Absorbed by B and C Vanderbilt lines in deal
Baltimore and Ohio with Vanderbilt interests secure coal lands and railroad rights from Lite Kanawha syndicate. Elimination of a Belington to Pittsburgh road, access to coal fields between Graf ton and Belington, and new turnout into West Virginia coal tonnage. Potential short line from Hagerstown to Pittsburgh discussed. Gould sought but not acquired Kingwha syndicate rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore and
Oho
Belington
W. Va
Pittsburgh
Wallington
Baltimore
Baltmore and Ohio Railroad
Vandertate System
Lite Kanawha Syndicate
Baltimore To Ohio ‘Railroad Company
Pittsburg
Baltimore and Ohio
Grafton
Graf UN
Kelington
Vanderbilt
West Virginia
Relagion
Ohio
Gould
Maryland
Virgina Central Road
Hagerstown
Pitts- Varg
Gowld
Lea
Pennsylvania
Steady Debt Reduction Affects Rockbridge County Finances
Rockbridge County and Lexington face improved financial conditions with continued debt reduction. Local authorities report bonds at par with modest yields and a plan to retire additional obligations. Officials note progress in the railroad fund and shared fiscal measures, while city funds await further action and oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockbridge
Lexington
Mos
Pep
Merete Bas Bou
Gavi
Bonis
Sar Kim
Uns
Aeto
Rattroad
Viuna Vista
Pratt
Democratic Delegates and Primary Expense Plan
Montague county selects delegates for the August primary. Chairman Tillman Reid calls a county executive meeting on July 29 to appoint delegates and nominate candidates. A letter from Montague header J H Hargrave proposes that one judge favorable to the plan be appointed in each predi, with Montague bearing fourteen half of primary expenses. Republicans plan a meeting the same day to elect delegates to the State convention in August as activity rises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tle
Washington
Court Republicana
Aals
Ruanuke
Republans
Jen
Man survives lightning strike during storm in Mannington
John Efaw of Mannington was struck by lightning while sheltering under an oak during a thunderstorm. He was knocked senseless and burned but survived and is recovering at home with injuries to clothing and body. Witness Luda carried him home for care and he walked with assistance the following day. The incident was reported by The Washington Post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walington Row
John Efaw
Mannington
Efan
Te Wien
Elis
Washington Post
Rockville
Robert Shapley
Howard County
Gaithersburg
Sheri! Willams
Sir John Burries
Burris
Dick” Burnett
Duke Street
Jik
Darky
Dek
Washington Poet Speciation Case Ends in Enjoining Old Joe Label
In Norfolk Virginia on July 21 Nicholas Leonard a saloonkeeper of Phorbus was permanently enjoined by the United States Court from using the label Old Joe on his whiskey bottles. Petitioners Ruthenthal and Bickert of Atlanta claim a patent right on the label and the judge ordered the petitioners to pay the costs of the injunction. The Washington Post Lexington Virginia July 21 Republican city committee of Rockbridge sets July > for county convention to nominate for the house of delegates with delegates to state convention in Roanoke on August 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Norfok
Secaty
Washington Post
Lexington
Republican City Committee
Rockbridge
House of Delegates
Buena Vieta
Roanoke Va
Washington Port
Fredericksburg
United States
Washington Avenue
H. E Hall
J. Spurrer
F. J. Bachelder
Virginia Arcanum
Royal Arcanum Council
H H John Stonly
Councils of
Virginia
Murphy’s Hotel
Richmond
Water Meter Installed in Lexington by Waterworks Superintendent
The Washington Post reports Lexington installed a water meter system by the superintendent of waterworks at pia eight where property owners have sewer connections. The project cost about two thousand dollars. Riheldaffer succeeds Kefauver in nearby assignment. Kefauver resigns as cashier in the office of Collector of Internal Revenue. Glasscock and John Riheldaffer of Wheeling named to succeed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Laington
Lexington
At Pia
Riheldaffer
Kefauver
Furkersburg
C E Kefauver
Ofce
Internal Revenue
Glasscock
John Riceldafter
Wherling
Assault Report Shocks Isle of Wight County
Special to The Washington Post from Suffolk Virginia July 21 reports a Black man William Wingfield attempted to assault Mrs James Jones at Scott's Factory Isle of Wight County. Wingfield fled after a shotgun misfired as officers and a posse search nearby forests. Authorities fear further trouble once captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suffolk
