Test of fatal curve scene at the Harlem wreck
A coroner’s inquest into the Harlem division wreck of February 16 that killed twenty three and injured over a hundred reveals a dramatic test by officials aboard a replica train at the curve where the disaster occurred. President Newman and Vice President Wilgus face scrutiny over track and operation responsibility as experts assess the curve’s safety.
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Wowman
New York
Harlem
New York Central Railroad
William H Newman
Newman
Ume
Smyth
William J. Wilgus
Wilgus
Notice of Marriage and Death Notices Inserted Across Papers
The Washington Post will insert marriage and death notices in multiple newspapers at no extra charge. Inclusions span Cincinnati Enquirer New York Times Boston Globe Buffalo Courier Chicago Record-Herald Philadelphia Public Ledger Pittsburgh Dispatch Providence Journal Rochester Herald St Louis Republic Syracuse Post Standard St Paul Pioneer Press Minneapolis Tribune Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Washington Post
Cincinnati Enquirer
NEW York Times
Doston Globe
Buffalo Courte Q Micago Record-Herald
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Pittsburg Dispatch
Providence Journal
Rochester Herald
ST Louis Republic
Syracuse Post-Standard
ST Paul Pioneer Press
Minneapolis Tribune
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Bassett custody case ends as decision nears
In Omaha on March 1 the long fight for the Bassett children concluded with the judge set to issue a decision on Saturday. Mr Bassett testified at length revealing claims Mrs Bassett planned to marry Rev Lawrence Hunt after a divorce, while Hunt denied the handwriting on hotel records was his. Bassett wept when he was briefly reunited with all his children.
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Washington Post
Omaha
Nebr
Mar
Bassett
Atlantic City
Lawrence Hunt
Dr Hunt
Gleason Hotel
Lattle Rock
Jameson
St. Louis
Fanny Rice
Washington
Tae Jameson
Hunt
Casualties of the Deep Report on Marine Losses Worldwide
Special to The Washington Post New York March 1 figures from Bureau Veritas show 52 sailing vessels and 9 steamships lost in the year. Stranding was the main cause for sailing ships. collisions and fire also claimed steamers. American ships led losses among sailing vessels with twenty five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Pst
New York
Bureau Veritas
Seven Seas
Eishteen
Aeap
Licensed to Marry In Odd Baltimore and Virginia Pairs
Fragmented notice lists multiple marriage licenses and couples across Baltimore Leesburg Charlestown Culpeper Richmond and surrounding areas with ages from 1 to 49 and various reverends officiating in a condensed OCR excerpt.
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Fantasin F Hatch
Anclo Brunett
Baltimore
Wey
George A Miller Walter
Ida M Morgan
Charlestown
Rey J B. Nebeughlin
Joseph A Shuman
Rhoda C Fash
Seth
Richmond
Weston Bruner
Charles D Pennington
Nettle L Bowers
Bo McLaushire
Guy L Starcup
Chesterbrook
Inox
E Jenkine
Leesburg
Charles Alvin Smith
John H Washington
Culpeper County
Phyllis Date
J I Loving
Health Office Record Deaths February 28 1907 list
Health Office records deaths reported February 28 1907 include Percy Rich 408 Cutton pt nw 10 Sarah Mertheimer 427 10th st ne 49 Jom F Galvin 2 Post ne 62 Sears Daniel Wooth Govt Hopp Tnnane 69 years Joseph B Fenton 1285 433 at sw 43 Samuel Pollock 416 M st aw 68 Laura N Stafford 428 8th al aw 71 Toherna Mahoney 628 KC at bw 0 years Wm F Somers US Soldiers Home 68 Mary E Gray 1376 H st ne 10 Mlante Buckingham 2644 Buclid at aw 24 Lucy Lea 06 Congress ct nw 47 Ellen Tuchanan Ti Most aw 1 year Marle Gray 22 Fenton pl nw 1 year Wm Creek Home for aged Infirm 64 Lucy Marshall 2501 Ist xt sw 36 Philip Wink eld 619 Nasy pl ae 60 Leroy Smith 1002 Toth st 80 1 year Loulan Brown 654 Anker si ne 31 Herman Toyer 1234 Snovwdans at ce 7 moo
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Heaths
Percy Rich
Cutton Pt. Nw
Sarah Mertheimer
10Th St Ne
Jom F Galvin
Post
Sears
Daniel Wooth
Tnnane
Joseph B Fenton
Samuel Pollock
Laura N .Stafford
al. Aw
Toher
Artist Crichton Dies by Own Hand in Washington
James Crichton, a notable miniature painter born in Baltimore, was found dead at his brother in law William H. Clark’s home in Washington. He shot himself after a dinner with Clark and Franz Van Laar, amid health worries and doctors urging a climate change. Crichton studied in Germany and Italy, lived in New York and Washington, with a Berkeley Springs country home, and leaves three brothers and two sisters.
