Potomac Flood Threat Grows Across Maryland West Virginia
Rivers rise rapidly flooding lowlands and canals from Williamsport to Cumberland. Heavy rain, ice flows, and landslides disrupt the West Virginia Central and Baltimore and Ohio lines. Train slides, damaged cars, and dangerous trestles delay travel as officials brace for further freshets and possible dam breaks.
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Maryland
West Virginia
Potomac
Dam No 6
Okonoko
North Branch
Cumberland
Wineus
West Virginia Central
Cheet River
Cheat River Bridge
Rock Falls
Tub Run
Shell Cut
Thomas
Hendricks
Huttonsville
Arnold
Reurge
Creek and Cumberland Railroad
Alleghany Grove
Baltimore and Ohio
Oakland
Harry Irwin
PH Frankfort
Virginia wedding and obituaries from various towns
March notices from Chatham Leesburg Orange Richmond Fredericksburg and Winchester report deaths marriages and a few personal notices. Miss Rush Huyler of Pittsylvania County dies at eight years old with siblings surviving. Mrs Sarah White of Woodburn dies of stomach cancer aged sixty five. Mrs Virginia Bond widow of Cat Thomas W Bond dies in Orange County from paralysis leaving four children. Col Thomas J Bell of Auburn NY dies in Richmond of pneumonia. funeral tomorrow. pallbearers include Confederate veterans. Rev P B Price, 83, longtime Presbyterian minister, dies in Richmond leaving several children and a surviving wife. Sidney D B Stevens and Florence E Bourne wed at Christian Church in Fredericksburg. Tarther C Kremer and piectric Bitters advertised. Ella Harper of Winchester cited for health cures.
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Chatham
Rush Huyler
Bachelors Hall
Pittsylvania
Leesburg
Sarah White
Charles White
Woodburn
Virginia Bond
Thomas W. Bond
Auburn
Richmond
P. B Price
Jones
Ir. Price
F. Frank Price
Kashing
China
L. M Ferrell
Montvale
Miss Little Price
Pittsburg
Emmett Price
Washington, D. C
Mary Price
Marshal Price
Fredericksburg
Sidney DB Stevens
Florence FE
Bourne
The
Christian Church
B. H
Winchester
Tarther C. Kremer
Ella Haharper
Charles T. Weede
Market Street Methodist
Six Prisoners Escape Raleigh County Jail in Becckley
Special to The Washington Post six men escaped from the second story of Raleigh County Jail Beckley after supper. They drove to Atkinsville, drank whisky, played cards and caroused until just before daybreak, then most returned to the jail and locked themselves in. Each carried a two gallon liquor. Jailer found them drunk at breakfast and sobered, authorities suspect a friend's help with a stolen key linked to a prior escape by Grant Dows.
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Washington Post
Charleston
W. Va
Raleigh
Beckley
Atkinsville
Kanawha County
Grant Dows
Suspect Not Pettis in Montclair Murder Case
Newport News March 9 Chief Gallagher of Montclair N J arrived in Hampton and questioned George Brooks on suspicion tied to the murder of Mrs Hannah Ross and fire at her Montclair home on February 22 Brooks was cleared as not Benjamin Pettis who had a Providence R I lead but trail was lost Brooks says he will return to work on Crockett's farm and was at Poquoson York County the night of the murder
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Washington Post
Newport News
Gallagher
Montclair
N. J
Hampton
George Brooks
Hannah Ross
Brooks
Benjamin Pettis
Pettis
Providence
R. I
Crockett
Poquoson
York County
Woman Given Five Years Under Indictment in Lynchburg
Laslie Hanna alias Haley pleaded guilty to poisoning six people including Hamilton Faulkner in February. Judge Christian sentenced her to five years in the penitentiary, noting potential life terms but granting the minimum due to apparent remorse and hope for reform. Lillie Viar testified to the poison distribution.
