Indictments Grow as Rail Rate Case Faces Courts
Former Gov Aycock and Speaker Justice are named to aid in challenging railroad rate law enforcement. The grand jury returns additional indictments as the state presses its case against railroads for alleged rate violations, with key figures Meant to assist in the injunction fight and prosecutions.
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North Carolina
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Morris
Raniah
Misunderstanding of orders caused fatal rail wreck
Special to The Wasi Globe Post from Bristol Virginia reports a Southern Railway collision near John City Tean after operator Craig Craig misread two orders and sent a switch engine into the block while the fast train was late by about an hour. Eight killed, nine injured, including engineers Bush and Bryson, with two more fatalities expected.
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Arrest in Geiger Case Echoes Through Local Court
Fragmentary OCR text mentions names Foner Mt Jerome Geiger case details with scattered references to a court appearance. The garbled lines show an arrest context, possible witnesses or defendants, and notes about a book or file from the court, with little clear action or outcome.
Woman Shot in the Head in Forest Fight District
A woman was shot in the head during a disturbance in an unnamed district as Jem Walker and another man fired near aTender on district Pon. A passerby pursued, the victim fled, and the assailants fled after the shooting while a young man was found nearby. The incident is under police investigation.
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Seo
Ike
Deteriorated Notice of Obituary and Local Figures
Fragmentary obituary notice noting the death of Jamen Sm and another unnamed individual aged about seventy five and sixty eight respectively. It mentions family, a daughter and a spouse, with scattered references to locations including Chimbarene Hoepstal and Upper a stag ty. The readable fragments hint at wealth and social ties of local residents.
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Reverdy Johnson Dead Last Surviving Son of Reverdy Johnson
Baltimore July 16 Reverdy Johnson the last surviving son of the late Reverdy Johnson died early this morning at the Charlotanes Hotel in Green Spring Valley. He was eighty one. A private figure in public life he never sought political spotlight. He was born in Baltimore March 4 1841 graduated from Mary 3 College at seventeen and studied abroad at Heidelberg before practicing law in Baltimore. He died unmarried with no children. his wife predeceased him over forty years ago.
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Reverdy Johnson
Zachary Taylors
United States
Court of St. James
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University of Heidelberg
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Joseph W Patterson
Mme
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William and Wilson Patterson
W Hail Harris
Johnsons
Romance ends in wedding at Oaknol lye ceremony
Miss Margaret Porter daughter of Mr and Mrs A Porter married DB D Huyler son of John Huyler of New York in a ceremony this afternoon at Oaknol lye. The couple, who met at a religious assembly on the Black Mountain founded by John S Huyler, began their romance in school and planned a late autumn wedding. After the ceremony they departed for New York and Europe by automobile.
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A Porter
D Huyler
John Huyler
Oak ‘Nol
Miss Porter
Young Unler
Vantreat
Black Mounias
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Porter Wie
Tey
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Miss Portas
New York
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Remarriage Sparks Long Awaited Keefer Reunion
Spectral to The Washington Pas Wheeling July 15 Twenty five years ago the steamers Scioto and John Lomas carried Fourth of July excursions and many drowned. Thomas Keefer of Broubeny Ne left a wife and two year old son. After ten years he remarried Samuel Dixon of Clarington Ohio. Tonight Keefer arrived at his former wife’s home and Dixon fled with a suitcase of clothes. A Keefer family reunion was held tonight.
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Wheeling
Scioto
John Lomas
Thomas Keefer
Broubeny
Mes Keefer
Samuel Dixon
Clarington
Ohio
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Woodfield
Keefer
Dixon
Identified as Lyncher in Anson County Jail Lynching Trial
In Superior Court Judge Peebles hears the John Jones lynching case. Seventeen indicted prisoners face trial for the murder of Jot Vo John in Anson County. Sheriff Bogan and a county officer testified, identifying nine defendants as involved in the jail raid and hanging. The jurors were selected and opening motions ruled on.
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Anson County
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Elso aMier
Amen County
Stabler for Chairman in Rockville Md July primary
In Rockville Maryland Mortimer O Stabler of Spencerville is expected to be unanimously elected chairman of the county Republican committee at the July 7 primary. He is believed satisfactory to leaders Thomas Cloyes and Thomas Dawson, with factions reported to have reconciled for a united campaign.
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Mortimer O Stabler
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Republican County Committee
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Roanoke Mayor Kwells Swift Greek Riot Response
Roanoke Mayor Cutchin mobilizes over 100 volunteers and orders repairs after Saturday night rioting hits Greek restaurants. Four men arrested remain jailed as a special grand jury investigations begins. Greek leaders seek federal protection. state and city officials pledge robust order and rapid rebuilding.
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Greeks Send Sympathy As Washington Greek Community Responds
A Washington Greek community committee of 400 members met at 508 Fifth Street NW to plan aid after last Saturday night’s riot in Trounke involving Greek restaurants and parlors. The group sent a telegram of encouragement to Roanoke urging patience and lawfulness and requested a letter to compatriots explaining proper conduct during the incident.
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Quit White Bread Could Not Get Strength From 1¢
A York state minister advocates changing diet to Grape Nuts and Postum, pledging improved health and reduced fatigue. He reports abandoning white bread and coffee, with about twenty-five followers adopting his regimen. He claims white bread causes sluggish digestion and brain fatigue, while grape sugar and nutrients in Grape Nuts support brain and nerve function.
