Virginia Schools Pattison Measure Passes House Reapportionment
In Richmond Virginia the house action on a congressional reapportionment bill drew debate over lobbyist exclusions and a merged railroad measure. The appropriations boost Virginia institutions including University of Virginia and Virginia Tech, with fees for the Blind and Normal schools and a new agency for public commerce. The session halted amid hesitation on contested district maps and a recommittal to refine the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Baltimore Girl Missing After Refused Christmas Gift Money
Lena Otterbein sixteen daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Otterbein of 187 Basley street disappeared after her parents refused money for a Christmas present to her suitor on December 21. She is described as tall for her age with golden hair and blue eyes. Disappearance reported to police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Baltimore
Lena @tterbein
Joseph Otterbein
Basley Street
Child Labor Bill Passes Second Reading in House
The Child Labor bill cleared its second reading after amendments to exempt local canties from June 1 to October 17, aiming to aid rural harvesting while setting a twelve year age limit. The house also approved rail mileage book pricing limits and eight hour work for railroad telegraphers, with education expansion favored in all counties. A strong political push from Baltimore businessmen supported the legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Annapolis
Committee On Executive
Tucker
Jamestown Jixposition Company
Maryland
Baltimore City
Legislative Committee
Baltimore
M Wool
Allegany
Scott's Emulsion Marketing Claim
Scott and Bowne promote Scott's Emulsion as superior nourishment for malnourished bodies and consumptive conditions. The ad asserts it fattens children and emaciated individuals and helps consumptives gain flesh, directing readers to Pearl Street, New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
scoTr & Bowme
Pearl Street
New York
Virginia oyster law clash looms over Potomac dredging
Maryland officials push to close the Potomac to dredging for two years and seek a uniform, tougher penalty code. Virginia lawmakers favor adopting the Virginia statute making dredging and roughing oysters a misdemeanor with penalties up to 250 dollars and up to six months in jail, while Maryland considers broader action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Dominion
Potomac
Joint Commission
Washington Post
Statehouse
Annapolis
Ray
Maryland
Richmond
Virginia
Brewington
Wicoinico
Chesapeake Bay
Potomace
Potomac River
Virginia Assembly
Synthicum
George Mason
Commonwealth
Linthicum
Montgomery County School Board Politics and Sussex Education Debate
Senator Blair Lee comments on a proposed expansion of Montgomery County School Board from three to six members to improve district representation and reduce political influence. He notes no definite action yet, while Kensington backs salary-equality measures for teachers. several local officials are named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Washington Post State House
Annapolla
Montgomery County
Blair Lee
Lee
School Board of
Kensington
George HK
Rice
Roger B Farquhar
Hazel W Cashel
Warfield
Obituary notices for William H. Pagon and William Harrison Gill
Maryland obituary notices report the deaths of William H. Pagon sixty eight head of Armetrong Cator Co who died after a few days illness at his home on S37 Bt Pal street leaving a widow two sons and a daughter Pagon died in Baltimore February 21 Also William Harrison Gill sixty four prominent real estate dealer and member of Revolutionary and patriotic societies died last night at the Church Home and Hospital from Brights disease after several years illness filed in Baltimore February 1
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg
Rose Gallahan
Thomas B Gallahan
Stafford County
Garrisonville
Pneumona
Warrenton
Charles P. Brags
Warenton Rifles
Seventeenth Virginia Infantry
Fauquier County
Charlottesville
John C. Hdwards
University of Virginia
Crozet
W E BK Awards
Virginia Conference
Church South 6
R.odmond
William Wilson
Virginia Senate
Capitol
Wilson
England
Senate
Baltimore
William H. Pagon
Armetrong, Cator & Co
Pal Street
Pagon
William Harrison Gill
Bright
Lawless for Swanson's Staff
