German Embassy Site Bought Opposite French Embassy on Sheridan Circle
The German government purchased a sunny site overlooking Sheridan Circle to build a grand embassy in the style of Frederick the Great, resembling Sans Souci. Plans are not finished, costs undecided, with a Reichstag appropriation likely next session. Ambassador Speck von Sternburg will discuss plans in Berlin this summer before construction may start.
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Oppoito
Sheridan Circle
Frederick the Great
Baron Speck von Sternburg
Berlin
William
Wil
Bargness
von Sternburg
Bremen
Saxony
Lenox
Baron von Dem Bassiche Haddenhaugen
Children’s Country Home Opens Under New Plan
The Children’s Country Home on Grant Road reopens this morning under a new plan for convalescent children from hospitals and orphanages. Sisters of St. Margaret will supervise ages three to six for boys and three to fourteen for girls. Miss Gordon will screen and escort the children. The home has funds concerns and will accept subscriptions via Mrs. Eveleth Whiting at 1488 Stream North West.
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Grant Road
Charles A. Glover
Associated Charities
Sisters of St. Margaret
Boston
Miss Gordon
Epiphany Mission
Mra
B. Eveleth Whiting
Negro Killed by Cars at Chesapeake Junction
The body of Lemuel Diggs, about twenty nine, was found on the Chesapeake Beach Railroad tracks near Chesapeake Junction after it was mangled by a train. J A McCarthy observed the body and the police began an investigation. Coroner Nevitt was notified and the morgue wagon was sent for.
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Lemuel Diggs
Chesapeake Junction
Chesapeake Beach
J. A. McCarthy
Frank Murray
Chester Court
Nevitt
Fire in Brennan Stables Causes Major Loss at Hod K Street
A fire in the Brennan Construction Company stables on Hod Key Street Georgetown caused about 2600 in damage, with 1500 to the building and 1000 to contents. Two alarms summoned the department, and the blaze was confined to the loft where feed was stored. Twenty nine mules were driven out unharmed. one mule kicked a laborer releasing them, but the man suffered no serious injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Brennan Construction Company
Hod K Street
Garage Clerk Accused in Embezzlement Case
Eugene G. Stanley, a garage clerk for the Washington Electric Vehicle and Transportation Co., was arrested on embezzlement charges after allegedly cashing checks for $250 and not turning over full amounts. He was held at the First precinct. A separate runaway accident in South Washington injured Mr and Mrs Reinhardt when their surrey collided with a fence after a railroad engine startled the horse. Elmer Tippett, nine, severed a wrist artery playing near his home on Thirty-fifth Street Northwest. he was taken to Georgetown University Hospital.
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Eugene G. Stanley
Washington Electric Vehicle and Transportation Company
Fifteenth Street
Ohio Avenue Northwest
O'Brien
Stanley
Louis Ruprech
William Reinhardt
Washington
Maryland Avenue
Elmer Tippett
Big Thirty-fifth Street
Georgetown University
Policeman Shoots Supposed Mad Dog at Wreet Northw est
Policeman Delavigne of the Eighth precinct was called to shoot a dog believed mad at 290 Wreat Northwest yesterday afternoon. No bite was inflicted.
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Policeman Delavigne
Eighth Precinct
Wreat
In Hands of Mr Hyde on Cotton Bulletin Scandal
Developments expected this week in the cotton bulletin scandal at the Agriculture Department. John Hyde will confer with Secretary Wilson as Secret Service agents continue investigations. Richard Cheatham of Atlanta leads the inquiry and predicts findings will expose leaks and manipulated figures.
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Cotton Bulletin
Department of Agriculture
John Hyde
Europe
Wilson
Hyde
Richard Cheatham
Atlanta
Southern Cotton Growers’ Association
United States ‘Secret Service
Cheatham
New York
Secret Service
Hoe
Division of Statistica of
Agricultural Department
Wilsop
Taft Meets Panama Canal Officials in New York
Secretary Taft conferred at the Manhattan Hotel with John Wallace chief engineer of the Panama Canal T P Ahonta chairman of the canal commission and William Nelson Cromwell counsel for the commission. He left for New Haven after the meeting and more talks were planned before his Philippine trip. Wallace’s visit raises questions of possible resignation tied to dredging contracts and unfinalized plans.
