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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1910
Page
10
Officials clash over posting and destroying placards to warn the public about tuberculous cows and diseased meat. Critics fault authorities for withholding testing dates and inspection details, arguing public safety hinges on full disclosure and honest dealers.
MEE DUN MEEE, a veteran of the Spanish War and a Yale 1846 graduate, died in Washington yesterday. He served in the signal corps on Maj Gen Wallace Randolph’s staff and fought at Tampa and Santa He. He was son of David H. Moker, former head of the Washington Bureau of the Associated Press, and grandson of the late William Dunn. A widow, a daughter, and two children survive. he spent recent years in Asheville, South Carolina.
Ball officials honored as the German Mannerschor’s November supper plans discussed. Carl Giewn and Hammond Fulmer named as gold signe recipients. Mrulmer and Mr Thos led the arranging committee with invitation for Teutonie societies in Washington. Planning notes mention a likely November 1 dinner and related feasts from Sumper’s Sieuserband.
A list of individuals from various towns including Ames Utters oy and Tohanne T Seheppard, with names such as Macha Loves Mo Whepn, Edan Corbran, Wallace of Bormester, Pearl S Ramucds, Petersburg VA, and Katie Lows, among others, were licensed to wed on nearby dates. The notice mentions multiple couples and areas, reflecting a regional marriage license recording in a historical newspaper.
Fragmented OCR lists names and ages from a health office report and veterans home records. Items mention US Soldiers Home residents, addresses such as 1470 Slonroe St and 1226 1k St UW, with ages around 80 and mentions of several individuals including Benbs Cameron, Lizibela Meduegu, and Mabel Carter along with various locations and orders.
New York Feb 3 4 Justice Harrington Putnam grants Mrs Mary Brokaw a separation on grounds of cruelty and abandonment citing December 1908 events. Alimony set at 1250 dollars monthly with security questions unresolved due to Brokaw’s finances. Counsel for Brokaw plans appeal. court notes increasing incompatibility but finds no proof of habitual intoxication.
Special to the Washington Post from Portsmouth Virginia reports two workers, George Carsting and St Pelzinger, were badly burned when a lime vat exploded during a test process at Seaboard Air Line shops. They were rushing to Norfolk Protestant Hospital. eye injuries were feared as they leaned over the vat to pour water in a bid to produce a new calcimine method not previously tried at the shops.
Washington post reports Chesapeake and Ohio Railway plans to enlarge Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs in Richmond area. The line says $850,000 will be spent on improvements as it targets making the resort the Souths most popular. Separate brief notes on U.S. Court of Appeals session in Richmond with cases argued by Charlottesville and Philippi lawyers.
A Nebraska Republican Club district meeting convened in the Corcoran Building with about 50 Nebraskans in attendance. Speakers included Senator Elmer J. Burkett B C Snyder district league president W E B Andrews auditor John R Webster and others stressing harmony to ensure party success in the next election.
The Antisaloon League pushed a state wide local option bill as hearings opened in Annapolis with clergy speakers. Lawmakers discuss stricter penalties for selling liquor to Naval Academy midshipmen and a new Montgomery county jail and almshouse project costing 25 000 to be financed by bonds.
Mrs Burin Best Dempsey, claiming to be Kid Dempsey's wife, asked Charleston police for help finding employment after her husband deserted her. She said she left Sweet Chalybeate, Virginia, traveled to New York and Baltimore as his companion and later toured with his exhibitions.
Special to The Washington Post reports W W Porter of Thinlelth Wayne County fell with his horse while crossing what he believed was a bridge over Pole Creek in darkness. The horse drowned. Porter was rescued but physicians say no hope of recovery. Porter, a well to do farmer and Republican figure in Wayne politics, survived the fall from about fifty feet.
Crisfield Md Feb reports the loss of the Bugeye and crew after a harsh struggle with the elements. Captain J Henry Nelson of Crisfield returns with the body of Captain Bradshaw lashed to a mast. Three crewmen are missing presumed drowned. Also note an Esperanto address in Annapolis with W J Spillman of Washington speaking in the House of Delegates.
