Ward Bill Passed After Bitter Senate Fight Abolishes Distilleries
A heated battle ends with the ward measure passed by the Senate abolishing all distilleries in towns, author Senator Simmons attacked by opposition. The House also approved the bill, while amendments and political maneuvering failed to alter the core goal of banning distilleries in towns under a specified population. The vote sparks celebrations among supporters and disappointment among distillery interests.
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Senate
Simmons
Conference Frustrations Lead to Bond Settlement Talks
In a flurry of legal and civic updates, bond holders press for an alternative conference as talks stall. Meanwhile weddings dominate the social page with Miss Mamie Spurr and Miss Annie Rebeora Sundari marrying local grooms, and Starke family ties highlighted in Norfolk society.
Tax Collector Redeems Delinquent Land in Buchanan County
Treasurer W L Dennis of Buchanan County turned over about 1800 in delinquent taxes on a 200000 acre tract in the Pearson tract to the State. The land’s title is clouded by long standing matters. redemption was made by CW Tebault of Norfolk. The property is rich in minerals and timber.
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Washington Post
Richmond
W L Dennis
Buchanan County
Pearson Tract
CW. Tebault
Norfolk
Dwyer Defeats Munroe In Birmingham Wrestling Match
In Birmingham, Dwyer outwrestled Jack Munroe at the Pimningham Athletic Club contest tonight, securing the decision by winning two falls in a best two of three bout.
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Dwyer
Munroe
Birmingham
Ala
Jawyer
Jack Munroe
Pimningham Athletic Club
Infidel on Grand Jury Disqualified No Duty
Frederick Maryland special report notes that a juror’s atheism does not disqualify him from serving. The circuit court overruled a defense plea arguing Aaron Davis’s infidelity made the grand jury unconstitutional. A related case reports William D. Ecker found guilty of manslaughter in Rupaille, sentenced to three years in Maryland penitentiary.
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Washington Post
Frederick
William C. Mercer
Grand
Aaron Davis
William D. Ecker
Willam Sears
Gleitner
Rupaille
Ludsy
Metrey
Ecker
Maryland
Amending Revenue Bill Moves Through Legislature
Special to The Washington Charleston W Va Feb 28 The legislature did not finish work today and may not finish tomorrow The house passed the general appropriation bill and sent it to the Senate The Senate began amending it in several places and at adjournment had acted on about one third of the measure The major amendment provides 5000 for a building on the State University grounds for senent agriculture The plan is to follow with the second year appropriation.
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Washington
Charleston
W. Va
House
Senate
State University
Senoent
Bay Shore hearing on lien vs superseding claims in receivership
Norfolk witnesses including Web Wright Sidney Snyder and engineer Alex Engstrom to appear before Special Master Thorp to argue whether 200000 Bay Shore Railway certificates are a lien on the Bay Shore property ahead of supply and mechanics liens or whether those liens supersede them. Engstrom also seeks several thousand dollars for services.
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Washington Post
Norfolk, Va
W LL Wright
Sidney L Snyder
Philadelphia
Bay Shore Railway
Norfolk
Bay Shore
Alex H Engstrom
Bay Shore Road
Wright
Snyder
Engstrom
Virginia Obituary Notices Across Cities in Broad Feb Dates
A collection of obituary notices from Newport News, Luray, Richmond, Petersburg, Frederick, and Winchester dated February 28 and surrounding days. Names include J F Adams, Robert B Rivers, Rev Joseph A Lauer, George Bortz, Annie Sours, Mrs Bennett, Mrs J H Lapsley, J T Farley, Dr J Thomas Sim, S H Alexander, and Joseph P Richard. Reports indicate deaths from consumption, age ranges from mid thirties to ninety, and interment plans in Florida and Kentucky among others.
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Newport News
J. F. Adams
Florida
Fitchmond
Robert B. Rivers
Franklin County
Flo
Saratoga
Joseph A. Lauer
Baltimore
St Clement’s College
Alexander Lauer
Cumberland
George Bortz
Cumberland Valley
Capt Martin Bortz
Centerville
Luray
Annie Sours
John Sours
Peter Sours
Souis
Richmond
Bennett
John C. F Bennett
Charleston
James Gardner
Lynn
Mass
Julia Gertrude Gardner
J. H Lapsley
Paris
E J Patton
J Thomas Sim
Frederick County
Libertytown
Thomas Sim
Hver
H. S. Alexander
Winchester
Joseph P. Richard
Bliss
Richard
Lutheran Church
Susan E. Larrick
Alexandria News In Briefs Elected Trustee and Wedding Report
The item notes Thomas J Carter elected school trustee after a vacancy. It also covers a wedding at the Methodist Episcopal Church South where Miss Mary Wallace Pollard wed Dr Arthur Barton Crane with reception at Pollard home and plans to reside in Washington. The brief also mentions council actions on paving, lumber measurement, a bridge ordinance, and a sewer outlet dispute with the District.
