District horses win field day for politicians in Montgomery County
At Rockville fairgrounds a crowd of about 1,000 gathered for a county political day. New candidates announced include Stephen B Lyddane seeking re election as county commissioner and John Elgin Poule of Poolesville for sheriff. Racing featured four harness events, a five furlong run, and a free-for-all trot won by Nellie R. Rockville defeated Kensington 11 to 9 in a baseball game.
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Fair Grounds
Washington City
Stephen B Lyddane
Astrict
John Elgin Poule
Poolesville
Sheriff Tre
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Nadis
Lee Dorsey
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Edna Wilkes
John Jarvis
Nelle R
John Saris
Woishinton
Happy Blove
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Eer
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Thomas Brightwood
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Ford
Relie
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Thomas Arightwood
Liz Folrth
Steve Baa Moog
Garton
Bevin Washington
Kensalnston
Raockvile
Wats Kensington
Ind
In Memory of Gen Turner Ashby Observed at Winchester
Large crowd in Winchester gathers for Confederate Memorial Day services at Storewall Cemetery. Rev James Gray WcAllister of Richmond delivers oration. Attend by 19000 local residents and visitors from the Valley of Virginia.
Virginia Weddings in Norfolk and Petersburg
In Norfolk on June 6 Misa Annie Lee Anderton daughter of High Constable Anderton of Portsmouth wed William J Codd Jr. at Court Street Baptist Church and left for a wedding tour in Washington. Petersburg reports Joseph B Worth Jr and Florrye Hartley planning a Washington DC ceremony. Woodson P Waddey wed Linda Bargamin in Norfolk. Ida Boramin served as maid of honor with Albert Fancey as best man. The Rev Edward Patton Minor officiated at St Luke's Episcopal Church Norfolk.
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Misa Annie Lee Anderton
Anderton
Portsmouth
William J Codd Jr
Court Street
Washington
Petersburg
Joseph B Worth Ir
Florrye Hartley
Washington DC
Worth
Joseph B Wath
Joegh Banne Crtc Company
Ea Hartles
E A Hartley
Richmond
Woodson P Waddey
Linda Bargarain
Charlies Y Bargamin
Ida Boramin
Albert Fancey
Waddey
Edwars Patton Minor Sagetant
St Lukes Episcopal Church
German Baptist Brethren Conference Beats Anticipated Change
At Bristol Virginia June 6 the German Baptist Brethren conference decided no change to the church name and sent petitions back to petitioners. Much floor debate filled the forenoon and part of the afternoon with opposition seen to any change. The session postponed the alien baptism issue for further consideration as members argued over admitting baptized applicants without rebaptism before adjournment to Wednesday morning.
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Bristol
German Baptist Brethren Church Conference
Bricklayers Quit Work On 14 Story Office Building
Thirty five bricklayers employed by James Stewart & Co of New York quit work at a downtown Norfolk, Virginia, fourteen story office building after demanding 64 dollars per day. They had been paid 550 dollars above the union scale and rejected an offer of 575 dollars. Some left for home, others awaited replacements from Baltimore as nonunion workers filled in.
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Norfolk
James Stewart & Co
New York
Wight
Talti
Jefferson memorial fund boosted by Chicago donor
Special to The Washington cast Charlottesville June 6 President Edwin A Alderman of the University of Virginia has received a letter from Charles R Crane of Chicago reporting a $5700 gift to the Jefferson memorial endowment fund. Crane is a Crane Manufacturing Co vice president and a reform movement leader in Chicago. He is a friend of Alderman and admirer of the University.
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Charlottesville
Edwin A Alderman
University of Virginia
Charles R Crane
Chicago
Jefferson Memorial Endowment
Alderman
Crane
Crane Manufacturing Company
Miks Mildred Page
Labor delegates in session in Newport News Virginia
The tenth convention of the Virginia Federation of Labor opened at Central Labor Union Jail with President H L Hater presiding. Acting Mayor Marius Jones welcomed delegates, and routine business filled the day. A rumor that the federation would back Col. Joseph E Willard for governor was denied.
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Washington Post
Newport News
Virginia Federaon of Labor
Central Labor Union
H L. Hater
F S. Lyons
Marius Jones
Board of Aldermen
Huller
Federation Inchocse
Col
Joseph E Willard
Planing Mill Fire Wrecks Petersburg Va Plants
At the Appomattox Planing Mill and Box Factory in Petersburg the plant on the wharf ended in flames destroying machinery and dressed lumber. Three box cars and a flat carrying about 1,000 feet of lumber burned. A frame mattress factory on Bolling Street also burned from sparks. Total loss estimated between 8,000 and 10,000 dollars, with partial insurance. Fire origin undetermined.
