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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1907
Page
41
President Diaz and cabinet ministers along with the American ambassador will host banquets and garden parties. Secretary Root will be guest of Texas on a southern journey amid planned ceremonies and toasts with various officials.
A garbled OCR record lists individuals and family names tied to religious notices, marriages, and public names across various Virginia locations including Arlington and Fauquier. Numerous personal names appear with scattered ages and roles, suggesting church or civic notices, marriage references, and local acknowledgments amid unclear dates and places.
A list of funeral directors and undertakers appears with firm names including J William Lee, Sardo & Co, George P Zarhorst, Harvey S Sons, Thos A Nalle y & Son, Thos S Sergeant, Thos A Costello, Balmer Street Northeast, Frank Geier’s Sons, John Wright Co, Spears, and others. Addresses include Lincoln and 940 F Street Nw, with contact notes and limited signage for services and obituaries.
The article outlines Secretary Root's planned visit to Mexico City and Texas, including garden parties at Chapultepec and meetings with Mexican officials. It notes engagements with San Antonio hosts, American and Mexican clubs, and a focus on promoting trade and improved relations with Central and South American nations through business leaders. It mentions preparations by Mrs Thompson and the Diaz administration, with other high profile figures in attendance and attention to President Diaz.
A garbled list from a wealth office record names numerous individuals with ages ranging from teens to seventies. The fragment mentions locations and dates, including a 1967 entry, and references to Mount, Moore, and related names in a bureaucratic ledger. The text is incomplete, but indicates an archival roll of persons with ages and linked places.
The first official East River Belmont tunnel test from Third Avenue to Long Island City and back used a heavy steel car with forty five seats amid a single track tube. Belmont spoke on franchise issues as a police-involved inquest reveals Mary Eickenlaub poisoned by cyanide in 1881.
The St John the Divine Cathedral committee reached an agreement with sculptor Gutzon Borglum. About seventy five pieces of statuary will be removed and restyled to match Borglum’s original model, using first class artisans.
Mrs Haines of Washington died on the Atlante City boardwalk after a heart failure during a promenade. She collapsed outside a Virginia avenue store, striking a showcase, with a broken nose and severed artery. death followed despite doctors arriving with a party of physicians.
The jury to try United States Senator Borah was completed this afternoon in Boise Idaho. Government contends the alleged offense is only a misdemeanor. U S District Attorney Buick led juror examinations amid clashes over juror disqualification based on beliefs about the other indicted defendants.
Mrs Rebie Lowe Gunton English, daughter of Mrs Rebecca Lowe Gunton, was divorced from James W English Jr of Atlanta on grounds of cruelty and habitual drunkenness. The court restored her maiden name and disabilities were lifted to allow remarriage. Mr English, a prominent banker, was not present. The case follows the recent divorce of Mrs Englishs mother from Prof Gunton after he took another wife.
Federal prisoner William E. Bureh of Glendale Ohio plunged head first from a Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton train near Dayton. He was in custody of Deputy Marshal Sangerson when the fall broke his neck and caused instant death.
In a Federal hearing at Seais, auditor Wade Hampton for Standard Oil of New Jersey denies knowledge of the fate of books and stock records from 1892 to 1897. Prosecutor Kellogg demands production of certificate books and registers to prove contempt of a dissolution order. Witnesses discuss cross‑ownership with Waters-Pierce and earlier Standard affiliations amid ongoing investigations.
Bulletin notes openlog seminar and association institute assembly room address Dean Wiciata Paris Wic hur Sunday September 5 pm Association Building conference of Bible Study Committee Teachers and Bible Study Council with BA Waite jr of New York City speaker followed by tea. Saturday opening session of Institute Debating Club registration of students now in progress Association Building welcome young men who are strangers in Washington.
A schooner party led by Dr Cook John R Beardley Capt Thomas Bartlett and crew set sail for Greenland in July from Halifax Nova Scotia and are expected back within days. The voyage aimed to explore northern waters amid brief notes on crew changes and sale plans.
Testimony described Lombard and Ayre seeking tank cars amid competition with the Standard Oil line. Cassatt advised merging with Pennsy, but he faced rebates accusations and resistance from Col. Thomas Scott who questioned Lombard’s access to tank cars and urged union with the Standard.
Special report analyzes a Bitterness over trust veracity in Washington and Chicago. It cites Wall Street Journal claims, quotes James A. Moffett, president of Standard Oil Indiana, and details disputed freight rates between Chicago and East St Louis. The piece notes differing commodity versus open rates and questions the accuracy of trust statements amid a judicial process.
Wealthy residents of Red Spring in Glen Cove Long Island are alarmed by a string of burglaries. The summer home of banker Frank Smithers at 47 Broad Street Manhattan was broken into this morning with goods valued at 31500 taken. Entry came via a rear window, and a gray launch was seen in the sound recently and anchored near the home yesterday. Other homes belonging to Join Alvin Young Windsor Trust Company James Jennings and Howard Whitney have also been burglarized.
Judge Lacombe named Adnan Joline and Douglas Robinson as receivers for the city surface traction system. The filing covers nearly all Manhattan surface lines, including the Metropolitan Street Railway and Interborough groups, amid unpaid debts and chronic deficits since 1902. Belmont and elevated interests reportedly push for dividend dissolution, awaiting formal statements and the receivers’ report.
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