Wedding Flight Ends in Death in Philadelphia Hotel
Charles Clonan, 22, of Pittsburgh, a traveling salesman, killed himself with carbolic acid in a Filbert Street hotel three weeks before his wedding to Cora Mae Leighter of Lewistown Pennsylvania. A photo of Miss Leighter was found clutched in his hand, and a letter he wrote to her described his financial troubles and love. The bride-to-be, 19, fears she had predicted the tragedy as she prepared her trousseau. The body was discovered after hotel staff forced entry. a new suit was found in his bag.
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Philadelphia
Cora Mae Leeighter
Lewistown
Charles
Clanan
Pittsburg
Filbert Street
Clohan
Miss Leighter
Clonan
Sie
Richel
Lewiston
Vic Miss Leighter
Ler Trousseau
Onan
Clyde
Winshand
Florence
Philaddel
Stewart
Broad Street
Flo
Moon
Oil Controversy Taken Up at Washington Meeting
Vieima ies Sh. ML EL Davis,, the comfort giviner of the Site Department Washington, arrives to confer with American ambassador Richard cy evens on a potash dispute and a heightening clash between Nuetoan government and Standard Oil. Restrictions lifted but no vessels with Standard Oil demanded. ongoing tensions widen the oil controversy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil Company
Plate
Mathins
Auma Fader
Brigadier General Guion Dies at Home
Brig. Gen. Guion Murray Guion, Civil War veteran, dies at his home today. He was aged in the late 80s or 90s and is survived by a son and daughter Jenay Washington Bost and Col. Nev. 102 Brig. Jee Murray Guion.
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Guion
Jenay Washington Bost
Talelady
Jee Murray Guion
Ins
Itching Rash on Face and Neck Prompts Cuticura Slow Cure
A reader reports a severe itching rash on the face and neck that kept them awake. After attempts with two doctors failed, Cuticura Soap and Ointment finally restored sleep and cleared the skin. The letter endorses Cuticura for itching burns and skin health and notes availability from Potter Drug and Chem Corp with a guide to treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Silver
West 38Th St
New York
Jogg
Tsay
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Boston
Maas
No Doctor Called For Her Church In Wilmington
Miss Mary Bridgers heiress and Christian Science leader in Wilmington died after a short typhoid illness and injuries from a fall in October. She was treated by a New York practitioner under Augusta E. Stetson. The Wilmington church, built with Bridgers support, was closed after church members questioned Stetson’s treatment and the local church’s standing.
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Washington Petr
Wilmington
Nev. W
Mary Bridgers
Christian Science
Robert BR. Bridgers
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
New York
Augusta E. Stetson
Jet
Christian Science Church
Brugers
Christian Science Board of Directors
Augusta Stetson
Cook's Rock Not Summit of Mount McKinley Claim Refuted
Prof Parker, just back from McKinley area, says Cook never reached the peak and produced a photo claim and evidence that a staged rock photo was mistaken for Mount McKinley. Parker asserts the ascent failed above 400 feet and identifies the rock used in Cook's illustration as a duplicate near the base.
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Parker
McKinley
Washington
New York
Werschet de Varker
Columbia
Frederick A. Cook
Stount McKinley
Tod
Cook
Ghimer
Mount McKinley
Fort
Witteveral
U D C Amends Law For Membership Eligibility
At the national convention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy in Little Rock Arkansas the constitution was amended restricting eligibility to widows wives and lineal descendants of men who served in the war and to women who provide personal advice.
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Little Rock
Ark
National Convention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy
Flood Displaces 500 in Eastern France
News from aris reports severe flood conditions in eastern France as Muerthe and tributaries overflow. Villages inundated including Nancy where many homes are submerged and the Moselle valley is lake like. Cruegot Steel Works area threatened by rising Gagne river. factories forced to close.
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Aris
France
Muerthe
Nancy
Moselle
Gagne
Cruegot
Banks to Share in Loan to China Worth 30 Million
London reports an agreement signed today by English German and French banks to participate in a 30 million dollar loan to China. The lenders include Morgan Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Co and the Dutch East Asiatic Bank among others.
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London
China
Morgan ‘Aus
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Company
Aniatic Bank
Tragedy in Johnson City ends with self‑inflicted wound
In Johnson City Tennessee on November 10 Tom Ryan a 40 year old colored man shot and killed his wife and her father after a family quarrel. He fled but was captured later and then shot himself in the breast with a revolver. He will recover.
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Washington
Parland Cow to Lose Calf in Coming Days
John Scott of KE declares Pauline the Kite House cow must part with her calf soon. The pair spent a brief time grazing before returning to the stable as preparations for separation proceed. W W Price, awaiting the calf, visits the stables daily to admire his prospective protege.
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Pauline
John Scott
Pautiné
New York
Tauline
K. E
Scott
W. W. Price
Raina
Maine militia to use Puritan for mine tests
Portland dispatch reports the Puritan will be used at Norfolk next Tuesday for experimental mine firing. Damage will be repaired and the vessel turned over to the Maine naval militia, which had previously been assigned the Puritan as barracks and training ship.
