Blair Denies Taft Support In Cumberland Campaign
Gist Blair of Montgomery County, seeking the Republican nomination for Congress, arrives in Cumberland and rejects administration ties with Col Pearre withdrawal. He says he told President Taft no pledge influenced his race while noting ads claim Taft approval. Blair faces pressure from anti-Pearre factions and ongoing paid newspaper campaigns in Siler Spring and surrounding districts.
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Cumberland
Pearce
Congress
Spea
Washington Post
Gist Blair
Montgomery County
Wellington
Col Pearre
Blair
Albert Dowe
The
Taft
Beverly
Col Pearce
Thom Ferson
Blar
Siler Spring Wa
Vr Blan
Hie
Wlent Johs
Vr Blair
Reagan
Creamery Near Hagers Town Opens Amid Sale Pact
The Newark creamery, in closing negotiations with Harve O Smekler, sold the Wood Point plant property for $900 and agreed to operate by November Fifteen. Farmers will supply milk to the plant, parts of the milk will be reallocated, and whey products used in manufacturing.
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Washington
Cagn Company
Newark
Wood Point
Hagerstown
Tragestown
Died notices for several individuals in 1910s era obituary items
A jumble of death notices from August 1910 and August 1919 mentions several individuals: Frances Woof, Millen Thomas infant, and a widow of John Foaterl with burial at Arlington Cemetery. The fragmentary text cites a church service at Spring Street and a funeral date around August 19. Confusion in spelling and dates remains.
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Coney Ton
Woof
Leymen
Cahary Cometert
New York
Finfax
Wool Springfeld
Frances
Owilo
Doubleday
Thoisdas
Millen Thomas
Wotam Komas
Willie Thomas
Culpeper Va
John Fo Walth
Arlington Cemetery
In Memoriam Fannie L Corby Corby
In loving remembrance of Fannie L Corby who departed this life on Wednesday August 20 1909. The bereaved husband signs a tender note of enduring love and memory to his wife in this memorial notice.
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Fini
Fannie L Corby Meehantman
Hfe
Marriage and Death Notices Placed Across Papers
Broad notice states marriage and death notices will appear in several newspapers including the Washington Post and Pittsburgh Dispatch, with simultaneous mailing to other listed papers such as Providence Journal, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Rochester Herald, St Louis Republic, and Philadelphia Public Ledger as part of a coordinated insertion plan. The listing names multiple papers and notes scheduling and telegraphing procedures for the notices.
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Washington Post
Pittsburg Dispatch
Chels
Plain Dealer
Providence Tournhaga Record Herald
Rochester Herald
Voyerlar SI Lours Republic Somney Thines
St Paul Moneer
Siracise Peat Standard
Philsdelphia Public Ledger
Paulist Father Speaks On Christian Ideals In History
Rev Daniel Caret of the Paulist Fathers lectured at Lake George V about the need for Catholics to embrace historic Christian ideals. He warned against complacency and urged unity across Jews and Gentiles, predicting Christianity would curb armaments and navies and fuel real morality in daily life.
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Washington
Blue Mountain
Daniel Caret
Lake George V
Blue Mountain House
Knights of Columbus
Cary
Navy Disapproval Cuts Bowyer Discipline Drive at Annapolis
The Navy Department rejected Superintendent Bowyer’s plan to dismiss Midshipman John T Harmon Jr of Staunton Virginia for insubordination and false statements. Harmon remains in service with demerits, marking a rare third disapproval of Bowyer’s disciplinary recommendations within a month and signaling possible shifts in academy authority and support.
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Washington Post
Annapolis
Navy Department
Bowyer
Naval Academy
Johm T Harmon, Jr
Staunton
Harmonia
Virginia Obituary Notices From Staunton And Roanoke
Staunton reports William H. Price dies after a long illness at age 52 leaving wife Mary B. Price. Bristol notes Laura Venable informed of brother Oscar Miles’s death at Fort Smith Arkansas. Miles was a Virginia-born lawyer and brother of the late Prof George W. Miles of Radford. Martinsville records H G Mullins, Henry County judge and longtime People's Bank president, died leaving a wife and six children. Roanoke reports S L Spencer, Confederate veteran age 62, collapsed dead after an argument, survived by wife and six children. The piece also mentions a period serial “The Man in Black” in The Post’s Monthly Magazine Section with future installments.
