Glenn Inaugurated Governor of North Carolina
R B Glenn of Winston was sworn in as governor at the Academy of Music Raleigh, pledging to favor immigration, fund education, and equitable school financing. He urged phasing out disfranchisement era excess, opposed broad divorce laws, and announced key appointments to state posts while honoring supporters and presenting gifts.
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Washington Fort
Raleigh
N C
R. B. Glenn
Winston
North Carolina
Academy of Music
Aplain
Capitol
Clark
Arcock
Gov. Gienn
United States
Congress
General Assembly
Jolix
Gov
Glenn
Gev Glenn
James R. Young
J. D Glenn
Thomas R. Robertson
T H Baim
Dranets A Macon
Solomon Gal'ear
Dr. Young
D. M. Houdgis
Lagi Nig
Teachers
Francis D Winston
Hugh Chatham
Walter H Neal
BB Rosster
P M Pearsall
Francis D. “Onston
Appomattox
Trying to Corner Oysters Near Baltimore Harbor
Baltimore reports over 70000 bushels of oysters in harbor holds. Four vessels at Canton Hollow and 14 boats at the head of the basin hold high priced cargoes as captains and backers back cost or profit. Packers push minimum scale policy to cheapen prices while weather will decide winner.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Canton Hollow
Death by Own Action Planned at Military Academy
Asheville N C Jan 11 The body of D A Whitaker of Paragon Ind a student at Bingham Military Academy was found hanging from a tree in Victoria woods. The coroner's jury ruled death a self inflicted act during an inward crisis. Whitaker aged 22 arrived ten days earlier and had suffered homesickness. He left school last night without permission and was seen at the railway station platform late. His father J C Whitaker of Paragon ordered the body shipped home at once. The suicide was carried out with minute care at a spot near a trail to the Southern Railway. Whitaker used a new cotton rope and a white oak tree selected for the act, removed his collar and tie, then leaped from the tree ending his life. The sheriff removed the body this morning.
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Asheville
N C
D A. Whitaker
Paragon
Ind
Bingham Military Academy
Victoria Woods
Whitaker
J C. Whittaker
Whittaker
Victoria Road
Southern Railway
OFFICERS ELECTED MEETING OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
The Montgomery County Agricultural Society elected a new board with David H. Warfield continuing as president and James T. Bogley as secretary. The treasurer reported receipts of 9899.29 for the past year, about 2500 above fair expenses. Directors include Warfield Offutt Weire Bogley Gassaway Bentley Kirk Weaver and others.
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Montgomery County Agricultural Society
Washington Post
Rockville
David H. Warfield
James T. Bogley
David H. Warfeld
Lee Offutt
Charles Weire
John H. Bogley
Robert C. Warfield
Funeral of Gov Lown des in Cumberland
Maryland governor Lloyd Lowndes was buried at Hose Hill Cemetery in Cumberland amid heavy snow. Gov Warfield and Judge Nathan Goff led dignitaries in paying respects as residents lined streets and florists sent blooms from Baltimore and across counties. Services at Emmanuel Church featured multiple clergymen and a long list of pallbearers including active and honorary members.
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Washington
Cumberland
Lioyd Lowndes
Maryland
Hose Hill
Lfe
Warfield
Nathan Goff
West Virginia
Commonwealth
Baltimore
Lowndes
Bishop Paret
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
Edwin Barnes Niver
Christ Protestant Episcopal Church
HE. B. Trowden
Georgetown
Emmanuel Church
David Davidson
Richard Gerstell
Edwin Warfleid
W. H. Dawson
John V . Findlay
Chilliesthe
Ohio
Daniel Annan
Robert R Henderson
West Virginia legislature reorganizes in biennial session
Charleston January 1 The West Virginia legislature opened its biennial session at noon with party slate elections. Republicans selected D A Northcutt as senate president and Fred Grosscup as speaker of the house. Democrats backed W H McGinnis for president and C M Wetzel for speaker. The two chambers met in the afternoon to canvass state officer votes from November.
