Army General Staff fund approved for 1910 with defined ranks
The unitary appropriation bill for the fiscal year 1910 allocates 98 295 406 for the army general staff. It sets a staff of one chief, two general officers, four colonels, six lieutenant colonels, and six majors to be detached from the army, with selection by the President. Provisions detail four-year detachments, duty with the general staff, and permanent reversion to army branches as needed, plus pay and clothing allowances updates.
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Committee On Military Affairs
Bey
Woodmer
Regu- Gomes
Western Maryland Bonds and Loan Details Amid Market Fluctuations
Western Maryland bonds are discussed alongside a Deutsche Bank loan secured by Blair and associated city bonds. The sale attracted bids from Fooatr TEC, with an approximate $400 000 shortfall noted and optimism for recovery as the bank coverage situation remains uncertain.
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York
Maryland
Recetvesoeape
Cieanreat
Western Mary
Blair & Thas City
Wwe Wueral
West Mar
Cloudburst in Philippines Causes Havoc and Travel Disruptions
An abrupt cloudburst in the Philippines triggers widespread disruption with roads damaged and travel halted. Officials report several outages and urgent warnings as storms cause flooding and infrastructural strain across southern regions.
Niagara Falls Water Levels Reported Drop
The Interstate Water Commission shows Niagara River water levels with two ships and reduced flow at the borders near Ontario. The report notes lower water on the American side and details about tides, with references to near falls and related structures along the river.
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Wilerwiss
Lhey Towers
Lund
Ontario
Boogwart
Mors Wouter
Andren
Harmon to Stay Receiver in Tennessee Drama
A court ruling keeps Harmon as receiver in a contested case involving the Hamilton and Dayton interests. The judge's decision appoints or maintains a receiver status pending further proceedings and potential designation of related parties.
Standard Qil Tal Date Set by United States District Court
A United States District Court date was set for February 23 in a fraud case involving Suruard DIT Company. The case concerns fines totaling 2,920,000 dollars imposed by a different proceeding and referenced in the ongoing litigation.
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Hoi Jin
United States
Joie Akersen
Rebae Aa Kms
Suruard
Rooin Omethy
Foi Fandin
Anneiare Court
Home asthma cure touted as safe at home
An advertisement claims a “wonderful specific” ascatco can cure asthma in four to five weeks at home without missing work. It describes the product as a scientific formula from the Austrian Laboratory and notes availability at a New York dispensary and a Richmond case.
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Ascatco
Ascateo
West 2Th Street
New York City
Washington
Richmond
Virginia
Marcus Lindsay
Marcus
Sophy Jones
Adjudged White by Court Over Racial Heritage Case
A court ruled an individual possessed sufficient Caucasian blood to be legally treated as white, despite associations with Black people from infancy. The judge ordered severe measures and intercession by authorities, reflecting era racial classifications and policing.
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Fromisea
Farewell to Secretary Root at Latin American tribute
Secretary Root declares farewell as chairman of the governing board at a Department of State meeting with Latin American diplomats. Ambassadors from Brazil and others pay tribute to Root, praising his harmony and impartiality in U S relations. He plans to stay on until a conference with Canadian representatives concludes.
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Retiing
State Department
Nabuco Speaks
Governs Donra
International Bureau of Amaghan
Department of State
Washington
Senetary
Root
United
Amercan
Rodt
Colombia
Panama
Venezuela
United States
4Isa
Cuba
Roothan
Nabuco
Braz
American Republic
Bolivia
Thatimue Cortes
Overman elected senator and divorce law debate in senate
The Washington Post notes Overman’s election as United States senator after a heated session. A proposed divorce law amendment to allow decrees after separation even with children over three faced strong opposition and was tabled. Other items include medical licensing proposals, optician licensing, Worth’s relief bill, Robeson county county creation petition, and a bill to adopt the Australian Torrens title registration law.
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Washington Post
North Carolina Library Association
Woo Whitheld
Lenoir Couny
Siten
Senate
House
Jow
United States
Lee S Overman
Spencer Badams Ag
Gov Kitchin
Iyerman
Jadadbrn
William H Worth
Wiliam A Martin
Robeson County
North Robeson
Grief Stricken Mother Fatally Burns Self Near Boonsboro
Mrs Elizabeth Hutzell, grieving over her infant loss, saturated her clothes with kerosene and set them alight at her parents home on South Mountain near Renos Monument. She had earlier attempted suicide by swallowing laudanum. She left the house, set coal oil soaked garments on fire, and fell, dying as her husband found her body with flesh dropping from the burns.
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Hutzell
Maryland Weddings in Hagerstown and Nearby
In Hagerstown on January 30 Miss Alice Kreitz and Maurice Knott wed at St Wars a Catholic Church with Rev Sevuastan Rubbla officiating. Matron of honor Ma gaha and best man Magnus T Davies attended Cumberland and Johnstown weddings followed, including Alexander Adams and Elizabeth Withers and William Till in Hyndmin brick works circle.
