Potomac River Floods Cumberland Area as Town Battles Rising Waters
Cumberland Maryland March 13 Severe rainfall and rapid snowmelt push the Potomac River above normal levels flooding Beall Paca and Johnson Streets and Rupturing access areas. Wills Creek nears the railroad bridge while Mosquito Flats floods forcing residents to flee. A bridge collapse damages infrastructure and trains reroute through waterlogged yards. Drownings reported on Mount Savage Wilbert Myers and others, with sustained rises and detours on Western Maryland lines. Storm surge causes widespread damage in Piedmont and Lonaconing, sparking fears of further floods as creeks and streets swell and utility poles fall.
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Washington Post
Cumberland
Potomac River
Beall
Paca
Johnson Streets
Ridgely
Wills Creek
Pennsylvania
Central Station
West Virginia Central
Georges Creek
Cement Mall
North Cumberland
Weat Side
Horseheads Construction Company
Horseheads
N. C
Mount Savage
Jennings Run
Wilbert
Norah Myers
Cumberland Baseball Park
Mosquito Flats
Fairmont Coal Company
Lonaconing
Midland
Piedmont
W. Va
Beck Street
Lake
Western Maryland
Baltimore
Flangerstown
Potomac
Williamsport
Antietam Creek
Saltersburg
Funkstown
Conocochesque
Winchester
Bar
Frederick County
Lemuel Clark
Omo
Mildnigh
Comberland
Smallwood Street
Ingher
Wits Creek
Sand Patch Mountain
Hering & Carpenter
Morth Mechanic Street
Will Remove Mrs Hoge from Blacksburg Postmastership
Information from Lynchburg states that the Postmaster General intends to remove widow of the late John Hampton Hoge from Blacksburg postmaster, a year in office, amid accusations she ceded control to an assistant. the position pays 1200 per year. Also reported are Woodmen of the World officers elected locally and a separate note of a boy in Greensboro sought for forgery, plus a man in Cumberland attempting suicide after a prior enlistment in the army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yaphington Dse
Lynchburg
John Hampton Hoge
Blacksburg
Clash With Council Prompts School Board Chief Speech
President Frank J. Briggs of the Portsmouth School Board denounced city leaders for neglect of education, urging higher funding for a new school building and better teacher pay. He warned he would support consolidation with Norfolk if finances fail to support proper facilities, provoking sharp council responses. Briggs, brother in law to Rep Harry L. Maynard, represents the congressman’s ward on the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth School Board
Washington
Portsmouth
Frank J. Briggs
Carriera
Briggs
Norfolk
Sir Briggs
Harry L. Maynard
Thi D.istrict
Thieves killed on track in Perryville
Special to The Washington Fest reports two young white men about twenty, one a former U S Navy sailor, jumped from a loaded freight car on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad track at Perryville Maryland after robbing silk umbrellas. They were struck and killed by a moving locomotive as they landed on the tracks. One body remained unidentified. The other proved to be Charles Spencer of Hartford Connecticut. The men had tossed two boxes of umbrellas from the car and failed to notice the freight train.
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Hikton
Mar
United States Navy
Baltimore and Washington
Perryville
Charles Spencer
Hartford
Conn
Uncle Sam
Ironworker Fatally Injured in Baltimore Warehouse Accident
Alfred Newman, 30, a structural iron worker, was killed when a window sill toppled him from the third story of a warehouse for Willam Doakin & Co. at Hanover and Barre streets. Joseph Ettinger, 37, of Hoboken, NJ, was seriously hurt as the falling sill struck him. Ettinger, a window dresser, had been in Baltimore on business and had no local friends. The Structural Iron Workers will arrange for Newman's body.
