Army General Staff Receives $98 Million Allocation
The unitary appropriation bill for the fiscal year 1910, ordered reported by the House Military Affairs Committee, provides for a general staff corps with one chief and six general officers plus four colonels, six lieutenant colonels, six majors, all detached from the army at large. The bill details four-year term appointments, emergency placement rules, and a pay and clothing allowance raise, with substantial overall spending for the military establishment.
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Committee On Military Affairs
Bey
Western Maryland Bond Situation and Bank Loan Details
Fragmentary report notes Western Maryland bonds tied to See York gin and Deutsche Rolin debt. Blair & Blair city bonds held for a loan, bidded by Foootor TEC, with about $400,000 remaining to cover the bank. Details unclear due to damaged text.
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York
Maryland
Recetvesoeape
Cieanreat
Western Mary
Blair & Thas City
Wwe Wueral
West Mar
Cloudburst in Philippines Triggers Widespread Disruption
Reports describe a severe cloudburst in the Philippines causing flooding and travel bans across major routes. Officials say emergency services responded as residences were inundated and power outages reported in several provinces.
Niagara Waters Lower? Partial OCR Claim on Jan 9
The Inter national water commission report notes a property survey near Niagara Falls on the American side. It cites two plant installations near the Ontario border and mentions a narrow flood risk area. The document outlines limited waterway measurements and cross-border drainage implications.
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Wilerwiss
Lhey Towers
Lund
Ontario
Boogwart
Mors Wouter
Andren
Harmon to Stay Receiver in Dayton Case
A court proceeding seeks to appoint a receiver in Hamilton and Dayton matter. Judge Minto weighs urgent actions to maintain control until a formal designation is made. The record notes connections to Lord Minto's daughter and a marriage in recent society circles.
Customs case sets date for retrial of Suruard DIT Company claim
The United States District Court in Akersen fixed February 23 for the retrial of a case involving Suruard DIT Company. A prior ruling fined $2,920,000, and the appellate court remanded for reexamination and further proceedings.
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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 quick and safe solution
An advertisement claims a non climatic home treatment using ascateo, a pharmaceutical formula, can cure stubborn asthma in four to five weeks without leaving work. It recounts the Austrian Laboratory’s distribution and cites varied regional notices, followed by a Virginia interracial marriage case with prison terms and a potential pardon.
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Ascatco
Ascateo
West 2Th Street
New York City
Washington
Richmond
Virginia
Marcus Lindsay
Marcus
Sophy Jones
Court Declares Him White by Blood Under Law
A court adjudges a man to possess sufficient white blood to be legally considered white, despite associations with Negroes from infancy. The judge orders severe measures and promises intercession.
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Fromisea
Secretary Root To Retire After Canada Talks
A special State Department meeting heard Secretary Root bid farewell as head of the department. Latin American envoys praised his service and the harmony among republics. He plans to resign after a conference with Canadian representatives in Washington.
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State Department
Nabuco Speaks
Governs Donra
International Bureau of Amaghan
Department of State
Washington
Senetary
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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 at senate
In North Carolina the Senate and House met amid heated discussion. The session saw Lee S Overman elected United States senator by 127 votes to 4 for Spencer B Adams. Bills included tightening medical and optician licensing, and a contested divorce law amendment to grant decrees after a separation of ten years if children are over three. A 60-day session was debated but rejected. A Worth appeal, Robeson county county split, and Australian Torrens title registration bill were noted.
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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-Crazed Mother Sets Clothes Ablaze Near Boonsboro
A grief-stricken Maryland mother Elizabeth Hutzell, wife of Hiram Hutzell, killed herself by saturating clothes with kerosene and lighting them at the Grose home on South Mountain near Renos Monument. Earlier ten days prior she attempted suicide by ingesting laudanum. Fire destroyed her clothing as she collapsed. her husband found her body with flesh dropping from the burns.
