Dick files contests over Maryland Senate vote in Allegany County
Dick, a defeated Republican candidate for Maryland state senate, petitions contests against John Shannon who won by 63 votes in Allegany County. He argues Shannon was not elected by a majority and cites Shannon's alleged ineligibility due to holding an office of profit, mirroring Democratic challenges against other Republicans.
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Maryland
Senate
Alkegany County
Cumberland
David E. Dick
Baltimore
John
Shannon
Democrata
Carothera
Cecil
Applegarth
Dorchester
Dick Gays
Allegany County
Allegany Coun
Contests District Race as Maryland Democrat Defeat Highlighted
In Upper Marlboro Md December 8 Dr Hel Hil defeats Mergerot Hyattsville district by 6 percent in a contest filing. A notice of contest against Pr Hin near town is filed with no grounds stated. Political maneuveringNear Marlboro Sydney Studdy advised filing to boost prospects, with Metgerott planning to seek credibility and challenge Republican ballots. The legality and custody of the contest linger as weather and local campaigning shape the outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dele Kiss
Morghini
Ern
Ce O
Ein
Ane
Metgerott
Chariton Sanseur
Mariore C Republicar
Maryland
Marylol
Marylol Ligiogattes, Mr. Basseer
Ciper Marlboro
William Casey
Ristoustere
Sasseer
Mail Frauds Alleged and Other Court Tales
The report covers alleged mail fraud by Donaldson in Newport News and Hampton with forged names and below-market sales of goods from sewing machines to cod liver oil, a Norfolk court case about erasing an indictment from a $1 check, and a Bristol robbery of $115 en route to watchmaking school. A trial continues with defense counsel presenting evidence. A Bristol robbery victim cannot identify his assailants.
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Borroik
Van
A. Donalteon
United States
Ushiye
Donaldson
Newport News
Hampton
Exinaldson
Penial
Wwartengton
Bristol
Alen M. Stout
Johnson County
Conn
Thiladelpata
Yash
Stout
Diphtheria Epidemic Raises Alarm at Stephen City
An epidemic of diphtheria erupts in Stephen City and surrounding county, with numerous cases among children and the elderly. Local physicians struggle to contain spread as the county health board may seek aid. several deaths are reported. Baptist funds earmarked for home missions. convention approves $10,000 for state missions next year. Greensboro to host next gathering.
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Winchester
Stephen Ity
County Board of Health
Baptist
Raleigh
Dec
Baptist Woman's Missionary Convention
Waa
Greensboro
Seventeen Men After Job In Richmond Treasurer Race
Richmond December election heats up after the death of Capt. Charles B. Phips. The city treasurer post pays $5,000 yearly and may total between $7,000 and $8,000 with fees. A large field of candidates including A. C. Harman W. H. Zimmerman J B Wood and others filed notices as Judge White extended campaign time to December 28. City department heads met with Mayor McCarthy to adopt resolutions on the treasurer death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Charles B. Phips
Samuel JB. Wht
Fnally
A. C. Harman
W. H. Zimmerman
J.B Wood
W. A. Crenshaw
James 3. Pace
Arthur B. Clarke
E. C. Garrison
Charles L. Todd
B. A. Barber
W. H. Curtin
John Krause
Constable Charged With Bribery in Maryland
In Cumberland Maryland James Grona a constable was arrested on two warrants filed by James Skiddin proprietor of a candy store. Skiddin alleges Gross demanded $3 to avoid Sunday arrest and paid it but later learned the money was taken from him. The second warrant concerns misrepresentation of power and seizing hash money.
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Washington Post
Cumberland
James Grona
South Cumberland
James Suddin
Skiddin
Gross
Light Plant Proposed in Hyattsville
At a special Hyattsville meeting the mayor and council received an opinion from Corporation Counsel Robert W. Wells on the council’s authority to grant Potomac Electric and Power Company permission to erect poles and string wires for electric current. The opinion largely opposes the utility, but Wells suggests temporary electrification to worship spaces due to coal explosion risks. The council approved the view and discussed costs of a municipal lighting plant and bonds to fund it, with a bill for a legislative authorization likely for a March referendum and possible special election.
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Washington Rvs
Hyattsville
Robert W. Wells
Potomac Electric and Power Company
Washington
Wells
Gonneil
Natal
Appeal in Jett Case Seeks Free Slayer of Man Eloped With His Sister
Fred Hoback convicted of murdering John J. Jett in Floyd appeals to the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. Jett, a widower, eloped with Miss Kate Hoback, daughter of Dr. A. J. Hoback. A fight with Jett led to Hoback firing two pistol shots, killing him during the encounter.
