Jackson Reply Indicates $10000 Salary Used to Pay Debts
Jackson, who heads the Negro Development and Exposition Company, says $10000 salary was intended to pay debts contracted by the firm. The Public Debt Commission refused to honor vouchers. only $260 drawn, with $200 paid to a Washington custodian and $1000 salary tied to a 2 year plan. He will testify in Washington with documents to support his administration.
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Negro Exposition Company
Washington
Richmond
Gies
Jackson
M Custly
O P J Smith
New York
Negro Development and Exposition Company
Jacksons Bork
West Virginia Bar Association Holds Annual Meeting Leaders Elected
About 130 leaders and purists gathered for the West Virginia Bar Association’s second annual meeting in Wheeling. John W Davis presided as officers and delegates to the American Bar Association were named. Granting a note, the growth of the Commerce Clause was debated as federal power claimed jurisdiction over interstate commerce.
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Washington Port
Filins
West Virginia Bar Ass Dation
John W Davis Fauily
JH Woone Philippi
Nelson
Hubbird Wheelfig
Robert W Dalles
Ronney Fhiré CW Osenton Fasyettevie
Moh
Wiles West Union
George Polfentburgen
Poiat Pleasantscertars
WG Feterkin
Parkersburg
Charles A Kreps
Executise Council
Wiles Morgantown
HMS Russell
Wheeling
Bom Adler Parkersburg
Eliott Northcatt Auntington
Niehone
Fayetteville Wes
Virginia
American Bar Association
J J Cent
Willer Parkersbore
Charles EB Hogg
Alorgantown
John W Davis
Feder
Engineer Injured In Collision At Warrenton Train Siding
Special to The Washington Post Warrenton Virginia December 27. The engine of the Warrenton Branch train of the Southern Railway backed into a freight car at Calvert siding. The cab was telescoped by the tender sustaining a scalp wound to Engineer J. S. Wanheimer. The fireman escaped unhurt.
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Washington Post
Warrenton Va
Warrenton
Southern Railway
Calvert
JS Wanheimer
Hreman
Njuen
Baltimore Obituaries and Notable Deaths Summary
In Baltimore and Annapolis area notices, Edward H W Thompson banker dies suddenly at home aged about fifty from indigestion. Frank M Bird prominent farmer dies at Owens, aged around sixty. Edward Staugh son of Mr and Mrs Peter J Staugy dies in Pawsnik after heart failure. Rev Thomas M Cinn1 former principal of Lackawanna School Succumbs in Frederick aged eighty seven. Arnold Hyde brother in law of Enoch Pratt founder of Pratt libraries dies at Johns Hopkins Hospital after abdominal surgery at seventy seven.
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Edward HW Thompson
Maryland National Bank
Senor Maber
Edward J .Thompson
Bankers
Brehera
Thompson
International Trust Company
The
Savings Bank of Baltimore
American Bonding
Tyro
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Frank M Bird
Owens Ieth
Ils
Bovds
Edward Staugh
Ant Vrs
Peter J Staugy
Pawsnik
Mersles
Frederik Bee
Thomas M Cinn
Frederick
Pratt Libraries
Johns Hawkins Hospital
Pratt
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Strong Health
An 19th century patent medicine advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as making blood pure and strong preventing colds pneumonia fevers and diseases. It claims improved digestion appetite and invigoration of the system and promotes Hood's Pills at 25 cents.
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Hood
SLAIN BY HIS BROTHER IN JACKSON COUNTY SHOOTING
Special to The Washington Fun Asheville North Carolina December 27 Sunday night Coleman Frady was shot and killed in a remote Jackson County area by his brother Robert Frady during drinking and cards. Earlier Christmas Day John Brown was fatally wounded by Henry Rhinehart in a pistol fight after both men fired, Rhinehart’s three shots hitting Brown and both men exchanging shots previously.
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Asheville
Coleman Frady
Jackson County
Robert Frady
John Brown
Henry Rhinehart
Hotel lounge destroyed in Clendennin fire death of plasterer
Cumberland Maryland December 27 The Hotel lounge at Clendennin West Virginia burned last night James McCullough aged thirty seven was killed in his room by the explosion of gas which originated the blaze Considerable damage occurred in the town's business section The deceased was a plasterer whose home was near Pittsburgh
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Washington Post
Cumberland
Clendennin
W. Va
James McCulstough
MecCullough
Pittsburg
Peacemaker killed in Denaron Va after tavern brawl
Joseph Saleeby a Syrian traveling for a New York firm, beaten to death in Denaron Surry County by two Black men during a fight. One suspect, William Whiters Adams Smith, eluded arrest. Two hundred dollars found on the victim. He leaves a wife and three children and was a member of Appomattox Lodge of Odd Fellows.
