In Memory of Lee Observed Across Towns with Proclamations
The nation honors General Robert E Lee with state closures and ceremonies. Gov Swanson orders offices shut while banks and departments paused. Banquets, speeches, and tributes unfold in Winchester Leamington and surrounding towns as Confederate memory is publicly observed.
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Winchester
Leamgton
Swanson
Wadaington
Denmond
Vadan
Robert
Lee
Gay Swanson
Stillhadsen
New Street Railroad Plan Cleared for Salisbury
Report outlines a new street railway project named Pred-Foat tarda Teatiwas Company Vo and a Salisbury route from China Grave to Youlles, with construction to begin soon and operation anticipated after capital and personnel are assembled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salisbury
Tarda Teatiwas Company
China
Yorks Valley
Beit Pipe
Unclear text on oil well body search and court appeal
Fragmentary OCR describes a search for a body at an oil well and references to Maryland Court of Appeals involving William Roberts and in Laws terms. The readable pieces mention families and appeals but provide no clear events or outcomes.
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Maryland Court of Appeals
Norco Mob
Loutay
Adl Os
Sr Te
Balti Roy
Sammtuners
Brelittes
Bre Rink Comaty
The Road to Wellville Letter Encourages Postum Over Coffee
A reader letter extols Postum over tea and coffee citing health benefits and relief from stomach issues. The writer recounts family experiences, noting a grandmother’s heart trouble and long-term tea use, praising Postum as easier on digestion and linking it to vitality.
Mission society to raise annual support for foreign work
The Christian Endeavor society of the Church of the Covenant will provide 1000 dollars yearly to support a foreign missionary. The report was given at the quarterly meeting of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbytery of Washington at Sixth Presbyterian Church. Mrs Wiber chaired and Mrs Nelson spoke on Turkey and Syrian reform.
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 banquet honors Gen Robert E Lee in Alexandria
The Robert E Lee Camp in Alexandria hosted a birthday celebration for Gen Robert E Lee with a banquet. Representative John Sharp Williams of Mississippi gave the main address on Lee’s life, character, and achievements. Local clergy and Confederate veterans leaders presented toasts to Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and Confederate Veterans.
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Winchester
Mount Royal
de Novae
Tb Mather
San Tours
Lynch
Hadley
Ositan
Wulliams
Hyanaeses Owas
Turner Ashby
Lurne
Ashby
Halt Conrad
Robert
Sreity Iles
Auguste Suid Sa Htaa Rathiss
Ostrutten Mistary Academy
Lrek
Elen
Culpeper
Red
Confederacy
Williams
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
John M. Johnson
Charles D. Bulla
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Stonewall Jackson
Henry T Harrison
Loudoun County
Slashes Dog's Throat in Market as Crowd Gathers
In Alexandria a butcher Joli Metcalf seized a dog near his stall and slashed its throat with a large knife. The dog collapsed and died. Metcalf was arrested and fined eight dollars but could not pay, resulting in a sixty day jail term. Dreaming he was pursued, Wrank Cool leaped from a window, injuring himself fatally. Mrs. Annie Ford Murchfe was buried at St Mary's Church with pallbearers named. The Levings Manor Building and Loan Association held its annual meeting electing officers and directors. The Alexandria trades council also announced new 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
L. F Welly
Charles Downey
John Henderson
Bdward Brown
George T Pettit
Arthur Hicks
Joseph Travers
SS 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
SANDS' JUMP KILLS HIM IN ROANOKE VA
Joseph H Sands Jr age 28 dies from injuries after leaping from a moving automobile several days earlier. He is son of Joseph H Sands Sr former Norfolk and Western official and member of Sands & Co. railroad contractor. Grandson of Admiral E F Sands and nephew of Admiral J N Sands. 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 for Creditors in Winchester Va Business
Virginia brief reports Lewis J Kies of Winchester a furniture and musical instrument dealer assigning for creditors. Liabilities about 31 000 with assets far below. Principal creditors in Washington Baltimore Philadelphia and New York. Norfolk and Western Railway freight and passenger station at Nottoway Courthouse near Petersburg burned yesterday, telegraph line damaged. fire likely from defective flue.