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The
Washington Post
Balimore
Alfred Newman
Joseph Ettinger
Bloomfield Street
Hoboken
N. J
Willam Doakin & Co
Hanover
Barre Street
Newman
Ettinger
Hattimora
Hanover Street
Baltimore
Organization of Structural Iron Workers
Too Late to See Her Son Dies in Petersburg Alms House
Ramsey, a young man from Petersburg afflicted with Bright's disease, was sent to the almshouse last month. Physicians said he had little time left and notified his mother in Nova Scotia. He died at 2 this morning. his mother collapsed when told of his death as the undertaker carried the body away.
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Washington Post
Petersburg
R. D. Ramsey
Bright
Ramsey
Nova Beotia
Train Strikes Obstruction Jars Duquesne Limited Near Meyersdale
Special to The Washington Post from Cumberland Maryland reports the Duquesne Limited hit an obstruction near Meyersdale last night causing a violent sway and breakage. Two cars suffered damaged brake rigging and bent rails while an air hose ruptured between coaches. The previous night the engine struck a rock between Vista and Scott Haven.
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Washigton
Cumberland
Duquesne Limited
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
St Tuck
Meyersdale
Vasta
Scott Haven
Court of Appeals reconvenes. multiple cases heard
Richmond Virginia March 13 The United States Circuit Court of Appeals recon vened this morning with Judges Goff Pritchard and Waddill in attendance It handed down its opinions in several cases including Commonwealth Bank of Baltimore Yeo Geo Yoo and others In rearguments the court affirmed reversed or remanded as indicated by the opinions and noted costs where assessed in several matters including Fidelity and Casualty Bank of Timmonsville and Lynchburg Mutual Company in error on rehearing final disposition varied by case
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Washington Post
Richmond
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Goff
Pritchard
Waddill
Commonwealth Dank
Baltimore
Ve Willer
D. McG, Jr
Hinkley
Tageart Steele
Edgar M Noel
Bank
Rupt
Appelites
District Court
United States
Yeo Geo Yuu
Yoo Jim
District Court of
Wheeling
W Va
Tedge Goff
J. W Bishop Company
Wiliam Dodson
Danville
Madge Morrie
Mary A Book
Nettts Bi
Exceptons
R Oh Wright
Gorman Wright Company
N Gorman
Richmont
Lynchburg Mil Companys
Teavolerst Insurance Company of Hartford
Coan
Smefor
Circuit Court
Byordburg
Virginia Weddings in James City County
Willinburg Mark Aumettus Miner and Mies Lovina Armistead wed by Rev DT Merritt at the Methodist church in Williamsburg area. Armistead family link noted. note references a 1955 era wedding and a household remedy advertisement appears in the same column.
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Willinburg
Mark
Aumettus Miner
Mies
Lovina Armistead
James City
DT. Merritt
Henry Armistead
Williamsburg
Railroads' Answer Filed In Discrimination Case
Maryland and West Virginia rail and coal firms answered charges of unfair coal car distribution against Baltimore and Ohio and others. The defendants deny discrimination, cite car scarcity and business cycles in West Virginia, and argue insufficient capital to meet rush demand. Trial expected Friday. case tests interstate commerce policy.
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Washington Post
Baltimore, Md
Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Fairmont Coal Company
Somerset Coal Company
Consolidation Company
Southern Coal and Transportation Company
Pittsburg and Fairmont Fuel Company
Baltimore and Onio Railroad Company
Pitcairn, Coal Company of
West Virginia
Baltimore and Ohio
United States Circuit Court
Gang
Haman
Maryland
Ttma
Epidemic of Pneumonia Strikes Woodenaville Area
Winchester Virginia March 13 Six deaths in recent days and ten miles around Woodenavills Hampshire County West Virginia report a severe pneumonia outbreak. Doctors work around the clock with Winchester physicians summoned to assist. The disease has spread rapidly and the situation is grave. Pneumonia has been prevalent around Weedensville for over a month.
