Fine Antique Bedroom Furniture Sale Restocks Featured Oak and Mahogany Pieces
A late 19th or early 20th century classifieds list offers numerous chestnut oak and mahogany bedroom furniture items. Cheval mirrors, swell-front dressers, beds, chiffoniers, washstands, and tables are priced with many variants in quartered oak, oak, mahogany, and bird's-eye maple finishes. Prices range from a few to several tens of dollars, highlighting a diverse catalog for a furniture sale or auction.
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Pollard and Johnson Seek Negro Congressional Nomination in District
The Washington Fest reports two Black candidates Joseph R. Pollard and Major Johnson vie for the negro vote in the congressional race. Republican factions argue over white nominees Edgar Allen and a vacant seat while Democrats back Congressman John Lamb for re election as the party hints at strong opposition to a Black nominee. The scene shows tense factionalism within the GOP and rising Black political interest with papers urging Johnson’s nomination.
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Joseph R. Pollard
Maj. Johnson
John Lamb
Fucal
Washington
Hrhnmond
Connissi
Edgar Allen
Siegill
Tin Negroca
May Johnson
Man's Legs Ground Off in Train Accident near Cumberland
Special to The Washungin reports Gasile Drigoff of Canton Ohio rode Baltimore and Ohio express No 4 just west of Cumberland when jolted between cowcatcher slats as the train sped 40 to 60 mph. His legs were severed at the knees and his skull fractured, with little hope of recovery. In Rockville Maryland county commissioners appoint Harry Riggs Goshen trustee of the poor to replace the late G F Snoutfer.
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Cumberland Ma
Gasile Drigoff
Canton
Ohio
Baltimore and
Charles Bain
Drigoff
Rae Wasmogworoe
Rockville, Md
Harry Riggs
Goshen
G. Fenton Snoutfer
Little Girl Assaulted near Washington in August Storm
A white man about 35, coatless, feloniously assaulted Elmind Wis seven in Hagerstown Maryland. He offered money and fruit to lure her into a cornfield. The child escaped after screams. A pursuit by armed residents failed. description matched a man encountered by Harry Alsip on the Middlebury turnpike.
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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 Aug 17 Tidewater Railway Company has secured control of the old Farmville and Powhatan Railway, securing 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 believed, with freight barged to Newport News and Norfolk where Tidewater holds pier options. Topography favors bridging the James at Bermuda Hundred, and the Tidewater track is expected to reach Newport News.
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Newport News
Tidewater Railway Company
Farmville
Bermuda Hundred
James River
Tidewater Company
Tobacco price fix raises dealer alarm in Richmond
Richmond August 17 great commotion among tobacco dealers followed reports that the Interstate Tobacco Growers Association would fix raw tobacco prices. Dealers argue many farmers mortgage crops before harvest and must sell early, making concerted grower action unlikely and predicting the movement will fail.
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Washington Pis
Richmond
Interstate Tobacco Growers’ Association
Virginia Legislature Blamed Over Wildcat Insurance Schemes
The Insurance Herald attacks Virginia’s State Corporation Commission for issuing charters to wildcat fire insurance operators. Maj. A. S. Lanier replies that the commission was created by the constitutional convention and that the legislature bears responsibility for lax laws allowing such companies to form. In Cumberland, Richard Deaven, 35, who lived...
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Corporation Commission
Washington
Richmond
Insurance Herald
Atlanta
State Corporation Commission
Maj. A. S. Lanier
Herald
Tragedy near Little Capon as man struck by train
Near Little Capon West Virginia about twenty miles east of Cumberland a man was killed when he stepped from one B&O track to another to avoid an approaching train. He was walking with a small boy who escaped as a second train struck De Haven, whom he did not observe.
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Little Capon
W. Va
Cumberland
Baltmore and
Ohio
de Haven
Osler Accepts Oxford Regius Professorship
Dr William Osler head of Johns Hopkins Medical School has accepted the regius professorship of medicine at the University of Oxford to take effect next spring. He will live in Oxford and his departure is described as a severe blow to Johns Hopkins. Osler, born in Ontario, educated in Toronto and London, has authored foundational medical texts and led Hopkins for years. He recently traveled to England for a meeting of the Oxford Medical Society. King Edward approved the appointment.
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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
Man Fatally Wounds Self. Critical Condition Reported
This afternoon a man shot himself in the left breast with a revolver. Physicians say an operation will be necessary, but Dozier’s condition was so critical tonight that surgery was deemed impossible.
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Sommers Waives Hearing On Train Explosion Charge
Sommers of Washington waived a hearing before Justice Reading in Rockville Md to answer a charge of stopping a Baltimore and Ohio passenger train with an explosive device. The incident occurred about 9 30 p m Monday at Boyd s station, injuring no one and causing alarm among passengers. Detectives Williams and Eagle arrested him. he posted 250 security for November term court. Aimed as experiment rather than malice.
