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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1909
Page
35
An adult Crescent City resident recalls a tense funeral for Mrs Sayler as a feared mob gathered at the grave. Speakers urged patience and that justice should be served through law, while bystanders watched and mourned.
Disjointed notes reveal Mrs Miller forgave her husband, while Dr Miller urges her to join him. Sayler accused of visiting Crescent City hotel, with family present. Mrs Jenkins recalls Sayler’s hotel visit and looming plans, ambiguity over papers and possible motives emerge.
In a tense proceeding in Alexandria Virginia, the defense's witnesses argued their cases while the defendant seeks a new relator. Judge Tom Barks presided as attorneys prepared for an appeal, detailing testimony from multiple parties and discussing the record for review.
Virginia mourns John Goode the senior Virginia statesman and last Confederate Congress member dying at St Vincent's Hospital aged eighty. He led a storied career from the Virginia House to Congress and served as a key advocate for Yorktown monuments and Confederate commemoration.
The Texas National Bank filed suit in Durham against Bradia Duke for four thousand dollars on a note allegedly signed by Duke. Duke admits the signature but cites his mental state at the time as a defense, noting he relied on newspaper reports. Miss Jennie Moody, a prominent Dinamade county resident, died after eight weeks of illness following a past runaway injury.
Bristol drys face a mass meeting to decide whether to contest last weeks local election victory. The executive committee of the local temperance organization met all day in conference to weigh the implications and advise on a possible challenge.
Special to The Washington Post Raleigh July 4 Walter Morrison colored who told Polly Rogers that her husband was dead in the road and Shenake went to she assaulted her was sentenced to be the first man to suffer the electric chair in North Carolina a new form of capital punishment to be initiated in Raleigh.
Special to The Washington Post from Asheville describes Deputy Lee and colleagues inspired by a fortune teller connected to a vague village company witch. They test her prophecies and arrest Ed Davenport a year after he allegedly murdered Brown Twitty. The seeress claims Davenport would be found at Ida Cromwell’s house near Buena Vista.
The Washington Pose reports Tucker, a Democratic governor hopeful, denying he sought a judgeship under the prior administration. He says friends proposed his name via Guy Jones of Alabama, a Confederate veteran, and notes Maryland Supreme Court Democrats urged the President to appoint him.
A daughter of William Loomis elopes with B Mieant, married soon after, then vanishes with the child’s father. They left for unknown parts, reached the area late, after the quest ended. An earlier elopement attempt was thwarted by the father’s guardians.
Reports from Durham, Charlotte, and Raleigh cover pensions rising for soldiers and widows, a dramatic lodge growth led by the Masons, a hospital inspection praising conditions, a doctor’s son dead after illness, a lineman killed by a live wire, a court sentencing for attempted assault on a federal employee’s daughter, and a toddler death from sealing wax in Parkersburg as the region reports varied incidents of state life.
A dramatic trial ends with the acquittal of a fifteen year old girl described as a maid who faced betrayal by a man who promised marriage but killed a bystander. The verdict moves jurors and witnesses, underscoring the emotional testimony surrounding the case.
Norfolk and vicinity report pleas of guilty for violating shop laws involving H E Boykin and Daugherty with fines and coats. A decomposed unknown man’s body found near the Richmond House, Ocean View, under coroner investigation. Elizabeth Mullens is acquitted in a sensational manslaughter case after testimony about a broken engagement. Captain appointments approved for police, including Walter Green and Norman Montgomery, amid a court-backed reshuffle and a stormy day with thunder squalls and fires near steamships.
The twenty fifth annual Virginia Press Association convention at Alum Springs was called to order at noon by Vice President Alfred B Williams. Officers were elected including president Alfred B Williams Richmond News Leader and secretary J Hart Hart of Farmsalieys Herald with a slate of district and regional appointees. Delegates to the National Editorial Association for 1910 named Addison, Kennedy, Walton, Green, and De Quimby. The program planned for tomorrow features a drive through Goshen Pass to Rockbridge Bath at a distance of 15 miles.
A fragmented Virginia briefing notes a young unknown body found beside the Norfolk and Western tracks near Roanoke with no identification. Also covered are Roanoke political tickets, Virginia Polytechnic Institute board actions, a man’s suicide attempt memory, railway casualty claims, and a Fredericksburg–Stafford county telephone line project.
Special to are synshinal Norfolk Fort Richmond Va judge Pritch ard In the United States Court of Appeals today rendered an opinion upholding railroads are responsible for the actions of their employees in cattle shipment violations. The Norfolk case grew from three calves shipped from Avlander NC to Robbins in Norfolk in April 197. The calf owners alleged the animals were confined over 75 hours without food or drink and that a train conductor was dismissed after the complaint.
The Sassal under the banmier, Wadeboro, was ordered by the Federal Court to sell the power plant property. HO Thomas, representing stockholders, was the sole bidder at 1000 and the Morgan Smith Company held a $3000 machinery lien. Development has cost over twice the bid, with half the amount needed to complete the project for 20060 horsepower.
Jonesile and Noten judge William Hodges Mann Democratic candidate for governor said no statement has been prepared ahead of publication of the Mahone letters. The Wael Ington Post notes arrival tonight from Jonesile and Noten with no immediate press statement available tomorrow.
Roanoke Republicans instructed delegates to back ex legislator ROA Angell at the Newport News convention. Roanoke has twelve votes and Angell formerly represented Tomoke in the Virginia legislature.
Orndorff was killed by a freight train near Lay s 10 miles south of Cumberland. The engineer said he leapt onto the bank as the train neared and threw himself under its wheels. A brother runs a restaurant at Elking W Va and another at Hazelwood W Va. Marton, 13, son of the late Dr H B Miteheil of Cumberland, is missing after a railway crossing tragedy tied to an earlier misadventure. Baltimore and Washington police asked to search for him. Arnett of Fairmont, who challenged and broke his mother s will over a 40000 bequest to the poor and temperance, has been missing for two months. His mother left 10900 to the First Baptist Church of Fairmont. Arnett did not contest that portion.
In Cabin Creek and surrounding districts in Charleston, mine and operator clashes continued with police and company officials clashing over ejectments and worker protests. The state wrapped up its case against a murder suspect linked to Clendenin police chief Hersh, while a defendant admitted cutting a man from a crowd amid chaotic scenes. Separate reports note Swiss resident Henry Greuthart's survival of a paralyzing illness, industrial plans by Wheeling Steel to restart plants, and new energy ventures forming hydroelectric projects in eastern West Virginia.
Virginia weddings report Mary James Teehanan Ash of Stafford County wed James Ast of Stafford this afternoon at the Essex Street parsonage. The ceremony united the families amid local notices and city events including a July 14 listing for Warne and Light and Power extending lines toward Pen Mer park, reflecting community growth.
Fragmented obituary style notes describe nurses and maids stricken after working at a can factory. The piece references doctors, hospital care, and disease, detailing efforts to save lives and the grim toll on workers. It hints at a transfusor of blood and a hospital setting with mentions of nurses, doctors, and a broader outbreak context.
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