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Newspaper

Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Dec 20, 1908

Page

3

SUIT MYSTERY WITNESS IN WILSON DIVORCE CASE

Rev Dr Coupland, key witness, testified in the Wilson divorce case where ex Senator Wellington is named as corespondent. He described Miss Davis visiting the Wilson home, prompting Mrs Wilson to insist visits cease, and he recounted advising Dr Wilson to end the visits. District court proceedings involved objections over admissibility and earlier remarks by counsel.

Washington Post Ballmore Coupland P. B. Wilson Wilson United States Wellington Flo Misa Davis Colton Thomas C. Weeks de Wilson Weeks Avenue Rohrback Rothbackalay Roe Jakes Miks Davin Vin Weed Fagan Sars Annes Anne Sen Ceri

Westmoreland Masons Dine and Install Officers

In Kinsale Virginia on December 19 a large Westmoreland lodge No. 212 A F and A M banquet and officer installation occurred. Retiring master W N Chinn received a past master’s jewel amid addresses by W J Phillips P J Bauman R Fitzhugh and T J Downing Grand Master J W Eggleston attended and installed new officers C Fich as master A B Garner senior warden T N Massey junior warden.

Kinsale Westmoreland Lodge No A. F A. M C. C. Baker Montross W. J. Phillips Tappahannock Institution of Masonry P. J. Bauman Essex Fitzhugh Middlesex W. N. Chinn T. J. Downing Lancaster F. Alston Cabell Richmond J. W. Eggleston C. ©. Fich A. B. Garner T. N. Massey

Obituary notices and funeral arrangements flood a Baltimore area page

A jumble of names and dates reflects multiple obituaries and funeral notices. The text lists December services for Garettel Veients, Baker, Clark Ben, Nurah Phot, and others, with times, streets, and venues across various cities, including Baltimore and Arlington. It also mentions private interments, a reverent gathering for Thomas C. Hla, and a memorial for James Jenkins in El Paso, with surrounding familial references and addresses.

Hare Fey Garettel Veients Caliza Baker Mare Vad Sercha Hennimin Tris Dinein Laine Thomas C. Hla Sey Maeethi Austin Noles Tennessee Foytdelphua San Francesco Pafers Mos Eugene Cand Pat Mehy Masa Mount Olivet

Marriage and Date Notices From The Washington Post Style

Fragmentary OCR text references marriage and date notices and telegraphing in a Washington Post style. It mentions various newspapers like Rochester Herald St Louis Republic and Syracuse Post Standard and hints at intercity notices and publication timing.

Jessom Micralog Pagatrer Pinstire Dispaten Bone Arwen Journel Rochester Herald Harald St Louis Republis Jos Vain Dever St Maal Mossor

Mrs Myra Civallier Dead in Maryland. Richmond Connection

Mrs Myra Civallier widow of Capt Charles Civallier and daughter of the late Col Richard Bland Lee, died suddenly while visiting Baltimore. Funeral to be held at Christ Protestant Episcopal Church in Alexandria. burial in Ivy Hit Cemetery. Survived by daughter Mrs William Pinckney Holmes, two grandchildren, and a brother in Richmond. Also notes lodge officers and Red Men election, a Baltimore theft trial, a runaway car crash, and an assault case in Alexandria.

Washington Post Bureau Baltimore Avilliamy Pinckney Holmes Christ Protestant Episcopal Church Inyermont Ivy Hit Hollmes Civalier Robert F. Les Richmond

No verdict in Williamsport bridge collapse inquest

A Wil liamsport inquest into the fatal bridge collapse reached no verdict after ballots. Testimony cited a broken traveling crane as the cause while the steel company argued inadequate curing time for concrete. Hollenbach, among the injured, died at Washington County Hospital aged about 45, leaving a wife and children. Roanoke reports the funeral of Sts, killed in Haggy bridge collapse, held at his mother's home with services by two ministers, burial at Fairview Cemetery.