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New York
Taft
Manhattan Hotel
John F. Wallace
Panama Canal
T. P. Ahonta
Canal Commission
Wiliam Nelson Cromwell
New Haven
Tait
Philippines
Wallace
Jammus
POSSE TO PROTECT NEGROES IN LOUISIANA RAIL AND LUMBER AREAS
United States Marshal Neal in the Northern District of Louisiana orders protection for negro laborers in Grant and Catahoula parishes. Grant Land and Timber Company reports rail and lumber work halted due to white intimidation. Governor has intervened before, but prejudice prevents laborers from working without protection.
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Washington Seas
New Orleans
United States
Neal
Louisiana
S Passy
Grant
Catahoula Parishes
Grant Land and Timber Company
Selma
Two Men Killed by Broken Live Wire in Hopewell
Walter Ewing a telegraph operator from New York City and William Davison a resident of Hopewell were instantly killed when a charged broken wire toppled in front of a friend’s house in Hopewell New Jersey. Ewing who was accompanied by Miss Matthews intended wife died trying to help a dog entangled in the wire. Matthews witnessed the tragedy.
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Trenton
N. J
Walter Ewing
New York City
Wiliam Davison
Hopewell
Ewing
Mies Matthews
Davidson
Misa Matthews
Will of Mrs Dwyer funds New Orleans aged home
Mrs Lelia Bonner Dwyer dies and leaves between 300000 and 500000 for a home for aged and infirm men. The husband’s death prior to hers makes the fortune available for the project after certain legacies. In Panbury Conn an electric car accident on South street injures several and kills Mrs Mary Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New Orleans
New Orleana
Lelia Bonner Dwyer
Mra
Dwyer
Panbury
Conn
South Street
Mary Davis
Davie
Get Rid of Scrofula Sunder Causes Havoc in Body
The text describes scrofula as a powerful active evil that causes eruptions inflammations sores and bone diseases. It claims scrofula disrupts eyelids ears and the entire system leading to wasting and general ill health.
Greek Premier Delyannis Honored With Funeral Poem
Orthodox ceremony in Little Chapel marks the death of Theodore P. Delyannis. A Greek poem read by Andrew Alexakis, with eulogies by George Vargas and others. Delyannis, 88, served Greece 66 years and was killed in Athens by a gambler. crowd unrest followed, funeral held after state viewing.
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Father Sideris
Little Chapel
Greece
Theodore P. Delyannis
Athens
Greely Church of St. Sophia
Nathaniel Sideria
George Vargas
Andrew Alexakis
Greek Benevolent Educational Association
Uttle
Firemen’s Insurance Company
Seventh Street
Louisiana Avenue
Sideris
Delyannis
Smyrna
Constantinople
Islands
Crete
Macedonia
America
Pericles
Socrates
Theodore Delyannis
Alexakis
Vargas
Pramior
M. del
Beck Escapes From Father in Harrisburg Case
John A. Beck an alleged insane man escaped from his father during a transfer in Harrisburg while en route from Washington to Altoona. He was later arrested in Washington with a revolver and one dollar. Beck, twenty eight, had claimed persecution and said parks belonged to him. He had been placed with a Sanitary Officer before his father fetched him home.
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Harrisburg
John A. Beck
Washington
Altoona
Beck
Naila
Frank
Alcona
Pennsylvania Railroad
CAUGHT BY UNDERTOW AT STEIN'S BEACH BROOKLYN
In Brooklyn hundreds of bathers watched as sixteen year old Frank Shaughnessy and older companion Peter Martin drowned after Shaughnessy left a boat, dived, and Martin lost balance and clung to him. Both aged youths failed to swim. Diamonds and jewelry worth 32500 were stolen from Samuel Riker Jr.'s summer home in Beabright New Jersey on June 13. The daylight robbery was kept secret until today when a New York newspaper offered a reward for return of the gems.