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Staunton
William H. Price
Mary B Price
Georges Price
Bristol
Laura Venable
Oscar Miles
Fort Smith
Ark Miles
George W Miles
Radford
Martinsville
H G Mullins
Henry County
People’s Bank
Roanoke
S L. Spencer
Driver of Thefts Arrested in Alexandria Furniture Case
Henry Scott, about 23, a Griffin Furniture employee, was arrested after police found more than 40 worth of missing stock in his Wolfe Street room. Chief Goods and Officers Arrington and Roland detained him, with Be Yeager confirming warehouse items including a bedstead dresser washstand chairs and rugs. The items were traced to the Griffin Furniture Company on King Street.
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Washington Post
King Street
al Squdris
Henry Scott
Wolfe’ Street
Scott
Arrington
Roland
Griffin Furniture Company
Chef Goods
Holand
Sajya
BE Yeager
Confederate Veteran John W Burson Dies in Alexandria
John W Burson a Confederate veteran and former newspaper editor in Les Moines died yesterday at his home 67 Oronoco street Alexandria aged 70. He was survived by his wife Emuelia R Burson and two daughters Mrs Sizer of Seattle and Mrs William Chapman of Savannah. He belonged to Harry Heath Camp No 119 Confederate Veterans Washington DC. Leo Camp Confederate Veterans will meet at his residence at 10 o'clock Monday to attend the funeral.
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John W Burson
Les Maiines
Iowa
Oronoco Street
Alexandria
Emuelia R. Burson
8 A Sizer
Seattle
Wash
Wiliam Chapman
Savannah
Burson
Harry Heath
Washington
Land Office
Adams Express Company
Leo Camp
Confederate Veterans
Disorderly On Car Eva Craig Refuses Cell Entry
Eva Craig, a Black woman, declines to enter a cell and leaves collateral. The report notes she told the police that she preferred the title Mrs before her name and referenced coming from Washing. The incident indicates a disorderly conduct event and includes nondescript details about the individual and location.
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Eva Craig
Negro
Pdge
Roving tale of court, wreck, and church events in Alexandria
Drunk on an electric car case to be heard. a woman released after deposit. Stephen Taylor Jr. crushed under a falling freight box at Potomac yards. he receives care at home. Milford B Self funeral set for 2 pm at North Saint Agaph Street residence with Eagles body attendance. Rev Donald C MacLeod to preach at Second Presbyterian in the morning. no evening service. City council directs gas lamp burner upgrades and restating at the gas works.
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Little Eva
Chief Goods
R K. Makeles
Beg
Potomac
Alexandria County
Stephen Taylor, Jr
Ciy
Stephen Taylor
Columbia Hose
T. M. Jones
M. B. Self
Milford B Self
North St. Agaph Street
Alva Aerie
Order of Eagles
Whicch
Dr. MacLeod
Donald C. MacLeod
First Presbyterian Church
Washington
Second Presbyterian Church
H. L Strider
North Pacific Coast
Oregon
Washi! Limited
China Japan
Ballot contest clouds Tennessee offices in East Tennessee
Bristol Virginia August reports Judge Harmon and Maj Paul Divine defeated candidates for circuit judge and State’s attorney went to Nashville to seek commissions from Governor Patterson. Harmon took oath and returned, while a contest was filed accusing them of using whisky and money to influence the election. The issue: can they serve pending the contest.
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Tennessee
Washington Post
Bristol
H Taylor Campbell
Maj. Paul & Divine
East
Harmon
Vines
Nashville
Patterson
Aged Woman Dies, Grandchild Hurt In Fire Escape
Special to The Washington Fast Wheeling W Va Aug 19 Mrs Adelia Jackson 73 dies in an early morning blaze in the kitchen of her third floor flat in a business building. Fire spreads rapidly as occupants sleep and rescuers slide down ladders. Rescued include Mrs Gartland Huggins Harry Jackson and wife Ray Jackson Jr and Mrs Charles Bell. The aged woman leaped to escape but was overcome by smoke.
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Washington
Wheeling
W. Va
Adelia Jackson
Jackson
Gartland Huggins
Harry Jackson
Ray Jackson Jr
Dramatic Fire Fatality In House Collapse
A resident died from suffocation within five feet of fresh air as a fire raged in a home. Mrs Gartland H. Huggins, granddaughter of the deceased, leaped from a second story window and was badly injured, but expected to recover.
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Gartland H. Huggins
Sails 700 Miles in 58 Hours From Portland to Norfolk
The sin masted schooner Roth B Merrill capt Wallace arrived in Norfolk Virginia at dawn after a 58 hour voyage from Portland Maine covering about 760 miles. It set the fastest sail time between the two ports during the summer season.
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Washington Post
Norfolk, Va
Roth B Merrill
Wallace
Portland
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