Brother-in-law Pleads for Reconciliation in Farragut Square
Mrs Velma Grissom, despondent after a four year divorce, shot herself in Farragut Square. Her brother-in-law Eugene Grissom, a pension office worker, arrived to support her, while her husband reportedly planned to visit. Doctors say recovery possible but risk of infection remains high.
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Velma
Griacom
Kim
Farragut Square
Brn
Eugene Grissom
Fension
Lves
Woming
Grissom
Lawrence Algo
White
ARRAIGNS NEGRO BISHOP IN RACE PERSECUTIONS FEAR
Agent Green accuses Bishop Turner of African Methodist teachings that could trigger civil and political persecutions for Black Americans. He claims Turner’s sermons threaten unity and the Lord’s Prayer by rejecting the Supreme Court and inflaming racial tensions.
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Green
Turner
Jonny Green
United States
United States Supreme Court
Flo
Florida
Colored College
Unofficial report: slight quake felt in Harrisburg area
An unofficial Weather Bureau assessment says a very slight earthquake was felt mainly in Harrisburg and the northwest city sector. Prof Henry noted early reports from Harrisburg and said tremors would be imperceptible to most unless one is recumbent. The event was reportedly recognized by Mr Blount in Georgetown via a Telegraph dispatch.
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Harrisburg
Weather Bureau
Henry
Hook
Protin
Post
Mr Blount
Georgetown
Italy Shaken by Minor Earthquake Hits Ariano Cathedral
A slight quake was recorded across Italian observatories this morning, felt strongest in the eastern central and southern regions. Damage was limited to the cathedral of Ariano in Aguila, with no lives lost reported.
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Ariano
Rome
Aguila
Police Sentence Breakup of Southeast City Gang
Police claim William Walker and William McKnight confessed after interrogation at headquarters to more than fifteen robberies across the southeast and southwest. They admitted stealing overcoats hats clothing and watches and targeting delivery wagons by trailing the vehicle and taking articles in view. They face charges of house breaking robbery and petty larceny in police court.
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7 &C
Vem Walker
William McKnight
Horn Flathers
Fortnoy
Hlao
Anniversary Observance by Army and Navy Union Chapter
At Asbury M E Church in Lincoln the Army and Navy Union Gen Guy V Henry Garrison No 9 celebrated its fourteenth anniversary with 80 attendees. National Commander Browne and staff spoke on aims and work, praising the garrison. Notables including George A Janey Frank Hinton Edward Bordenheimer and twelve veterans with 30 years service were presented. Ladies Auxiliary wore red white and blue regalia as representatives from several officials attended.
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Guy V. Henry Garson
Army and Navy Union
Asbury M E
Guy V Henry Garrison
Guy W. Henry Garrison
Jones
Adjt Harri
Mr Clair
J . Browne
Adolph van Reuth
William A Hickey
Augustus Valentine
S. E. Houck
Pety
Brow
Guy V . Henry Garrison
George A. Janey
Frank Hinton
Edward Bordenheimer
Henry Ore
Albert Palsome
Robert Kenney
Henry Jackson
John Dale
Mathew Anderson
John Wiggins
Robert Henderson
Wiliam Green
Wadies
Sighty Strong
Col Theodora Rosevelt
Ren. William Barry
D. D. Porter Garrijena
Rheumatism and its limits in treatment
Rheumatism is described as an inflammatory joint condition affecting the body, yet the note states it cannot be cured by focal therapies and remains resistant to such targeted remedies.
Burton to Seek New Trial After Federal Conviction
United States Senator J Ralph Burton of Kansas was convicted on six counts in a federal circuit court for accepting compensation in St Louis while serving as a senator. He faces sentence at 10 o clock tomorrow before Judge Van Devanter. His lawyers plan a new trial motion and possible appeal. The defense contests jurisdiction and the propriety of the Post Office Department counts. Burton stayed at the Southern Hotel and declined to comment or meet visitors.
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St. Louis
United States
J. Ralph Burton
Kansas
Federal Circuit Court
St Louis
Rialto Grain and Securities Company
Post Office Department
Washington
van Devanter
Lichmann
Burton
J. Louis
Amd
Senator Burton
Southern Hotel
Viittate
Corset Fraud Charged in Chicago Firm Swindle Case
Police allege L D Abbott & Co based at 333 Wabash avenue ran a corset and skirt operation that swindled hundreds of thousands nationwide. E C Hughes, a former preacher, co founder and associates were arrested after detectives seized offices and Abbott denied ties to the firm while asserting he allowed Hughes to use his name for a book company.