Speolal
Washington Foat
Scott's
Isle
Wight County
Mra
James Jones
Willia Wingfeld
Wingfield
Ft i3
Virginia Young People in Session at Reliance
The United Brethren Convention of Virginia Christian Union met at Reliance in Warren County with delegates from across the valley representing several thousand young people. LA Armentrout of Luray serves as president and the convention will continue through Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Brethren Convention of
Virginia Christian Union
Washington Post
Winchester
Virginia State Association of the Young People’s Christian Union of the
United Brethren Church
Reliance
Warren County
Rts
Armentrout
Luray
Baltimore Truckmen Strike Ties Up Piers at Locust Point
Nearly 300 truckmen on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad piers at Locust Point walk out over pay and overtime. About 250 to 300 men refuse to work, halting all truck movement, as they demand 96 dollars a day and 20 cents an hour for overtime and Sunday work, with no disorder reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Pont
Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Locust Point
Heplers
Mght
North Carolina and Ohio Railroad Organised Directors Named
Norfolk men former Atlantic and Danville officials join the directorate of a new standard gauge road aiming to run from Central North Carolina to the coast via Little Washington Raleigh Wilson and Greenville with Raleigh Wilson Greenville on the route. Other directors include John Cunningham Stephen C Bragaw Larry J Moore O N Brown and William Bragaw of North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Yurv
C O Haines
Adam ‘Sreadwall
Atantic and
Danve
Norfolk-Danville
The
Southern Railway
North Carolina and Ohio Railroad
North Carolina
Little Washington
Raleigh
Wilson
Greenville
N. C
John Cunningham
Stephen C Bragaw
Larry J Moore
ON Brown
William Bragaw
Fatal Fire Miss Mollie Funk House Near Strasburg
Special to The Weastingtetros reports Mollie Frances Funk Houser aged eight near Strasburg attempted to light coal oil fire. Oil explosion set her dress ablaze and she died within hours. Several relatives burned while trying to extinguish flames. Also from Cumberland Maryland a ten year old, Russell Reynolds, drowned at the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal stop lock after losing balance while reaching for his hat. In Fredericksburg Virginia a marriage occurred as Horace Kirk Yerby wed Miss Haisle Mills in Washington with plans to reside in Monterey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Mollie Frances Funkhouser
Strasburg
Rome
Cumberland
Russell Reynolds
Lawrence Reynolds
South Cumberland
Chesapeake and Onlo Canal
Young Reynolds
Virginia
Washington
Fredericksburg
Hornace Kirk Yerby
Hisle L Mills
Joseph W. Mills
Allis Mills
N Street
James McLaughlin
Yerby
Monterey
May Meet at Rocky Mount for Joint Debate
The Washington Post reports a strong likelihood of a joint debate on August 7 at Rocky Mount Franklin County between Senator Martin and Governor Montague. A big Martin honor barbecue is planned, with two meetings possible but a debate favored. The event is shaping as a high profile political spectacle with strategic surprises anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin
Gov. Montague
Washington Post
Richmond
Rocky Mount
Franklin County
Gov Montague
William Leazer Hanged In Annapolis After Murder Charge
William Leazer, a black man convicted of fatally shooting Officer John McNamara near Masonville, was hanged in Annapolis in a largely public ceremony. Authorities allowed three women to view from a jail cell window. the execution proceeded swiftly with a seven foot drop, and Leazer’s neck reportedly did not break. He died within seventeen minutes. his body was buried in Brewer Hill Cemetery. Religious services preceded the event, and Leazer’s associates testified to his asserted conversion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Annapolis
William Leazer
John McNamara
Masonville
Leazer
Bryan
Smallwood
Sher Hardy
Walter Lenger
Lenzer
Brewer Hill
J .H. Simons
St Phillip's Chapel
Mercy Guild of
St Annue’s
Cerpany
Cara
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Anne Arundel County
McNamara
Seager
Veterans at Manassas Picnic of Georgia Veterans