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Washington Post
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Senate
D. A. Northcott
Cabell
John ‘J. Harris
Wood
Thomas O’brien
Oalo
J. M. Dorsey
Clay
W. H. McGinnis
Raleigh
John T. Harris
House
Fred Paul Grosscup
Kanawha
Harry Shaw
Marion
H. M. Warden
Tucker
William Fidmunds
C. M. Wetzel
Jefferson
J. B. Peyton
Kanaw
Annexation movement looms for Richmond area growth
A 1910 Virginia law allows nonresident judges to rule on annexation petitions after public notices. The first case, Fairmount petitioning to join Richmond, signals a broader push to absorb contiguous territory, potentially doubling Richmond’s population of about 84,000. In local notices, multiple deaths are recorded across Harrisonburg, Staunton, Petersburg, Richmond, Winchester, and Leesburg, with brief biographical notes and survivors.
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Washington Post
Richmond
Scott
Fairmount
Ate
Norfolk Poker Rooms Cleared in Court Verdict
A Norfolk Corporation Court verdict freed Tobe Mapp and Hugh McKay from a $1,000 fine and five months jail, after their appeal over poker room operations. Despite raids and prior convictions, jurors acquitted the defendants, prompting police disappointment over gambling prospects in the city. Newport News Justice Brown later fined Walter Slattery $200 and one day in jail for running a poker room, calling gaming houses a community curse.
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Washington Post
Norfolk
Corporation Court
Tobe Mapp
Hugh McKay
Mapp
McKay
Day
Newport News
Jan. A
Slattery
Brown
Walter Slattery
Pleads For His Son In Forgery and Parricide Case
Jesse Rawls, father of Lutrer Rawls, convicted of forgery and attempted parricide in Suffolk Virginia, issues a statement claiming his son was not in his right mind. He says forgery aimed to raise funds to start a business and the fear of exposure drove him to mental derangement causing the shooting of his father. efforts will be made to obtain a pardon.
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Washington Post
Suffolk
Jan. U
Jesse Rawls
Lutrer Rawls
Arson Charge and Jail Escape Foiled in Tidewater News
Reports from Virginia and nearby areas detail Furney Jarman arres t in Onslow County North Carolina after a hotel arrival followed by detectives. A Prince Howard jail escape attempt ends when Policeman Fogus arrives. Real estate agents hold a Norfolk and Western meeting in Roanoke. John O Hara and Mae Bunch wed in Rockville. Orr Holt assign deed in Petersburg. Maj Gen Sir Thomas Frazier due in Richmond to visit Col Gordon McCabe.
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Washington
Richmond
Sir Thomas Frazier
W. Gordon McCabe
Thomas
Mount Vernon line issues and Hunt Club Ball slated
Disappointed commuters push new push for better service between Alexandria and Washington. The Mount Vernon Electric Railway faces delays, crowded cars, and unclean waiting rooms while the Commuters’ Association plans continued action. The Cameron Run Hunt Club hosts its annual ball at McBurney's Hall on January 27, with William Walters of the Patapsco Hunt Club asked to lead.
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King Street
Alexandria
Mount Vernon Electric Railway
Washington
State Corporation Commission
Commuters’ Association
Corporation Commission
Paff
District of Columbia
Potomac
Leo P. Harlow
Cameron Run Hunt Club
McBurney's Hall
William Walters
Patapsco Hunt Club
Maryland
Charles R. Hooff, Jr
Paul Portner
Courtland H. Smith
Percy Evans
David N. Rust, Jr
Alvin Portner
Bertha Heyman
Tuewis Smith
Fredericksburg
Simon P. Smith
Leesburg
Charles
Salle Palmer
Beach
Annie Soper
Duke Street
Hew P. P. Phillips
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Roberta Miller
San Francisco
W. H. Hunter
South Lee Street
Samuel Bendhelm
Cleveland
Ohio
M. B. Shrier
Woman's Exchange
Lecamp Hall
Ontario
Charles D. Walcott
James F. Hood
George Otis Smith
James Q. Hill
George H. Dana
George 8. Rees
Archibald M. McLachlen
Charles D Walcott
James
F. L. Smith
McLachlen Real Estate and Loan Company
James ¥. Hood
Firman BR
Franca L. Smith
W. P. Henshak
James McCuen
Tragedy in Cumberland Conductor Kills Wife Then Himself
John J. Penner an extra freight conductor on the Baltimore and Ohio shot and killed his wife Miss Annie Miller in Cumberland then killed himself. Four young children witnessed the scene as neighbors doubted the report until confirmation. Penner, about 37, born in Indian Springs, Washington County, was said to have suffered drinking-induced mental strain. The murdered woman was born near Cherry Run, West Virginia.
