Open Letter on Prohibition to Virginia Candidates
The Virginia State Anti Saloon League asks gubernatorial and lieutenant governorship candidates to declare support or opposition to the Mann bill. Rev James Cannon signs the letter urging clear positions on temperance policy, with early replies requested from all candidates. Cabell remains in the lieutenant governor race, while Republican Bascom Slemp is repositioning as state party chair and L.L. Lewis may yield to Republicans. Other items note party meetings, candidacies in Loudoun and Fauquier, and civic organizational efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Cannon
League
Anti-Saloon League of
Virginia
Virginia State Anti-Saloon League
Virginia State
C. Mitchell
Hatcher
T. M Simpson
W. W. Lear
M. Ashby Jones
P. A. Cave
W. B. Beauchamp
Cabel
Ellyson
Bascom Stempo
L. L. Lewis
Petersburg
Republican Party
Umperial
C. Bascom Slemp
Claude A. Swanson
Harrisonne
Campuigi
Virginia Weddings Chronicle A List Of Marriages
March notes several Virginia weddings with couples from Winchester Fredericksburg and Caroline County. Grace Yerby wed Frank Epps of Blackstown. Julian Hoover married Miss Waiters in Winchester. Charles Shaffer and Ada Miner married near Luray. Robert Campbell and Miss Tribble wed in Ruther Glen. Mattie Luck maid of honor. Katherine Whitehead wed Clarence Wineerwood in New York with ties to Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acy
Grace D. Yerby
Frank Epps
Dlackstown
Eveles
Richard En
Julian Hoover
Misa Waiters
Winchester
Chestr
N. N. Hall
Frederick SI
Methodist Church
Charles W. Shaffer
Emanuel Beater
Ada Miner
Lur
J. N. Sthrewall
Thomas F. Miller
FredericBburg
Robert H. Campbell
Thomas Tribble
John T. Fibbie
Caroline County
Ruther Glen
GT. Forrester
Mattie Luck
Lil Campbell
Bessie Tribble
Ils Gouldin
Miss Luck
Peyton Luck
Frederickpurg
Washington banker's kinship links to Riggs firm noted
The text records the death and burial plans of a notable Washington banker involved with the Riggs National Bank. Spectac th Phe Washtington Prot Winchester Smith Riggs and a daughter Mrs Hunt of New York are mentioned. remains were moved to Baltimore by train, with burial planned there tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washtington
Winchester
Smith Riggs
New York
Washinton
Baltimore
Riggs National Bank
Wshington
Cumberland Valley
Virginia teachers in session at Front Royal conference
Special to The Washington Post. Third annual Sev enth Congressional district educational conference opens in Front Royal Virginia under the Virginia State Teachers Association. Prof Ormond Stone presides with Gov Montague among speakers advocating college trained teachers and broader educational reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Front Royal
Seventh Congressional District
Virginia State Teachers’ Association
Ormond Stone
State Teachers’ Association
M. J. Fulton
George H. Denny
Washington and Lee University
George H. Harvey
Rockingham County
J. L. Jarman
State Female Normal School
Yount
Bridgewater College
Vawter
Millers Manual School
Man with hand severed at wrist walks nine miles for doctor
Richmond dispatch reports Hoy Tiller of Henrico County lost a hand while operating a feed-cutting machine. With arteries closed he walked nine miles seeking a physician, two doctors were away, he continued to Richmond where amputation occurred. The incident saved his life by preventing fatal bleeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Richmond
Hoy Tiller
Henrlco County
Tiler
Smallpox Epidemic Costs In Rockbridge County
Lexington March 17 The expenses of caring for 124 small pox cases in Rockbridge since December amount to a little over 3000 dollars. The largest item is county health officer professional services totaling 1226.25 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Lexington
Rockbridge
Virginia obit notes many local deaths in March
Obituary notices from Winchester Luray and nearby towns report Miss Ethel McDonald sixteen died at Winchester Memorial Hospital after typhoid. John B Davis aged about sixty six died at Naked Creek home of heart disease. Mrs Peter J Kauffmann age about fifty died near Hig Springs pneumonia. Mrs Nellia Conine wife of Joseph E Conine died in Camden New Jersey age thirty eight. Luther M Parrott died in Wallice Virginia aged seventy nine ex Confederate. William B Christmas thirty four native of Charlottesville died at home in Charleston W Virginia. several other line items mention deaths from illness and old age with survivor details and local affiliations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Ethel McDonald
D. McDonald
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Luray
John B. Davis
Naked Creek
Davis
Peter J. Kauffmann
Hig Spring
Nellia Conine
Joseph E. Conine
Conine
Caindba
N. J
Bristol
Luther M. Parrott
Wallice
Charlceton
