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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1907
Page
11
A genealogist reports on efforts to prove a lineage from Alfred the Great and secure royal admission for a claim. The article traces family names, estates, and contends with Crown orders while detailing the ambitious search and its setbacks.
A garbled OCR passage mixes names, places, and scattered words about a trial and various people. The text lacks coherent structure, with many nonsensical segments, making it impossible to extract a clear event, date, or attribution.
The article reports Enrico Caruso returning to the stage in Budapest under mixed acclaim. He faced disruptions as fans and press gathered. a press incident involved caricatures and a hat collection, while security and managers struggled with admission woes. Caruso remained a major draw, drawing praise for a successful London season and a note of honors from the German Emperor.
Teresa McDonald celebrates a golden anniversary in pastry cooking. She claims a record of 394000 pies baked, 2050 doughnuts in twenty seven years, and 784 forty puddings. If all pies were laid out they would reach seventy miles.
Report from foreign offer circles says Count Cassini, former Russian Ambassador to the United States, is slated for retirement from the post in Washington. He is to be succeeded by a new Russian minister at Brussels, replacing him in the Brue sus posting.
A montage of theater listings describes Belasco’s The Secret Orchard by Vinang from Ames and Loron Castle with stars Visrat Serine Adialde Prince and Blanche Walsham, plus Chew national shows and the Philadelphia Orchestra season opening at the National Theater with Saint Saens piano concerto and Wagner overture.
Rear Admiral Aga Walker retires from the U S Navy at age sixty two after a distinguished career highlighted by his actions at Manila Bay. Born November 1 1843 in Portsmouth NH he attended the Naval Academy at Annapolis and served at the Naval Observatory and various ships including the Trenton and Concord. He rose through the ranks with multiple promotions and earned meritorious recognition for his role in the Manila Bay engagement before concluding his service at the Naval Observatory in Annapolis Maryland.
Applications for reserved seats for the Associated Charities annual meeting at Metropolitan ME Church are many. Secretary Weller notes all seats are free and no collection will be taken to encourage intelligent public opinion on the charities. The life auditorium at John Marshall Place NW is secured. Reserved seats will be issued at 11 Street and granted freely while tickets last.
Bids opened by the Treasury for furnishing 28 00900 worth of shells including 200 target shells 2 000 common shells and 2 2 armor piercing shells. The lowest bidders listed for various calibers and components include Geistenein Ponewans Het Aly Ton Finch Che Firth sterting Co and others with bids from 896 000 to 3 214. American and Ortin Company Berhletem Steel Company and others. All bids based on furnishing the entire quantity requested.
A large campaign by Army Ad Service officers runs in New York and surrounding boroughs. Posters depict an athletic infantryman and promise steady work, good pay, board, clothes, and travel opportunities to recruit through vivid illustrations and text. Naval officers are ordered to prepare similar promotions while other Army moves assign officers and announce ship movements around the Atlantic theater.
The Bureau of Navigation prepares two ships for a fleet review by the President at Hampton Roads on December 16, one to review underway and the other at anchor. Rear Admiral Evans and division commanders will be aboard Mayflower. the President will later board Connecticut to meet captains and possibly visit other ships if tides allow. Secretaries Metcalf and Virowasan will accompany the President from the Navy Department and attend the review.
The annual Judge Advocate General of the Navy report shows 74 general courts-martial and 6092 summary trials, with 26 officers and 1288 enlisted men tried, 30 and 129 respectively convicted. Most offenses were desertion or absence without leave, and a new ten grade penalty schedule was adopted to reduce sentence disparity.
Fragmentary record lists officers and roles including Lieut Temibon, Sir Gighiweath Tafuntryforr, Alfred N. Wilson, and Willu Powell with duty during November and December 1907. Mentions quartermasters, ordnance board discussions, adjutants, and promotions exams by boards at Washington and Fort Minn, with dates and unit references in a historic military personnel ledger style.
New York November 13 Miss Helen Vartei Boswell, returning from the Canal Zone, says Panama is a great matrimonial market for women seeking husbands. She organized a federation of women’s clubs for the Secretary of War, noting distinct groups among Isthmus women and the need for an outsider to unite them.
A massive OCR compilation lists numerous names and places such as New Willard, Raleigh, Chicago, and Pittsburgh, mixing individuals like James Eter and Eb Wandward with hotels and cities across the United States, suggesting a directory-like crowd of travelers and residents. The text threads through hotels, streets, and states, naming many people, spouses, and locales in a sprawling ledger.
Social gossip from the era covers a coatless Alfonso bragging over birds as Queen Alexandra and Queen Maud watch from afar, with King Edward joking about the danger of his wife approaching. Separate items note Mr. and Mrs. Harriman hosting in New York, theater crowd fears, fashion’s rising hat costs, and social routines of Mrs. Fairbanks and the Goulds, plus upcoming Saengerbund dance plans and an Arts Society meeting.
Mrs Althna Queen, aged about 100, known for ties to presidents and colonial Maryland lineage, died after blood poisoning. Survived by eight children, many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral at Eldbrooke Methodist Episcopal Church with interment in its cemetery. Pocahontas Society notes no meeting until next week.
George Cheinicer argues against prohibition in Washington DC, citing personal liberty and economic harm. He claims enforcement harms thousands of workers, questions the logic of a city vote, and warns of a walling off approach to the capital’s moral landscape.
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