First Tax Bill Vote Dawsons Record Under Fire
In Charleston West Virginia July 29 Democrats clash over compromise tax measures in the senate. The Campbell resolution backed by Democrats fails as Republicans outvote five to one. Democrat Cornwell charges Governor hopeful Dawson with dodging tax reform to win corporate favor. House blocks a constitutional amendment to allow removal of state and school taxes without property forfeiture.
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Washington Post
Charleston
W. Va
Campbell
Senate
Washington
Harmer
Corder
Darst
Forman
Horan
Dawson
Cornwell
New Road to Richmond Sparks Business Hope
Richmond readers learn a charter was issued July 2 for a Urbana to Richmond line via Walkerton, kept quiet by wary local incorporators. The rail link promises to connect the northern neck and lower Rappahannock with Richmond, ending decades of Baltimore trade leakage and boosting city prosperity.
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Washington Post
Richmond
Urbana
Rappahannock
Walkerton
Corporation Commission
Baltimore
Neck
Lower Rappahannock
Three Labor Day Celebrations Split Around Norfolk Area
Labor unions in the Norfolk vicinity abandon a joint Virginia Beach event. Building Trades Council withdraws to Ocean View. Portsmouth and Newport News unions plan Pine Beach town event while the Central Labor Union eight unions will still hold the Virginia Beach celebration. A lively race to hire prominent labor speakers has begun, threatening speaker selection.
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Norfolk
Washington Post
Sarink
Virginia Beach
Building Trades Council
de Mued
Ocean View
Portsmouth
Newport News
Pine Beach
Central Labor Union
Attorneys In Fist Fight In Parkersburg Court
In Justice Thomas court, attorneys James A. Watson and Mason Ambler fought over a statement, triggering contempt charges as bystanders watched. Ambler aided by Miss Summers, Turpin, and others, with extensions of the case noted for the record.
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Parkersburg
Washington Post
W. Va
Justice Thomas
James A. Watson
Mason Ambler
Watson
Ambler
Virginia obituaries list noted residents and deaths
Winchester July 23 James Leafe seventy one died this afternoon. Fredericksburg July 29 Katherine Pomeroy seventy four died aged seventy four with three daughters and two sons surviving. Fredericksburg July 29 John Wesley Wright fifty seven died of dropsy, survived by widow and three children. Fredericksburg July 23 Miss Etta Rebecca Ainslie died after brief illness in Essex County. Winchester July Alfred Parkins died in Pittsburg hospital, about fifty, widow and several children. Warrenton July 29 Robert B. Sanders died at New Baltimore after July 1 1908 railing accident, survived by widow and four brothers. Lynchburg July 29 Robert E. Glase aged fifty four, longtime Lynchburg News manager, survived by wife infant daughter five sisters four brothers.
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Winchester
James Leafe
Derbyshire
England
Fredericksburg
Katherine Pomeroy
King George County
John Wesley Wright
Spottsylvania County
Hunter Wright
Pittsburg
Olambia
Warrenton
Robert B. Sanders
New Baltimore
Lynchburg
Robert E. Glase
Lynchburg News
Glass
Baltimore
Breese Found Guilty In Bank Abstraction Case
In Charlotte on July, after about eight hours the jury convicted William E. Breese, former president of the First National Bank of Asheville, of abstraction and misappropriation. Judge Keller sentenced him to seven years. Appeals filed to the U S Circuit Court. The proceeding covered defense arguments and district attorney remarks on bank failures in Asheville.
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Charlotte
N. C
William E. Breese
First National Bank of
Asheville
Keller
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Richmond
Charles A. Moore
United States
Holton
Moore
Kelier
Unknown man killed by train on Chesapeake Beach line near Upper Marlboro
Special to The Washington Post from Upper Marlboro Md July 29 Train No 104 struck an unknown man between Ritchie and Marrs around 3 30 p m instantly killing him A jury viewed the remains Dr L A Griffith found a fatal head wound with an intact skull The man about 30 appeared dark complected with dark hair a small moustache blue clothes and a madras shirt His pockets held 30 cents a memorandum book listing several names and Washington entities The body was to be buried unless identified Police sought relatives or business associates in Washington and a former Columbia Street address was explored
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Washington
Upper Marlboro
Chesapeake Beach
Ritchie
Marrs
J. Alfred Ridgeley
Henry W. Clagett
L. A. Griffith
W. F. Rector
District Line
J. P. Boswell
Accaheck
MD. M. Shang
Thomas J. McDermott
Columbia Street Northwest
Metropolitan Trust Company
Capital Loan Company
Burren
Troops Guard Negro in Charlestown Amid Lynch Fear
George W Williams, accused of a Harpers Ferry assault, arrived with Sheriff and deputies in a special train escorted by militia to the county jail. He denies the crime and says he slept on a railroad bank during its commission as townsfolk demand ropes. In Rockville, Katherine West slept five days, waking with doctors puzzled by her prolonged slumber.
