Portsmouth News Briefs Fire, Mardi Gras, Personal Gossips
Deputy High Constable Warren resigns, preparations for tomorrow's dedication complete, water mains burst in South Portsmouth, record cold, Portsmouth Cycle Club earns around sixty dollars on Thanksgiving Day, several shipyard dismissals, new telephone installations, Mayor's Court reports two drunks fined, Ta leigh petty officers hosted a hotel reception, Mardi Gras trip to New Orleans discussed for February, gold mounted pipe won at Pearson's, Home Permanent Building Association stock matured worth ten thousand, sale of A M Robertson's house set for noon, frozen water pipes warning, a well known young lady to marry next Tuesday, Acme Clothing House promotions, Ida Stanty ye cave case dismissed, Seaboard train sections reach Atlanta, Park View housing protest funding debated, Young People's Society event well attended, civil injury at depot, Lawson nomination for Virginia Secretary of the Commonwealth, Joseph T Lawless nominated by acclamation, Wilkins Woodyard fire extinguished by workers, water caused blaze in rear yard by night.
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Warren
Portsmouth
Portsmouth Cycle Club
Yards and Docks Department
Hotel Vernon
New Orleans
Hunter Grifin
Pearson
Home Permanent Building Association
A. M. Robertson
Phursdey
Tony
Court Street
John A. Morris
Acme Clothing House
Ida Stanty
Atlantice and
Danville
Seaboard Air Line
Atlanta
Park View
Young People's Society of Chirisan Endeavor
Monumental M. BE
L. B. Betty
Robertson
L. A. Billsoly
Meceptiorn reception and post event sales mix in local ads
The report describes a reception for Meceptiorn attendees with about 600 invitations. only around fifty shows. A non speech program featured a repeat of a farce and refreshments prepared by ladies. The piece continues with multiple local ads touting sales on suits, overcoats, carpets, and shirts at Hammill, Breslauer and Antion y, Rosenbaum, J. Crawford, and Welton & Co. Buyers urged to act before year-end inventory clearances.
Fire at Philtipa and Mahoney's WT causes minor damage
Last night shortly after 6 o'clock a fire broke out in the upper part of Pips and Mahoney's mill on the Upon ridge causeway. The alarm sounded and the Virginia steamer responded but was not needed as hose from the fire plug extinguished the blaze. Damages amount to about $25 and officials cannot explain the cause after a period of inactivity in the mill.
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Wilkins
Woodyard
Seaboard Air Line
Virginia
Pips & Mahoney’s
Upon Ridge
Sard Portin
London
Standard
Constantinople
Salil Pasha
Vildia Putin
Lord Masti
Philip Currie
Sly Philip
Pasha
Tasha
Mothey
Plis
Lng
Ganado
Madrid
Marhal Ireno
Bin
Hele
No Meeting Held by School Board Missing Quorum
No meeting occurred last night due to lack of quorum. Present were D A Williams, George A Trant, W V Williams, B F Howell, James C Proctor, Charles Morris, Robt Glover, Less R Mall. A session is essential before Christmas to approve teachers pay and related matters.
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D. A. Willams
George A. Trant
W.V. A. Williams
B. F. Howell
James C. Proctor
Charles Morris
Robt
Glover
R. Mall
Court admits deed list and school board qualifiers
Muxchings Court records show the list of deeds admitted to record. Charles M. Morris qualified as a member of the School Board from the Third Ward. James N. Peed qualified on the estate of the late Peed, with the widow waiving her right to qualify.
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Chas. M. Morris
James N. Peed
Death of Walter J. Hall in Norfolk County
Walter J. Hall, a well known Norfolk county resident, died suddenly at his home near Bowers Mill yesterday morning in the fifth year of age. He leaves two sons and daughters to mourn his loss.
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Walter J. Hall
Norfolk County
Bowers
Samuel Niemeyer Appointed Clerk in Virginia Senate
Samuel Niemeyer, a well known local resident, has been appointed Clerk in the Virginia State Senate. The selection is praised as excellent and a good choice for the office.
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Senate
Samuel Niemeyer
Virginia State Senate
Sam
Kentucky Pool Room Mastermind Convicted in Covington
The Covington Kentucky pool room case ended with a jury verdict yesterday. A $100 fine and thirty days imprisonment were imposed for keeping a pool room. The indictment charged maintaining the establishment. The case will be appealed.
