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Washington Post

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Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

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Jan 15, 1906

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Day Off for Solons and Plan to Boost Dignity of Virginia House

Richmond dispatch reports Virginia lawmakers left the capital for weekend with families while lobbyists depart. Capt Baker proposes a new gallery page and three seating sections to preserve dignity of the House, with guards to patrol the capitol day and night in gray coats.

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Lynchburg Virginia Capt. Baker Washington Richmond General Assembly Carter Gliss Clect C. A Swanson Lass Posson Mc Glass Baker House Senate Cant Haker Capitol
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Fugitive Admits Identity In Clarksburg Embezzlement Case

Paul D. Boyle of Clarksburg is held at Pittburgh station awaiting Clarksburg police. He is charged with embezzling between 500 and 100 dollars from Philips Sheet and Tin Company where he served as treasurer. He disappeared six weeks ago, then admitted his identity as the wanted man from Clarksburg and agreed to return. His father is a Presbyterian minister in Bellaire Ohio and a brother is a minister in Cincinnati.

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Washington Post Clarksburg W Va Paul D. Boyle W .Ya Pittenburg Station Philips Sheet and Tincee Company Chaksburg Bellaire Ohio Cincinnati
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Swedish Captain Accused of Immigrant Law Violation

Captain Knatve of the Swedish steamer Drottning Sophia is to appear before a United States commissioner in Washington on January 19 charged with violating immigration laws by bringing four aliens to port who reportedly did not pay their passage. The men allegedly left the ship and were treated as deserters. The case centers on whether the foreigners were lawfully admitted or transported.

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Washington Nortelki Va Knafve Stearseer Drottning Sophia Stephenson Knatve
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Guest Blew Out The Gas In Winchester Hotel Mystery

Special to The Washington from Winchester Virginia January 14 Only timely discovery of escaping gas saved Henry Voorhees a stranger about twenty five years old and well dressed From room No 1 he told a bellboy to call at 10 o clock Two hours later Hugh Stockdell of Petersburg found him unconscious in the adjoining room The gas was on full lever Voorhees revived but then disappeared after being moved to another room He said I blew out the gas and warned he would be over the river if not saved He declined to discuss his escape and disappeared this morning

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Washington Winchester Henry Voorhees Hugh Stockdell Petersburg Voorhees
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Planned his own funeral in final hours

Richmond funeral notice for Dr James Powell Garland of New Kent County states his service will be at Court Street Methodist Church Lynchburg on Tuesday morning conducted by Rev Paul Whitehead. He arranged funeral details and estate plans a hour before his death naming his sons as executors and directing Rev George H Spooner to write his life memorial.

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Washington Richmond Fey James Powell Garland New Kent County Court Street Methodist Church Lynchburg Paul Whitehead Garland George H Spooner Spencerian Stiehl Spencerian Business College D. C Panish Language School Senor Gomar ST. Rose’s Industrial School Sisters of Charity Arate Esputa Daly 18Th Street Olney School Conn Virginia Mason Dorsey Laura Lee Dorsey Holy Cross Academy Belect Mass Ave Mlle V. Prud'homme Indiana Ave Jonas
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Postal law violators arrested in Hagerstown

F F Sharron a Washington post office inspector arrested four people in Hagerstown for sending written matter at third class rates inside packages of cigar and tobacco prize tags to Winston-Salem North Carolina. They pleaded guilty and paid the minimum ten dollar fines each under Post Office rules. Sharron reports 100 cases in his district across seven Maryland counties and eleven Virginia counties. Discovery came from the Winston-Salem postmaster.

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Washington Post Hagerstown F. F. Sharron Post-Office Washington Post Office Department Winston-Salem N. C Sharron Maryland Virginia
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Veteran commits death by own action at National Soldiers Home

Special to the Washington Post from Newport News Virginia reports that Christian Koch, seventy four, a Company K member at the National Soldiers Home, was found dead in the cellar of his quarters. He reportedly hanged himself by tying a rope to a reacher and sitting on a chair, attempting to break his neck before suffocating. Koch, a Civil War veteran of the Fifth Pennsylvania Cavalry, was a Philadelphia native with supposed relatives there.

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Tua Washington Post Newport ‘News Christian Skoch Company K National Soldiers’ Home Koch Philadelphia Fifth Pennsylvania Cavalry Philadelpha
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War Over Normal School Sparks Virginia Exposition Clash

Newport News senator S W Holt fights state support for a new normal school in Hampton Roads unless Norfolk’s claim to the Jamestown Exposition Virginia building is dropped. A Richmond report says a bill will make the exposition structure permanent to house the school after the fair.