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Washington Post
Charlestown
W. Va
George W. Williams
Williams
Washington
Rockville
Katherine West
Edward Anderson
New Bids for Hyattsville School Contract Readvertised
C C Wheelock failed to file bond after being awarded the Hyattsville public school contract for 10137. The building committee rejected all bids and plans and readvertised for bids of Messrs Webb and Walker. Bonds dated May 1 1904 accrue 5 percent interest though county has no use for the money. Bonds being prepared. Rockville md William W Russell ill at ORee House.
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Washington Post
Hyattsville
C. C. Wheelock
Hyattsville Public School
Slessrs, Webb & Walker
Moses & Sons notes improve in long illness recovery
W B Moses and Sons on F Street report that a local head of the firm has been improving rapidly after several weeks at home. For the first time since illness he appeared on the streets today, signaling a hopeful recovery.
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Alexandria Light Infantry
St. Louis Fair
Death of G. E. Haddaway Talbot County Leader
George B Haddaway editor of the Easton Ledger died in Easton Maryland at his rooms. Born December 15 1342 in Broad Creek Talbot County he was a paper editor and former tax collector for Talbot County and deputy collector of internal revenue for the Eastern Shore. He also served as register of St Peters parish and was a Democratic leader in Talbot County.
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Talbot County
Washington Post
Easton
George B. Haddaway
Easton Ledger
Haddaway
Broad Creek
Long Point
William Haddaway
Haston Academy
St. Michaels
Paston Ledger
Masten
Cleveland
Eastern Shore
St. Peter's Parish
Protestant Episcopal Church
Anti-Saloon League Plans in Montgomery County Crusade
The Montgomery County Anti-Saloon League executive committee met to form plans to pursue violators of the local option law. They aim to raise funds to hire detectives, focus on search warrants under the law, and wipe out remaining speakeasies with State's Attorney Robert B. Petersicipa offering full cooperation to enforce the law.
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Montgomery County
Washington Post
Rockville
Montgomery County Anti-saloon League
Robert B. Peter Pica
Feeling Against Wooldridge Sparks Buckingham Jail Risk
Intense local feeling in Buckingham follows failure to reach a verdict against F L I Wooldridge for arson at John H Forbes residence and other buildings. Wooldridge remains jailed as defending counsel deems it unsafe to leave. no ball likely soon amid ongoing dangers to his safety.
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Buckingham
Washington Post
Richmond
Fli
Wooldridge
John H. Forbes
Gail
Alexandria News in Brief Impressions of Parker Favor Dem candidate
A Alexandria dispatch reports C C Carlin, Democratic elector for the Eighth District, praising Judge Parker after visiting Esopus and meeting party leaders. Carlin says New York is as surely Democratic as Virginia, notes Parker’s vigor, discusses similarities to Mount Vernon, and cites Roosevelt photos. Other items cover injunctions, whistle nuisance, Four Mile Run outage, mortgage record, a drowning, and local society notes.
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Ashington Post Bureau
King ‘Street
Alexandria
C. C. Carlin
Esopus
Democratic National Committee
Parker
Judge Farker
Hudson
Mount Vernon
Potomac
Judge Parker
President Roosevelt
Presidents
Carlin
Eighth
Davis
Spinks
S. G. Brent
Washington
Norfolk and Western Railroad Company
Guaranty Trust Company of
New York
Thomas Murray
Epworth League Rally in Washington D C draws large crowd
A July 2 rally in Washington Grove led by Dr Wesley of the DC Epworth League drew a full tabernacle. Rev A H Zimmerman and Dr W M Ferguson spoke after prayers, with Mrs Olin Leech delivering a role and Percy Foster leading a half hour song service.
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Washington
Rockville
Epworth League of
Washington Grove
Tabernacle
Wesley
District of Columbia
Epworth League
Dyer
Trinity Church
A. H. Zimmerman
Cumberland
Olin Leech
W. M. Ferguson
Percy 3. Foster
Jury Move Creases Goode Trial Shocks Lynchburg
In Richmond Judge West ordered officers to Lynchburg to secure another jury for James Goode’s trial, creating consternation in local business circles as the effort proved nearly impossible.
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Lynchburg
Richmond
James Goode
West
Long Granted Bail in Portsmouth Murder Case
Henry A. Long, arrested for the murder of his youth friend Howell Clenton in Portsmouth last Tuesday, was released on $2,500 bail for September term in Hastings Court. The preliminary hearing in Norfolk removed the case to Portsmouth as Judge Crocker was away. Prosecution appeared briefly. Long waived examination and was sent to Portsmouth to await trial. The shooting stemmed from reports accusing Long’s character and a rejected retraction.
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Clenton
Portsmouth
Washington Post
Norfolk
Henry A. Long
Howell Cleaton
Hastings Court
Corporation Court
Crocker
Long
Montague Campaign Club Formed in Newport News
Organized for Montague reports Newport News holding a mass meeting to launch a campaign club for Gov. Montague in the upcoming Senate race against Sen. Thomas Martin. A T Powell chaired the gathering with speeches by W F Creasy W Lee Powell and Col. Maryua Jones. A second meeting will formalize officers and launch the campaign.
