Specter of Deep Freeze Grips South As Nation Grapples
Severe cold seizes the South from Florida to Texas with subzero in Asheville and Atlanta. Two Black residents frozen to death in Birmingham as frost bites reach the Ohio River and Appalachian towns. orange groves in Florida report damage while officials warn of continued freezing and potential river ice hazards across states from Tennessee to Pennsylvania.
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Florida
Texas
Chattahoochie
Ohio
Atlanta
el Paso
Tex
Asheville
el Faso
South
Atlante
Tee
Chattahoochee
Chattaghoochee
Tennessee
North Eenas
North Carolina
Fernatdina
Jacksonville
Orange Belt
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Alegheny
Monongahela
Youghiogheny
Weather Experts Explain Record Cold Snap And Outlook
United States weather area reports extreme cold in recent days with an official forecaster noting a sudden drop after milder conditions. He says the present cold is not expected to persist and hints at a warming trend by week’s end.
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Washington
United States
Teréay
HC Frankenfeild
Weather Bureau
Frankenfella
Indicted Traction Official Over Cold Street Cars
Hamilton county grand jury indicted W Kelsey Schoeps, head of the Cincinnati Traction Company, for failing to keep street car temperatures within legal standards. The law provides a fine from 100 to 500 dollars for violations.
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Ohio Traction
Cincinnati
Hamilton County Grand Jury
W Kelsey Schoeps
Cincinnati Traction Company
Judge W. P. Bynum Dies. North Carolina Supreme Court Figure
Special to The Washington Post notes Judge Willem Brent Bynum a reconstruction era leader who died at his Charlotte home at 88 after a long decline. A Davidson College graduate and former lieutenant colonel, he served as associate justice from 1830s Caldwell era, then retired to public service and philanthropy. His son, Rev William Shipp Bynum, is an Episcopalian minister.
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Washington Post
Charlotte
Willem Brent Bynum
North Carolina
Pearson
Onit
Lincolnton
Bynum
Republican Party
State Supreme Court
Guv Caldwell
Judge Bynum
William Shipp Byawn
Educators Elect Officers At Southern Educational Meet
J Crosby of this city among a list of officers and directors elected at the Southern Educational Association meeting in Charlotte. President Emeritus Eliot of Harvard spoke on immediate educational effort. Fire in Johnson City destroys the Ambrust Smith building causing about 50000 in damage. Pioneer Daniel Flying, aged 101, dies in Auburn Missouri?
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N. C
Emerius Eliot
Harvard
Southern Educational Association
D. B Johnson
Winthrop College
South Caroline
Presi
Dent
H Plmer “Bierry
Knoxville
Atlanta
Association
Alabama
Prof
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Polytechnic Institute
Auburn
Arkansas
J. J Doyne
Florida
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Georgia
J M. Pound
Kentucky
M A Casidy
Lexington
Lousiana
T H Harrs
Maryland
F. Buckner
Baltimore
Missouri
EM Todd
Mississippi
LH. Whittield
North Carolina
EC Brooks
Trinity College
Oklahoma
HD Cameron
South Carolina
N Snyder
Wofford College
Tennessee
T. P Batley
Teves
B Cousins
Virginia
J L Jarman
West Virginia
M P Shawkey
District of Columbia
D J Crosby
Charles W Eliot
Judeau
University of Chicago
Licensed to Marry Amidst Adjoining Names in Fragment
A garbled OCR fragment lists multiple marriage licenses across several locales including Mexcaus, Raleigh, Orange, Richmond, Baltimore and Waldo H Gifford. It cites names such as Joseph B Dodd Bella Lkschetham Alice BR Clarks Gracy B Mursy Kathryn E Connally and others with ministerial references and unclear dates. The text resembles a list of license notices rather than a cohesive article.