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New York
Stein's Beach
Brooklyn
Frank Shaughnessy
Peter Martin
Shaughnessy
Martin
Washington Post
Beabright
N. J
Yalues
Samuel Riker, Jr
Galles
Hospital Surgeon White's Vacation
Dr C S White house surgeon on the Emergency Hospital staff left yesterday for a four weeks vacation through the West. He will spend time in Chicago and return by way of New York. In his absence B H K Martyn senior resident will perform duties. An Investigation Now will be Profitable. Ask us about it Magus 902 F st.
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White
C. S. White
House
Chicago
Yey
New York
BH. K. Martyn
phy+ Rela
Magus
F St
Mutualization Aims for Equitable Life Directors
Special to The Washington Post reports that Equitable Life Assurance Society will become a mutual life company with policy holders electing 28 directors over four years. Trustees act as tally clerks. first seven directors named on slips, with 60,000 policy holders voting. An ad notes sale of fifty shares at an offer of 4700 per share. Tennessee insurance commissioner Beau Wolk cites Grover Cleveland assurances of cleansing the affair and running the society in policy holders’ interest.
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Washington Post
New York
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Mutual Life Company
Mosars
Cleveland
O'Brien
Westinghouse
Equitable
Edward M. Peck
Broadway
Peck
Flushing
Beau Hi, Folk
Tennessee
Washington
Nitable Life Assurance Society
Pateau Morton
Uitable
Grover Cleveland
Princeton
Wolk
Panic fire devastates Nashville retail district damage set
A major blaze in the Palace department store and surrounding shops in Nashville caused estimated losses between 500 000 and 650 000. The fire spread rapidly through multiple in the Fifth avenue and Union street area damaging wholesale and retail firms including Harris Brothers Jacobus Brothers Nashville Dry Goods and Crescent Company among others with walls toppled and ceilings ruined.
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Nashville
Tenn
Palace
Harris Brothers
Jacobus Brothers
Fifth Avenue
Union Street
Fifth Avenue North
Harrie Brothera
Jaxobus Brothers
Norman Kirkman
Manix
Pitth Avenue
Nashville Dry Goods Company
Krean & Company
Browne Harry
Wally
W. Wright Brothers
Mrs. Harding
Memphis
Women's Exchange
de Parr Brothara
Mra
T D. Craighead
Sixth Avenue North
Falacs
Unknown Man Shoots Self in River Commons Area
A man described as possibly John Nelson of Braddock, Pa., shot himself while walking along the river commons in Wikeabarre, Pa., on June 25. A letter from Oscar Nelson of Braddock named 89 Blerborna Avenue, Chicago, but offered no further details about the deceased. Police in Chicago and Braddock were notified to locate relatives.
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River Commons
Wikeabarre
John Nelgon
John Nelson
Braddock
Oscar Nelson
Blerborna Avenue
Chicago
Breddock, Pa
Heatwave Hammers New York as City Swelters All Day
The day in New York sizzled from sunrise with humidity making the air oppressive. Thermometers hit 64 degrees at dawn and climbed to 86 by mid afternoon in the shade. Coney Island drew nearly 100,000 visitors, the largest crowd of the year, while the Staten Island ferry carried thousands to the shore.
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New York
Coney Island
Staten Island
Not Gen Bragg Daughter Debunked in Mobile Notice
A Mobile report claims Mrs Carrie Brags Graver is Gen Braxton Bragg's daughter but local family says Bragg never had a daughter and cites inaccuracies about her lineage. The Louisiana Hila plantation is misattributed and descendants here deny the connection.
