Brokaw Case Drama Divides South Carolina Courtroom
Mrs. Mary Blair Brokaw tests alimony suit against W Gould Brokaw as witnesses describe a troubled marriage. Engineers and grooms dispute drinking habits while tempers flare over impending testimony and a cakewalk invitation at High Point. Court adjourns amid unfounded bribery accusations.
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New York
Mary Blair Brokaw
Minsely
Long Ypland
Brokaw
John Mcintyre
H. Bramwell Gilbert
Gilbert
Mar
Bradley
Died notices and funeral announcements in Washington area
Multiple death notices and funeral alerts dated December 1900 across Washington DC and surrounding areas. Names include Frank Behrens, Frank Dawson Coyle, James H. Gooding, Mrs. Lybrand, Sotto, and Albert H. Scott with burial sites at Rock Creek Cemetery and Glenwood Cemetery. services scheduled at Sixth Street NW, St Francis Home, Kensington, and Philadelphia locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank ‘T
Elizabeth Behrens
Louis
Mary Behrens
Turerai
Sixth Street
Rock Creek Cemetery
Coyle
St Francis
Fifth Street
Frank Dawson Coyle
Washington, D.C
Philadelphia
Albert H Scort
Tragedy and Death Notices Inverted In Washington Post
The notice lists multiple newspapers for paid obituaries and death notices across cities, naming funeral directors and embalmers. It outlines services and contact details, highlighting modern chapel arrangements and available telegraph insertion options.
Taft tariff claim sparks revolutionary critique by Bigelow
New York December 1 former ambassador John Bigelow criticizes President Tafts tariff defense as failing to prove he is a statesman. He warns of revolution rather than reform citing wage strikes and the alleged impact of tariffs on women and workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
New York
John, Bigelow
France
Civic Forum
Confederate States
Abduction charge against Richmond man Vogel in Norfolk
A young man named T. P. A. Vogel of Richmond was arrested in Norfolk on charges of abducting Miss Beulah Shumadine daughter of J. H. Shumadine. She had left her home yesterday and was found with Vogel. A nurse aided her escape from a sanitarium where she had recently been confined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waehsneton
Norfolk
T. P. A. Vogel
Richmond
Beulah Shumadine
J. H. Shumadine
Voget
Licensed to Marry. Patchwork of Names and Ages
A garbled wedding notice lists multiple couples with ages and officiants in a fragmented format. Repeated initials and misread surnames obscure the precise details of who is marrying whom, and which minister presided. The readable items include ages ranging from teens to mid twenties and several clergy references.
Health Office Record of Births and Deaths List
Health office record lists multiple births with pairs of parent names followed by child gender. Also records deaths with names, ages, and hospital locations including Providence Hospital Govt Hospital Parkinum Garnaly Freefimen's and Ponce streets. Notable entries include William Dudley 7 years and Mary Wixom. various 1 to 24 year olds.
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Willam W. Dudley
Columbia Yond
Mary Wixom
Providence Hospital
William Does
Parkinum
Jginarles A. Bulenger
Wlednels Ava
Ula Crows
Nicholson Ave
Soar
Stephen Jourdant
Garnaly Hospital
Bray Fry
American wine for Christmas dinner appeal
An advertisement touts affordable Christmas wine options for workers, promising low prices and a broad selection. It lists several bottle types and prices and provides a contact at To-Kalon Wine Co, encouraging laborers to enjoy wine during the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
To-Kalon Wine CO
Dying girl a mystery used possor and revolver
Ruth Morton of Chicago dwelling at Queen Anne Cottage Virginia Beach twice attempted suicide. She drank laudanum then shot herself three times with a 22 revolver. She remains conscious, in hospital, with unclear identity. Detectives seek to establish who she is while notes suggest planned death and labels from Lowell Massachusetts and Grand Central Station.
