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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1908
Page
9
A rapid wagon collision injures five people while en route to a small fire. Officers are thrown from the wagon and taken to hospital. Motorman tried to slow the vehicle. Commissioner West begins inquiry into the cause of the accident.
Reported crash on a city street involved multiple private vehicles. Victims included Buckingham and Mulhall as well as Boley, with head, facial, and bodily injuries noted. Police and medical crews responded. witnesses described broken and lacerated injuries and a detached shoulder. A wagon carrying passengers was overturned and emergency responders worked to clear the scene.
A streetcar plowed into a patrol wagon at mid blocks, throwing two men unconscious. Mulhall regained consciousness quickly, and Esser and Bennett were later treated at hospitals. Motorman Mleindenst and conductor Warshall said they did not see the wagon in time and were not charged.
Commissioner Macfarland announces police will persist in the war on bookmakers. District Attorney Baker appeals Justice Stafford's decision in the Walters case. The court may hear the appeal at the Court of Appeals. arrests of bookmakers and bets on races could resume at Benning as the season opens.
Irene Smith leaped from a fifth floor window after a quarrel with her husband Francis Woodsworth on West Work Street. She landed on a clothesline and was broken by the line then fell to the stone court, sustaining non fatal injuries after the rescue.
Special to the Washington Ver New York War 13 reports Jersey City wardens seized 17 000 birds stored out of season from the Merchant Refrigerating Company warehouse. The birds, valued with a $20 per bird fine potential, could net the state about $140 000. The 319 boxes contained 150 known plover, 2 golden plover, and 8 ruffed snipe, linked to three New York firms.
In a spring advertisement Geo f Harlow of Seymour Indiana endorses Sarsaparina as the best healer for humors and blood ailments, urging readers in malaria districts to start taking the elixir now. The testimonial claims reliable purification and health restoration via the product, tying the remedy to seasonal malarial risks.
Fragmented weather notice and product brief. Mentions Hood's Sarsaparilla in liquid form and Sarantabs chocolate tablets with price hints. Includes a garbled local weather table with temperatures, humidity, rainfall, and hourly observations, alongside scattered city temperature references.
Chicago March 12 The Liberty League urges a united effort to defeat the Anti Saloon League and restore prohibition policies. State chapters with about 2006 Illinois members plan a June or July convention to select candidates for state offices and the legislature before the August primary.
Henry Wright, a pupil expelled from a nearby blind school, set fire to a one room schoolhouse. The blaze drew 79 pupils outside under teachers supervision as students formed bucket brigades to fight the flames. Wright later was arrested and allegedly expressed regret.
A Marcus United States attorney in the Middle district of Kentucky today filed process against several railroads including the Central Road of New Jersey Pennsylvania Railroad Williamsport and Susquehanna Railroad Reading and Philadelphia railways for alleged violations of safety appliance rules. The action lists twenty three railroad companies and seeks enforcement of applicable safety standards.
A description of the leading government seat newspaper The Post noting its comprehensive financial news market reports and business status. It highlights farming produce sales guidance and leisure reading value across its many columns in the Sunday Morning Edition.
The Washington Post has no equal in its illustrated magazine section with selections by prominent writers. Foreign news receives careful treatment with timely illustrations as part of the Sunday Post’s reputed quality, making it a trusted visitor to households.
The Sporting Section of Tue Sunday Posts prints on pink paper and fills four pages each Sunday with comprehensive coverage of baseball, running, trotting, billiards, auto races, yacht contests, boating, golf, tennis, swimming, and all major sporting events with accurate results.
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