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Washington Cita Newport News Norfolk Hampton Roads S. W. Holt Virginia Richmond Normal School
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National Rivers and Harbors Congress Opens in Washington

The National Rivers and Harbors Congress of 609 delegates from commercial groups, urban centers, and 20 state governors met in Washington at the Arlington to press for larger public waterways and harbor appropriations. The opening included welcome by M. J. Sanders of New Orleans, with sessions through the day featuring remarks by Charles Scott of Mississippi, Judge Theodore Burton, and officials from the White House slated for the afternoon. Delegates from Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland and other states listed numerous river improvement associations, boards of trade, and civic groups as they prepared for formal meetings and officer elections.

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National Rivers and Harbors Congress Washington Arlington Congress Baltimore Pacific Coast New England States East South M. J. Sanders New Orleans Executive Committee Charles Scott Mississippi Theodore Burton Rivers and Harbors White House M. J. Saunders W. H. Lincoln Boston Robert, Ramsay James R. Garfield Cleveland Col William H. Love EB. R. Sharwood Philadelphia Alabama—Mobile Joint River and Harbor Committee H. ©. Clark J. D. Waterman EL. Russell Merrill A. 8. Lyons Byrd M. Robinson M. P. Inge BR. H. Clarke Williams Tebbetts W. Crighead Shet- Nald Tennessee River Improvement Association Hunterville R. E. Pettus Charles P. Lana Ward Decatur H A. Skeges H. Albes New Decatur Blackwell H. B. Beard Scottsboro Virgil Boutin W. Fragler Florence Emmet O'Neal A. E. Walker W. Mr. Campbell Tuscumbia Jamey T. Kirk John Delghy Sheffield J. C. Morris Snowden McGaughey Joselm H. Nathan L. J. Andrews M. C John C. Floyd Robert M. Wallace J. T. Robinson Job Little H. D. Tomlinson Cutler Ark A. H Harmett Wynne J. A Bradsher Harrisburg H. Roleaon Marianna H. N. Pharr Memphis James W. Porch Locke Breaux J. Henry Lafaye Pearl Wight Henry B. Schreiber The Cotton Exchange John M. Parker J. G. Duncan Fred Gumbel Mechanics, Dealers and Lumbermen's Exchange David Lemle Heal Estate Auction Exchange Sol. L. Well Meyer E M. P. Robertson J.T. McClellan Maryland Baltimore Board of Trade Joseph R. Foard Welter B. Brooke, Jr Joseph C Bostoff Merchants’ Association Amory A. Lawrence James Richard Carter Associated Board of Trade Arthur G. Farley Frederic H. Viaux Michigan Grand Rapids New York Parley Fitch Iowa W. B. Scaife Pennsylvania J. L. Vance Ohio Allen Gray Indiana J. M. Dickinson Trois W. B. Troutman Ilinois Charles I. Mulliken Illneis Gok Greer Clay Missouri Marcus Bernheimer J. E Smith John 8. Brannin Kentucky R. W. Knott C. L. Hebertson W. A. Percy Tennessee Albert §. Caldwell W. H. Stovall W. B. Milter Arkansas Capt Patrick Herry Maj Greenfield Quarles F. M. Rogers EB. J. Bowers D. C T. G. Catchings Miesissippi John M. Allen J. T. Atterbury Miesisippi W. S. Barry E. J. Russell Alabama John A. Mellhenny Louisiana J. T. McClellan F. L. Maxwell Kansas City Board of Trade Edgar C. Bilis St. Louis Merchants’ Exchange W. P. Kennett Edward BE. Seharit Latin~American Club and Foreign Trade Association James Arbuchle Nebraska Jamey MH Atercrombié R. C Jenkinson George F. Reeve New York Produce Exchange North Carolina Fayetteville Ciisens Cape Fear River Cleveland Chamber of Commerce Harvey D. Goulder John M. Mullooney BF. A Scott Cincinnati Bustpesa Men's Club Albert Bettinger Edwin C. Gibbs Edwin Bourse A. Albrecht Lincoln K. Passomer George &. Bartel Walter A. Bailey Tradea’ League W. W. Foulkrod Lewis M. Haupt William McAleer Walter Horstmann Commercial Exchange Frederick W. Taylor Woolman P. Fendill Young BE. E. Delp Grocers and Importers' Exchange Henry A. Fry N. J. Sehmucker William T. Kirk Board of Trade William D. Winsor Schermerhorn Prank D. la Lanne William R. Tucker Vrooman A. J. Cadwala Der B. B. Malone Pittsburg Coal Exchange C. A. Blackburn Hugh Moren W. H. Crump J. Frank Tilley W. Harry Brown George W. Thelsa D. B. Blackburn Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association William B. Rodgers B. F. Jones Thomas M. Rees Chamber of Commerce George H. Anderson James A. Henderton A. G.roenigk Roger Wiliams C. H. Allerton H. L. Castle G. N. Chalfant Tennesshp St. Francis Levee Butler A. H. Hammett J. A. Dradsher Harrinburg Is Ark H. N. Roteson Marianow Tenn Muller Marked Tree James H. Barry Senate James P. Clarke B. Macon Brundige John Floyd Charles Rockwood Willard Warner Pittsburg Jeptha Bright Chattanooga J. A. Patten Newell Sanders H. S. Chamberlain C. W. Olson Texas Galveston Deep-Water Committee W. , Gresham M. Lasker C. Fowler L. P. Featherstone L. Blum T. D. Gresham Virginia Richmond Chamber of Commerce Dabn Huntington Chamber of Commerce G. A. Northcott Keystone Board of Trade F P. London Kingwood Board of Trade Hien William G. Brown Charlestown Board of Ade William Campbell Moundsville Board of Trade Frank H Blake New Martinsville Board of Trade Frank W. Clark St. Marys Board of Trade James A. Oldfield Sistersville Merchants? Association Clifford W. Church Wellsbury Board of ‘Trade Thomas W. Carmichael Williamson Board of Trade B. Randolph Wheeling Dear of Trade State Bankers’ Association E. P. Murphy New Cumbarland State Editorial Association George A. Laughlin Wheeling State Grocers’ Association W. ©. Metonaughe; Parkersburo; President Kurgas, Parkersburg; H. C. Franvheim Wherling N. Speiden Lawrence FB. Sands Joseph Speidel Thomas O'Brien D. J. Stalnaker Robert Hazlett George Wise Wisconsin Osbiosh Board of Trade William W. Waterhouse Washington, D. C American Pilots’ Association J. H. Low J. E. Brien Als
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Death record beatens New York deaths in 1905 and pneumonia toll

