Cheval Mirror and Oak Bedroom Furniture Sale List
A catalog of furniture pricing listing Cheval mirrors in oak and mahogany, various dressers, beds, buffets, tables, chiffonier and combination suites with scattered prices and condition notes. Items include quartered oak, bird's-eye maple, and curly birch pieces with multiple price points and occasional misprints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peers Mir
Wi Aid
Eninge
Markea
Cates
Waters
Edson
Bbe
Enna
Sena
Verona
Damask
Damask We
Damask Bo
Erathe
Nate Tsa Gishalee
Ieee Euaeies
Pollard and Johnson in Negro Congressional race
The article reports that Joseph R. Pollard and Maj. Johnson are the two Black candidates in the district race with Democratic nominee Congressman John Lamb likely to win re election. White Republicans split factions and face an empty victory if their candidate fails to unite the party.
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Joseph R. Pollard
Maj. Johnson
John Lamb
Fucal
Washington
Hrhnmond
Edgar Allen
Siegulet
Ne- Bleds
May Johnson
Man's Legs Ground Off on Baltimore and Ohio Express
Special to The Washington from Cumberland Maryland reports Gasile Drigoff of Canton Ohio rode the Baltimore and Ohio express No 4 and became wedged between the cow catcher slats as the train started. The wheels ground his legs to the knees and fractured his skull. He remained alive but with little chance of recovery. In Rockville Maryland county commissioners named Harry Riggs of Goshen trustee of the poor replacing the late G Fenton Snoutfer.
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Washington
Cumberland Ma
Gasile Drigoff
Canton
Ohio
Baltimore and Ohio Express
Charles Bain
Drigoff
Rae Wasmogworoe
Rockville, Md
Harry Riggs
Goshen
G. Fenton Snoutfer
Little Girl Assaulted by Unknown Man in Maryland
An unknown white man about 35 assaulted seven-year-old Elmind Wis on a Hagerstown street. He offered money and fruit to lure her into a cornfield claiming to help find a lost chain. The girl alerted her father and officers pursued. a description-matching man was seen by Harry Alsip, who reported being offered money to guide to a depot. A mob of about fifty pursued the suspect but he escaped through a hedge fence.
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Washington Post
Hagerstown
Elmind
John H Wis
Harry Alsip
Middlebury
Alsip
Norfolk and Western
Tidewater Railway gains control of Farmville line
Newport News August 17 Tidewater Railway Company has secured control of the old Farmville and Powhatan Railway creating a right of way from Farmville to Bermuda Hundred near City Point on the James River. A line from West Virginia coal fields to Bermuda Hundred is expected with freight barged down the James to Newport News and Norfolk where Tidewater has pier options. The Bermuda Hundred area topography suits James River bridging and the Tidewater track is believed to reach Newport News.
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Washington T
Newport News
Tidewater Railway Company
Farmville
Bermuda Hundred
James River
Tidewater Company
Tobacco price fix sparks Richmond dealer concern
Great commotion grips Richmond tobacco dealers as word spreads that the Interstate Tobacco Growers Association may seek to fix raw leaf prices. They argue farmers mortgage crops before harvest, forcing early sales, and doubt growers can unite. expect movement to fail.
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Washington Pass
Richmond
Interstate Tobacco Growers’ Association
Virginia legislature blamed for wildcat insurance schemes
The Insurance Herald accuses the Virginia legislature and the state corporation commission of tolerating wildcat fire insurance operators. Maj. A S Lanier defends the commission by noting it was created by the constitutional convention and that lawmakers failed to enact preventing laws. Richard Deaven, age thirty five, of Cumberland, is mentioned in a separate note.
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Corporation Commission
Washington
Richmond
Insurance Herald
Atlanta
State Corporation Commission
Maj. A. S. Lanier
Herald
Tragedy Near Little Capon In West Virginia Train Incident
A man near Little Capon West Virginia about twenty miles east of Cumberland was killed yesterday evening after he and a young boy stepped between tracks to avoid an oncoming train. He was struck by a second Baltimore and Ohio train that he did not see. The boy escaped unharmed.
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Little Capon
W. Va
Cumberland
Baltmore and
Ohio
de Haven
Osler to Oxford Regius Professor of Medicine
Dr William Osler head of Johns Hopkins Medical School accepts the regius professorship of medicine at the University of Oxford England to assume next spring. He will reside in Oxford and the move is viewed as a loss for Hopkins. Osler is famed for Principles and Practice of Medicine and numerous works and honors. He was born in Ontario and studied at McGill University, University College London, and Berlin and Paris. He held key posts at McGill, University of Pennsylvania, and Johns Hopkins and is feted in Baltimore and in medical circles.
