Granny in a Shanty Aids a Wounded Soldier
In a log room on Col Wallets plantation Granny Brown aids a wounded Confederate soldier. She hides him in a floor hole, tends his wounds, feeds him, and shares tea by candlelight. After three weeks the man escapes, promising secrecy as the war nears end. A May Day scene closes with his arrival and a patient, wary Granny Sal.
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Col Wallett
Granny Brown
Granny
Chile
Hyah
Noar
Chloe Nevah
Grannny
Memorial tale of a spy's escape and a silver gift at Gettysburg
An American Civil War spy Crawford Floyd recounts escape after being shot and hunted by Union pursuers. He delivers a token gift from Major Floyd to Granny Brown, a circular gold piece inscribed Twenty dollars, saved in an old cup for safekeeping, central to a wartime memory in a Pittsburgh Gazette narrative.
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Crawford Floyd
Grant
Confed
Pond Fork
Apple Valley
Granny
Miss Brown
Pittsburg
Presbyterian Assembly Voices Union Across Branches
Sentiment for merging all branches of the Presbyterian Church was voiced at the General Assembly in Kansas City. The report noted calls for unity and the expansion of interchurch cooperation among the denomination’s various synods and congregations.
All-Irish Industrial Conference to Meet in Galway
An all-Irish Industrial conference is planned for Galway on September 16 and 17 to discuss expanding Irish goods markets abroad. Georges Lecompte, president of the Society of French Writers, urged better reception of French literature overseas in Paris. Other items note Mohmands in India, a Paris sugar refinery blast, and the first congress to curb indecent literature opening in Paris.
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Galway
Ireland
Georges Lecompte
Society of French Writers
Paris
Mulal Hafid
Morocco
Pez
France
Yekaterinoslav
Russia
London
Persia
Teheran
Say
United States
Charlottetown
Prince Edward Island
Vienna
Schoenbrumm Castle
Francis Joseph
Douma
S. Petersburg
India
Paria
Fine levied on Baltimore and Ohio for disobeying rail order
News from Richmond Virginia reports the State Corporation Commission fined the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 500 for persistent refusal to obey its orders. The commission ordered through service between Lexington and Alexandria. the Southern complied, while B&O did not. The commission refused to reopen the case and warned of further fines if noncompliance continued.
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Richmond
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
State Corporation Commission
Baltimore and Ohio
The
Southern
Lexington
Alexandria
Southern Railway Wins Inquiry Over Canned Goods Rates
Richmond special reports the Southern Railway secured a favorable ruling from the state railroad commission on its higher canned goods handling classification. The Chamber of Commerce sought uniform rates, but the commission dismissed the case, marking the first win for the railway in ongoing litigation. Shippers may switch to other lines, raising freight costs.
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Richmond
Southern Railway
State Corportion Commission
Southern
Chamber of Commerce
S. Y. Gilliam Falls From Car in Petersburg
Samuel Y. Gilliam a leading Dinwiddie County figure and former county treasurer, fell from a moving electric car crossing a trestle by the Appomattox River near Chesterfield County. He was found unconscious with severe injuries including a fractured skull and multiple broken bones, and rushed to Petersburg Hospital.
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S. Y. Gilliam
Petersburg
Samuel Y. Gilliam
Dinwiddie County
Richmond
Appomattox
Chesterfield County
Petersburg Hoepstad
Young worker killed by saw at Stokesville mill
Philip Sheets, 16, son of C. C. Sheets, was employed by the Stiegel Lumber Co at Stokesville. He was fatally injured when he was thrown against a circular saw while on duty. His arm leg and three ribs were broken and his body lacerated. He died within two hours. He leaves parents and six siblings.
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Presbyterian Church
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
United States of America
Kansas City
James L. Andem
Thomas A. Edison
Calvin Milbanks
General Electric Company
Schenectady
Walter Bottomly
Philadelphia
Adam Legergsten
New York
William P. Boardman
America
Demet
S. D
James Brimmingstall
Dowagiac
Mich
John Sparks
Nevada
Reno
Monroe M. Harrell
el Paso
Tex
J. E. Mitchim
el Paso Evening News
Long Pine
Bellfourche
S. C
Chicago
Ralph McCabe
Chester McCormick
Robert C. P. Holmes
Commonwealth Edison Electric Company
Wintermeyer
Congressman Mudd
Atlantic City
Southern Pacific
Oregon Express
Oakland
Cummings
Harlem
New Haven and Hartford
Baychester
Baxter P. Fullerton
St. Louis
General Assembly
Thomas A. McIntyre
Mae C. Wood
Howe & Hummel
Helen Maloney
Arthur H. Osborne
Samuel Clarkson
Staunton
Philip Sheets
C. C. Sheets
Stiegel Lumber Corporation
Stokesville
Attempted wreck of southbound train near Taylors Creek
Petersburg special report says Eddie County authorities investigate an attempt to wreck a Seaboard Air Line train near McKenney Station Taylors Creek. The engineer spotted a pile of railroad ties and large rocks on the track mid trestle and saved the train. One local black man is under arrest as a suspect. several others believed involved.
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Petersburg
Eddie County
Taylors Creek
McKenney Station
Livin
Preacher Tartt Sentenced in Petersburg Mayor's Court
Pili Tartt, colored acting pastor at Harrise Street Baptist Church, was sentenced to three months in jail by May Jones in the Mayor's Court after a hard fought trial. He was found guilty of assault and carrying weapons to his church and disturbing public worship. The charges arose from a riot in the church during which Tartt and deacon Pleasant Webb were badly injured.
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Tartt
Petersburg
Pili Tartt
Harrise Street Baptist Church
May Jones
Pleasant Webb
Convict Work On Heads Staunton Visit Notes Progress
Staunton Special Captain BE. T. Morgan, superintendent of the state penitentiary at Richmond, visited the convict camp near Staunton. Fifty six prisoners were at work on a road to Churchville. He observed progress and spent the night where the men are quartered.
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Staunton
BE. T. Morgan
Atate
Richmond
Thonvict
Churchville
Richmond Sp Hil Rangers Soldier Dies at 65
Richmond Sp Hil, a Ranger and Civil War veteran, died aged 65. Details about his service and death are limited in the fragment.
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Richmond
Rangers
Fragmentary 1920s New Creek land notice in Caroline County
Fragmented OCR shows a land transfer notice involving Mrs G W Croplay and a farm in Caroline County. The item references a four foot direct to New Creek, a person named Daws of Racegkn Ford, and mentions a Sudilen and Beed ind sections. Details are unclear due to damaged text.
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G. W. Croplay
Caroline County
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