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Held on Perjury Charge in Petersburg Mayors Court
In Petersburg Virginia special to The veswsmtma Foor, John Thames Hall and Julian Kennedy were arraigned in the mayors court for perjury. They allegedly swore that Eve Branch Cabaniss was twenty one to obtain a marriage license, when she was nineteen. The couple married on the license day. The cases were continued for examination until Wednesday next.
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Murder charge in Virginia court links to Branchville stabbing
Special to The Washington Post reports in Southampton County Circuit Court Jodas Mosly Coxgin, 22, was indicted for the murder of 15 year old Andrew Pittman, son of a Branchville merchant, after a confrontation at Pittman’s store in which Pittman was fatally stabbed. Coxgin posted $1000 bond for July 1 appearance. he was denied credit at the store.
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Eleven Injured In Jamestown Train Derailment
A northbound Southern Railway passenger train derailed near Jamestown North Carolina after rails buckled under the dining car. Eleven railroad workers and passengers, including Francis Blewett and Torrey Jackson, were injured. most taken to Greensboro for treatment as the train, traveling about 35 mph, was delayed an hour.
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Washington
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Southern Railway Company
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Ohio
Rogers Road Not Sold asserts Virginia Railway denial
Raymond Dupuy vice president and general manager of the Virginian Railway Company returns to Norfolk from New York to deny rumors of selling the road. He states no sale foundation exists while noting Tide Water and Western rail interest and confirmed contracts for pier operations at Sewells Point with electric powered coal handling and ten sixty ton steel conveyor cars to be delivered by 1908.
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Virginian Fined Ten Dollars for Hugging Girl
In Hearico County Magistrates Court, Misa Laura Watkins charged Nuckols with public hugging a girl against her will. The judge set a ten dollar fine after the incident near Seven Pines Electric Highway PA.
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Washington Post
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Consolidation Coal declares large six month surplus dividend
Consolidation Coal Company directors announce a regular quarterly dividend of 112 percent. A public statement shows six months earnings after depreciation were ample to cover the usual dividends and leave a surplus for the rest of the year.
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Baltimore
Consolidation Coal Company
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Featherston Nominee Emerges In Campbell County Nomination
Campbell County Democratic executive committee met in Rusburg and, after reviewing last Thursday’s reports, declared HC Featherton the party’s nominee for the house of delegates, defeating incumbent Eugene Quid by five votes. Speck Lynchburg VA reported July with the margin noted.
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Rusburg
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House of
Eugene Quid
Alexandria Native Dies After Freight Train Fall Near Clarion
Lynchburg Va July 16 J Carter and a young man once employed on the railroad were badly injured when he fell from a freight train near Clarion and died en route to the hospital in Alexandria. The Southampton primary has been canceled due to objections to any candidate.
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Death of Alec and Civil War Engineer Mason
Alecande Virginia death notice for EB Mason age seventy unmarried, civil engineer and Confederate Engineer Corps veteran. He died at Marshall Fauquier County and will be interred in Ivy Hill Cemetery. Mason traced to George Mason and the Fairfax family. longtime resident of Alexandria, formerly of the old Alexandria House.
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Crushed by Freight Train Claims Local Foreman’s Brother
William Carter, brother of city street cleaning foreman Thomas Carter, fell from a moving freight train on the Danville division of the Southern Railway and was crushed to death. A Fairfax County native, 27, he had been employed by the railroad for some time as the report notes.
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Southern Railway
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Reform Proposals Urged for Washington Arlington Falls Church Rail Road
Commissioner Henry H Stuart heard a committee of residents urge radical reforms to the Washington Arlington and Falls Church Rail Road. They request double tracking between Falls Church and Arlington, improved equipment and signaling, and faster, safer service to Rosslyn and Clarendon. The group noted overcrowded cars, inadequate schedules, and noncompliance with prior orders, calling for immediate action.
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Fight at a Picnic Ends in Wounding and Stabbing
At a Hamilton picnic for colored people Sanford Payne shot Lewis Sanford in the left eye, destroying sight. John Rhodes stabbed Charles Ashby above the liver. Both assailants fled but were captured and jailed in Leesburg awaiting grand jury action.
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Hargis Trial Set To Proceed In July At Sandy Hook
Judge James Hargis faces murder charges in the Dr ED Cox case. The judge refused a venue change to Sandy Hook, ruling witnesses could be transported. Prosecutors argued intimidation at the location, as several witnesses arrived after long journeys.
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Nora Solves Her World In Ibsen Drama At Belasco
Miss Walker stars as Nora in A Doll's House at the Belasco Theater delivering a capable, nuanced performance despite early nervousness. Her intelligent interpretation highlights Nora's awakening from dependence to self realization, with strong supporting work from Edward, Connis, Butler, Mather, and Hart.
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National-Aborn Opera Company opens with The Beggar Student
The National-Aborn Opera presents The Beggar Student to start the week, with Miss Bradford and Miss Cadiz delivering notable ensemble numbers. Moss Tate Ballinger, Beatrice Goldie, and others are highlighted in leading roles, while Robert Leet and Harry Tuckstone provide strong comic support.
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