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Woodensville
W. Va
Washington Post
Winchester
Woodenavills
Hampsnies County
Efck
Physicrave
Weedensville
Warfield Grants Clemency In Three Pardons
Gov. Warfield granted clemency at a pardon court releasing three inmates. Dolert Jackson of Baltimore, jailed for abducting a minor, received three years. Preston Watta, from Franca George County, was sentenced for larceny to two years. William H. Harlean, from Frederick County, convicted of a assault, prompted a local mercy movement.
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Warfield
Washington Post
Annapolis
Mar
Dolert Jackson
Baltimore
Preston Watta
George County
House of Correction
William H. Harlean
Montgomery County
Hallmante
Frederick County
Parton
Brethren IV Session Opens Virginia Conference Meet
The Virginia Conference of the United Brethren Church convened in Holmburg Virginia with Rev. J B Mills of Danville Pa presiding. George P Hott of Berkeley West Virginia was elected secretary for his 24th year and A S Hammack and E Nett named assistant secretaries. The session runs through Sunday and will announce year appointments and ordain several ministry candidates. The conference covers parts of Maryland West Virginia and the Valley of Virginia to Roanoke.
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Washington Post
Holmburg
Virginia
The
United Brethren Church
J. 3. Mills
Danville
Pennsylvania
Bishop Mills
George P. Hott
Berkeley
W. Va
Contested Norfolk Assistant Postmaster Race Heats Up
Norfolk expects a crowded field for the assistant postmaster job as political factions clash while Stephen B. Carney prepares to assume duties as postmaster. Prominent candidates include Dr Adolph Aronhaim AC Graner Armstead Borland and Maj Tarrall with state and local figures entwined in the fight.
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Norfolk
Washington
Stephen B. Carney
Beng
Adolph Aronhaim
AC. Graner
Bay Shore Terminal Company
Armstead Borland
Maj. Tarrall
Highlandtown murder case widens as suspect names others
In Baltimore on March 18 Charles Brehm, a Highlandtown resident, admits responsibility for the death of an unidentified man on February 17 but blames a group of accusers. He identifies Charles Donnelly Nick Kellar Jo Smith and John Smith as participants and witnesses in the alleged crime. He claims he saw them strike and rob the victim.
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Washington Post
Beltimore
Highlandtown
Capa
Charles Brehm
Spann Brehm
Brehm
Charles Donnelly
Nick” Kellar
Jo Smith
John Smith
Allas
Ble LA
Rob bin
Revenue fraud trial hearing in Greensburg NC
More than a dozen Wilkes County witnesses testified in a federal court case before Judge Boyd regarding a 1905 raid by revenue officers on illegal blockading distilleries. They said equipment survived the raid and some distilleries resumed operation days later, with other blockaders still active and unmolested.
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Washington Post
Greensburg
N. C
Boyd
Wilkes County
Johnson for Judge Appointed After Barley Endorsement
Nine of about twenty four local Bar Association members met at the Corporation Court to back John M. Johnson for circuit judge to fill Judge Nicol’s vacancy. Gov Swanson has already appointed Judge Louis C. Barley pending legislature election in January 1906. Barley received his commission yesterday. The State Board of Examiners toured Alexandria schools and will finish visits today, with institute sessions and speeches planned.
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Warhington Post Bureau
S21
Hing Street
Alexandria
Bar Association
Corporation Court
John M. Johnson
Circuit Courts
Charles E. Nicol
Swanson
Johnson
Louis C. Barley
State Legslature
James R
Harry B
J. Randall Caton
Gardner L. Boothe
Willam Fendall
Robinson Moncure
Leo P. Harlow
Douglas Stuart
Sannel P. Wisher
C. C. Carlin
Lewis H. Machen
Barley
Gov. Swanson
State Board of Examiners
Fleischmann
Alexandria County
James E. Clements
Teachers’ Institute
First Baptist Church
Wife Gave First Gleam Yet Taken In Panama Murder Case
New York reports the Panama arrest of Charles Henry Rogers in the 1905 Middletown double murder of Frederick R. Olney and Willis Olney and the killing of Alice Ingerick. Rogers allegedly hid across the country, was traced by a letter postmarked Panama, and faced investigation alongside numerous suspects who were cleared. Mrs. Rogers Ingerick’s silence and motives, plus extensive police work, connect to a web of arrests, alibis, and a long pursuit ending in Panama.
