Kidnapping Crisis Rumor Fails as Boy Not Found
Dover reports claim Horace Marvin Jr was found near his father's home but detectives confirm the rumor baseless. A note with skull and crossbones warned Miss Killen after overhearing two men discuss the Marvin child. Police trace a New York lead to 143 East Twenty-fifth Street and a Bayonne letter claiming the boy’s location spurs a wide search.
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New York
Father
Miss Killen
Marvin
Redvolvers
Miss Kitten
H. N. Marvin
East Twenty-fifth Street
Bruner
Brunner
Falad
William Brunner
Munsey's Magazine
Ano Uves
Brooklyn
City A Bower of Flowers Dominates Easter Trade
A Washington floriculture boom marks Easter as local florists report unprecedented flower variety and sales. Roses like Richmond crimson, azaleas, hyacinths, and Easter lilies drive demand, aided by pleasant early spring weather and growing interest in decorative blooms across shops.
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Richmond
Washington
Anya
Women's Clubs Meet At Public Library Tonight
District Federation of Women's Clubs holds its monthly meeting at the Public Library tonight with three addresses. John E. Lathrop discusses gloves of The City Beautiful, Mrs Ellen Spencer Massey on The National Constitution and DC government, and Mrs Josephine Arnold Rich on forestry legislation. Officer reports run 7 40 to 8 o'clock, with committee updates and new club admissions including Washington Colony of New England Women.
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District Federation of Women’s Clubs
John E. Lathrop
City Beautiful
Ellen Spencer Massey
District of Columbia
Josephine Arnold Rich
Federation
Charlotte Emerson Mains Chatt
Thomas Noble
Washington Colony
New England
Lace Curtain Sparks Dual City Fires
Last night two alarms reported fires in separate homes. In the Parson residence a lace curtain touching a gas jet caused the blaze that damaged furniture and pets before chemicals extinguished it. In the Morse home a lamp explosion ignited burn damage through a first floor room and oil-soaked furniture. A missing eleven year old, William Carroll, was reported from 226 Twelfth Street Northeast after wandering away early Thursday. The funeral for Mrs Wilhelmina Crews will be held this afternoon at 3 o'clock from 311 Eighth Street Northwest.
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C. D
William Carroll
Twelfth Street
Wilhelmina Crews
Wilhebalna Crews
Eighth Street
Despondent Frenchman Seeks Inspector’s Help After Race Loss
Morris Lemoyne, a 28-year-old mechanical expert from New York, arrived at police headquarters claiming he bet $200 of his last funds on Alpenmarchen which finished fifth. He wept and threatened suicide, but after police aided him with food and a hotel, he decided to delay his action for a day.
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Police
Boardman
Alpenmarchen
Iit
New York
North River
Morris Lemoyne
Western Electric Company
West Fourteenth Street
New York City
Lemoyne
Manhattan
Lady Vera
John Munichbey
Pennsylvania Avenue
Munkhey
Lynch
Mai
Philadelphia
Greer Says Mind Open on Browneville Shooting
Lieut Greer quartermaster and acting battalion adjutant of the Twenty fifth Infantry testified before the Senate Military Affairs Committee about the Browneville Tex shooting last August. He said his belief on guilt shifted, described the location of firing, and discussed weapon types and cleaning times as observers noted surplus rifles in storehouses. The committee scheduled a two week recess beginning April 6.
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Greer
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Browneville
Tex
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Mecklin
Green
Foraker
Walker McCurdy
Company B
Heusen
Lectures on Far West by Woodworth Clum at church
Woodworth Clum gave a travel lecture at the First Congregational Church using 425 stereopticon views to trace the route from Washington to St. Paul through Canada to Vancouver and Seattle. The talk focused on changes since the Klondike craze and drew a Christian Endeavor Union audience bound for Seattle.
