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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1910
Page
8
A crowded Florida scene centers on Miss Fleming amid a historic dispute over the Leviathan and governance. Notables include Vice President Sherman, Secretary Meyer, and Governor Gitchnst as about 100000 spectators witness the event.
The Florida is described as the heaviest U S warship launched weighing about 9000 tons, with armament including ten 12 inch guns, sixteen 6 inch rapid fire, and two 32 inch field guns. Details cover armor belts, displacement, power, speed, and dimensions, noting the keel laid March 9 4999 and completion expected in about a year.
Fragmentary text references the Navy Dreadnought class ships, Washington politics, and Senatorial topics. Mentions Brooklyn, Florida, and naval arrangements. Lacks coherent events or dates. cannot determine a clear news item from the fragment.
Obscure OCR fragment lists multiple obituaries and memorials from May 1910. Mentions include Henry J and Relates Interment May 10 1910 at Penn Hospital, Mary Annie Floag, Patrick Rack Creek May 1 1910, and Henry Witdard among others. The text references residences, ages, and funeral details with scattered names and addresses.
The battleship Florida slid into the water in a dramatic Brooklyn yard launch watched by crowds of up to 100000. The ship, weighing 781 tons on river insertion with 218 percent final draft, featured all four screws and a complex steel cradle crisis. Vice President Roosevelt attended with dignitaries, while Miss Fleming christened the vessel amid champagne and cheers.
Detected by last night arrest of Samuel Washington a black man believed to be the suspect in the robbery of Mrs Kate Wilson Green of 115 Sixteenth Street Northwest. Police hold Washington for investigation on suspicion of stealing 100 dollars in cash.
An OCR fragment lists multiple intended marriages including Tayman of Somerset Fa and Ilan M Edwards of Pittsburgh Pa with officiant Rev J B Mo John NI Knowies. Also mentions Catherine D Laing Wo Hey Fawin Mo Blue and George Dvonls 72 with Avgula Chaconas. Additional entries include Rev Jab B Robsonon and Delia Miller and Rev Yona B Jisbinson.
Health office records list numerous births and deaths with dozens of names and ages. Individuals include Richard Nellis Fletcher George Wana Annie Resnolds and others, with hospitals such as Memorial and Freedman’s noted, ages ranging from 2 years to 75 years, and locations like 667 Street and 646 Host NW mentioned in fragments.
Secretary MacVeagh plans new designs and smaller sizes for U S banknotes. The Treasury will use drawings from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and seek mint guidance this summer. Aimed at cheaper printing and prettier engravings, the reform could trim costs by reducing bill dimensions.
The Aero Club of America plans a week long world aviation championship at Hempstead plains Long Island near New York City with a triangular 3 mile course and a grand stand to seat large crowds Belmont Park is a possible site The event runs October 22 with Curtiss and other foreign entrants anticipated by press reports from Cortlandt Field Bishop in Europe The meet is organized under the International Aeronautic Federation and the Aero Club of America with Wright brothers licensing entrants and rival concerns voicing opposition to administration.
Special to The Washington Post from Douglas Georgia May 17 convicts were kept from escaping last night by two Black life prisoners who held Winchester rifles and warned of death for any break. The white guards were alleged intoxicated and absent. The camp five miles from town faced the standoff as the two men protected the inmates through the night. A petition seeks Gov Brown to recognize the two Black guards in fidelity.
Funeral services for Grafton Tyler were conducted yesterday at the chapel near Ua Hil Cemetery. The Rev James H Wi Blake of Christ Episcopal Church officiated, with interment at Ook He Cemetery.
A New York report shows opera stars from the Metropolitan and Manhattan Opera earning record sums from performances and phonograph records during the past season. Enrico Caruso leads with about 200000 from performances plus phonograph income. Fremstad Farrar Gadski Destinn among top solos, with annual totals rising into tens of thousands.
Amsterdam May 1 reports say Princess Juliana is perfectly well and in good health. Public gossip of serious illness is unfounded and indicates no lasting health issues. Queen Wilhelmina arranged a long carriage drive as the princess resumed normal activities.
Danish France May 12 reports British statesman Joseph Chamberlain is much better and may be seen daily walking the boulevards. Chamberlain, who has been in ill health for a long time, arrived February 21 to recuperate.
Jurors wept as Frank Walsh argued that a will clause and alleged link to a cashiered executor tied Dr Clark Hyde to Cot Thomas Swope’s murder. Prosecutors claimed a connecting link was lacking and witnesses described the case as built on suspicions and exaggerations.
An extensive tremor shook Walley and Washington counties in Texas on May 12 alarming inhabitants and rattling structures. Reports describe widespread fear, with some speculating an underground oil field explosion while others attribute it to subterranean activity. The event occurred under a clear sky with no storm or thunder evident, and many people expressed concern as the ground quivered.
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