Rioting arrest after rock Creek camp brawl injures officers
In Annapolis area two officers were beaten during a disturbance at a negro camp meeting near Rock Creek. Officer Crouse lies critically injured from a gunshot and club wounds while fellow officer Smallwood sustained shoulder wounds. Three suspects Joni Mann Merry Wurray and Dick Butler were arrested by sheriff and deputies and jailed as the crowd dispersed after the melee erupted during a craps game.
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Crause
Spadalta Tan Warhington Pont Anaupuliy
Joni Mann
Merry Wurray
Dick Butler
Cole
Fay
Sherif Linthiown
Empliwoon
Wift
Otic Crguse
Smatlwood
Rock
Rock Creek
Teeetag
Anunnapolis
Annepote
Theo
Rastar
Rienry Carn
Cinse Home
Tiattimere
Rena
Crouse
Ap Llwoold Ween
Churen
Munl
Affidavit of a Turbulent New York Domestic Case
A convoluted 19th century style report outlines Ayse T and Thomas Wastiontnn in New York City amid divorce and custody disputes. The narrative references hotel stays, family residences in Brooklyn and Tol Feed, accounts of a wife in distress, a husband missing, and custody proceedings to be settled in court. The fragment hints at a contested inheritance or heiress claim, with names including Fluhart and Meade amid a complex domestic dispute.
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York
Brooklyn
Lanerne
Tol
Finneet
Ewan
Heise
Fryar
Boy Struck by Landau in Pennsylvania Street Collision
A boy was struck by a wagon yesterday on Pennsylvania Avenue near Fourth and Fifth streets. The driver fled, and bystanders helped the injured child as police and emergency responders arrived. Witnesses described the impact and the wagon’s near disappearance before officers secured the scene.
Spaniards Protest After Richmond Quarry Incident
Segal reports that Spaniards are planning to file grievances with the Spanish legation in Washington after a Richmond quarry clash where eleven men, believed Spanish, were involved. He claims personal investment in the trouble and describes wives coerced at gunpoint as part of the incident.
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Segal
Hail Deen
Lam
Washington
Pastor Arrested on Threats and Assault Charge
The Harrison Street Baptist pastor was arrested in Petersharo Va after allegedly threatening JH Minon with a pistol and assaulting him at the scene of T C Johnson. He was released on $100 bond and is to appear before the mayor. the case relates to disturbances originating weeks ago at the church.
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Washington
Petershare Va
el Tart
Harrison Street
JH. Minon
Nlao
Orcs
T C Johnson
Arame
Ord Sisco
Harrinin’ Taptint
Traubin
Disguised man robbed by lounge singer in New York
A Kentucky retiree Brisco Henderman reported a $75 theft after a fancy party chase in Manhattan. A woman named Louise Sanders, linked to a seabaring man, fled with a pocketbook. police pursued and detained her as the wallet was found dumped. The incident unfolded near Waldorf Astoria and Thirty-fourth Street with streetcar bystanders and a hotel staffer providing clues.
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New York
West Thirlieth Street
Perso
Louieville
Brisco Henderman
Noth
Waldorc- Antonia
Gamada
Thirty-fourth Street
Henderman
the Waldorf
Kentuckian
Ina Bankera
Lowtaville
Flanders
Louise Sanders
Wxth
Louise
Brosi
Lonnie
Policeman
Joseph A. Dickson
Aator House
Oyster crop light as prices may rise in coming season
Oyster dealers report a small harvest this year with limited Chesapeake stock. Prices are expected to climb as demand remains steady and shipments resume, while some merchants fear a pronounced shortage until the season’s product becomes more abundant. The presidential year is cited by one dealer as a factor affecting supply and market mood.
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Ia Chang
Chesapeake Bay
Winn
Sven
FairbanksADDRESS Opens National Irrigation Congress
Large crowd attends the fifteenth national irrigation congress in Bacrmmenu California as Governor Chamberlain of Oregon presides. Vice President Fairbanks receives enthusiastic greeting and delivers an irrigation address. Giford Pinchot reads a telegraphic message from President Roosevelt praising the irrigation movement.
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Cal
Gov. Chamberlain
Oregon
Congress
Fairbanka
Giford Pinchot
Ronsavelt
Balloon Rope Catches Boy During Labor Day Show
Fort Wayne Indiana watchers on Labor Day saw William Hoeffing, twelve, climb a balloon rope at a celebration. The rope snagged him seventy feet up as the balloon rose. He grabbed a tree branch and swung head down until four men rescued him with a rope loop. He survived the twenty foot fall with the rope wrapped and was lowered to the ground.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Mini Manel
Wiliam Roefing
Key Men After Old Jobs in Houston Strike
Striking operators formerly with the Postal Telegraph Company have applied for reinstatement as individuals. The hotel manager tonight notified them he would take their applications under advisement. There are numerous tum ors of brewka in the strikers' ranks in all parts of Texas.
