Trade optimism rises despite continued contraction in 1908
Dun and Co reports improved business sentiment and firmer basic conditions across the country while trade remains weak. Iron and steel show little decline, dry goods tone improves with buyers more active, and鞋 and leather markets show partial gains though overall conditions stay troubled. shoe makers complete fall orders as schools reopen.
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Dun & Co
Pietron Tsting
Tre
Fal River
Far East
China
Sga Busvera
New England
Bradstreet
United States
Hostess Luncheon Honors Bride-To-Be Miss Randall
Cumberland Md Aug 19 Special to The Washington Post Miss Elizabeth Lloyd Lowndes of this city hosted a luncheon in honor of Mrs Mar Randall daughter of former State Senator Wirt Randall of Annapolis and steps of Mrs WW Bladen Lowndes of Mount Savage The approaching wedding framed the luncheon with Cupid themed ices. Attending were Mrs Lloyd Lowndes Miss Bladen Lowndes Mrs John Edwards Mrs Arthur Japy thepburn Miss Benjamin H Blaya Miss Madaline Geare Miss Priscila Annan Miss Aimee Sheridan Miss Ruth Cochran and Miss Margaret Sloan.
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Washington Post
Cumberland
Elizabeth Lloynd Lowndes
Mtag Mar Raundall
Lloyd Lowndes
Bladen Lowndes
Jom Edwards
Arthur Japythepburn
Mia Benjamin H Blaya
Madaline Geare
Priscila Annan
Aimee Sheridan
Ruth Cochrane
Margaret Sloan
Sinking in Staunton Caverns Stirs Public Interest
In Staunton Virginia today a new cave formation reawakened interest in the postoffice yard, resembling the earlier sighting. Postmaster Allen notes ongoing ground shifts as geologists and engineers bore holes to map the cave network, finding solid rock at depths from 1 to 30 feet while nearby homes on Baldwin and Fewi streets remain safe.
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Staunton Va
Postoffice
Allen Ig
Baldwin Street
Fewi
Citizens Oppose Filtration in Hancock Water Works Bid
Hancock citizens gather to urge rejection of bids for filtration sewage and water mains costing 33000. March election showed support for water works but bids exceed estimated cost, prompting division in the town council and a potential shift in sentiment.
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Hancock Council
Washington Post
Hancock
Cials
Citigena
District Knight Third at Laurelgrove Guilford Day Tournament
Laurel Md August 19 The second tour nament and picnic of the season under the Academy Orchisere occurred in Laurelgrove. Professionals and amateurs competed with Whitbey Aitcheson and Eugene Waters winning top prizes. Tomorrow Guilford park hosts Guilford day with a Highland club versus Laurel club baseball contest and a $25 purse.
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Washington Post
Laurel
Academy Orchisere
Laurelgrove
James G. Boss, Jr
Gbh
Limanus
Robert Altcheson
Howes Fisher
Stewart Altcheson
Clarence White
Whitbey Aitcheson
Birmingham Manor
William Aitcheson
Berwyn
Blandford
District of Columbia
Marvin Phelps
Eugene Waters
Howard
Lieter Aitcheson
Limber Losa
Nelson Fisher
Washington Avenue
Guilford Park
Highland Club
Laurel Club
Kidnapped Bride-To-Be Believed Kidnapped Before Wedding
Special to The Washington Pose Chester West Virginia August 19 Private detectives search for Josaphine Polombo 17 queen of the Hallan colony after she vanished the night before her planned wedding to Italian businessman John Ross. A rival suitor rumored bandit warned of vengeance when the match was announced.
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Washington
Chester
W. Va
Josaphine Polombo
Hallan
Josephine
John Ross
Mies Potombe
Aince
TO TEACH RELIGIOUS TRAINING Heads of Departments of Southern School
Durham Aug 1 announcement by President James Shepard that the regular term opens in October. Heads of departments include religious training Prof C G O Kelley. theological Rev John Henry Moors. academic Miss Florence Jackson. commercial Prof T P Smith. musical Prof A Clark.
