Wedding Surprise Niece of Vice President Links Two Youths
In Mansfield Illinois on March 4 a secret marriage joined Lulu Mae Fairbanks niece of Vice President Fairbanks and William Witthaft Bride son of Cotter T Bride. The couple met three days before engagement after a Washington visit for the Vice President’s inauguration.
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Washington Post
Mansfield Ill
Myr
William Deforrest Fairbanks
Lulu Mae
William Witthaft Bride
Washington, DC
Miss Fairbanks
Fairbanks
Mr Bride
Vi Cotter T Bride
Bride
West
Hemenway
iIndianapoli
Ind
Gary
Hanley
James A Hemenway
United States Senate
Religion in the Schools Seeks Board Action on Petitions
Board of Education will consider petitions on religious instruction in public schools as a whole once the committee delivering the document submits it. Centennial planning meetings noted with a pending date and program. several staff changes and salary adjustments approved. An early note on a laundry fire reported at 112 Eleventh Street NE with estimated damage of $20.
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Board of Education
Wr J Holdsworth Gordon
Ebien S Musser
Washington College of Law
Business High School
Henrietta , Dunlop A B Carr
Mary Manley
Beatrice Nalle
Margaret Waite
N A. Payne
Ethel Price
Blanche M Hopkins
Boynton
Gordon
Roderick
William W Conner
Charles Gong
Eleventh Street
Distrito Columba
Board of Echo Trustees
United States
District of Columbia
Board OF
Fdccation Widltam
Conner
National College of Pharmacy
Henry
Johnson Phar
New Jersey Avenue Northwest
Ouniler
Lancaster & Smith Attorneys
Gost Ny
Charles C Lancaster Herbent
E Smith
Joseph Wirth
THE
Macdonnall, School OF Phrenology and Psychology
Mme
LL Macdonnall
Husband and Wife Burned in Kitchen Blaze
A stove and gasoline caused an explosion and fire at 121 Wirth Street Northeast last evening injuring J Baker and his wife. Both suffered severe burns to hands and limbs but refused hospital care, treated by Dr Phelps who said recovery is likely. Flames ignited clothing during cleaning with a gasoline saturated mop. neighbor alerted fire, property loss around $60.
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Baker
Wifth Street
Phelps
Life preservers rejected by inspectors for Potomac boats
Boat owners in the Potomac River excursion fleet received a shipment of life preservers stamped by a government inspector in New York but local steamboat inspectors rechecked them and all were rejected as improperly made despite initial approval.
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New York
Plans for Bank Building on Fifteenth Street Site
Architects work on a new eight story structure on the old Metropolitan Bank site at Fifteenth street opposite the Treasury Department. The ground floor will house the Metropolitan Citizens Bank with offices above. Construction may start next month and take about a year. The building, costing around 3600,000, will occupy 67 by 100 feet and include the city’s largest banking room.
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Old Metropolitan Bank
Fifteenth Street
Treasury Department
Metropolitan Citizens Bank
National Metropolitan Bank
Bank of the Metropolis
National Banks
John P van Ness
FE S Parker
Citizens’ National Bank
Charles G Thorn Dead In Washington Volunteer businessman dies at 60
Charles G Thorn lifelong Washington resident died at his home 18a Baltimore Street Northwest after a prolonged illness. He was 60 and active in business, a director of Union Trust Company, and member of the Board of Trade and Blue Ridge Rod and Gun Club. He leaves a widow three sons Columbia Albert and Charles Thorn and a daughter Frances Thorn. The funeral will be held at the family residence at 2 o'clock tomorrow with private interment.
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Charles G@inott
Washington
Baltimore Street
The
Union Trust Company
Board of Trade
Blue Rudge Rod and Gun Club
Columbia
Albert
Charles Thorn
Frances Thorn
Father May See Child Court Sends Elizabeth Eckert to Aunt
The District Supreme Court denied Christian Eckert’s habeas corpus petition for custody of Elizabeth Mildred Eckert. The child remains with her aunt Miss H B Stefan, with Eckert allowed limited visits and ordered to pay $10 monthly for support. He had wished his mother take custody, but Stefan has cared for the girl.
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Elizabeth M. Eckert
Miss Stefan
Maybrick Case Hearing Delayed and Letters Questioned
The Baroness von Roques v Armstrong hearing in Washington resumed with Florence Maybrick under cross examination. She identified some letters as possibly Armstrong handwriting, refused others, and noted her inability to identify her mother's handwriting after sixteen years. Armstong pressed for pardons and government papers, while testified letters were scattered and would need searching. The session adjourned to April 12 with further deposition plans in Richmond and Europe.