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Houston
Tex
Fostal Telegraph Company
Te Hostal
Ranka
Texas
Rage Riot at Rapidan in Virginia Train Strike
A race riot aboard a Southern Railway train at Rapidan Culpeper Virginia ends with conductor and crew forcing off unruly passengers. White and colored riders injured as mobs wield sticks stones and a shotgun. Suspects confined for a local hearing.
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Oodtad
Washington Post
Culpeper
Southern Railway
Rapidan
Spot
Duke
Miss Ida Dove ousted as Bethesda principal in Bethesda school row
In Rockville Maryland on September 2 Miss Ida S Dove, acting on advice of counsel, opened Bethesda school after being notified she would not be needed. School board president George H Lamar demanded she vacate, Marion Manion installed as principal amid protests. Some patrons withdrew their children and more may follow. Dove's lawyers plan to appeal to the State Board of Education and seek back pay. Dr EB Prettyman resigns as trustee over the dispute.
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Rockville
Board of County Public School
Bethesda
Ida S. Dove
Charles W. Prettyman
Frank Migging
George H. Lamar
Acane
Marion Manion
Jnmnes
Dodge
Lamar
Miss Dove
Wheles At
Athare
Mian Dove
Qak
State Board of Education
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Ahsta
Mina Dove
Reade
EB. Prettyman
Rockville Aikh School
Miller Son of State Schools Chief Ends Life in Charleston
Dann P L Miller twenty four year old son of Thomas C Miller state superintendent of schools died by self inflicted razor wounds in his Charleston room last night. Found by a friend about half an hour after the act he had severed both jugulars. A graduate of the State University Morgantown and recent Virginia Law School graduate Burt Miller and other family members at Mountain Lake Park were notified. body moved to Fairmont today.
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Charleston
W Va
Dann PL Miller
Stato
Thomas C. Miller
Nas
State University
Morgantown
University of Virginia
Burt Miller
Mountain Lake Park
Fairmont
Son Kills His Mother on Local Farm Range
Special to The Washington Poet from Bluefield West Virginia reports a tragic accident at a ranch on the Clear Creek range. A ten year old boy and other children were handling a rifle when it was discharged. Mrs. Broomstein was shot in the forehead above the left eye and died instantly.
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Washington
Bluefield
W. Va
Mora
Rang Creek
Two Boys Electrocuted in Buffalo Power Lines
Two thirteen year olds Carnia and Zappa died Sunday after touching a high voltage steel tower feeding the Lackawanna steel plant. A delay in shutting off power left their bodies suspended in midair as blue flames flickered, while crowds gathered and officials investigated the tragedy.
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Tony Carnla
Guleepre Zappa
Niagara Falls
Lackawanna
Father Arrest Demand in Tennessee Case
A warrant seeks the arrest of Edward Burris, a hours decorator, charged with criminal relations with his fourteen year old daughter. Burris has disappeared as the grandmother brings the charge in Bristol Tennessee.
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Bristol
Tenn
Edwad Burris
Burris
Kira
Washington Artist's Drawing Shown at Jamestown Exposition
A crayon portrait of Patrick Henry by Miss Maris Henry Young, a city resident and descendant of the statesman, is hung in the History Building at the Jamestown Exposition.
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Washington
Patrick Henry
Maris Henry Young
Corcoran Art Gallery
Young
Bride Held as Prisoner in Daughter's Marriage
A bride, Suesta fe Vie Wan, is reportedly kept confined at her mother’s home in Norfolk after marrying a clerk from Grevach North Carolina. The bride, age twenty one, is said to be held against her will by her mother Mrs Sallie Gholstia who demands she embrace Jewish faith before releasing her. The groom, Newton, twenty five, is affected by the situation as relatives debate the marriage.
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Lesila M. Newton
Sallie Gholstia
Church Street
Newton
Alstin
Grevach N C
Rew F
Norfolk
Tamels
Ghosalin
Feilk
Twenty Ave
Baltimore woman carries dead infant to city station
Special to Toe Waskifigeen from Baltimore Maryland describes Mrs Rosnaigt traveling with the body of her teen month old child Adam amid a grim scene. The mother, said to have been at Aberdeen for the health of the child, learned only after a passenger alerted her that the baby was dead. Her grief was extreme as she faced the loss.
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Baltimore
Macy’ Epangier
North Clinton
Solu Esbaral
Adam
Mra Rosnaigt
Aberdeen
Hayford County
Heroic Rescue in Jamaica Bay Launch Tragedy
William Hirech Jr of New York faced a terrible choice as his father and brother clung to life in Old Mill Creek near Jamaica Bay. He saved 13 year old Edward, while the father perished after the craft overturned. The accident occurred when a naphtha launch ran wild and struck a dock, overturning in a millrace.
