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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1914
Page
12
Fragmented report notes a tense joint session with the general assembly and gathered citizens. Mentioned are figures like Sen dra, Owen, and Bryan addressing an audience under auspices of a Democratic League.
Fragmentary OCR shows multiple obituaries and notices dated February 1914. Names include Otis Read and Eliza Annig, with interments at Mount Mary and Oak Hill chapels. Text references deaths, wakes, and family relations across several residences, indicating a cluster of death notices and funeral details from a local newspaper page.
The Democratic League endorsed measures including initiative and referendum, a constitutional amendment, county officer reforms, and opportunities for equality. It praised Wilson administration peace policies and Bryan’s diplomacy, while criticizing the Democratic machine in Virginia for failing to enact progressive legislation. Aubrey B. Strode condemned the machine and urged reforms.
The Clinchfield Coal Corporation lost a suit filed by the heirs of Capt. and Mrs. Frank Imboden of Bristol. The court awarded the heirs a one sixth interest in coal lands valued at about ten million dollars in Russell and Dickinson counties, Virginia. The deed to Mrs. Imboden was disputed as bridal gift property. The case will be appealed.
Farmers of Berkeley county wean to form an organization to challenge in court the state law on destroying cedar trees. They oppose paying for trees believed to harbor diseases harming apples and aim to repeal the act in the next legislature. Threats to resist enforcement by shotgun were mentioned amid constitutional challenges to the law.
Matilda Katherine Kelly 68 dies suddenly at home in Ballyhack Roanoke county during her husband George W. Kelly funeral services. She collapsed on the porch beside the casket and died minutes later. Interment followed beside her husband at Boyds Presbyterian Church in Boyds Maryland. Jacob Rubel former Confederate also died Wednesday night age 86. Services led by Rev A Gillingham.
Mrs Charles Becker of New York supports her husband Charles S Becker, the former lieutenant convicted for Herman Rosenthal's murder, urging a new trial amid ongoing public attacks. The article notes her persistence and influence over Becker's friends as they back the bid for reversal and relief.
Historic Society of Masqueraders in Annapolis presents Gilbert and Sullivan operetta Pinafore to honor the midshipmen nearing graduation. Cast includes Little Buttercup, Josephine, and Dick Deadeye with a large shipboard audience praising performances by Davis Rackstrew Perry and Creighton officers.
Court action places Mount Vernon Stables Incorporated under a receiver after a June 15 1912 deed of trust. The property and assets including horses carriages and harness were auctioned on the premises. Attorneys Howard W. Smith and Samuel G. Brant represented creditors Covel Supply Company and others. A Parents Teachers Association of Alexandria is organized with officers and a temporary secretary treasurer to foster school community ties. Funeral notices: Miss Virginia Davis and Mrs Frances E Best scheduled for services in Alexandria and Del Ray with local church officiants.
Fragmentary text reports a new company planning to raise fur bearing animals in a town setting. Mentions include skunk foxes and other creatures with unclear phrasing about individuals and roles. The source is too garbled to identify people or places clearly.
The body of James Prince Orndorff, missing since New Year’s Eve, was found today in the Chesapeake and Ohio canal near the Taylor Company tin mill where he worked. He was fully dressed. His family had lived in Romney, West Virginia, and later moved to Davis, West Virginia. No motive or foul play evident.
Baltimore, Feb. 28. F H Reed of Raleigh North Carolina wrote to Marshal Farnan thanking him for resisting his hunt for a wife. He says twenty four Baltimore blondes who do not use snuff have letters on hand and are willing to wed him for better or worse. New applicants arrive by mail.
A recent letter by Reed describes asking a marshal to help him find a wife. He praises Baltimore girls as blonde companions but notes Raleigh ladies mostly use snuff. The missive reveals his romantic misfires and social observations.
Richard N. Ryon, clerk of the circuit court for Prince Georges county, died at 6:30 tonight at his Cottage City home after years of heart trouble and several recent attacks. He was about 49, known across Maryland as a Republican figure and a friend of Gov. Goldsborough.
Lethe Perdue, once tried for the sensational murder of her brother-in-law James Kendrick, has eloped and wed in Huntington West Virginia on February 28. The case drew national attention as police investigated the shooting amid a volatile household dispute.
The Huntington fire department member and Morgan Perdue of Norfolk and Western railway eloped. The bride had recently been tried and found guilty of involuntary manslaughter for killing James Kendrick, her sister’s husband. She testified she loved her brother in law and he promised marriage.
Word reached Big Stone Gap of the Philadelphia hospital death of A H Reeder president of Interstate Railroad and Stonega Coal and Coke Company. Frostbite in service years ago led to toe amputations after an operation begun in January. Blood poisoning cited as cause. note about use of Post Want Ad columns.
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