Michigan Railway
Tragic double execution in Virginia on March 17
A report from Radford and Lynchburg details the execution of James Luckadee alias Linkous for murdering his wife and child at the jail in Radford. He proclaimed innocence on the gallows and died at 7:38 after a fourteen and a half minute drop. Further coverage notes Bowles’s hanging in Covington after a self defense claim, and related Civil War damages claims in Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Radford
Ranfora
Ji Emhes Linkous
James Luckadée
Linkous
Mr. Fox
Véter
S. L. Jackson
Christian Church
Linkows
Texas Sheler Butterworth
New River
Roop and Dues
McNeal
Bherlf ‘Carper
Pulaski
University College of Medicine
Richmond
Lynchburg
Robert Bowles
John A. Ruff
Covington
Bowles
Hizer
Ruff
University
Charlottesville
Chesapeake and Ohio
Clifton Forge
West Virginia
Supreme Court
Waenington
Winchester
Charles D. Bulla
Braddock Street Methodist Church
Congress
Flood Pranks by High Water and a Postum Remedy
Rev William Alexander Smith recounts Kansas floods of 1908 living a mile from Saline River. Floods forced boat travel and caused losses while his spouse and he credit Postum with relief from coffee and tea, noting healthier digestion and steadier appetite after abandoning coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Alexander Smith
Kansas
Saline
Lfe
Postum
oWell
Married on operating table in dramatic wartime style
Benjamin Keeny of Ohio married Stella Wilson on an operating table in Huntington at Gateway. Keeny died soon after the procedure while the newlywed bride, a widow hours earlier, lay gravely ill. Only the groom’s parents and the surgeons witnessed the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Huntington
Benjamin Keeny
Stella Wilson
Ohio
Gateway
Keeny
Ironton
Gilpin Arrested After Murderous Assault on Wife
Newport News Virginia March 17 Harry Gilpin was arrested on a charge of a murderous assault on his wife with a large file. Mrs Gilpin had sworn out a warrant for lunacy but police could not locate him until he returned home and attacked her early this morning. One wound was serious and jealousy is cited as the motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Newport News
Harry Gilpin
Virginia Flags to Honor Civil War Records in Washington
Gov Montague travels to Washington to receive Virginia battle flags from the President after records are completed. A formal Richmond procession and show is planned upon return. Norfolk trial shocks juror amid trolley car injury suit, and state hospital boards named for six year terms. Carnegie adds 10000 to Charlotte Library. Southern Railway to erect 75000 station. Piedmont financiers plan Longoning First National Bank with M A Patrick as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Richmond
Montague
Front Royal
Secretary of War
John Lamb
Virginia
Gov. Montague
H. Hansbrough
Western State Hospital
John G. Osborne
Radford
Southwestern State Hospital
H. Clowes
Eastern State Hospital
James L. Alvis
Harrisonburg
State Board of Pharmacy
Obituary notices from Maryland and surrounding towns
Mary Granger of Rockville died at home after a long illness at about forty seven. Fannie W Chaney widow of Bawerd Chaney died at home in Beensberd aged sixty eight. Miss Antoinette Chaney Watson Chaney of Los Angeles and San Francisco listed among survivors. Mrs Mary Elizabeth Joseph Kausier a wealthy retired tanker owner died of cancer at age noted. James Baccintell of California and Charles E Baechtell of Hagerstown listed as siblings. Rev Dr AM Cheney pastor of Hyattville St B Church South noted among relatives. Betsy Gatekeeper family ties to Barbourville and Worthington mentioned with two surviving sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockville
Mary Granger
Thomas L. Offutt
Hagerstown
Fannie W. Chaney
Bawerd Chaney
Béensberd
Bile
Mies" Watson
Joseph B.zwase
Willa Cheney
Hagetetown
Fyattsville
March
Amis Bigneth
Margaret Cackley
Am.cheney
Tragic Train Fatality at Shiremanstown Station
Miss Ella Eberly, 40, was killed near Shiremanstown Station on the Cumberland Valley Railroad after a passenger train struck her day wagon. Her sister Ida Eberly is critically injured. Ella died two hours later, with extensive injuries including a crushed head and broken ribs. Engineer Thomas Horn attempted emergency braking but could not avoid the collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ela Eberly
Shiremanstown
Hagerstown
Ella Eberly
Shiremanstown Station
Cumberland Valley Railroad
Hagerstown Auté
Ida Eberly
Miss Eberly
Thomas Horn
Whalen Gets Six Months For Embezzlement
Walter C. Whalen, former assistant postmaster at Branchville in Prince George County, pleaded guilty to embezzling 818.48 in money order funds. He received six months in jail and a fine of 818.48, the embezzled amount, which was paid shortly after his February arrest. The ruling reflects leniency given his usually excellent reputation and the minimal sentence allowed by law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter C. Whalen
