Wyman to turn garage into aircraft parts shop
WH Wyman buys Warner Motor Car Co garage at 1206-208 New Hampshire Ave NW for 35000 dollars. He plans remodeling and an addition to house machinery for airplane manufacture, replacing prior auto works. The article notes city transit and other regulatory actions amid broader public notices.
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H Wyman
New Hampshire Avenue
Northwest
Warner Motor Car Company
WH Wyman
Boh
Wyman
Washington Produce Market Prices and Receipts Listed
Feeds, vegetables, and meats with assorted prices from Washington Market show eggs, roosters, turkeys, and potatoes priced per unit or per barrel. The item list includes fruit like pineapples and sugar, with notes on certificates and a redemption schedule for receivers certificates of Georges Creek and Cumberland Rail Road at par and interest by April.
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Mado
Toh
Maryland Ralsey
Georges Creek
Cumberland
Consul Anderson Dies on Train in New Jersey
George B Anderson United States consul in Martinique died of heart failure on a West Shore train at Weehawken New Jersey. He was about 45, native of Kentucky, in the consular service since 1880, recently on leave due to illness.
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B Anderson
Martinique
New York
George B Anderson
United States
Conani
Weehawken
Anderson
Kentuck
Lax
Rio de Janeiro
Is an Oyster Fat Explain Floatin g Process
Delegation of 200 New Jersey oyster men appeared before the Pure Food Board to contest a new rule banning floating oysters in fresh water. They argued the practice fattened oysters and did not harm humans, while officials said it altered flavor and concealed defects. Hearings featured testimony from Charles Bacon and William Chew and focused on the impact on New Jersey oyster markets if the order goes into effect May 1.
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New Jersey
Pure Food Board
Harvey WW Wiley
Cumber and Ocean
Atlantic Counties
Charles 8 Bacon
Bureau of Sheil Asherles
Seon Tarver
Ie Board of Food and Drug Inspection
Ofder
Walter Td Maco
Charles i Bacon Mae
William Chew
New Jersey Board of Health
Coes
Tery
House Kills Dry Bill Debates In Close Maryland Vote
Maryland house votes 0 to 48 to kill statewide prohibition option after a heated session led by Anti Saloon League officials. Debate includes rough handling of advocates, with Baltimore near solid opposition and senate committee moving measures on representation and public utilities amid a packed gallery. A hospital board for Negro insane gains funding, and a Baltimore building loan advances.
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Washington Post
Annapolis
House
Temperance Committee
Supt Anderson
Antisaloon League
Ford
Andersons
del. Bate Benson
Mr Anderson
Soha
Bull
Toe Ay
Stila
Ba Umore
Young Financiers At Helm In National Bank Resignations
New directors Thomas F Ryan J C Morgan and H C Deming resign from the National Bank of Commerce Allan. Ryan J F Morgan Jr and Henry P Davison are appointed in their places. The move fuels talk the Morgans and Ryans may retire from active business or pass duties to younger partners as both families hold equal banking influence.
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Judges rule against lifting injunction in Southern Railway case
Special to Yne Washington era Suchmond Va March 2. United States circuit court judges declined to interfere with Judge Waddill's injunction restraining the Southern from raising rates on the Tennessee Central line for at least ten days. The Tennessee Central must accept the higher rates, but the injunction remains in force while likely appeal proceeds.
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Suchmond
Golf and Pritchard
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Waddlel
Waddill
Tennessee Central
Virginia Weddings in Washington and Martinsburg
Tredericksburg area residents William Quis au berry and Edna Breaks wed in Washington this afternoon. George Pitzer of Martinsburg and Alice Esther Savee married in Spotsylvania County vows administered by Rev J Ji Henderiite at the Presbyterian Church. In related news Newport News reports AE Butcher pleaded guilty today and paid the minimum fine for a note to induce withdrawal in a constable race. Ernest C Cos Cox was fined $200 for allowing a payment to occur.
