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Newspaper
Salem Times Register
Location
Salem, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1900
Page
2
Local merchants direct a special feature in the Times Register inviting readers to inspect the current stock for the upcoming grad season. The merchants emphasize careful selection of desired lines and urge reader patronage, noting the paper as a community medium and endorsing their ads.
Virginia towns census figures list Salem with 4,000 or more, ahead of peers like Roanoke and Martinsville. The piece notes Salem’s growth since 1800, counting not only the city proper but nearby establishments such as the Baptist Orphanage and Woolen Mills area, and calls Salem the Queen City of the Southwest.
A Salem reader forwarded a Washington reply from attorney A B Pugh dated November 21 1900 clarifying no Act directly authorizes Spanish American War soldiers to file declaratory statements for 160 acres. The letter notes no fixed opening date for land settlement and references the June 16 1905 act and related documents.
Roanoke Board of Trade, at a late meeting, appoints James I Woods C W Saunders and others to inspect extending the city trade and draft a charter for a new railroad to serve the Norfolk and Western interests. report by the 21st instant. Also notices Salem agents for Ger American Herb Compound and Dixie Steam Laundry seek patronage.
A Texas murder case details a brutal assault on Bane, a Roanoke County native, in a Dallas saloon. He was beaten, doused with turpentine, set afire, and died after hours of agony. Police arrested four men, but identities remain unclear. Bane left Roanoke years ago to farm in Texas and leave a wife and seven children.
In the matter of Jas. A. Bradshaw of Roanoke City a notice to creditors announces his adjudication as a bankrupt on November 2 1900 and the first meeting of creditors on December 7 at 10 o'clock in the forenoon at Room 616 Torr y Building Roanoke. Also included is a deed of trust dated October 18 1899 securing $3000 for Mrs Mary Haskerville and Beller Harrell with notes and interest, noting a default on the October 18 1900 payment.
Roanoke Academy hosts William Gillette's Secret Service on Saturday December 1. The war drama blends romance and patriotism with vivid Confederate siege scenes and bayonet action, blurring history and fiction to captivate audiences. Cars will return after the show.
A brief personal obituary notice from December 10, 1000, in Salem expressing appreciation for kindness and sympathy received after a father's death. Signed by Jxo. I. AmMsraona, the writer hopes to thank friends in person but cannot stay longer.
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