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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Jan 24, 1908

Page

29

Thurman Must Hang Comrades In Marine Corps Case

Virginia Supreme Court and the Virginia Corporation Commission face a clash over traffic regulation voidness cited against Commerce Clause. The case involves Thurman and Dolgen, former Marines, convicted in Norfolk for murder, with Thurman extradited from Vancouver and brought to Virginia for trial. Details cover reversals, extraneous opinions, and multiple court movements across Wythe and Warren counties as appeals proceed.

Virginia Corporation Commission Southern Railway W Ricamond Lea C. Thurman West Point Walter P. Doisen Michigan Teelay Spreme Court Virginia Thurman Dolgen United States Marine Corps Antvicely Teeny Bee Sathern Hahway Ute Corporation Commission Aergvant Corporation Okebure Ein Wweeth Avait Court of Acca Soman Tnitaay Company Takote Stro Court Warren County Steeretwnets Sreule Milan & Whiter Seomeawclt Tie Ree ' Scurat Leef al Smith Ab Four Renmond Ronanicatls Wythe County Corporation Court

Priest Attacks League In Maryland Letter to Superintendent

A Catholic priest Rev. Fleury from Hancock, Maryland, is cited writing a violent letter to Mr. Henderson, superintendent of mercy and Anti-Saloon League. He condemns temperance rhetoric and warns that drunken pleas will drive people to hell. The missive references Gospel virtue and Christian temperance as a counter to reform movements.

Washington Fem Maryland Fleury S. Naval Hancock Ater County Jan Sp Wi Narvinigs Uderson Merv Salvon Leigne Ree Ager Anterein Varias Reagan Chris Antty Manis

Stars Near Hancock Robbed An Ps L Jan 2

Fragmentary OCR reports a robbery near Hancock with unclear details. Names and specific facts are unreadable but indicate a crime event affecting a location involved with merchants and a general context. Further reading needed for precise entities and outcome.

Car Fatality in Parkersburg Involves Traveling Salesman

A traveling salesman from Arlington, Lt, was fatally struck in Parkersburg by an engine, while stepping in front of a switch. The victim identified as Thos Wachington Peat from Markershueg, W.Va, with the date noted in January. Official reports describe a fatal incident at the railroad crossing with the interlocking switch.

Parkersburg Wachington Peat Markershueg W.va Mevaffeey Arlington

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad cuts salaries in 1905

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company announces a 10 percent pay reduction for officers and employees earning over 166 per month, and a 150 dollar cap for those earning 150 or less, effective February 1. No change for many clerks earning 150 or less, but further economy measures may revise rates for all other staff. The action stems from decreased railroad earnings and reflects a return to 1905 salary levels.

Baltimore Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company Tonight

Contractors Fined for Eight-Hour Law Breach at Dam No 13

Special to The Washington Post reports in Parkersburg W V on January 2 that the Terbach May Contract Company and the Sheridan Kirk Contract Company, both hired for government work at Dam No 13 MeeMehen Ohio River, pleaded guilty in federal court to eight hour law violations. Judge Dayton fined each firm $15 and costs and warned against repetition.

Washington Post Parkersburg W. Va Theterbach-May Bheridan Kirk Dam No. 13 MeeMehen Ohio River Dayton

Gas Company Manager Belford Kills Himself After Receivers Appointed

W. C. Belford, manager of the Hampton and Phoebus Gas Company, died by his own action after receivers were appointed to the ailing firm. A scrap reading It is the old story all my troubles are due to the curse of drink was found in his pocket. He was found in the office with gas pouring from a tubing near his head. Receivers Walter Whetstone and S. J. Dudley had just taken charge. Belford left a note and is survived by a widow and sister.

Washington W. C. Belford Hampton and Phoebus Gas Company Hampton Compan Belford al Duster East End

Hypnotized by Accident in Bristol Street Episode

Charles Estep, age twenty, wandered streets of Bristol in a hypnotic trance imagining himself in various poses. He tumbled down stairs, struck a telephone pole, and was injured. An expert ended the magnetic state. Yancey Wilson claimed no real hypnotic powers and said he was only pretending.