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Woodworth Clum
First Congregational Church
Washington
St. Paul
Canada
Canadian Rockies
Vancouver
Seattle
Mr. Clum
Christian Endeavor Union
Klondike
Clum
Congregational Church
Salt Lake City
California
Yellowstone Park
Spencer Monument Fund Drives Second Appeal
J W Vonnelly, chairman, leads a second appeal to raise funds for a monument to Samuel Spencer killed in a Thanksgiving wreck. Employees across the system are donating portions of their salaries, with donors alphabetically recorded. Contributions via timekeeper deductions close at week’s end, sealing vaults for the cornerstone.
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J. W. Vonnelly
Samuel Spencer
The
Southern Railway
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promoted As Best Spring Medicine
In thousands of homes families take Hood's Sarsaparilla three doses daily to cleanse the system, overcome fatigue, restore appetite, and build strength. The ad touts it as the best spring medicine for widespread use.
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Hood
Mother Elinor Aims To Buy Zion City In Proposed Cash Convert
Detroit March 22 special to The Washington Post reports followers of Mother Elinor queen of the House of Israel deny she is the ex convict Dis de Bar. trustees say she carried away about 10000 in jewels and cash before leaving Detroit ten days ago. Mrs Swinden says jewelry belonged to her husband now in England with Prince Michael. Trust in Windsor and Detroit allegedly converted property into cash with one piece fetching 2000 while others are claimed. Trustee Preston says Mother Elinor left with only travel expenses around 1000 and plans to possibly buy Zion City. The whereabouts of Mrs Mason remain uncertain as questions mount over her departure.
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Washington Post
Detroit
Mich
Mother Elinor
House of Israel
Flying Rollers
Mme. Dis de Bar
Elinor
John R. Swinden
Flying Roller Colony
Mackay
David Livingstone Mackay
Edward Preston
Preston
Zion City
Linor
Windsor
Fox terrier wins home in Harlem court case
In Harlem, Magistrate Walsh rules the fox terrier Baby belongs to Thomas Hamill ton and the Hamilton children after the dog performs tricks for the court. Henry Kelly admits possible ownership error and is dismissed. Baby is released to the Hamill ton family.
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Washington Post
New York
Mar
Walsh
Harlem
Thomas Hamillton
Hamilton
Elizabeth
George
Henry Kelly
Kelly
Jerry
Hamltons
Special Sessions Court
Cook Barred From Home After Police Oust in New York
Special to The Washington Fest reports a Swedish cook at Mrs. Charles L. Holt's residence 07 West 120th Street was removed by police after a standoff. Despite threats and moral suasion, the cook refused to leave until two officers lured her outside with a staged offer of a lifelong contract before securing her removal.
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New York
Charles L. Holt
West 120Th Street
Rock of Gibraltar
Holte
West 125Th Street
Butt
Armstrong resigns from Casualty Company of America
Robert B. Armstrong, former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, resigns as president of the Casualty Company of America citing a recent typhoid fever attack. He plans to rest abroad for several months after leading the company since March 1905 and had been a key figure in anti fraud efforts.
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Washington Post
New York
Robert B. Armstrong
the Treasury
The
Casualty Company of America Today
Armstrong
Leste M. Shaw
Treasury Department
Treasury
the Casualty Company of Ameries
Andrew Freedman
Freedman
Aspyhxiated in his room sparks shock in Philadelphia
Jose Rodriguez aged twenty a son of wealthy Chapultepec residents Mexico was found dead by asphyxiation in his boarding house room in Philadelphia. He planned to study civil engineering and had a letter from Florence Salad of Manchester England promising marriage upon his return to Chapultepec. In Jackson Michigan a bank robbery at Farmers and Merchants National Bank Hanover Jackson County occurred early today with $3000 stolen after an explosion alerted residents.
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Philadelphia
Mar
Jose Rodriguez
Chapultepec
Mexico
Rodriguez
Florence Salad
Manchester
England
Jackson, Mich
END SWIFT COURT MARTIAL PROCEEDINGS CONCLUDE
The Navy reviews findings against Capt William Swift and Lieut Harry Yarnell after court martial for neglect of duty over the Connecticut running aground at Culebra Harbor January 13. Witnesses say both officers discharged duties. engine irregularities blamed for course deviation. Court's report will go to Washington for Navy Department review.