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Baltimore
William Osier
Johns Hopkins Medical School
Regius
University of Oxford
England
Edward
Oxford
H. H. Hurd
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Osler
Hopijkins
Canada
Europe
Bondhead
Ontario
Trinity University
Toronto
McGhil University
University College
London
Berlin
Paris
Montreal
McGill College
University of Pennsylvania
Johns Hopkins University
William Osler
D. Cc. L
McGill University
McGill
Aberdeen
Yale
Edinburgh
Royal Society of London
Royal College of Physicians
Institutes of Medicine
Medical
Journal of
Experimental Medicine
Oxford Medical Society
Self-inflicted gunshot wounds Leave Dozier in critical condition
This afternoon Dozier shot himself in the left breast with a revolver. Physicians say an operation will be necessary, but his condition was so critical tonight that it was impossible to operate.
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Dozier
Sommers Waives Hearing In Train Explosive Case
Rockville Md August 17 Sommers of Washington waived a hearing before Justice Reading on a charge of stopping a Baltimore and Ohio passenger train with an explosive near Boyds station. An explosion reportedly jolted the train around 930 pm Monday. detectives Williams and Eagle arrested him after an investigation. He posted $250 security for November term court. it is believed the act was an experiment, not criminal intent.
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Washington
Rockville
R. S. Sommers
Justice of the Peace Reading
Baltimore and Ohio
Boyds Station
Willams and
Eagle
Sommers
Boyde
Justice Reading
H. Maurice Talbott
Wealthy Maryland farmer dies by own action at hotel
Max A. Smith a wealthy Cearfoss farmer near Hagerstown Maryland aged about thirty died by self inflicted gunshot at Hotel Franklin in the early morning hours last night. He was seen entering his room by the proprietor and left a legible note. He left a wife and child and ran large farms for his mother and owned other property. Relatives offered no reason for the death.
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Washington Post
Hagerstown
Max A. Smith
Cearfoss
Franklin
Smith
John W. Dolan
Smith Seaves
Ile
James Smith
Martin Smith
Edward Smith
Greencastle
Runaway Boy Killed by Freight Train Near Brunswick
Frederick August 17 A twelve year old boy son of John Hillburton a New York broker was killed when he leaped from a freight train and was struck by the St Louis Express near Brunswick Brunswick County. The youth had run away from Berryville Virginia with two companions aiming for New York. Special from Staunton Va says Capt John N Opie will run as an Independent for Congress stating he was not treated fairly by the Tenth district Democratic committee.
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St. Louis Express
Washington Post
Frederick
Did
Wiilie
John Hillburton
New York
Brunswick
Berryville
Norfolk and Western
Baltimore and Ohio
Hillburton
St.wis
Wasungion Poa Staunton
John N. Opie
Congress
Opie
Tenth District
Democratic Committee
Statesboro Turmoil as White mobs terrorize Black residents
In Statesboro Georgia on August 17 unrest spread from the town to rural areas as white bands roamed the countryside attacking Black people linked to the Before Day Club. Reports say a Black resident Handy Bell was killed but the identity is disputed while Albert Roberts and his son were wounded in their cabin. Judge Daley urged restraint as militia prepared to resign and military censorship affected telegraph dispatches. The night ended with uncertainty and fear of further clashes.
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Statesboro
Bullock County
Handy Bell
Bell
Albert Roberts
Register
Roberts
Daley
Firemen overcome by smoke in Cortland street blaze
In Cortland street New York twenty two firemen including two battalion chiefs two captains and two lieutenants were overcome by smoke in a fire at the engraving and printing establishment of William H Cocklaire Ambulance doctors aided them and only two were hospitalized Captains Ruch and Higgins attempted a return into the burning building were restrained and later restored to consciousness The financial loss was reported as small.
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New York
William H. Cocklaire
Cortland Street
Ruch
Higgins
Stomach Bitters Promoted as Best Remedy for Digestive Ailments
An advertisement touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as the premier science backed remedy for stomach derangements, heartburn, bloating, poor appetite, coated tongue, insomnia, dyspepsia, constipation, fever and ague, urging readers to buy a bottle at once.
Girls Arrested for Begging Near Glen Echo Camp
Amanda Massey fourteen and Grace Gordon twenty two were arrested near Seventeenth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW by Officer McCarthy of the Third Precinct about 7:30 p m. The police say Massey begged claiming funeral expenses for deceased relatives while Gordon claimed to be from Brooklyn and to be a contortionist. They were taken to the House of Detention and will face vagrancy charges in Police Court.
