Obituaries from May 1909 list several local deaths
Death notices for John T Hubbard Mary Eliza Beth Pond Milton L Dunnavant Bernice Blanche Scarborough and John Felix Maclin record dates ages and funeral details. Services are scheduled at Second Presbyterian Church Good Shepherd Memorial Church Gilfield Baptist Church and local residences with invitations extended to friends and family. Interments vary by location including Matoata cemetery. </note>
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Hubbard
Shepard Street
John T. Hubbard
Second Presbyterian Church
Pond
Gill Street
Ettrick
Mary Elizabeth Pond
J. Frank and
Gaynel
Mann Pond
Atwand
Dunnavant
Pearl Street
Milton L
John W
Izola L. Dunnavant
Matoata
Scarborough
Main Street
Bernice Blanche Scarborough
Susie Perkins
Scarsborough
Good Shepherd Memorial Church
Mrs Timmons Likely Faces $200 Fine in Coastwise Violation
Honolulu May 26 Mrs J W Timmons daughter of former Vice President Fairbanks may owe a $200 penalty for coastwise navigation law violation. She traveled to Japan on the Cheyo Maru on a through ticket, halted in Honolulu, then returned home making the city the terminus of her outward journey. Masters of the Siberia or Makura may refuse her passage to avoid liability.
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Honolulu
J. W. Timmons
Fairbanks
United States
Japan
Timmons
Siberia
Makura
Vancouver
Chosen Aid to Bishop Paret in Maryland Diocese
The Rev. John Gardner Murray, rector of St. Michael and All Angels in Baltimore, was elected coadjutor bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Maryland with the right of succession. His election followed a spirited debate at the 126th annual convention, the third attempt after two failed conventions.
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Baltimore
John Gardner Murray
St. Michael and All Angel’s Church
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
Maryland
Paret
Protestant Episcopal Church
Crushed to Death Near McGaheysville Virginia
W. W. Ryan a respected resident of the McGaheysville area was killed yesterday in Harrisonburg when he was run over by a traction engine. While operating the engine he halted on a level, turned the fly wheel by hand and was thrown beneath the wheels. The large wheel passed over his body crushing the hips and body and breaking an arm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisonburg
W. W. Ryan
McGaheysville
Governor commutes death sentence to life for Charles Foderill
In Raleigh the governor commuted the death sentence of Charles Foderill to life imprisonment. Foderill, who was to be executed in jail here on Friday for killing his wife, had the sentence commuted as Sheriff Ziglar supervised the scaffold.
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Winston-Salem
N. C
Ziglar
Raleigh
Kitchin
Charles Foderill
Foderill
Commandments for nuiby One Compels Him to Eat with a Fork
In St Louis a husband sues for divorce after decades of harsh rules by his wife. He details years of control including meals, clothing, and car seats, from forced water-carrying to obeying a strict breakfast time. The wife admits to strictness but denies excess in household discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Charles B. Sienwugh
Whea
Charles
Ceser
Allegany Gonl
Gary
Wien
Witter
Which Is Heavier Feathers or Lead in a Pound Debate
A schoolroom puzzle asks which is heavier a pound of feathers or a pound of lead. Demonstrations show both weigh equal on a balance, but when air buoyancy is considered feathers are heavier. The effect of air makes feather weight appear greater until the weights are measured without air support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vlden
Charles Reade
Mate
Customs of Nicaraguan Death Rites Dread Stranger
The article describes long standing Nicaraguan death customs blending indigenous and colonial elements. A priest administers last rites as a golden or jeweled consecrated wafer is carried in a sacred vessel. A boy tolls a bell, a single violin plays a dirge, and soldiers form a protective surround as the padre is carried under a purple canopy through silent streets, with locals kneeling in reverence. Foreigners who skip the sign of the cross risk rough treatment.
Degraded Indians of Santa Barbara Island and Nearby Isles
The Santa Barbara Island Indians, once possibly a thousand strong, declined to about nine hundred by 1823 and vanished by 1875. Based on early voyage accounts and remains, missionaries described them as the most degraded of humans with a diet including insects and large earthworms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Barbara
California
Sita Barbara
Santi Barbara
Smallest book printed in Padua by Salmin brothers
Claim of the smallest book ever printed published in Padua Italy by Salmitro brothers. It measures ten by six millimetres with eighty pages each page holding ninety to one hundred lines of text, fully visible. The volume reproduces a previously unpublished letter Galileo's to Christina of Lorraine from 1616.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Padua
Italy
Salmin Trothers
Gatilei
Christina of Lorena
Stair Climbing Strength Measured for Upward Effort
A study finds stair climbing strength is eight times the effort needed to ascend a given distance. Researchers assess leg power and endurance to gauge how much work stairs demand for different individuals.
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C. Leonard Hardware Co
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China
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Petersburg
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Mys
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McIlwaine Building
Hall & Picardat
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WM. A. Bond
Treas
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John Moyler
N. J. Patteson
W. L. Venable
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P.M. Potlore
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