Cumberland In Peril Flood Threatens City Bridges
Flood conditions worsen in Cumberland Md as Potomac and Will s Creek rise to last week’s heights. Rail lines and low-lying streets flood Persuading engineers to weigh down bridges and reroute trains. multiple landslides near Shaw and Westernport imperil traffic while protection efforts intensify. Funeral notices and obituaries accompany the distressing report.
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Washington Peat
Cumberland
Potomac
Wis Creek
Ctty
Mechanic Street
Wills Creek
Hiogely
Railroad
Pattisons Creek
Baltimore and Ohio
Emergencie
Funeral Directors Listings Highlight DC Undertakers
A crowded column lists numerous Washington DC funeral directors and embalmers with addresses, phones, and service notes. Firms include W R Speare, Adolph Schipppert, T A Costello & Bro, Wm S Riley, Frank Geier's Sons, John R Wright Co, J William Lee, Wm H Sardo & Co, George P Zarhorst, Hindle & Bayliss, Thos R Nalley & Son, R F Harvey's Sons, John M Mitchell's Son, Hardy & Remore, Geo C Shaffer Florist, and others. Many offer chapels, livery, modern crematoriums, and modest prices.
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W. R. Speare
N. W
Adolph Jr. Schippert
Sergeon
T. A. Costello & Bro
Riley
Frank Geier’s Sons
Seventh ST
Madern
John R. Wright Co
Lee
Tenino
Pan Day
J. William Lee
Commedious Chapel
Pennsylvania Ave
WM. H. Sardo & CO
Funfral
st _ne
George P. Zarhorst
John M. Mitchell
Hinat
Pitt floods surge as roads, rails flood Ohio valley
Western Pennsylvania towns face rising rivers including Monongahela and Ohio. Flooding inundates lower areas of Pittsburgh Allegheny and surrounding towns as trains delayed by landslide near Connellsville. Forecaster predicts a 25 foot stage. widespread outages and property damage reported. messages of sympathy from Germany arrive.
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Xumburg
Monongahela
Allegheny
Ohio
Allegheny County
Pittsburg
Wesern
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Germany
Wellsburg flood relief tent and rations approved
Acting Secretary telegraphs Secretary Tost in New York about Wellsburg West Virginia flood relief requests. He grants permission to extend aid but notes no department funds are available and asks for full shelter and food requirements. The War Secretary can issue a limited number of tents and rations if immediate needs demand it.
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Oliver
Tost
New York
Wellsburg
Wva
Wellaburg
Secretary of War
Flood Bulletin Reports Ohio River Crest and Falls at Cincinnati
Weather Bureau bulletin notes the Ohio River at Cincinnati cresting around 621 feet Tuesday morning and then falling gradually. Louisville stage near 393 feet with a seven foot rise since Monday, with expectations of further decline by Wednesday. Downriver, Memphis to Vicksburg and New Orleans flood projections show rises into the 40s feet, with arrivals of high stages by late March. Alerts issued for Auglaize and Sandusky basins in Ohio after heavy Monday night rains and broader flood concerns across California and Alabama due to four days of rain.
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von Koewenfeld
Carnegie Institute
William
von Loewenfeld
Berlin
Wheeling
W Va
Wheeling Creek
Bln Grove
Cincmneti
Ohio
Cincinnati
Louisville
Louwila
Mississippi River
Memphis
Wateh
Arkansas City
Vicksburg
Arril
New Orleans
Sandusky
Record Flood Warnings Grow for Sacramento River System
Widespread flood warnings extend along the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers as Sunday night storms raise water to near record highs. Projections show the Allegheny and Mangagahila tributaries adding about 25 feet to Pittsburgh area flood stages, with Wheeling and Parkersburg at risk and Wednesday updates expected.
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Sacramento
Soa Joaquin
Allegheny
Mangagahila
Pittsburg
Wheeling
Parkersburg
Farkersburg
Floods Hit Northern California Rivers In Great Damage
Heavy rains across Northern California cause widespread flooding. Oroville and Marysville are inundated. Mormon Island bridge washed away. Folsom prison guard houses swept away. Stockton faces high waters with three bridges lost. Woodbridge and Lincoln endangered. Levees strengthened, schools closed, and rail service disrupted across the Sacramento valley and coast routes.
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San Francisco
California
Oroville
Marysville
Mormon Island
American River
Folsom State Prison
Sacramento
Stockton
San Joaquin
Woodbridge
Lincoln
Sacramento Valley
Southern Pacific
Ogden
Floriston
Summit
Cisco
Los Angeles
Pajaro
Westward ambitions land two youths with cuffs
Detectives nabbed Orator Howards known as Much Talk and Walter Kendrick after a pawn street chase. Recovered from Howards pockets were revolver cartridges a false mustache spurs bandannas and a belt holster as they awaited their fathers and promised to curb teenage ambitions. Kendrick said he aided Howards to fit in and urged a future as a Presbyterian clergyman.