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Hutzell
Maryland Weddings in Hagerstown and Nearby Areas
In Hagerstown on January 30 Miss Alice Kreitz, daughter of Conrad Kreitz, wed Maurice Benedict Knott of Mount St Marys Frederic county at St Wars a Catholic Church with Rev Sevuastan Rubbla officiating. Ma gaha served as matron of honor and Magnus T Davies as best man from Cumberland. On January 20 Alexander A Adams, a member of Allogany county school board, married Elizabeth Withers at Lic New Senate Hotel in Johnstown, Pa. Elizabeth is the former Cumberland resident, daughter of the late Mayor Woltlanms A Withers. William Till, Hynd min Brick Works president, and Mrs Bessie Brant wed shortly after midnight at the bride’s home, with Rev A J Spielman officiating.
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Hagerstown
Alice Cesilly Eretz
Conrad Kreitz
Maurice Benedict Knott
Mount St Marys
Frederick
St Wars
West Virginia fires and county updates from 1920s paper
In Richwood Presbyterin Church West Virginia a recent blaze destroyed a structure with uncertain origin. The fire caused losses after remodeling and insurers will not cover, with suspicions of incendiaries alike raiding. Allegany county plans work on a Potomac crossing bridge at Wiley Ford. Miners county pledges 10000, West Virginia offered 35000 but only 10000 contributed so far, halting progress. Levels Produce Company receiver appointed at Levels Hampshire county. Seven Cook Hospital trainees graduate in Montgome ry area including Mary Desales Hager and Stella Lavelle Shimp. Washington health bureau discussed at Rockville meeting. Montgomery County Medical Association backs national health bureau to combat disease.
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Richwood
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
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Stella Lavelle Shimp
Mary Virginia Ivans
National Health Bureau
Washington Pos
Rockville
Montgomery County Medical Aasociaton
Washington
Roanoke Rail Shops Close For Week in Laying Off Workers
Roanoke Virginia Roanoke shops of the Norfolk and Western Railway shut down for a week with about 1100 men idle. The temporary layoff affects car building and related force. The move comes as funding and wage scale issues loom, with no immediate restaffing plans.
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Roanoke
Norfolk and Western Rat Way
Stockholders Fight Suit Over Exposition Debts
Norfolk, Va Jan The Jamestown Exposition common stockholders oppose a Federal suit for delinquent stock subscriptions claiming the prospectus limited callable shares to 2 percent for the exposition site while 72 percent would not be demanded except to cover debts and secure preferred stock They argue they cannot be sued until all exposition assets including proceeds from a future land sale are applied to outstanding obligations.
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Norfolk
Loudoun Hunt Club Sets Fifteenth Record of Season
Leesburg Va January 20 Loudoun Hunt Club under Master Harry W Smith met on Gruore Creek Bridges as hounds cast for the chase The pack found scent within a hundred yards and followed across fields and jumps with the field riding strong for five miles before thinning and finishing on an Upper Cotton farm The brush marks the fifteenth win of the season and a regional record for Northern Virginia.
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Washington Post
Leesburg
Loudoun
Virginia
City Must Show Cause In Jail Improvement Case
In Alexandria city court Judge Lewi C Barley will hear the rule requiring the city to show cause why the jail should not be improved or rebuilt The city will likely admit antiquation but cite large school building needs to gain court leniency Attorney Fisher and Mayor Patt to present the city’s answer plus a joint push for school funding.
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King Street
Alexandria
Alexandria Corporation Court
Lewi C Barley
Patt
Coronation
S P Fisher
Mnners
Virginia Weddings Chronicle Multiple Local Marriages
Richmond and surrounding areas report a string of weddings including Blanche Erma Ikkott and William Anderson Johnson at Grace Street Church, Minneal M Woltz and William Cocke in Bon Air, and Minnie M Kelly and Lenny Otto Hope in Roanoke. Other ceremonies occur across Heathsville Luray Warrenton Fredericksburg Leesburg and nearby towns with officiants from First Presbyterian and Methodist churches, noting brides as daughters of local families and grooms from Clover and Chicago.
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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
Maryland Obituary: Rebecca Wechlider Lechlider Dies in Hagerstown
Mrs Rebecca Wechlider widow of Alexander E Lechlider a leading Hagerstown businessman and church worker died of paralysis today at her daughter Mrs George Mantz home aged 13 The obituary notes her civic and religious roles in Hagerstown and a long church service.