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Washington Post
Petersbing Ya. Dee
Joseph Saleeby
New York
Petersburg
Denaron Surry County
Selechy
William Whiters
Adas Smith
Appomattox
Special Bond Rep Says New York Capitolists Hold Reconstructed Bonds
Willam J Jones, claiming to represent New York financiers holding seventy eight special tax bonds from Reconstruction, visited Raleigh to seek payment information. He was told by State Treasurer Lacy that North Carolina would never redeem the bonds, and if not paid, they could be transferred to another state to sue.
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Raleigh
Ncc
Dew
Willam J Jones
New York
North Carolina
Lacy
Killed in a Family Feud at Arden North Carolina
Special from The Washington Post reports a fatal shooting eight miles from Asheville Arden North Carolina where Francis Sumner and Charles Fewers were killed. The feud between families is cited as a possible cause though not confirmed. A local aftermath and investigations are noted.
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N. C
Washington
Asheville
Francis Sumner
Charles Fewers
Powers
Virginia Weddings in Fredericksburg and Leesburg Areas
Several Virginia nuptials announced across Fredericksburg Leesburg and nearby areas. Archie Burton weds Susie Payne at Rev Decatur Edwards residence Winchester. Comfort Seymour marries Stanley L Cooper at home in the county near Winchester. Mamie Hansenfluck becomes Mrs Charles A Eberdale at the bride's home near Winchester. Nellie Palmer weds George C Cox at St Pauls Church Leesburg. Fitzhugh Lindamood and Josie Yates wed in Shenandoah/Jenquier line. Mary Foster Goines marries Joseph Albert Bell at St James Episcopal Church Warrenton.
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Archie Burton
Susie Payne
Stafford County
Decatur Edwards
Winchester
Comfort Seymour
Walker Seymour
Mit
Stanley L Cooper
Roy Sehmacker
Mamie C Hansenfluck
Matthew Hansenfluck
Charles A _Eberdale
Elkton
Washington
St James’ Episcopal Church
Mary Foster Goines
Joseph Albert Bell
W OH Laird
Migs Elizabeth Tayior Gaines
Tie Bast Man Sax
J Wates Waring
Charleaten
Irate parent upheld in punishment case in Alexandria
A Washington Post report from Alexandria details a judge upholding parental chastisement of adult children under specific conditions. The article notes a dogged defense by a barber named Bird after he punished his daughters for dissolute conduct, while also covering a separate drunk and disorderly charge against William Dowling, and other local incidents including attempted entry at Wythe White’s office, a death in Gibbon Street, a trolley collision, and various community notices.
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King Street
Alexandra
Caton
Washington Bird
Bird
William Dowling
King and Henry Streets
Fairfax Country
Blacksmith Bogert’s Suicide Attempt in Spencer
Burton Bogert, 35, a blacksmith for W J Oliver & Co, tried to cut his throat with a pocket knife last night in Spencer after being jailed for assaulting J M Surfice. He claimed to be an officer deputized by Salisbury Mayor Boyden, and court officers stopped his self harm before he was placed in jail.
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Washington Post
Spencer, N C
Burton Bogert
W. J Oliver & Co
Boger
J. M Surftce
Boyden
Salisbury
Abduction charge against married man in Maryland
Charles Larson, a married man, was arrested in Waynesboro on a charge of abducting fourteen year old Lucy Wilson daughter of Thomas Wilson. It is alleged Larson took the girl from Hagerstown to Waynesboro Saturday. they were found at the same boarding house. Larson claims the trip was a coincidence. Sheriff Dibbert brought them to Hagerstown and Larson was jailed.
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Washington Post
Hagerstown
Charles Larson
Waynesboro
Lucy Wilson
Thomas Wilson
Larson
Drunken Fight Ends in Murder in Brock Gap District
Philip Ritchie, a cattle ranger from the Brock Gap area near Harrisonburg, was killed by Charles Roadcap in a Christmas night melee over whisky. Roadcap surrendered, a coroner’s inquest was held, and he awaits grand jury action. Ritchie leaves a wife and several children, with a prior illicit distillery conviction noted.