Special to The Washington Fast Richmond Va. Feb 21 It was announced tonight that Joseph A. Lawless of Norfolk will be appointed a member of Gov Swanson's staff Those formerly named as being certain of positions on the staff are Capt. Cunningham Hall of Richmond chief of staff Leonard G Pettit of Wise Counts William Wait of Culpeper Thomas B McAdams of Richmond T Reid of Chatham Pannill Rucker of Martinsville and Dr R N Harper of Loudoun
Ham illness hits Portsmouth family in Norfolk area
Special to The Washington Post. Norfolk Virginia February 21 Mrs A P Chawcross and her twelve year old son are critically ill at their home in Portsmouth. Doctors suspect they became ill after eating canned ham from a local source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Norfolk
A. P. Chawcross
Portsmouth
Cannes
Escape from Jury Duty by WV National Guard Circular
Clarksburg Feb 21 An unusual fund raising circular from the West Virginia National Guard informs jury duty selections that men can evade service. Each company commander can enlist 150 contributors paying 5 per year for military duty and exemption from jury service. Several business leaders are using this loophole to dodge mandatory juries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia National Guard
Washington Post
Clarksburg
W Va
Rooster Attacks Child in Bristol Neighborhood
Special to The Washington Poat reports an eighteen months old child of Mr and Mrs Stanford Jordan in North Bristol was critically injured when a game rooster attacked. The rooster slashed the child's face and head as the parent brought it home, blood flowed freely before timely intervention likely saved the child from death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bristol
Stanford Jordan
North
Delicate health and suicide at marriage eve in Fayettesville
Special to The Washington Post Fayettesville NC February 21 Miss Garrie Hair twenty five daughter of a prominent farmer died by self inflicted gunshot this morning in her home She was soon to be married Melancholia and delicate health led to the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W Stephens
L. M. Clagett
Washington Post
Rockville
Cacult Court
This Place
John T Allison
N Street
Washington
Elizabeth G. Flynn
Potomac Street
John C. Burrows
Eudora Calysta McGinniss
Fayettesville
Garrie Hair
Three Fire Survivors in Hester Street Tenement
A fire on the top floor of a Hester Street tenement trapped three men who slept through smoke. One man went insane, others weakly clung to a cracked window for air. A patrolman carried two to safety and then found the third tearing clothing while crawling amid flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hester Street
Lower East Side
Cured by Cuticura in Five Weeks
A 1905 testimonial from Thomas M. Rossiter of East Orange New Jersey claims a severe eczema cure after five weeks using Cuticura ointment and soap. He details extensive prior treatment, skin coverage, and the at home regimen of washing with warm water, applying ointment, and using soap, ending with a complete recovery and willingness to recommend the products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas M. Rossiter
Prospect Street
Mar
East Orange
N. J
Hotter Drug & Chem. Corp
Boston
Manemar
Hazing Inquiry Nears End at Naval Academy
Washington Post special from Annapolis reports a House Naval Affairs subcommittee, after four days, plans to adjourn as Supt Sands and the academy’s discipline officers are praised for handling hazing. Chairman Vreeland says the anti hazing system will yield best results and all means must be used to stop hazing. The panel notes hazing has persisted for years with numerous cases, from extreme tasks to coercion, and urges rapid suppression with class tensions unresolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vreeland
Wein
Clas
Washington Post
Annapolis
Naval Affairs Committee
Naval Academy
Sands
Department of Discipline
Admiral Sands
Midshipmen
Panama Canal Methods Debate At Publishers Association Meeting
The American Newspaper Publishers Association held sessions at the Waldorf Astoria with Charles W. Knapp presenting The Proposition of Keeping Costs. Industrial Commissioner Frederick E. Driscoll reported labor troubles and settlement efforts. A discussion on a flat advertising rate occurred with no vote. The meeting closed with courtesy calls and plans for the annual banquet tomorrow night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Panama Canal
Agenta
Lynch
International Typographical Union
Messrs
Hays and
Friel
Castro Plans Move Against Foreign-Linked Venezuelan Firms
