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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1907
Page
19
A genealogist reports on a claimant who argues lineage from Alfred the Great, appealing for royal admission. The article details efforts to prove ancestry amid denials, tracing scattered names, titles, and family connections across contested lines.
A garbled OCR passage centers on a singer overwhelmed by emotions in a public setting. The text references seats, a crowd, and a dramatic moment, with scattered names and uncertain details. The article tone resembles a bygone newspaper note on an emotional performance.
The renowned tenor Enrico Caruso faced a muted Budapest audience as managers limited admission to his concert. He still captivated the crowd with a three-song encore while fans sent a hat and bouquet to his stage door. Reporters noted his long season, decorations by the German Emperor, and a dramatic public showing in which a wandering crowd pressed for more.
Teresa McDonald explains pastry mastery as she marks a golden anniversary. She claims a 40 year bake streak with 3M pies baked, 114 row reach seventy miles, and counts 2050 doughnuts in 27 years plus 784 puddings.
Foreign circles report that Count Cassini, former Russian ambassador to the United States, is slated to retire from the post. He may be succeeded by another figure currently serving in Moscow.
A roundup of forthcoming plays and shows across major venues. Belasco presents The Secret Orchard from a novel basis with an international cast, while other theaters including Columbia and the National promise a slate of musicals, comedies, and a Philadelphia Orchestra concert.
Rear Admiral Aga Walker retires at age sixty two after a long naval career highlighted by the Battle of Manila Bay. He served as Superintendent of the Naval Observatory in Annapolis and will return to his home there.
Applications for reserved seats at the Annual Meeting of the Associated Charities on Monday evening at the Metropolitan M E Church are numerous. The meeting will be free of charge with no collection. The aim is to develop intelligent public opinion on the work of the Associated Charities and its committees. The life auditorium at John Marshall Place and Street Northwest is secured, and all seats will be open to the public. Reserved seats are issued at KIY 4 Street and granted freely while seats remain.
Bids were opened for furnishing 28 00900 worth of shells including 200 target shells 2 000 common shells and armor piercing shells. Multiple bidders submitted quoted prices for 12 inch 60 caliber and other large naval artillery components from Geistenein Ponewans to Berhletom Steel Company and American and Ortthin Manufacturing Company. All bids based on furnishing the entire quantity requested by Troposparta.
Army advertisements in street cars promise a permanent job with good pay and perks to recruit. Placards show an infantryman and cavalryman with text touting world travel, experience, and steady benefits. Navy officers oversee the contracts while promotions and postings are listed for various naval and marine personnel.
The Navy plans two review modes for the fleet before the President at Hampton Roads on December 16. One review will occur at sea during movement, the other while anchored. The President will decide which plan to adopt. A banquet for Rear Admiral Evans and party is set for December 15.
The annual report of Judge Advocate General Capt Dehl notes increases in general courts-martial to 74 and summary courts-martial to 6092 for the year. Twenty-six officers and 1,288 enlisted men were tried, with most enlisted convictions for desertion or absence without leave. A new ten item schedule of graded penalties aims to standardize sentences, while prison capacity strains prompt plans for Portsmouth and Norfolk facilities.
A historical wartime orders record lists numerous lieutenant and captain designations, promotions, assignments, and duties. It details officers from Lanven to Powell and Hoffman with postings at fort facilities, ordnance, quartermaster duties, and artillery units. It notes instructor duties, adjutants, and examination boards for officer promotions, with multiple references to November and December 1907 dates and locations such as Washington DC and Sandy Hook.
New York November 13 A former Canal Zone organizer Miss Helen Vartei Boswell told the Women’s Republican Club at Delmonico’s that Panama is a vast matrimonial market welcoming any woman seeking marriage. She described three social groups there clerical, steam shovel and official ladies and said outsiders were needed to unite them into clubs.
An OCR source lists numerous individuals, spouses, and associated places grouped by city and state across the United States and abroad. The fragment reads like a hotel guest or attendee index with frequent mentions of Willard addresses, regional locales, and a mix of personal names, relationships, and affiliations without coherent narrative.
Social notes recount King Alfonso ignoring Queen Victoria’s coat request during a royal shooting at Windsor. Edward peers on as Alfonso shoots with precision, wife and queens nearby, laughter erupts as coat is finally donned. Also covered are Mrs Harriman leasing Fifth Avenue house for winter, theater hat craze impacting seating, and social moves of Fairbanks family in Washington with plans for engagements and charity events.
Mrs Allina Queen, aged near 100, died after blood poisoning at her home near Rock Creek Park. Born in 1847 in Humesburg, she came to the District in 1906, mother of eight, grandmother to many, linked to the Paxton and Solomon families. Funeral at Eldbrooke Methodist Episcopal Church with interment in the church cemetery. Pocahontas Society postpones meeting to next Thursday.
George Cheinicer writes in support of personal liberty in Washington DC amid prohibition talk. He argues for against statewide bans, noting enforcement harms workers and small businesses, urging Congress to resist prohibition and protect District residents' rights.
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