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Washington Post
Harrisonburg
Philip Ritchie
Brocks Gap
Charles Roadcap
Roadcap
Ritchie
Maglistrate Cooper
Linville
Commonwealth Attorney's
Commonwealth
Conrad
Cooper
Tne
Revenue Officers
Bishop A. C. Smith Dead and Westward Move
Bishop A Coke Smith of the Methodist Episcopal Church South dies aged fifty seven in Asheville after a lingering illness. Born in Lynchburg he graduated from Wofford College in 1873 and joined the South Carolina conference. He taught at Vanderbilt and Wofford at different times and moved to Asheville for health two years ago. Carrie Nation invades Roanoke addressing crowds in saloons without using a hatchet. Philip D. Laird says he is not a candidate for Maryland governor and his name was used without consent.
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Wofford College
Asheville NC
A Coke Smith
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Lynchburg
Spartanburg
South Carolina
Vanderbilt
Wofford
Epworth Church
Norfolk
Asheville
Washington Rose Rockville, Md
Philip D Laird
Maryland
Virginia Obituary notices from Petersburg and Winchester
Obituaries report Thomas P Moran a Petersburg baker dying early this morning after a brief illness. He served as a drummer boy in the Twelfth Virginia during the Civil War and is survived by his wife and several children. Also noted is Mrs ANE Baker widow of Henry S Baker dying at 76 at her daughter Mrs Robert T Barton’s home after a long illness. born in New Jersey, she leaves two daughters and two sons. In Winston, Malcolm Biddle Winston, 23, student at the University of Virginia, died of typhoid fever at Charlottesville University Hospital.
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Charlestown
Lille Andrews Burns
Join L Burns
Rippon
Jefferson County
Mr. Burns
George H Hagley
Petersburg
Thomas P Moran
Virginia
Winchester
Ane Baker
Henry
Robert T Barton
New Jersey
Winston
Malcolm Biddle Winston
Wington
University of Virgini
University Hospital
Charlottesville
Toy Locomotive Explosion Wounds Boy in Pittsburgh
Fourteen year old Earl McMullin of Swiasvale was injured when a toy locomotive boiler exploded while he demonstrated the gift to friends in Wilkinsburg. A fragment pierced his eye. he is hospitalized and may lose sight. An alcohol lamp was lit at the time of the accident.
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Pittsburg
Earl McMullin
James McMullin
Swiasvale
Wilkinsburg
McMullin
McNullin
Union Veteran Walter B Smith Dies Suddenly
Walter B Smith a Civil War Union veteran died suddenly yesterday morning at his daughter Mrs Mary S Murtz 1716 Wisconsin Avenue He served in the Forty seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers and belonged to the EB Young Post Allen town F For years he was comptroller of Allentown The funeral will be Saturday with burial in Allentown and the hands will be taken there for burial
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Walter B Smith
Mary S Murtz
Wisconsin
Asenue Smith
Forty-seventh
Lennslvania Volunteers
E B Young Post
Allentown
Hads
Burla
Will Oppose Receivership in Alabama Rail Case
New York December 27 Bird M Robinson president of the Mobile Jackson and Kansas City Railroad Company says the Alabama receivership was granted without notice to company people and is ex parte He asserts the company is not in default on interest or creditors and has hired counsel to remove the receivers and restore management A February 1 special meeting is set to decide on a $3000000 mortgage and related debt increases.
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New York
Bird M Robinson
Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City Railroad Company
Alabama
Mobile, Jachson and Kansas City Railroad Company
Fel Dewey
Mobrie Jackson and Kansas City Railroad Company
Debovis Boy Improves After Dox Bite
Eight year old Isidore Debovis who was bitten by an alleged mad dog last Friday in Baltimore is improving. A letter to Health Officer Woodward says the boy will stay in hospital about three more weeks to complete the course of Pas teur treatment before discharge.
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Isidore Debovis
Baltimore
Woodward
Baltimore Markets Decline Mixed Grain and Livestock Prices
December market report from Baltimore and Chicago shows fluctuating prices across grains and livestock. Wheat and corn futures drift, oats hold steady, butter and eggs firm, beef and veal receipts moderate with cattle, calves, and sheep showing varied demand. overall market activity remains subdued with steady to soft tones.
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Baltimore
New York
Chicago
Credit balances and shipments across regions and dates
Readable fragments report credit balances and shipment figures across multiple regions. Mentions totals like 45073 average 8158 and shipments 227 996 with an Indiana city reference and a December date fragment. The legibility is limited but data hints at regional financial activity and freight metrics.
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Toledo
Oklo Dee
North Lima
Southimna
Indiana
Oli City
Confederate veteran Richard Waldron dies in Richmond
Police confirm that Richard Waldron the elderly penal and shoestring vendor who died Christmas morning at Central Union Mission was a Confederate veteran. He was a familiar figure on Richmond streets for years. The Confederate Veterans Association was notified of his death.
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Central Union Mission
Richmond
Confederate Veterans Association
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