Miscellaneous Furnishings and Odds and Ends for Sale
A list of furniture and home goods at 631 to 639 Massachusetts Avenue includes brass beds, go carts, rockers, bookcases, couches, a Verona covered lounge, and refrigerators from brands Edson, Columbia, and Belding. Also noted are display items like oak and mahogany finish pieces and an ice chest. Partial prices and item variants appear throughout the catalog style listing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rattan
Verona
Edson
Refrigerator
New Columbia
Belding
Norfolk Police Commissioners Ruling Splits City Power
Circuit Judge Robert B. Prentis rules Consolvo valid select council member and that the old Norfolk council could name successors, delaying final decision. He says terms expire July to July and the court will seek Supreme Court review with Wood and Shultice named as police commissioners amid reformist gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Councils
Board of Police Commissioners
Washington Pont
Richmond
Charlie H.consorvo
Select Council
Norfolk
Robert W. Shultice
Sean Wood
Suffolk
Robert B. Prentis
Prentis
Consolvo
Messrs. Wood and Shultice
Supreme Court of Appeals
Baptist associations hold regional meetings across Virginia
In Fairfax, Clarke, Warren, Rappahannock, Page, Shenandoah, Fauquier and Madison counties the Ketocton Association of Regular Baptists closed its session at Bethel Church with Elder Joseph Thompson elected moderator and Walter T. Oliver reappointed clerk. Meanwhile the Potomac Baptist Association, serving Fauquier, Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, Stafford, Alexandria and Culpeper counties, gathers August 17 at Long Branch Church near Middleburg to worship under ministers W. H. Council and A. W. Graves. In Staunton River, Mount Ararat Church hosted the Staunton River Primitive Baptist Association's meeting, drawing several thousand attendees before closing Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Rt
Fairfax
Ketocton Association of Regular Baptists
Bethel Church
Ketocton Association
Clarke
Warren
Rappahannock
Page
Shenandoah
Fauquier
Madison
Virginia
Joseph Thompson
Walter T. Oliver
Widters Wiliam Buff
Liberty
John Huff
Luray Va
Vb. MeInturff
Strasburg
J. P. Shafer
New Market
J. M. Ashworth
Point Pleasant
Kenmore
Warrenton
Potomac Baptist Association
Baptist
Loucoun
Prince William
Stafford
Alexandria
Culpeper
Long Branch Church
Middleburg
W. H. Council
Marshall
A. W. Graves
Falls Church
Chatham
Quakers In Session at Goose Creek Meeting Leesburg Va
The Goose Creek quarterly meeting of the Society of Friends began at Lincoln on Sunday and will continue two days. Delegates came from Fairfax Frederick and other counties. Also notes of local obituaries and society announcements from Leesburg and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society of Friends
Loudoun County
Washington Post
Leesburg
Goose Creek
Lincoln
Waterford
Hopewell
Frederick County
Woodlawn
Washington
D. C
Fairfax
Frederick
Fairfax Quarterly Meeting
E. B. Gregg
Martha J. Brown
Prominent Charlestown Citizen Stephen Dalgarn Dies at 60
Charlestown mourns the sudden death of Stephen S. Dalgarn at age sixty from heart failure linked to Bright's disease. A mercantile operator, Bank of Charlestown director, builder, deacon in the Presbyterian church, and real estate holder, he leaves a wife, one son, and two brothers Lucas of Charlestown and Charles of Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tnion
L. Dehy
Methodist Church
Seictating
Charlestown
W. Va
Stephen
Dalgarn
Bright
Bank of Charlestown
Presbyterian Church
Lucas
Charles
Philadelphia
FOOLED WITH ARMY RIFLE INJURES BOY IN VIRGINIA
A 15 year old Willie L Wrenn of Berkley lost his right hand and badly damaged his right leg when an old loaded army rifle exploded at his home in Norfolk Virginia The incident also lightly injured Cyrus Spences son who stood nearby The relic rifle had been kept as a family keepsake and the boy did not know it was loaded The condition of the wounded youth was reported critical later in Petersburg VA
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Norfolk
Willie L. Wrenn
Berkley
Cyrus Spence
Port Norfolk
Wrenn
Scanned WV Legislature Extra Session Bills Summary
A Charleston report reviews the West Virginia extra session lasting eighteen days costing taxpayers $20,000. It lists 24 enacted measures on tax reform and state finance, from a liquor and weapons tax to collateral inheritances and real estate reassessment, plus state tax administration and education funding rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Charleston
W. Va
White
West Virginia
State Tax Commissioner
Boards of Education
State Penitentiary
Sage of Bleak Hill Dies at 81 in Virginia
