Government fire tests ruin records in Senate courtyard demonstration
Representatives witnessed a public Buildings and Grounds committee session as a fire tested five safes and cages in the Senate Office Building courtyard. A wooden safe and four steel frames were subjected to intense blaze. The steel model buckled and the paper inside burned. the wooden case was consumed, leaving charred contents. Authorities claimed the tests show urgent need for safer preservation of public records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Sheppard
Congress
Harris Ewing
House Committee On Public
Burnet
Cantrill
Nelson
Ashbrook
Wagner
Several Obituaries and Funeral Notices in DC Area
A wave of obituaries and funeral notices appears for May 1911 in Washington area papers. Entries name Baker Beattie Buechling Carrington Conrad Coughlan Crown Hoffman Stallings Stevers Arena Muretrell and related veteran and lodge members with funeral details, residences, and interment plans. The notices call for services at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church Rock Creek Cemetery and other local sites, with relatives and associations listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker
Germantown
A H H. Baker
Beattie
Tennessee Avenue Northeast
Sopmla Hudd
William H. Beattie
Telluride
Colo
TP. I
Green Tay
Wis
Congressional Cemetery
Green Hay
Buechtlang
Taom
Kramer Street
John B. Buechling
Carrington
Providence Flosstat
James McDowell Carrngton
Campbell Carrington
Edward C Carrington
Baltimore
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
Lock Creek Cemetery
Charlottesville
Richmond Dispatch
Charles Broadway Rouss Camp
Tim
United Confederate Veterans
James McDowell Carrington
CS. A
Samuel E. Lewis
M.D
Arthur N. Marr
Conrad
F Street
Thomas Nelson
Kathryn Hammett Conrad
Maryland
Virginia
Coughlan
Tenth Street
Joseph A, Bainved
Bary M
Thomas F. Coughlan
St. Joseph's Church
Requem Masa
Crown
Brentwood
Safahef
Joseph Crown
Samuel Crown
H Street
Hoffman
Carnegie
Gust. Hoffman
Order of Eagles
Fbd
Mary E Stallings
Rock Creek Cemetery
Alexandria
Stevers
Elizabeth
Henry Sievers
Ata
Michael Emmbet Ureli
James J. Ward
Richard A. O'Brien
Sec
Urelis
United Spanish War Veterans
Eagles’ Hall
Michet
Urell
St Patrick’s Church
Penrose Urged as National GOP Chair by Pennsylvania Leader
Andrew J Barchfield of Pittsburg nominates Senator Boies Penrose to head the Republican national committee. He argues Penrose, a seasoned Pennsylvanian, will guide the party through Taft era campaigns and advance reciprocity, while praising Penrose as a formidable organizer and future national leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Jackson Barchfield
Pittsburg
Bojes Penrose
Keystone State
Republican National Committee
Pennsylvania
Barchfeld
Penrose
Republican Party of
Boles Penryse
Executive Committee
Matthew Stanley Quay
Quay
Beaver
Alfaira
Hitchcock
Senator Penrose
Senate Committee On Finance
Senate
Taft
Barchfield
White House
Repubican
House
Republican Party
Charlies Matthews
Congress
Newcastle
John K. Tener
Matthews
Funeral Directors Street Listings and Service Notes
A list of funeral directors and embalmers with multiple firms across Washington, D C including George P Zurhorst J W Lee John R Wright Co R F Harveys Sons Wm H Sardo Co Thomas S Serjeon Costello W R Pumphrey Son Thos M Hindle Frank Geiers Sons Frank A Speare and others offering funeral services embalming chapel and livery in connection with varying prices and modern crematoriums. Many operate 24 hour access and are listed with street addresses phone numbers and chapel facilities.
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Geo. P. Zurhorst
LSE
Capitolar
J. William Lee
Fara
Pennsys
Pennsylvania
John R. Wright GO
R. F. Harvey’s Sons
ST. NW
Arran
M. Frank Geier
Beventh
Widow forges checks linked to Civic Federation talk
Mary J. Wilson, a widow and self-confessed forger, pleaded guilty in United States police court to forging an endorsement on a Washington check while employed at a New York substation post office. Police say she cashed several checks totaling about 35 dollars since February. The National Civic Federation will hold a national welfare meeting at 1669 Rhode Island avenue with Mrs Taft and other leaders attending, to discuss wage earners issues and welfare work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary J. Wilson
New York
Washington
United Rated
Laula Leiserson
Wilson
William
Clark
Metropolitan Police
Georgetown
O Street
Surr
Seventh Precinct
Mrs. Wilson
F Street
Policeman Grove
Given
United States Police Court
Pugh
Woman's Welfare Department
National Civic Federation
John Hays Hammond
Rhode Island Avenue
United States
Taft
Seth Low
Low
August Belmont
Department For Compensation
White House
Sherman
Supreme Court
Woman’s Welfare Department
New England
West
South
New Willard Hotel
White “House
Poe
Teithout
Newcastle
Brother Matthews
Pennsylvania
Tener
Fire at Geodetic Survey Building Damages Chart Room
A fire at the United States coast and geodetic survey building at New Jersey avenue and B street southeast, opposite the House office building, caused minor damage estimated at 50 dollars, mostly to woodwork. The blaze, reported at 9 10 last night, was confined to the chart room by prompt fire department action and building owner assistance.