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Navy Department
Fort Monroe
Mar
William Swift
Harry B. Yarnell
Connecticut
Culebra Harbor
Capt Swift
Yarnell
Washington
Unweighted Soul: Fright at Gallows Ends Execution
The Washington Poor reports Leon Specter’s frightened soul departed this morning as the warden ordered a hurried execution after Specter collapsed at the gallows. Doctors were gathered for the delicate experiment but were waved aside.
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Cial
Washington
Ban Frone
Leon Specter
Edgar
Arrested in Norfolk for blackmail in a Washington case
Mrs. Mattie Cake of Norfolk was arrested in this city on March 16 for blackmail and released when a cousin she allegedly defrauded failed to testify. She was rearrested yesterday in Norfolk at the Washington police request on charges from Morman Hines of 189 Ninth Street Northwest. Hines says a man and woman occupied his room from February 3 to March 1, and checks mailed to him were cashed by a woman who resembled Mrs. Cake. Detective Herman brought her to Washington. Previously, Cake was held on blackmail charges but discharged after cousin Miss Margaret Dunning refused to prosecute. Dunning had received threats demanding slaves and an Easter bounty in exchange for silence.
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Mattie Cake
Norfolk
Washington
Morman Hines
Ninth Street Northwest
Cake
Miss Dunning
Pick Struck Cartridge Tragedy Halts Station Work
An explosion during excavation for the Pennsylvania Railroad station in New York fatally injures two Italian workers as a pick strikes a cartridge. Foreman Lug Toino and assistant superintendent Frank F. Cowithre are arrested on criminal negligence charges.
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New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lug Toino
Frank F. Cowithre
Weather report from U S Agriculture Weather Bureau 1907
A March 38 1907 Weather Bureau bulletin reports a western storm moving northeast with decreasing intensity. Friday rain covers the central valleys and Lake Region. other areas see mostly fair or unsettled conditions. unseasonably warm temps in Virginia and North Carolina. cooler overall in central valleys and Northwest. showers in the Eastern Upper Lake Region and New England Saturday. Sunday mostly fair with rain in the North Pacific States. Winds vary by coast and Lake Michigan remains briskto high westerly.
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U. S
Virginia
North Carolina
Northwest
Upper Lake Region
New England
Middle Atlantic States
Gulf States
North Pacific States
Atlantic States
Middle Atlantic
South Atlantic
Guilt
Lake Michigan
Chancellor Plans Oral and Written Exams for Graduates
The board upheld no graduation exams for current seniors, while Supt. Chancellor will personally examine graduates orally and in writing before diplomas. The move, seen as unlikely to affect rankings, provokes opposition and fears of a normal school reorganization. Examinations run May 2 to 10.
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Board of Education
Committee On High and Normal Schools
Boards of
Washington Normal Schools
Washingtonians
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Dover
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Horace N. Marvin, Jr
Kitt's
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Misa Lucy Kten
Niewspapen Brehive
Lieut. Greer
Brownsville
Far West
Spencer Monument Fund
Southern
Washington PO
Eto
Washington, D. c
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Zion
Docheltes
Dog
Cook
India
Alllinen
Ghiefe
Saal
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R. B. Armstrong
Secretary of Treasury
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Warden
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N.Y
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Wyo
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Colo
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Iowa
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Fla
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Mine
Springfield
Virkeburg
Misa
Dresden
Will
Tharp
Berkeley Rye
F St. N. W
Peter Grogan
Progressive Washington Edition
Lts
Home Savings Bank
7Th and
Mass. Ave. N. W
H Sts. N. E
7Th Se. S. W
McCray
Merny
Nelson Refrigerator Co
F Street
the Sunday Post
American Security, and Trust Company
Ffleenth
Pennsylvania Ave
Columbia Records
Columbia Phonograph
Hebbard
George E. Hebbard
6Th St. N. W
Belmont Dalry Co., Incorporated
14Th St
Madrid
Christian Xarder
Quality House
Tth
Phono
Cravenette
Soldiens
Goodyear
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