In Memory of Lee A Confederate Day Observed in Virginia
Vast tributes marked Gen Robert E Lees birthday with state offices closed and bank windows shuttered. Gov Swanson issued proclamations as veterans and Confederate groups held banquets in Winchester and Lexington. Memorial speeches praised Lees career while many towns hosted ceremonies and parades.
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Winchester
Leamgton
Swanson
Wadaington
Denmond
Vadan
Robert
Lee
Gay Swanson
Stillhadsen
New Street Railroad Plan for Salisbury Area
A proposed Salisbury street railway line outlines a route from the China Grave area to Yorks Valley, with work set to begin soon and operation expected within the year. The project, granting capital and manpower, aims to improve local transit access around the city.
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Salisbury
Tarda Teatiwas Company
China
Yorks Valley
Beit Pipe
Oil Well Search Yields Court of Appeals Result
A Maryland case linked to oil well searches and body findings reaches the Maryland Court of Appeals. The hearing involves William Roberts and associates with mentions of in-laws and related legal proceedings against a Baltimore area company. The outcome awaits appellate decision on the cited land and extraction disputes.
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Maryland Court of Appeals
Norco Mob
Loutay
Adl Os
Sr Te
Balti Roy
Sammtuners
Brelittes
Bre Rink Comaty
Pastum help praised by reader in old letter
A reader letter extols Pastum tea as a remedy for digestive troubles and heartburn. The author recounts long using the product through winter, noting improved digestion and easier meals. The letter ends by asking readers to consider the medicine and its claimed benefits.
Mission society pledges yearly support for foreign missionary
The Christian Endeavor society of the Church of the Covenant pledges 1000 dollars annually for foreign mission work. Mrs D E Wiber reports at the quarterly meeting of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbytery of Washington held at Sixth Presbyterian Church. Mrs W Nelson, a missionary from Tripoli Syria, notes Turkey’s new constitution aiding women and vision schools. Devotions by Mrs Wallace Radcliffe. Officers' reports filed by Frances G Wilkin May E Smith J A Travie. Rev W A Spooner closes with prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Endeavor Society of the Church of the Covenant
D. E. Wiber
Woman's ‘Foreign | Missionary Society of the Presbytery of
Washington
Sixth Presbyterian Church
W. Nelson
Tripoli
Syria
Turkey
Wallace Radcliff
Frances G. Wilkin
May E. Smith
J. A. Travi
Birthday tribute for Gen. Robert E Lee at Alexandria event
A banquet in Lee Camp Hall Alexandria marks a birthday milestone for Gen. Robert E Lee. Representative John Sharp Williams delivers the life talk. John M. Johnson, Rev Charles D. Bulla, and Henry T Harrison respond to the toasts. The event honors Confederate Veterans with clergy blessing and civic support.
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Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
Robert E Lee
United Confederate. Veterans
Robert DB. Lee
John Sharp Williams
Mississippi
Lee Camp Hall
Princestrest
Willim Jackson Morton
Christ Protestant Fpiacepal Church
Lee
William A. Smort
Lee Camp
Williams
John M. Johnson
Charles D. Bulla
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Stonewall Jackson
Henry T Harrison
Loudoun County
Slashes Dog's Throat Stirs City Market Turmoil
At a city market yesterday morning butcher Joli Metcalf seized a dog near his stall and slashed its throat with a large knife. The dog bled through the building and collapsed before reaching the street. Police arrested Metcalf, who claimed the dog belonged to the owner and was a nuisance. He was fined and jailed for sixty days after failing to pay. Dreaming he was pursued, Wrank Cool leapt from a second story window to North Royal Street, suffering injuries likely fatal. he was taken to Alexandria Hospital with a shattered leg. Mrs. Annie Ford Murchfe of Thomas Murphy was buried at St Mary’s Catholic Church with pallbearers and burial at St Mary’s Cemetery. The Levings Manor Building and Loan Association held its annual meeting electing officers and directors. The Alexandria trades council also elected officers.
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Joli Metcalf
Cali
Calan
Jal
Wrank Cool
Elkton Cafe
North Royal Street
Wil
Alexandria Hospital
A. F. Murphy
Annie Ford Murchfe
Thomas Murphy
St Mary's Catholic Church
Imerulng
L. F Welly
Charles Downey
John Henderson
Bdward Brown
George T Pettit
Arthur Hicks
Joseph Travers
SL Marys-Cemetery
Levings Manor Building and Loan Association
Alexandria
MOB
Marlow
Peter Atcheson
Ross T Hilliott
WL B Harlow
J M Hill
G. Bendheim
T J Fannon
W. M Reardon
W. M . Reardon
TJ. Fannon
Commiutes
George H Harlow
C. Carlin
Thomas Chauncey
Sands Jump Kills Roanoke Railroad Heir
Joseph H Sands Jr aged 28 died from injuries after jumping from a moving automobile several days earlier in Roanoke Virginia. He was son of Joseph H Sands Sr former Norfolk and Western vice president and general manager and a member of Joseph H Sands & Co. railroad contractor. He was grandson of Admiral E F Sands and nephew of Admiral J N Sands. A Yale graduate.