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Cumberland
John J. Penner
Baltimore and Ohio
Brunswick
Fenner
Fegner
Penner
Oak Street
South Cumberland
Indian Springs
Washington County
Annie Miller
Cherry Run
W. Va
Cumbernd
Wooldridge Acquitted in Virginia Arson Trial
Farmville Va Jan 11 After nine days in the second trial E o Wooldridge was found not guilty of arson in Buckingham County March 3. Counsel Flood praised the prisoner while Commonwealth's attorney Edmund W Whubard denounced him. crowd applauded as verdict came. Bail set at 9800 with Flood as surety. Eight other indictments likely not pursued.
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Washington Post
Farmville
O. Wooldridge
Buckingham County
Congressman Flood
Wooldridge
Edmund W. Whubard
Commonwealth
Buckingham
Negro Confesses Murder in Baltimore Grocery Killing
William Henry Tones, colored, confessed to killing James E. Cunningham, an aged watchman at Frey and Sons wholesale grocery in Baltimore on January 7. He also burglarized two desks, taking small sums, after which he was a former driver for the firm.
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Baltimore
William Henry Tones
James E. Cunningham
Frey & Sons
Jones
Gould Appeal Aims to Overturn Rail Charter Refusal
Richmond and Chesapeake Bay Railway Company appeals a state corporation commission denial to obtain a charter. Attorney General Anderson abstains from objecting while favoring the line from Richmond to the Bay. the court may order the commission to grant the charter and begin work soon. Col W D Pollock and Miss Fannie Hoke wed in Raleigh with Bishop Cheshire officiating. An eyewitness jury summons for a Radford murder case is issued in Lynchburg.
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Washington Post
Richmond
State Supreme Court
Frank J. Gould
Richmond and Chesapeake Bay Railway Company
Corporation Commisson
Ashland
Richmond, Fredericksburg
Potomac
Apderson
Commonwealth
Supreme Court
Chesapeake Bay
Corporation Commission
W. D. Pollock
Fannie Hoke
Raleigh
N. C
Church of the Good Shepherd
Kingston
Robert I. Hoke
Joseph Blount Cheshire
Red Raven Named In Hotel Lobby Debate
A group in a Reading hotel debated what Red Raven is. An Indianapolis traveler claimed it advertised widely yet few could define it. Test results showed all understood and used the product as a remedy for travel sickness, headaches, and indigestion after trying a dose.
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Reading
Red Raven
Indianapolis
Court of Appeals declines mining tax appeal in Maryland
Annapolis January 11 The Court of Appeals refused to hear Attorney General Bryan representing Governor Warfield in the Allegany County mine stock tax case. It signaled support for the governor’s action and upheld the legality of the veto error correction. The session also dismissed the Western Maryland Railway versus Baltimore and Ohio Railroad traffic breach suit.
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Court of Appeals
Bryan
Warfield
Allegany County
Baltimore City
Allegany
Circuit Court No 4
Western Maryland Railroad Company
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Petition for Barton cites commute to life imprisonment
In Hagerstown Maryland on January 11 a petition to commute Charles Barton’s death sentence for murder to life imprisonment circulated by Barton’s son and father in law was drafted by attorney Lewis D. Syester. Barton, eighty five, is supported by jurors and ten lawyers who will write to Governor Warfield urging clemency.