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Joseph B Dodd
Bella Lkschetham
Mexcaus
JB Shannon
Wildan M AiKay
Raleigh MO
Alice BR Clarks
Hinhop
Rey JB Mcbamgh
Waldo H Gifford
Kathryn E Connally
Rey BP Willinms
Lawrence B Cochran
Michel Adam
Baltimore
Rey J Moahiin
Birth notices from Health Office record
Infehast and Caitrine Moram report a Chaney girl birth. Katharine Hl Tahtaon and Jamra EB, Marion West and Harry D, Marion de M Ruddimen, Googe 8 and Lesah Poze, Petr zag Biaweha L Butcher, pink George Land Sedo Scrivoner. Jamey F and annie Murphy girl Patrick and Helen Walsh. Front Bra M Fetterman Frynt and Anna ariano alt Cerio ane Mary Bekridee girl Whittin F and Carte Hers boy Destha 60 st atty 23 year Alte d T Waterman HA Todd pi me. Gamrles Mallard tot Tal of yearn 5 Dyenes W Myers 66 al be lyaare Maguerle F Luce 77 A st aw year Jonathan Bipslow 338 Ind ave Thyrs Mary A Ltgetach Sixth st aw dp year Senale Mathews 10 7th st sw dt George Mitchell Emergency Heepital 75 yearm. Rosé pare 281 B a mw EN yeara Lucrette Martin 17 igby sL. Be. 68 youre Josephing Mioni Ont 1a ur 1d yanre Danis Southall 8 N at nw 4 years Goowre Whesler 1600 4th at nw 7 vents Yoxoph A Jackboo 1542 of ny 34 yearn
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Caitrine Moram
Lusac Wanit
Helen Walsh
M Fetterman
Frynt
Anna ‘Ariano
Mary Bekridee
Whittin F
Carte Hers
Destha
Atty
Waterman
Todd
Gamrles
Mallard
Rosé
Lucrette Martin
Igby Sl. Be
Youre Josephing Mioni
Yanre Danis
Southall
Goowre Whesler
Vents Yoxoph A
Jackboo
Port Norfolk and other Virginia fires destroy multiple buildings
Fire outbreaks across Virginia and nearby towns cause extensive damage. In Portsmouth a blaze at Williams block and several nearby properties losses reach about 175000 with whisky losses and insurance coverage. Holar Springs hosts a summer resort hotel fire. Bristol chautauqua building is destroyed. Huntington sees substantial property damage in extreme cold.
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Bristol
Huntington
Portsmouth
Williams
Crawford Street
Imsur
J H. Hranch
Whit Wilkine
Clark's
J .H. Howard
Woodward's
Snelling, King, & Cooper
Norfolk
FL G
Willams & Co
Staunton
Holar Springs
Hath County
Prac
Ben Jongstoff
C. Smith
Passenger Excelsior Adrift Off Diamond Lightship
The Southern Pacific steamer Excelsior from New York bound for New Orleans is adrift about four miles north of Diamond Lightship with two black balls signaling she is under control. No immediate danger is seen, as engineers work to repair a machinery break. Passersby are warned to steer clear while the vessel cannot steer herself.
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Excelsior
Derailed Baltimore Engine Delays City Traffic
Special to The Washington Font Baltimore Dec 3 A passenger engine plunged from the tracks in the Pennsylvania union station yards after leaving a signal near North Avenue bridge. Husbeer Bowman and Swetman Swetman escaped by jumping into Jones Falls. Two wrecking tugs worked to lift the 91-ton engine from the embankment into water.
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Washington Font
Baltimore
Pennsylvania Union Station
North Avenue Bridge
Philadelphia, Paltimore and
Washi Heton Railroad
Husbeer
Jcy Bath
Obituaries from the Norfolk Virginia paper December
A Norfolk Virginia obituary notice lists Father Francia A. Schmitz aged 62 a longtime Catholic mission worker and St Vincent's Hospital chaplain who died at the hospital He was a German born Petersburg native Also noted are Florence E Jones Shepherd Caroline Hech Wulfert Lady Anne Mitchell Medora Curtis with brief survivor details and locations in Virginia and nearby cities
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Norfolk
Francia A. Schmitz
North
South Carolina
St Vincent's Hospital
Germany
Petersburg
Florence E. Jones Shepherd
George B Jones
Chester Shepherd
Winchester
Caroline Hech Wulfert
Henry Wulfert
Baltimore
New York
Berlin
Frederickaburg
Lady Anne Mitchell
James Henry Mitchell
Bagex County
Lula Mitchell
Medora Curtis
Jesse ‘Curtis
Emmitt M ‘Gurst
Culpeper County
Maryland Obituary: Victor Bartles Dies After Fall at 21
Victor Bartles aged 21 of near St James died this afternoon at Washington County Hospital from concussion after a fall on an iron bar fracturing his skull. Virgil P Andrews aged 63 died at home of consumption. He was native of Cumberland and had lived in Hagerstown six years. Surviving are his mother, wife, and two sisters Mrs Anna Balot of Washington DC and Fennie Savile of Cumberland.