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Washington Post Bureau
King Sweet
Alexandria
Methodist Episcopal Church
Hattie Pollard
Ronett F. Greene
Miss Stansboury
Miss Taylor
Miss Simmons
Dr Crane
Fred Nobles
Washington
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Glenn
Frank Pollard
Cameron and
Patrick Streets
Crane
North
A. B. Crane
Plainfield
N. J
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Royal Street
King Street
Cameron Street
Fairfax Street
Tne Street
City Hall
Bryan
Board of Aldermen
Common Counel
Alexandria Fertilizer and Chemical Company
Union Street
Queen and Princess Streets
Committee On Streets and General Laws
T. J. Fannon
Fourth Ward
Marshall
Thomas J, Carter
Harrison
Benny
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Carter
Paff
Dunn
Gorman
Boothe
Martin
Biddle
Columba
Potomac
Cat Biddle
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Alfred H Roberts
Cameron
J G. Cornell
Friends' Church
Baltimore
Divered Meade
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A. Wallis
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J N Gibbs
A L Lukens
F H
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Ma~chen
Moncure
Mary Magdalena Johnson
Tilman
Evans
University of Virginia Mandolin and Glee Club
Opera
Old Dominion Boat Club
Norfolk
the Auty
Old Episcopal High
Drowning of a Negro After White Pursuit in Virginia
Harry Hendricks, a Black man, was chased from Ing ham Station on a Norfolk and Western train by a crowd. He crossed a Shenandoah River dam to escape and drowned as floodwaters swept him away. Sheriff Sedwick, Col. Hudson, and Commonwealth Attorney Keyser visited the scene. no arrests yet. Searchers continue to drag the river for the body amid claims of an unwritten local law restricting Black passage.
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Washington Post
Winchester
Harry Hendricks
Page County
Norfolk and Western
Ingham Station
Shenandoah River
Wey
Sedwick
Jonel Hudson
Keyser
Historic papers returned from Massachusetts to Virginia
Massachusetts Historical Society librarian Samuel A Greene sent a large collection of papers to the Virginia secretary. Dated as early as 1754, the documents include private papers wills permits and grants from across the state. In good condition they may prove valuable and help trace ancestors in Virginia.
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Massachusetts Historical Society
Richmond
Washington Post
Samuel A Greene
Commonwealth of Virginia
Capitol Building
Dollar's Worth Free To Any Rheumatic Sufferer
A self help offer promotes Dr Shorp's Rheumatic Remedy as a universal cure by removing blood poison from rheumatic patients. It claims kidneys fail, crystals form in joints, and asserts twenty years of testing plus a costly German chemical make a reliable treatment. The pitch promises a free trial with no deposit or payment.
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Riak
Germany
Shopp
Christian Temperance Loten
Otatl
Pial
Washinto Stevens
Free Rheumatism Remedy Offer from Dr Shoop
The advertisement invites all readers to request a free dollar package of a rheumatism remedy. No conditions or requirements are stated. responders must write ME for an order. The offer promises a standard package and a free book on rheumatism, with Dr Shoop at Box 46 748 Ravine, Wisconsin.
Couple Married Near Col Kilgour Home
Town resident Clarence Burtiss and another man tied the knot this morning at Col William Kilgour’s residence with Rev W F Locke presiding. In Richmond two condemned Black men Peter Dancy and Edward Austin were baptized in a city jail bath tub by two Black ministers before their execution date.
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Clarence Burtiss
William Kilgour
W.F. Locke
M. BE. Charen South
Richmond
Washington Post
Peter Dancy
Edward Austin
Evangelical Conference Opens in Hagerstown Maryland
The sixth annual Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical Church convened at St Pauls United Evangelical Church in Hagerstown. The opening session, held in secret, reviewed preacher applicants for ministry. Tomorrow will feature more business and the Missionary Society anniversary with Mayor A C Strite delivering the welcome. About 150 ministers and as many lay delegates attend under Bishop St 8B Hartzier. others expected include Bishops Heil, R Dubois, and W L Stanford. The conference covers Maryland West Virginia Pennsylvania and nearby churches in New York.
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Washington Post
Hagerstown
Dmty
Central Pennsylvania
A C Btrite
Hartzier
Harrisburg
Heil
R Dubois
W L Stanford
Maryland
West Virginia
Pennsylania
New York
Three Killed on Trace Near Evitts Creek Maryland
The Baltimore and Ohio train No 12 bound from Pere to Baltimore left at 11 10 last night and ground to pieces three Wabash employes about three quarters of a mile east of Evitts Creek near Slumberland Maryland. John O'Brien of Philadelphia age 28 was killed along with two unknown men likely Dan Dwyer and John Hamilton both about 30. Ed Hays of New York, 26, was only slightly hurt, struck in the side.