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New York
Washington Fort
York
James Crichton
Weshing
William H. Clark
Clark
Franz van Laar
Mr. Crichton
Crichton
Mr. Clark
Washington
Crichton Clark
Baltimore
Germany
Italy
India
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Macpherson Crichton
Malcolm Crichton
Snowden Ashford
Crichton Clarke
William Crichton
London
Harriman Comments on Alton Traffic and Panama Canal
Harriman discusses the Chicago and Alton railway finances for 1898 and 1906 including fixed charges dividends and traffic growth noting increased ton miles and passengers. He also weighs the Panama Canal project stating it can be built businesslike and hinges on efficient movement of dirt and transport.
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Alton
Chicago and Alton
Consolidated Company 4
Consolidated Company
Harriman
Panama Canal
Panama Road Directors Prepare for Leadership Changes
A Panama Railroad Company stockholders meeting will be held in New York on April 2 to select successors to retiring President Shonty and W Leon Fapper man who will leave March 4 for roles with the Interborough Railway Company. The deferred quarterly session approved policy plans including reconstructing the steamer Alliance to increase cargo and passenger capacity and add cold storage, ensuring United States sourced food for Isthmus officers and workers. The board backed extending railroad and terminal use to all ships with through billing on both Atlantic and Pacific sides.
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Panama Railroad Company
New York
Shonty
W. Leon Fapperman
Interborough Railway Company of
Alliance
Siip
United States
Panama
Rule Against Harriman in ICC Inquiry Week
The Interstate Commerce Commission will discuss whether to petition the court to compel EB Harriman and Otto H. Kahn to answer questions they declined to reply to in the Harriman railroad coalition inquiry. The commission will also consider referring to the Department of Justice the testimony in the case to decide if action under the Sherman antitrust law is warranted.
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Imonday
Interstate Commerce Commission
R Cornze EB. H. Harriman
Otto H. Kahn
Harriman Coalition of Railroads
New York
Aso
Department of Justice
Panic expected from late anti-railroad laws
Omaha March 1 Vice President and General Manager A. L. Mobler of the Union Pacific Railroad warned that late anti-railroad legislation will likely trigger a panic. He said the agitation has reduced railroad construction and that the company will undertake little new work for some time.
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Omaha
Neb
A. L. Mobler
Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific
Harriman Aids Declares Mismanagement Drives Public Rail ownership
William J. Bryan condemns H Harriman and other railroad magnates for mismanagement and rate hikes. He argues owners use railroads as personal property, inflate profits, and neglect safety, fueling support for government ownership amid soaring prosperity and high dividends.
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Washington Post
Omaha
Neb
Wiliam J. Bryan
H. Harriman
Shonts outlines transit plan for New York
Theodora P. Shonts, president of the Interborough, says cooperation from press and people is essential to solve New York City transport woes. He envisions third tracking the Second and Third Avenue elevated lines within twelve months, adding more subway cars and addressing crowded surface cars and fare collection issues.
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Washington
New York
Theodora P. Shonts
Interborough
Presa
Norld
Second
Third Avenue
Shonts
Robbery suspected in Mrs Pausch murder at Upper Sandusky
Post mortem finds Mrs Annie Pausch killed likely by choke hold Sunday night. Wealthy woman with vault money at home appears robbed, body found seated and partly decomposed. Investigators report missing portion of cash and foul play suspected.
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Upper
Sandusky
Ohio
Annie Pausch
Rhodius Back in Custody After Duress Marriage
Indianapolis magnate George Rhodius, claimed kidnapped by Elma Dare and forced to wed in Louisville, returns with sheriff supervision and legal action set to test his sanity. Dare faces kidnapping charges as Rhodius health and custody arrangements proceed under court oversight.
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Apedal
Washington Post
Indianapolia
Ind
George Rhodius
Indianapolis
Elma Dare
Louisville
Pennsylvania
Rhoding
Pennsylvania Railroad
Union Station
Irvington
Chrela Park
Rhodius
Dare
Rhodiue
Wilma Dara
Western Railroads to Fight 2-Cent Fare Law in Courts
Chicago march 1 Western railroads vow to fight state laws setting 2 cents per mile as the maximum passenger rate. Attorneys from major roads met to coordinate litigation to restrain enforcement, arguing the rate would inflict losses and force service below operating costs despite fixed charges and taxes.
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Western Railroads
Chicago
Anh
Savant Advocates Polygamy in Ethics of Sex Proposal
Dr Antoine Wylm, famed savant, argues for polygamy under state control. Permit to marry to be granted only if the man can support wives and educate children for national service. Deputy Courant backs a reduced income tax for married persons proportional to their number of children.
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Special
Washington Post
Paris
Antoine Wylm
Deputy Courant
Unwritten Law Defense Wins Gilpin Murder Verdict
Lyons Ga March 1 The jury found William T Gilpin not guilty in the murder of W W McDonald a prominent Douglas Ga attorney. Gilpin shot McDonald in his wife s room at the Rimes House Vidalia last October after hiding in a closet The trial highlighted Mrs Gilpin a sixteen year old who resembled Evelyn Thaw and adopted Thaw era dress and pose on the stand The State alleged conspirators in the attack and pressed no case against her in the end.