Geor gian veterans about 150 strong and many locals joined a Groveton picnic guided by the Bull Run Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy in Manassas Virginia on July 21. Rev T Douglas D Clark offered the invocation and speakers from Georgia and Virginia addressed the gathering before a detailed refreshment program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daughters of the Confederacy
Washington Post
Manassas
Groveton
Bull Run
T Douglas D Clark
Pendergast
North
Goodwin
Georgia
Fredericksburg
Rishmond
Peters- Ure
Travis Glascoe Denounces Lily White Charge By Virginia Republicans
Travis Glascoe defends Virginia Republicans against claims of a lily white movement in Alexandria. He notes no plan to form a lily white party and recounts orderly mass meeting led by Col Robert Garnett. Glascoe asserts colored MPs, including himself, pursued lawful participation and condemns demagogues stirring sectarian strife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Travis Glascoe
Lily White
Alexandria
Yace
Virginia
Trass
Schuler's Hall
Republian Party of
Robert Garnett
Slomp
Travis Glascob
May Sell Valley Railroad Negotiations Reported in Virginia
Special to The Washington Post from Winchester Virginia reports that talks are underway for selling the Valley Railroad between Strasburg and Harrisonburg. George L Potter of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad says a transfer pace is near, with town officials pressing B&O to operate trains into Strasburg. A consummation was expected within about a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern
Washington Pont
Winchester
George L Patter
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Valley Railroad
Strasburg
Harrisonburg
Southern Railway Sone
Baltimore and Ohio
Potter
Pallimore
Ohio
Strasburg Junction
Fotter
New York Bankers Comment on State Suits and Colorado Bonds
Vice President Joseph G Brows of the American Bankers Association reports from Thousand Island on New York's law allowing the state to sue other states. He argues the measure could pressure Southern states to pay war bonds. President Meade of an Albany bank clarifies the law was requested to recover Colorado warrants bought by his bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Colorado
Washington Post
Raleigh
Joseph G Brows
American Bankers’ Association
Thousand Island
New York Bankers Association
Meade
Albany
Man Fined For Attacking SeventeenYearOld Girl In Salisbury
Harry B Retting a New York traveling man was fined $0 and costs by Justice William A Trader for brutally hurting a seventeenyearold colored girl in his room at the Peninsula Hotel Salisbury Maryland witnesses heard her screams. The girl was dragged inside seized choked and her dress torn before bystanders intervened. She escaped as hotel staff frightened the assailant into releasing her. Local clerks and staff reacted with anger and the hotel proprietor struggled to remove Retting from the premises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hany B
Salisbury
Washington Post
Harry B
New York
William
Retting
Peninsula Hotel
Virginia Obituary Notes for July Deaths in Fredericksburg Area
Obituary notices report the passing of William Chinawle a Caralne County resident near Shumansyilia after a prolonged illness, survived by a wife a mother and two children. Admund G Tompkins a longtime Richmond banker and Confederate veteran aged about 70 dies in Ankiand. Tompkins served under Stonewall Jackson at the Tague battle wounded on the field later a Mason Knight of Temple Shrine leaves two children and a widow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg
William Chinawle
Caralne County
Shumansyilia
Richmond
Admund G .Yompkins
Tompkion
Stonewall Jackson
Tompkina
Alexandria News Advertisements and Local Notices
Merchants in Alexandria publish business announcements and ads across real estate, shipping, groceries, banking, and services. The column lists cargoes arriving and departing, ships at Alexandria yards, repairs, local shops, and residents visiting relatives, with notices of sales, loans, and local events.
Three story brick dwelling for sale on King Street
John D Normoyle offers for sale a splendid three story brick dwelling on the north side of King Street between Alfred and Patrick streets. It contains 14 rooms with modern conveniences. Terms and further details by addressing Room 4, Alexandria National Bank Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Alfred
King and
Cameron Streets
Cis
South
Fairfax Street
Capital City
King Street
Patrick Streets
Lee
Terme
Alexandria National Bank
Mise Gretta McCoy Guest of Mrs Kemper in Riverton