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Lewis J. Kies
Winchester
Washington
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
Norfolk and Western Railway
Nottoway Courthouse
Petersburg
Hagerstown Couple to Wed Quietly in New York
Hagerstown social figures Miss Helen Key Boyle and John Gosh Bower Jr. plan a quiet New York wedding tomorrow. Miss Boyle is the daughter of Dr. Charles Bruce Boyle, a prominent Hagerstown physician. Bower Jr. is a Cornell graduate and son of wealthy table manufacturer John Gosh Bower.
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Hagerstown
Helen Key Boyle
John Gosh Bower
New York
Eight Convicts Escape Jail Across West Virginia
Eight prisoners fled from Weston Moundsville and Charleston jails late last night and today. Four Weston inmates attacked the jailer's wife, seized keys, and escaped to the jail house dining room before fleeing. A later man was recaptured. a Charleston escape also involved a murder convict who was recaptured. One more escapee eluded pursuit as revolver fire erupted in a barn three miles from Weston.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Weston
Moundsville
Charleston
Ater
Five Years for His Kick in Phoebus Saloon Fight
William Pickett, a former soldier, was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary for murder in the second degree after a free for all in a Phoebus saloon last June. He kicked Charles Wagoner, another ex soldier, in the abdomen. Wagoner died next day in Fort Monroe Hospital. Self defense was pleaded. Wagoner allegedly attacked Pickett and knocked him down before the killing. Pickett and Wagoner served in Cuba and recently returned to be mustered out. Pickett is a Boston native from 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 Sentenced in Jail for Diamond Theft
Mamie De Gracia alias Mamie DeCris, known as the Diamond Queen from Savannah, Ga., former hotel housekeeper at the Reid? hotel, was sentenced by Judge Wright to eighteen months in the city jail for stealing a $600 diamond horseshoe pin from Mrs. Charles G. Carter of Pittsburgh while a guest December 2. The plea was guilty. Sympathy and a movement to spare her arose at the time, but Savannah advised authorities she was wanted in Georgia under those names.
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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
TRAIN WRECKS SUSPECTS HELD IN FROSTBURG AREA
Jamee Thompson and Raymond Miller of Eckhart are arrested in Cumberland County charged with attempting to wreck a train on the Eckhart branch of the Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad near Frostburg. The January incident was traced to a spike on the track and evidence led to their detention. They are held for the April grand jury.
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Washington Post
Cumberland
Jamee Thompson
Raymond Miller
Eckhart
County
Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad
Frostburg
North Carolina Senate Quail Protection Bill Introduced
In Raleigh on January 19 a bill was introduced in the senate to prohibit shooting quail and geese for two years. The same day a house measure aimed to pay solicitors’ salaries and a bill to raise the appropriation for dependent children by five thousand dollars was also introduced. Lockhart’s antitrust bill with teeth was ordered printed.
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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
In Roanoke on January 19 Marie Assaid, a Syrian, shot his young wife four times in a jealous rage and remains at large. His brothers pledge aid to capture him. Assaid is related to Frank Assard, murdered by Moses Forria, and to Sam Assard, an acquitted alleged accomplice. A cousin named Fons previously fled to Argentina, was recaptured, 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
Man Hit by Wire on Train Near Mears Siding
Cape Charles Virginia January 19 1900 2 brakeman for the New York Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad were on a fast freight top of a box car when a telephone wire fell across the tracks striking Yaing ham in the mouth. He was severely cut and knocked from the car but clung to the board until found by the crew and taken to a New Church physician. Nearby Piedmont West Virginia suffered 16000 damages from a fire that destroyed Piedmont steam laundry the Rhett and Dawson blacksmith shop and a Fredlock Brothers dwelling.
