N and W Seek Outlet for Shorter Coal Route
The Norfolk and Western Railway plans a potential purchase of the Columbus, Hocking and Sahdusky line to establish a direct outlet from Virginia and West Virginia coal fields to Toledo, with L. Johnson as president and N. D. Maher as general manager guiding the move. The aim is to control coal outflow and alleviate existing disadvantages in shipping to the western terminal.
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Columbus, Hocking and Sanctuaky
Washington
Roanoke
Toledo
Ohio
Johnson
N. D. Maher
Norfolk and Western Railway
Norfolk and Western
Column Bus
Hocking and Sahdusky
Obituary notices dated December entries from 1900s papers
A scanned list of death and funeral notices with names like Elizabeth Y. H. Allison, Paul A. Browin, Harriet Bourn Hoyt, Albert Bader, Anne B. Schock, and Annie E. Trumbull. Describes dates December 4 5 6 1909 1905 1499 etc with funeral times or private services in Wytheville Baltimore Providence Alexandria and Washington areas. Some entries reference private interment and church or hospital locations.
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Elizabeth Y. H
Thea Tey
John Lee Allison
Wytheville
Baltimore
Virginia
Paul A
Willan A
Gidget M. Browin
Rose
Carnes
Naage
Frank Geier
Seventh Street
S Dixon
Prince George Munt
Lim Om
Pittsburg
Colurabus
Ohio
Cory
Hoyt
Seventeenth Street
Harriett Bourn Hoyt
J. W. Barrass
Merks
Milbury
Mass
Providence
Elizabeth Pilling
Fred W. Pilling
Biladelpha
Lockai
Tisim
Providence Hospital
F. A. Rockar
Jooers
Fren Tee
Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest
Iweivence
Matles
Alonzo Adams
L Street
Anne B. Schock
Miexandria
Vilice
Wood
Harvey E
Tressy Sherwood
Annie
Sherwood
Menay
Sprague
Maware
Rumbull
IWR
ACG P
Annie E
daugh_ter
Tate CO
Trumbull
Norfolk and Western Seeks Sandusky Buy to Ease Lake Outlet
Norfolk and Western eyes acquiring Sandusky coal yard to shorten lake supply route. Analysts say connecting tracks to Columbus Hocking and Sandusky would lift efficiency and help export coal to the lakes quicker. The road reports stronger earnings recently despite mountainous grades and limited funds.
Bernstein W Spencer and Miss Lochbawm wed in Ottanna
West of Ottanna, Bernice W Spencer and Miss Blanche M Lochbawm were married Saturday night at Zion Lutheran parsonage Waynesboro. The ceremony was performed by Rev Charlan H Rockey. Mormon missionaries from Salt Lake City arrived in Hagerstown to spend the winter in the Cumberland valley doing missionary work. The $4,000 Lutheran Church building was dediest on Sunday with sermons by Dr J A Sifgmaster of the Lutheran Theological Seminary and Rev Victor Miller of Letternburg, long noted as Maryland Lutheran secretary.
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Bernice W." Spencer
Blanche M. Lochbawm
Ottanna
Zion Lutheran Parsonage
Waynesboro
Charlan H. Rockey
Ian
Hay Dike
Victor Jesiven
Salt Lake City
Utah
Hagerstown
Cumberland Valley
Smitheborg
J. A. Sifgmaster
Lutheran Theological Seminary
Ettysbure
Victor Miller
Letternburg
Maryland
Tobacco Season Struggles With Dry Weather In Virginia
Richmond and Lynchburg reports describe a challenging tobacco season marked by dry conditions delaying barn handling and uneven leaf quality. Despite high prices for some Virginia burley, overall receipts fall, with vast mid-grade lots and a substantial portion of leaf undercolored or off color. Petersburg figures show continued sales with sprinkling affecting last week’s pricing, and expectations for the new year remain cautiously optimistic.
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Washington Post
Richmond
Virginia
Lynchburg
Des
South Boston
Petersburg
Leaders in Chevy Fire Fight Burned Building Insured
Fire at a Chevy area building triggered multiple engines including Columbia and Reliance. Chief Pultey ordered a reserve engine as flames grew, two hours of effort extinguished the blaze. Damage is estimated at 150 to 200 thousand dollars, with insurance.
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Oelock
Columbia
Alr
Reliance
Pultey
My. Aicheron
Washington Hunt field fire up with English fox pack tradition
The Chevy Chase Hunt opens the season with brisk fox hunting amid dry weather. Washington society members attend morning meets, drawn by bright scarlet riders and black hounds. New features include hunt maps showing routes and venues and a second horseman aiding the master. The drag pack keeps pace on drier ground, while crowds arrive by horse, motor, or trap to watch from various vantage points near the city. Miss Mathie Townsend returns to town and hunts four days weekly, joining notable regulars and younger enthusiasts in a season shaping up with strong participation.
