Lawyer and broker found dead from gas in vacant home
William J Brown missing since Saturday morning was found lying near an open gas valve in 114 K street residence. Coroner reports death by gas as investigators note odor and a wrench at the basin valve. Brown, prominent lawyer and real estate broker with Parmesan & Co, lived on Wisconsin avenue. search led crews to the vacant property where a fatal basement entry occurred.
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William J Brown
PT Parmesan & Co
H Street
JWG
Fiat
Brown
Stone Cottage
Wisconsin Avenue
Man & M
Soitt
Boknimen
CB Brown
K’ Atrest
Missoude
K Street
C B Crown
Third Precinct
Dixon
Howard F Johnson
Q Street
Brown Silver
Multiple Obituaries and Notices From Philadelphia Area Church Services
A jumble of obituary notices and funeral details for several individuals. The records reference services at St Pauls Church and Sacred Heart, with interments noted in local cemeteries and references to Springfield and Lafayette locations. Names include Mrs J Mw Foshe, Frank Gelert, Helen Catherine Anderson, Jane Fark, Theodore Roar, and Mary White, among others, with dates around March 1912 and references to local churches and cemeteries.
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Mhlodore
Helen Catherine Ander
Jane Fark
Ras
Sean
Theodore Roar Rediate
ST EL Senitenne
Alten
New York
Mary White
Church of the Pony
Carmelia
Bern
Francisco
St Margarets
Lafay
Asphyxiation Found in Vacant Washington House
A Washington attorney William Julian Brown 1881 file died from gas fumes in a vacant K Street house. His body found by CB Brown and Policeman Dixon after neighbors noted a smell, with Mrs Hannah Rhea previously living there. Brown leaves a wife and daughter Mary Francia with siblings and other relatives in Washington.
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Byattsvill
William Julian Brown
Hyattaysle
Washington
Willam Brown
Georgetown University Law School
E B Townsend & Co
Mary Francia Brown
Lawrence
Adelaide
Flora
Frances
Brown
Boetler
Pennsylvania Avenue
Mra Hannah Rhea
Mr Brown
Mra Rhea
Mre Rhea
Mra
Filgabeth Woodman
Mias Hannah Rhea Woodman
Poughkeepsie
Roosevelt Challenged Taft Case Drags Michigan Reform Battle
Senator Dixon accuses administration of blocking a preferential primary law in Michigan and hindering Maryland from adopting a similar measure. He urges Taft supporters to back nationwide primaries, citing partial victories, delegate alignments, and endorsements shaping the 1912 Republican contest.
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Dizon
Michigan
Mary- Japa
McKinley
Kansas
Maryland
Dixon
Roosevelt
Mel Emley
Taft Bureau
Taft
Senator Dixon
Allence
Republican Party
Suspect Hitchcock Plot Arouses Taft Supporters
A Washington dispatch reports a meeting between Ormsby McHarg and Theodore L Weed at Roosevelt headquarters, with emissaries of Postmaster General Hitchcock alleged to seek to derail Taft's renomination. The meeting sparked speculation, while McHarg and Weed offered no details. Senator Dixon will shift to campaign travel for Roosevelt.
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T L Weed
McHarg
Warrington
New York
Washington
New York World
Frank H Hitchcock
Taft
Ormsby McHarg
Commerce and Labor
Washington Dins Honor St Patrick Banquet Speakers Honor Williams
More than 80 Washington business and professional leaders gathered at Rauscher's for an annual St Patrick banquet. Senator John Sharp Williams led the program with Irish humor and tributes to Irish statesmen, poets, and warriors, joined by ambassadors, scholars, and a large list of local dignitaries and entertainers.
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Washington
Rauscher’s
St Patrik
John Sharp Williams
Emerald Isle
Treland
Burke
Parnell
Lord Roberts
Redmond
Haonis
Taylor
St Patrick
Barry Bulkley
Edward J Walsh
Carl Carbaugh
J Frank Duggan
William M Mooney
Herndon Mornell
John H Solan
George H O Connor
Daniel W Baker
Richard J Beall
Charles B Berry
Bernard M Bridget
George W Buck
Thomas H Callan
Carl Harbaugh
Albert J Carrico
Wiliam P Collins
Ignatine J Costigan
de Henry J Crosson
Florence
Crowley
William H DeLacy
George 8
DeNeale
William H Dennis
David J Dunnigan
Charles’ Bart John ‘ Eckert
Michael J Falvey
Richard R Farr
Thomas F Finnan
Thomas J. Fisher
George E. Gillil
Michael Heister
Thilman Hendrick
Raymond T Halden
Martin
B Horne
James H Jobsson
Michael Heane
Luke J Kearney
John M Kirby
Charles K Hoones
Lisle
Lipscomb
Wileson P Malone
Ambler A Marsteller
Daniel P McCarthy
MG. McCormick
Frank P Milburn
de John F Moran Herndon Morsall
Joseph A
Madd
John A Nolan
John W. Nolan
Qeerse H O'Connor
Thomas M Price
Michael A Purcell
Charles Rauscher
Hugh Reilly
Roosevelt Plans Midwest Speeches and East Trips
Oyster Bay, March 17. Col. Roosevelt outlined a campaign plan to avoid a national speaking tour, choosing short trips aimed at states with strong Roosevelt sentiment. He will speak in Chicago, St Paul, Minneapolis, St Louis, Boston, and Concord with possible Maine stops, and debate schedules remain unsettled. He refutes misprints about Taft strength, cites Beveridge and Hadley on primary misrepresentation, and forecasts twenty New York delegates despite a tough primary system.
