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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1908
Page
17
Officers report ships in fine condition after a 13000 mile cruise. Target practice for trophies will occupy the war vessels for a month before a trip to California coast ports. Citizens prepare demonstrations and welcoming events along the route.
A fragmentary report describes a fleet sailing from Hampton Roads toward Trinidad and Punta Arenas with stops including Magdelena Bay. The voyage covers January to February with target work and trophy competitions noted, prize money linked to fleet scores, and references to ship names and captains in a general wartime drills context. The garbled text mentions Meus Strait, California, and Evans amid references to prize contests and naval practice.
A garbled obituary notice indicates on a Wednesday in March a William J hand or hard of Caatiie Drews died at a late region. It mentions a funeral service at 7 PM, a will or oath, and references to Joseph J Kelly as a parent, with distant addresses such as West Sraviter and Capitol Heights. Details are unclear due to OCR errors.
The article details the four bronze trophies awarded in naval ship classes battle ships cruisers torpedo boats and destroyers. It notes current holders the West Virginia Maryland Albany Princeton and Une Peebie plus Admiral Evans fleet plans for training at Magdalena Bay and a possible Pacific coast visit. A message from Admiral Evans and a Navy League telegram congratulate the fleet. It also covers British political tension over socialism with Asquith facing labour opposition and Rosebery endorsing protection over radical policy. Mrs Booth’s illness is reported.
Mrs Clarence H Mackay was elected to membership in the Roslyn Long Island Board of Trade at a meeting last night. Her prior campaign for school treasurer against Dr Leys is noted, and she has since shown active interest in the village school church and community.
Licenses issued include Adsiph Hugta st and Billzareth M Shuman 5 Rev P A Ma Charles Merk 30 of Pittsburgh Pa and Sadie W Miller of Brooklyn No Rev Louis t Stem W G Wilson 37 and Ells Carter 24 Rev J W Smith awards Vase 24 and Gertrude Stoker 20 Rev Jobo Richards.
Report from the health office listing individuals at various institutions and addresses with ages ranging from minutes to 88 years. Names include Peter B McBabes, Thomas Smith, Christian Silance, Emily E Aflen, Adam Leonowitz, George T Bassett, Mary A Finke, Helen Y Shepperd, Benjamin F King, Mary E Craney, Ellenbeths A Loch, and others with locations such as 61 years at U S Soldiers Home and 2215 Pa ave nw.
In Millville Miss Belinda Stinks, famed trout file maker, sends a note inviting a husband to cast for a wife. August Bass of Detroit makes the longest cast and lands Miss Hellda. The wedding is set for next month in a peculiar ballad of fishing and courtship.
New York officials say the fifteen registered mail packets said to vanish on the steamer Celtic between Liverpool and New York were likely mis sent. Receipts show correct bag counts on board and in New York, but verification from New York is lacking. Investigators believe the sacks did not reach the Celtic and may have been lost or placed on another ship.
Victoria B C March 12 After years of search a government expedition recovered the skeletons of Rev James Chalmers and O F Tomkins missionaries murdered by cannibals in 1901 in New Guinea The bones were found in old canoes alongside several skulls A message from the lost bark Maelgwyn also washed ashore dated January 21 1907 saying the ship adrift in the South Pacific had to beach on Lord Howe Island The report also notes two young Belden sisters drowned crossing an icy pond in Lynn Mass
A large crowd gathered at Ninth Avenue and Fifty third Street for the funeral of Margaret Morgan who died today at 104 West Fifty third Street. Her coffin weighed over 200 pounds and was moved from a sixth floor apartment by lowering it through a window after rigging a fall and tackle from the roof. The coffin was taken apart and lowered to the ground.
Notices posted in Lowell and seven large factories announce a 10 percent wage reduction, effective March 3, affecting nearly 25,000 operatives. Mill owners in Rhode Island and nearby Southern New England weigh actions as strikes and negotiations loom.
In Norwood New Jersey on Wednesday night, seven year old Dominick Martina died after a family mishap involving skunk cabbage bulbs. Four other children, including James Morrelio and two younger boys, fell ill from emetic effects and one more died. coroner ordered autopsies and Columbia University researchers studied a stomach sample. An inquest is planned.
Manila March resolution to press Congress for Philippine independence provoked ridicule from most assembly members and was withdrawn. District Supreme Court moves to appoint a receiver for United States Binding and Paper Company at 148 B Street NW after creditor Washington Law Reporter Co. seeks control.
Paris dispatch reports Mme Anna Gould sailing to New York on the Adriatic using the name Miller, after changing steamers to protect her plan from Count Boni de Castellane. Boni calls Prince Helie de Sagan’s forged letter charges buffoonery and says the letters sparked the court case amid a marital dispute. The situation includes custody of Gould’s children and unsettled details about the Adriatic versus Kronprinz Wilhelm departure.
A pamphlet style tract argues Labor Socialist bills will strip thrifty home owners of savings and property to aid the unthrifty. It condemns injunctions against strikes, urges support for the National Citizens' Industrial Association in New York, and cites public officials and a moral battle to defend the home owning class.
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