Readied to Face Grand Jury in Pocahontas Murder Case
Benjamin Read, brother of Mrs Thra Read Fielding, held on a preliminary examination for the murder of elderly coal proprietor Mrs Fielding at Pocahontas. Read claims an alibi but is jailed without bail awaiting grand jury action amid strong circumstantial evidence and community tension. Special to The Washington Post. Bristol, Va. Dec 31. The tale also notes farm land transfers linked to ex Gov Bob Taft and grain shipments at Newport News.
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Washington Post
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Well County
Pocahontas
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Uthra Read Fielding
Fielding
Pocahontas Collieres Company
Benjamin Xead
Finiss Digster
West Virginia
Anadfie
Hall
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Histore Tay
Washaston
Newport News
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Roanoke
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Henry
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W. Va
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Washington Rose
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Washington
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Otho Seal
Miss Luray
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D W. Strickler
German Baptist Church
Stephen Henry
Elkins
W Va
Joseph Winkler
Western Maryland Railroad
Central Hotel
W. F. Bryant
New Year Prosperity Wave Lifts Nation and Washington
The country starts the new year amid a surge of prosperity and Washington as the national social, political, financial, and diplomatic hub. Readers are urged to invest in property or consider buying a house, either with cash or monthly payments, and to borrow money for city or district homes.
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Mother Blind and Poor, Rich Son Arrested as Deranged
Special to The Washington Fest reports Owen McDevitt of Hagerstown MD, once a stationary engineer, now detained in a St Louis hospital after bonds and cash valued at $50,000 were allegedly taken from him amid a mental derangement complaint. Mrs Mary Matthews, his sister, confirms family ties and continues telegraphic contact. The tale traces his rise in the pool and shoe trades, his departure from Hagerstown twenty years ago, and the modest life of his mother and brother on an obscure street.
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Rich Son
Hagerstown
Mary Matthews
James W. Matthews
Owen McDevitt
St. Louis
Burlington Hotel
Matthews
McDevitt
Moges McDevitt
South
Clattanooga
Hugh McDevitt
Virginia obituary notes multiple deaths across towns and ages
The Virginia obituary column lists Dr W 4H MacLsin at Weston West Virginia. Hubert Rhinehart of Newport News died after a long illness. William A Whitley of North Tazewell died after a brief illness. Miss Elizabeth Dosh of Woolstock died of typhoid at twenty two. Mrs Martha J Warlow of Charlotteside died after three months. Miss Parrish of Union Mills and Teanwird P Hahn of Newport News after typhoid. David W Swisher of Levels WV dies at eighty three. Newton Swisher and seven Swisher relatives survive in Morgantown Levels and surrounding areas.
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MacLsin
Weston
W Va
Hubert Rhinehart
Newport Tage Unty
Ambrose Rhinehart
Wiliam A. Whitley
North Tazewell
Elizabeth Dosh
Willam L. Dosh
Woolstock
Woodstock
Martha J Warlow
J M Harlow
Charlotteside
Miss Parrish
Union Mills
Fluvanna
Teanwird P Hahn
Newport News General Hospital
Newark
Paul Hahn
Newport News
Exina Bunkhost
Tolumalle
N. J
Jim
David W. Swisher
Levels
W. VI
Augusta County
Newton Swisher
Howard Swisher
Acme Publishing Company
Morgantown
W. Va
John Swisher
Tucker County
Belle Vandevert
W. Vai
George Adams
W. Ve
Herndon Smith
Frenchs
Swisher
Italians Wreck Factory and Bind Owner During Raid
Special to The Washington Post Huntington West Virginia Dec 31 Italians land a steamboat crew wreck the Huntington Excelsior factory. William Turley president bound and gagged carried to a shanty boat police arrest fifteen wreckers. Plant guarded with armed men after a clash over land sale to Guyan Fuel Co. damages run into thousands.
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Huntington
W. Va
Wittenth Street
Ing
Huntington Excelsior
Turley
Willam Turley
Qaia
Guyan Fuel Company
Excelsior Company
Roanoke shooting shocks city at midnight
Roanoke Virginia December 31 William Henry Booker stable boss for Virginia Brewing Company was shot through the head at his Hoover avenue home while sleeping. Suspect John Williams Menafee a negro evangelist was arrested at a boarding house with a pistol. Booker in serious condition. old feud cited as motive.