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Ruth Morton
Chicago
Virginia Beach
Lowell
Grand Central Station
Washington Post
Norfolk
Des
Ruth
Morton
Queen’ Ann Cot ‘Tage
Baltimore
Bt. Vincent's Hospital
Tits City
Jroom
Wilow Drag Company
Mas
New York
Trains Meet At Crossing In Georgia Collision
Two killed and eight hurt when a Central of Georgia northbound passenger train collided with the Macon and Birmingham eastbound train No. 42 at Harris City as frost on a track caused the wreck. Victims include W. A. McCaurde and J. Williams from Harris City. A C Rawls fatally injured. Separate report: Southern Railway fast mail No. 36 wreck near Chimblee, Georgia with four cars off track and two railroad workers slightly injured.
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Macon
Dee
Central of Georgia
Harris City
Birmingham Road
W. A. McCaurde
Chimblee
Atlanta
Illinois Asks Twenty Million From Central Railroad
Illinois seeks about 20 million dollars from the Illinois Central Railroad in a suit to require the rail carrier to account for seven percent of its gross receipts from charter flights. Attorney General Stead led the case in Springfield with War Secretary Jacob M. Dickerson present to argue for the railroad. The dispute centers on a congressional grant of land to aid construction and the rail line’s alleged sale of lands for far more than the cost of building.
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Springfield
Stead
Supreme Court
Illuoia Central Railroad
Congress
Cllnvns
Shot in Heart but Lives Fra ncia Drysdale
Francis Drysdale 21, a farmer, was shot November 24 while handling a revolver. He remains at St. Joseph Hospital three weeks later, with a high pulse but expected full recovery after surgeons treated a punctured left ventricle and chest injuries. A separate dwelling fire yesterday caused about 140 dollars in damages at Solomon Williams’s home.
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St. Joseph
Mos
Francia Drysdale
St. Joseph Hospital
Drysdale
Dryadale
Murder Alleged Confession Ties Chinaman's Death
Asheville North Carolina December 17 The case ties an old Chinaman Ling Gun's death to an 1892 murder for money. Robert Morris and Waites Lawson allegedly beat and hunted him after moving his body to a still and later dumped him near Paint Rock. An alleged dying confession by P C Morris links the killing to a rail tale and cash.
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Asheville
N.C
North
Caroling
Tennessee
P. CG. Morris
Cocke County
Tenn
Eictans
Robert Morris
Ling
Hop Woh
Kioxvills
Ting
Paint Rock
Waites
Lawson
Caimel
Morris
Mur~ Gerad Nag
Five Deaths From Fayette County Tragedies
Special to The Washington Post reports five deaths from Fayette county tragedies. Henry Kincaid, jailed on bond issues, killed himself with carbide acid after his brother in law Arthur Buckland was murdered at Packs Branch. An alleged sanctifier preacher allegedly drove away a surgeon during burns to his young daughter. Earnest Bowles, 13, is charged with fatally wounding his stepfather George W. Johnson after discovering his mother had married Johnson. A Hungarian miner’s wife left two unattended children and returned to find them burned to death.
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Charleston
W. Va
Fayette County
Henry Kinceid
Kincald
Arthur Buckland
Packs Branch
Osk HM
Longacre
Earnest Bowles
George W. Johnson
Bowles
Johnson
Rush Row
James
Chaloner Drops Charge in Horne Alleged Assassination Case
John Armstrong Chanler Chaloner withdraws suit against Bernard Horne of Pittsburgh alleging an ambush attempt. Chanler claims an unknown party fired at him while he led a horse during a Thanksgiving incident. Horne says he was at home with his family dining.
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Horne
Petal
Washington
Keswick
John Armstrong Chaloner
Chanler
Bernard
Chaloner
Hore
Oil Plant Fire Kills Fireman in Parkersburg Ohio
Special to The Washington report from Parkersburg West Virginia December 17 says Luther Williams a Standard Oil Company fireman was fatally injured when a still containing 1000 barrels exploded his body was thrown 40 feet a fire followed threatening the plant but was subdued with little damage Also Isaiah R Philips aged 43 a prominent citizen was killed at Junction City across the river when his body was caught in a rope while cleaning an oil well.
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Washington
Parkersburg
W. Va
Luther Wiliams
Standard Oil Company
Isaiah R. Philips
Junction City
River
Mia
Wreck Injures Gould Guest and Virginians in Critical State
A wreck near Reedy Fork treats seventeen injured as a New York journalist Robert Russell, guest of George Gould, along with John Philips of Petersburg and Frank Smith of Danville, are reported in critical condition. George Gould and his son Jay visited the hospital, but updates remain grim.
