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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1908
Page
40
In a sensational action, Harrison agreed to pay $75 monthly to his first wife and $35 to a second wife. The suit, described as a pact, notes the wife clarifies duties and urges gentleness, while a treaty-like quote highlights limits on support and influence over family matters.
Fragmented legal notice describes Mary F Harrison agreeing not to aid her mother without Arthur W Harrison's consent, and to refrain from speaking except politely unless provoked. It details inspections of Arthur’s books, payments, and court actions including alimony and divorce-related terms with multiple names and dates garbled.
Gompers will give the address at the Central Labor Union Memorial Service tomorrow. The event honors the labor movement and marks a day of reflection on workers and their contributions.
A garbled OCR fragment discusses requesting payment of 35 dollars and contains scattered phrases about letters, government, and states. The text is largely unreadable with many misspellings and unclear entities. It appears to reference a misformatted or corrupted note rather than a coherent report or event.
A garbled OCR report describes furniture scattered along a west side street near Seventh and P Streets. Debris and gypsies are mentioned with damage to a front area and overturned items.
Lieut Hartley UI suffered a sudden illness at his home in Washington. He was taken to emergency hospital with acute indigestion and showed improvement by the following night. The piece also lists city residents contributing to the Playgrounds fund, including James Fraser, H Baulig, Mrs James McVillar, Mrs Edward Cohen, Ellis Spear, Dr W Duncan Weckim, Mary L Jennings, Renard Martel, and William Grant.
Prominent city women gathered at Archibald Hopkins home at 1826 Massachusetts avenue to discuss forming a permanent women auxiliary to the National Civic Federation welfare committee. A new committee formed, with notable figures including Mrs Joseph Medill McCormick urging an auxiliary and outlining New York’s work in factories and sweatshops.
Chief sanitary officer of the Canal Commission issued orders to exterminate rats and mice on the Isthmus due to bubonic plague risk. The directive urges all individuals to aid by vigorously eliminating rodents and their fleas on premises, with killed rats turned over to the health department to reduce disease spread.
Tomorrow at St Joseph's Church Second and Streets N E, Cardinal Gibbons will confirm a class of adults and a number of youths during a feast day mass. Rev Vanline B Sehmitt pastors the church with Rev T A Iuekie and Rev Ignus Teal assisting. deacon Hey Joseph T Heller from The Catholic University will serve as subdeacon. The sermon will be by Rev Join G Harney.
Police investigated a floating body found in the Potomac River near Bryans Pont and Marshall Creek. Theories placed the deceased as Glen Echo postmaster Van Noca or photographer Moets Khemedly, both connected to local affairs and tied to Canada comments.
P Hones of 311 Cambridge Fl nw reported to police that two white men lured him into a pool game after returning from the West. They won a $440 stake, leaving him poorer when the best shot failed and he was cheated. He was approached on Seventh Street northwest and asked to join a game and then swindled.
Smith an operator with Postal ties vanished from Vermont Avenue NW since Saturday. His wife, distraught, fears foul play as authorities search for the 30 year old man who recently sent home a large sum of money. He has lived here seven months, arriving from Ports roots, Va. Beta Theta Pi Dinner Tonight features Charles Treat, with electing officers anticipated. Waner vonns, a man, was arrested Thursday for attempted assault on Mrs Sudsburger. arraigned and held for grand jury.
The Weather Bureau reports a passing front over the Northeastern district with light rain and a temperate drop, extending through Saturday with snowmelt and variable Atlantic coast conditions. Fresh southeast winds prevail along the lower coasts, while rivers in West Virginia show unsettled conditions and incidents of fog and drizzle in the Hudson area.
Washington Architectural Club opens a notable exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery showing designs for public structures including the New York post office and plan concepts under the Heyburn bill. Notable works include McKim Mead & White’s winning post office design and renderings by Albert Kelsey Paul Poore and others, with extensive views of Treasury and Capitol area proposals and a wide roster of participating firms and individuals. The display runs now through May to the public.