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Portland
Maine Naval Militia
Norfolk
Maine Militia
Waymouth
Naval Militia
Maine
Naval Amilitia
Charles
Marsil
UW. S. No
Hazing Investigation at Naval Academy Expands
Special to The Washington Post Annapolis Md Nov 19 authorities probe a new hazing case at the Naval Academy involving six third class midshipmen. The incident occurred days ago but only now emerges publicly. Several officers receive reassignment and duty notices as part of ongoing personnel changes.
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Washington Po
Annapolis
Naval Academy
Midshipmen
Alexandria Landmarks Superseded by Modern Buildings
Washington Post Bureau reports wreckers remove the Cameron Street passenger and freight depots in Alexandria near Fayette and Henry, marking the disappearance of two local landmarks. The passenger station hasn’t been used since the new union station opened years ago, and the freight depot closed last Monday after a modern freight station began operating adjacent to the union. The old “local” station served trains to Washington from the early 1870s until the electric railway arrived about fifteen years ago.
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Washington Post Bureau
Kings Street
Alexandria
Cameron Street
Fayette and
Henry Streets
Union Station
Union
Lo Real
Washington
Carlin Wins 749 Votes In City Election
The Alexandria election canvass shows Representative Carlin unopposed with 749 votes. Four state constitutional amendments drew a high of 738, as reported after yesterday’s canvass. Edward Crane died at his Del Ray home after a long illness, survived by wife, son Richard, and two daughters. Miss Ethel M Craven’s funeral held at South Lee Street home with Rev. John M Holmes officiating. Master Masons visited by local and DC associations. several candidates conferred the master Mason degree. Marriage of Wiltie Nagel Smith to William F. Smith announced. ceremony at Christ Episcopal Church. Alexandria jail remodeling will shift prisoners to Fort Myer Heights jail to meet state requirements.
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Commissioners of Election
Corporation Court
Carlin
Edward Crane
Alexandria County
del Ray
Richard Crane
John 7B
Duncan
Mira"Patterson
Crane
England
E. M. Craven
Ethel M. Craven
Willam Craven
South Lee Street
John M. Holmes
Methodist Protestant Church
Tiem Entwisle
Charles Entwisle
Clay Phillips
John Knight
Richard Talbot
William Simpson, Jr
Ueen Mace
Wiltie Nagel Smith
3. A. Smith
William F. Smith
Alexandria
Christ Protestant Episcopal Church
William Jackson Morton
Fort Myer Jail
Alexandria City
Jai On Fort , Myer Heights
Cable Toll Cut Planned By Commercial Cable Co
New York Nov 10 President Clarence T X Mackay announced a plan to reduce commercial cable rates from 25 40 12 1 2 cents per word on plain language messages. The new 12 1 2 cent rate would count five letters as a word and require agreements with European governments before taking effect. Higher rate messages get transmission precedence while code use is prohibited.
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New York
Commercial
Clarence TX
Mackay
Maryland D A R Holds Sixth Annual State Conference
Annapolia Maryland November 1 A Daughters of the American Revolution session opened with 125 Maryland state chapter members in attendance. Mrs J Pembroke Thom served as state regent and presided as delegates from all state chapters gathered for the sixth annual conference.
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Maryland
D. A.R
Annapolia
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
J. Pembroke. Thom
Mrs Laura Farnsworth Schenck Accused of Poison Plot in Wheeling
In Wheeling West Virginia Mrs Laura Farnsworth Schenck is jailed on charges of attempting to poison her millionaire pork packer husband. A detective posing as a nurse testified she offered $1000 to add arsenic to his medicine at North Wheeling Hospital. Schenck denies guilt blaming his relatives and awaits arraignment as doctors confirm arsenic traces.
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Wheeling Packer
Wheeling
W. Va
Laura’ Farnsworth Schenck
F. L. Hupp
Schenck
City Hospital
Gregory Acker
Hupp
North Wheeling Hospital
Educators in Convention at University of Virginia
The annual conference of the Association of American Universities opened at the University of Virginia with twenty universities represented. Three papers were to be read: The Question of Allowing Credit for Professional Work toward a BA, by W. S. Bryan. The Degree of Master of Arts, by Calvin Thomas. and The Appointment and Tenure of University Professors, by Charles B. Van Hise. Delegates were entertained that evening at President Alderman's residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles B. van Hise
University of Wisconsin
Alderman
Suicide attempt leads to wedding in Maryland
Cumberland Maryland November marriage follows a suicide attempt on the street by Ritla M Wigginton age 17 a former telephone operator. Helfrich John A. married her in Oakland after she drank poison and was revived by Dr Howard. The couple reportedly quarreled the night before the incident and the wedding occurred amid reconciliation.
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Cumberland
John A. Helfrich
Ritla
M. Wigginton
John Wigginton
Fairmont
Oakland
Sbe
Helfrich
French Heel Cramp A New Foot Ailment From High Heels
An article warns of a fashionable French heel ailment dubbed de Paine Talon Haut spreading among women. It causes intense instep pain that may spread to nerves and the nervous system. Home treatment includes heat water with Calacide compound, applied nightly for weeks. Calacide, bought 25 cents, claims to relieve corns, bunions, callouses, tired feet, and more, with rapid improvement in some cases.