The Sage of Bleak Hill, Hon. Peter Saunders, died suddenly at his Bleak Hill home near Rocky Mount Va, aged eighty two. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates in 1883 1884 helped build the Episcopal Church of the Ascension and left four children E W D W Agatha and Alice Saunders. The funeral drew a large concourse of friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Rocky Mount
Sage
Bleak Hill
Peter Saunders
Saunders
House of Delegates of
Virginia
Jubal Harry
Third shark caught around Annapolis this summer
A barroom fight in Charleston West Virginia left Alonzo Hammack injuring his cousin John Summers with two deep back slashes. Officer Abbott intervened and lost part of a hand as Hammack, thinking he attacked Abbott, attacked Summers. Hammack was arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alonzo Hammack
Abbott
Washington Post
Charleston
W. Va
Alonzo Bammack
John Summers
W. E. Nutter
Summers
Hammack
SHORT DRIVE TO MATRIMONY IN WASHINGTON AREA
Special to The Washington. Mias Besse L. Amey of Kearneysville and Mr John Foster of Sandy Hook Md eloped to Sandy Hook and wed at the house of Mr Robert Jenkins with a minister awaiting. License obtained in Hagerstown by Frederick Cole. Bride's parents opposed. Foster drove to Amey's home to take her on a short drive then to Sandy Hook for the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hagerstown
Mias
Besse L. Amey
Kearneysville
John ¥. Foster
Sandy Hook
Robert Jenkins
Lcense
Frederick Cole
Baltimore and Ohio
Trust by Rev J R Wood at Harpers Ferry Methodist church
A brief note coming from Rev J R Wood of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Harpers Ferry Virginia outlines the theme of trust. The item highlights sermon focus and parish concern, reflecting church life in the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Harpers Ferry
Wva
Wiliam Houston Tittlepage
Arkansas
Louella Prouty Knapp
Wisconsin
W. Va
J Wood
Methodist Episcopal Church
Ashington
D. C
J R Wood
The
Conductor Arrested for Freight Car Robberies
Salisbury NC August 15 Conductor J D Phillips of Spencer was arrested at home on charges of robbing freight cars in transit on the Southern Railway. Authorities found two new typewriters and other goods believed stolen in December. Bond set at 1000, hearing scheduled for Saturday morning. Special to the Washington Post Raleigh NC. August 15 State Auditor B F Dixon unable to attend Boston GAR events due to ill health. Fredericksburg Va August 15 body of a suspected murderer in Spottsylvania returned from Marion NC. not that of John Lewis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Fort
Roanoke
Keaton & Reed
Check
Floyd County
Hosea Custer
Fairfax & Beil
Brunswick
Washington Post
Boyd's
Herman Rodey
Baltimore and Ohio
Irving
Rodey
Potomac Logge, B. Rk, T
Southern Railway
Salisbury
J D. Phillips
Spencer
Connelly
Hance
Dave Julian
J A @Sheroff
Philips
Phillips
Washington
Raleigh
N. C
F Dixon
North Carolina
Grand Army of the Republic
Boston
Bessemer City
Fredericksburg
J. McWhirt
Spottsylvania
Marion
N.C
John Lewis
Lewis
Also Mentioned on This Page
General Furniture Department
Massachusetts Avenue
Onier
Volour
Seaton
Damask
damdSk
Crewees
Sies
Pitern
Gatherings OF Baptists
Ao Het
Quakers
Alfred A Brown
Chesterfield County
Lemuel Segar
Widewater
Stafford County
Wileanora Poudre
Thomas Foudis
Thomas Priddy
Joanna G. Pratt
R.A. Pratt
J. M. Webb
Portsmouth
Thomas Fisher
Richard Fisher
Henry Casey
Maggie Fisher
Ethel Fisher
Willie Wrenn
NEW Railroad
Wabash
Petersburg
Tidewater Railroad Company
Corps of
Civil Engineers
City Jarretts
Sussex County
Atlantic Coast Line
Deep Water
Southampton County
Bains Tavern
Vicksville
Lynchburg
Warrington Post
RS. Walker
Maude Walker
Stephen C. Hurt, Jr
C. J. Latchford
James River
Congress
Frederickeburg
Howard Hathaway
Lancaster County
Joseph Raymond
State Reform School
Weston
Exer
Chester Independent School District
Secretary of State
State Tax Commission
Ninetan Bret
Rockville
Harry H. Hoffman
Mise Hisie M. Rayner
S.R. White
D. W. Campbell
Washington Pr
Norfolk, Va
J. D. Campbell
Campbell
Speciata
George W. Rockefeller
Mobjack Bay
North River
Plainfield
N. J
John D. Rockefeller
Dinwiddie County Court House
Leonard D. Yar Tell
R. Southald
Didates
Sage OF
Washington Frost
George E. Wawards
Colesville
Justice of the Peace
Joseph
David ¢. Kennedy
Edwards
Kennedy
Boyds
Republican District Committee
Clarksburg
W. W. Cronenburg
Christopher B. Watkins
Zach Woodfield
J. W. Boyer
Annapolia
Tne
Washington Pest
Annapolis
Margaret Co. Anderson
New York
Bertram J. Harbin
Washington, D. C
Kelly Hobbs
Heastport Baptist Church
Plorence Martin
Harry King
Maryland Avenue M. E
Ocean City
Chesapeake Bay
Annapolis, Md
Maryland
H. Littlepage
Louella P. Knapp
Charlotte Bank
Washington Port Charlotte
John H McAden
Merchants and Farmers’ National Bank
Charlotte
Keep Trust
Jesse ¥ Y. Foster
Washington County
Hessle L Amey
Jefferson County
Keep
Dr. Lyon
E & Lyon
Dixon
Byslness
Bradfield Regulator Co
Atlanta
Ma Nain
Ther
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