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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1909
Page
9
Milwaukee residents confront a brutal assault on 14 year old Hattie Zinda. Detectives link two men to the strangling at Humboldt Street near Commerce. A ribbon fragment and tools found in a Humboldt Boulevard home tie suspects to the crime as vigilance and fear sweep the city.
Funeral notices list multiple relatives and residences with dates around November and December. Interment planned at a cemetery, with survivors including daughters and grandchildren named in fragments. The obituary references ages and family connections across several households.
Notices from the Washington Post reproduced from a range of papers mention marriages and deaths. The text lists funeral directors and embalmers such as WM H Sardo and Thos A Costello, with addresses and basic service roles. Specific names, dates, and locations are incomplete due to OCR damage but indicate a standard obituary and marriage notice page with agency credits.
A distressed account describes a girl killed by strangling after an assault. The victim died Friday night with marks on neck and breast and a scarf tied tight as the motive, suggesting torture before death. Burnt matches and disturbed floors imply a struggle and offender restraint.
Special to Ine wanming von sor New Orleans Nov 17 Edward von Bulow first cousin of Prince von Bulow Germany killed himself by leaping into the river after marriage to a woman of negro descent. He had been arrested a week earlier on charges of violating anti miscegenation laws. He fled, writing to the district attorney that he would be beyond the court’s reach when his case stood.
Caroline D Gorgan, 27, of Green Island near Troy, found dead near the Hudson. Police probe a possible assault after she returned from work on Tuesday. A severed leg and thigh of a girl about 16 were found in an ash pit, ashes dumped Tuesday, suggesting a murder plot unfolding in the same city.
A clipped health office record lists numerous children and guardians by name, often with ages and affiliations to places like Georgetown University and various hospitals. The fragment includes references to multiple families, guardians, and potential caretakers, with inconsistent punctuation and many OCR oddities.
A dense list of marriage licenses granted in various counties and cities including Washington DC Richmond Chester Powhatan and Vienna with multiple couples named such as William T Essex III and Margaret Ly Aiken II John L Ferguson Frances R Fitton and Rev JH Shannon among many others. The lengthy notice enumerates spouses ages and locales across Virginia Maryland and beyond, reflecting a broad set of clerical registrations.
In Cherry, on November 1, two United States Geological Survey miners, Thomas Morris and Rich Williams, descended the St Paul mine shaft to assess the fire that killed over 300. They found cooler conditions and limited smoke but the gas and heat prevented further entry. Officials and militia guarded sleeping cars serving as a makeshift hospital as crowd unrest grew while talks continued.
Anna McGuire, wife of Oklahoma Representative Bird McGuire, received a divorce decree on incompatibility grounds in Guthrie Oklahoma. McGuire did not appear or oppose. decree becomes absolute in six months. Mrs McGuire, once famed as the best dressed woman in Washington and known as Mrs Oklahoma, aided his campaigns writing thousands of letters. They were married in Sedan Kansas in 18.
Mae Wood of Julesburg Colorado left for New York to face trial on perjury charges tied to proving herself the wife of former Senator Thomas C Piatt. The article notes the charges were dismissed.
Weather limited some participants in yesterday's Chevy Chase hunt but did not hinder the drag. The hounds ran well over six miles of fences and fields from a north Bethesda start, with a large turnout including diplomatic corps members. Tomorrow's hunt at Potomac P. Md. is set for 4 PM with breakfast at Chevy Chase Club at 6 PM.
A three day fox hound field trial is planned for the Christmas holidays after a formal meeting in Rockville Maryland. Andrew J Cummings of Chevy Chase is named chair to arrange the contest with a committee. Handled silver cups will be prizes and about 100 dogs are expected to compete featuring entrants such as Clarence Moore Andrew J Cumutinga Charles F Brooks John Bentlet Edmand C Davis Simon Nicholl James P Gott W Qaterbridge Krates Charles A Clagett and Clay Edwards.
Weather bulletin reports rain and snow likely across Maine and nearby areas tonight with unsettled conditions into Thursday and Friday. Brisk westerly winds shift to variable by Friday as temperatures range from near 40 to mid 40s, humidity around 40s to 80s percent, and sunshine hours around eight percent of daylight. Rivers Washington Fest and Shenandoah rivers are listed as clear.
The Bond Building at Fourteenth Street and New York Avenue was sold to an out of town investor for about 5000 dollars. Story and Cobb represented the buyer, with L Fristoe handling local brokerage. The building, built by Charles Bond of Boston and held in trust since his death, measures 11,654 square feet with significant frontage and an annual rent near 9,000 dollars. Tenants include Canadian Pacific Railroad, Citizens Bank, Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company, brokers, lawyers, and other professionals.
Spectal from Savannah Ga reports New York millionaire Wilson now of Palmetto Bluff SC ignored two summons to appear as a witness in case M R Mack. He refused to attend United States court for the Southern District of Georgia alleging intermediary links between the late H Estill and Wilson in the Palmetto Bluff home sale. An officer served a subpoena but Wilson declared he would not appear, opening possible contempt charges.
Explosion damages front of the Sacred Heart church near Terre Haute while 300 sticks of dynamite in parcels around the edifice fail to detonate. Fuses mis-set. more dynamite found in a tower near Father Mater's home amid local enmity over the new church. City offers $1000 for evidence against the dynamiters.
Boston Mesa November 17. Mrs Augusta E Stetson left New York after an eight hour conference with First Church of Christ Scientist directors. She appeared exhausted but unadmitted to being on trial. Directors remained uncommunicative. Archibald McLellan expected to issue any statement. Stetson was aided during a fainting spell and later resumed questions in the session.
Subata admits in court that he had prior swindle convictions in San Francisco Switzerland and Austria while denying that his wife Mrs Beck of New York City knew of the fraud. He contends their marriage was in good faith believing him to be the son of Archduke Nikola of Austria.
Special to The Washington Post from Cincinnati reports an alleged confession by L Warriner, former Big Four treasurer, detailing a $23,000 shortage in accounts, a clerk’s prior loss of $3,000, and pressure on Mrs Stewart-Ford as bond arrangements proceed. Attorneys seek bonds and claim friends will support her while noting Warriner’s own prior embezzlement.
Ottawa reports government disclosure of naval program including three Improved Bristol cruisers and four Improved River class destroyers. Estimated costs are 17,000 pounds for cruisers and 1,500,000 pounds for destroyers, with annual maintenance about 120,000 pounds. Plan includes Canadian military cooperation with the Imperial General Staff and officer exchanges with Great Britain.
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