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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1907
Page
40
Debates unfold on state registry reforms and strict stock regulation. Delegates from multiple states discuss curbing conspiracies and manipulations, amid calls for clearer penalties and tighter supervision of securities and banknote issuance.
Obituary notes the death of Dr H i F Appleby at his home after heart disease. He was a long time member of Masonic and Royal Arch orders, taught at Indiana and Georgetown, and served in the Fourth Cavalry USA. Funeral arrangements include services at the West Street residence with Whiting Lodge bailies to select the lodge officers.
Start down Mississippi after banquet at St Paul as Inland Waterways Commission begins river voyage. Attendees include prominent business figures and lawmakers with focal points on commercial shipping and transit policy amid a public reception.
Fragmented OCR reads as a garbled piece claiming a conflict over a woman and a planned act. It mentions a local area, a late evening, and a confrontation or accusation scene with unclear names. Overall the readable text suggests a sensational or contested incident with implied legal or moral stakes.
A frantic appeal from CH Laignon of the Government Printing Office offers 25 dollars for information locating his 18 year old son Drake Hfortor, missing since last night after leaving his home for St Fat Hens Street. The message reached Mr Leighton in Charlottetown.
Margaret L Bowers 27, landing lady with Broadway After Dark company, was found dead in her room at the Regent Hotel. Police say death likely natural. her husband CV Bowers of Mineral City, Ohio notified. A card from HF0 Btks identified her husband’s lodge member status.
The Washington Post reports in Little Falls that a local couple welcomed twins, a boy and a girl, weighing a total of 71 pounds. This marks the fourth set in twelve years for the family, who have twelve children with eight living. The mother, Mrs Ellinge Ma, is 43 and in good health. the father is a paper maker. The newborn twin boy will be named Theodore, in honor of the President.
Clarence Rumsey was found guilty of second degree murder for killing his aged father Warren Rumsey in Tioga Pa on February 12. The body was hidden in snow after the slaying and Rumsey made two confessions before attempting to retract them.
Signal Corps balloon crews under Capt deF Chandler and Jot McCoy faced high winds and tangled lines as they attempted to release a giant gas bag from its moorings at Twelfth Street. The yellow airship rose about 800 feet and drifted eastward toward Gray Rock before descending, with four ballast bags and only partial gas remaining. The crew landed near Elliott City after a zigzag flight guided by favorable currents and reported hail to farmers during the voyage.
Mrs P Mathers aged about forty five of 7 Harrison Street Anacostia was knocked from her carriage at Tenth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue at 2 20 yesterday afternoon when a motor car crashed into her vehicle. She was removed to Emergency Hospital with a fractured skull and severe pain but doctors expressed hope she would recover.
Joseph Maloney twenty six years old from Washington left Pittsburg after refusing a machinist job due to strikes. He traveled toward California and was fatally struck by a train near Canton Ohio. No details of the accident have been learned. Relatives seek information on the body and fate of the missing man.
Seven week old Atce Flynn daughter of Jonny Plynn a Post Office clerk was tossed from her baby carriage by a runaway horse at Lieventn and Gateeets northeast near A210 yesterday afternoon. The horse belonging to W E Colina collided with a lumber wagon at Eleventh and H streets. The carriage pitched the baby out near G street. The infant was severely bruised but survived. treated at Casualty Hospital.
Special to The Washington Fest reports Rev W P Ferguson of University Place Church Lincoln resigns from the ministry after a Nebraska Methodist Conference disciplinary hearing. He contends unfair trial and requests withdrawal from ministry granted amid debate. His landlady Mrs Crom alleges mesmeric acts and jealousy motivates charges.
The Brotherhood of St Andrew held morning afternoon and evening sessions with about 2000 delegates at Continental Hall. Presiding Bishop London arrived and planned a grand outdoor meeting tomorrow at Mount St Albans to lay a cathedral cornerstone. Speakers urged participation in communion as Rev Floyd W Tom of Philadelphia and others led devotions.
Grand Lodge of Colored Fellows led by W L Houston plans cornerstone laying at St John’s Arlington Virginia. District lodges, Georgtown Patriarchle No 4, and 30 DC lodges attend with remarks by ex grand masters and Commander Capt Gray. Weather notices accompany details of event schedules and processions.
Fragmented text notes a dedication at Raleigh House and Jamestown events. Mentions Marine Band concert at the White House, to be led by Director Santelmanp, with programs including La Dame Blanche and The Revolution. References a ceremony in Jamestown October with national officers attending.
A group of men, including Willam Green and several unnamed laborers, fell into the Chesaparke and Onto Canal near Georgetown Boat wharves in the early morning. One drowned. coroner records death as accidental. Navy Department reports missing sailors from the Dolphin at Washington Navy Yard, with the police given descriptions and a reward offered for their apprehension.
A Chicago dispatch reports that Harriman allies claim stock and proxies exceed a majority of Illinois Central Railway shares, suggesting a Harriman victory in October. The piece notes Harriman does not control a majority and documents repeated proxy solicitations by his men, brokers, and officers across America and Europe.
Report of the noon foundation stone ceremony for St Albans Cathedral with Holy Communion at Little Sanctuary and St Albans Church. Bishop Tuttle of Missouri presides, clergy to wear white pigskin leggings, and a luncheon for visiting clergy planned at the new choir building.
Margaret Young, 27, died five hours after her clothing ignited from kerosene used to revise a kitchen fire at her home on Motrest Southeast. Her husband Edward Young, badly burned while trying to rescue her, battled flames as neighbors and children aided. Deputy coroner confirms accidental death. body sent to undertaker for burial arrangements.
Two Negro men Riley Atkin and Herbert Hughes were wounded after a dance at a hall near Hally Hill Thursday night. Hudson of 164 Fourth Street Northwest was cut in the cheek. Atkin and Hughes were brought to Georgetown Hospital with injuries. Deputy Marshal Duncan and Jailer Collins arrested Lawrence Dennia at 820 Twenty third Street Northwest. Herbert Hinton of 1610 Tenth Street Northwest was locked up. Four others were held as witnesses and a hearing was slated for today.
Mrs Lana Zeh Johnson dies at Homeopathic Hospital after illness. Her husband Baoch Thomas Crawford Saya He Bought Store faces charges of misrepresentation in a sale. Court filings allege deceit linked to notes for a large balance on a business purchase in Washington DC. Funeral services planned for Corporan Street area with restraining order preventing collection efforts.
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