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Washington Post
Richmond
Fred Hoback
John J. Jett
Floyd
Supreme Court of Appeals
Jett
Kate Hoback
A. J. Hoback
Railroad Man Missing and Suspected Assault in Tidewater Camp
Thomas Murphy is held for investigation over the disappearance and suspected death of an unknown man allegedly assaulted at a Tidewater railway camp. Harvey Burriss was attacked near Norbeck, severely injured, culprit unknown. A Danville Pettaway special election is ordered for January 6, 1908 to replace J A Taylor. A College Post Office in Lynchburg was robbed of stamps, cash, and papers.
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Washington Peet
Suffolk
Thomas Murphy
Tidewater
II Fg
Washington
Rockville
Harvey Burriss
Thomas Burtiss
Norbeck
Richmond
Montague
Danville
Pettaylvania
Por
J. A. Taylor
Virginia Obituary Notices Across Cities
Virginia notices report William To Raby dying in Suffolk aged 49 with two sons survived. Elizabeth Crawford aged 75 dies in Augusta County. Joseph E Tarpley dies at Whitmell aged 80, Confederate veteran, survived by widow and four. Mrs McSween dies in Washington, wife of William H Jones, Stafford County, leaving husband and three. Ernest Brooking returning West railroad worker dies of typhoid after visiting mother near Burr Hill Orange County.
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Suffolk
William To Raby
Staunton
Elizabeth Crawford
Benjamin Crawford
Augusta County
Danville
Joseph FE. ‘Tarpley
Whitmell
Pittsylvania County
Tarpley
Fredericksburg
McSween
William H. Jones
Stafford County
Washington
Ernest Brooking
Railroad Central
West
L. Graves
Burr Hill
Orange County
Ronda Lumber Incorporators convicted of stock fraud
North Carolina jury finds the incorporators of the Ronda Lumber and Manufacturing Corporation guilty of fraud in their organization. Creditors recover a judgment of 480,000 as the case centers on underpaid stock subscriptions. Principal stockholder Ehlen of Baltimore owes 22,000. Hickerson and McElweer owe 19,000 each. Ehlen also lent 28,000 to the company and is considered solvent. The defendants seek a new trial and potential appeal.
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Was Ineton Post
Winston-Salem
N. G
Porsyth
Ronda Lumber and Manufacturing Corporation
Ronda
N. C
W.H. McElwee
R. L. Hickersen
Baltimore
Delaware
F.P. Hobgood, Jr
Greensboro
Hobgood
Mr. Ehlen
R. Li. Hickerson
W. Ti. McElwer
Ehlen
Tobacco growers' plans pledge half a million pounds
At a Lynchburg Virginia meeting of the Dark Tobacco Growers Protective Association the district president announced Campbell County planters pledged 609000 pounds of tobacco to the state executive committee for sale. The staff was authorized to secure more pledges as the Farmville meeting on the 12th prepares to appoint a national committee of three. Attending will be F G Bowen of Tennessee, Col John W Gaines of Tennessee, and A N Stanley of Kentucky.
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Washington Post
Lynchburg
Vai
Dec
The
Dark Tobacco Growers’ Protective Association of
Virginia
John B. Allen
Tennessee
T. J. Evans
Campbell County
District Union
State Executive Committee
Farmville
Ttwag
F. G. Bowen
Teineaaee
John W. Gaines
A. N. Stanley
Kentucky
Woman hurt as freight hits near Vanderbilt preserve
Special to The Washington Post reports a woman, Mrs Susan Cavernias, with two children narrowly escaped death when a fast through freight struck near the Vanderbilt game preserve at Jamestown, nine miles from Greensboro. The woman suffered a broken arm and an injured hand, was jolted twenty feet into a ditch, and was taken to a High Point hospital. Vanderbilt and Clarence Mackay witnessed the incident and were billed for care.
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Vanderbilt
Mackay
Washington
Greensboro
N.C
Jamestown
H. Vanderbilt
Clarence Mackay
Vanderbilt Game Preserve
Susan Cavernias
Mate
Mining property sale in Fayette and Kanawha counties cited
One of the state's largest mining deals closes in Mayette and Kanawha counties. A Pennsylvania syndicate purchases most Paint Creek mines, with only two exceptions, in a transaction valued at just over 46 million dollars. Transfer set for January 1. new owners plan many openings and improvements. I Mucklow represented the Pennsylvania Haphylsts.