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Washington Post
Lynchburg
Corporation Court
Laslie Hanna
Haley
Christian
Hamilton Faulkner
Hanna
Lillie Viar
Faulknere
False Arrest Suit Filed Against Montgomery Deputy Sheriff
Ninian M. Perry of Bethesda district sues Deputy Sheriff William R. Embrey for 895 damages over a Sunday arrest at Cabin John Bridge. Perry acquitted at trial. Embrey accused of acting without a warrant. Trial slated before Justice Joseph Reading, possible Circuit Court appeal.
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Montgomery
Washington Post
Rockville
Ninian M. Perry
Bethesda
Edward ©. Peter
William R. Embrey
Perry
Cabin John Bridge
Embrey
Justice of the Peace
Joseph Reading
Labor Wins Its Case Against Rails in Virginia Supreme Court
Richmond March 9 The Virginia Supreme Court sustained the Corporation Commission for the fourth time in a ruling touching streetcar labor tickets and transfers. The decision upheld the commission's view that the electric lines' contractual obligations require continuing two for five cent labor tickets and free transfers to the suburban Seven Pines line. Sixteen opinions were delivered, including reversals and affirmations in cases involving Virginia Passenger and Power, Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, Norfolk and Western, and other Circuit Court matters.
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Virginia Supreme Court
R. H. Steger
J. M. Matthews
Washington Post
Richmond
State Supreme Court
Corporation Commission
Railroad Company
Seven Pines
Lmits
James Keith
Prison Association of Virginia
Russell
Chancery Court
City of
Virginia Passenger and Power Company Et al
Commonwealth of Virginia
Blate Corporation Commission
Adams Ve. Jennings
Circuit Court
Campbell County
Interstate Coal and Irom Company
Commonwealth
Circuit Court of
Wise County
Stevenson
Levinson
Newport News
Lynchburg Telephone Company
Booker
Corporation Court
Lynchburg
Johnston, Truntes
George D. Witt Shoes Company
Lewin
Apperson
Prince William County
John A Buchanan
Southern Hailway Company
Virginia Iron, Coal, and Coke Company
Roberts Et Als
Wine County
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
Harria
Fluvanna County
George M. Harrison
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Fritts
Warren County
Chadduck
Burke
Frederick County
Bond
Fewellyn
Southern Railway Company
Corporation Court of
Alexandria
Brunswick for Swanson strongest gubernatorial hopeful
Richmond Virginia March 9 according to EB Buford of Brunswick a leading lawyer and politician Swanson is the strongest gubernatorial candidate in his district He says Brunswick favors him and notes Swanson leads though he declines to name a personal choice He also mentions Dr R S Powell likely to seek re election for Brunswick House of Delegates
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Washington
Richmond
EB. P. Buford
Brunswick
Virginia
Claude A. Swanson
Buford
Swansea
House of Delegates
R. 8. Powell
Fox Hound Controversy Sets Virginia Fox Hunt Trial
A wager pits Worcester mas s hunter Harry W Smith and A Henry Higginson of Boston over which fox pack can rouse more foxes in a day. Trials will occur in Loudoun County Virginia with noted sportsmen from across the region and beyond attending the event.
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Richmond
New York
Harry W. Smith
Worcester
Mass
Grafton
Middlesex Hunt
A. Henry Higginson
Boston
Higginson
Loudoun County
Virginia
Canada
Alabama
Richmond Boy Missing Mystery Deepens
Richmond Virginia March 9 search is under way for T Landon Gill seventeen year old son of W G and G who vanished the night of March 1 from his South ern Railway office job in the city A goodbye letter was found the next morning he is five feet four inches tall slender weighs about 110 pounds with dark complexion and black hair he is described as an accomplished musician and of excellent character.
