Antitrust Bill Aims To Let Judge Clabaugh Vote In Maryland
Special to The Washington Post from Annapolis Maryland February 21 states a proposed antitrust law modeled after Texas statutes will be introduced in the Maryland Senate. The measure seeks to allow Judge Harry Crabaush of the District of Columbia to vote in Maryland elections and aligns Maryland law with Texas decisions. A second resolution asks the Treasury to maintain the revenue cutter station in Maryland, with supporters noting connections to President Taft and Roosevelt. Local Brentwood schoolhouse funding is also proposed along with a committee empowered to manage current state buildings.
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Wharton
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Detectives Epitaph Adaptation Mystery Declares Death Riddled Message
Fragmented lines hint at a detective's epitaph puzzle with references to a Waantaat Tee AML and others. The garbled text mentions a benevolent near quote about God and His Son, implying a tension between translation and original phrasing in a dated obituary or cryptic note.
Memorial to Porter Unveiled at Naval Academy Chapel
The 1889 Naval Academy class unveiled a Tiffany glass window honoring Admiral David D. Porter. Colleagues praised Porter for guiding the river campaign with Grant to seize the Mississippi, shaping the nation’s war effort. The window sits in the academy chapel in front of the rostrum as the first memorial of its kind for the American navy.
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Dartmouth Football Dates Set With Tigers And Others
Dartmouth releases football schedule items for fall saying the Tigers game will be in New York on November 7 with Harvard in Cambridge a week later. The eight game slate includes Vermont Tufts Massachusetts Amherst Williams Holy Cross Princeton and Amherst on various dates at Hanover Worcester and New York venues.
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Quaker Star Center Pat Dwyer Leaves College Team
The Washington Post reports Quakers center Pat Dwyer will not return to college this fall. Dwyer has accepted an offer to join Alabama Polytechnic Institute as a catcher. His departure leaves a gap for Mite Murphy and tests Penn’s depth at the pivot with several candidates to fill the role.
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The Pent In the Paper That Reaches the People
An advertising pitch asserts the paper’s broad readership and full pocket book appeal, stressing why advertisers gain value from placing notices in the publication.
Mrs BronsonHoward Granted Absolute Divorce in Baltimore
Mrs Dossy Skionet Bronson Howard of Norfolk Virginia was granted an absolute divorce on statutory grounds from George F Bronson Howard in Circuit Court No 2 Judge Gorter presiding The marriage began in 1906 after a elopement in New York The case cited infidelity as the cause with two witnesses present from New York and Baltimore
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Rebating Hearings End as Richmond Councilman Claims Immunity
Franklin K Lane announces continued testimony on rebates by Chesapeake and Ohio against Richmond shipper charges. Evidence shows interchanges on reconsigned cars were reported only when secret local rate splitting occurred for years. Councilman Gates credits confession with immunity and Johnston firm saved $5000 yearly. C&O officials destroy incriminating documents.
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Republicans Name Delegates at Winchester Convention
Winchester convention names M. J. Reed H. N. Kern and R. Griffith delegates to state and congressional events to Lynchburg and Luray Bent ley Kern elected city chair Heasculy A Brown leads minority after lively scene they plan to contest delegations. Newport News and Cape Charles prepare for district meetings with March 15 call for delegates and a March 21 Staunton convention. A congressman to be nominated and Chicago delegates to be chosen.
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Maryland Agricultural College Elects Resident Physician
Feb 21 trustees met in Annapolis with Gov. Crathers presiding. Dr. Harry Natle Mount Rainier was elected resident physician. Dr. Owens served as secretary. Other notes include assorted obituaries and civil suit items from The Washington Post and local districts.
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Judge Blackstone in Richmond Hearing Faces Morality Charges
Citizens of Hampton and Phoebus accuse Judge J W G Blackstone of immorality drunkenness and incompetency at a hearing before the House Committee on Courts of Justice. Defense cites his dispatch and exactness in court. witnesses testify on both sides as a joint session is planned.
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Four Years a Fugitive Captured in Tennessee
Urbin Osborne, who killed his cousin Net Heneyeni at Norton Wise County on July 3, 1904, was captured in Hancock County Tennessee and jailed in Wise County. The killing, said to be over a shared girl, occurred in her presence. Osborne fled to the mountains, and relatives presumed him dead.
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Virginia Breeders Association Organizes to Promote Horses
Special to The Washington Post from Leesburg Virginia February horsemen across the state form the Breeders Association of Virginia to encourage and improve breeding of Virginia show and farm horses. Officers named include Henry Fairfax president H Rozier Dutany vice president Arthur B Hancock secretary and William Eustis treasurer. The group plans annual fairs.