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Washington
Maryua Jones
Gov. Montague
Murder Report from Statesboro and Crime Notes Across Town
In Statesboro Georgia a family of five was found dead near their home with the house burned and skulls broken, with robbery suspected as the motive. The report also covers a July 29 wedding in Unity County and a July 29 horse thefts in Tazewell with a Prince Hal stallion recovered unharmed, plus a Pineville Ky man losing a pocketbook with about 312,000 in notes at a Cincinnati depot.
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Statesboro
Henry R. Hodges
Hodges
Postal Clerk Accused in Mail Robbery
Rochester New Jersey July 29 Charles F Qualtrough a postal clerk with twenty four years service running between Rochester and Pittsburg was arrested on the charge of robbing the mails. After examination before United States Commissioner Smith he was held in 2000 dollar bond.
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Rochester
N. J
Charles 5
Qualtrough
Pittsburg
United States
Smith
Implements of War Display at World's Fair Exhibit
The War Department exhibit at the World’s Fair showcases U S Army firearms from matchlock to magazine rifles, Colt automatic guns, and a pompom gun famed for 175 shots per minute. It features Springfield and Harper’s Ferry armory items, a three inch rapid fire field gun, and a Filipino transport wagon. West Point displays, cadet figures, generals portraits, and a monument to the academy accompany the collection.
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United States
War Department
United States Army
Colt
Philippines
Springfield
Mass
Meing
Harper's Ferry
Quartermaster Department
Tropics
Arctics
Sherman
George H. Thomas
Nashville
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Millredgeville
Milton
Savannah
Columbia
Charleston
Gaidboro
Raleigh
Banville
Barkville
Richmond
Washington
Twentieth Army Corps
West Point
United States Miltary Academy
Not to Be Commis Rated Wallace and Morton
Wallace resigns from railroad post to head Panama Canal engines chief amid praise for public service sacrifice. Morton leaves Santa Fe VP post to be Navy Secretary, with similar public duties noted. Critics warn private gain attracts talent away from public offices, risking diminished public service and broader national harm.
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Wallace
Morton
Roat
Kansas City Star
Panama Canal
Navy
New York Tevening Post
Wall Street Journal
Marriage as a Signal for Differences Grown From Relation
The text discusses how marriage may reveal growing differences between partners. It suggests that opposing plans and desires surface as a relationship matures, stressing that marital harmony depends on how couples handle divergence.
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West Virginia
G. H. Turpin
M. J. Summers
Hyattaville
Margaret Irene Summers
N. R. Summers
Bladensburg
George Henry Turpin
Delmar
Del
Re. Luke's Episcopal Church
John ‘8. Williams
Lottie Stummers
Virginia
Carter Glass
Breese
Asheville Bank
Boswell
Shanz
McDermott
Columbia Street
New York Avenue
Schanz
Tilbe
Russell
William W. Russell
Colombia
Oree
W. B. Moses & Sons
F Street
Corner Eleventh
G. E. Haddaway
Anti-Saloon League
Pedial
Bristol
Tenn
John Sherman
Dixie
Mr. Sherman
Luray
Woodstock
W. H. Duncan
Franklin County
Peter Wolf
Fort Seibert
Rockingham County
Daniel Spiker
Duncan
Leesburg
Thin
Magnus L. Robinson
J. N. Johnson
Washington, D.C
Booker T. Washington
Third District
Third District Congressional Committee
H. L, GC
Scott
J. W. Pisher
J. J. Lynch
Clyde W. Saunders
Simon Solomon
Ashland
J. Poyntz Tyler
Church of the Advent
Philadelphia
Tyler
Alexandria News
C. Cc. Carlin
Rosemount
Alexandria Division
Ancient Order of Hibernians
River View
William A. Ferguson
Henry F. Robertson
Tao Blue Ridge ‘Summit
General Furniture Department
Massachusetts Avenue N. W
Terryville
Joseph H. Copenhaver
Harrison
Copenhaver
Salisbury
James A. Cooper
Jesse Powell
Cooper
Columbus
Ohio
Jaly
Joan Johnson
Rowland B. Eger
A. J. Humphrey
Manufacturers OF
Montague
Elbin Leishear
Nellie Curtis
Filbin Leishear
Unity
S. R. White
Tazewell
Charles Belcher
Unaka
R. C. Hubble
J. 3
A. P. Gillespie
Wittens MI
Lexington
A. H. Asher
Pineville
Chesapeake and Ohio
Tharp
St. N.W
Philipine Island
Cor da Ave
Lith
Stuart Buldes
Royal Italian Band
Cabin John Bridge
Elise Tunres
Nielous
Ituk
Wallnon
Marton
Oman
New Orleans
Carter
Ust
Warter
Iver
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