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Chart Room
Government Division
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
New Jersey Avenue
B Street
House Office
Brains Prevail in Napoleon III War Tale as Cavour Triumphs
In a New York American piece, Rev Thomas B Gregory recalls May 3 1869 the day Napoleon III declared war on Austria. He contrasts the vanity of Napoleon with Cavour’s strategic wit, recounts Solferino and the fall of Austrian power in Italy, and explains Prussia’s rise under Bismarck leading to German unification and the eventual downfall of Napoleon III.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas B. Gregory
New York
France
Austria
Italy
Victor Hugo
Napoleon l the Little
Cavour
Napoleon
Europe
Mont Cenis Pasa
Solferino
Vilafranca
Venetia
Prussia
Jena
Germany
Marck
Sagowa
Zollverein
Marre
Verpatlagy
Mexico Faces Chaos Over Border Military Strain
An article discusses U S Army units in Texas facing manpower and supply shortages with concerns about uniforms ammunition and equipment while noting lessons for future planning and Diaz's reaction to American troop numbers. It mentions the value of a ten year enlistment reserve and ends with a note that Post classified ads are free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Texas
War Department
Leonard Wood
Wood
Diaz
Mexico
Hea
Rebels Threaten Nogales Border Campaign Across Line
Reports from Nogales and surrounding towns describe Sonoran rebels massing near the border with 400 insurrectos west of Nogales and another band three miles west of the U S customs house. civilians flee as gunfire and machine guns cross the line. Mazatlan fallen as refugees report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nogales
Ariz
Sonora
Mexico
United States Custom House
United States
Douglas
Mazatlan
Tucson
Guayamas
Aziz
Washington
Here
Hnes
Births and Deaths in Health Office Records
Births list multiple families including Thompson Lyles Jackson Chase Summerville Washington Carter Grayson Stevenson Moxley White with various partners and children. Deaths note Cecilia Graver 70 at Gov Hosp Insane George Winshoot 68 Prav Hosp Jason Bullock 76 Stallings 80 Dutton 60 Lane 67 Gray 76 Morris 50 Beatle 64 Coughlan 26 Sievers 61 Davis 79 Anderson 66 Anderson 6 Sylvia 2 months Bundy 35 Thornton 40 Mary Blackwell 35 Murray months Heath facility entries include Freedmen s Hospital Children s Hospital Tuberculosis Hospital Amtium Hosp and Providence Hospital.
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Cecilia A. Graver
St Nw
George Winshoot
Gov Hosp
A McDowell Carrington
Prav Hosp
Jason L. Bullock
Eth
Hanorah D Stallings
Virginia Dutton
Wash
Asvl
Cartle Gdell
Providence Hospital
William H Lane
Wheeler Readre
Wiliam A Gray
Rachel Anderson
Freedmen’s Hospital
Sophia Bundy
L St Mw
Roy Watson
Children's Hospital
Veare
Thornton Lomat Tuberculosis Hospital
Mary Blackwell
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U.S
Oe - A Sa Lat
M.S. Alvey Wu Ona Te Ates N
Nixon
Nevada
Warren
Wyoming
Mark Hanna
Ohio
Columbus
Harmon
Wild Cherry Bitters
Kalon Wine CO
Bote MO Slaw
R. Speare
N. W
Tng
Frank A . Speare Manecer
Civic Federation
M. J. Wilson
F. Street
William Howard Taft
Harris-Ewing
August ‘Belmont
Fire AT Geodetic Survey
Napoleon II
Waltham
Elgin
R. Harris & CO
the Jewelers
Seventh and
D Streets
Seventh Street
U. S
Inquirectos
Saltillo
Carabajal
Madero
el Paso
Tex
Surrecto
Juarez
Francisco I. Madero, Jr
Francisco Carabajal
Hiven
Braniff
Obregon
Gen. Madero
Vasquez Gomez
Francisco Madero, Jr
Senor
Pino
Health Office Record
John E
Marie E. Thompson
Joseph and
Elsie Lyles
Robert
Maggie Jackson
Edward
Maggie Chase
Girt Othar
Julia K
Summerville
Benning
J. A. D. McCurdy
H. A. Robinson
AMA Lotercycle Ra
Glenn H. Curtiss
Lincoln Beachy Rowland
B. Middleton
Modern
Ogram's
13Th Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
O'Donnell
F Street N
National Aviation Co
Union ‘Trust
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