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Hagerstown
Alice Cesilly Eretz
Conrad Kreitz
Maurice Benedict Knott
Mount St Marys
Frederick
St Wars
West Virginia fire, bridge projects, and health bureau talk
A West Virginia Presbyterian church in Richwood burned Tuesday under mysterious origins. Damaged by the blaze, insurance falls short and residents blame incendiaries. Elsewhere a Potomac River bridge near Wiley Ford had been boarded to reopen soon, with Allegany County contributing $10,000 and Miners County pledging $35,000 though only $6,000 has been paid. Levels Produce Co appointed a receiver in Hampshire County. Seven Cook Hospital Training School graduates in Mount Mary area. A Montgomery County Medical Association meeting in Rockville urged creation of a national health bureau as a strong effort against disease.
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Potomar
Wiley « Ford
South Cumberland
Allegany County
Miners County
Wva
Wo Heare
Levels Produe Company
Levels
Hampshire County
Cook Hospital
Pairmont
Mary Desales Hager
Eme Louise Waters
Harriet Jane Mathenev
Lulu
Mary Willows
Stella Lavelle Shimp
Mary Virginia Ivans
National Health Bureau
Washington Pos
Rockville
Montgomery County Medical Aasociaton
Washington
Roanoke Railroad Shops Close For Week
Roanoke Virginia Roanoke shops of the Norfolk and Western Railway shut down for a week affecting about 1100 workers idle. The same item notes Crescent Window Glass Company rejecting the flat wage scale and ordering the works to be closed until September 1.
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Roanoke
Norfolk and Western Rat Way
Weston
W Va
Crescent Window Glass Company
Stockholders Fight Suit Over Exposition Debts
In Norfolk Virginia January the Jamestown Exposition common stockholders sue to resist a Federal action for delinquent stock subscriptions. They argue the prospectus promised only 2 percent would be called and used for the expo site. They claim they cannot be sued until exposition assets and future land sale proceeds are applied to debts and the preferred stock.
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Norfolk
Loudoun Hunt Club Sets Fifteenth Record Brush
The Loudoun Hunt Club under Master Harry W Smith held a meet at Gruore Creek Bridges Leesburg VA with full attendance. The pack found scent within a hundred yards and coursed over fields and jumps for five miles before finishing at an Upper cotton farm. The brush marks the fifteenth for the season and a new Northern Virginia record.
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Washington Post
Leesburg
Loudoun
Virginia
City Must Show Cause On Jail Improvement Plea
In Alexandria city court Judge Lewi C Barley will hear the rule to show cause why the city jail should not be improved or rebuilt. The city plans to argue budget needs for a new school building and seek indulgence from the court. The matter was set after a council resolution authorized Mayor Patt to answer for the city.
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Ashington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
Alexandria Corporation Court
Lewi C Barley
Patt
Coronation
S P Fisher
Mnners
Virginia Weddings Chronicle Multiple Local May-December Nuptials
Virginia wedding notices list several couples married across cities including Richmond Heathsville Luray Warrenton and Fredericksburg. The parlor rites at Grace Street Church Miss Blanche Erma Hillott and William Anderson Johnson. Miss Minnie M Woltz and William Cocke. Miss Minnie M Kelly and Lenny Otto Hope. Miss Florenca Hastings and James Ro Morris. Miss Edna D Fairbank and Galmay Toward. Miss Mary Pleason Howser and John Alexander Hope are among ceremonies.
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Richmond
Blanche Erma Lkott
Wiliam Anderson Johnson
M D Ramsey
Grace Street
Hillott
Mary Eizabeth Elliott
Emanuel Episcopal Church
Elenrico County
Minneal
M. Woltz
Cot
Evelyn Hariiwen Woltz
Wiliam Cocke
Bon Air
Rochville
Ernest L Woolfe
Southern Methodist Church
Heatheville
Eow Pucher
Philadelphia
Otis Dawson
Northumherland County
Phiadelphia
Heathsville Luray
Blue Ridge
Grover Altier
Ethel Gant
Norfolk and Western
Hagerstown
Denton Gans
Reppahannock County
Mary Hudson
Johm Mason Pates
Fannie Fitzabet Surle
Stafford County
R. Aubrey Williame
Leesbure
Mary Pleas
Howser
John R’ Howser
Near Leesburg
Marria
John Alexander Hope
Waterford
John Kuhtran
Reisterstown
Sarah Howser
Charles Hope
Obituary notices from Hagerstown and North East
Mrs Rebecca Wechlider widow of Alexander E Lechlider dies in Hagerstown at home of her daughter aged 73 a longtime church and Sunday school worker. George M Ford veteran navy officer and former first lieutenant on the gunboat Mohegan dies aged 70 who served near Roanoke Island and Cape Fear rivers and aided operations that led to the destruction of the ironclad Albemarle.