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Mr. Gould
Greensboro
N. Y
Reedy Fork Treatie
Robert Russell
New York
George Gould
John Philips
Petersburg
Frank Smith
Danville
Jay
Mr. Russell
Williams Will Stand Trial In McDowell County WV
Indicted for assaults on Judge Joseph Saunders, Marshall McCormick says no requisition needed for Williams to travel to West Virginia for trial. No McDowell Court term since the offense. case noted as pending in Roanoke dispatch.
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Washington, Pont
Roanoke
Marshall McCormick
Samuel W. Williams
McDowell
County
W. Va
Joseph Saunders
West Virginia
McDowell Court
Elks to Lay Cornerstone in Alexandria
Alexandria Elks to lay the cornerstone of their new lodge home on Prince Street in Alexandria Virginia with an afternoon ceremony. Representatives Tener Pickett and Cai Hin will give addresses along with local officials. The Rev Edgar Carpenter will invoke a blessing and invitations go to Virginia lodges Washington Lodge and others.
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Wagenoton
Kthetreet
Alexandris
Alexandria Ubige
Elkis
Aouth
Prince Street
Movel Street
Tenet
Pennsylvania
Pickett
Iowa
Cer Ha
Virginia
Lindner
Richmond
Elks
Virinia
Washington
Bike
Alexandria- Washington
Andrew Jack
Alexandria
Edgar Carpenter
No. Tal
P.O. B
Howard W. Smith
Robert S. Barrett
James W. Bales
Herman Friedlander
Thomas Chauncey
Masons Elect Officers at Alexandria Lodge No.120
Andrew Jackson Lodge No.120 in Alexandria elected officers including John Gardner Graham as worshipful master Frank Le tham senior warden Thomas Fisher junior warden William Al isn treasurer James Alexander secretary and Charles Outcalt senior deacon along with Walter Davis deacon chaplains Rev. Bulla and Rev. Carpenter stewards Park Timbertin tiler and installed by BR. W. E. Downham. Funeral services for woolls held at St Marys Catholic Church with Rev H J Cutler officiating pallbearers listed. Judge De Lacy to speak on Juvenile Court methods at the Methodist Episcopal Church South tomorrow at 3 30 PM.
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Andrew Jackson Lodge
A.F
A. M
Alexandria
John Gardner Graham
Frank William Letham
Thomas Aubrey Fisher
William Lewis Alisn
James 4. Alexander
Charles Edgar Outcalt
Walter Cochran Davis
Charles Defayen Bulla
Edgar Carpenter
Walter W. Ballenger
Chester Arthur Goryam
Park Custis Timbertin
BR. W. E. E. Downham
Funere
Wunam
Woolls
Royal and
Wolfe Streets
St. Mary's Catholic Church
H. J. Cutler
Mera Li Shuman
Carroll Pierce
Walter Roberts
J. H. Crily
W. P. Graves
Thomas W. Robinson
E. Lindsey
W. W. Powjens
de Lacy
Willam H. de Lacy
Juvenile Court
Washington
Deal
Methodist Episcopal Church South
West Virginia appointments and county jail inquiry report
Gov. Glasscock named R Carey Montague and Mrs Montague to lead the School for the Deaf and Blind in Romney succeeding the Ruckers. Romo H Freer was chosen to represent the state at planning meetings for the 1913 Gettysburg anniversary. Kanawha county jail inquiry alleged prisoner mistreatment and illicit liquor. Cuba store robbery nets $560 in furs. footprints pursued toward Ohio.
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Glasscock
R. Carey Montague
Lewisburg
Montague
School For Deaf and Blind
Romney
James T. Rucker
Romo H. Freer
West Virginia
Pennsylvania Commission
Gettysburg
HE. F. Conners
Cuba
Jackson County
Ohio
Maryland Weddings in Hagerstown and Nearby Parishes
Miss Salle Margarete Lam of Hikton Virginia and William Monroe West of Roanoke were wed at St Pauls Unio Brethren parsonage by Rev. Dr A B Statton. Miss Mary Hadith Turner of Hagerstown and William J Darner of the Western Maryland Railroad married in Baltimore and will reside in Springfold Ohio. Edgar Clinton Turner of Hagerstown and Minnie Edna Pittock of Bridgeport married at Chewsville Bethel Time Brethren parsonage. Mrs Emma G Wingert and David G Benedict were married at the bride’s home near Duffield with Bishop John D Wingert presiding.