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Fayette
Kanawha
Washington Post
Huntington
W. Va
Dee
Mayette
Paint Creek
Pennsylvania
Mucklow
Pennsylvania Haphylsts
Wilmington Carpenter Hangs Self Over Race Fears
Lee Rivenbark a 30 year old Atlantic Coast Line carpenter in Wilmington North Carolina killed himself this morning by cutting his throat. He had planned to marry Miss Minnie Walker this Sunday night December 10. Neighbors say he believed several African Americans planned to murder him and he stayed with a friend Thursday night out of fear. His body was found in his bedroom with a razor in his hand and no note left explaining the act.
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Wilmington
Carpenter
Washington Post
N. C
Lee Rivenbark
Minnie’ Walker
Rivenbark
Atlantic Coast Line
Fear of Plant Collapse Threatens Alexandria Power
Fear grips Alexandria as the present electric plant may collapse leaving the city in darkness. council deliberations stall action on leasing the franchise to W. T. Barstow while four aldermen lean for adoption and four remain noncommittal. If rejected, 13,000 residents face outage and poor lighting. lamps already dark or dim nightly.
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Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
Board of Aldermen
W. T. Barstow
Joint
Finance
Common Council
Howard Linkins
Washington
Fo Eeaman Roberts
Abraham Scott
Linkins
Baer
Scott
Jéanette G. Greenwood
Benjamin Greenwood
Jones Paint
P. P. Phillips
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Messrs
Windsor
John.Penn
A. Williams
George Hepburn
James Wilkins
Raymond Johnson
Jealousy sparks hotel shooting in West Virginia
Cumberland salesman Somerville faced W. H. Woodley of Beverly in Elkins hotel. An enraged Woodley fired a revolver, tearing off the tips of four fingers on Somerville's right hand. Woodley was arrested and jailed for grand jury action on jealousy claims.
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Cumberland
Dec
Howard
Somerville
Elkins
W. Va
W. H. Woodley
Beverly
Woodley
Robbed by Tramps at Cherry Run Merchant Held Up
Hagerstown Md Dec 8 special to The Workington Fest Butts a merchant of Cherry Run was robbed at pistol point by two tramps as they boarded a Baltimore and Ohio freight train near his store One robber held a pistol while the other took his gold watch and money Officers met a train and two men were taken for identification
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Cherry Run
Hagerstown
Butts
Baltimore and Ohio Hallroad
Mr. Butts
Martinshire
Washington Fest Reports Record Railroad Contract Price
It is stated here as reliable information that the contract price for the construction about twelve miles of the South and Western Railroad in Scott County Virginia including the tunnel under Clinch Mountain and other tunnels to be made is 1 200 900 per mile or 14 400 000 for the twelve miles. The work on the southern portion through the North Carolina mountains is equally heavy. The company is pushing the work and contractors are adding laborers as fast as possible. Officer Gass of the Cumberland Md police came to Winchester to search for George Herrmans a Cumberland druggist indicted for performing a criminal operation on a young woman the victim died. Herrmans released on bail disappeared and is believed to be hiding in this county.
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Washington Fest
Bristol
South and Western Railroad
Scott County
Clinch Mountain
America
North Carolina Mountains
Washington
Winchester
Gass
Cumberland Md
George Herrmans
Cumberland
Herrmans
Violations of Shipping Rules Lead to Court Hearings
In Norfolk Judge Waddill presided over two cases of ship chandlery representatives charged with boarding an incoming foreign merchantman before customs officers arrived. Edgar W. Munford and John Wilkins were found aboard the vessel. Wilkins sentence was suspended and Munford’s case will proceed this term. In Richmond, Philip McIntyre, serving a forgery sentence due to be freed January 16, will be rearrested and handed to Nebraska authorities, noted as a notorious "flashers" figure sought by many states upon release.
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Washington I x
Norfolk
Waddill
United States
Edgar W. Munford
John Wilkins
Munford
Washington Post
Richmond
Philip McIntyre
State
Nebraska
Phillips
Union
Varioua Brisong. A
Fire destroys large farm barn near Berryville
A large barn on Mrs. E. M. Stribling’s farm, three miles from Berryville in Clarke County, burned in an early morning fire likely started by incendiary causes. Loss valued at 32500 with some insurance. Hay corn feed and farming equipment also destroyed.