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Cincinnati
Covington
Renal Ailments Prominent in City Death Roll
The death roll shows renal and bladder diseases dominate, with Bright's disease and diabetes in bronie stages rarely cured. Early trouble may be aided by Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, a renal tonic and diuretic. It tones kidneys, eases dyspepsia, and relieves debility, constipation, rheumatic and nervous complaints.
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Bright
Bargain Week at Oxford Hall and Stores
You have a chance to save money on blankets shirts and coats. Prices cut from ten to six forty. Wool blankets and gray wool items reduced with additional discounts. Bargains urged as week for savings at Wander Oxford Hall and 803 Foley Street.
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Aa. J. Phillips
Wander
Oxford Hall
Missionaries Hold Line in Interior Turkey Amid Turmoil
A Boston cablegram reports Terrell urging withdrawal of American Board missionaries from inland Turkey to seaports. A published letter from a Board missionary defends staying, citing protection by authorities, risk to property and work, and the aim to calm local unrest while awaiting a safer future.
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Boston
Terrell
Constantinople
American Board
Turkey
Fim
Papa
Durrant Denied New Trial With Execution Ordered
In San Francisco Judge Murphy denied Theodore Durrant a new trial and ordered him sent to San Quentin to await execution. The judge affirmed the verdict as just and expressed no mitigation for the crime described as atrocity beyond parallel. Durrant showed no emotion, smiled at his father after the decision.
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San Francisco
Cal
Murphy
Durrant
Ile
Chicago Freight Bureau Speakers Rally for Southern Trade
At a Chicago banquet the Chicago Freight Bureau leaders denounced discrimination against Chicago in the Cotton Exposition era and urged growth of southern trade. President Durand asserted the bureau could steer Northwest commerce toward the South, swapping cotton and fruit for northern goods. The event showcased strong local business support for southern industrial ties.
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Chicago
Chicazu
Durand
Maron
Dixecon
Chicago Freight Bureau
Aneuriatism Cure Promoted by Munyon’s Rheumatism Remedy
An elderly reader from Carversville Pa credits Munyon’s Rheumatism Cure with curing years of heart disease and severe rheumatism after months of ineffective treatment by a local pharmacist. The letter touts the medicine as harmless and tonically rebuilding strength, with cures from acute to chronic rheumatism and related pains. It promotes mail contact for free medical advice and lists Munyon’s remedies as available at druggists.
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Munyon
Physterion
Munson
Arch Street
Philadelphia
Five Negroes Executed in South Carolina
Charleston reports five Black men executed after confessions to murders and robberies. From Hagwpton, S C, an earlier case includes Chester Doe and Charles Liesd, young defendants in a county murder at Muile’s Gold Mine. Abbeyie, S O reports Tom Peterson hanged between 10 and 11 AM for the murder of J J Mosely in a recent term.
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Charleston
N and Courier
Hagwpton
Shas
B. Re Metres
Chester
Doe
Charles Liesd
J.J. Mosely
Fall Injures Foreman At Works In Lynchburg
John M. Woody foreman at Cttengeerin Works was seriously hurt this morning when he fell from an iron smoke stack. Roderick Davis an elderly colored man died last night after being struck by a falling object on Zahline's factory on Ony Twelfth Street yesterday afternoon.
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Wo Patal
Lymetborg
Lynchburg
Var
Dee
John M. Woody
Cttengeerin Works
County Commissioner Abweomsds Accuses Peer Atherton of Absconding
A county official alleges that Commissioner Peer Atherton has absconded with about 5000 and mortgaged property, abandoning his family. He is said to have fled with a railway broker’s wife, drawing strong local feelings against him.
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Caluimhis
Dee OA
Iron Newark
Perbert Atherton
Public Auction Schedules For 108 Fourth Street Residence
District notices announce sale by public auction of the dwelling at 108 Fourth Street South, Wortsmouth, with terms and time to be held Thursday at 1 PM. Also notes a delayed sale event and local bidding details. Historic wartime dispatches nearby report Cuban munitions seized at Key West and related captures by customs cutters, describing quantities of rifles, ammunition, dynamite, saddles, and a wounded Cuban captive.