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Washington
New York
William Hirech, Jr
Edward
Old Min Creek
Jamaica Bay
Hirach
Old Mill Creek
Hirech
van Wickigg
Mill
Erin
William, Jr
Illa
Lhost
Slashed Defending Girls In Brooklyn Attack
Special to The Waettonton Post recounts a brutal assault in Brooklyn as Jacob Bernstein and associate defend their sister and a companion from two men. Bernstein was slashed on the right cheek while another assailant aimed for his jugular. The scene escalated as the sisters screamed drawing help and the intruders fled before police arrival.
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Waettonton Post
New York
Erlend
Jacob Fernstein
Wallabout Street
Brooklyn
Bernstein
Hernstein
Sarah Rubin
Moore
Undre Bernstein
Henry
Jacob Bernstein
Atvest
Barnstolna
Ond
Jacob
Ben
Plague Deaths Reported Across Pacific Coast Ports
A Berkeley woman died of bubonic plague as new cases and an additional fatality emerged since Saturday. Health authorities reaffirm the Pacific coast ports with trade ties remain at risk for sporadic cases. The city is divided into twelve districts to intensify the rat suppression program and public health efforts.
Furniture Bargains Galore End of August Sale Reductions
End of the great annual August Sale features nearly every item on hand with many not originally included in the sale now marked down further to clear space for upcoming fall stock. New season patterns carry regular guarantees. limited quantities and reservations available with deposit.
Extension Tables Price List Shuffle
A dated price list shows various mahogany and oak tables offered with discounts. Items include Mahogany Table at 27.0, 710, and 45.00. Mahogany Pedestal Tables at 5209 and 46.00 and 40.00. Og Pedestal Table at 28.00 and 28.50. Oak Pedestal Table at 28.100 and 17.00 with garbled formatting and unclear units.
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Verona
Golden Oak
Jebua
Gilden Cake
Ibaa
Booker
Sony
Matoy China
Bana Mahogeny
Oyany Cina
ALO
Ake Ching
Primary plans for Virginia Senate contest decided
The Alexandria district Democratic committee set rules for the next Tuesday primary mirroring recent congressional procedures. Campaign funds, candidate notices, and a filing deadline were outlined, with several committee chairs present and James Caton declared the House of Delegates nominee.
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Virginia Senate
Ashington Post Bureau
M King Street
Alexandria
Hotel Hammel
Charles Bendheim
Curtis, B. Graham
James B. Love
Fairfax County
Lton
Prince ‘William
Alexander J. Wedderburn
Fairfax
Bendheim
Ttwan
Democratic Party
Ni Ti
Cily Democratic Committee
Beadhelm
Hotel Rammel
Thomas L. Richelli
J. W. May
Albert Bryan
Senate
Primary election nears as speeches fall away
In Fairfax County a troubling home incident unfolded when a young boy narrowly escaped a fatal fire after a lamp ignited bed clothing. Elsewhere seven soldiers from Fort Hunt sparked an incipient riot near North Lee street before officers subdued them. George Nass Jr faced court after a shooting claim, but the victim testified it was accidental and the case was dismissed.
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Fort Hunt
North Lee Street
Chdc
Bettis
Suane
Cliers
Edeh
George Nass, Jr
Hlmer Violett
Yenter
Young Violett
Nelle
Aride
Caton
Porterfield Postmaster Dies in Charlestown
Special to Phelan Charlestown West Virginia September 1 George Porterfield postmaster here died after months illness aged young He survived by wife Miss Simmons Frederick Maryland one daughter and two sons He was cannier of the Bank of Charleston his term would expire December Portageville related item.
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Phelan
Charlestown
W. Va
George Porterfield
Wiigw
Miss Simmons
Frederick
Porterfield
Egon
Coh G
Fireman killed at Brill drill in Cumberland Massachusetts
James Valentiny, 27, a sergeant at the central fire department, died after a forty-foot ladder on a drill collapsed in Bubble Square opposite the city hall. He fell, suffering multiple injuries, as Chief Reynolds and others urged him to jump. three men worked to save him as the ladder broke apart. Mayor and council met privately to discuss action.
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Speches
Weahington
Cumberland
James Valentine
Tilermen
Central Fire Department
Buble Square
Reynolds
Othare
Valentine
Aia
Himeett Niery
Terday
Valentine Waa
Jacob Valentiny
Monty Season Enight
Reybolds
Mayor Marool's Mail Stolen In Baltimore Office Heist
Special to The Washington Poo reports a young colored man Isiah Lampson forced entry into Baltimore City Hall and seized about sixty mayoral letters including office recommendations. Police recovered the mail within an hour as Lampson resisted, injuring Mayor Marool's brother briefly. The incident follows earlier claims of a self-styled negro champion at the mayoral office on July 8.
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Baltimore
Isiah Lampson
Tampaog
Lampeor
Goldaborough
Sauna Negro
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