Box Not Robbed Former Burglar Aided State Officials
Baltimore report states the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company strong box in Safe Deposit vault was abandoned in 1888. Frank A. Furst's discovery of emptiness prompted officials to recall a reforming burglar hired to pick the lock. Gambrill assures no loss, the box held only $400 canal bonds long sold.
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Crackeman
Canal Company
Washington Post
Baltimore
Stephen A. Gambril
Chesapeake and Ohio Canalt Company
Safe Deposit and Trust Company
Frank A. Furst
Furst
Lse
Thharles R. Webber
Tough Bond
Robert D. Hart
Guv Warfield
Safe Deposit Company
South Street
Laurel
Gambrill
County Treasurer Fined for Poll Tax List Failure
E K Boyd Buchanan County treasurer was fined 40 by Justice Sparrel Ratiff for not filing a list of poll tax payers six months before the election. It is alleged the omission deprived hundreds of citizens of voting rights. The case drew attention amid accusations of partisan discrimination in listing Republican voters and omitting Democrats.
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Washington Post
Tazewell
E. K. Boyd
Buchanan County
Sparrel Ratiff
Boyd
Hood
Montgomery County Museum Opens With Mary Dorsey Da Vis Wi Gift
A new Montgomery County Museum, formed by the Rockville Woman's Club and housed in a room rented this summer, will open to the public next Thursday. Miss Mary Dorsey Da Vis Wi donated part of her family artifacts, including items from the eighteenth century to the Civil War, forming the nucleus of the exhibit titled the Alien Bowle faves Collection.
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Wahingtay Post Rock
Montagomery Councy Museum
Rockville
Desis
Alien Bowle Faves
Senator Martins Visit Sparks Fauquier County Support
Senator Thomas S. Martin visited the Warrenton horse show drawing warm support from Fauquier County residents. An enthusiastic ovation greeted him at Judge M. White’s residence, with White, Jon M. McGreene, and A. A. Jacques among those attending. The report includes other local items from the Washington Post led by Martin’s reception and political ripple effects.
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M. White
Matth
Judge White
Jon M. McGreene
A. A. Javec Wen
Nexandra County
Clarne
Rev L Martin Sought For Swindle In Belford Church
A clipping dated Belford WN July 10 lists Rev L Martin as wanted on a swindling charge against a church he formerly served. Martin declines to flee.
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Martin
Belford
WN. d
L. Martin
Negro voters threaten for district convention control
In Norfolk Virginia on August 2 a prominent black Republican leader warned that if Federal officeholders push to exclude blacks from the Second district convention the Negro vote will shift to Col. Stemp’s forces across the state. D Lawrence Groner says blacks will have no representation. About 508 registered Negro voters exist in Norfolk with 400 valid for poll tax. If denied, leaders may field their own congressional candidates in several districts.
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Washington Post
Norfolk
Col. Stemp
D. Lawrence Groner
Second District Committee
Slemp
Congress
Fatal Cutting Affray In Roanoke Jail Cell
In Roanoke Virginia on August 28 a suspected fatal knife attack occurred in a dark jail cell between Timothy O Leary and J H Jones both jailed for drunkenness. Jones suffered a severed wrist artery and O Leary received multiple head and facial wounds. A knife lay in a blood pool as both men lay bleeding. Each man accuses the other and doctors say Jones narrowly survived with prompt aid.