Lagerstown Port Bridge Yanson Bridge Pennsylvania “Steel Company Pratt Dexymigh Hollenbach Washington County Roanoke Sts Haggy L. M. Stanley Neighborn W.F. Powell Brotherhood of Railroad Fairview Cemetery

Deep Run Hounds Lead Large Field On Idle Hour Ride

The Deep Run hounds attracted the season's largest field for a chase from Sunnyside through Dr Patterson’s property to Broad street road near Chantilly. The rain aided tracking, followed by a reception. Riders included James W. Graves acting master Archie Anderson HD Harris Joseph Anderson Jed Campbell W C Saunders Dr J A White B H Ellington William Hubbard J T Anderson William Rueger Griffenreid Hobson Fay Waddy Archer Vaughan John Sinton James A. Atlan O J Sands Wale Holliday T T Adams William Meredith and Miss Warfield Crenshaw.

Washington Post Richmond William Rueger Sunnyside R. A. Patterson Chantilly Broad Street Road James W.graves Archie Anderson HD. Harris Joseph Anderson Jed Campbell W. C. Saunders Dr. J. A. White B. H. Ellington Wiliam Hubbert Cincinnati Ohio J. T. Anderson Griffenreid Hobson Fay Waddy Archer Vaughan John Sinton James A. Atlan O. J. Sands Wale Holliday T. T.adams William R. Meredith Miss Warfield Crenshaw

$1,000,000 Plan for Norfolk and Southern Railway

In Norfolk on December 19, Judge Waddill will issue receivership certificates totaling $1,000,000 to fund railway improvements. Special Master Hughes backed the decision after examination. Receivers and the reorganizaton committee favored the move, with much of the funds slated for finishing the 5 to 7 mile Albemarle Sound bridge, among the world’s densest spans.

Washington Post Norfolk Ghdald United States Waddill Specifl Hughes Norfolk and Southern Railway Albemarle Sound

Lattey Forestalls Disaster Near Hitchcock Tunnel

Cumberland Md Dec 19 John Lattey track foreman for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad saved a Baltimore and Ohio passenger train from wrecking near Hitchcock tunnel by spotting a landslide just in time He ran around the mountain over the tunnel and notified Night Watchman Warnick who warned the train.

Washington Post Cumberland John Lattey Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Baltimore and Ohio Hitchcock Tunnel Warnick

Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Pure Blood Health

An old time advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier claiming it enriches blood and cures eczema eruptions fatigue indigestion and general debility. The text emphasizes purifying and strengthening the whole system.

Hood Sean

Counsel Now Prosector Faces Peculiar Election Conflict

In Wheeling West Virginia December 19 a strange legal conflict arises as J B Handland elects as prosecuting attorney will soon assume the office. He cannot act as counsel for the defendant or as prosecutor in the same murder case thus he is excluded from the proceedings.

Attornney Washington Post Wheeling W. W Dea Joe, Weithe Charles Cook Charles Bennett New Kensington Cook J. B. Handland Tineng Charles

Fearful mob vengeance in Danville murder trial

The Washington cont reports the trial of W. B. Samuels for the murder of Sheriff Flannagan in Danville. Evidence finished as jurors heard witnesses on Samuels mental state and drunkenness. Samuels was escorted to Chatham jail as Danville’s temporary facility awaited a new jail. Court adjourned until Monday with jurors quartered at a local hotel.

Washington Danville W. B. Samuels Flannagan Eva Boyd Samuels North Carolina Commonwealth Th Samuels Chatham

Husband after elopers in charge of elopement case

Winston-Salem December 19. D Bailey, son of a local tobacco manufacturer, left for Waycross Georgia to pursue charges against Charles Goddard of Fayetteville North Carolina for eloping with Bailey's wife. Bailey already filed proceedings to annul the Baltimore wedding.

Washington Post Winston-Salem N. C D. Bailey Waycross Charles Goddard Fayetteville Bailey Baltimore

Virginia Weddings in Warrenton and Nearby Counties

Weddings tied to Fauquier and surrounding counties with J. D. Warner and Minnie Lee, Bayard A. Rucker, Miss Mary Lee Lackey and Horace Reed Henry, and Miss M. B. Potts and George B. Webb. Clergy names include Rev. F. Boston, Rev. J. A. Trostle, and Rev. Henry W. Bourriss. Date references Dec. 19.