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McDonald
Gilpin
Bonins
Hivelyn
Evelyn
Fire damages Moore Building office on Roosevelt era floor
Fire on the second floor of the Moore Building damaged the area used by the president's private secretary and staff. The blaze started in a partition with possible mica involvement. a bucket brigade kept the flames from spreading to other parts of the building.
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Oyster Ebay
Moore Building
Roosevelt
Weather conditions and forecasts for the Midwest and East
The weather report notes a disturbance moving from the Middle West into Lower Michigan with increasing intensity. It details excessive rainfall in western Alabama and eastern Mississippi, flood warnings for those rivers, general rain in the Midwest, and forecasts of rain across the Middle and South Atlantic States with generally fair weather Sunday. Temperatures trend toward normal in the Mississippi and Missouri valleys, with colder conditions in several regions and warmer in parts of the East Gulf States.
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Dept. of Agriculture
Waskington
Middle West
Michigan
Mississippi Valley
New England
New York
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Pacific States
Missouri
Great
Mountain Ranges
South Atlantic
Ohio Valley
Lower Lake
Astern
Upper Lake
East Gulf States
Oble
Lower Lake Region
Atlantic States
Mae Jelesippi Valley
Steamera
Grand Banks
Sunday Church Services Near Dupont Circle Faces
Sunday church notices list St Thomas near Dupont Circle Rev Wilttam J Cox and rector Rev Frnest Smith DD. Epiphany on G Street with Dr McKim. Baptist, Seventh Street area with Bruner. Salvary Baptist at Eighth Street NW. Congregational First Church at Tenth and G NW. Southern Presbyterian Central Presbyterian South. Second Twenty-Second Street. Metropolitan Memorial Church. Unitarian notices. hours include 9 to 3 services, Sunday-school, sermons, and special lectures.
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Conass
Gister
Melissa
Fleming
Thomas T
Margaret H. Fleminginee Holohan
New Jusey Avenue
Mount Olivet
Go Olson
Runyon
South Orange
Wendel Phillips
Wiliam Lloyd
Helen Benson Garryon
Halshy
Orange County
Joseph J. Hausey
Ithaca
Ghorge
Thirteenth Street
Rock Creek
Harrisburg
Tata
Andrew Lauxman
Joha A Lauxman
Teneral
Galea Street
Thomas
Uae
Yeralty Hospital
Baltimore
M Tee
T Thomas
E. Thomaa Panera
First Street
Sergeon
R & Cain
T. A. Costello & Bro
WM. S. Riley
Frank Geier's Sons
Seventh ST NW
John R. Wright CO
Lee
J. William Lee
Connegtion
ST. Thomas
Dupont Circle
Holy Communion
Wilttam J Cox
Frnest Smith
Hey Arthur Chilton’ Powell
D. di
Ector Grace Church
G Street
McKim
Ae Arete
Ec Baptist
Fifth Baptist
Seventh Southwest
Weeton Bruner
R. A Ford
Curdy
Me Mercer
McCauley Mission
New York
Miss Baelman
de, Bruner
Salvary Baptist Church
Eighth and Atreetn
Northwest
Samuel H. Greene
D. D
H. Hristaw
First Congregational Church
Tenth
G Strests
Fev Tseao Clark
D. D. Nusi
Chatz
J. W Bischot
Sundey-zabodl
Southern Presbyterian
Central Presbyterian
Assam
James H. Taylor
Peator
Overmans
Hev. H. Weddell Pratt
Metropolitan Memorial MY
Frank M Bristol
Longfellow
Epworth Lesgus
First Church OF Christ, Scientist
Fifteenth and
R Streetn
Unday-School
IL A
Traders’ National Bank
Tenth Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Northwest Evangelical Christian Science
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Winnifred
Willam
Frances Rolin Whipper
Beaufort
Jonie” Ro
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Wilgun
Mr. Wilgus
WM. H. Sardo & CO
Hist
Modern Chapel
Phono East
George P. Zarhorst
Evbsalmer
East Capitol
Hindle & Bayliss
Nalley & Son
Eydalmerg
Eam
R. F. Harvey
Commoedious Chapel
John M. Mitchell
Speare
F Street
N. W
Adolph J. Schippert
Feneral
Phon
Geo. c. Shaefer
AIST
Gude
Health Office Record
To-Kalon Wine CO
14Th Street
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Railroad King
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Panama Road Directors
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Congressional Coffee
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Congressional
Great Atlantic & Pacific Teaco
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Georgetown
D. Sc
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Loes
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Congress
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Birch
Jay Rignalt
Zeal
D.C. Teles
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Episcopal
John Richard
Rehobota Baptist Church
Breedpoem's Hospital
Slaware Avenue
Hichard
Ee « Methodist Episcopal
ALL Souls
Fourteenth
T Streets
Ulysses G. B Plerea
Christian Science
Evangelical Christian Science Church
Oliver C. Sebin
Sabi
Wednenia
Secular League
Henry Oldys
Pythian Temple
Ninth Street
Mra
Macfarland
Pwolith Aay
Waldensian Society
Washington, D. C
Widenstan
Waly
Rava Nardi
Q Street
Seaton
J . Phelps Sloxes
Masonic Temple
Ninth and
F Streets
the Sunday Post
Nirah Spa
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