Three hundred Catholic women and many clergy attended Carroll Hall for the first annual congress of the National Catholic Conversation Circle. Mrs Harry Coope, circle president, outlined objectives as Rev Father Russell opened St Patrick s meeting with a welcome and a vote of regret from Rt Rev D J O Connor. Speakers included Rev John M Cooper and Rev Thomas E McGuigan while solos were performed by several artists.
Sweet graduates and others sent letters to the Navy Department asking for information on the historical development and present strength of world navies. Half a dozen letters daily pour in about naval history and current forces following a battleship cruise. One request seeks a list of British naval officers from foundation to now. another asks why bluejackets pants flare at the bottom, answered as protection for deck swabbing.
William Giles a 25 year old black man from 225 Virginia Avenue Southwest is at Emergency Hospital with multiple stab wounds after an altercation with Melvin Wallace, Arlington Hotel engineer. Wallace is held at Third Precinct station charged with assault. Witnesses say Giles insulted Wallace in the engine room. Wallace struck him and allegedly used a knife.
A special Washington to New York train will carry a party of guests of the New York World to attend the paper's twenty fifth anniversary events and the opening of its new building. Notables include senators representatives and other officials. A pyrotechnic display and a salute of twenty five aerial guns are planned at 9 o'clock tonight.
An advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as safe and pure for purifying blood restoring appetite and aiding digestion. It notes two forms liquid and Sarsatabs with 100 doses for one dollar and claims compliance with the Pure Food and Drugs Act.
A Washington office incident reports two Birmingham kittens smuggled in a registered mail sack from Alabama. The kittens survived long travel and were named Ham and Birning after their rescuers. They were placed with homes after departmental pet cat Muggs eyed a friendly reconciliation. Community notices include a Key Smith panel at the Columbia Historical Society and a charity recital by the Washington Readers’ Club at the Church of Our Father. Streetheart Soap free with Post.
Cardinal Logue left Washington for New York to preach at St Patrick's Cathedral tonight and begin a United States tour. Archbishops and bishops accompanied him to bid farewell at St Patrick's Rectory and he praised the Capital and Congressional Library on departure.
A report says no probability exists that Bishop O Connell of the Catholic University would be named to succeed Bishop Van de Vyver in Richmond. It notes uncertainty over Van de Vyver’s resignation and that his preferred successor would likely come from Virginia. It adds O Connell would likely not be moved from his university post to the Richmond diocese.
A parcels post convention between the United States and the Netherlands takes effect July 1. Parcels must not exceed 50 dollars in value or weigh over two and a half pounds. Postage rates: US to Netherlands 1 cent per pound or 4 pounds. Netherlands to US 80 cents Dutch for parcels over one kilogram and 1 guilder 10 cents for others. Delivery charges apply in both directions, and parcels cannot be registered.
Noted gem seizer F Theobald, famed for seizures under the Treasury during his four year tenure, plans to quit. He gained international fame for diamond seizures in Europe and on ships, including a $250000 haul for Lajeanes and an $8000 voyage gem recovered by Mrs Harrison Dulles.
Seventeen year old Harold TR Thor living near Fourteenth and Clifton Streets northwest was knocked from his bicycle near Beventerenth and streets by a carriage driven by Maj James J Gordon of Sixteenth Street Northwest. He was slightly injured, dressed at Dr C A Weaver’s office at 1614 Q Street, and later returned home in Gordon’s cartage.
Conference delegates to preach in Hamline Church at Ninth and FP streets northwest tomorrow. Rev Edwin Jo Lockwood DD of St Pauls Methodist Episcopal Cedar Rapids will preach at 9 am. Rev William A Quayle DD of St James Chicago will preach at 8 pm. Dr Lockwood will also speak at the Worth League service at 7 o'clock.
The document lists numerous guests and spouses staying at hotels in major cities including Baltimore Chicago Philadelphia New York Raleigh Arling ton and more. Names such as Barker Riggs Carroll Warren Whitney Goodwin Parker Parker Dutton and several others appear alongside hotel references and partial titles indicating a guest register or social column.
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