Riverton Virginia resident Mise Gretta McCoy is a guest of Mrs. EH Kemper on South Fairfan Street. A Safe Piece to Buy Drugs warns readers to choose a careful physician and trusted pharmacy. The note stresses pharmacists must verify prescriptions to prevent wrong medicines, highlighting Dienelt's Prescription Pharmacy at 103 King Street as a safe option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mise Gretta. McCoy
Riverton, Va
EH. Kemper
South Fairfan Street
Dienelt
King Street
Sphone Bell al
Alexandria's Splendid Railways and Steamship Lines
Alexandria's railways and steamship facilities connect with Norfolk via the great Oceanic Lines. Southern Pennsylvania Baltimore and Ohio Seaboard Air Line Washington Southern Atlanta Coast Line Chesapeake and Ohio Washington Alexandria Mount Vernon electric Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company ran dall Line Maryland Delaware Virginia Railway Company formerly the old Weems Line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Splendid Railway
Southern
Pennsylvania
Baltmore and
Only
Seaboard Air Line
Washington ,Southern
Atlanta Coast Line
Chesapeake and Ohio
Washington
Mount Vernon
Norfolk _and
Washington Steamboat Co
Randall Line
Maryland, Delaware and Virginia Railway Co
Weems
Ines
Norfolk
Great Oceanic Lines
Alexandria Briefs Report Unsafe City Property And Political Tour
Alexandria notes cite unsafe conditions at city hall chimney, old hotel entrance, Braddock House vaults, Hydraulion engine house, and a sinking sidewalk. Debates over repairs, plus a Cabell political stop and campus building plans. Fire, theft, and court notices accompany local events and obituaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Fost Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
City Hall
N. Greenaway
the Courts
Greenaway
Cameron Street
Old City Hotel
Old Braddock House
Fairfax Street
C. M Griffin, Jr
Braddock House
Hydraulion
North Royal Street
Hydraulion Veteran Fire Association
Tiance Committee
James Alston Cabell
Politiex
Cabell
Episcopal High School
Blacktos
Literary Society
Beckford Society
Ol Dominion Boat Club
Fairfax County
H L Gilkerson
Buena Vista
Gilkerson
Corporation Court City
Thomas W Hobinson
Klox Street
Kuhn
North Fayette Street
Rettange Fire Engine Company
William Power
Alexandria County
Electric Railway Company
Arlington Junction
Alexandria ‘Athletic Association
Leestere
Leesburg Athletic Club
Me UN
Alexandrians
Bright Krett
Dougherty
Ellis
Gray Purrell
Ennis
Wheatley
Brenner
Henzette
Mary Jars Davis
North Alfred Street
J. P Stump
Methodist Eviscopal Church South
John Jacob
Nnn
Jacob Brill
St Mary's Catholic Church
John Archer
Laurel
Ernest Tség0
Marguerte Harganbotham
Baltimgra
Fev
Dr Fisher
Lila Carter
Mary B. Turner
the Plains
Loula
Greene
Atlantic City
BramiLaw Brick Co and Local Advertisements Chronicle Alexandria
Local notices advertise BramiLaw Brick Co offerings with North Bank works near Great Hunting Creek and rapid order fulfillment. Also promoted are Old Dominion Cigar Co Double Six brand, Armour & Co expansion plans near King station, and Havenner Baking Co waferettes investment guidance. Citizens mention travels to Boston Mount Washington New York and Madison, Dorchester County, Md.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Dominion Rt Co
King and Fairfax Sts
Park Agnew
Alexandria Brick Company
Great Hunting Creek
S. Pitt St
John McKenna
Boston
Boush and
Carlin
Mount Washington
First National Bank and Local Notices
Designated Depository of the United States Capital sums, mentions directors and officers. Fairfax County visitors and various ads appear, including savings offers, real estate and money-market pitches, and a stray anecdote about a postbox frog event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Chas R Hooft
J F Mur
L. Boothe
M B Harlow
B. Baer
Europe
Charles T. Hooft
Thomas W. White
Home for Traveling Men Hosts Modern Hotel Rammel
Miss Crump of Norfolk, visiting Alexandria, returns home Monday. The Hotel Hammel, at 1st and 130 N. Royal St, is a popular, modern lodging for travelers in Alexandria. Opened two years ago by Hammel Bros, it offers American or European plans with noted cuisine and reasonable rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rammel
N. Royal St
Alexandria
Hammel Broz
Bates
Banking Institutions Named in Alexandria Area