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Washington Post
Roanoke
William Henry Booker
Virginia Brewing Company
Hoover Avenue
John Wiliams Menafee
Booker
Menafee
Menares
Menafees
Ferrom
Franklin County
Alexandria Welcomes 1906 Progress in City Improvements
The Alexandria area marks 1905 with growth in banking and infrastructure as new stations and ferries come online. Water mains extend, sewers expand, and brick roadways appear amid a rising population and steady death rate. Fire losses total 36 230 with W A Smoot & Co. fire causing over 10 000 in damage. Police records show hundreds of arrests and thousands in fines as city plans continue.
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King Street
Alexandria
Union
Washington, Alexandra and Mount Vernon Railway Company
Washington
Worfolk and Washington Steamboat Company
Here
Alexandria Water Company
Alexandria Hospital
Cytmost
W. A. Smoot & Co
Corporation Court
Circuit Cour
Snowstorm Disrupts Christmas Services Across Virginia
Morning reports note Dr Brooke conducted the evening service while others in several churches sang Christmas music. A Virginia snowstorm struck Richmond with heavy, fast-melting snow, Petersburg saw a long snowfall with large flakes, and Bristol reported an early three inch cover. More snow feared tonight.
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Brooke
Welcome for Mrs Gould Boonsboro land sale draws cheers
Virginia readers hail Mrs Howard Gould after purchasing 1400 acres near Boonsboro for 38000. She plans a game preserve with imported deer and birds, fences the property, and uses some land for a fancy cattle herd while building a residence on Blue Ridge foothills.
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Washington Post
Lynchburg
Boonsboro
Howard Gould
New York
Blue Ridge
Gould
S G. Stevens
Southern Farm Agency
Culpeper Fauquier
Loudoun
Henrico
Goochland
TWO TICKETS IN THE FIELD WEST VIRGINIA TOWNS NAMES CANDIDATES
Two municipal tickets appear in Thomas West Virginia with mayoral nominees David Mason and W A Jones on separate slates. Recoders include P H Cornelius and W E Cuppett, with multiple council candidates named across both tickets and a citizens convention reporting names Henry Halbritter and others for mayor and council roles.
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West Virginia
Washington Post
Thomas
W. Va
Dee
David Mason
P. H Cornelius
John Cross
B. A. Morgan
George Campbell
Samuel Groghan
William Duscavitch
W. A. Jones
Justice of the Peace
W. E. Cuppett
R. N. McVettie
James O'Conner
John Watson
Alex Close
J. A. Abette Keyser
Citizens’ Convention
Henry Halbritter
W. NM
Offutt
J. H. Vernon
George T. Carsendon
J H. Rine
H. G. Stearts
C T. Mandler
Barges Floated After Collision Off Norfolk Coast
Special from Norfolk and Cumberland report barge Frank Pendleton sunk after colliding with steamship Kershaw near Lamberts Point. Captain Williamson of Luckenbach Wrecking Co recovered coal cargo. wreckers salvaged part of it. Also, Howard Tewell and Webster Adams were hunting near Chaneysville when a gun discharged, injuring Adams’ son. Building trades transfer sees Cramer Building bought by Louis and Joseph Caloge for 25,000 cash. Baltimore quarantine holds British steamer Jessie Burns with smallpox aboard.
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Norfolk
H. H Williamson
Luckenbach Wrecking Company
Frank Pendleton
Lamberts Point
Kershaw
Merchants and Miners’ Line
Tne
Washington Ree
Cumberland
Howard Tewell
Webster Adams
Chaneysville
Flintstone
Tewell
Adams
Uectal
Washington Fost
Roanoke
Terry
National Exchange Bank
Louis
Joseph Caloge
Cramer
New Publications on Russia's Peasant Uprising
In Everybody's for January the article titled Russian Peasant Riots portrays the hungry ignorant masses as the country’s core problem. It argues Russia has repudiated country and God and forecasts further horrors. Everybody's Magazine price 15 cents yearly $1 500.
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Nicholas the
Seco
Everybody's Magazine
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