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Washington
England
Axture
Hunt
Mathiae “Townsend
Is. Newaiting & Stable
Bréckenridge Bayne
L Johnston
Totter
Lanten
Cole
Diplomats and Notables Attend Gray Horse Ride
A lavish riding event drew many diplomatic corps members and notable horsemen. Capt. C. F. G. Sowerby and Mr. Innes, despite accident risks, rode steadily along with Count de Bulaseret and Mr. S. M. Nicholas of Baltimore. Admiral, Miss Brownson, and J. L. Huidekoper were frequent attendants, while S. P. Knut regularly ferried drags and hunts, adding to the sport.
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Misa Brownson
J. L. Huidekoper
P. Knut
Knights of Columbus confer three degrees on 100 candidates
In Mantusburg West Virginia on December 5, more than 100 candidates from Chambersburg Hagerstown and Martinsburg received the first second and third degrees. The Spaulding council Washington conferred the first degree the Harrisburg council the second and State Deputy Clarence of Martinsburg the third with visitors including Rev. Hishey P J Donahue Wheeling Supreme Knight J A Pighety Philadelphia National Treasurer D J Callatan Washington and Deputy T S Donovia Washington DC.
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Maryland
West’ Virginia
Mantusburg
Order of ‘Hinight of Columbus
Colinbus
Chambersburg
Hageratown
Martinsburg
Spaulding , Council
Wheeling
Supreme Knight JA
Pigherty
Philadelphia
James G. Graham
Springfield, Il
Nationa
D. J. ‘Callatan
Washington
T. 5
Donavia
D.C
Luray Woman Missing Near Railroad Track
Turner family reports Mrs Turner Stanleyton last seen along the railroad. Relatives search and urge the public to help locate her. Authorities note possible tensions over money paid the night before disappearance. The case remains unresolved with no confirmed clues.
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Jak- Stanleyton
Turner
Lange
Explosion injures four near Bedford before holidays
A dynamite blast near Bedford yesterday severely injures four people including Pete Kuese Lani Zonk Gacherock and Pets Peshone Austrians. The dynamite charges, about 50 pounds, were trove and caused critical injuries.
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Srptatio
Pete Kuese
Lani “Zonk “Gacherock
Pets’ Peshone
Bedford
Memorial Service Honors Alexandria Ellis at Elks Lodge
Alexandria Ellis Lodge No. 68 Elks held annual memorial services with Representative C. F. Plaxett as orator. The program featured instrumental quartet led by Chris Arth, with vocalists Forre Birrell and Christ Church Quartet. Attendees filled the opera house as four members who died this year were remembered.
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Chris’ Arth
el’ Forre
Birrell and
Christ
Church
Sn. Mh
Robert F. Down‘Eyans
Kenneth Og
C. G. Lemion
Elabeth’ Barker
W. Exer
Shepherd Brother
Day
James Pecint Nienes
Howard W
Smith
Nelly
Thomig
Tiler
Atom
Car
Memorial address speakers across towns report
Gifted orators participated in annual memorial exercises across Virginia and nearby states. Speakers included Gav Swainson in Danville and William M. Harkest in Winchester, with eulogies by J Cleve land Hall and others. Memorial programs featured music, multiple orations, and civic leaders from Cumberland, Roanoke, Lynchburg, and Petersburg among many locales.
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Gav, Swainson
Hagerstown
David J. Lewis
Durberland
Dudge
William R. Staples
Roanoke
Bristol
Tenn
Nashville, Tenn
Nathaniel T. Dulaney
United States
George L. Wellington
Cumberland
Annapolis
Clark
Naval Academy
Naval Academy Orchestra
Washington
Suffolk
Arthur J. Morris
Norfolk
Hellister
Supreme ‘Capri
Baltimore
Edward ,Hayes
Camperida
Add
Frostbieg
Mkai
Own R.' Rice
Frost
Ford iOity
Vatine
John
Fred, Hamnér
Lynchburg
Var
Uate
G. A. Blgisters
Rillet
New York
Ned Witte
Portsyhouth
Petersburg
Caries
Manster
C. Paylor
Scholarship tale from Seligisle to Virginia in October
Fragmentary OCR hints at a Cecil Rhodes related scholarship or university matter involving young men, Alexandria, and October. The text is garbled with quotes and stray letters, obscuring clear names, dates, or outcomes. The item appears to be a minimal, partial notice of a scholarship or academic event with no verifiable specifics.
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University of ‘Virginia
Cecil
Rhodes
Nis
Alexendrie
The Post as Leading National Newspaper
A description of The Post as the premier newspaper at the seat of government. It covers financial news from all sections with full market reports for merchants and financiers. It guides farmers on produce fate and offers leisure readers varied columns of news matter.
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United States
Post
The Washington Post Sunday Magazine Praise
The Washington Post touts its illustrated magazine section with selections by prominent writers and fiction from noted authors. It promises timely, accurate illustrations and claims the Sunday Post is superior to other Sunday papers, a trusted visitor in households.
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Forign News
Sunday Post
The Sporting Department of The Post Pink Sheet
The Sunday Post Sporting Section on pink paper covers baseball, trotting races, biking, auto racing, yacht contests, boating, golf, tennis, swimming and every feature of the sporting world in a thorough accurate manner.
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Post
The
Sunday Post
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