In West Virginia the state treasurer notes a 1.644251 dollar balance at year end. Martinsburg Merchant Assignment, reported by The Washington Post, states that Rockwell of the State Board of Regents led a commercial school program. The firm assigns to Attorney J. Henson as trustee. Liabilities are about 1000 dollars. assets are about double that amount.
North Carolina items detail a marriage in Rockville Maryland between Anna Salina Berg and Washington C. Hurdle officiated by Rev. S. R. White. The Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen backs a meat abstinence pledge in Fairmont with 700 signers. A Durham man is jailed for a violent crime. The Kinston Lumber Company purchase is noted along with a soldiers monument plan in Parkersburg. Morgantown Trade Board officers are listed. A Virginia murder trial ends in acquittal with a pistol charge. Rumors place a Virginia Militia encampment site at Virginia Beach for State troops with local rail and beach support.
Norfolk Va Feb 3 Official announcement from Virginian Railway offices states a jointly owned union depot will be built by Virginian Norfolk and Western and Southern railways. The $1,000,000 eight story structure will be named the Norfolk Railway Terminal Company. Also noted Saturday cornerstone laid for Norfolk High School building with Masonic ceremonies. dimensions 112 by 2 feet, three stories and basement. estimated cost $250,000.
The Union Trust and Title Company of New York filed a federal suit in Norfolk seeking foreclosure of the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal Company mortgage, alleging default on a $500,000 three year bond issue from July 1, 181%, with 31 defendants named. The canal runs from the Chesapeake Bay and Currituck Sound in North Carolina through Norfolk.
Special to the Washington Pest from Winston Salem on February 3 reports Washovia National Bank with 150000 capital and Wachovia Loan and Trust Co with 1 million capital consolidating under the name Wachovia Bank and Trust Company. The merged entity will have a capital of a million dollars or more and a surplus of at least 25 percent, with headquarters in an eight story steel building awarded to construct days earlier.
Washington Post reports Clarksburg West Virginia officials led by Mayor Moore and City Clerk Cole face threats after their campaign against gambling houses and law violations. Police Chief Brooks and inspectors work to trace letters while post offices assist. Authorities say the crackdown on vice provoked the threats.
Special to The Westinston Pist Richmond Virginia February. Redeeming Democratic promises the house passed a bill making legal voting and election frauds a felony and to pay pensions from a depleted fund. The Senate moved several measures including licensing for liquor dealers and Fletcher tax changes. A State board of accounting was approved, five members to be appointed by the governor, with other bills advancing.
Danville Virginia February 3. Five smallpox patients were declared recovered and released from quarantine. Since January 14 there have been 2 cases total, 18 under treatment now. Most cases mild. only one Black individual affected. Six victims remain at pest hospital. others quarantined at home under guard. Mrs Yates and five children aged 3 months to 1 year sit with smallpox. Mr Yates recovered. Twelve scarlet fever cases reported. no deaths yet. Cynachburg Virginia February 5 health department finds eight smallpox cases among Black residents sent to smallpox hospital. Homes disinfected.
Judge G J Garnett aged 72 prominent and wealthy Virginian died yesterday at his home in Norfolk. He represented Mathews County in the East Virginia constitutional convention and never fully recovered from injuries sustained in a street car accident several months ago.
Special to The Washington Post from Williamsport Maryland Feb 2 reports Viola Miley 17 daughter of John R Miley West Virginia live stock dealer, and Joseph H Snyder 31 son of Wardensville West Virginia, married at Lutheran church by Rev M D Gaver after eloping from Hardy County. They traveled via Winchester and Hagerstown to Williamsport for the ceremony. Also noted Arthur Prince in Alabama murder case held pending extradition.
Obituaries report multiple deaths in Maryland and nearby towns including Rutus Tung, oldest printer in Washington County, died of Bright's disease. Isaac Sauders aged 71 died at Plum Run near Hancock. Miss Jennie Stake aged 70, native of Williamsport, died after general debility. Mrs Margaret Lercoojie, 72, widow of Dr M Ripple, died in Waynesboro from nervous breakdown. Mrs Mary Elton Brown Johnston, 86, died near Paxville. Mrs Garhaca Cline, 75, pneumonia, widow of Hexeliah Cline in Willamport. Elizabeth Sneder, 74, widow of George Snyder, pneumonia, born Clear Spring.