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Washington Post
Roanoke Va
Joseph H Sans, Jr
Mr Sands
Joseph If Sands
Norfole and Western Railrroad
Joseph H Sands
J. N. Sands
Navy
Yale
Kies files assignment for creditors in Winchester Virginia
Virginia brevities report Lewis J Kies, a Winchester merchant in furniture and musical instruments, made an assignment for the benefit of creditors. Liabilities about 31,000 with assets far below. Principal creditors listed in Washington Baltimore Philadelphia and New York. Also noted: Norfolk and Western freight and passenger station at Nottoway Courthouse near Petersburg destroyed by fire. telegraph line welding disrupted. fire blamed on defective flue.
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Lewis J. Kies
Winchester
Washington
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
Norfolk and Western Railway
Nottoway Courthouse
Petersburg
Hagerstown Socials Couple To Wed In New York
Miss Helen Key Boyle and John Gosh Bower Jr prominent young Hagerstown figures will wed quietly in New York tomorrow. Boyle is daughter of Dr. Charles Bruce Boyle, noted local physician, while Bower Jr is Cornell graduate and son of John Gosh Bower, a prosperous table manufacturer.
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Hagerstown
Helen Key Boyle
John Gosh Bower
New York
Eight Convicts Escape Jails Across West Virginia
Eight prisoners escaped late last night from Weston Moundsville and Charleston jails. Four Weston inmates assaulted the jailer and escaped to his house. a battle with a posse followed. Two foreigners fled from Moundsville after obtaining seven keys. In Charleston, two men escaped again but one was recaptured. Bloodhounds were used on the remaining fugitives as authorities hunted them.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Weston
Moundsville
Charleston
Ater
May Incorporation of Mount Rainier Interests Needing Union
In Prince George county Maryland the Mount Rainier area including Rogers additions Rhode Island Avenue Brentwood Wyland Heights and Cottage City seeks incorporation as a municipality to be governed by a mayor and council or town commissioners A mass meeting is planned for Wednesday February 3 at Mount Rainier to discuss the proposal about 58 houses are in the area and the effort promises lively attendance
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Rainier
District of Columbia
Prince George County
Rogers
Rhode Island Avenue
Brentwood
Wyland Heights
Cottage City
Five Years For His Kick In Phoebus Saloon Fight
Will iam Pickett, a former soldier, was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary for second degree murder in Elizabeth City county court. A free-for-all in a Phoebus saloon last June ended when he kicked Charles Wagoner, also a veteran, in the abdomen, injuring him badly. Wagoner died the next day at Fort Monroe Hospital. Self defense was claimed, with testimony that Wagoner attacked Pickett and knocked him down first. Both men served in Cuba and had just returned home to be mustered out. Pickett is a native of Boston and part of a prominent family.
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Newport News
William Pickett
Crcurt Court
Elizabeth City
Pickett
Charles Wagoner
Wagoner
Fort Monroe
Tickett
Cuba
Misoner
Boston
Diamond Queen in Jail for Diamond Pin Theft
Mamie De Gracia, alias Mamie DeCris, a Savannah, Georgia housekeeper once with the Hotel Reid—Savannah police reports name her the Diamond Queen. She pleaded guilty to stealing a $600 diamond horseshoe pin from Mrs. Charles G. Carter of Pittsburgh while a guest at the hotel on December 2 and received an eighteen month term in the city jail by Judge Wright.
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Alto
W.sligton
Mamie de Gracia
Detrs
Savannah
Reividere
Georgia
Ely
Wright
Charles G. Carter
Pittburg
Savannuah
Mamie DeCris
Diamond Queen
Held as train wreckers in Cumberland area
Jamee Thompson and Raymond Miller of Eckhart Maryland are under arrest on charges of attempting to wreck a train on the Eckhart branch of the Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad near Frostburg. The accident last week was traced to a spike placed on the track. Authorities gathered enough evidence to arrest the pair and they are held for April grand jury action.
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Washington Post
Cumberland
Jamee Thompson
Raymond Miller
Eckhart
County
Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad
Frostburg
Bill to Protect Quail and Quail Shooting Ban
North Carolina Senate considers a two year ban on shooting quail and geese while a house bill funds solicitors’ salaries and a resolution supports payingRepresentative Thomas N Bryan’s dying illness salary. An antitrust bill with teeth is ordered printed and a $5,000 increase for pand children is proposed.
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North Carolina
Senate
Raleigh
N i
House
Thomas N Bryan
Wilkes
Geese Lockhart
Syrian man eludes police after jealous murder attempt
Marie Assaid, called the Syrian, shot his young wife four times last night in Roanoke. His brothers pledge help to capture him. Assaid is related to Frank Assard, killed by Moses Forria and linked to Sam Assard, acquitted. Fons fled to Argentina, was captured, returned, tried, and sentenced to five years.