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Leesburg
Virginia
Breeders’ Association of Virginia
Clet
Henry Fairfax
Aldle
H. Rozier Dutany
Washington
Fauquier County
Arthur B. Hancock
Albemarle County
William ©. Eustis
Loudoun County
President Roosevelt Attends Church in Hunting Clothes
Chester Paet reports Richellex Haten er of Albemarle County says President Roosevelt startled Pine Knot Episcopal worshipers by arriving in hunting attire during a recent visit to Albemania. The President apologized, explaining his Capital craft compelled him to attend, and he chose worship over fashion.
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Albemarle County
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Episcopal Church
Virginia Weddings at St John’s Church Richmond Va
At high noon on February 10 day, Ilse Fagon became the wife of Irving Roberts of Norfolk. The ceremony was performed by Ray T. C. Duret of St Mark's Richmond at St John's Church, Va. The bride is the youngest daughter of Mrs Eawin Wilkinson of West, and the groom is the son of Shauld Stra. G B Roberts of West Point.
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Mary Boykin Seeks Absolute Divorce From William Boykin
Mrs Mary Washington Robinson Boykin files for absolute divorce in Circuit Court No 2 alleging abandonment by husband William M Boykin who has lived in Nevada for three years. Both sides’ attorneys granted leave to take testimony before an examiner. Mrs Boykin, a Baltimore social figure, and her prominent family are noted in the report.
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Bells Announce Birthday Parade for Washington's Birthday
Washington Post reports Alexandria plans a 2:30 parade marking George Washington's birth anniversary. Events start at 7 am with bell ringing and whistles, wreath laying at Mount Vernon at 9:20, services at 10, with Rev W J Morton and Bishop Rundeton delivering addresses. Notables include Clergy from Falls Church Pohick Episcopal Seminary and others.
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Washington
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Berryman Green
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Stolen Wire Recovered After Robbery At Union Station
Police recover 160 pounds of wire cable valued at $22 from the Western Union property after a hold up and shooting at Shooter's Hill. Edward Crowns, Wilbert Cook, and Harry Hicks are held. Drowns implicated. Snyder, shot but recovering, to testify. Other arrests expected. Hicks and Cook to be arraigned. Also reports of loitering arrests, Republican meeting calls, and multiple funeral notices follow.
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Rockville Jury to Probe Washington and Rockville Railway Wreck
Justice of the Peace Alfred Wilson acting as coroner summoned a jury to investigate the death of Mrs Mary A Smith who died from injuries in the Washington and Rockville Electric Railway wreck near Georgetown University Hospital yesterday afternoon. The jury viewed the body and adjourned to Monday for testimony.
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Bathing Suit and Tub Prank at Elk Ridge Hunt Club Party
Baltimore society pages report a February Elk Ridge Hunt Club dinner event featuring Mrs Ball Parr in a bathing suit, a tub water bath, and champagne fueled antics. Guests included N W Williams and Mrs Williams, Mrs Henry Clews Jr, Gen Alexander Brown and Mrs Brown, Virginia Latrobe, and others. The affair drew mixed reactions and potential management action amid rumors of more than private revelry.
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Negligence in Mines Highlighted in WV Inquiry
Charleston report to the state legislature blames widespread negligence by operators and miners for recent disasters. It faults an inactive inefficient mine department, legal violations at Stuart and Thomas mines, and lax inspector reports while urging stronger enforcement and funding.
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Evolution of "Big Stick" Sperist to The Washington Fast
Justice Brewer opened in Baltimore on February 2 with a talk titled The Long Pursuit of Justice and Peace. He traced early history where power ruled and might dictated terms among individuals, tribes, and nations. He noted Roosevelt’s presidency as a landmark example of that era.
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Bar Whisky Bottles Prompt Court Action
In Hagerstown Maryland Judge M L Keedy ordered whisky drinking in the courthouse stopped after discovering many empty bottles in various parts of the building. The janitor collected bushel basketfuls of discarded bottles suggesting a broader probe.
Probate of Hauge Will Leaves Norwegian Minister’s Estate
A petition for probate of the will of Christian Hauge, former Norwegian minister to the United States, who died near Christiania on December 19 1907, was filed in the district supreme court. The estate is valued at about 100000 dollars and Ellen Spetner Massey is attorney for the Norwegian Legation.
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