Bristol Va Charles Estep Bristol Esteps Yancey Wilson Wison Estey Wilson Estep

Wife Finds New Clue In Maryland Disappearance

Mrs. Martin Kinsell of Bignol, missing husband since December 1908, obtained a search warrant in Hagerstown to inspect a Big Pool resident's premises. An intoxicated man reportedly spoke of the case as Deputy Sheriff Long led a search with several citizens, noting Kinsell carried a large sum of money when last seen.

Sperial Washington Rose Hagerstown Martin Kinsell Bignol Big Pool Kinsell Sherit Long Blg Pool Will Fellow

Middies Face Pinkeye Outbreak At Annapolis

An outbreak of pink eye has spread among midshipmen at Annapolis with about seventy five cases in the past week. The illness is not overly serious but could cause eye trouble if untreated and spreads rapidly. The Washington Post reported the tally from the Annapolis sick quarters.

The Washington Post Annapolis

Virginia Weddings: Knight and Mortis Tie the Knot

In Driver Virginia Mrs Farah Knight of Nansemond County and John Artisan Mortis of Norfolk wed this afternoon. Sallie Bessie Antown, daughter of Galadha B Andrews, and Crowley Duck, a merchant, married today at Sometton Ve Woosetork. A double wedding at the Karo home near this place saw Marie Katherine Mins wed to Willan P Ice while Bila Elmore Kern tied with Samuel D Epard.

Suffolk Farah Knight Nansewind John Artisan Mortis Norfolk Driver Mise Sallie Bessie Antiown Galadha B. Andrews Crowley Duck Day Sometton Woosetork James L. Karo Weveral Mins Marie Katherine Willan P.ice Meetcetss Wyo Bila Elmore Kern Isaac Kern Samuel D. Epard Woodstack

Gypsy Girl at Center of Family Duel in Court

A Cuban gypsy beauty Maria Alvarez Marino detained in Alexandria faces a sensational custody battle in Council Bluffs Iowa where her father in law and her father lead rival bands over possession. The case, hinging on marriage funds and tribal ties, could decide her fate with her husband of three months.

Alexandria Council Bluffa Washington Post Bureau King Street Cuba Golden Gate Brazil Maria Alvarez Marino Lucien Marino Council Binsis Iowa Council Bluffs Marino Maria Marino John Mitchell Queles Marie St. Louis Maria

Father John's Medicine Fifty Years of Noted Cure

The Reverend Father John O'Brien of Lowell Mississippi promotes a prescription he named Father John's Medicine after using it to regain health. Marketed as pure and wholesome not a patent remedy it claims to strengthen the body and treat colds throat and lung troubles for fifty years.

John O'Brien Lowell Miss Father John

Irish Lace for Miss Vanderbilt Preparatory to Wedding

Preparations proceed for the Vanderbilt nuptials with a rehearsal at the mansion in New York. Miss Gladys Vanderbilt and Count Laszlo Szechenyi of Austria are joined by the bridal party and church choirs as the ceremony plans unfold under Mgr. Lavelle and Rev. Byrne.

New York Gladys Vanderbilt Count Laszlo Szechenyi Austria West Vanderbilt Mansion Count Szechenyi St. Patrick’s Cathedral Eir Szechenyi Rehentgal Ornellna Vanderbilt Henry ’Pryne Whitney Mgr. Lavelle St. Patrick's Cathedral Rev. Byrne St. Patrick’s

Social Gossip and Society Weddings in New York and London

Jewel daggers for social wear draw notice as era fashion. Vanderbilt wedding plans bring detectives and guarded venues, with Misses Ruth Twombley and Dorothy Wittney set as bridesmaids. Philadelphia charity ball dazzles. London dress exhibit anticipation and court life feature riding gowns and Spanish court games. Queen Alexandra admires paste rubies as a royal trendsetter. Miss Ledyard undergoes appendicitis operation with a successful recovery.