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Amanda Wasoey
Grace Gordon
Glen Echo
Seventeenth Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
McCarthy
Amanda Massey
Massey
Gordon
Brooklyn
Bullets End Life Of Towles After Lodge Incident
John Towles a 29 year old Negro of 410 Wilson Street Northwest died at Emergency Hospital from blood poisoning following a gunshot wound received during a lodge excursion at Hamilton Virginia on August 9. Towles contended the shooting was accidental and blamed no one, while Captain Boardman ordered further investigation.
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John Towles
Wilson Street
Hamilton
Towles
Boardman
Virginia
Train Backs Into Ice Wagon Fatality and Injury Nearby
In Rush City Minnesota on August 17 a tragic accident occurred as ice wagon driver Henry Jenkins, a Black man, was struck when a switch engine backed into his wagon near South Capitol and G streets. Jenkins suffered minor injuries and received hospital treatment. Nearby, in preparatory funeral activities for Miss Anna Larson, her mother Mrs. L A Larson, aged sixty, fell and broke her neck after descending stairs.
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Henry Jenkins
Pennsylvania Railroad
South Capitol
G Streets
Providence
Waxon
Rush City
Minn
Anna Larson
L. A. Larson
Promises Put In Writing Porté Guarantees Equal School Treatment
Constantinople Aug 17 The porte sent a formal note to the American Legation promising equal treatment for American schools and related institutions with the most favored nation status, subject to standard departmental formalities. Officials doubt new crises will arise if the agreement is loyally carried out, while some diplomats note the incomplete American settlement versus France’s 1901 Mytelene accord. American circles say Minister Leishman secured what he demanded and awaits execution.
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Porte
America
Constantinople
Legation
France
Mytelene
Leashman
Germans rout Hereros after August battles in South Africa
Berlin reports von Trotha, commander of German forces in South Africa, says the Hereros fled eastward after the August 18 battle. Deimling and Muehlenfels’ divisions forced marches to Omutjatjeva but abandoned pursuit as Hereros dispersed. Estorf’s column defeated bands August 15 on the Omuramba river, with German losses of five dead and seven wounded.
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Berlin
von Trotha
South Africa
Deimling
Muehlenfels
Omutjatjeva
Estorf
Omuramba
Monarchs Kiss and Part at Brief Carlsbad Meeting
In an informal encounter, Emperor Francis Joseph and King Edward met near Carlsbad. They exchanged kisses and salutes as the Emperors boarded trains, with Edward departing by automobile to the railway station to bid farewell. The monarchs’ meeting lasted minutes with no formal proceedings.
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Emperor Francis Joseph
King Edward
Marienbad
Francis Joseph
Carlsbad
Ischl
Edward
Fires Ravage Hungary and Western Silesia Distress
Aug 17 Vienna reports disastrous drought fires destroying hundreds of houses across Hungarian villages with 15 to 20 deaths. Berlin notes a locomotive spark ignited a Western Silesia forest fire, burning 190 square miles of Duke Ernst Gunther and Count von Dohna Kotzenau lands. Neuverwerk village burned in ten minutes as troops help prevent further spread. many deer perished.
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Vienna
Hungary
Fhrteen
Berlin
Silesia
Ernst Gunther
Schleswig-Holstein
Count von Dohna- Kotzenau
Neuverwerk
Melbourne Cabinet Formed With Rela Premier Named
Melbourne reports a new cabinet formed with Rela as premier and minister for external affairs. The lineup includes Treasurer Sir George Shaw, Attorney General Sir Josiah Symon, Home Affairs Minister Thompson, Board of Trade President McLean, Defense Minister McCay, and Postmaster General Mit.
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Melbourne
Victoria
Rela
George Shaw
Josiah Symon
Thompson
Board of Trade
McLean
Aes McCay
Mit
Italian man restrained after alleged kidnapping attempt in Pittsburgh
An unknown Italian, named James Flesh by police, allegedly tried to abduct five year old Helen White in Allegheny. A mob gathered at a Robinson Street tenement, but police arrived and the suspect was taken to central station where the crowd dispersed. He faces a hearing tomorrow.
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George L. Dunn
Thirteenth Street
Lewis ©. Jones
First Precinct
Tomas Callaway
Pittsburg
Helen White
Allegheny
Robinson Street
Paine
Central Station
James Flesh
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Wwe
Rimes Rosas
Mate
Rues End
Farmsville Road
Tidewater
Growers’ Association
Boy
Richard Deaven
Dr, Osler
Norfolk, Va
Frank Dozier
Georgia
Hostetter
Burns Orrison
Otho
Orrison
Ison
Dunn
Hereros
Attatralian
Newbro
Edward Stevens
Specia
Wight
Fortr
Easun
Dept. H
Detroit
Mich
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