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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1909
Page
4
Expert W H Davis claims Mme Palladino’s manager paid for luminous phosphorescent paint and admits fees from a select group to attend seances. Carrington says the paint was bought to prevent deceit, while critics push for independent tests. Davis questions the science and warns publicity may skew investigations.
The account discusses stage tricks used in séances including wire clamps, suction devices, and supposed levitation. Dr. Davis explains common methods like hidden hand movements, lever mechanisms, and confederates, noting Mme Palladino did not require such apparatus according to him.
Lieut Col B R James and Maj or Beresford of the British embassy arrived to observe the New York horse show and were guests at Port Myer. About 1200 spectators watched three troops of the Fifteenth cavalry and one battery of the Thi ndfeld artillery drill under Capt Lindsey, Capt Andrews, Lt Tate, and Lt Shepherd without incident.
Mrs Dine belle Thompson Christy wife of artist Howard Chandler Christy of New York filed habeas corpus proceedings in Zanesville Ohio to gain possession of the couple’s 10 year old child. The child was staying with Mr Christy’s parents and was not at home when the sheriff served the papers.
In Chicago on November 19 Dr. Wilfred T. Grenfell and bride Anne Elisabeth MacClanahan plan a Labrador honeymoon joining his missionary work among fishermen and oppressed natives. The couple will face harsh travel to the frozen north, leaving luxury for a life among hardship and poverty as Mrs Grenfell assists in aiding starving people along the coast.
Highlights include social rites in Porto Rico with infant garments in baptismal ceremonies, Meadow Brook Hunt on Nassau County’s south side with 22 riders and a master of hounds, dramatic episode of Mrs Belmont halting a roadblock, and a discreet marriage of Frederick Goss in London finally arriving in Chicago. The paper also reports Yale students’ interference and an alderman’s quick wedding, plus legal and financial news about Mrs Harriman’s management of the Wells Fargo and Harriman estate and a breach of promise suit involving Dr Samuel D Webber.
A woman in Tad. Nov 1% allegedly took poison after urging her husband Joseph Bidwell to grant a divorce. He refused, she swallowed carbolic acid and collapsed in his presence, dying minutes later in his arms. The couple had contested the divorce.
A cryptic note describes Fluffy Raffles planning a sightseeing car ride from the Treasury between 12 and 1 PM to let people see him, with hours calling off then. He notes an engagement between 1:30 and 2:20 PM at Eleventh and F, and a food show at Convention Hall tonight. The letter hints at a Mother’s Bread Girl identity and warns pursuers he may be captured in Washington, and mentions encounters with a soft black hat man and women who spoke with him.
In a vivid Broad Street style, the writer recounts eluding a lively sidewalk crowd in Westangton. Surrounded by curious onlookers and playful inquiries like "Are you Fluffy?", the scene stays harmless as the author notes no real danger while enjoying the bustle and observing familiar faces near the Goldenberg store and New National Theater.
Society notes report Beatrice Mills Granard, now Countess of Granard, pushing on with a Linden League like project modeled after Primrose League. She practices elocution and aspires to be a musical speaker, while critics doubt her tongue suits politics and facial charm may win votes. Andrew Carnegie travels via the Old Dominion Line, meeting President Taft in Norfolk after a New York departure.
The Warrenton Hunt Club hosted a weekend drag at Sunnyside Estate ending at Clifton. Miss Ann Gordon Stone, daughter of Mr and Mrs Blone, impressed by finishing close to first in her debut drag, with Master James Maddux and many riders including Gow Hand and Mr Oscar Crosby attending the meet.
Clarence Robert McClure and Nellie C Doran, both of Washington, had their marriage license denied by the circuit court clerk in Rockville Maryland on November 19. The refusal cited the groom’s underage status and lack of parental written consent.
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