Grape-Nuts Claim Vital Phosphates Boost Energy

Grain foods supply the vital principle in higher proportion than others. Grape-Nuts, made from wheat and barley, contains the vital phosphates nature places in grains and is prepared for quick absorption into energy. To store up vitality for success, include Grape-Nuts regularly. Read The Road to Wellville.

Wellville

Old mansions amid shops on Fifth Avenue market

The old Gould residence and neighboring Gardiner and Roosevelt mansions are being marketed for commercial use. Miss Gould will see her property ringed by shops as the dwelling is altered and leased, signaling the end of the long-unused family mansion. Mrs Cobden-Sanderson, returning from the United States, says suffrage progress in America stalled by wealthy women who seek to limit voting to citizens born in the U S. She condemns chivalrous men who shield suffrage from exposure and urges action.

Pnila Delphia Society Academy of Music Thas Philadelphia Robert Coleman Drayton Revert Coleman Drayton Charles C. Harrison Charles B. Wright Charles E. Ingersoll Robert le Conte Alexander van Rensselaer Katherine Hutchinson Horace Binney Alexandra Europe Mitathon Gema Rexburghe Miss May Goelet New York Gardiner Roosevelt Gould Fifth Avenue Miss Gould

Drexel Debutante Nod At East Side Dance

Special to the Washington Post from New York January 2 describes Mr and Mrs John R Drexel hosting a dance tonight for his debutante nieces Margaretta Drexel Mary Astor Paul and Frances Feil. Numerous young ladies and gentlemen attended the cotillion and the favors were noted as pretty and novel with a seventy cover supper preceding the dance.

Washington’ Post New York Jonn R. Drexel Hast Sixty-second Street Mr. Drexel Margaretta‘ Drexel Mary Astor Paul Frances Feil Irene Sherman Margaret Steward Eleanor Mortimer Dorothy Tuckerman Ellen Rogers Anne Dillon Ripley Elizabeth Cutting Margaret Dix Pauline French Gwendolyn Barden Mabel Gerry Evelyn Marshall Emily Welles Moncure Robinson Craig Wadsworth

Pew bought at St John’s Church sale in New York

The right to occupy a church pew at St John’s Church sold for 2850 dollars by the executors of the late Senator Louis E McComay estate. The auction at CG Sloan & Co crowded at noon but the private sale left the purchaser’s identity undisclosed until services. Hood’s Sarsaparilla advertises as a tonic for blood diseases and scrofula.

Alexandria Michael Germann Immanuel Lutheran Church I. J. May Louis Shuman W. S. Wellman Fred Didszonekt Louis Olmar Robert Wenzel Edward Gummer Washington Patrick Ganavan St. Mary's Catholile Church Father Kelley Ft Mary's Ancient Order of Hibernians John McKenna M. Downey J. J. Harratty Stephen McCauley J. J. Kelley F. X. Denid James Rache St. John's Cherch

Rail rate hearing ends as Coast Line calls proposed rates confiscatory

Special to The Raleigh N C reports the Nortralina Anti Ban* League bill prohibiting manufacture and sale of intoxicants passed both legislative branches. US law bans spirituous and other intoxicants with limited medical prescriptions. Drugstores must keep sales records and delivery is sale. The act would take effect next January if August voters approve. The Atlantic Coast Line warns the proposed railroad rates are confiscatory and will seek relief without further litigation.

Raleigh, N Nortralina Anti-Balcon League Warren G. Hiblott Atlantic Coast Line Igny Teasons Kingtun Pas

Conductor Killed in Bristol Yard Accident

Bristol Virginia January 22 Nathaniel Richards a 45 year old conductor in the railway yards was run down and killed by an engine this morning in Bristol.

Bristol Nathaniel Richards

Cures Colds Quickly With Home Formula From Pine Oil

A home remedy claims to cure colds and coughs within twenty four hours using two ounces glycerine one half ounce Concentrated oil of pine one half pint good whiskey mixed and taken as a teaspoon to tablespoon every four hours. The article warns to use only Concentrated oil of pine sold for medicinal use and avoid bulk oils and imitations due to impurities and kidney risk.

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