Delegates Gather for Virginia Constitutional Reunion
Richmond March 6 The reunion of seventy five Constitutional Convention members is planned for March 16 with bright speakers including Gov A J Montague and Mayor Carlton McCarthy. A banquet at Masonic Temple aims for full attendance, and Swanson’s congressional seat prospects spark talk of potential candidates from Danville to Patrick County.
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Harvey
Plans New Electric Line To Bluemont From Winchester
Special to The Washington Post. Winchester Va March 5 The Winchester and Washington Electric Railway Company opened stock subscriptions for a line to Bluemont Loudoun County and thence via Alexandria to Washington One hundred thousand dollars in stock will be sold Fifty thousand subscribed yesterday Prominent businessmen and capitalists backers will promote the road Work will start soon but the exact route from Winchester to Loudoun has not yet been decided
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Maryland ministers take orders at Hagerstown
Maryland Evangelical ministers receive holy orders at the Hagerstown conference led by Bishop H T Hartzler. Elders B L Moore J H Ryder C Mizener. deacons W K Shultz G S Albright H R Wilkes R C Walker H A Snook How Thomas. one licensee F L Teter. Anniversary of Conference Missionary Society. address by Rev Dr R Dubs. Receipts $14 114 expenditures $11 02783 balance $3 08. Missions reported 766 conversions 723 accessions. $18 535.90 raised for churches. Bible Conference officers elected. Woman's Missionary Society address. Sunday School and Tract Union meeting held.
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En Press
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Hampton Fire Threatens Newport News Church Fire
Fire destroyed the Queen Street Baptist Church and two nearby homes in Newport News on March 5, with total losses around 23000 and 20000 of that insured for the church. Firefighters battled a conflagration in the business district amid low water pressure from mains.
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Offer to Kidney Sufferers Promotes Dr Shoop Remedies
An advertising plea touts Dr Shoop remedies for kidney issues by claiming kidney nerves govern function. It promises free books on kidneys and heart, and offers a dollar bottle trial via mail order, with no conditions for first-time readers.
Tobacco Sales Light Weather Retards Farmers
Tobacco receipts in Lynchburg and Richmond show over half a million pounds this week with generally good quality but soft orders. Prices ease on better grades while exports and local buyers weigh market outlooks. Reports from Durham Danville and Norfolk note good sales, higher prices and anticipation of crop activity, despite weather keeping planters back and awaiting English duty decisions.
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England
Boston
Jailbreak attempt halted at Portsmouth jail corridor
Police were alerted by digging noises as inmate Dolman and five others, including Ellis Jobson and Frank Richardson, attempted to tunnel through a brick wall. Dolman, linked to the Catholic Church fire, had been paroled for good conduct and later jailed for petty larceny, now held for penitentiary authorities.
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Med Delman
Portsmouth
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Wedding at Cumberland Unites Dr Thomas McDonald Nina Millboand
Special to The Washington Fest reports Dr Thomas McDonald and Miss Nina Millboand wed at Emmanuel Episcopal Church Cumberland Maryland at 830 pm. The couple, prominent Allegany County figures, had a quiet ceremony with relatives friends and a small reception at Prospect Street. They will honeymoon in the East.
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Rockville
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Georges Creek
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Prospect Street
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British subject Ramsey held in Norfolk over threats to captain
Special to The Washington Poet Norfolk Virginia March 6 William Ramsey a West Indian subject of the King is jailed authorities seek guidance from Washington The four masted schooner Clarence H Venner from Boston discharged in Portsmouth reported Ramsey threatened the captain and mate A warrant was issued for Ramsey Immigration Inspector says the Venner must take him back to Boston where he was shipped but jurisdiction remains unresolved The Venner’s owners cannot pay his passage home and danger of release looms across the harbor March 5 Newport News smallpox scare hits Ithaca Conservatory Concert Company passenger quarantined pest house erected and concert in Y M C A Hall prior to quarantine in Charlotte Mountain Island Power Company deal valued at 30000 to supply power to mills on Catawba River led by Dr Wythe of New York formerly Hooper estate Baltimore owners to form a new company for regional mill power
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New York
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Virginia Weddings and Local Deaths Across Towns
Virginia notices report Fredericksburg wedding of John Stevens and Mine Minute Williame at Rev Decatur Edwards home on Spottswood street. Newport News notes Mary McDermot and Frank A. McCoy wed in Berkeley. Leesburg records deaths of George Everhart in Mechanicaburg Ohio, Anthony Bursig near Thor nsburg, Thomas L. Barrett near Winchester, and Semusi McGill in Schuyler.
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Ohio
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Thornsburg
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Frederick City
Schuyler
Netson County
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Seawright Water Praised By Satisfied Patients
Hartford February 1 1905 letters from BH Edmondson and others praise Seawright Water for relief from rheumatism gout and purity. Notes from Mrs Thnney University of Virginia and Lucius Cary attest to medical benefits and recommend it to students and sedentary individuals. Readers report immediate relief and lasting improvement.
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Washington, D. C
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Staunton
Lithia
Lucius F. Cary
Seawright Water Praised by Eastern Physicians
A collection of testimonials from well known physicians praising Seawright Water. They claim it cures diabetes diabetes and bladder inflammation and improves stomach function. They describe dramatic recoveries in eruptive diseases and albiminuria and assert its superiority among medicinal waters.
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Physician Dr McGill Dies At 63 In Virginia Extraction
After service in the Confederate army Dr McGill practiced medicine in Leaburg with Dr Fauntleroy, later at Schuyler serving the Virginia Soap-Blane Quarry Co. His widow Elizabeth Randolph Fauntleroy, four sons, a daughter, and a brother survive. Funeral held at St James Episcopal Church Leeburg. Nora Stonebraker, 25, died after Johns Hopkins treatment. Dr Daniel P Fahrney, 64, patent medicine figure, died. George W Kitumiller, 50, Blaine W Va, collapsed in Baltimore. In Tampa, police killed a gambler and wounded another in a clash with 15 negroes.
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Chicago
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