New York state records show a death rate of 18.2 per thousand with 139,561 deaths in the year, pneumonia causing 8,000 deaths in the first five months and consumption claiming over 15,672. The warning urges immediate lung cures with Gowan's Pneumonia Cure, claiming quick relief and a guarantee.

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New York State Albany New York Gowan
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Gowan's Pneumonia Cure Advertises 3 Bottle Offer

An old advertisement touts Gowan's Pneumonia Cure, claiming three bottles cure ordinary colds, coughs, or sore throats. It states pricing, bottle sizes, and mail order availability from Gowan Medical Co., Durham, North Carolina.

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Merchants and Trade Groups by State and City

A sprawling list of chamber boards and trade associations across states led by named chairs and delegates. Highlights include Boston Chamber of Commerce, New York Produce Exchange, Philadelphia Bourse, Chicago and St Louis boards, and regional committees in Ohio Mississippi Texas and West Virginia. Delegations span national and city bodies with numerous named officials.

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Rural Free Delivery Costs and Petition Totals

A statement by P. V. De Grow shows the rural free delivery system processed 61,690 petitions up to January 1, 1906, with 13,125 acted upon adversary. There were 34,677 routes in operation on that date and over 1,000,000,000 pieces mailed in fiscal 1905, each costing about 1.12 cents, with 32,055 carriers in service.

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P. V. de Grow
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Meriwether Trial at Annapolis Opens After Miller Case

Special to The Washington Post. Annapolis Md Jan 14 The trial of Midshipman Minor Meriwether Jr of Lafayette La on hazing begins after the Miller case likely ends tomorrow Meriwether already serves one year confinement for a fight in which Midshipman James R Branch died Six specifications accuse Meriwether of hazing underclassmen by standing on heads the sixteenth and a new rabbit dance the hazing occurred while upperclassmen were away for leave during September last Meriwether is defended by George H Mann and James M Monroe AD

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Washington Post Annapolis Meriwether, Jr Lafayette John P. Miller Meriwether Academy James R. Branch F. V. Vaniemburg Wisconsin Richard Drew Detroit Mich Paul x. Rice Syracuse Willam D. Kilduff New York City Luther Welch Kansas City Harold Co. Train Messrs George H. Mann New York James M. Monroe Anndpoliz
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