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Tredericksburg
William Quisau Berry
King George County
Edna
WE Brooks
Stafford County
Washington
George Pitzer
Martinsburg
W Va
Alice Esther Savee
Lena F Savee
Spotsylvania County
Presbyterian Church
J Ji Henderiite
Newport News Va
Ea Counciman AE Butcher
J P Fratey
Constable
Ernest C Cos
Cox
Burecher
Bratey
Russia May Threaten China Over Rail Proposals
Report from St Vetersburg outlines Russian pressuring China via a joint Kalgan line extension with foreign capital. Communication to international powers notes no replies yet, while talks of rail routes north of Peting and parallel Canadian rails surface. Military show of force if China delays or rejects current terms, with unclear further action.
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St Vetersburg
Borotohz
Calna
Foreign Board
Kalgan
Algun Chinchow Railrov
Gama
Machurta
88, She Sings in Quartet Four Aged Choristers Have Sung Together
Four octogenarian choristers performed at a tenth birthday celebration of Mrs Mary Denny of West Middleton. The quartet includes Mrs Denny, Mrs Martha Hempill, Mrs J W Brownlee, and Mrs Emma Mangon, all aged 80 or more, with guests mostly over 80.
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Washington Pa Ward
Mary Denny
West Middleton
Last man to be hanged in North Carolina took to Bladen county
Henry Aplvey, the last man sentenced to die by hanging in North Carolina, was moved from State prison to Bladen County for execution before the electrocution law. Go. Kitchin refused to intervene. Ivey killed his father-in-law. a tree accident in Germantown, Maryland left George L. Crawford with a head wound and unconsciousness, but expected recovery.
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North Carolina
Raleigh WC
Henry Aplvey
North Carola
Bladen County
Kitchin
Sp Ivey
Washaston
Germantown
MD Mar
George L. Crawford
Here
Favor Judge Keller for Circuit Bench Special
The Kanawha Bar Association passed resolutions tonight endorsing Federal Judge Benjamin F Keller of the Southern District of West Virginia for the circuit court. The action accompanies Congress creating an additional judgeship in the Fourth United States circuit.
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Keller
Washington Peat
Charleston
Kanawha Bar Association
Benjamin F Keller
West Virginia
Congress
Fourth United States Circuit
Seven Cotton Mills Cut Production in Charlotte Area
Seven cotton mills in the Charlotte region have joined a curtailment plan to slow output. Mills named include Morawébb at Dallas, Hudson at Hudson, Whitney Lenor and Moore at Lenoir, Medona at Medona, and Avonard Gastopie rallis. Also noted is Tufts College named residuary legatee of an estate valued at half a million dollars under the will of John Everett Smith of Norwood. the widow retains life use of the estate.
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Charlotte NC
Saren Cotton
Charlotte Mills
Morawébb Mil
Dallas
Hudson Mill
Hudson
Whitney Lenor and
Moore Mills
Lenoir
Medona Mills
Avonard Gastopie Rallis
Tufte Dedham
Mass
Tufts College
John Everett Smith
Norwood
Federal judge rules on cotton contract dispute
Florence SC May 2 Federal Judge Brawley directs plaintiffs Alexander Spront and Bon of Wilmington to recover between five and seven thousand dollars from Hurst Streeter Co of Cheraw. Plaintiffs paid for cotton not furnished under a contract dated October 1 at ten cents per pound. Defendants argued state law voids such dealing but court finds contract valid absent a settlement clause other than spot delivery.
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Florence
Brawley
Alexander Spront & Bon
Whtmington
Hurst Streeter Company
Cheraw
Tulares
John Goffigon Dead at Cape Charles at Age 6
Special to 109 Wamagion ox Cape Charles Va March 2 John Goffigon aged 6 died at his home this afternoon of fright’s disease He was appointed collector of customs by President Taft for the district of Cherry Stone from 1880 to 1894 He is survived by his wife and seven children and was a charter member of Evergreen Lodge Cane Charles and Ypsilon Chapter Delta Psi at the University of Virginia He served in the Confederate army and later joined the lighthouse service
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Cape Charles
John GoMgon
GoMgon
Taft
Clarence G Smithers Help
Hampton B
Military Academy
University of Virginia
United States
Cherrstone
Mauanle Evergreen Lodge
Cane Charles
Ypsilon Chapter
Delta Psi
Jo Fleming
Charlestown
Marg
John Q Fleming
Weaton W Va
Charges Against Lawyers in Kanawha Bar Association
Charleston W V March 2 charges of unprofessional conduct against attorneys Adam H Littlepage State senator and Thomas C Townsend state tax commissioner were filed with Kanawha bar association by Attorney J Swope. The protest follows a supreme court action by the association against Stanling license to join W Cook city councilman. Swope is Cook’s father in law and seeks a sweeping housecleaning to set a stronger tone.
