Turkeys on uneasy seat living cost in Berlin
Berlin march 4 Germany watches strained conversations among Britain France and Germany on the Bagdad railroad affair while noting rising living costs in Berlin. Dr Friedel finds Berlin household expenses up about 25 percent versus ten years ago with higher prices for purity meat coal and bread. The article also covers royal railroad privileges and a Berlin police dispute involving actor-manager Harry Walden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Serlin
Herr von Jagow
Berlin
Therr
Harry Walden
Herr Walden Desi
Lustspielhaus
Metropolis
Herr von Ja- Row
Herr Walden
Obituary notices from Washington area deaths and funerals
Multiple death notices dated March 1911 list relatives and funeral details for residents of Brightwood, Falls Church, and nearby districts. Entries include Thermusa Arsogd Berry Blanketild Charles Lines Henry Copperthite Davis Reveretti Shanlon Kerrigan Rand Louise Wheeler Robinson Walker Wallingsford Matt ingly and Francis Carroll Mattingly with funeral times, locations, and interment at Oak Hill and Glenwood Cemeteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold
Shepherd Road
Brightwood
Therusa
Berry
Bopino
Reckrile
Blianketild
tUllvalh D Beris
Baptist Church
Falls
Cheech
Baltimore
Portsmouth
Charles Linens
Oan Vehatrles J. Bovec
Coppmertitetis
Henry
Jithel
Oak Fill Cemetery
Cients
Davis
Meg G Hopkins
Amrhta A Daves i Funes
Oak Hal Cremetery
Bliz
Thornley &. Everett
U. S
Glenwood Cemetery
Shanlon
John J
Julia Hanlen
Eleventh Street
Xepy
Church of the Holy Name
Aington
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Kerrigan - Sudenty
Jam Kerri
William el. Sarde & Co
H Street
Rand
Northumberland
Louise
Wheeler
Charles F. Rand
Robinson
Barlines
James H Robinson
Macomb Street
Cleveland Park
Poom
Ind
Walker
Washington Lodge
Robert J. Walker
Rossa F.downing
Richard A. O'Brien
Wallingsford
William Washington Wallingsford
Funerst
Oak Hil
Great Bargains Across Stores Offer Then and Now
An ad filled page notes 100 dozen shirt waists offered for 90 cents at Friedlander's, plus silk and lace waists, and a Brentano's book sale with many titles half to one third price. It promotes Grogan's furniture as a price-compare method with 10 percent cash discounts, and announces a Washington Club concert at 8:20 p.m. with Army and Navy soloists. It also highlights six month savings interest at Merchants and Mechanics Bank, urging readers to start accounts, and praises M. Stein & Co. for low priced spring suits and ready stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adi&s
Friedlander
Ninth
L Streets
Mr. Friedlander
New York
Brentano's
Twelfth Streets
Peter Grogan and Sons Company
Grogan's
Flo
Crogan
Grogans
Grogan’s
Merchants and Mechanics Savings Bank
M. Stein & Co
Washington
Stein
Waster
Telephone etiquette sparks defamation cases in court
A German style defamation rule is cited as a she telephoned and the operator heard dignitary witnesses. In a second case a bank clerk was cleared of indecent expressions after proving he never used the phone. The court acquitted the first defendant due to witness testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
May Lose Wealthy Bride Annulment Likely in Suit
Special to The Washington Post Bridgeport Connecticut March 4 and details of Mrs Jula Watt Morris Curtiss Lawrence wealthy widow whose third marriage to Dr G Alfred Lawrence neurologist may prompt an annulment sought by conservator Judge Himer Banks with her three daughters opposing her The wealthy woman estimated at 20 million dollars has long suffered nervous troubles and previously sought removal of her conservator The physician testified she had recovered enough to manage business affairs but denied intent to wed while trips and lavish spending were described and bills paid by Mrs Curtiss The case remains pending
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Washington Post
Bridgeport
Conn
Jula Watt Morris Curtiss Lawrence
Wilmington
Dell
G. Alfred Lawrence
Himore
Banks
Curtiss
Dr. Lawrence
Curtisa
Iowan Sculptor Edstrom Renounces U S Citizenship