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Key West
Cutfer Wivenm
Jeremy Tucwiligy
Cape Sable
Cope
Cuba
Domingo Penandes
Ciy
Winona
Morville Beatty and Chathanooga Man Die in Elevator Fall
An incident at a Chattanooga tire plant ends in the death of Hoyle Mayron, a compositor, after an elevator cable frayed and hung him moments before he fell to the shaft. The accident, witnessed by coworkers, prompted medical staff to relay the grim news to his family. Velentine Hoyle, the deceased’s father, received the tragedy hours later as details of the fatal injury were confirmed.
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Morville Beatty
Chathanooga
Falbire
Hoyle
Hie Tiree
Mayron
Velentine Hoyle
Fur Cleaning and Maintenance Tips From The Times
The piece discusses fur maintenance including prewashing, shaking off particles, and careful brushing to restore appearance. It notes oven-baking options for stubborn mats and warns that fur cleaning can be costly, with emphasis on removing lining and wadding before cleaning to improve results. It also contains unrelated political commentary about Cuban military actions and the Spanish conflict.
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New York Post
Live News Notes in Remarkable Fragments
A collage of brief items notes a 100 year old Charlottesville marriage, a California educator killed by an electric car, golden weddings in Londonderry, Catherine Droz and politics, potatoes as American staples, a David statue replica in Lancashire, swans and a shooting in New Jersey, Senator Sherman’s rivals from 1880, a physic- business building in Oklahoma, Michigan fish driving, and a Czech opera gown. Also mentions a buffalo head sale in Butte and Guatemala dentistry. The Cuban insurgents face news from Havana while Cromez’s army survives.
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EM Job Johnson
Charlottesville
Via
Dovly
Old Honmvestend
Londonderry
Crustave
Droz
Academy
Mrs. Rover
Muttie Down Council
Cone May
N. J
Ives
Sanith Yn
Lewis Smith
Tos
Sherman
Grant
Blaine
Windom
Garfield
Ihe B. Washburne
Ed Intincs
Oluwa
Kan
Hermmuve
Michigan
Eyminn
Courtney
Yellowstone Park
Butte
Mont
Mowie
United States
Wyoming
Sirella Cool
Guatemala
California
Fiavana
Cromez
New Orleans
Rage in Afghanistan Reports Brutal Punishments
A Quetta report cites the Ameer of Afghanistan furious over Nazrullah Khan failure to secure a London representative. It claims many are buried alive, prisoners count rises, and exodus continues as Nasirullah Khan faces punishment and possible expulsion. Springfield Republic lauds Senator John B. Gordon as a famed Southern general and eloquent statesman.
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London Evening News
Quetta
Beloochostan
Afghanistan’ Frontier
Afghanistan
Nazrullah Khan
London
England
Ameer
Nasrujlah
Kotwal
Cabul
Nasirullah Khan
Springfield
John B. Gorton
Syrup of Figs Promoted as Comfort and Health Aid
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a pleasant laxative that cleanses the system, dispels headaches and colds, and improves health. It claims universal satisfaction, praises the California Fig Syrup Company, and notes 50 cent and 1 dollar bottle sizes with brand labeling to prevent substitutes.
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California Fig By Co
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General Assembly
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Jowan A. Morris
Breslauer & Antiony
Wiech Street
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AL. Rosenbaum
Levy & Jacons
J. S. Crawford's
Char, R. Welton & CO
Uattera
Philtipa & Mahoney
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Death of
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Kentucky
Jowan A. Morius
Momni
Ohio Torpedo Plant
Findlay, O
Gosto Oelock
Ohio and Taillana ‘Torpedo Company
Howling Green
Owonty-Shyve Mies
Bowling Green
Main Street
Shima
Twinty
Toledo
L. C. Griffith
South Cura
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Clifford Street
Port Norfolk
Harper
Joseph Grickh
Middle Street
North Street
Morse
Crawford Strett
Star Buildings
Door
Tolemane
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Dagsifeation
Peature
Invliention Brefornett
Mediteutal Inojurkes
Walter C. Brooks & CO
Crawford Street
J. W
Davis & CO
Wortsnouth
Fourth Street
Robhiutson
Sale
Washington Times
Wilet
Bath
Trinh
Norfolk
PORK
Plonk Wiest Ena Mews
Jon H. Windet
Flm
E. C. Brooks
GMO. S
John L. Watson
Ato
C. Nash's
High ST
Vwi
Astrachan
Canada Soul
Astrachan CC
Colura
Ast Henson
OW. C. Nash
W.N. White
Alvo
H. B
Washington Street
Maupin
Phony
Nold-Lm
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