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Washington Post
Charleston
Adam H Littlepage
Thomas C
The
Bar Association
Liquor Referendum Lost and Gettysburg Monument Fund Boost
The Senate refused to take up the statewide prohibition question by an eight to two vote while approving a $40,000 addition to the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Fund for a two year period. House and Senate actions included banking inspection measures and a chiropractic board move, with fiscal amendments expanding leadership membership and state agency oversight in finance and taxation.
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Gettysburg
White House
Washington Post
Richmond
Senate
Strode
Getty
Hattlefield
Senate Committee
Wickham Byrd
Baylor
Warwick County
House
Willams Banking
Stephenson
James City
State Board of
Chiropractic Examiners
Holland Tax Commission
House Finance Committee
House Finance
Caisis
State Corporation Commission
Miners Indorse Lewis at Cincinnati Convention Postponed
A 16 Interstate miners convention in Cincinnati on March 15 postponed the joint conference of mine operators and unions of Virginia and West Virginia until March 2. District No 17 will be discussed then. International President T J Lewis pledged support during today’s session.
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Charleston
Cincinati Maren
Virginia
West Virginia
District No 17
Wired Internacional
T J Lawis
West Virginia court test on divorce rulings and rail plans
In West Virginia a higher court test will be made on Judge Bermett s ruling that defendants whose divorces have been granted cannot remarry. The State Board of Trade urged governor to establish a State bureau of statistics to aid crop reports for the next legislature due to large disparities. The Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad plans a push into West Virginia from Geneva Pennsylvania with branches into Clarksburg or Belington and tapping Cochran coal holdings over 90 acres in WV and PA. Jo Fleming of Charlestown died in Wheaton West Virginia at 58, survived by wife, one son and one daughter.
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Bermetts
Payettesville
State Board of Trade
State Bureau of Statistics
Pittsburg
Lake Erie
Gompans
Bulla
West
Geneva Pa
Clarksburg
Bellington
Cochran
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Harrison
Newak NJ
Meadows
Bergen Hill
Thirty Se
Hudson Rover
Cornlandt Street
Financial District
Hudson and Manhattan Railroad
Nervine Restores Appetite and Calms Nerves Says Patient
A Rockingham North Carolina note claims Dr Miles Nervine cured a nervous sufferer who had no appetite headaches and sleeplessness. The testimonial says the first bottle helps and if not the money is refunded, with the claim the remedy calms irritated nerves and restores energy.
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Mlies Nervine
Land hearing set for 120 acres near Occoquan in Fairfax County
Hearings in the condemnation case to obtain land near Occoquan for a DC workhouse will be held March 17 before United States Commissioner RP W Garnett in Alexandria. Subpoenas served on landowners and about twenty witnesses. Government to be represented by District Attorney T L Lewis. Landowners listed include La Denty TD Violett J L Dawson James T Dawson Teresa Dawson Katherine C Holt W S Lynn and others. Concurrently Jeremiah J Ryan, 40, dies after brief illness. Jennie Henderson dies at 50. Harry C Tyler services today. merchants form temporary Alexandria association with R E Knight as chairman and J T Preston secretary.