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Hagerstown
Rebecca Wechlider
Alexander E Lechlider
George Mantz
North East
George M Ford
Mohegan
Roanoke Island
Cape Fear
Cushing
Albemarle
Virginia briefs describe Mayo bridge project and crime notes
Richmond and Manchester will connect at the Mayo bridge site with a $150 900 reinforced concrete steel structure. Louis Rogers, a bagg ag e thief linked to Tulrodds terror, was captured. Ian Albmond among others sentenced to prison. J B Crowell, 67, found dead near Norfolk and Western tracks from possible exposure. Daughters of the Confederacy in Fredericksburg elect officers. Lewis F Rillen of Winchester facing creditor assignment. National Exchange Bank directors meet Roanoke with staff changes.
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Richmond
Manchester
Mayo Bridge
Louis Rogers
Ian Albmond
Guy Swansor
J B Crowell
Waverls Passex County
Norfolk and Western Tracks
Virginia Obituary Front Royal and Winchester Notices
Obituary notices report Mrs Julia Irwin widow of Marcus Irwin age 63 in Front Royal after one week of illness, survived by three daughters and one son. Also James H Owens aged 66 died at his Ridgeway home, native of Iowa, Civil War veteran, survived by widow, five sons and eight grandchildren. Lewly C Kibler of Page county died at Kimball four miles north, age unspecified, state of senile infirmities. James Cornwell who lived on the Lord Fairfax estate died at Greenway aged near 70, survived by widow, four sons and three daughters. Supreme Court of Appeals dispatches proceedings with multiple cases listed for later calls.
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Front Royal
Julia Irwin
Marcus Irwin
Fayette Buck
Winchester
James H Owens
Ridgeway
Iowa
Catalrn
Lewly C Kibler
Page County
Kimball
James Cornwell
Lord Fairfax
Greenway
Hartley
Calvin P. Gish Dies By Own Action In Roanoke VA
Calvin P. Gish, treasurer of Tsion Printing and Manufacturing, shot himself after dinner in Roanoke. He was found by his sister and died from a self inflicted wound. Survived by his wife and one child. Former Norfolk and Western passenger service employee, long noted for a fall injury that left lasting effects.
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Washington
Roanoke
Calvin P Gish
Tsion Printing and Manufacturing Company
Hima
Pista
Gish
Ana
Ename
Jacob R S Gish
Ty High
Norfolk and Western
Railroad Convicted in Safety Appliances Case
In Parkersburg West Virginia on January 2 the United States circuit court returned a verdict finding the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad guilty on four counts and not guilty on one count of violating the safety appliances law. The case was prosecuted by the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Spemal
Washington
Parkersburg
United States
Baltimore and Ohio
Interstate Commerce Commission
Norfolk receivership claims approved in Seaboard Air Line case
Special master in Norfolk Virginia hearings fixes March 8 in Richmond for debt claims regarding the Seaboard Air Line Railway receivership, approving privileged claims totaling between 200 and 8.2 million dollars. Also noted is a portrait unveiling in Annapolis and a statehouse event with Gov Crothers and Cardinal Gibbons.
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Norfolk
Hughes
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Richmond
Washimptons on Rockville Md Urge State Local Option
The Montgomery County Anti-Saloon League met at a Presbyterian Church and adopted a resolution to obligate league members to oppose any candidate for the general assembly who does not pledge to support local option. A second resolution urged Maryland’s congressional delegation to back federal measures to regulate interstate liquor commerce and to limit government premises sales and prohibit tax receipts in prohibition territories.
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Washimptons
Rockville
Montgomery County Antissloan League
Presbyterian Church
League
General Assembly
Atea
Maryland
Congress
Renew Two Cent Rate Fight In Supreme Court Of Appeals
Motion for a hearing in the two cent railway rate case was filed in the Supreme Court of Appeals. The action follows a U S ruling that railroads must seek state court relief before federal court action. The article notes the case involves the corporate commission rate and is reported from Washington by a staff correspondent. Royas Md Jane David Rinehart, aged 8, died at his sister’s home in Washington. He was a West Virginia native who moved to live with Col James A Boyd and helped on the B and O cutoff project. He was survived by five sisters. Despondent farmer Hoyd T Kilmer, 32, killed himself near Martinsburg, after business reverses. He left a widow and three children.
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Richmond
Supreme Court of Appeals
Supreme Court of the United States
State Supreme Court
Corporatieommission
Royas Md
Jane
David Rinehart
Sara HB Bod
West Virginia
James A Boyd
Washington
Washington Fost
Martinsburg
W Va
Hoyd T Kilmer
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Lewis F Rllen
Nationa Exchange Bank
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Virginia Cedar Works
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Keeler
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Portsmouth Cotton Oil Refining Corporation
Phillips
Southern Railway
Va. Roach
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James R Randall
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