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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1907
Page
2
A chaotic excerpt reports a heated dispute over charges against the superintendent of schools and potential immediate board action. It references a chancellor, New York counsel, and various unnamed officials amid legal and political maneuvering.
George Simmonon writes that the local effort to appoint school board members has produced an incompetent body and centralizes power. He urges choosing directors by the president or district commissioners and criticizes Dr Chancellor’s outsider appointment and the ongoing conflicts among board members.
In a heated exchange, a leading official levelled accusations against Chase amid a broader power struggle. The confrontation drew in multiple figures and amplified tensions around policy direction and governance.
An advertisement recounts a testimonial from a Michigan resident who used Grape-Nuts and gained three pounds, claiming steady weight gain from usual weight. The pitch cites a booklet from Mostum Co Battle Creek and references the Wellville tale in fiction as part of the promotion.
The funeral for Andrew Glass, longtime head of the Perpetual Building Association, will be held from 127 Fairmont Street on Tuesday at 2 o'clock. A native of Londonderry, Ireland, he died Saturday after paralysis. Born seventy-four years ago, he came to America at seventeen and settled in Washington where he lived through the Civil War era. He held multiple fraternal memberships including Scottish Rite Masonry and the Odd Fellows, and helped lay out the Agricultural grounds project as hot-house supervisor. He also served as belt line railroad superintendent and was a director of the cemetery. He leaves a daughter, Miss Anna Glass.
An elderly Washington couple, Mr and Mrs Dennett, who shared sixty years of life together, were buried together after a joint funeral at an Episcopalian church. The husband, a longtime choir leader, had prayed to die with his wife and died shortly after her accident seven weeks prior. The service was led by Rev Dr Totwins and Rev John Lovell. Mrs Dennett, a descendant of John Quincy Adams, had joined the church sixty years ago. The pair’s devotion and final prayers were cited as the guiding note of their life together.
The second week of Mrs Annie M Bradley's murder trial of former Senator Arthur Brown begins at 10 am before Justice Stafford as defense plans to examine witnesses. About thirty witnesses are expected for the defense with possible rebuttals by the government, and the case may extend into December.
The funeral for Dr Zam Houston chief medical referee in the Pension Office who died after a brief illness at Garfield Hospital will be held tomorrow at 2 p m at the residence on Tenth Street Northwest. He was born in Lancaster Pa sixty five years ago and had long served in the Pension Office. He was a thirty second degree Mason and member of the Bluest Inhabitants Amvocation. He is survived by five children Vernon David Gertie Pearl Houston and Mrs E Lewis. Services by Rev Guthrie of the Hamline wedteaat Church will be private and burial in Rack Creek Cemetery.
For those making or changing a will, consult a responsible Trust Company to ensure property is distributed according to personal wishes. Northwest cover at Fifteenth and Pennsylvania Avenue invites consultations before drawing or altering any will.
The Foundry Church held a memorial for Theodore A. Harding who died recently. Rev John W. Sumwall offered a prayer. Resolutions from various church boards and clubs were presented by Alf Browne, HT Buell, L E Breuninger, F J Stidtdard, M Gordon Starrow, Anson S Taylor, and others. Several address speakers included 8 W Woodward J C Pratt J H Warner Gen John W Foster Col W Halford and Rev Robert MM Moore. Central Labor Union resolutions were read, noting Harding's active interest.
Thousands of sightseers visited the new Union Depot in Washington as the first Pennsylvania Railroad train rolled in without ceremony at 3:07 a.m. and departed. The Congressional Limited from New York arrived at 4:00 a.m., while other railroads shifted to the new tunnel. About 30,000 people toured the corridors, yet there were no crowds or incidents of crime reported, and police managed the throng smoothly.
Weather bulletin describes disturbances along the Gulf Coast and across the Midwest. It notes rainfall in the Rio Grande area and extending into the Ohio Valley, with cooler conditions in the Lower Mississippi Valley and Nevada. Winds shift from east to northeast along the Atlantic coast and remain brisk along the South Atlantic and West Gulf coasts, while European port forecasts show variable winds and fair to tall weather ahead.
Fragmented OCR blends a funeral notice for Mrs J W Pracker with a garbled weather report. The readable bits mention a funeral service and assorted temperature data for various cities, but most details are unreadable. The piece lacks coherent structure or complete facts to form a solid brief.
Henry L Saur a 23 year old Southern Railway employee died of accidental gas asphyxiation in his room at 709 H Street NW. He had planned to marry Miss Marie Ennis the day after Thanksgiving and the couple spent the previous evening discussing wedding plans. A safetyless gas jet above his bed leaked, sealing his fate as Ennis, near Highth and K streets NW, learned of his death. Funeral is Wednesday at Prospect Hill Cemetery with Rev A H Wright officiating. Survived by his father, the stepmother, and a stepsister.
The thirteenth annual meeting of the Columbia Association of Baptist Churches will be held this week at Calvary Baptist Church at Eighth and H streets Northwest. Opening session tonight features Rev. Weston Bruner delivering the annual sermon, with reports from committees and a Calvary choir program.
WE BUY the best Pure Food Products obtainable and offer them to the people of Washington at cost plus a fair profit. New Grenoble Walnuts First to arrive in town 2c Ib Choice Layer Rai mie and a a pmmd Jordan Shelled Almands Placat quality Me a pound Valencia Shelled Almonds Finest quality 6te a pound Selected Shelled Pecans Halves Me a pound Dawn Town near the market.
Emer Brown twelve of 15 3 street NW is held in detention for juvenile court action amid allegations he stole five dollars and a bicycle from Mrs. Frederick Steimer at 718 Seventh Street SE and a sleeve from L White Busbey secretary to Speaker Cannon. Police say the boy, who visited his aunt Saturday, bought a toy train and other items with the money and later confessed.
The annual meeting of the District of Columbia branch of the American National Red Cross will be held today at 8 30 o'clock at the residence of W J Snardman 18 Patrest NW Reports of the year work will be read and addresses delivered by Medical Director John Wise U S N on the London Red Cross conference by M A Thames Lynch U S A Medical Service on the Red Cross in war Miss Boardman will speak on Plans for Red Cross Development
J F Reynolds, an ex-banker, testifies about Munyon's Rheumatic Remedy and other Munyon products. He claims full relief after two bottles and urges others to respond with their experiences. The advertisement-style narrative lists multiple Munyon cures and prices, including headaches and digestion aids.
A meeting of the S and S A R is set for next Wednesday evening at the Arlington. Judge Henry Stackbridge, president of the Maryland Society S A R, will give the opening address and greet Compatriot Bon. Davi agner Hill Minister to the Netherlands, who is to be the acclaimed successor to the late statue ta eca.
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