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Washington Post
Richmond
T. Landon Gill
The
Southern Railway
Young Gill
Standard Oil Tax Battle Forces Assessors to Tax Leases
In Morgantown West Virginia March 9 citizens through lawyers urged County Court to tax oil and gas leases as personal property and the prosecutor to sue for five years of taxes based on this method. Standard Oil is accused of dodging at least 25 million dollars in oil and gas taxes since discovery. The court action could spark similar moves in other counties and loom as a major legal fight for the company due to previous Supreme Court limits on taxing its holdings. Also Norfolk announces the resignation of Thomas J Dashiel after 35 years as Baltimore Steam Packet Company general agent at Portsmouth and the appointment of Thos W Jordan Jr as successor.
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Washington Peat
Morgantown
W. Va
Standard Oil Company
Supreme Court
Standard Holdings
Norfolk, Va
Thomas J. Dashiell
Baltimore Steam Packet Company
Portsmouth
Thos W. Jordan, Jr
Dr Shoop Restorative Free Trial Offer for Stomach Nerve Cure
An advertisement proclaims Dr Shoop's Restorative can cure stomach trouble by rebuilding stomach nerves, not just the stomach. It offers a free one dollar bottle and free booklets, urging readers to write for details and a drugstore order.
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Ime
Cine
Wis
Gale
Father Aided Elopers Tail This Winchester Marriage News
Miss Nora Naomi Pentz eloped from Charlestown with Frank Joseph Kralch of Philadelphia and married in Winchester under escort by her father. The bride’s mother opposed the match, and her father, a Charlestown merchant, supported the ceremony after years of family estrangement and alimony arrangements.
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Washington Post
Winchester
Nora Naomi Pentz
Charlestown
W. Va
Frank Joseph Kralch
Philadelphia
James R. Graham
Presbyterian Church
James L Pents
Portrait of Washington Declared Genuine Gilbert Stuart
Fredericksburg VA March 9 Experts in Washington have pronounced the portrait of George Washington owned by Masonic Lodge No 4 a genuine Gilbert Stuart painting. The artwork, valued for Stuart's rarity, is believed painted from life during Washingtons second term and may have been a gift from Washington to the lodge.
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Washington
Fredericksburg
Rendezvous Fund Grows for National Headquarters Meeting
United Spanish War Veterans report progress toward a national rendezvous in Washington for officers and members of military societies. Since the St. Louis convention subscriptions and pledges have reached about 34600, with 22 delegates from the Spanish war volunteer service meeting in the city. Efforts include potential purchase of the Justice Gray property and surrender of the Army and Navy Club lease as unsuitable, with plans to buy or lease new property soon.
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United Spanish War Veterans
Washington
Military Societies of Veterans
Spanish War Volunteer Service
St. Louis
Justice Gray
Sixteenth
Army and Navy Club
Correction of the Davis Taylor family note in the March 1905 edition
A reader cites a misstatement about President Taylor and Jefferson Davis. The letter recounts Davis the elder’s marriage to Sarah Knox, the daughter of Zachary Taylor, and notes the strained relations during Mrs. Davis’s life, plus Davis’s later marriage to Varina Howell. It recalls battles and kinship ties surrounding the Taylors and Davises.
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Taylor
Jefferson Davis
Weat Point
Davia
Indiana
Black Hawk
First Dragoons
Louisville
Sarah Knox
Zachary Taylor
Col. Taylor
Lieut. Davis
Davis
Richard Howell
New Jersey
Gan
Col. Davis
Buena Vista
William Taylor Thom
Steamboats Resume Regular Winter Schedule on Potomac
Washington steamboats have resumed normal winter timetables after ice cleared from the river. The Anne Arundel returned from Baltimore yesterday for its first trip since ice disappeared. Charles Macalester and Harry Randall also restarted service to Mount Vernon and downstream, with plans to maintain the usual Saturday rhythm.
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Washington
Anne Arundel
Baltimore
Charles Macalester
Mount Vernon
Harry Randall
Anda
Hotelle Rapaal
Glee and Mandolin Clubs of Virginia at Alexandria Opera House
The Old Dominion Boat Club hosts a packed evening with the University of Virginia Glee and Mandolin Clubs performing at the Alexandria opera house. Prominent matrons serve as patronesses as reservations are sold out.
