowl on the Kansas battleship fueling jewelers concerns over prohibition. Newport News reports Charleston hull cleaning speed test preparations underway with final preparations and loading of gear.
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Cherbourg
Washington Post
York
Sigasbee
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Paul Jones
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Sigshee
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Speeta
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Charleston
A Marguerite Wedding Color Tips for June Nuptials
A feature on choosing yellow and white for a June Marguerite wedding. Advises brides to pair daisies with yellow and white accents, instructs attendants on gowns hats and hair, and describes daisy chains and a sem circle procession. Details edible decorations including marzipan daisies and almond paste treats and a five pound center fruit loaf.
Kentucky Hospitality to Old Confederates at Louisville
The Louisville audience welcomes the Confederate veterans with warm Kentucky hospitality. They promise fine meals and enduring friendship, saying 30,000 to 40,000 sponsors and maids of honor will join for three days. The note emphasizes heritage, shared memory, and eager service to guests from Virginia to Texas and beyond.
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Hite
Virginia
Texas
Florida
Kentucky
Gulf
Hils
Joe Wheeler
Wyom Sells Globe as King Alfonso Friendship Report
Cleveland Plain Dealer notes Wyom selling the Boston Globe and mentions Alfonso as a friend in London. It questions royal titles and muses hilariously about calling Edward by a nickname, suggesting playful humor in court affairs.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Boston Globe
King Alfonso
London
King Edward
Allie
Fonny
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