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Washington Post
Roanoke
Timothy O'Leary
J. H. Jones
O'Leary
Jones
O’leary
Kimball Store Burned In Taray Virginia Fire Destroys Warerooms
Special to The Washington Pan Taray Virginia August 23 A large store owned by S M Cullers at Kimball was destroyed with all contents plus a granary and wagon house used as warerooms Sparks from a railroad engine may have started the blaze The structures belonged to L G Kibler and Mrs Laura Shenk and were insured for 3000 valued at 800 Petersburg Virginia August 23 fire in the Pocahontas cotton mills picking room at Battersea suburb burned about ten bales of cotton and caused damage from fire and water Officials do not know the cause and rapid discovery averted a larger blaze
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Washington Pan
Taray
S. M. Cullers
Kimball
Petersburg
Pocahontas
Battersea
Love at First Sight Leads to Hyattsville Wedding
Hyattsville Aug 28 Special to the Washington rus Joseph H Koch proprietor of the Pan Electric House Bladensburg met Miss Stella T Ferrari of Baltimore for the first time and yesterday afternoon they were married in Rockville by Rev Thomas J Packard The couple aged 22 and 20 respectively became man and wife after a dance at the Pan Electric House Koch courted Ferrari who initially treated the proposal as a joke but pursued the match with consent from Mrs Wetzel The union follows a brief romance sparked at the Hyattsville venue earlier in the week
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Washington
Hyattsville
Joseph H. Koch
Bladensburg
Stella T. Ferrari
Baltimore
Rockville
Thomas J. Packard
Brooms
Koch
Peter Ferrari
Monumental
A. M. Wetzel
Pan-Electric House
Young Koch
Miss Ferrari
Admitted His Guilt in Bank Theft Case
William I. Fuller, bookkeeper at Second National Bank in Baltimore, was arrested and jailed on a charge of stealing 3300 from the bank after a warrant by National Bank Examiner Muir. Fuller confessed to the crime. The report also notes a Roanoke session of the Ancient Order of Hibernians and the death of James H. B. Whiteydge at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
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Baltimore
William I. Fuller
Second National Bank
United States
Rogers
National Bank
Muir
Fuller
James H. B. Whiteydge
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Mr. Whiteydge
Virginia Obituaries Touch Newport News and Natural Bridge
Newport News August 23 Mrs Katie Fabb Bickford 28 died from blood poisoning wife of James V Bickford manager Buckroe Beach Hotel she leaves husband and infant child formerly Miss Katie Tate Baltimore known socially in that city Richmond August 28 Mrs George W Stevens wife of Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad president died this afternoon at Clengyle Naturab Bridge home of heart disease husband and grown daughter survive native of Ohio
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Newport News
Katie Fabb Bickford
James V. Bickford
Buckroe Beach
Bickford
Katie ‘Tatvh
Baltimore
Richmond
George W. Stevens
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Oysters Near Season Opens Two Weeks Late
Virginia and Maryland laws push opening two weeks later, with cold rains expected to fatten oysters. Washington remains top consumer and port markets prepare as planted stock oysters fatten, while wild Chesapeake beds promise early fall supplies amid favorable reports from Potomac and Long Island shippers.
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Maryland
Washington
Hampton Bar
Free Domain
Potomac
Lower Bay
Chesapeake
Twelfth Street
J. H. Hogan
Rockaway
Great South Bay
New York Bay
Long Island
Riot Claims Third Victim in West Virginia
Huntington West Virginia August 28 A riot between Norfolk and Western freight crew and North Fork residents McDowell County leaves one more dead Harry McIntyre a freight crew member dies from a fractured skull This follows two brothers Burt and William Hedges of North Fork Dieppe fire fighter Frank Hudson shot from train is hospitalized with no fractured skull and under arrest Another brakeman Dangerfield remains at large.
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North Fork
W. Va
Washington Post
Huntington
Norfolk and Western Railroad
North Work
McDowell County
Harry McIntyre
Burt
William Hedges
McIntyre
Keystone
Frank Hudson
Dangerfield
Mails Dispatch and Closing Schedule for September 1904
The document lists daily and weekly foreign mail cutoffs for the main office for the week ending September 4, 1904. It details connection times, routes to Europe, the Americas, the Caribbean, and Asia, and special notes on rail and steamship dispatches, with resealing and reglement constraints. Postmaster John A. Merritt signs off.
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Hawaii
Tahiti
Marquesas Islands
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Wawais
Alameda
Hawai
Phitappi Islands
Tatama
Russia
Euope
Canad
Hawait
Cgl
Ofpice Ag
John A. Merritt
Alexandria City Council to tackle paving and growth
Washington Post reports the Alexandria city council to be sworn in Thursday will consider a paving bill for King Street vicinity and surrounding squares to replace cobbles with modern paving. Growth plans include extending and grading streets in western and northwestern areas amid ongoing railroad improvements.
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Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
Strauss
Second Ward
City Market
Alexandria Athletic Association
Vienna, Va
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