Political talk rife as Tucker name heard in race
Ex congressman weighs entering the senate race while fifty thousand Montague buttons push his candidacy. Martin allies claim gains on the Eastern Shore and at Lynchburg as Democratic factions converge for the looming contest. Campaign prospects loom large with party committees reconfiguring ahead of nominations and a statewide scramble for influence and support.
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Senate
Martin
Shore
Lynchburg
Maryland Obituary notices mark deaths of Baggarly and Harp
Charles W. Baggarly of Resnshie area died at his home aged seventy in poor health for years. His widow Mrs. Virginia Baggarly survives along with years teaching at Rockville High School. Rev Joshua Harp, United Brethren minister and farmer, died near Hagerstown in his eighties after a long ministry. Surviving children include Rev OD Harp Providence R T, Mrs Brane Lebanon Pa, Mrs Wiedler Rock City Pa, Mrs Henry W. y.womer, Mrs Ezekiel Chaney, and John D Harp Berevola.
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Charles W. Baggarly
Resnshie
Toutehark
Exia
Debrui
Virginia Baggarly
Herounty
Rockville High School
Joshua Harp
Seickmoan
United Brethren
Maryland
Hagerstown
Mullendore
OD. Harp
Providence
R. T
Brane
Lebanon
New Union Passenger Station To Modernize Alexandria
Washington Post reports Alexandria will replace two aging wooden stations with a brick passenger depot on King Street near the county line. The project includes four elevated tracks and a large freight yard planned with roundhouses and shops, boosting local employment and property values as the city benefits from improved riverfront access and transit links.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
T Hat Tuach
Duke and Llenry
Times
Cameron and
Payette
Penger
Seema
Aexandria
Fairfax County
Four Mile Run
Washington-Southern Road
Awithin
United States
I Iid
Railway Com
Riv
Col. Allen
Potomac
Congress
Drowning Scare at Baptism Injures Dozens in Blairs Washington County
At a Blairs Washington County pond during a baptism led by Rev. Bowersox a section of ice broke. About fifty spectators walked onto the ice and twelve feet of water ensued. Ten or more were rescued from freezing conditions and several remain in serious or precarious state. Irene Bloyer and Mary Suffacuat are among the ill or exhausted. Rescuers and bystanders provided dry clothing and medicine as the crowd of a hundred watched. The baptism proceeded with five candidates after the incident.
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Washington
Hagerstown
Ismal
Bowersox
Church of God
Joseph Ernst
Blairs Washington County
Irene Bloyer
Mary
Dr Miles Restorative Nervine Epilepsy Claim Ad
A patent medicine notice touts Dr Miles Restorative Nervine as a cure for epilepsy. It cites a testimonial from John Lewis of Clarion Pennsylvania, claiming dramatic relief after using the product and notes a money back guarantee if the first bottle fails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cavus
Miles
John Lewis
Clarion
Miles’ Nervine
Building Saved Amid Fire Ruin in Lewiston
A letter to Representative W. Mitchell reports Lewiston in Bertie County, a town of 175 people with about a dozen stores, was totally destroyed by fire Friday. Loss estimated over 50 thousand dollars. only the Baker and Hoggard store remains standing.
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Raleigh
N. C
W. Mitchell
Bertie
Lewiston
Igertie County
Baker & Hoggard
Rocklands
Washington Post
Gordonsville
Thomas A. Atkinson
Richmond
Virginia
C. M. Clapp
Woman Asphyxiated in Norfolk Home Incident
Special to The Washington Post from Norfolk Virginia reports Mrs L M Palmer of 49 Conway Street Baltimore was found dead in bed from gas asphyxiation likely due to a radiator heater. Coroner's inquiry says gas jet controls were on the wrong side and Palmer had been up at night. authorities believe she opened the supply pipe while trying to vent gas. Her body will be sent to Baltimore tonight.
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Washington Post
Norfolk
Ll. M. Palmer
Conway Street
Baltimore
G. H. Nausear
Valmer
Palmer
Cumberland
Merrick H. Dean
Gailimore and
Ohio
Rowlesburg
W. Va
Dean
Catherine Dean
Order of Mechanics
South Cumberand
Lockout Hits Wheeling and Martins Ferry Mills
A lockout declared at Whitaker Glessner Company Wheeling and Martins Ferry plants effective tomorrow directly affects at least 500 workers. Disputes over rollers' scale with Crescent and Belmont lodges of the Amalgamated Association hindered settlement. Aetna Standard plant may also be drawn in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling and Martins Ferry
Wheeling
W. Va
Whitaker-Glessner Company
Crescent and Belmont Lodges
Amalgamated Association
Aetna Standard
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
No Right to Copy Records Opinion Won by Judge Hutton
Special to The Washington Fest Abingdon Va Feb 18 Judge Hutton denied Henry Roberts a writ of mandamus to copy all deeds from Abingdon clerk's office for abstracts. Abstractors may examine titles but cannot wholesale copy records for resale. Roberts plans to appeal to the Supreme Court.