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Washington Foat
Appomattox Planing MI and Box Factory Company
Bolling Street
C. C Luchenburg
Virginia Campaigns Promise Surprises In 1900 Era Races
News from Richmond and other Virginia locales reports growing Republican activity and anticipated statewide voting strength. Forty counties yielded 98,685 votes in 19, with 23,617 Democratic and the rest Republican, about 30 percent of total. Current estimates project a state total near 75,000, with Democrats around 130,000. Republicans predict a shift and a surprise to Democrats. Districts set to nominate by party primary, altering old conventions. Norfolk Senator Emmney Cromwell withdraws from re election race for the Thirty third district amid Portsmouth voters favoring a Democratic choice. Fredericksburg sees George Hunley seeking reelection to the House from Middlesex and Mathews. Lynchburg reports municipal candidate filings as June 20 primary approaches, with several Democratic nominations slated.
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Washington Post
Richmond
Virginia
CL Lewis
John Acker
St Fp Wkely
House of Delegates
Norfolk
Wao
Emm
Ney Cromwell
Morfolk County
Portsmouth
Fredericksburg
George ¥. Hunley
Middlesex
Mathews
Lynchburg
Democratic Committee
RD Ancey
Commonwealth
H Johnson
T P Jennings
W. A. Snead
Revenue
H. P Adams
R B Good
R. L Dillon
T. D Davis
Woman shoots alleged assailant. Roanoke coachman charged
John Lewis, a negro and former coachman for the Blair family, was arrested after a reported attempted escape while wounded from a gunshot to the chin. Addie Carter, a Blairs house servant, shot him with a 22 rifle after alleged criminal assault on her seven year old daughter. Police were alerted as Lewis fled from a barn window.
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Washington Fort
John Lewis
West End
Blair
Addie Carter
Blairs
Ti Ta
Lewis
Carter
Lewla
Carter backers unknown denies Seaboard purchase claims
Bristol Va Jacab George L Carter says Seaboard Air Line did not buy Clinchfield properties and denies ties with Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton Railway or Eugene Zimmerman. He notes no disclosed backing but asserts the project will be built and is buying supplies for construction.
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Clinchfield
Bristol
Jacab
George L. Carter
Clinchfield Corporation
Toms Creek
South and Western Railway
Carter
Southwest Virginia
Panama Canal
Geaboard Air Line
Invale
Eugene Zimmerman
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway
Burglars Busy at Salisbury In Late Night Entry
Salisbury North Carolina June 6 A string of seven homes were broken into around midnight with entries at P D Roulcch Rhodes Guffy W A Brown Mrs Jecale Sowers Mrs C Tichener Mrs W D Bradshaw and James Cutherell The assailants were fired upon at Guffy s home and fled after disturbing bedrooms Special tone notes and graduation items follow from Chatham Episcopal Institute and Col W W Beott named West Virginia National Guard commander
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Rhodes Guffy
W. A. Brown
Jecale Sowers
C. Tichener
W. D. Bradshaw
James Cutherell
Guffy
Col. Scott
Washington Post
Charleston
W. Va
Obituary notices for Nicholson and Ricketts in Montgomery County
In Rockville Mrs Caroline V Nicholson aged sixty five died at her daughter's home near Lay Hill after an illness. Survived by husband and several children. In Glen area James Ricketts said to be Montgomery County's oldest resident died at home in his late nineties from general debility. He never married and left many relatives across the county.
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Jungs
Caroline V. Nichcolson
Lay Hill
James Ricketts
Montgomery County
Glen
Youty
BSE
Two Killed in Freight Train Wreck Near Bedford City
A Norfolk and Western freight collision near Bedford City Virginia at 5 pm caused two deaths Engineer Frank P. Gref and Fireman Hugh Cabiness, with Engineer Lee Moore seriously injured. Six coal cars piled on the engines, track torn up for 200 yards, wreck crews from Roanoke and Lynchburg working to clear track within 24 hours as passengers are transferred.
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Washington Post
Roanoke
Norfolk and Weatera
Frank P. Gref
Hugh Cabi- Rea
Lee Moore
Lynchburg
Medals Awarded as Randolph-Macon Woman's College Grants Honors
Commencement at Randolph Macon Woman's College closes with certificates of distinction for a class list of graduates. Notable speakers were to be Dr Nathan Butler of Chicago University and Dr W J Young of Richmond in Lynchburg June 6.
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Randolph-Macon
Nathan Butler
Chicago University
W. 3. Young
Rich,mond
Court Street Methodist Church
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Mary Bat
Woodstock
Lucila Dooley
Knox
Villa Tenn
Alice Gatling
Forest City
Arkc
Betelle Hetfey
Paris
Tenn
Nannie E Jones
Swastwater
Jenne McCoy
Riverton
Fear
Monk Fine Bluff
Ark
Valcour Handolph
Philippine Intends
Bette Rul
Belle Haven
Laxie Scott
Rockville High School Holds Commencement Exercises
Rockville Md June 6 the annual commencement was held in the opera house with four graduates Miss Belle Robertson Arminta K Tamblyn Luella W Tamblyn and Myrtle B Ward all of Rockville Principal Prof Cooke D Luckett presided The program included a valedictory by Miss Ward essays by Tamblyn and Tamblyn a distribution of diplomas and an address by Rev S R White county superintendent of public schools.