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Southern School
Durham C
National Religious Training School
Chatauqua
James ©. Shepard
C. G. O’kelley
Slated Industrial School
Winston Salem
John Henry Moors
Shaw University
Florence Jackson
Col Willie M Ross Dead Prominent Delaware Democrat
Col Willie M Ross aged 69 died at his Seaford home after a lengthy illness. A prominent Delaware Democrat, he served as state treasurer from 1897 to 1889, spent a term in the state senate, directed the Delaware Railroad Company, and bred high quality livestock. He was the son of former governor William Perry Harrison Ross and a wealthy farmer.
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Seaford
Del
Willie "M. Ross
Delaware
Ross
State Senate
Delaware Rail-road Company
William Perry Harrison Ross
Shot in dispute over man in Danville violence
Lizale Joyce was fatally shot by Cora Pride in Danville Virginia on August 19. Both women were negro, and the dispute over a man led to the shooting. Joyce, wounded in the neck, ran crying through the tobacco district as her clothing burned. Pride, armed with a revolver, fled through a crowd that opened a path for her escape.
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Weahington
Danville
Lizale Joyce
Cora Pride
Tobacco District
Lynch Talk at Annapolis Sentences Man for Assault
Charles Chibart colored was convicted of attempted assault on Mrs Albert Monday before Justice John N Davis at Annapolis. He received a three year term in the house of correction amid excitement and lynch talk after the broad daylight attack on a public road near Annapolis.
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Washington Post
Annapolis
Charles Chibart
Albert
John N. Davis
House of Correction
Bride Killed on Rails in Keyser WV Tragic Accident
Mrs Walter Cole, 16, of Keyser West Virginia, stepped from one track to avoid an approaching fast freight and was struck by a Baltimore and Ohio locomotive at Beryl. She died at Hoffman Hospital without regaining consciousness. Married last July, the bride died from the collision.
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Keyser
W. Va
Walter Cole
Beryl
Hoffman Hospital
Virginia Briefs: man struck by freight cars in Roanoke
In Roanoke H. H. Garland Brown real estate dealer was knocked down by freight cars on Norfolk and Western tracks and his right arm crushed at the elbow. Virginians received patents for a filing cabinet by William T. Dickey East Radford a row lock by Edmund T. Lindsey and W. H. Tilley South Norfolk a tall supporter by Robert C. Smith Tye River a hose coupling by William H. Shepherd Portsmouth and a baling press by James N. Wood Richmond.
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Roanoke
H. H. Garland Brown
Norfolk and Western
Tramp shoots woman then shoots self near Wheeling
In Wheeling West Virginia on August 18 Joe Golub aged 40 shot and fatally wounded Mrs James Long wife of a mill owner after she refused to feed him. He fled but when surrounded by an armed posse in the mountains east of the city he shot himself twice and is expected to die from wounds.
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Washington
Wheeling
W. Va
Joe Golub
James Long
West Virginia Briefs Include Appointments and Meetings
Governor Glasscock appoints Senator 38. F. Bailey of Grafton as delegate to the national irrigation congress to meet in Pueblo, Colorado next month. Grafton chosen as headquarters for the Second district Democratic committees with Fred T. Martin as chairman. The West Virginia Fraternal Association plans a September 22 meeting to push for a state tuberculosis sanitarium. Volcano Society elects A. J. Worley president, D. W. Fouge vice president, D. L. Clark secretary, T. M. Silcott treasurer at its eighteenth annual outing. the group traces to Volcano’s former residents. Secret service reports arrests near Cincinnati break up a Huntington-area counterfeiting gang. several counterfeit $5 bills recovered. Labor Commissioner I. V. Barton states child labor has ended in West Virginia with fewer than 200 boys under 16 employed statewide, including no glasshouse or coal-field work.