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Washington Post
Winchester
E. M. Stribling
Berryville
Clarke County
Virginia Weddings Brighten December Notes
Fredericksburg couple Charles Waugh of Evérona and Bertha Tinder wed at her home with Rev. A C Bledsoe officiating. Leesburg hosts Elizabeth Yost to Lawrence Grubbs with Rev. Skelton officiating at a home ceremony. Harrison, once of Leesburg and civil engineer in the War Department, marries Lelia Wheeler of Baltimore with Rev. Kerr presiding. couple to reside in Washington.
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Fredericksburg
Charles 3. Waugh
Evérona
Bertha Tinder
J. 8. Tinder
Verdiersville
A. C. Bledsoe
Winchester
Elizabeth
B. , Yost
Millard Yost
Trawrence D. Grubbs
Wabash Headquarters Moves to Hagerstown Maryland
The Maryland division of the Wabash Railroad will move its headquarters from Baltimore to Hagerstown around January 1 3406. The change includes the location of the superintendent and staff in the Western Maryland town.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Maryland
The
Wabash Railroad
Hagerstown
Alexandria merchants boost holiday ads and local services
Alexandria shoppers are urged to use this column for holiday sales and notices from local merchants. The piece highlights banking, probate, coal deliveries, Harford and Virginia firms, gift items, and shop features around North Royal Street and King Street, noting community services and emerging business openings.
May discharge company after failed parkersburg fire response
Firemen failed to respond to a general alarm at a Parkersburg West Virginia blaze. Fire chief and city officials directed an investigation that could lead to removing the entire company. Other notices include Maryland Court of Appeals arguments and the Presbyterian Orphans Home trustees accepting resignations and approving a $44,000 dormitory project.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Washington Post
Franklin
Board of Aldermen
Westington Post
Lynchburg
Presbyterian Orphans’ Home
Synod of Virginia
Frank C. Ruff
Ruff
Rockville Assault Case Sentences Trio in Circuit Court
Thomas Thornton a colored resident was found guilty on an assault charge and given one year in the House of Correction. Charles Magruder also received six months for assaulting an officer. His wife Louise Magruder was convicted but had sentence suspended after they assaulted Deputy Sheriff Frank Green during an arrest for disturbing the peace.
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Montgomery
Specter
Washington Post
Rockville
Thomas Thornton
Aubrey M. Green
Derwond
Henderson
House of Correction
Charles Magruder
Louise Magruder
Frank Green
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DR. Hill
S. Metzerott
Howse
Corporation Court
C. W. Teabault
Armier
D. P. Blount
Tedbault
Stephen City
City of
North Carolina
Tobacco Growers
Fear Caubes
Alexandria News
George F. Watters
Fairfax County
Southern Railway
Lewingville
George H. Bayne
Nutley
N.J
Wabash Headquarters
Winchester Church
Nora C. Nott
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Pincharat
Pinehurst
Washington, Southern Railway
Virginia Safe Deposit and Trust Corporation
Sarah F. English
Royal Street
Samuel English
Fife
Alexandria Transfer CO
Fairfax St
Opera
Elks
Pettdy
Chicago
Shuman
C. W. Chandler
Messrs. S. Shuman & Son
St Shuman & Son
Temaln
Co. W. Ghandler
W. A. Smoot & Co
Esther
QR. ¥Ates
Smoot & Co
North Union Street
Herndon
Virginia Sate Deposit and Trust Corporation of
C. J. Rixey
John P. Robinson
L. Monroe
H. M. Lewis
Charlottesville
B. A. Mankin
W. EB. Miller
Jameson
King St
the Corporation Commission
Mutual Benefit Society of
Washington, D. C
John Greene
George D. Ellis
W. B. Burchfield
Washington, D.C
Mutual Benefit Society
He Witton
Wolfe and
Gibbon
Robert Evans
H.W. Wiidt & Son
North Royal Street
Miles Vinnie Williams
Washington Street
Christ J Episcopal Church
John D.normoyle
Anthony Brenner
Alexandria Transfer Company
Taylor's
W. H. Mann
M. BH
Harlow & Company
Alexandria City
Potomac River
South
Fairfax Street
Ednar
Gaines and
Uttle
Audrey
Shepherdstown
Hank
George H. Schwab
G Street
Pila
Iby
the Hundred
Knight's
Dearborn
Dearborn & Son
Maryland Court of Appeals
Annapolis
Court of Appeals
Maryland ‘Trust Company
Wationz] Mechanic Bank
John Salter
John F. Williams
Circuit Court
Baltimore City
Hotel Driscoll
U. S. Capital Grounds
T. A. McKee
Rriece
Atlantic
Sue
TEACO
B. H. Stinemetz & Son CO
Munyon
Connecticut
7Th Street
Kneessi
Haddad. Bros
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