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Indianapollo
Taft
Chicago
Massachusetts
Michigan
Col Roosevelt
Mir Taft
Bay
Iron County
Union League Club of
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
New York
Lune
Turner Society of
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Civic Forum
Middle West
St Paul
Minneapolis
St Louis
Boston
Concord
Portland
Maine
Newark
Men Today
Bia
Beveridge
Indianapolis
Baveridge
Hadley
Missouri
Kansas City
Samuel & Koenig
New ‘York
Republican County’ Committee
Cal Roosevelt
New York State
Hoosevelt
Republican National Committee
Roosevelt to Attend St Patrick's Day Dinner in Huntington
Tomorrow Col Roosevelt will attend a St Patrick's day dinner in the neighboring town of Huntington. The committee seeks a square deal from event organizers and attendees alike.
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Col Roosevelt
Huntington
Beveridge Doubts Roosevelt Statement On Indianapolis Primary
Former Senator Albert J Beveridge says he did not believe Colonel Roosevelt made any such remark about Indianapolis primaries. He read a dispatch quoting Roosevelt claiming massrepresentation and Taft ahead 3 to 1, then declined to discuss whether he supplied the colonel with information.
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Beveridge
Indianapolis
Ind
Mareh W
Roosevelt
Albert J Beveridge
Col Roosevelt
Taft
Plot to dynamite plants foiled in San Diego
Police say six men active in a campaign against a street speaking ordinance were arrested guarding a plan to dynamite industrial plants and downtown buildings to attract world attention. Dynamite was stolen from the sewer department magazines two weeks prior.
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San Diego
Cal
Alexandria observes St Patrick with music and rites
In Alexandria last night the shamrock spirit filled the Young Men's Sodality Lyceum Hall for an Ireland tribute. Rev John Webster Melody spoke on St Patrick life while Getic Society quartet performed. Bishop O Connell presided at St Mary's Church prior to a Richmond bishop install. Separate incident: Jerry Simms and Mamie Pinkney arrested after bottle dispute led to fighting.
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Washington Post Bureau
Alexandria
Ireland
Alexandria Division No 1
Ancient
Order of Hibernians
Sodality Lyceum
J McFarland
John Webster Melody
Caldwell Divinity Hall
Catholic University of America
St Patrick
Getic Society Quartet
Washington
Mies Jeannie Glennan
Tara's Hat
Macushla
Joseph’ Whittemore
Little Irish Girl
Mra
Katharine Rogers
Father O Flynn
Bassolo
James Nolan
Crulakeen Lawn
O'Connell
Jerry Simms
Mamie Pinckney
Roberta
Dr Mary Walker Stricken In New York Hospital
Dr Mary Walker an advocate for women’s rights and dress reform is hospitalized in New York with severe bronchitis threatening pneumonia. The octogenarian activist, worn by a week of suffrage work in Albany and Washington, showed a 103 degree fever and was taken from the train to Presbyterian Hospital after arrival.
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Tekex
New York
Mary &Walker
Presbyterian Hospital
Oswago
Tiwan
Walker
Albany
Washington
Dy Welker
Kansas Democrats back Wilson as second choice
Kansas City March 17 Barney J Sheridan Paola heads resolutions says convention adopted the resolution on Clark and Wilson by unanimous vote and instructed delegation to Baltimore for Governor Woodrow Wilson as second choice. report notes issue over the convention’s instruction.
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Kansas City
Kansas
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Philadel Bay
Turaday Warch
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Fortheast
Wosath & Co
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George P Zurhorst
Zurhorsh
William Lee
Embalmar Tivery
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Madeae
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Bardo & CO
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Commonwealths of the Union
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Iowa
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State Committee
Colorado
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Pueblo County
Tennessee
Ben W Hooper
Kentucky
Hitchcock
Ineh Patrin
Owen Eagan
Orenars Ace
Otto A Rosaleky
Bureau of Combustibles
Eagan
Ames. T. White
New Hampshire
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Catholic University, Speaks
Capital Gaelic Quartet
Furnishes
Mune
Mary Walker
California
Tokalon Wine Co
F St
Wilson
R., Harris & Co
O. J. DeMoll
J.demollsco
Pranos
Victor-Victrolas
12Th and
G Streets
N. W
Victor
QO. J. DeMoll
DeMollsCo S. W. Cor
12Th
G Sts
United States
England
Henry T. Offterdinger
la Anita
Ofty
Ninth Street
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