Physician sues doctor for death of son and vows charity
Mrs Catherine Howe of 110 East Capital street sues Dr Aurelius K Shands for damages claiming malpractice led to her son Victor Howe’s death after an operation at Casualty Hospital. She states she seeks reform to spare other mothers suffering and plans to donate any proceeds to charity. The coroner ruled accidental death due to chloroform poisoning.
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Catherine Howe
Catherine A Howe
East Capital Street
Ts Fost
Aurelius K. Shands
Thig City
Victor
Hls
Shinds
Casualty
Shands
Shelter for Mrs Cook Pellagra Victim Today
Mrs Margaret Cook, a pellagra patient, will be taken to Providence Hospital for free care this morning after sisters of Providence offered shelter. Dr J D Long will oversee the case, while Mrs Cook resists separation from her three children who may also have pellagra, with only the 3 month old baby reportedly in good health.
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Dr. Long
Margaret Cook
Washington
Sisters of Providence Hospital
E B Allen
Allen
Cook
Providence Hospital
Truants to Be Rounded Up by Normal School Graduates
Thirty six women graduates of Normal School No 2 have begun a campaign to bring truants into attendance. They met at Sumner School and heard Mrs Idan Richardson, attendance officer for divisions ten through thirteen, explain methods to locate missing pupils. The plan includes enforcing compulsory education and offering night schools for children who must work during the day.
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Normal School
Normal School No 2
Sumner
Idan Richardson
Richardson
Rabid Dog Bite Sends Naval Academy Keeper to Pasteur Treatment
Segt B O Wiley keeper of the Annapolis rifle range at the Naval Academy was bitten by four rabid dogs in Annapolis this week. He is undergoing Pasteur treatment at the Naval Medical School hospital. The dogs’ heads were sent to the bureau of animal industry for examination. Brain exam confirmed rabies. Wiley was notified and transported to the hospital by academy authorities. He is reported to be doing well and expected to be discharged soon.
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Annapolis
Pasteur
Segt B
O Wiley
Naval Academy
Naval Medical School Hospital
Bureau of Animal Industry
Wiley
Academy
Naval Vessel Disasters List of Historic Accidents
A historical roster of naval ship disasters with dates, locations, and fatalities. Entries include Mayflower 1910 near Washington DC with no listed deaths, Maryland 1916 Monterey Bay boiler blast eleven fatalities, Hopkins 1910 San Diego shell explosion twenty five dead, Charlestown 1910 bursting gun at Olongapo and more ships facing boiler explosions gun explosions and storms across Pacific, Atlantic, and coastal waters with numerous crew losses.
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Washington, D.C
Maryland
Monterey Bay
Cal
Hopkins
San Diego
Charlestown
Olongape
Ple
North Dakota
Boston
Colorado
Pacific Ocean
Georgia
Benton
Mass
Bennington
Kearsarge
Massachusetts
League Island
Missouri
Guantanamo
Guba
Maassachusetts
Gulebra
Iowa
Pensacola
Fla
Nipalc
Trenton
Vandalla
Apia
Samoa
Maine
Havana
Cuba
Huron
Gape Hatteras
Seymour Narrows
Alaska
Oneida
Collislon
Yokohama
Japan
Fredonia
Arica
Peru
Monongahela
St. Croix
Gulf of Mexico
Princeton
Potomac River
Explosion on battleship North Dakota kills three
Wrecking blast aboard the North Dakota near Thimble Shoal injures nine others and burns crew while fuel oil test ignites in a double bottom compartment. Survivors, including Lieut Cmdr Orn G Murfin, receive medical care as board of inquiry investigates.
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Admiral Schroeder
Navy Department
North Dakota
Hampton Roads
Thimble Shoal
Roada
Bard
Naval Vessels to Be Sold Bennington and Eagre Stricken
Two historic ships the Bennington and the Eagre have been ordered stricken from the naval list and sold. The Bennington, damaged in a San Diego harbor explosion four years ago, has not been in commission since. The Eagre is the old Mohawk, built 35 years ago, later near Tompkinsville Long Island when a squall caused drownings and Edith May, later Secretary of the Navy wife, had a narrow escape.
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San Diego
Tomkinsvile
Long Island
Edith May
Navy
Whlinee
Murder charge after man found dead at Montello Ave home
Louisa Powell, 24, wife of Herbert Powell, 28, both described as Negroes, is held at Casualty Hospital after allegedly killing her husband whose throat was cut and body found at their 1413 Montello Avenue Northeast home. She claimed self defense and collapsed in police custody. coroner's inquest to follow. George McDonald and Mary Belle Saxon, roomers, had alibi and were discharged.