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Hagerstown
Salle
Margarete Lam
Hikton
William Monroe West
Notet Fonce de Leon
Roanoke
Hagarstown
Mary Hadith Turner
Lewis E. Turner
William J. Darner
Western Maryland Railroad
Baltimore
Springfold
Ohio
Edgar Clinton Turner
Minnie Edna Pittock
Bridgeport
Bethel Tira Brethren Parsonage
Chewsville
J. E. B. Rice
Emma G., Wingert
A. B. Wingert
David G Benedict
J. Benedict
Near Duffield
John D. Wingert
Virginia Weddings and Deaths Reported in VA Locales
Virginia reports several婚 weddings across Fredericksburg Louisa and Fauquier counties with ceremonies conducted by various ministers including Rev. Will iam Heflin. Noted deaths include Bettie Milla of Roanoke aged 42 and J F Edwards Confederate veteran and Fauquier farmer aged 66.
Legislator Stricken With Paralysis in Southampton County
Suffolk Va Dec 17 Junius W Williams of Courtland was reelected to the general assembly but stricken with paralysis tonight at the home of Captain Mc Wills of Franklin. Williams formerly served as bailiff for the Brete corporation commission and sheriff of Spratly County.
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Washington Post
Suffolk
Junius
W. Williams
Courtland
General Assembly
Southampton County
Wright
Hiis Friend
Wills
Franklin
Wilildros
Brete Corporation Commission
Spiltamptor
Leounts
Not Guilty Verdict In Son's Death Case
In tecuosboro Iowa a jury found not guilty in the case charging a man with death of his son Hiram Billiott. The judge instructed the jury and the father admitted striking a fatal blow amid testimony of provocations and alleged adultery.
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Tecusboro
Des. W
Biges
Dajalet
Mas
Hiram ‘Billiott
Allsultery
Man shoots woman then kills himself in Philadelphia dining room
Joseph Ernest Murray alias Wroest Bird shot Minnie E. Carey and William B. Bostick during lunch at a center city boarding house. Carey was wounded in the lung and Bostick in the arm and breast before Murray killed himself. Murray had recently arrived from Morristown New Jersey and worked at a Boston insane hospital earlier.
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Philadelphia
Minnie E. Carey
Wiliam B. ‘Bostick
Joseph EH. Murray
Hrocot Bird
la Plata
Murray
Mortis Plains
X. J
Wroes
la Plats
Joseph Ernest Murray
St. Louia
New York
Boston
R. W. Murray
Biga
Maryland National Guard officer commissions actions
The Maryland National Guard examination board recommended extending Lieut Col Charles W Adams probationary commission after a further physical exam. Maj John A Morgan's commission is canceled due to plyntea deficiency. Conditional commissions for Capt Charles A Myers and Capt Carroll Edgar have been confirmed.
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Washington
Annapolis
Maryland National Guard
Charles W. Adams
Easton
John A Morgan
Elston
Charles A. Myers
Carroll Edgar
Pany E
Elkton
Farmer near Ellicott City ends life in tragedy
Nickolas Stump, a prominent farmer at Pine Orchard west of Ellicott City, aged about 60, died by his own hand. Found by his wife in bed, he had immigrated from Germany years ago and made his home in this county.
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Roanoke
Bettie’ Milla
Thomas Mills
F Staunton
Lindia, Switzer
A. Switzer
Fredericksburg
J. F. Edwards
Fauquier County
Grove Church
Ellicott City
Washington Post
Nickolas Stump
Pine ‘Orchard
Ina
Germany
Virginia Briefs Reported Accidents and Local News
Virginia briefs summarize a man dying after falling from a roving passenger train at Whaleyville and a dairy man barred for typhoid spreading rumors of rejoining the army. It notes a Staunton druggist fire loss with insurance, council reelects city water works head, and Caroline county names land professors.