Feb 21 Willemstad Curacao reports an official in Caracas says President Castro ordered preparation of legal proceedings against La Guaira Harbor Corp and La Guaira Caracao Railroad, both British-owned and largely capitalized. The letter notes Venezuela’s cigarette monopoly favors Castro allies, with similar fates anticipated for asphalt and other concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willemstad
Curacao
Caracas
Castro
France
United States
Venezuela
la Guaira Harbor Corporation
la Guaira Caracaa
Hanna Home to be Sold in Cleveland Ohio
The home of the late Senator M. A. Hanna known as Glenmere on Lake avenue northwest was placed on sale. Mrs Hanna and Miss Mary Phelps along with several servants have returned to Glenmere and will stay until late April as Mianna plans a possible permanent move east or to Dan Hanna's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Cleveland
Ohio
M. A. Hanna
Glenmere
Lake Avenue
Mianna
Dan Hanna
Tuskegee hosts fifteenth Tuskegee Negro Conference
Negro farmers from thirty states and the District of Columbia attend the fifteenth annual Tuskegee Negro Conference. President Booker T. Washington urges industrial education and congratulates the race on progress at the Tuskegee gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booker Washington
Tuskegee
Tuskegee Negro Conference
District of Columbia
Booker T. Washington
Aeed
Court Document Blocks Rail Cross at Hover
Judge Thomas R. Purnell issued an order restraining the Suffolk and Carolina Railway Company from crossing the tracks of the Norfolk and Southern Railroad Company at Hover Raleigh February 21. The ruling halts any crossing action pending further legal proceedings and names the involved railroad entities and location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Raleigh, N. C
Thomas R. Purnell
Suffolk and Carolina Railway Company
Norfolk and Southern Railroad Company
Persecution tale in Greene and Gaynor case at Savannah court
In Savannah Judge Speer admitted Twiggs of Augusta to testify about persecution and pressure connected to his 1893 contract with Capt. O. M Carter for the Savannah River implement near Augusta. Twiggs says Carter harassed him after he won the contract, while the Gaynors allegedly offered $1,090 to drop bid. he refused. The contract was the only one for years not going to Greene and Gaynor or their affiliates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twiggs
Savannah
Speer
O. M Carter
Savannah River
Augusta
Carter
Greene and
Gaynor
Gaynors
Court frees man after finding provocation in killing
Boston February 21 Judge Burke of the Municipal Court discharged James Mars who had been held for manslaughter in the death of Caesar Daigle last Wednesday. Mars admitted assaulting Daigle but said Daigle insulted a woman with whom Mars was dining. The court found the victim provoked the disturbance and threatened Mars with bodily harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Burke
Municipal Court
James Mars
Caesar Daigle
Mars
Daiglele
Daigle
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pattison
Titchmond
Te Virginia
Technic Institute
Medicsl College of Virginia
Thureini
Surry
Sale
Willigs
J Boyd Sears
Cardwell
Tichard
Brid O
Winchester
Jaco Jiennel
Richmond Fredericksburg
Kmng
Fmace
Taverne
Iwligads
Otis
Aitect
Mannington
Roma
Washington Port
Wrest
John TL Hopkins
Frank Clowers
Russelleft
Charles Trulkrs
Barlow
Jores
Mary of
Peepul
Aptes
Rockville Wid
Brainard Warner
T High School
Wourfield
James W Wisher
This County
Robert B Peter
Josephine B. Fisher
Lefendant
Waverly
E. Astley Cooper
Aing
Spencer
James
Loman
Southern Railway Company
Saachive
WILL
Grafton
Cumberland
J. W McClung
Okey
Portlock
Clifton Forge
C P Nair
J W. O Bryant
Chesapeake and Ohio
Huntington
Clarence Roods
J. H. Cochran
JT H Coch. Tan
House of Delegates
Fauquier
Loudoun
Memorial Hospital
Peninsula
Williamsurx
Suffolk
Leon Thurman
Coral Peake
Thurmans
Scott
Chesapeake
Senator Lee
Rooster
Mother
Girl
Sawida Bique
Caroline County
Ida A. Snell
Bowling Green
Busby Roanoke
Nancy Leigh
John Randolph Leigh
Clarksville
Valey
Beverly Egegleston
Petersburg
St Joseph's Catholic Church
Annie Laune Hall Raa
Frederick Hunk
J ‘T’ Q'Ferrell
Isaac Hall
Gramm
Price George County
W G Dudley
Mary Byrd
Dudley
Marris
George K. Roper
Caimth
Roper
Heanove
Gerald Culberson
Lands
Newspaper Publishers’ Association
HANNA
Towanda Waterworks
Atl
H. W. Wiley
Purefood Congress
Bond
Hough
Senate Committee of Manufactures
Minnesota
Twin Cities
Dairy and Food Department
St. Paul
Julius Hartvet
de Bar
Muspratt
U. S
Saan
Wes
Dr. Bell
E. E. Sutherland Medicine CO
Patncas
Nu ‘Ae Asl
Niewspapre Fachive
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!