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Washington
Roanoke
Marie Assaid
Assard
Frank Assard
Moses Forria
Sam Assard
Terris
Fons
Argentina
South America
Hit by wire on train near Mears Siding
Cape Charles Virginia 1y.v. O Meeler, brakeman for the New York Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad, was atop a box car when a cross track telephone wire fell before him. He was cut in the mouth, scratched, and saved himself by hanging onto a board until the train crew found him and took him to a New Church physician. Fire at Piedmont West Virginia causes 16000 dollars in damages.
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Cape Charles
V. O. Meelem
New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk
Mears Siding
Gtr
New Church
Constipation Linked to Indigestion Says Stuart Tablets
An old advertisement argues constipation stems from indigestion and improper digestion of food. It describes a 30 foot bowel lined with nerves, claims undigested food ferments and poisons the system, and promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a remedy to aid digestion, nourish nerves, and restore bowel function. The text invites readers to request a free trial package from F A Stuart Co.
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Stuart
F. A. Stuart Co
Stuart Bidg
Marshall, Mich
Amendment to West Virginia liquor ban proposed by senate
In Charleston on January 19 Senator William Cuarrall introduced a constitutional amendment prohibiting intoxicating liquor sales in the state. After a narrow defeat last year, more backers are now pledging support, and many expect it would pass if put to a public vote.
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Charleston
W. Va
S Senate
William Cuarrall
Explosion at Solon Mines Wrecks Two Houses
Special to The Washington Post at Clarksburg W Va reports a natural gas leak search using an auxiliary lamp in a double house at Solon mines ended with a gas explosion. The blast blew the foundations, collapsing the structures and injuring several occupants, including Italian and American families.
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Washington
Clarksburg
W. Va
Em Muner
Solon Mines
Arrest of long-time legislator on peonage charges shocks Columbia
Joshua W Ashley a 36 year state representative from Anderson County was arrested in Columbia on peonage charges. The federal grand jury returned a true bill. In Clarksburg West Virginia Frank Lover an Italian merchant was found guilty of murder in the second degree for stabbing Frank Whitehay during a October political parade. Sentence to be set by Judge Lynch.
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Columbia
Joshua W Ashley
Ashley
State House of Representatives
Anderson County
Clarksburg
W. Va
Frank Lover
Lover
Frank Whitehay
Lynch
Postmaster Held for Hearing in Virginia
Roanoke Va Jan 19 D Moses Taylor vice president of City National Bank and Nan Foster daughter of Wred E Foster proprietor of Hotel Roanoke will marry in Washington at noon tomorrow at the residence of Charles Foster uncle of the bride In other news postmaster Amos of Vinton is held for the Federal grand jury on a money order shortage of about 1000 dollars with bail set at 2000 dollars Sperial postmaster Ft H Creasy acting postmaster
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Washington Jose Roanoke
O A
J. R. Amos
Vinton
Federal Grand Jury
United States
S. M White
H. Creasy
Sperial
Cna
Washington Vest
Roanoke
Moses Taylor
The
City National Bank
Nan Foster
Wred E Foster
Hotel
Washington
Charles Foster
Maryland Weddings Reported in Rockville
Mary land weddings list two ceremonies held in Rockville on January 19 with couples Laura Dor sey Bentley and Russell Marden Everett and Ivy Helen Bready and Clarence Cashell. Rev. Dr Mumford and Rev. John Copenhaver officiated at the homes of the brides.
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Rockville
Laura Dorsey Bentley
Benjamin A. Bentley
Burtonsville
Lams County
Russell Marden Everett
Newark
N. J
Mumford
Burtonsville Methodist Episcopal Church
Ivy Helen Bready
Clarence Cashell
John ©. Copenhaver
Southern Methodist Church
Goshen
Plain Talk to Policy-holders of New York Life 1909
The 1909 Plain Talk explains New York Life Insurance Company’s 1908 performance, its social impact, and the need for favorable legislation. It details policy counts, claims paid, funds raised, and the broader value of life insurance to society, urging policy-holders to study the figures and support informed public opinion.
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New York Life Insurance Company
Safo
Insurance Liabilities and Policy Reserves Listed
The document lists policy liabilities including reserve amounts for policy liabilities premiums prepaid commissions salaries and related items along with dividends payable in 1909 and additional reserves. Totals show large aggregate figures for reserves and liabilities across categories and an overall sum in the mid billions.
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Walliam Roberts
Toad Damare
LDS
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Stat Yeothe
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Butte
Christian Endeavor Society
Loan Association
Trades Council
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James B. Wells
F. W Deeton
T Warrison
Raymond Cleveland
A Howard
William Lloyd
Sands
Wes
New York City
Charleston, Weston
MT. Rainier
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Assaid
Piedmont
Washington Fost Cumbertland
W Va
Piedmont Steam Laundry
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