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Rockville
Rockville High School
Belle Robertson
Arminta K. Tamblyn
Luella W Tamblyn
Myrtle B Ward
Cooke D Luckett
Myrtle Barnes Ward
Arminta Kezia Tamblyn
Luella Woodiug Tamblyn
Denies Tidewater deal on Norfolk water front property
Norfolk railroad men and capitalists deny a Norfolk report that W Warry Brown of Pittsburgh bought 21 acres on the Elizabeth River's eastern branch for Tidewater Railway. The Pescara property has been for sale a year, viewed by Brown last winter, with an option taken for investment. Real estate men say it has no value as a rail terminal and Brown will use it as a manufacturing site.
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Norfolk Water Front
Washington Post
Norfolk
W .Warry Brown
Pittsburg
Elizabeth River
Tidewater Railway
Pescara
Brown
Strike at Martinsburg Knitting Mills Stops Work
In Martinsburg West Virginia June 6 about fifty Kilbourn Knitting Mills employees walked out at noon. The strike targets the employment of Hungarian workers seen as a bid to replace American labor. A formal demand for firing the foreigners was refused by managers, leaving the mill idle across all departments.
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Borcia
Cmousuasne
Von
Sudden death and civic notes fill Alexandria brief
News in brief from Alexandria, including the sudden death of Mrs Pearl Hoy and local civic matters. A committee led by Judge Barley will inspect city hall offices and a court room to advise on improvements alongside a possible 750 expenditure for Folks headquarters upgrades. The Friendship Veteran Firemen depart for Hagerstown for a state convention, with city officials coordinating coverage in mayoral absence. Also reported: a Kanawha WV case, death of Mrs Hannah C Boyd, Arlington Institute graduation prizes, funeral services for William M Glasgow, and a marriage of Mrs Dolly L Herbert to Harry M Head. Excursion tickets for Almas Temple to Marshal Hall go on sale.
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Paft
Counclman Williams
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Barney
Plana
Dana
Friendship Veteran Firemen’s Association
Hagerstown
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Paff
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J. T Sweeney
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Caton
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T Boyd
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Ittmore
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Warrenton
Louisa Ball
Mount Savage
Clarinda Cropper
Sybil Smoot
William M Glasgow
J H . Ewell
Alva Aerie
Eagles
Almas Temple
Marshal Hall
Capt. Young
Kingstreet
Taft at Hot Springs and regional notices
Special dispatches report Secretary aft arriving at Hot Springs Virginia and visiting Warm Springs while his party trains in for a Southern Hardware convention session later this week. Other items include obituary for Rev Charles Newton Campbell D D former Stephenson Seminary head. a horse theft case near Bladensburg. a Wilson post office robbery. and Maryland Firemen’s Association annual meeting in Hagerstown with emphasis on expected large turnout.
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Petersburg to Issue Bonds for Sewers and Water Mains
Petersburg Virginia city council adopted an ordinance to issue 75000 dollars in 4 percent bonds payable forty years after date to fund sewers water mains and sidewalks.
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Petersburg
Memorial Day address denounces South’s loss and rememberance
Professor Beary E Shepherd spoke at London Park on Confederate Memorial Day condemning efforts to blur the South’s cause and arguing that victory or failure cannot justify right or wrong. He urged Southern women to teach the correct principles and ensure the history of the South remains central to children’s education.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Beary E. Shepherd
London Park
Negro Arson Suspect Held in Maryland County
Special to The Washington Post reports Charles County police hold 23 year old Charles Easton a Black man on arson and assault charges. An informant said Easton burned a house last February and struck a bettering occupant with an ax while trying to escape. He denies the accusations claiming a warrant for dis orderly conduct only and recounts a meeting with a Pinney cousin near a Pamunkey saloon that burned.
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Charles County
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Pinney
News of the Railroads
The Frisco reports April gross earnings of 2,955,901, up 838,951 from prior period. Various railroad leaders change posts in Chicago and Pittsburgh, while Scotland’s three lines see dividends. The Seaboard denies moving HQ to Atlanta and Ontario groups discuss new lines, tunnels and terminals in New York and Georgia infrastructure plans.
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Railroad sale ruling and mail schedule details in 1908
The Kentucky Court of Appeals upholds majority control by Louisville and Nashville in railroad sale matters and explains differential routing for Cincinnati to other points. The document also lists 1908 foreign and transcontinental mail closing times from New York and other hubs, including Cuba, Yucatan, Europe, the Caribbean, and Pacific routes with connection notes and special addresses.
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