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Cape Charles
V. O. Meelem
New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk
Mears Siding
Gtr
New Church
Washington Fost Cumbertland
Piedmont
W Va
Piedmont Steam Laundry
Rhett & Dawson
Fredlock Brothers
Fredlock
Constipation Sowed by Indigestion and Dyspepsia Claims
An 1890s style advertisement blames constipation on indigestion and a diseased stomach. It describes a 30 foot bowel lined with nerve endings and claims undigested food causes fermentation and toxin buildup. Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets are marketed as restoring digestion, nerves, and bowel action, with free trial by mail from F A Stuart Co Marshall Mich.
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Stuart
F. A. Stuart Co
Stuart Bidg
Marshall, Mich
West Virginia liquor sales amendment advances in senate
In Charleston on January 19 Senator William Cuarrall introduced a constitutional amendment to ban intoxicating liquor sales in the state. The measure, defeated by a narrow margin previously, now has more supporters and is considered likely to pass if put to a public vote.
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Charleston
W. Va
S Senate
William Cuarrall
Two Houses Blown Up At Solon Mines
Special to The Washington Post reports a gas explosion at Solon mines in Clarksburg West Virginia during a leak check with a lamp. A double house occupied by Italian and American families collapsed, injuring several people as the foundations were blown from beneath the structures.
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Washington
Clarksburg
W. Va
Em Muner
Solon Mines
Arrest of veteran legislator on peonage charge shocks Columbia
Joshua W Ashley a 36 year veteran legislator from Anderson county was arrested in Columbia on peonage charges. The federal grand jury returned a true bill. Ashley is noted as a powerful figure in the State House. In Clarksburg Frank Lover Italian merchant was found guilty of second degree murder for stabbing Frank Whitehay during a October political parade. Sentence pending 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. Postmaster Amos of Vinton was held for the Federal grand jury today by US Commissioner S M White on a charge of short more than $1000 in his money order account with bail set at 2000 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 in Rockville and Goshen
Mary land society notes report two weddings on January 19. Laura Dors ey Bentley daughter of Mr and Mrs Benjamin A Bentley of Burtonsville and Russell Marden Everett of Newark New Jersey wed at the bride’s home with Rev Dr Mumford officiating. Ivy Helen Bready and Clarence Cashell married this afternoon at the bride’s home with Rev John Copenhaver officiating. convalescence remark follows. Hood s Sarsaparilla endorsement ends.
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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 With Policy-Holders of New York Life 1909
The 1909 Plain Talk urges policyholders to study 1908 results of the New York Life Insurance Co. It highlights $22,131,290.77 paid to beneficiaries from 9,000 closed policies and $28,000,000 loaned to members, plus a $42,000,000 fund increase. It notes 63,000 new policies issued vs 69,000 lost, and critiques a New York insurance law restricting growth. The president calls for public-spirited action and transparent plain talks to policyholders.
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New York Life Insurance Company
United States
New York State
New York
Itat
Summary of Insurer Liabilities and Reserves Listing
The document itemizes policy liabilities including policy reserves, premiums and interest prepaid, commissions and salaries, and dividends payable in 1909. It lists additional reserves on policies, deferred dividends, and reserves for other purposes with various dollar amounts, totaling figures around $557 million in liabilities and $22 million in other sums.
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Virginia
Lexington
Jack Hhoog
Jackson
Dion
NEW Street Railroad
Attogritigs
William Roberts
Walliam Roberts
Toad Damare
LDS
Tina Teal
Stat Yeothe
Roberts
Iran
Taobao
Steve
Christian Endeavor Society
Loan Association
Trades Council
Alexandria Trades Council
James B. Wells
F. W Deeton
T Warrison
Raymond Cleveland
A Howard
William Lloyd
Sands
Wes
New York City
Charleston, Weston
MT. Rainier
Moy
Mount Rainier
District of Columbia
Prince George County
Rogers
Rhode Island Avenue
Brentwood
Wyland Heights
Cottage City
BILL
Assaid
West Virginia Senate
Merchant
Maryland
Hood
New-York Life Insurance Co
Broadway
Safo
New-York
Eee
Total
Nise
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