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France
de Paine
WAY END CHURCH DISPUTE AT VIRGINIA CONFERENCE
Richmond Va Nov 10 discussion of Cannon resolutions on Randolph Macon college relations to the Methodist Church occupied Virginia annual conference for two sessions Speakers argued the issue has persisted three years and now seems farther from settlement Late afternoon after many substitutes were rejected the first two resolutions were adopted amending to extend college board action to March 1 1911 The remaining six resolutions were not reached before adjournment
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Washington Post
Richmond
Randolph-Macon System of Colleges
Methodist Church
Seriatim
College Board
Infant Mortality Meeting Chooses Directors
Baltimore on November 1 witnessed the second session of the American Association for the Study and Prevention of Infant Mortality. Directors were chosen in the afternoon, eight retiring members were reelected, and new members Miss Jane Addams of Chicago and Mrs. Else Graupner of San Francisco joined. Reports came from two affiliated groups as discussions focused on philanthropic prevention of infant mortality.
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Baltimore
American Association For the Study
Jane Addams
Chicago
Else Graupner
San Francisco
Col Butler Fitch Dead War Department Clerk and Civil War Veteran
Col Butler Fitch a long serving War Department clerk died at 80 in the Nolanda apartment house after 27 years in Washington. A Civil War veteran who rose from captain to colonel, he helped form the Union Veterans Legion and will be buried in Arlington Cemetery with funeral services at Wrights chapel. He is survived by his wife four children and all grandchildren.
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Ol. Butler Fitch
War Department
Nolanda
Union Veterans’ Legion
Wrights Undertaking Chapel
Col
Fitch
Arlington Cemetery
Col. Fitch
Waslington
Enlsting
Frankliin, Noy
Outlaw defies sheriff from Kentucky mountains
Jake Noble, aided by armed relatives, killed Breathitt county jailer Wesley Turner and is entrenched in Lost Creek in the Kentucky mountains. Two men have begun a pursuit to arrest him. Noble warned the sheriff to bring two coffins if he advances.
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Lexington
Jake Noble
Wesley Turner
Breathitt County
Lest Creek
Noble
Movements of Ocean Steamers From Various Ports Reported
A maritime update lists sailings and arrivals of multiple liners. Ships include New York Lusitania from Liverpool, Genoe Regina d Italia from New York, and Volturno from Rotterdam. It notes decks around specific times for Sable Inland La Lorraine, Minne tenka, Cape Race Philadelphia, Rotterdam, Blasconset Berlin, and other vessels.
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New York
Lusitania
Liverpool
Genoe—Regina
Cherbourg
George Washington
Queenstown
Friesland
Philadelphia
Teucouin
Naples
Aosta
Sable
la Lorraine
Ware
Minnetenka
London
Cape Race
Southampton
Rotterdam
Blasconset
Berlin
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Mr. Davis
Big Bill
Harris Ewing
Wayne
White House
Miss Bridgers
W.imington, N.C
Cook's Rock
U. D.C
Saone
Johnson City
Parland
Monteor
ARMY
Swares
Ralph 8. Rorter
Lyman ON
Fourteenth Infantry
Val E. Miltenberger
Medical Reserve Corps
Philippines
Kelton L. Pepper
Twenty-third Infantry
Hot Springs
Feport
Army and Navy General Hospital
Cal
John M. Banister
Medical Corps
Edward P. O'Hern
Ordnance Department
Proving Ground
Sandy Hook
Garfield EL. McKinney
Medi Out Corps
Oral Hospital
Presidio of
Meriwether L. Wagker
Corps of Engiteers
Amay
Fort Learnoh
Kaus
NAVAL
J. F. Daniels
Duty Engineering Experimental Station
Aval Academy
F. W. McNath
Naval Torpero Station
Newport
R. A. Burg
Guest
W. Seaman
Naval Hospital
Pensacola
L. P
D. R. Dykes
Oe Medical School
Woodward
H. Brooks
Birmingham
P. A. Surg
R. J. Straeten
Navy
Omaha
Nebr
M. E. Thggins
Naval Profund
Indian Head
Sttingham
Bailey
Iain Moody
Snydersville
Franklin County
Castoria
Boars
Cameron
Fayette Street
K. Mw, Smith
W. F. Smith
Avers
Educators IN Convention
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Harry Sitlington
Fannie Brown
Walker Street
Geneva
Morgantown
William Anderson
Ira Anderson
Bristol
Tenn
Butler
Virginia
Gol
Butler Fitch
Franklin, N. Y
Outlaw
Sanders & Stayman Co
F Street
Webers
Esteys
Decker Bros
Knabe, Chickering, Chase
Fischer, Ludwig
King Street
Alexandria, Va
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Iit
Los Angeles
Chicago & North Western
Union Pacific
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Milbourne
G. A
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J. B. DeFriest
Broadway
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