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Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
United States Court
District of Virginia
Fairfax County
Occoquan
District of Columbia
United States
RP W Garnett
T. L. , Lewis
Garnett
Lewis
Department of Justice
Washington
la Denty TD
Violett
J L. Dawson
James T Dawson
Teresa Dawson
Katherins C Holt W S Lynn George Seleeman
Julia G F .Seleeman
Redman Seleeman and
George A Selecman
Western Maryland News Emergency hospital opened at Central Station
Western Maryland Railroad opens an emergency hospital at Central Station to provide first relief in accidents. A farmer from Let tersburg district reports birth of four lambs in four years all born March 1 with the last twins arriving yesterday. The Dry Run store robbery yields 400 dollars in goods discovered after opening. Washington county commissioners appoint Abra ham Sivite and John Horst as Republican nominees and George C Snyder as a Democrat. A second municipal ticket is launched at Williamsport appealing to incumbents renominated. Burgess W D Brorn, assistant George W Mc Cardell, and James T Richarda and Charles J David Byran head the tickets.
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Western Maryland Railroad
Central Station
Cumberland Rats
Gosenh S Harkeart
Lettersburg
Winter & Soath
Dry Run
Williamsport
Burgess
Brron
George W Mc Cardell
Williamsport Lider
James T Richarda
Charles J David Byran
Theta Uckets
Maryland Obituary Roundup From Rockville to Hagerstown
Rockville reports the sudden death of Samuel F Thompson 56 from apoplexy after visiting the city the day of his death with son Walter a clerk in Georgetown. Aurelia H Magaha 17 daughter of John W Magaha of Concord died after long illness in Montgomery County. Waynesboro records Harriet B Peters 16 daughter of T A Peters died from spinal meningitis. Hagerstown notes Edward Fennell local merchant and railroad employee died of pneumonia in Altoona. He survived by wife Ida G Lantz and one son.
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Rockville
Samuel F Thompson
Woods
Walter
Georgetown
Montgomery County
Aurelia H Magaha Daushter
John W Magaha
Concord
Tong
Waynesboro
Harriet Bizzbeth Peters
T AL Peters
Near Here
Trailfield
Pen Mar Hagerstown
Edward Fennel
Harry R. Fennall
Harry R. Fennall A Local Merchant Died of Pneumonia Yeater
Altoona
Chambersburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
The
Odd Fellows and the Lutheran Church
Ateble
Ida G Lantz
Washington Past East reports rail robbery and horse show news
A Baltimore cler k was taken by post office inspectors on charges connected to decoy bills amid a railway robbery inquiry. In Harrisonburg, stockholders of the Rockingham Horse and Colt Show Association voted to liquidate, signaling no summer show. Eleanor Vanderlip Dailey and Lawrence Jerome Potter wed in Rockville Maryland, with ceremony conducted by Rev. Thomas J Packard.
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Mal Clerk
Baltimore
Chesapeake and Atlantic
Berlin
Claiborne
Post Office
Washington Port
Harrisonburg
Rockingham Horse and Colt Show Association
Amora
Ian Rockville
Eleanor Vanderlip Dailey
Lawrence Jerome Potter
Rey Thomas J Packard
Christ Episcopal
Jail Break Out in Prince William County
Robert L McInteer a white man and Lewis Riley a colored man escaped from Prince William jail in Manassas after breaking through a sewer and walls with a stove poker. Sheriff Harabergh and a bloodhound pursued them. both were recaptured or not yet recaptured as of report. MeVolunteer, a Dumfries resident, had prior penitentiary terms and parole when arrested. lunacy commission had ordered asylum transfer but court blocked removal while under indictment.
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Relal
Washington Post
Menansas
Robert L McInteer
Lewis Riley
Prince William Fall
Sherif Harabergh
Meunteer
Dumfries
Wgs
Wes
Six Shot in Row Over Cow Fight Splits Factions
A street clash in the Cook and Endicatiz factions left five men and one woman wounded. The dispute over a cow led to gunfire with three Cook men and two Endicatiz men plus two Endicatiz women sustaining wounds. The incident occurred on March 2 in Felix Wo Va.