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Louisa Powell
Herbert Powell
Casualty Hospital
Montello Avenue
Bob-J
Powell
Ninth Precinct
W. E Smith
George McDonald
Mary Belle Saxon
Mr Adee's Anniversary Marks 40 Years in Service
Alves A Adee, Second Assistant Secretary of State, yesterday marked four decades in government service. He began as secretary of the American Legation at Madrid on September 9 1870 and later held posts including Third Assistant Secretary of State. He has served continuously since August 3 1886 and spends part of each year touring Europe by bicycle.
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Alves A. Adee
Adee
Madrid
State Department
Cleveland
Europe
Mrs Rainey Released After Insanity Adjudication
Mrs Mary Sullivan Rainey, committed to Washington Asylum Hospital August 18 after her marriage, was found insane and sent to the seyo lum before being released by a jury in Justice Barnaré's court. The case notes she wandered the streets near her home eight days after the marriage on August 16.
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Mary Sullivan Rainey
Washington Asylum Hospital
Yerterday
Justice Barnaré
Mra Rainey
Seyolum
Capitol in New Dress Painting a Big Task
Renovation of the Capitol and adjoining office buildings by 200 workers unfolds with new heating and lighting plant. Sandstone walls, painted over for decades, will be revealed in the Capitol while basements in the Senate office building are converted to offices and the Library receives minor updates.
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House
Senate
Capitol
Washington
Congressional Library
Virginia
Alleged Bigamist Leaves Washington for South Carolina
Sheriff J Moller of Lexington county arrived in Washington to escort Butler Grimsley back to Columbia, charged with bigamy. Grimsley, 25, has a wife and child in Columbia whom he abandoned six months ago, and married Misa Hila Aerhart on August 17 in Brookland after slipping into Washington with his bride. He is held in the Washington Asylum Hospital recovering from typhoid fever.
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Simms J. Moller
Lexington County
Washington
Butler Grimsley
Washingon Asylum
Grimsley
Miller
New Brookland
S. C
Columbia
Brookland
Misa Hila Aerhart
Henry Timmons
Miss Aerhart
I Street
Berman
Central Office
South Carolina
Urell Funeral in Doubt Arlington Burial Favor
General Mamet Urell who died suddenly in Cork Ireland is at the center of a burial dispute. A sealed letter reportedly favored Arlington National Cemetery with his wife but a New York letter suggests burial in Nenagh Ireland. Washington Lodge 16 B P C B has formed a committee to arrange transport of the body if buried in the United States.
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Mamet Urell
Cork
Ireland
Arlington National Cemetery
New York
Urell
Nenagh
J. W. Urell
Washington Lodge
No. 16
Richard A. O'Brien
E. G Schafer
John G. Maxwell
Gen. Urell
Pellagra, Leprosy, and Doctors in Washington
Hugh Watson criticizes Washington physicians for fear and inaction toward new diseases, arguing leprosy and other ailments are present alongside pellagra in the city. He recalls yellow fever and urges smarter medical responses, citing the early leprosy case and demanding accountability from the medical community.
English visitors at National Junior Republic in Maryland
Henry W Crees honorary secretary of the International Exchange of Students led a party of English students to the National Junior Republic near Annapolis Junction, Md to study remedial measures in juvenile courts and reform schools. Crees was arrested for stealing a spear and tried by a juvenile court presided by a 12 year old judge with a twelve boy jury, a feature of the visit amid farm work and dormitory duties with pay of seven cents an hour. Two lodging dormitory helpers faced arrest threats from a small policeman after loafing on duties.
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Henry W Crees
International Exchange of Students
London
National Junior Republic
Annapolis Junction
Crees
Ehdon
Hammerstein to Build Opera House in London and New York
Oscar Hammerstein announces plans to build one of the finest opera houses in the world on Kingsway property between Keeley and Kim pal streets in London. The site lies near Alwick Theater the Strand Theater the Waldorf Astoria Hotel and the Anglais exhibition building now under construction.
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Hammerstein
London
New York
Oscar Hammerstein
Kingsway
Keeley and
Kim‘pal
Alwick Theater
Strand Theater
Anglals Exhibition
Weather conditions and storm warnings across US Caribbean reports
Weather Bureau reports a tropical storm south of eastern Cuba moving north toward Florida with storm warnings for the south coast and navigation cautions for Cuban waters. Unsettled area from Great Lakes region moves east with showers from Mississippi Valley to the Appalachian region. Frost warnings issued in the Northwest, with cool fair conditions widespread through the trans Mississippi area. Atlantic states to see rain and cool weather by Friday night. Lake Huron and Lake Michigan warnings persist. winds at the Grand Banks become west-northwest. Temperature readings across cities noted with snowfall and sunshine statistics.
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Dept of Agriculture Weather Bureau
Washington
Caribbean
Cuba
South Florida
Cuben
Great Lake Region
Mississippi Valley
Fadern Mountain
Trans Mlasissippi
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Atlantic State
Lake Huron
Lake Michigan
Sault Ste Marie
Florida Coast
Key West
Jupiter
European
Grand Banks
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