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David W Armstrong
Florence Elizabeth Maybrick
Washington
Hayden & Farrell
Pacific
Wayden
Maybrick
Europe
Hayden
Armstrong
J . Polter
Lfe
Alfred Roe
Mrs Maybrick
Kentucky
Virginia
West Virginia
Mr Yarrell
Yarrell
Richmond
New York
Widow sues railroad for ten thousand damages
Mrs Elizabeth M Williams as administratrix of Andrew F Willdins deceased filed suit yesterday against the Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington Railroad Company for 10003 damages over the death of her husband, an engineer killed April 9 1904 in a shorter explosion near Baltimore. Legal wrangle over administration rights preceded action.
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Elizabeth M. Williams
Niteabeth M. “Wiliams
Andrew F. Willdins
Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington Railroad Company
Burton T. Doyle
Altheus Johnson
Williams
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Court of Appeals
Probate Court
Williames
Two Divorces Granted in Separate Cases
Justice Anderson signed a decree yesterday divorcing John H Willason from Clara C Eillinson on desertion grounds. Justice Stafford granted Clarence Miller a divorce from Lena Lo Miller, with custody of their minor child. He also signed a decree in Libbie G Williams vs Joseph T Williams for maintenance, awarding $10 monthly alimony.
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Justice Anderson
John H Willason
Clara C Eillinson
Justice Stafford
Clarence Miller
Lena Lo Miller
Mr Miller
Stafford
Libbie G Williams
Joseph T Wiliams
Wills Filed for Probate in Local Court
Two wills were filed for probate yesterday. Anna Maria Wieiachhauer dated March 18, 1905 names husband and children as beneficiaries with Julius Theonhil and Edith Mathilde Phoebus as executors. Margaret Callan dated March 21, 1962 names her husband Bartholomew Callan as sole beneficiary and executor.
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Anna Maria Wieiachhauer
Register of Wills
Julius Theonhil
Edith Mathilde Phoebus
Margaret Callan
Bartholomew Callan
Weather Forecast and Local Obituaries Summary
The weather bureau reports a series of disturbances producing showers and varying temperatures across regions including the Great Lakes, Plateau, and Atlantic States with forecasts of more rain, snow, and wind. Severe cold and frost warnings are issued for Nevada Oregon and Washington. Dorothy Dean, age eleven, dies after a long illness in New York. burial planned in Patterson, New York, near her grandfather Rev Do S Dean.
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New York
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Patent Office
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House of Representatives
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Do S Dean
The Charcoal Remedy Trend in Daily Health
An early 20th century health column touts charcoal as a safe absorber of stomach and bowel impurities. It promotes Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges as a premium, affordable remedy for breath, complexion, and purifying the blood, with a Buffalo physician endorsing them for gas and liver benefits at 25 cents a box.
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Nh Stuart
Buffalo
Stuart
McKay Suit Settlement Reported for Court Ratification
Attorneys for Francis B Clark of New York and for the ex executors of Col Nathaniel McKay estate notified Chief Justice Clabaugh that a compromise has been agreed upon in the suit in which Clark claimed about 6101,000 due. The Probate Court will be asked to ratify the terms and authorize payment, with the base settlement around one half to two percent of the demand.
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Lambert & Baker
Francis B Clark
New York
Birney & Woodard and Worthington, Heald & Wrailey
Nathaniel McKay
Clabaugh
Clark
Stafford
Wilton J Lambert
Henry F Woodard
Cash Register Robbery Leads to Anacostia Arrest
Charles Corbin, 21, of Anacostia, was arrested for larceny of $21 from the S M Crazier coal and wood company. He claimed another man took the money and hid it in wood, a suspect was jailed but later released after police disproved his story. A company clerk reported tampering with the cash register.
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Charles Corbin
Anacostia
Coal and Wood Company
S M
Corbin
Frazier Company
Woman in the Brown Hat Stirs Police Attention
Joseph Hart reports a neatly dressed young woman wearing a large brown hat asked for directions to Georgetown near Four and W Street and Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest. After he directed her she departed and he found his pocket had been picked.
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Joseph Hart
Fifth Street
Detective Bureau
Four
Pennsylvania Avenue
Georgetown
Bench Warrant Issued for Woman in Child Assault Case
A bench warrant was sworn for Bessie Cook who is charged with assaulting six year old Frank N Laurant Jr of 130 Thomas street NW. She failed to appear in Police Court yesterday and faces a bond forfeiture of 00. Assistant US Attorney Ralph Given sought the warrant. Judge Kimball ordered it issued and Deputy U S Marshal Lacey served it last night. Cook said she had not been informed by her attorney that the case was called yesterday. A jury trial is scheduled for this morning.
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Bessie Cook
Frank N Laurant, Jr
Thomas Street
United States
Ralph Given
Kimball
Lacey
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