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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1905
Page
5
The item shows a jumble of prices for silverware and related goods with ranges like 2.00 to 12.00 and 1.00 to 25.00, plus varied terms such as silveroid stag horn etablished and other cryptic notes. Details are unclear due to OCR corruption but indicate a catalog-like back-page price ledger.
A local listing promotes fine imported and domestic extracts for gifts, noting a wide stock from home and abroad. The Domestic Extracts are priced from 70 cents to 5 dollars, with a Christmas special offering a 4 pound triple extract in original packaging for 3.25.
Mannington druggist Saya He testified he refused to sell strychnine to Mrs Helen May Payton who is on trial for her husband Jacob N Payton's murder. Trial spanned six days with jury verdict upcoming. Rumor claims Payton widowed after alleged accomplice Boeglal marriage.
Six year old Alice Aleckworich, daughter of Mr and Mrs Matthew Aleckworich of 735 West Lombard Street, was found on Lombard Street between Paca and Greene. The left leg was severed and nearby, with a broken arm and fractured ribs, all over bruised. Police investigate whether a street car struck her and whether the motorman stayed or not. Hospital officials say she cannot speak and hope for recovery is slim.
Special to The Washington Post Winchester Virginia December 20 A seventeen year old boy Cofton Goff son of Theodore Goff of Mount Williams is dying at home from a hunting accident yesterday evening He was moving through dense brush when his gun snagged on a branch and discharged The dog tried to reach the gun but only moved a step or two before the weapon fired a gaping wound tore into his back His cries for help brought his father to carry him unconscious to their house.
Westmoreland Lodge A F and A M conducted their annual banquet in Warsaw with speeches by George Vansant C Fields E Griffith T N Massey W N Chinn and Wile Crruh. Officers elected included EC Griffith W Mt Willie Unrub W N Chinn B Hardwack C C Field T N Alassey and Starke Carey.
In Wheeling West Virginia eight year old Willie Digby died and his companion Patrick Connolly lies near death after both drank whisky found near a Bellair saloon bottle. The coroner investigates as locals threaten vigilante action.
Special to The Washington Post reports a head on collision last night between the steamer Baltimore of Chesapeake Steamship Co and the small schooner Amelia M Price from the Rappahannock River. A deckhand identified as a colored man named Deacon lost his wife. Capt George White of the schooner and two black crew narrowly escaped death or serious injury as the schooner foremast was crushed by the Baltimore. The crash occurred in dense fog near Point No Point around 1 AM.
Isaac Owings thirteen year old son of John Owings of Annapolis died in Fraenholt Gardner Co sawmill when his hand was caught between a belt and a moving flywheel. He was carried by the wheel and horribly mutilated in the accident.
Special to The Washington Post from Charlotte reports the Yorke furniture factory in Concord North Carolina, a large estatal facility, burned this evening. Estimated loss ranges from 100000 to 475000 with partial insurance. cause unknown.
Maryland Baltimore witnesses testify Captain Levin I Lewis of the oyster drudgeboat Eadie Lewis beat crew members from boarding the vessel until relieved by authorities aboard the revenue cutter Window. A white mate Tom and a colored second mate George Atwood are accused of similar cruelty. Atwood was summoned to the Windom s, but a warrant followed as evidence mounted for grand jury action. Several crew members were beaten. one man fell overboard and drowned. Other notices report deaths in Suffolk Fredericksburg and nearby Virginia locales, including Mrs Richard Gordon Julia Finney and Mrs Susan R Sutton. Parkersburg sees a writing teacher in the school shakeup, with A E Ciskey discharged and appealing to the board amid anticipated upheaval.
Special to The Washington Fest Newport News Va Dec 20 Walter Fontaine and Edward T Morton were held in 6000 bail each on arson charges after two Phoebus houses were set ablaze but evidence failed to prove guilt. Spectators feared lynching as residents demanded arrests. A policeman saw Morton and Fontaine flee a burning house shortly before discovery.
Lucy Biodter aged ten arrived in Winston-Salem from Raleigh seeking her parents last seen in 1901. She has lived with her aunt and uncle Walter and Mrs Reaven for four years and says her mother has not written since last year. Police have not located her parents. she is staying at a hotel as officials investigate.
An antiquated advertisement touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for headache dyspepsia and related ailments. It promises to prevent colds influenza and pneumonia and offers a free almanac from the druggist upon purchase.
A string of early December marriages across Newport News Phoebus Fredericksburg Chatham Danville Winchester and Richmond in homes churches and public venues. Couples include Sevlemon and Waite Latrimer and Wray plus Dodd Perrow Bowling Arrington Moore Delaney Pie McIntyre Corr Edwards Hannum and Emel Wade Fultz and Parlett among others. Court injunctions in High Point redress the Southern Railway right of way dispute.
Special to The Washington Font Winchester Virginia December 2 Janie Laws a servant in the home of Town Sergeant Ricamore Berryville Clarke County was brought to the hospital here with a bullet wound in the abdomen and died there tonight The wound probably self inflicted Most convictions or confessions under the prohibition law are sent to a female defendant to jail and males to roads for four to twelve months
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