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Orator Howards
Tas Boon
Walter Kendrick
Mullen
Edwards Jad
D Street
Edwards
Alaska
South Dakota
Lieut Peck
John Edwards
Wilam Kendrick
Jeach Youngster
Kendrick
Weary Will Jinks Skeleton Mystery Revealed
A fragmented line hints at a mystery about a skeleton in Jinks family. Tim and Will are mentioned in a looping dialogue style urging discovery before ta ta. The text reads like a clipped local clue or dialog snippet from a longer piece.
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Jinks
Tim
Death of Lamsdorff Affects Balkan Peace Efforts
Count Vladimir Nicklaievitch Lamsdorff former Russian foreign minister died in San Remo at 21 16. Born 1845 he served as minister of foreign affairs from 1901 to 1906 and helped shape Balkan peace through his visits to Belgrade Sofia and Vienna. He played a key role in pre Portsmouth talks with Russia and Japan and maintained ties with US Ambassador Meyer during critical negotiations. His health declined with heart disease and a dropsical condition led to his unexpected death.
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Russan
Japan
Amerca
San Remo
Italy
Vladimir Nicklaievitch Lamsedorff
Count Lamadorff
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Baron Ispe
Count Lamsdorf
Russia
Westphalia
Erinent
Balkan
Belgrade
Sofia
Vienna
Austria-Hungary
Muerzsteg
Austria
Europe
Lamsdorff
St Petersburg
Lamsdorfz
Washington
Portamouth
Count Lamgdorff
George von L Meyer
Roosevelt
Count Lamsdorff
Meyer
Deaths in Health Office Record March 18 1907
Reported up to noon lists numerous individuals by name address and age including Zock W Kessler 67 years at 188 st ne Isabell Murphy 116 years on Mass ave rw Jennie Hough Ward Asyl Hospt 30 years and many others with ages from 1 to 80 plus. Also notes One hundred Free Trips to the James town Exposition and Cash Prizes Contest begins in next Sunday's Post.
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Zock W Kessler
Isabell Murphy
Olf
Mass Ave
Jennie Hough Ward
Asyl Hospt
Lert Bowersox
Fla
Wrhan Goler
George Keott
Prospyet
Garland
St Ny
Retta
L Yandler
Roam L Jones
Amanda Faynn
Elza J Payne
James B Law Gith
New
Serah
Socialist Sermon Attacks Trusts At Magonie Temple
Boston organizer MY M Wilkins denounces monopoly in a socialist address urging wage earners to unite. He cites 5,250,000 young women in sweatshops, 2,000,000 unemployed men in 19%, and 2000,000 factory children, blaming wealth concentration and financial powers for destitution while predicting socialism as the coming civilized order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magonie Temple
M Wilkins
Boston Mass
Socialist Party of America
Washington
United States
Brothers in Death Fight In New York Saloon
Two Italian brothers George and Giovanni Francesco fought over a Sicilian wife in an East Village saloon. Giovanni stabbed and bludgeoned George with a mallet, both were taken to Bellevue Hospital in critical condition. An ambulance and police assisted, surgeries proceeded by candlelight after a power outage.
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New York
Bellevue Hospital
George Francesco
Giovanni Francesco
America
Palermo
George
Georan
Geo
Brooklyn
East Eleventh Street
Giovanni
Georges
Curtis
Fifth Street
Curtiz
Struss
Freeman, Jersey City Mail Clerk, Arrested in Decoy Letter Case
Graphen Freeman, son of a federal judge, a railway mail clerk for 25 years, was arrested in Jersey City on suspicion of robbing the mail. A decoy letter with two marked bills was placed in his car pouch, found on Freeman, and he is held for trial. He is married, with five children, living at 1013 I Street Northeast. the charge carries at least two years in prison.
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Kozel
Grove
Ff Kozel
Rock Creek Cemetery
Legcallett
Samuel Les
Allett
Acis
Abraham KB Lescalictt
Fleventh Street
Smith
Charles E Smith
Methodist Episcopal Church
Falla Church
Oakwood
Ceme
Graphen Freeman
Jersey City
Washington
Fostersey City
Freeman
I Street St
Sevtreet
United States
Thay
Trenton
Zail
Ken Freeman
Freemerly
Judge Freeman
Arthus
Big
Railway Mall
New Mexico
Post-Office Department
Aso Freeman
Freemans Run
I Street
Preeman
Death by own action clears mystery of Monroe case
The disappearance of Charles R. Monroe from 4 North Carolina Avenue NE was resolved when authorities learned he died by his own hand Sunday evening at the Kimball House in Atlanta under the alias G R Morgan of Norfolk Virginia. Police linked the corpse to Monroe and await a photograph for confirmation while connections to a New Britain bank cashier case are noted as possible motives tied to despondency over business affairs.
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Charles R. Monroe
North Carolina Avenue
Kimball House
Atlanta
G. R. Morgan
Norfolk
Morgan
May Sylvester
Monroe
Messrs
D. Abrams
James L. Schaaf
W F Walker
New Britain
Conn
Connecticut
Gamest Man in Arkansas from the New York Herald
The Arkansas governorate article profiles state official Guy B Tucker, newly elected as state commissioner of mines and agriculture. It notes his fame stems from the Tucker Parnell feud, in which he has killed or witnessed killings, survived multiple gunfights, and lost an arm. It highlights his Jeff Davis ties and reputation as a bold, unflinching figure despite a quiet demeanor.