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Rebecca Wechlider
Alexander E Lechlider
George Mantz
North East
George M Ford
Mohegan
Roanoke Island
Cape Fear
Cushing
Albemarle
Virginia briefs touch Mayo bridge plans and local crimes
Richmond and Manchester plan a reinforced concrete Mayo bridge at cost 150 900 with 40 foot wide roadway and two foot sidewalks. Louis Rogers, jailed for baggage thefts, faces penitentiary. J B Crowell found dead near Norfolk and Western tracks, cause exposure. Daughters of the Confederacy elect officers at Fredericksburg meeting. Lewis F Rillen assigns Winchester furniture business to creditors. Roanoke National Exchange Bank directors meet. B B Spencer named cashier and auditor.
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Manchester
Mayo Bridge
Nationa Exchange Bank
Roan
Oke
B Spencer
E ‘Woo Tinsley
Spencer
Obituaries and court notes from Front Royal Virginia items
Virginia obituaries report Mrs Julia Irwin aged 63 widow of Marcus Irwin and daughter Fayette Buck dying after a weeklong illness. Winchester notes James H Owens, 66, a former Iowa farmer and Civil War veteran, dies. survived by widow, eight grandchildren. Lewly C Kibler of Page County dies at Kimball Four miles north. large family survives. James Cornwell, long associated with Lord Fairfax estate, dies at Greenway aged seventy. Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals proceedings listed with multiple cases advancing to next docket, including Colby Reams motion and several others in error or continued.
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Marcus Irwin
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Winchester
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Ridgeway
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Catalrn
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Page County
Kimball
James Cornwell
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Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
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Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia
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Virginia Cedar Works
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Keeler
Owens
Norfolk and Portsmouth Traction Company
Portsmouth Cotton OM Refining Corporation
Oliver
Oliver Retains Company
Portsmouth Cotton Oil Refining Corporation
Phillips
Calvin P. Gish Ends Life in Roanoke Shooting
Calvin P. Gish treasurer of Tsion Printing and Manufacturing Company died by his own hand in Washington Far Roanoke Virginia after dining. He was found by his sister and reported to authorities. A brother of Alderman O H Gish and Jacob R S Gish, he survived by his wife and one child. Once with Norfolk and Western passenger service, he suffered a train fall injury years earlier and had since shown odd behavior.
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Tsion Printing and Manufacturing Company
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Ename
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Ty High
Norfolk and Western
Royas Md
Jane
David Rinehart
Sara HB Bod
West Virginia
James A Boyd
Railroad Convicted in Safety Appliances Case at B&O Trial
In Washington a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad trial ended with a jury finding the railroad guilty on four counts and not guilty on one. The charges, a violation of the safety-appliances law, were prosecuted by the Interstate Commerce Commission in the U S circuit court in Parkersburg West Virginia.
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Washington
Parkersburg
United States
Baltimore and Ohio
Interstate Commerce Commission
Norfolk Va hearing on claims in Seaboard Air Line receivership
In Norfolk Virginia a special master approved privileged claims in the Seaboard Air Line Railway receivership, estimating totals between 200 and 8.2 million dollars. A March 8 hearing date was set in Richmond to resolve questions on these claims. Nearby in Annapolis, Maryland a portrait unveiling for James R Randall will occur January 23 in the old senate chamber with Governor Crothers delivering an address and Cardinal Gibbons giving a prayer.
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Hughes
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Richmond
Sperfar
Apnapolis
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Maryland
Senate
Crothers
Cardinal Gibbons
Washimptons on Rockville Md Jan 206 State Local Option
The Montgomery County Antissloan League met in Presbyterian Church and adopted a resolution to require all candidates for the general assembly to pled ge to vote for local option. It also urged Maryland's Congressional delegation to push measures regulating interstate commerce in intoxicating liquors and preventing sale on government premises, and opposed IRS tax receipts in prohibition territories.
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Rockville
Montgomery County Antissloan League
Presbyterian Church
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Congress
Renew two cent rate fight heads to Supreme Court hearing
Supreme Court of Appeals considers a motion today to hear the two cent rate case, following the U S Supreme Court ruling that railroads must seek relief in state courts first. The proceeding, held in Richmond on January 20, reflects the ongoing railroad rate dispute.
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Supreme Court of Appeals
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