David Edstrom, a notable Iowa born sculptor, renounces American citizenship and becomes a Swedish subject. He cites lack of American appreciation for his art, noting only White Law Reid has purchased his works in the United States while Prince Eugene of Sweden arranges government purchases for his pieces now housed in Stockholm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Fort
Paris
William Waldorf Astor
David Lastrom
Whitelaw Reid
Europe
Prince Eugene
Sweden
Edstrom
Thiét
Stockholm
Ottumwa
Iowa
America
Impotent Kaiser Faces Jewish Officer Bar to Army
German newspapers rebuke Kaiser for inability to curb anti Semitism as debates over admitting Jews as army officers spark controversy in the Reichstag. War Minister von Herringen says officers decide promotions and the Kaiser will not intervene, highlighting a shift in public discourse about imperial power. Clergyman Rev W N Edgell seeks divorce from wife after 40 years, alleging desertion in Clarksburg West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Berlin
Reichstag
von Herringen
Germany
Clarksburg
W. Va
W. N. Edgell
Greeley Heirs Sue Aunt Over Old Farm Sale
Nicola Greeley Smith Ford and Ida Greeley Smith, granddaughters of Horace Greeley, sue their aunt Gabrielle Clendenin and others in Westchester Supreme Court to void the 1883 sale of the old Greeley farm at Chappaqua and seek $20,000 damages for alleged waste and harm to the property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nicola Greeley Smith-Ford
Ida Greeley Smith
Horace Greeley
Supreme Court of
Westchester County
Ida L. Greeley
Nicholas Smith
Gabriella Clendenin
Gabrielle M. Greeley
Supreme Court
Israel A. Haight Yes
Nicola G. Smith-Ford
Jana Ida Greeley Smith
Clendenin
E. C. Crowley
American consul general lauds English justice in Oxford dinner
John L. Griffiths, the American consul general at London, praised English public life at a dinner hosted by the American Club in Oxford. He lauded impartial English justice and criticized corruption in America, noting the vast voluntary service as a standout feature of England's public life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
England
American Club
Rhodes
John L. Griffiths
London
Griffiths
America
Trial Tor Faith Healer Granted Jury Trial in NY Court
In New York on March 4 Judge Foster granted William Vernon Coie a trial by jury in a General Sessions Court. He ruled religious rights are as important as property rights in the context of the case involving a faith healer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Foster
Court of General Sessions
Wiliam Vernon Coie
Iscience healer faces jury trial over license charge
William Travers Jerome, counsel for J Cole and linked to prominent Christian Scientists in the city, demanded a jury trial. The case requires an indictment by the grand jury before proceeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iscience
Wiliam Travers Jerome
jCole
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Dr. Friedel
Bagdad Rayroad
Great Britain
Che Porte Itsilf
Gaiman
Bagdad Fairoad
Turkey
Ifea
France
Italy
Germa
Baron Marshall von Bieberstein
Constantinople
Zeppelin
War Office
Zeppelin Company
Metz
Zeppelin Tl
Weilburg
Friedel
Tageblatt
Cadmnen
Prussian Railroad Administration
Roysity
Walden
Emerald Isle
Mattingly
Francis Carroll Mattingly
Sox
Ginamantt Frevilier
Providence Journal
Clevelant Tain Gealer
Syracuse Post-Standard
W.R. Speare
F Street
N. W
Frank
Spsarf Vanager
Geo. P. Zurhorst
Enbalmer
al Palery
East
Capito St
J. William Lee
Ard Arbalmer
Pennetoma
John R. Wright Co
H.F. Harvey's Sons
NERA
Polatefath
ST Trier
Firatlas
M. Hindle
Gerttaker
Frank Geier’s Sons
Seventh ST
Chanel
North Sas
Mit
St. Now
M. I. Falvey and
Playa
Frederick Jarvis
Washington Club
I Street
Suzanne Oldberg
Army
Too- Kalon Wine
eTop Champagne
Julia Watt Morris Curtiss Lawrence
David Edstrom
United States
Prince
Kaiser
Ruler
14Th Street
Parkwood Street
Shannon & Luchs
14Th Street N. W
Greeley Heirs
Old Homestead
Bauer & Black
Chicago
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