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Via
Ohio River
Panig
Lee Zorges
Columbus
Ohio
Cleveland
Airon
New York
Inbn Flanagan
Winchester
Virgina
Baltimore and Ohio
Norfolk
Front Royal
Warren County
Hagerstown
Washington County
Victor Bartles
St. James
Washington County Hospital
Virgil P Andrews
Cumberland
Mra Anna Balot
Washington, DC
Fennie Savile
Roberta Dead at Martesbury Tea UO Tyree Ad OrKE D Roberts Confederate Veteran
Confederate veteran General J B Stuart unit private during the Civil War. A political figure in the local Democratic party. Died here today at age 65. Survived by two daughters.
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Tea Uo, Tyree
A. Ad Orke D Roberts
J . B. Stuart
Southern Woman Selected to Honor Confederate Women
In Atlanta Georgia on December 39 a Southern woman was chosen by veterans to design the memorial to Confederate women who suffered during the Civil War era. Miss Hello Kinney of Nashville submitted the winning design, a trio of bronze figures with Fame central, a dying Confederate soldier, and a weeping woman on each side. The central figure stands eight feet high with the others seven feet. base dimensions are about 8512 feet. Funds are needed to cast and erect the shaft in the Southern States memorial.
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Confeder
Atlanta
Misa Hello Kinney
Nastville
Fame
Dead in Refrigerator Car On Pennsylvania Line
A unidentified white man about 40 was found dead in a Pennsylvania Railroad refrigerator car at Perryville Maryland. He entered the car seeking shelter during a recent snowstorm and froze to death, the car left on a siding since Saturday. He was well dressed and may have died from exposure and hunger. The body was sent to Cecil County authorities for identification.
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Wenhington Post
Perryvill
Pennsylvania Railroad
Hinself
Gora
Commuters Hold Meeting in Alexandria Over Revival Efforts
Dozens of Washington Alexandria and Mount Vernon Railway riders met at the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce to revive the Commuters Protective Association. No action was taken beyond planning another gathering. calls for direct grievances to officials or the road were discussed. The event included a reception for retiring District commissioners, and notices of local deaths and lodge officer elections were also reported.
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King Street
Alexandria
Washington, Alexandria
Mount Verton
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Harry C Birge
Commuters’ Protective Association
Washington, Arlington and Falls Church
Hirge
Corporation Commission
A. D Brackett
Shamber of Commerce
Capital
Frederick J Patt
Alexandrie
G L Boothe
J R. MN Curtin
Burke
L. Monroe
H B Caton
J Y Preston
Harbaugh and Bovey suit and other Hagerstown notes
West Maryland notes report Mia Amanda Harbaugh filing damages suit against Jacob and Bate Bovey for alleged affection. A prior suit against the same defendants for 30,000 was not pressed. Sallis Hill of Shepherdstown sues North and Western railway for 22,000 after being put off a train October 13. Ella De Lesler of Willaneport granted a divorce with custody awarded amid abandonment and cruelty claims. Dr J M Scott seeks presidency of Hagerstown Fair Association as officers election looms with former State Senator Abner Betts also in the race.
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Mia
Amanda Harbaugh
Jacob Bovey
Bate Bovey
Aho
Misa Sallis Hill
Shepherdstown
W. Va
North
Harrisburg
Ella de Lesler
Willaneport
J M. Scott
Hagerstown Fair Association
Abner Betts
Chewstown
Firebug suspect in transfer case linked to Jackson scene
Special to The Washington Post reports in Manassas Virginia that Jack Wood is accused of arson related to burning Peyton Johnson's dwelling in Blooms near Coal River. A warrant was issued in Charleston West Virginia and a transfer of property from the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway to Manassa is noted. Sheriff Rorabaugh searches for Wood as records show a $7,431 loan for taxes and expenses, with Johnson and Lattle cited in the case. The affair involves a 17 mile line and a $760,000 extension plan linked to the Chesapeake and Ohio system.
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Goal River Road
West Virginia
Washington Post
Manasses
Charleston
W.va
Jack Wood
Tary
State
Peyton
Jack Johnson
Blooms
Coal River Railway Company
Manassaz
Wood
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Beighborlova
Rorabaugh
Dili
Johnson
Lattle
Chesapeake and Onio
Mit Tha
Cost River Company
North Carolina Shriners elect new leader at Charlotte meeting
Orsis Temple Shriners held their annual Charlotte meeting yesterday. A. Murrill of Charlotte was elected illustrious potentate to succeed Bos Reinhardt of Lincolnton. Seventy five candidates were initiated.
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Orsis Temple
North Carolina
Shriners
Charlotte
Yeverday
A. Murrill
Bos Reinhardt
Lincolnton
Two Pellagra Deaths Reported in Norfolk Area
In Norfolk and nearby, two pellagra deaths occurred within 24 hours, bringing local deaths related to the disease to four. The report notes Mrs Lucile Catharine Biamire and Mrs Alice Ser a as among the deceased, with other cases linked to Berkley and Money Point areas.