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Chicago
L. D. Abbott & Co
Wabash Avenue
E. C Hughes
Be & Co-Partner
R .& Hamilton
C. M. Reed
L. D Abbott
East St. I
Anb
Hughes
L D. Abbott
East St. Louis
Abbott
Eb”L Hughes
S Book Company
Peddlers Robbed by Italians on Lancaster Railroad Camp Run
Four peddlers Isaac Francis Joseph Maurice Abbis Shibent and Moses Albert were robbed by eight armed Italians between Creswell and Safe Harbor on the new railroad. Francis and Maurice were shot in the head and robbed of 300. Shibent and Albert escaped and alerted authorities. Wounded men were hospitalized in Columbia as posse hunted the attackers.
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Lancaster
Isaac Francis
Coatesville
Joseph Maurice
Abbis Shibent
Moses Albert
Philadelphia
Lancaster County
Creswell
Safe Harbor
Francis
Maurice
Albert
Columbia
Burial of Hebrew Author Draws Massive Funeral Crowd
Upward of 100000 people lined the funeral route for Nathan Meyer Shaikewitz known as Schomer, a Hebrew novelist and dramatist. Mounted police escorted the hearse as a chorus of fifty Jewish actors preceded it, followed by hundreds of Hebrew performers and carriages. The services were held by the educational alliance and the body was taken to a Brooklyn cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nathan Meyer Shaikewitz
Schomer
Brooklyn
Shotgun accident kills girl cousin in New Jersey
In Keyport Station New Jersey 17 year old Cronton Walling shot and killed his cousin Mabel Walling with a shotgun while she was nearing a mall. The accident occurred at Cronton Walling's home. The article also spans brief notes of a prisoner escape in Virginia and a railroad executive change in Tennessee, plus a Newark burglary report.
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New Jersey
Keyport Station
Nmj
Crnton Walling
John H. Walling
Centerville
Here
Mabel Walling
Saengerbund Concert Delights National Theater Audience
The Washington Saengerbund presented a diverse program at the National Theater. Soloists Marie Nichols and Mary Carson-Kidd received strong praise for technique and expression, while the forty-member orchestra under Henry Xender performed works by Mendelssohn Massenet Dvorak and others.
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Washington Saengerbund
National Theater
Boengerband
Marie Nichols
Boston
Mary Carson-Kidd
New York
Jts
Miss Nichols
Mendelssohn
Lalo
Wieniawaki
Mias Carson-Eldd
Cheminade
Love
Chadwick
Schumann
Henry Xender
Nicolas
Massenet
Sullivan
Andre Golopin
Dvorak
Saengerbund
Wegner
Xander
Carl Auerbach
Adam de la Hale
Petschke
Bruch
Barytone
Frank Rebstock
Kromeec
Stengerbund
Rebstock
Beane Taken To Laurel After Melville Show Fails
F H Beane manager of the Melville Vaudeville Company was arrested in Washington and taken to Laurel to answer a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses. Mrs Beane said she did not know his whereabouts and was detained for questioning after a disturbed Laurel audience sought the missing manager and wife.
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F H Beane
Melville Vaudeville Company
Laurel
Washington
Ms Beane
Scaggs
Suffocation Kills Four in Georgetown Wood Factory Fire
Four men died in a fire at James C Orr’s wood factory at Thirlieth and K streets Georgetown. Orr Harris Savoy Richard Thomas and Gus Gray perished. two others escaped by jumping from a second story window. Coroner Nevitt found no inquest needed. cause blamed on blazing coals igniting shavings. Firefighters turned on alarm after occupants were intoxicated.
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James C Orr
Thirlieth
K Streets
Georgetown
Orr
Harris Savoy
Twenty-fourth Street
Richard Thomas
Gus Gray
Stevenscourt
Nevitt
Luther McDaniels
Mathew McDonald
McDaniels
Brantzell
Peterson
Let Your Stomach Have Its Own Way and Rest It
A caution against forcing the stomach to work by starvation and stress, urging rest and patience. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are marketed as a natural aid that digests food like the stomach, claimed to relieve weight and discomfort. Sold widely at 60 cents a box, with physicians reportedly endorsing them.
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Stuart
Verdict of Manslaughter in Hatchet Killing
Pendleton Fillmore Taylor, indicted for killing wife Nettle with a hatchet, was found guilty of manslaughter with a mercy recommendation. Jury had been locked since Saturday night, faced with prior murder contention and self defense claims by defense counsel. Death occurred after December 29, 1904, with Mrs Taylor dying May 1 at Washington Asylum Hospital following Georgetown Hospital treatment.