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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 Franklin
Max A. Smith, about thirty, a wealthy Cearfoss farmer near Hagerstown, was found dead at the Hotel Franklin in the early morning with a revolver in his hand and a bullet wound in his temple. Guests heard a shot last night while Smith, slightly intoxicated, was in his room after being shown to the room by proprietor John W. Dolan. A note was left but unreadable. He leaves a wife and young child and managed a large farm for his mother, with brothers Martin and Edward residing nearby. Relatives offered no motive 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. Willie Hillburton twelve year old, son of a New York broker, ran away from Berryville Virginia with two companions. They rode Norfolk and Western and Baltimore and Ohio freights to Brunswick where he leaped from a moving train and was struck by the St Louis Express, dying instantly. A second item notes Capt John N Opie announcing he will run as an Independent for Congress citing unfair treatment 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 unrest as mobs attack Black residents
In Statesboro Georgia on August 17 reports say white mobs roved rural areas punishing Black people tied to the Before Day Club murders. Black residents fled to woods while rail lines carry many boarding out. Albert Roberts and son were wounded in a cabin assault. Judge Daley urged law and military leaders faced with mob violence.
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Statesboro
Bullock County
Handy Bell
Bell
Albert Roberts
Register
Roberts
Daley
Fire trap in Cortland Street engraving shop injures many
Twenty two firemen including two battalion chiefs are overcome by smoke at the William H Cocklaire engraving and printing establishment on Cortland street. Ambulances remove the injured. only two to hospital. Captains Ruch and Higgins attempted a dangerous return into the building and were restrained. Financial loss described as small.
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New York
William H. Cocklaire
Cortland Street
Ruch
Higgins
Best Hostetter's Stomach Bitters Promised Remedy
A promotional notice touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as the finest science has produced for stomach derangements. It claims leadership in relieving heartburn bloating poor appetite coated tongue insomnia dyspepsia constipation fever and ague and encourages immediate purchase.
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 at about 7 30 last night. Police say Massey begged claiming family deaths to fund funeral costs while Gordon, claiming Brooklyn origins, says she is a contortionist. They were taken to the House of Detention and to be arraigned in Police Court on vagrancy charges.
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Amanda Wasoey
Grace Gordon
Glen Echo
Seventeenth Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
McCarthy
Amanda Massey
Massey
Gordon
Brooklyn
Bullet Wound Fatal After Virginia Lodge Shooting
John Towles a 29 year old Negro of 410 Wilson Street Northwest died at the Emergency Hospital from blood poisoning after being shot in the leg during a lodge excursion at Hamilton Virginia on August 9. Towles claimed the shooting was accidental and could not identify the shooter. Captain Boardman will investigate and may seek reauthorization from Virginia authorities.
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Wilson Street
Hamilton
Towles
Boardman
Virginia
Train Backs Into Ice Wagon Near Capitol Intersection
Henry Jenkins an ice wagon driver, a Negro, tried to cross Pennsylvania Railroad tracks at South Capitol and G streets. A switching engine backed a train into the wagon, tossing him. he received minor injuries and was treated at Providence. In Rush City Minnesota August 17, during funeral prep for Miss Anna Larson who died yesterday, her mother Mrs L A Larson aged sixty fell and broke her neck.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
South Capitol
G Streets
Providence
Waxon
Rush City
Minn
Anna Larson
L. A. Larson
Promises Put In Writing On Equal Treatment For American Schools
Constantinople Aug 17 The porte sent a formal note to the American Legation promising to grant equal treatment to American schools and related institutions as accorded to the most favored nation, subject to usual departmental formalities. Diplomatic circles note debates over completeness of the settlement, though Americans say Leishman secured the demanded undertakings and now awaits execution.
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America
Constantinople
Legation
France
Mytelene
Leashman
Hereros Forces Routed After South Africa Battle
Berlin reports von Trotha says the Hereros fled eastward after the August 18 engagement. Deimling and Muehlenfels forced marches to Omutjatjeva, pursuit abandoned as Hereros dispersed. Estorf column defeated bands August 15 on the Omuramba with heavy losses. German casualties were five killed and seven wounded.
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Berlin
von Trotha
South Africa
Deimling
Muehlenfels
Omutjatjeva
Estorf
Omuramba
Monarchs Bid Farewell in Informal Carlsbad Meeting
Emperor Francis Joseph and King Edward met briefly at Carlsbad and exchanged a kiss on both cheeks before the Emperor reboarded his train to Ischl. King Edward traveled by automobile to the station to fare well as the monarchs parted. The encounter was strictly informal.
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Francis Joseph
Carlsbad
Ischl
Edward
King Edward
Fires Devastate Hungary and Silesia Warms West
Aug 17 Vienna reports disastrous drought fires destroying hundreds of houses across Hungarian villages with 15 to 20 perished. Berlin notes a locomotive spark ignited a Western Silesia forest burning about 190 square miles on Duke Ernst Gunther and Count von Dohna Kotzenau estates. Neuverwerk burned in ten minutes. troops prevented 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 and external affairs
Melbourne dated August 17 reports a new cabinet formation led by Premier Rela with key ministers including Sir George Shaw as Treasurer Sir Josiah Symon as Attorney General Mr Thompson for Home Affairs Mr McLean for Defense Sir McCay as Postmaster General and the Board of Trade president.
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Melbourne
Victoria
Rela
George Shaw
Josiah Symon
Thompson
Board of Trade
McLean
Aes McCay
Mit
Italian man accused in failed kidnap attempt in Pittsburgh
An unknown Italian named James Flesh, accused of attempting to abduct five year old Helen White, narrowly escaped lynching in Allegheny. A crowd gathered as police arrived and detained him at central station after he was found hiding behind a bed. He faces a hearing tomorrow.
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Pittsburg
Helen White
Allegheny
Robinson Street
Paine
Central Station
James Flesh
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