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Norfolk
Iiss
Lucile Catharine Biamire
Portsmouth
Alice Sera
JB. Covington
L.donahoe
T M Donahoe
St Charlotte
Money Point
Orly
Ing Takéa
Berkley
Virginia Weddings Across Counties in a Day
A string of marriages reported from Virginia and nearby towns. Frederickaburg Dex 20 saw Florence Pemberton of Spottsylvania wed Misa Dabney of Caroline at County Line Church with Rev Wyland officiating. others include Virginia Pritchett and Grover Rowlett in Chesterfield, a double ceremony by Rev Gill at Beach Virginia, Willette Webb and Walton Webb of Isle of Wight with Mary Richie and James Richie of Dinwiddie, and more unions in Courtland Leesburg Hagerstown Rockville and beyond.
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Willette
Walton Webb
Isle of Wight
Mary
James Richie
Dinwiddie
Roy HP Read
Mts
Wyles
Front Royal
Hadith
Roy Mitchell
Courtland
Vane
JH Light
Bertha B Cullers
Bentonville
Ritenour
Fountainn
First Baptist Parsonage
Hageratown
E Jc ‘Therons Leesbure
Mise Catharine Castle
His City
Russell Bohh
Baltimore
Rockville, Md
R White
Captit Church
Virginia Briefs: Postmasters Named and Train Tragedy
The Virginia briefs list yesterday's postmaster appointments at Aylett King William county Imogen Alexander Locust Hill Middlesex Mercer L Bristow Meadowview Washington RS Cole Narva Campbell Carrie Hudnall Grebank Buckingham Littleberry LeHouer Gyster Pont Warwick George Gsmith Charles Esmilth of Suffolk was struck by an Atlantic Coast Line train at Nur ney Siding Nansemond county while crossing the track. One leg was broken.
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Virgnia
Charles Esmilth
Suffolk
Atlantic Coast Line
Nurney Siding
Nansemond County
Maryland Weddings and Derailment News Briefs
Mary land weddings recount multiple unions from Boyds to Washington Grove and Hagerstown with arrivals in Martinsburg and Cedar Grove. other reports note a Burlington train derailment injuring nine, and a West Virginia slander case where Charles Cunningham sues Robert Shrewsbury for 15 000.
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Washington Post
Farkersburg
W Va
Charles Cunningham
Robert Shrewsbury
Igdav
Plainig
Cunningham
Shrewsbury
Six Followed Hounds At Albemarle Christmas Hunt
On Senator Martins Farm Charlottesville Va December 90 a large crowd from the state and north attended the Christmas hunt of the Albemarle Club. Ground was frozen and two miles were cut from the course. About a dozen riders kept with the hounds as several snow drifts and fourteen fences were tackled with no falls. The finish was at Ingleside the farm of trainer William Garth where guests enjoyed hospitality. Riders included Branch Fred Campbell Hulish Garth Balz and Lewis Garth from Richmond and local interests.
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Washington
Charlottesville
Albemarle Club
Richmond
Jata
Interus
Ingleside
William Garth
Garth
Messrs. Branch
Fred Campbell
Charles W. Hulish
Mise
Herta Garth
William H. Balz
Lewis Garth
Cold Causes Explosions In Virginia Kitchen
Special to The Washington Jet reports multiple explosions from frozen water in kitchen tanks across Virginia. T J Lankford in Norfolk, his mother-in-law injured, stove shattered. Mrs John A McDonald of Portsmouth hurt. fire started by unknown, water froze overnight. In Richmond, G W Farmer badly burned. Annie Chenault 16 and Nannie 12 injured when kitchen range burst from freezing water. windows shattered.
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T J Lankford
Lankford
John A. McDonald
Portsmouth
Richmond
Dec
Farmer
Annie Chenault
Nannie
West Virginia Politicians and Officials Face Scrutiny and Local News
In West Virginia a Republican postmaster and electoral board members faced questions over motives and changes while officials in various counties issued statements. Harpers Ferry physicians met in town, Roanoke values rose with real estate and personal property increases, and crimes included a Kenova arrest for a man accused of waylaying and robbing. The Huntington Northern Railway Company secured riverfront ground for bridge approaches, and petitions circulated in Morgantown for a United States marshal appointment. A Rockville wedding and a sea rescue steamer incident highlighted other local affairs.
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Mas Willett
United States
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Chuinee
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