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Glasscock
38. F. Bailey
Grafton
National Irrigation Congress
Pueblo
Colo
The
Volcano Society
A. J. Worley
D. W. Fouge
D. L. Clark
T. M. Silcott
Volcano
West Virginia
I. V. Barton
Glasshouse
Barton
Roanoke Beats Petersburg 9 8 In No-Hit Effort
Roanoke plated eight runs to defeat Petersburg 9 to 8 as Doane held Petersburg hitless through four innings. The game featured earned runs in the fourth, fifth and seventh with Powell Doyle and Shaughnessy among the notable Roanoke contributors. Umpires Hamilton and Cetalu officiated in Petersburg.
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Washington, Post
Petersburg
Roanoke
Doane
Petersb
Shaugh'sy
Kirkock
Hotland
Newton
Kelther
Bpratt
Brown
Deans
Kunkle
Oj Mihmidt
Hannitan
Fisher
Tetala
Rune
Powell
Doste
Bermidt
Doyle
Bane
Bacrifice
Hite
Shaughnessy
Fishér
Clunk
Western Maryland News Local notices from Frederick to Williamsport
Various event notices across Western Maryland include Blue Mountain Summit gymkhana and Children's Pageant for crippled children, a new Frederick letter carriers branch with officers John Bnock and Pp A Richardson, film censorship briefs by Frederick venue lessees, Church of the Brethren ministerial convention in Brownsville electing Abraham B Barnhart and others, Washington County Woman's Christian Temperance Union officers and contest winner Ella Coffman, Socialist Sixth District congressional convention set for Hagerstown with nominees and delegates named.
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Blue Mountain Summit
Moneterey Country Club
Hospital For Crippled Children
Frederick County
Maryland Rurel
John Bnock
Rocky Ridge
Pp. A. Richardson
Legores
Church of the Brethren
Middle Maryland
Brownsville
Abraham B. Barnhart
Hageratown
Elmer John Bowlus
Burkittsville
D. M. Zuck
Mercersburg
Washington
Hagersttown
John Marquette
Weverton
Sylvester L. V. Young
Hagerstown
John Baker
W. W. Grove
James E. Lindsay
Eugene Oden
Maryland Obituary Briefs From Hagerstown
Martin Hammond Avey aged eighty of Washington county died at Leet River Illinois. He married Sallis Downs of Downsville whose death occurred thirteen years ago. Three children survive including Nannie Spedden and Lu He Showe. Harry M. Alsip 42 a Cavetown fruit grower and son of John Alsip died of general debility. Dr Charles B. West 52 Upper Strasburg physician died suddenly on his porch. Mrs Bertha Burger 32 wife of Edward Burger died of paralysis at her brother J T Shank’s near Hagerstown. husband and one daughter surviv e.
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Hagerstown
Martin Hammond Avey
Washington County
Leet River
Sallis Downs
Downsville
Nannie Spedden
Shepherdstown
Lu- He Showe
Sharpsburg
Harry M. Alsip
Cavetown
John Alsip
Reformed Church
Charles B. West
Upper Strasburg
Lutheran Church
Mra
Bertha Burger
Edward Burger
J. T. Shank
New DC Police Regulations add lighting and tagging for horse vehicles
August 19 1910 acting commissioners Rudolph and Markham propose amendments to Article XII and XVI of District of Columbia Police Regulations. Section requires high visibility lights on horse driven vehicles from after sunset to morning and a three inch numbered metal tag issued by the Permit Clerk with a fifty cent fee. Also adds noise prohibition for motors and machinery.
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District of Columbia
Washington
Columbia
Cuno H Rudolph
ER. M. Markham
D. C
W Tindagl
Proposals for School Physica Laboratory Equipment DC
Sealed proposals are invited by the District of Columbia for electrical apparatus switch boards wiring piping and carpenter work in the Physica Laboratory of the Business High School Rhode Island avenue between Eighth and Ninth Streets Northwest Washington D C. Proposals due August 29 1916 at 2 p m. Forms and information from the Property Clerk Room 3% District Building. John F Johnston and M Markham acting commissioners.
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WFICE
Commissioners
District of Columbia
Washington
Businest High School
Rhode Island Avenue
Eighth
Ninth Atreste Northwest
Washington, D. C
Tha
Bullalag
John 4 Johnston
M. Markham
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London
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