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Byteek
Sumowus
Mobile
Ala
Jim An
New York
Carrie Brags Graver
Braxton Bragg
Gen. Bragg
Hila Plantation
Louisiana
North Carolina
Cuytie Bragg Graver
President Harper Plans Summer at University
President Harper ignores doctors urging rest and will teach four classes at the university during the summer. The announcement was made to students yesterday at The Washington Fest in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper
Chicago
University
Divinity School
Socialists Hold Italian Meet in Philadelphia at 02 Pennsylvania Ave
Carlo Tresca keynote at a Washington Local mass gathering of Stellans discusses socialism, its aims, and the need to end private ownership of public franchises. He argues production is social and distribution is individual, urging government ownership of railways and a peaceful, united working class across nations.
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Washington
Stellans
Pennsylvania Avenue
Carlo Tresca
Proletario
Philadelphia
Mr. Treaca
Charles ¥. Nesbit
Nesbit
Enrico Ferri
Tresca
Scipio Brunini
Ignatius Geraci
Folkor Tresca
America
Lannon
Tarbell
Jeffena
Lawson
Miss Tarbell
Steffens
a@ily
Lewson
Stock Exchange
Senate
Supreme Court
Sweden
Norway
Japan
Russia
Germany
Constan Ca Pe
Weather dispatch outlines broad North American disturbance
The Weather Bureau reports a disturbance moving from the Central West to Northern Lake Huron with general showers across the Northern Slope Upper Mississippi Valley and Upper Lakes. Cooler readings in the Middle Slope and Northwestern Upper Lake regions, showers likely in the Northwest and Gulf states, and a cooler trend across the Middle Atlantic and New England regions Monday and Tuesday. Winds shift from southwest to northwest along New England and Middle Atlantic coasts, with variable winds along the South Atlantic coast and Gulf coast. Temperatures show late-night lows around 60s and daytime highs near 90 in some areas. The piece also notes a separate report on the Colorado’s docked status at Solomons Island after a 24-hour stay in a floating drydock, with planned docking on Monday.
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Dept. of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
Lake Huron
Mlesiasippi
Lake Region
Gulf States
Northern Pacific
Middle Atlantic States
New England
Florida
Misatestppi
Saka
Middle Plateau
Middle Atlantic
South Atlantic
Gulf Coast
European Portal
Grand Banks
Colorado
Baltimore
Dewey
Patuxent River
Solomons Island
Accused Woman Arrested in Calcutta-Style Case Near Ninth Street
Detectives O'Brien and McMathen yesterday arrested Mildred Campbell, a colored resident of Ninth Street near W Street Northwest, on a charge of performing an operation on Emma Pratt, also colored, which resulted in Pratt's death at Garfield Hospital Saturday night. The coroner will hold an inquest in the case this afternoon.
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O'Brien and McMathen
Mildred Campbell
Ninth Street
W Street
Emma Pratt
Garfield Hospital
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Sherdian Circle
Kaiser
Children’s Country Home
Brennan
MR. Hyde
iFriends
POSSE
France
Home For Aged and
Hood
Father
Han Srede
New Yorke
Gen. Bragg's
Carda
Ayers
Egat Taiss
Pears
Lansburge & Bro
Lansburgh & Bro
Ryaina
Bult
Sanders & Stayman Co
F Street
Bam
R&t
Rothfall
Manahine
Afieck
P. m
Aboyilie
N.C
Atlantic City
Bismarck
N. D
Mass
Buffao
Chacinnati
Obie
Cheyenne
U Ag
Denver
Cola Ry Se
Des Moines
Galveston
Texas
Vickuburg
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Torhac
Shenandoah
Peter Grogan
Credit For
All
7Th St
Bee Bros
Brac Elin Moz
Yose Square
Steinway
Penna. Ave
N. W. OS
Boston Golden
Humphrey Coffee and Tea Co
U. S. Realty CO
Journeymexn ‘Plasterers’ Association
Rabbitt
Sec
Tsue Lung Co
Pa. Ave
N.W
B. B. Earnshaw & Bro
M Sts
Alexandria
Mt. Yerang
McGill & Wallace
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