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Felix Wo
Endicott
Virginia Obituary Roundup from Crowded Virginia Notices
Obituaries from Virginia towns report Harrisburg widow Mrs Liggie Craun of Mount Cranford died aged 60. Henry Hinton, Confederate veteran and four months married, dies at 18. Renn S Draper, Confederate veteran, passes at Profitville aged 80 with two daughters and seven sons surviving. Enoch Lowry of Stafford, Confederate veteran, dies at 81 with widow. Lettie Rayfield of Cape Charles, 76, dies at home in Cherston from indigestion. survived by husband and four children. Various memorials note long service in Civil War battles and family ties across Suffolk Charlottesville Fredericksburg and Cape Charles areas.
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Harrisburg
Mra Liggie Craun
John Craun
Mount Cranford
Daylergs
Suffolk
Henry Hinton
Poe
Lettie
Charlottesville
Renn S Draper
W K Draper
J G Draper
Wasaington
Paulp Henkel
Pineville
Rockingham County
University Hospital
Hankel
Minnie Michael
Fredericksburg
Enoch Lowry
Stafford County
Cape Charles
Lettie Rayfield
Northampton County
Cherston
Parkersburg Man Held in Express Company Theft Case
J T Carpenter inspector of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was brought to Parkersburg on March 2 charged with complicity in the $4792 robbery of the United States Express Company late Saturday night. J H Rector, night clerk, had been arrested previously and released under $1000 bond. Carpenter denied guilt and awaits Saturday hearings as more arrests are anticipated. Charles S Campbell of Philadelphia, general superintendent of the United States Express Company, is in Parkersburg leading the investigation.
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Parkersburg
T Carpenter
Baltimore and Ohio
States Express Company
Rector
Carpenter
Onsy
Charles S .Campbell
Philadelphia
United States Express Company
Virginia briefs and local government notes
James H. Lindsay of Charlottesville is named special census agent for districts including Albemarle Louisa Hanover Powhatan Cumberland and Tirwanna counties with Charlottesville HQ. Harrisonburg aldermanic pay raised the mayor to 400 and recorder to 800 dollars. mayor receives fees for mayoralty court cases. Chauncey G Williams vs Lynchburg contract case for water system totals 50090 will be argued after yesterday’s completion with Prof Burks as special master. Judge McDowell to docket. Thomas D Carter, 45, drowned after falling into a weir on his Halifax County farm while drawing water.
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James H. Lindsay
Baily Progress
Charlottesville
4Themaree Grange Louisa Hanover Powhatan
Cumberland and
Tirvanna Counties
Chauncey G | Willams
Lynchburg
Burks
Washington and Lee University
McDowell
Federal Court
Thomas D Carter
Houston
Halifax County
Maryland Weddings in Hagerstown Amid War Time
Married this afternoon at his father in law Welter J McKenzie home Jesse Cowden Gassman of United States Express Cumberland to Miss Mary McKenzie. Rev Edwin T Mowbray of St Pauls Church officiated. Miss Rhoda Rice and Calvin Martin also wed by F J Nel. Norfolk news notes a later shooting death of James Horner by police in Churchland during a perjury arrest attempt.
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Hagerstown
Kdna
Anna
McKenzie
Welter J McKenzie
Jesse Cowden Gassman
United States Express Company
Cumberland
Edwin T Mowbray
St Pauls Methodist Church
Rhoda E Rice
Mangansville
Calvin E Martin
Prenklin
F J Nel
Ceartoast
Norfolk
James Borner
Churchland
Norfolk County
Havell
Horner
Brownie Car Rides For All World War II Era Cheer Opens Streets
News notes a community drive offering rides to Brownie girls and boys with a subscription drive for the week. Weather delays and generous local responses bring photos and prizes, including a large list of new subscribers and a special prize for the top fundraiser.
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Orda
Nto
Nominations at Hagerstown Primaries Reported
Nominating activity described for Hagerstown city primaries on March 7 shows write in interest. Ward 2 former Judge Eias Cost to incumbent declines renomination. Ward 4 George Sivacne nominated for council. Delegates to the mayoralty convention chosen. Seaboard Transportation news notes Stanley appointed general superintendent of transportation for Seaboard Air Line Railway system with headquarters there.
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Seeboard
Portsmouth
Stanley
Seaboard Air Line Railway System
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Alexandria Theater
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