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Hagerstown
Gov. Warfield
Charles Barton
Simon Talhelm
Lfe
Barton
Lewis D. Syester
Harry Harton
Washington
John Smith
Maryland Obituary Notices From Cumberland and Surrounding Areas
William Réel chairmaker dies at home near El Bing West Virginia at eighty one. Mrs Woodford widow of J Harvey Woodford dies at son in law Col Auhn Huttons home Huttonsville West Virginia at seventy. Mel Henrietta Grifith widow of Uriah Grifith dies Laytonsville aged eighty four after general debility. funeral at Laytonsville M D Church Rev H P West officiating. Lorenzo Dow Strader oldest practicing attorney at Randolph County bar dies Beverly West Virginia aged sixty two. Union service courier and dispatch bearer in Civil War. survived by widow and five children J Floyd Strader oldest son and attorney.
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Julian C. Smith
Louisa County
William Henry Ellinger
Harrisonburg
Fannie Michael
McGaheysville
Staunton
Sully H Bangurant
Samuel Flournoy
Sixth Virginia Infantry
Sarah Rhodes
Hinton
Winchester
Annie Ginn
Semel Ginn
Wuniss
Wien Prince
Sussex County
Petersburg
Ida Bunnell
Bettle Elliott
James A. Turter
Mary Yancey
Yancey
William B. Yancey
Bbe Ledvea
Wiliam B. Pettit
Virginia
Palmyra
Fiuvanna County
Virginia Bar Association
State Supreme Court
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Girard
Princeton
Erie
Loudoun Guards
Seventeenth Virginia Infantry
East Tennessee
ofMica
Leesburg
Loudoun County
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George Lee
Orra V. Preston
St. James Episcopal Church
Cumberland
William Réel
El‘Bing
W. Va
Mrs. Woodford
J. Harvey Woodford
Col
Auhn Hutton
Huttonsville
W Va
Rockville
Henrietta Grifith
Uriah Grifith
Laytonsville
M. D
Laytonsvitle
H. P. West
Lorenzo Dow Strader
Randolph County
Beverly
Union
Rosencrans
J. Floyd Strader
Tle
Stewart Case Nears End in Sussex County Trial
The Richmond Richmond Times Dispatch reports in The Washington Post that testimony in the Charles Randolph Stewart murder trial nearly finished at Sussex Courthouse. Jurors may hear closing arguments Friday after witness testimony from his daughter Mabel, defense favorable witnesses, and rebuttal from the Commonwealth.
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Sussex
Charles Randolph Stewart
Annio Bolling
Mabel
Howard Crenshaw
Stewart
Commonwealth
Wray
Isaac Robinson
Young Crenshaw
Thois
Agreement Restores Baltimore and Ohio Western Maryland Traffic Link
Baltimore and Ohio and Western Maryland Railway announce a restored interchange at Cherry Run West Virginia ending a three year gap. The dual gateways improve access to Central Pennsylvania Territory and New York New England, with freight moving via Cherry Run or Martinsburg via the Cumberlain Valley Railroad.
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Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Western Maryland Railway
Cheryl Run
W. Va
Baltimore and Ohio 18
Pennsylvania
New York
New England
Maryland
Cherry Run
Cumberlain Valley Railroad
Martinsburg
Cure for severe scalp itching with Cuticura products
Ada C. Smith of Jersey City describes relief from constant scalp pimples and itching after using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. She reports full head clarity, growing hair, and ongoing use of the products.
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Grand St
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N. J
Cuticura Hair Growth Claim and Offer
An advertisement touts Cuticura products for hair growth and scalp health, claiming to stop hair loss, remove crusts and dandruff, destroy hair parasites, soothe itching, and nourish follicles. It promotes a complete external and internal treatment set including Soap Ointment and Pills for one dollar and notes global sales.
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Columbus Ave
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