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New York
Panama
Charles Henry Rogers
Frederick R
Willis
Olney
Middeltown
Alice Ingerick
Martin Ingerick
Rogers
San Francisco
WVU Regents Require Tuition in Medical Law and Music
The West Virginia University board of regents ordered tuition in the medical and law departments and the school of music after a governor veto of appropriations. The move aims to raise about $6,000 annually from West Virginia students for these programs.
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Washington Fone
Moreontown
W. Va
Board For Regents
West Virginia University
School of Music
West Virginia
Dickson Hardware Assigns to Trustee in Virginia
The Dickson Hardware Company in Fredericksburg Virginia assigned to trustee D U Russell to satisfy creditors. Claims are believed to total around 1.0 million with northern and western firms and potential assets not yet disclosed. In Raleigh North Carolina Gov Glenn names five business men as commissioners for the state hospitals for the insane under the Bickett act including F Aydrett Elisabeth City W A Erwin Durham J W McNeill Hope Mills J H Weddington Charlotte and G A Webb Asheville.
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Waenington
Fredericksburg
Dickson Hardware Company
D. UL. Russell
Richmond
Baltimore
Glenn
Washington Post
Raleigh
N. C
Gov. Glenn
Bickett
BE. F. Aydrett
Eliabeth City
W. A. Erwin
Durham
J. W. McNeill
Hope Min
J. H. Weddington
Charlotte
G. A. Webb
Asheville
Burns Fatal for Spartanburg Teen in Salisbury Hospital
Spencer New Mexico March 18 Ted Drummond seventeen year old of Spartanburg South Carolina died yesterday afternoon at a Salisbury hospital where he was taken after severe burns at the Southern shops last week. His clothing saturated with with fuel ignited causing the fatal blaze at work.
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Spencer, N. G
Ted Drummond
Spartanburg
S. C
Satisbury
Maryland Obituary notices from Cambridge area
Cambridge Mary land notices report the death of Thomas Kughlett a longtime deputy fish commissioner for the Eastoro Shore after pneumonia and Brights disease followed by Henry W Thies funeral in Laprel with pastor G M Wartecdl officiating survivors include his wife two daughters and two sons and Philip H Taree burial from St Philip's Episcopal Church with order of service noted
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Cambridge
Thomas Kughlett
Eastora Shore
Cambbridge
Bis Romsere
Bright
Laprel
Mar
Henry W. Thies
Genatius Rentdones Bere
Uhia
Hig
Fev
G. M. Wartecdl
Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church
Philip H. Taree
St. Philip's
TA. Volmtons
Amrwived Br Bla
Southern Ice Exchange rejects price fixing plan
Atlanta, March 12. The Southern Ice Exchange at its annual convention decided against forming a Southern trade combine. They ruled out price increases or uniform rates citing strong legislation and public sentiment against combinations, varied regional conditions, and the risk of nonparticipants forcing unequal pricing.
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Atlanta
Southern Ice Exchange
Wilkie Escapes Hanging Commutation to Life
Richmond Va March 13 Wes Wilkie solered of Scott County was sentenced to hang for murder. Execution fixed for Feb 21 but he escaped jail days before and was respited to March 2. Governor Swanson commuted the sentence to life imprisonment citing the jury and local officials. He will be sent to the penitentiary at once.
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Washington Post
Richmond
Wes Wilkie
Solered
Scott County
Swanson
School fund cut down to pay books says attorney general
Annapolis Md March 12 Attorney General Bryan has advised the comptroller that 150000 dollars for school books must be paid from the school fund before the June apportionment. It is feared this will force early school closures in several counties a month ahead of schedule. The board of education argued the amount could come from funds accruing after the June apportionment but before year end.