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Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
Glee and
Mandolin Clubs
University of Virginia
Old Dominion Boat Club
Louie C Barley
Mra
LM. Blackford
S A Wallis
Julian T. Burke
Louis § Greene
Hugh Mcuire
N. P. T. Burke
W. B
Daingerfield
W. B. Smoot
Frank Hume
W. J. Boothe
C. F. Lee
J. 3
Douglass
George Uhier
Marshall &, King
D. Blackett
Leadbeater
P. P. Phillips
W. J Morton
George
Arthur Snowden
Glee Club
R. B. Crawford
L. G Adams
J_H Stuckey
F. D. Boyd
L. D. Cole
TR. Turner
A. L. Rendolph
J. J.luck
le Roy B. Giles
Samuel Saunders
W. N. Page
Kery Jones
J. C. Hodges
L. R Hampton
J. Grifith
F M. Rummel
H. L Williamson
W. W Gount
F. R. Rogers
G. P. Edgar
George Wendling
McVeigh
J. P. Fletcher
Stanley Wimbish
W. McC. James
Mandolin Club
Robert Rosser
Frat
Cecil Dabney
Frank Morse Rummel
H Clay Michie
Jr. Trapa
H. W Kennedy
T. J. Wertenbaker
W. R. C. Cocke
George Heller
J. F Bryn
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Hagerstown
Potomac River
Williamsport
Cumberland Md
West Virginia Central and
Pittsburg Railway
Cedar Cliff
Baltimore and
Ohis
Rawlings
Cedar Cuff
Douglas
Tunnel No 1
Coal and Iron
Cheat River
Howlesburg
Balhingre
Ohio
Potomac Ice Gorge
Martinsburg
Chesapeake and Ohio
Rier
Hancock
Willamsport
George W Brownley
East Liverpool
Virginia Avenue
Twenty-eighth Street
5 Jones
Common Council
Maryland Hospital
Willam T. Noble
Western Maryland Hospital
Hyatteville
Hyattsville
Masonic Hall
Christine Owens
Eleanor O'Reilly
Orange
J. R. Owens
George B. Luckey
Washington Fort
Ted Sullivan
J. J. Grimm
Don Strothers
Cincinnati
Roanoke
Danville
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
Charlotte
Washington Roar
Jurces
West Virginia University
Ohio State University
LABOR
Richmond Railroad
Robert H. Steger
James M. Matthews
L. L. Lewis
George Keith Taylor
Swanson
Kal
Skelton
Annapolis
May Brown
State Fishery Force
Hacketts Point
Batthmore
Gastonia
N. C
A. J. Cremmer
Lowell
Galloway
Seattle
Wash
Winchester Bakery
Vienna Bakery
FOX Hound
Virginia Hunt
Standard Oil IS
Dr. Shoop
Wrigley’s
Wm. Wrigley, Jr., & Co
Chicago
Father
Elopers
Stuart
Rendezvous
Alexandria News
University of Virginia Glee Club
Col. Biddle
Ste
Elias Raff Liquor Co
REGAL
Tain
Arthur Bryant
Bryan
Aonare
Albert Bryan
Gardner Tl. Boothe
L. Allen
George Warfield
Pawéeth
Rixey
District of Columbia
Col Biddle
Mr. Phillips
Alexandrias
Edith Barron
North Patrick Street
W.J Morton
Christ Church
Fenner
M. M. Fenner
Fredonia
N.Y
Dear_Bir
W. B. Drew
Grand Rapids, Mich
Affleck
Pa.Ave
Adway
Radway
Wail Radway & CO
Elmet
TT En Sloans
Cook Remedy
Keeley Institute
North Capitol Street
Marryland
Medical
Reed Sivas
Twelfth Street
N.W
Shade
Fisk Elgin
W.t. Baldus
M. D
Tel Mae
Seseays
Onan Chemical
Bonin Sart
Lerrango
Gaenee
Paliadelphia Fe
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