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Prederlekabure City
J. Quinn
B. I. Bullerk
John E .Mason
Caroline County
A. Samuel
Wilbur Smith
John B. Farish
K. R. Pariah
Western Maryland Notes Dog Show and County News
The Western Maryland kennel club held its first annual dog show in Cumberland with 9 entries. A sheriff sold Maryland Quarry Company property near Pinesburg, Washington County, in Hagerstown for 10 dollars to Walter Austin Mutvinitl of New York, subject to a 420 000 deed of trust held by Mutual Alliance Trust Company. Nicholas Murphy of Grantville was named deputy game warden in Garrett County. Cumberland Corp No 4 Sons of Veterans elected officers: Commander E Butler Carpenter, Senior Vice Commander Frank Lee Carl, Senior Vice Commander Harry C. Roger, Trustees Harry Irvine Oscar A. Hadra and Rother W. Vaniorn.
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Harnshaw
Mutual Alliance Trust Company
New York
Maryland Quarry Company
Pinesburg
Washington County
Hagerstown
Walter Austin Mutvinitl
Trust’ Company
Cumberland Corp. No. 4
Sons of Veterans
E. Butler Carpenter
Frank Lee Carl
Harry C. Roger
Harry Irvine
Oscar A. Hadra
Rother W. Vaniorn
North Carolina charter totals and Baxter Sheinwell reprieve
The state issued 913 charters in the fiscal year ending November 30, including 48 for textile firms totaling 14.1 million dollars and 4 for power plants with 81.6 million dollars in capitalization. Governor Kitchin granted a reprieve to Baxter Sheinwell of Dawson County, jailed for drawing a revolver on a Southern Railway conductor in Steuzomba after refusing to stop the train for a flag stop. his health is poor and he is at Hot Springs for treatment.
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Kitchig
Baxter Sheinwell
Dawson County
Steznomba
Southern Railway
Ura
Shemwell
Baing
Hot Springs
Martinsburg Civil War veteran dies after apoplexy
Martinsburg December 17 Whan c Mow gan aged seven and a half? Confederate veteran and former lawyer of Le Ya died after apoplexy. Survived by his widow three daughters and one son M. Hite a prominent Berkeley County dod near Tittle. Surviving are his widow.
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Martinsburg
Both Granted Divorce in Curious Virginia Case
A Frederic County farmer William J Marple was granted absolute divorce after his wife left with her son in law Rufus Martin. The case reveals a complex family rupture with the daughter also divorcing and later remarrying. The report notes ongoing political shifts as Staunton Democrats fill a vacant alderman seat, replacing a Republican.
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Peets
The
Washington Post
Winchester
William J. Marple
Frederic County
Martin
Marple
Columbia Wins Seminary Site From Lutheran Synod
The Southern Lutheran synod selects Columbia as the site for a new theological seminary to be built at an estimated cost around 200000. Columbia offered a valuable site and 914.00 in cash, competing with Salisbury and Charleston which also bid similarly including land. A separate report from Richmond notes the execution by electric chair of Clifton Breckenridge, 18, for a criminal attack on the Staunton jailer’s six year old granddaughter.
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Lutheran Synod Board
Washington
Balisbury
Columbia
Southern Lutheran Synod
Zenion
Charleston
Salisbury
Richmond
Clifton Breckeenridge
Staunton
Breckenridge
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Tener
Cai ‘Hin
Sina Eo
Masons
William P. Woolls
Kanawha County
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Boxley
Louisa
Eugene B. Quinn
Rutherfordton
Bella Harris
N.curtis
Louies County
James Nelson
Jwige Aoks
Marylanger
Icancel Majors Commission
Maryland Guard
Virginia Briefs
Atlantic Coast Line
James R. Jones
Whaleyville
Henry Harrison Comstock
Norfolk Health Department
Marshall Timberlake
E. M. Goode
Wester Maryland &Ennel Club
Cumberland
Nicholas Murphy
Grantville
Garrett County
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Hecht
Lucius
Garmen
all_our
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Henry Parrent
Seminary
White Rock
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