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Annapolis
Bryan Haa
Board of Education
Southern Establishes School at Spencer Shop
The Southern Hallway Company opened a new educational center at Spencer, creating a mathematics and technical studies department for apprentices. Prof. W. E. McEldowney directs the program, offered free to apprentices with paid study time, aiming to expand institutes at every shop and grant diplomas after exams.
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Washington Post
Spencer
N. C
Southern Hallway Company
South
W. EB. MecEldowney
Scranton
Southern
James Town Grand March Composed by Miss Dinwiddie
Jamestown Va March piece by Miss Nannie L. Dinwiddie draws praise with its Indian war song theme and the rescue of John Smith finale. related notes on Dinwiddie ties to Gov Dinwiddie and Peace Institute. Petersburg Blackstone news reports missing man Daniel Beasley from Blackstone, while Norfolk notes Camp for Troops at Exposition and Parkersburg records the death of Lewis Kraft. Irving Dudley arrives as ambassador to Brazil after Peru post.
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Jamestown
Dinwiddie
Lynchburg
Washington
Nannie L. Dinwiddie
Virginia
James Dinwiddie
Peace Institute
Raleigh
R Palmer Hunter
John Smith
Dudley
Rio Janeiro
Irving B. Dudley
Peru
Brazil
Buenos Ayres
Montevideo
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Mrs. Hoge
Spectato Ane Waanington Roa
Woodmen of the World
George Jackson
Wilmington
N.C
E. J Savage
Parkersburg
E. M Bunch
Lynehburg
D. W. Hargrove
J. W. Gentry
W. B. McCoy
Tac Washingson
Greensboro
Irwan Parham
A. Pesler
Greensboro National Bank
Qperial
Washton
Joseph Conrey
Eckhart
Panton
Council
Virginia Weddings
Grove
Railroads
Edenburg
Elopers
Bristol
Roanoke
Hale Scott
Misa Luella Thomas
Vinton
Parson Burroughs
Ian Thomas
Fannie W. Arsell
Augustus Arvell, Jr
W.T Booth
Arzell
Willam Wilkinson
New Kent County
Reel
Haven
Eloise Williamson Taylor
John Calvert Taylor
RK W Woldrop
X Pon
Wilkes
Wame Johnson
Kate Waller Barrett
Methodist Episcopal Church South
John D. Normoyle
Jennie Swatman
Burkes Station
Fairfax County
Jonathan Matthews
North Patrick Street
Matthews
Slo Wolfe Street
Normoyle
George P. Aitcheson
Alexandria Electric Company
Mizgerald Council
Knights of Columbus
B.A. Gorman
M. J. MacFarland
Petersburg Council
Virginia Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Fitterds
Va Southern Railway Company
BR. W
Weryon Sa
N.Y
Middletown
N. Y
Gir
Oramsan County
Mre. Ingerick
Olney Brothers
Alice
George Rogers
Mra. Ingerick
Bis
Olney Lomestead
Daniel Davis
Davis
Connecticut
Fnally
Californi
Henry Rogers
Finn
WO Ige Trust
Wilkie
Blackstone
Daniel Beasley
Nottoway County
R. E. Traylor
Exposition
Mar. W
Hines
Twenty-third Infantry
U.S. A
Sembato
Pioneer Oil
Lewis Daniel Kraft
Pioneer
Munich
Diamond and
National Capital Brewing Co
Sts. S. E
Phane
Waltham Watch Company
Waltham, Mass
Ceres
Los Angeles
Cal
Southern Pacific
Ascot Perk
Graheck
Benjamin Head
Medical
Ree
Ef Mnaar
Shade
Fisk Elgin
F Street
N. W
Mann Oee
Citizens’ Loan & Trust CO
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