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Evitts Creek
Slumberland
Balltimore
Ohio
Pere
John O'Brien
Philadelphia
Dan Dwyer
John Hamilton
Ed Hays
New York
Fie
Jerome under fire in grand jury minutes bid
In New York on February 24 a motion to inspect grand jury minutes for three defendants in the Dodge Morse conspiracy case was argued before Justice Kenefick. The district attorney faced sharp criticism as defense counsel claimed many indictments were issued without police court examination and that the defendants were kept unaware of the charges.
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Grand Jury
Dodge-Morse
Edgar L. Fursman
Abe Hummel
Benjamin Steinhardt
Kenefick
Supreme Court
Jerome
Castriet
Ain
Dr Adler Made President of American Jewish Historical Society
In Cincinnati on February 28 the American Jewish Historical Society closed its session with a banquet and elected officers. Dr Cyrax Adler of the Smithsonian Institution became president with Simon W Rosendale of Albany as vice president and other officers named, including secretaries Leon Huebner and D Herbert Friedenwald, and treasurer N Taylor Phillips. Joseph Jacobs of New York was elected to the executive council to succeed the late Myer S Isaacn.
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American Jewish Historical Society
Cincinnati
Ohio
The
Cyrax Adler
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Philadelphia
Taylor Phillips
New York
Max J Kobler
New York City
Joseph Jacobs
Myer
S Isaacn
Seawright Magnesian Lithia Water praised in letters
A batch of testimonials from 1905 to 1906 Hartford and Virginia praise Seawright Water for relief of rheumatism gout and purity. John McClary of Washington DC notes two cases requested. Mrs Robert Tenny of University of Virginia reports real merit not mere hype. Lucius F Cary cites suitability for sedentary students and claims noticeable benefit.
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Conn
J S R Edmondson
John McClary
Pst
Washington DC
Seawright
Robert 4Th Tenney
University of Virginia
EF R Edmondson
Staunton
Lithia
Lucius F Cary
Seawright Water praised by eastern physicians in medical notices
Featured physicians from eastern cities extol Seawright Water as a superior curative, claiming it restores chemical balance, treats obstinate diabetes, eruptive diseases, bladder inflammation, and other ailments. They report rapid, remarkable improvements and urge wider professional adoption.
Twenty Skeletons Unearthed at Missionary Ridge Site
In Chattanooga Tennessee workers uncovered twenty skeletons while removing earth to build viaduct approaches. Brass buttons bearing Union insignia were found near the remains, believed to be Federal soldiers killed during the Missionary Ridge assaults and hastily buried in trenches. More skeletons are expected to be removed as digging continues.
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Missionary Ridge
Chattanooga
Tenn
Peh
Schmidt on trial for murder in Sherman case
Bridgeport Conn February 28 Paul Herbert Schmidt charged with the murder of William Taylor at the Crittenden farm in Sherman during August last. Schmidt, a farm hand, and Taylor were employed by W D Critten den a New York manufacturer at his summer home. Taylor was murdered August 22 144 with jewelry and cash stolen valued over 160 000. Schmidt later arrested in Kentucky. Utica New York February 28 First steps to electrify portions of the West Shore Railroad to begin within two weeks. The initial work will cover four miles between Frankfort and Herkimer before extending toward Syracuse.
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Schmidt
Kentucky
Utica
West Shore Railroad
Frankfort
Herkimer
Syracuse
Trish Regret Boutwell's Death Cable Message
Boston cablegram from John IE Redmond leader of the Trish Parliamentary party to John O Callaghan secretary of the United Irish League of America. It states Trish party deeply regrets the death of Gov. Boutwell, who was a consistent friend of Irish freedom.
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Boston
Mass
John IE. Redmond
Trish Parliamentary Party
Gov
George & Boutwell
John O’callaghan
United Irish League of America
Trish
Gov. Boutwell
President Harper Resumes Work at University of Chicago
Chicago February 25 President William R Harper of the University of Chicago sat up in bed at Presbyterian Hospital and attended to duties as head of the university less than a week after an operation disclosed cancer of the colon.
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Harper
Chicago
William R Harper
Theniversity of Chicago
Presbyterian Hospital
Two Kalled by Fall of Coal at Richards Colliery
Shamokin Pa February 28 A miner loosening coal in a breast at Richards Colliery today triggered a heavy fall. Anthony Welcome and Joseph Antumsky were killed while several other workers escaped serious injury.
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Richards
Anthony Welcome
Joseph Antumsky
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