Special to The Washington Post Winchester Virginia February 3 A farmer Thomas B Wilson and his two sons fought a wildcat in the mountains near Wardensville West Virginia and finally captured it alive in a box then the beast was shot.
Plans for a Alexandria Washington Lodge of Masons temple as a memorial to George Washington were discussed for years and may be announced at the annual Alexandria-Washington Lodge banquet to be attended by prominent figures including Secretary of War Wilson and Rep. Garin. Invitations were sent to grand masters nationwide as Virginia license for Bliss Silk Throwing Company was issued. Daughters of Confederacy elected officers in Alexandria. Mayor Pat’s wife ill with pleurisy. T. C. Howard buys a residence. A man charged with murder near Mazons and a property sale in Charlottenville noted. Washington and Lee statue action discussed by the status commission in Washington.
A blaze in Suffolk Virginia on February 3 wiped out twenty residences and a store in Jeneba, a colored suburb. The loss reached 31000 with Tutlete insurance. many families lost everything except the clothes they wore. The cause remains unknown.
The Maryland Coal Company ousted its old management at the annual election held last Tuesday. HA Nedham was elected president, succeeding George Hewlett who becomes secretary and treasurer. New board members include W. Var Kleeh, C.F. Robinson, J.T. Manson, and others. The firm operates coal assets in Allegany and Garrett counties Maryland and near Fairmont, West Virginia, with production totaling 192,000 tons vs 29,908 tons previously.
Washington news from Winston Salem North Carolina February 3 reports a near certainty of funding for Salem Female Academy and College. John D Rockefeller pledges 3750 and Andrew Carnegie 10000 assisting the project. Examinations dates set for eligibility testing for positions including an ethnologist at the Smithsonian and a business prize at an institute in Kansas.
Miss Else Jane Wale daughter of Mr and Mrs Robe Weiler of Kensington wed James Furdam of Darnestown in St John’s Catholic Cathedral Glen Hagerstown. Mary Hoover and Clifford Harbeach both of Hagerstown united at Christ Reformed. Lucia Brewer of Sylvan married Frank Saith of Cove Pannery at the bride’s mother’s home with Rev Fettner officiating.
The report lists several weddings in Virginia and Baltimore with names and dates. It notes a future name change for Woman's College of Baltimore to Goucher College in honor of its founder. A ceremony in Rock Springs and another in Ineville are mentioned, with clergy involved.
Bishop Coadjutor John G Murray of Maryland visited the Episcopal mission at Williamsport where a reception was held in his honor. Three Roadside residents near Peoomar leased untillable land at the mountain foot to raise skunks for their valuable skins claiming quiet animals will not offend sensitive senses.
Obituary notices from Virginia towns report James M. Orndorff of Winchester dying at 32 from consumption, with three family members dead in a year. Jamison Bruce, 1b years old, died suddenly of heart disease in East Point. John W. Pence, 58, undertaker of Goods Mill, died of tuberculosis. Fannie F. Coleman, wife of George T. Coleman, died in Atlanta area. Martha H. Marshall, 87, died in Winston area, leaving four sons and three daughters.
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad announces closing of rail contracts totaling about 2.3 million with several steel firms. Contracts cover extensive tonnages from Maryland Steel, Carnegie, Tonioit, and Bethlehem Steel, deliveries to be completed by August, signaling one of the railroad’s largest purchases.
Accused Attorney General Williams faced postponement after his counsel moved for a continuance citing his presence in Richmond during the legislature. The motion was granted and the trial scheduled to resume in April.
Out-of-order kidneys allegedly respond to a few doses of Pape's Diuretic. The ad claims rapid relief from back pain, urinary issues, headaches, and fatigue, asserting direct action on kidneys and urinary system. It promotes buying from any druggist and cites Thompson & Pape of Cincinnati as makers.
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