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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1909
Page
14
Speakers warned alcohol threats to the republic citing Rome’s fall and warned people against degeneracy. Dr T D Crothers called alcohol a poison after 35 years of study and local option was urged as a path forward.
A garbled run of obituaries lists numerous individuals with dates in December. Notices include JOHN J OPREAN, Euther JOHN CORI, and others such as MARGARET, MINSON, JOHNSON, MONTGOMERY, and ELIZABETH STAGG. Services referenced at Rock Creek Cemetery and churches like the Church of the Cove and St Stephen, with interments noted and relatives named in scattered lines.
Fragmentary OCR notes show notices for marriages and deaths from multiple papers including the Washington Fort and others. The garbled text lists several newspapers such as the Fort, dispatch, Plain Dealer, Rochester, and Philadelphia outlets, indicating a cross-paper aggregation of notices. The exact names, dates, and specific notices are not readable.
A list of funeral homes and embalmers with addresses and phone numbers appears, including William Lee, R F Harvey, WM. H Sardo, Thos. B. Sergeon, Frank Geier Sons, W R Speare, and Geo Fourmort. It notes services such as modern chapels, open day and night availability, and moderate terms.
Washington Post Bureau reports a plea story by an elderly man claiming disaster and a damaged wagon with forty turkeys. Police traced the tale to sympathy seeking at headquarters, noting inconsistencies and guiding him to a trolley car across the Potomac.
Police closed in on Samuel Dudley known as Dinke after he entered Red Row eating house on Columbe street and arrested him on an assault warrant involving Laura Savage. Andrew Jackson, Negro, with a cut head and hand, is held on charges of orderly conduct and fighting at Alexandria police HQ. Jackson and another man were wounded in a clash at Cameron and Dayette streets. Jackson treated at Alexandria Hospital and may miss court. Freight car looting on North Fairfax street yards. missing socks and possible other merchandise. Andrews of Washington Treasury spoke at a Methodist Church South meeting on leadership. Grand Regent Dabney of Richmond to visit Alexandria Royal Arcanum Council. officers to be elected and a smoker planned with George Mason Council invited.
Special to The Washington Post Hagerstown December 12 funeral for Charles Griggs former Maryland legislator and Wash ington resident held at his late home in Sharpsburg. Rev Charles EB Shaw officiated as a Washington County Bar Association committee attending. Relatives learned of his death at Pacadene California. Benjamin Hammer 76 a Hagerstown native and grain businessman died in Polo Heights after a long career. John Harte 46 a prominent Firstburg resident and brother-in-law of Otto Holing died suddenly.
Farmers in Montgomery County extract from stream beds while ponds show thicker lee this week. The Northern Methodist Church at Clarksburg will be dedicated December 19, replacing an 1892 brick structure that succeeded a 1778 wooden church on a long worship site.
A Virginia straw poll shows strong majority for local option over statewide prohibition. The Antisaloon League plans petitions to submit the issue to voters at the January legislative session. Returns from over half the legislature indicate about seven to one in favor of local option, with Democrats largely supporting the measure.
A Washington Post report says the Grand Hotel and the famous Cafe de Ya Faix will vanish to clear space for a large department store. The Bon Marche Company reportedly bought the block for 50 000 francs to construct the new complex, with the plan to remove these fixtures.
Weather has kept tobacco receipts down across Richmond and other Virginia and North Carolina markets since August. Sun cured leaf sales fell to about 200000 pounds in a week with prices varying by grade. Petersburg and Lynchburg reports show lighter receipts and postponed sales through early January. In Charlestown, Eugene Reedy married Vass Nonie Moore in Zions Episcopal Church with the ceremony conducted by Rev Alfriend.
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