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New York Herald
Arkansas
South
Guy B Tucker
Mines and Agriculture
Tucker Parnell
Tucker
Jeff Davis
Gov Davis
Little Rock
Gay Tucker
Mantell's Othello Impresses with Forceful Jealousy portrayals
National Theater audience sees Mantell in Othello with fiery passion and commanding last acts. McGinn as Iago and Russell as Desdemona receive mixed praise for voice, mood, and degree of realism. Cassio and others draw critique for uneven interpretation and stock stage choices.
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National Theater
Robert Mantell
Isle
Mantell
Shakespeare
Francis McGinn
McGinn
Iago
Mandragara
Jago
Mc~ Gion
Cassio
Othello
Council of
Roderiga
Miss Russell
Desdemona
Misa Russell
Merchant of Venice and King Lear staged by Mantell
Desdemona stands out in a Shakespearian program as Mantell offers The Merchant of Venice this afternoon and King Lear tonight. Audiences note ADs Russell guiding Desdemona and the strong distinction of youth in the city’s theater scene.
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Desdemona
Ads Russell
Beeve
Mr Mantell
Plans to Save Pennies in Public Schools
W A Hyde outlined a penny saving system for public schools at a meeting of the Associated Charities provident plans committee. Aimed at teaching children to save weekly, the method would use dual cards with punched deposits, simplifying the stamp book approach previously used by volunteers.
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W A. Hyde
Committee On Provident Plans
Associated Charities
George M Kober
T Street
Committee On Provident
Veterans Dine and Sing at Annual Pension Banquet
Gen John C Black and Commissioner Warner lead over 130 veterans from the U S Pension Bureau at the Caroll Institute for the second annual banquet. Deputy Commissioner L M Kelley presided as many veterans, some wounded, sang marching songs and listened to speeches lauding the bureau’s work. Notables included Gen John King, Commissioner Vespasian Warner, and other pension officials.
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Pension Bureau
United States
Carroll Institute
L M Kelley
Georgia
Tow Davis
John T Clements
Southern
Alvision of Pensions
John C Black
Civil Service Commission
Blech
Warner
W W. Curry
S W. McElderry
Harvey Billy
J Tsh. Powel
Kelley
Illinois
John King
Baltimore
Pensions
Vespasian Warner
Lo SL Kelley
W_ Chage
Board of Review
Frank T .Howe
Chase Thomas J Shannon
B Moore
J Tyler Powell
Licensed to Marry with Several Couples Named
A historical notice lists multiple marriage licenses granted or referenced, including individuals from the United States Army and various named brides and grooms. The notice records names such as Lion EB Kromar, Gedene Mi Btotsenburg, Rev Herbert Scott, Charles W Burnham, Mary Ho Velean, Eva J Byer, Rev J B Clayton Caroll W Browning, Rev William G Davenport, Hans Mortensen, Acne C Dann, Rev H Schroeder, Maurice H Weber, Rose, Rev Albert Evans, Julia Johnson, TH Overton, Arthur J Bonner, Lowlie Bartholomew, Paul Grimthr, William M Harris, Henrietta Nelzan, and Rev J 8A Taylor.
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Lion EB Kromar
United States Army
Gedene Mi Btotsenburg
Herbert Scott Mise
Charles W Burnham
Mary Ho Velean
J B Clayton Caroll W Browning
Eva J Byer
William G Davenport
Hans Mortensen
Zed
Acne C Dann
H Schroeder
Maurice H Weber
Rose
Me’ally
Albert Evans
Albert Evane
Julia Johnson
TH Overton
Arthur J Bonner
Lowlie Bartholomew
New Orleans
Paul Grimthr
William M Harris
Henrietta Nelzan
Taylor
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Piedmont
Shaw
Pétrnac
Sir Johns Run
Pawpaw
Pattersons Creek
Trans Nos
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern
Frankville
St Louis
Maryland
Nethleen
Westernport
Magnolia
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Sleepy Creek
Low Point
Georges Creek
Lonaconing
Barton
Connellsville
Tlyndman
Hardy & Remore
Fourteenth Street
Sain
Geo. C. Shaffer
Florist
Mala 44Th
Byesta
Gude
Northrrest
Eite
Eighth Street
Elm Grove
W. Va
Amy
Weather Bureau
Bone
Health Office Record
Tolalon
Invalla
Tokalon Wine Co
14Th Street
Socialist Scores Trusts
Elder
Wwe
Mogeendorfer
Mail Glerk
Washingtonian
C.R. Monroe
the Apollinaris Co., Ltd
London
Star
Venice
National
Pean
Associated Chantes
John C. Black
Commission Vvespasan Warner Pricipal
Elustt Peabody &Co Troy
N.Y
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