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Pendleton Fillmore Taylor
Nettle
Marcy
Robert W. Wells
Otis B. Drake
Turner
Easby-Smith Taylor
Mra Taylor
Georgetown Hospital
Washington Asylum
City Resignations and Public Works In Washington
Resignations of Dr L L Whitney and F A Marden at the Washington Asylum are accepted and Marden succeeds. A draft bill on better light and ventilation for apartment houses is prepared for Spencer to enact. Watchman Horace Lyon is dropped. B Garratt promoted. Frank Kersten named watchman. Coroner views the bod y of 15 year old John Fowles who drowned near Massachusetts avenue and Lovers’ Lane. Robert Painter, 16, faces police court for false fire alarms. Charles E Carter injured cleaning Pullman cars in freight yards. treated at Providence Hospital. Willem H Saunders & Co seek temporary sidewalk fronting 2217 Fifteenth street NW. board suggests owner laid gravel walk until next fiscal year Granolithic walk may be installed later.
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L. L. Whitney
Washington Asylum Hospital
F A. Marden
Ingiteer
Washington Asylum
M WN Marden
Horace # Lyon
Garratt
Frank Kersten
John Fowles
Massachusetts Avenue
Nevitt
Robert Painter
Fifth W
Cullinane
Jersey
Virginia and
New Jersey Avenues
Charles E Carter
Providence Hospital
Cleveland Avenue
Willem H Saunders & Co
Fifteenth Street
President and Mrs Roosevelt Enjoy Long Virginia Saddle Ride
The Roosevelts spent three hours on horseback across the Potomac into Virginia yesterday afternoon. They returned to the White House at sundown refreshed, after driving to Georgetown to meet saddle horses near Fort Myer. The president has been riding often in the late afternoons and attended Grace Reform Church services yesterday.
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Roosevelt
Virginia
Potomac
White House
Georgetown
Aqueduct Bridge
Fort Myer
Artington
Watin
Grace Reform Church
Weather Conditions November 26 1890 North American forecast
A weather bulletin from the Weather Bureau Washington reports a cold high moving from western Lake Superior to the St Lawrence Valley bringing rain and snow across the Lower Lakes and New England while eastern regions enjoy fair weather. Expect cold waves Mon in Montana Dakotas Minnesota with snow on the northeastern Rocky Mountain slope and potential rain turning to snow in the Middle Rocky Mountain region. Sunday night into Tuesday forecast fair for most areas except the Rockies Plateau and Pacific Coast with rain in California and Pacific states. Local report lists temperatures across multiple cities with notable lows and highs and mentions special forecasts and warnings.
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Dept of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
Lake Superior
St Lawrence Valley
Lakea
Hogland
Rocky
Pacific Coast
California
Montana
Dakotas
Minnesota
Rocky Mountain
Towez Midcourt
Aississippi
Plateau
Facife
New England
Middle
South Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Tower
Pacife
Asheville
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Bismarck NC
Boston
Buttelo
Chicago
Cinelannel
Ohio
Cheyenne Wye
Davenport Lowe A
Denver
Colon
Des Mofuss Jom
Galveston
Texas
Helene
Mont
Indianepolie
Ind
Jacksonville
Fia i
Kanssa City
Little Rock
Ark
Marquetts
Mich
Memphis
Ten
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Harrycaffar
East Teak Avenue
My Brotha
North Carvilas
Woolen Mills Company
Sunny Storkingham County
Mre Grissom
Arl Mysel
Me Grissom
Tilavery Horse
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Abe
Fourteenth
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Mra Claudl. Colley
Italy
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Robbepros
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Nashville
Tann
George A. Clark
Tennessee Central Railroad
Boothers
Illinois Central
Yoakum Tiness
Colorado Southern
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Mme Emme Eames
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Taylor
Lansburgh & Bro
Seventh Street
Regina Music Box
Regina Makers
Regina
ELF. Droop & Sons CO
Steinway and Other Pianos
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Srso
7Th St
Bet. H and I Sts
Eee
American Security Area Crust Company
Kneessi
Phane
Schwartz & Pelzman
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Washington Gas Light
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Fins Groceries
Cigar Corn
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Foot Specialists
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Tharp
Pure Berkeley Rve
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Washington Post
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Point Pleasant Beach
New York and
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Christian Xander
Pianos Players
Connecticut
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MG von Derlehr
Washington Fertilizer Co
South Royal Street
Alexandria Va
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Louis Brydr
Estine
Pa Ave
MME
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Ovemner
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H Markward
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Alco
Portsmouth
Mt. Pleasant
I. Gora
Arlington
Fatterson
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