A list of banks operating in the Alexandria region includes Alexandrig’s Exceptional Banking Facilities, Wingaciai Institutions, First National Bank Alexandria National Bank Citizens’ National Bank Burke & Herbert Private Bank Virginia Safe Deposit and Trust Corporation Mercantile Railway Building and Loan Association Savings Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria National Bank
Alexandia
Alexandrig
Wingaciai Institutions
First National Bank
Alexandria National Bank, Citizens’ National Bank
Burke & Herbert Private) Bank
Alexandria Merchants and Notices Amid Local Commerce
Vas F. Carlin's Sons & Co, hardware merchants in Alexandria, with a long history since 1840s, offer a full line of wagon builders hardware and guns while serving Virginia and Maryland wholesale. Local notices mention the Prohibition and Evangelical Association meeting in Loudoun County and various community updates, including house moves, court clerks returning from Atlantic City, and ongoing auctions and sales at The Goodie Co. in King and Pitt streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vas
F. Carlin
Virginia
Maryland
Quiet visits and a lively car anecdote in local notes
Washington visitor Miss Zelda Miller plans a South Royer street call on Miss Williams while Councillor Williams hails a passing auto to reach a last train. A display of cut glass at 106 North Royal street tempts wedding gift buyers and local tales include a jail sentence and a humorous payday offer on Duke Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zelda Miller
Washington
Misses Williams
South Royer Street
North Royal Street
H W Wildt & Son
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Kanawha
Vanderbilt Lines
Deal
Park Beach
Jett
M Saing
Carroll Street
Walnut Grove
Drudd Hdi Park
Pimlicy Gate
Bird
Geil
Tilted Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
Water Metere
IPA
B. & C. Truckmen Strike
Gio
Boy Driene
Mercer Monument
Jamestown Commissioners
Newport News
Rhode Island
John Taggart Blodgett
William T Sheehan
Dennis A. Sheehan
George N Kingsbury
Brooks Johnston
Exposition Board of Governors
Buxton
J L. Patton
Water Front
Hotel Warwick
Clayton Dorset Painter
Clayton
Alma K Painter
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Vaucluse
Shenandoah Divison
Warritan
Victoria
Merchants’ Coal and Coke Company
Preston County
W Va
James E Poe
W. E. Walsh
Veterans AT
MAY Sell Valley Railroad
Washington Fost
J. D Eggles‘ton, Jr
Public Instruction
Ellydon
George H HL Hulvey
Rockingham
Hulvey
Seggleston
Martinsburg
Alexandria News
Isaac Solomon
Wades Bay
Bate
Ing Salta
Isc
Farmers’ Friend
Lower
Potomac
Shuman & Son
Bell
Norman
Taylor's Prescription Pharmacy
Trilby
Nettle
Alexandrian
M. B. Harlow & Co
Diamond Back Club
Reagan’s
Eva E_Cowing
Rev EW Cowling
Virginia Beach
Paffe Shoe Company
Washington St
O. F Baggett
Mia Ada Ellis
Rochester, Pa
Mamie Lindsey
Ston Cabell
Neutenant
Laurence Mill Co
South Carolina
M Il
Talon St
Queen
Coral Wheatley
This City
Philadelphia
RY Johnston
Charleston
Magge Tabb
Magge Tabb Are Visiting Mrs Johnson
Res Dr
F Fisher
South Columbus Gered
Mutual Ice Co
Depat
Cor
Cameron and Onion
Young Mens Sodality Lyceum
William A Smoot & Co
Bessie
Irene Simpson
Harry Lees
Lynchburg
Managses
Capital City No
Lyons Bros
Duke and
Farfax Streets
Michael Dugan
Joseph K Wiliams
Royal Street
Queen and
Princess Streets
Mra O F Baggett
Ada Eilts
John D. Normoyle
James A. Cabell
Bramilaw Brick CO
Old Dominion Cigar Co
Fairfax Sti
Armour & Co
King
Creighton & Co
Charles Hunt and Gon
St Louis
Mies Alma Wrenn
Chburg
Thomas Pullman
Havenner Baking Co
Madison
Dorchester County
Hazel Mason
Lena and
Battie Patterson
Mercantile ‘Railway Building and Loan Association
Prince and
Fairfax Streets
Dwyer
Columbus
Queening
Mike
Jameson Studio
Miss Crump
Returo
Donday
Richmond Pearson Hobson
Prombition and Evangelial Association
Loudoun County
Dillons Woods
Purceville
Ocker
Thomas McClary Clintor
Noah W Cooper Lou Btanshamp
Uta
Charles Li
Kathere Eggleston
Charles Stanley
Florence
Atkins
Chester Ricketts
M C Broadus
Thomas Broadus
Washington, D. C
Goodie Co. Cor
King and Pitt Streets
John S Beach
Cork
Alexandria Iron Works
Promis
CIA
McDill
Washington, DC
Specil Alnaop
Curtin
Calvin Bults
Mankin
M R. Rodgers
Emma Randall
Edgar Pinkard
Fats Oyuh Ware
the Baptist Church Jr
Bellace Fire Engine Company
Kenneth Ogdon
George W Pettey
Hmted
A J. Thompson
K Ratcliffe
Virginia State Firemens Associaton
St Asaph Street
Eve
Queen Street
J. RL
Mr Harper
EL Harper
King St
Juiiand Willams
New York Avenue
Alexaner
Willams
Williama
John A Marshall & Bro
Marmaduke
Finken ‘Yerkes, Jr
Mt. Holly
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