Warrenton Full View Fauquier County J. D. Warner Minnie Lee Bayard A. Rucker Deseplaine F. BR Boston Lexington Mary Lee Lackey W. Robert, Lackey Timber Ridge Backbridge County Horace Reed Henry J. A. Trostle Henry W. Bourriss Southern Methodist Church

Virginia Obituary Notices From Various Towns

Obituaries report deaths of Benjamin Chambers seven in Lodge Westmoreland county noting his factory work and political leadership. W C Neighbors engineer of Shenandoah Valley railroad dies at Highome. Mrs Mary Charlton wife of R D M Charlton dies in Christiansburg. Emma Stairs wife of W W Stairs dies in Fredericksburg aged 40. John P Dante 44 Orange County veteran dies at Soldiers Home Richmond. Milton Schooley Waterford Loudoun County minister dies aged 75.

Lodge Bee Benjamin Chambers Democratic Party Westmoreland Virginia J. B Harry Chambers Albert T B. B. Chambers Baltimore Joan Washington Dritchell Dobyns Washington Roanoke W. C. Neighbors Shenandoah Valley Norfolk and Western Highome Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Christiansburg Mary Charlton Mas. R. D. M. Charlton Fredericksburg Emma Stiars W. W. Stiars Richmond John P. Dante Orange County Sturdevant’s Battery J. H. West Barbourville Jumesburg Dee Milton Schooley Waterford Loudoun County Society of Friends

License Notice for Marriages in Local Parish

A fragmented marriage license notice lists Fred M Melville aged 90 marrying Julia De Grummona aged 8, with Rev J J Muir of Danley Lane and Vera Wara aged 4, and Rev 3 B Pittar mentioned. The readable names suggest a local clergy officiates multiple licenses though ages and context appear garbled.

Fred M. Melville Julia de Grummona J. J. Muir Danley Lane Vera Wara B. Pittar

Health Office Deaths List From The Post Records

Health office record lists numerous deaths and obituaries from Govt Hosp Insane Jamies A Stephens Episcopal Exe Bar at Throat Hospital and other facilities. It includes ages from 2 months to 95 years and many two person entries noting births or marriages. The column ends noting that classified columns of The Post secure results with no charge for advertising.

Lucy A. Jewel Govt Byerly Randolph Jamies A. Stephens Episcopal Throat Anherine He Rainey Conrad Glaser Govt. Hosp Taabal Fischey Adams Wiliam Daley Gordon John ‘Hyland Sandy Crawley T St. Usec John F. White Jane Maliaty Nallor Court Richart H. Wells 4Th St. Ow Mars Harrison Freedmen's Hospital Normen Parker Hughes Court Dorales W. Bront F St. Ne Pont

Girl Fends Off Attacker in Broad Street Assault

Dec 18 Washington Port story details Margaret Wiesner who restrained Charles F Bourdon after he grabbed and tried to kiss her and dragged her on the pavement. Patrolman Chaffinch intervened, Bourdon admitted identity and address Fifth Avenue Highlandtown. Magistrate imposed a 100 dollar fine and three months jail for nonpayment.

Washington Portes Margaret Fiesner Wien Séogid Tim Pamarkae Batt Charles F. Bourdon Highlandtown Bowrdon

Rival suitors clash over Pearl Clark in Virginia tragedy

Suffolk Va December 19 Rivalry between Ernest E Wilson a sawmill owner and Fairlee F Brinkley a Nansemond County Democratic committee member over Pearl Clark of Front Royal led to a fatal affray. Brinkley struck Wilson with a stout stick causing a head wound and Wilson has been unconscious. Brinkley pleads self defense and was arrested then released on bond for appearance in Suffolk.

Wilson Falkee Brinkley Ernest Wilson Brinkley Suffolks

Seized whiskey destroyed in first pure food case

A Baltimore judge disposed of the first seizure under the pure food and drug act. Fifty barrels of whiskey from the Louisiana Distillery Company of New Orleans were ordered destroyed, with a $4000 bond required to prevent future bourbon whiskey sales. The government argued the liquor was molasses liquor, not bourbon whiskey.

Abandane Fight Baltimore Consresa Morris United States District Court Louisiana Distillery Company New Orleans

Two Dead In Pistol Duel At Whyteville Main Street

In Whyteville Virginia on December 12 Chief of Police Walter McClintock and E A Cregger died in a pistol duel on the main street. McClintock mortally wounded Cregger after being wounded himself. Deputies arrested Dave Cregger. The exchange occurred after a warrant for BE A Cregger and his brother for robbery was served.

Whyteville Walter McClintock E. A. Cregger McClintock Cregger Harry White BE. A Dave Cregger Creggers A Cregger White

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