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Abingdon
Hutton
Bristol
Fenn
Virginia
Henry Robert Siding
Abipadon
Gristol
Roberts
Supreme Court
Veteran engineer hurt in Winchester railroad accident
Isaiah Stevens, veteran Baltimore and Winchester line engineer, fell from the pilot on a turntable in Winchester last night. He suffered severe internal injuries and crushed legs likely requiring amputation. Stevens, 37 years in service, is known across the division and formerly ran Washington to Brunswick.
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Boyds
Mil
Isaiah Stevens
Baltimore
Winchester
Stevens
Washington
Brunswick
Speedy Cure by Cuticura Heals Eczema
A Washington D C passenger agent testifies that Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills relieved a three year battle with a painful itching eczema spreading from a hand to ears and ankles. After one day of treatment the burning ceased and he declares a complete cure.
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S. B. Hege
Washington, D. C
Washington's Birthday Banquets and Local Industry News
Alexandria briefs report George Washington Birthday events with a Virginia dinner at the Elks Hall and planned toasts. Also notes Friendship Fire Association banquet, rail car trouble near Fourteenth Street, Glass Company fires, Belle-Pre factory closure, railway stockholders meeting at Mount Vernon, and local auction of fish wharf property.
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Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
Washington
George Washington's
Virginia
Elks
Sion
Ous
Warfields Drug Store
George Washington
J. B. McCabe
Leesburg
E. Nicol
Court Court
Mr. Arlin
Lewis W. Machen
James R. Caton
F. J. Paft
Montague
Willard
Daniel and
Martin
Rixey and Swanson
Julian Williams
Friendship Veteran Fire Association
Bohrans
Friendship Company
Electric Railway
Fourteenth
B Streets
Fourteenth Street
Virginia Glass Company
Bordner
Royal Street
Belle-Pre Glass Company
Joseph H. Ramsey
Pittsburg
Washington, Alexandria
Ground Reports Backed by Generals on Potomac Flats Grant
Cols Leach and Bramwell favor a proposed grant to the Potomac Gardens Association for gardening on Potomac flats with conditions. Occupants would surrender land without damages, and the government reserves resumption rights. Reports to Gen Mackenzie note no objection if limits are set, while parts of the grounds are used for nurseries and experimental gardens.
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Cols. Leach
Bramwell Indorse
Muickenzie
Col. Leacn
Potoumac
Col. Bromwell
Congress
Cit Gardens Association
Potomac Flats
Secretary of War
Central
Fla
Department of Agriculture
Col. Leach
United States
Potomac Park
Tofford
Pastor Goes to Jail for Carrying Revolvers
Huntington Va Feb 19 Wayne County jail adds Rev Waytian Niles to inmates after he admits concealing firearms during travels at night through rough country. Judge Wilkinson imposes a 30 day jail term, refusing the minister's plea to preach to his flock.
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Washington Post
Huntington
Wayne County
Wilkinson
Persen
Waytian Niles
Niles
Wilkingen
Whisky Lost in Lost Creek Terror Told in Border Fight
Special to The Washington Post from Cassville West Virginia dated February 1 describes the Curry gang, infamous for weeks along the Lawrence County Kentucky border and Wayne County West Virginia, reappearing in the area late yesterday afternoon amid ongoing border clashes and terror.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Cassville
W. Va
Curry
Lawrence County
Wayne County
Currys Battle Waterway Firefight Over Liquor Shipment
A confrontation on a riverbank ends with the Currys pursuing Walter Smith and others into the woods. They topple a small building with barrels of liquor into the river, sending it downstream. The Currys are reported in Aree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lust Creek
Walter Smith
Smith
Aree
Woman Fatally Wounded In Norfolk Altercation
Annie Tilden lies in critical condition at St. Vincent de Paul Hospital after an early morning attack at her home. Stephen Hodson of Portsmouth is jailed on attempted murder charges, denied by the suspect, whose coat shows bloodstains when arrested at the ferry wharf. A faulty flue sparked a separate fire at Mrs. Mary Meskell’s residence, causing property damage.
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Norfolk
Washington Post
Annie Tilden
Hospital St. Vincent de Paul
Stephen Holsan
Portsmouth
Prado
Hodson
Houdson
Mary Meskell
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Virginia Safe Deposit and ‘Trust Corporation
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Washington Pass
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Col. Nash
Gen. Lee
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Lutheran Theological Seminary
Gettysburg
Newport News
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Stevenson
George Riddle
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Wickliffe
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Speedy Cure
Cuticura
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Pastor
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Curry Gang
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Quina-Laroche
E. Foucgera & CO
U. S
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Sale
Massachusetts Avenue
Heurich Brewing Co
Phone West
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Itzmorris
Pa. Ave
Hugh A. Oakes
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