Washington Post
Hyattsville
Branchville
Prince George County
Whalen
Lynching threat as Fairmont shooting shocks crowd
In Fairmont West Virginia Carla Ware was fatally shot by John McCallister after a dance dispute over women. McCallister was arrested and a mob confronted officers at the jail narrowly averting a lynching. The incident followed a chaotic scene with three bullet wounds to Ware and later hospital treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Fairmont
W. Va
Carla Ware
John McCallister
McCallister
Ware
Labor Meeting Planned by Alexandria Trades Council
The Alexandria Trades Council completes arrangements for a mass meeting at the Opera House tonight to promote organized labor. Expected attendees include Samuel Gompers and Frank Morrison of the AFL, James O Connell of the Machinists, and other leaders. The series aims to acquaint the public with labor aims and objects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waghineton Post
Hing Streat
Alexandria
Alexandria Trades Council
Opera House
Samuel Gompers
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
James O'Connell
International Association of Machinists
Docal Trades Council
Lexandria Division
Ancient
Order of Fishermans
St. Patrick’s
Young Men's Sodality Lyceum
Duke Street
Woman's Auxiliary
Mary H. Atkinson
James W. Atkinson
Richard H. Atkinson
J. D. Normoyle
R. H. Warder
Cornelius Carey
Wilkes Street
Fairfax
Royal Streets
Q. G. Carlin
F. P. Reid
Cameron Street
Capit
Lewis H. Machen
W. C
T. A
St. Mary's Parish Hall
Corporation Court
Pearl_A. Brown
Edward N. Brown
J. E. Shinn
Tin Plate Plant Sold in Morgantown Auction
The Morgantown Tin Plate Company plant and assets were sold at public auction to Pittsburg capitalist John G. Frazer for 154,100 dollars under Bankruptcy Court decree. The bid leaped from about 80,000 dollars after heavy creditor pressure and rival New York financiers. Frazer declined to confirm who he represents or whether the plant will operate or be dismantled, and whether United States Steel Company is involved. The plant cost about 250,000 dollars. completion requires roughly 40,000 dollars. Separately, Annapolis notes an ordinary seaman escape from the marine guard after being held for theft aboard the cruiser Atlanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Pittsburg Capitalist
Washington Post
Morgantown
W. Va
Morgantown Tin Plate Company
John G. Frazer
Pittsburg
Eogar B. Stewart
New York
Frazer
United States Steel Company
Washington
Annapolis
Deflos Cutter
United States
Atlanta
Marine Guard
Miss Viola Chaney Injured in Baltimore Horse Accident
Special to The Washington from Fost Annapolis Md March 17 Viola Chaney student of Woman's College Baltimore daughter of prominent liveryman R G Chaney was thrown from a horse this afternoon and received the most serious injuries to her head The worst results are feared The horse shied from a barking dog
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Annapolis
Viola Chaney
Woman's College
Baltimore
R. G. Chaney
Ninth Street Church Hosts Special Evangelist Meetings
Ohio evangelist Rev Walter Scott Priest from Columbus leads evening gospel meetings at Ninth Street Christian Church corner of Ninth and D streets northeast continuing through April except Saturdays. Pastor Rev E B Bagby and song leader W R Winters assist. tomorrow morning topic Moral Alchemy and evening Faith the Ground of Acceptance with God. Choirs and solo by Walter Kimball at evening service. Public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ninth Street Christian Church
Ninth and
D Streets
Walter Scott Priest
Columbus
Ohio
Christian Church
E. B. Bagby
W. R. Winters
Howard L. Hutchinson
Walter Kimball
Fragmented Price List Snapshot
A readable fragment shows several price figures including 47.50, 22.00, 16.00, 9.00, 32.00, 46.00, and 47.50. No additional context or items are provided to identify products or dates.
Wills Filed for Probate Show Widows and Heirs Named
Wills filed for probate name Wilson Gregory widow Frances Marsh Gregory as beneficiary. Martin Altschu dated 1902 leaves personal property to daughter Perdita S. Schmid and real estate to Louis P. Altschu in trust for daughter with life interest, later sale and to her children. Louis P. Altschu named executor. Thomas Huntington dated Jan 25 lists daughter Jane Eliza Ford as principal beneficiary and executrix. proceeds from a war era claim are to be shared among his children according to the will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Gregory
Office
the Register of Wills
Frances Marsh Gregory
Martin Altschu
Perdita S. Schmid
Louis P. Altsehu
Louis P. Altschu
Thomas Huntington
Jane Eliza Ford
United States Court of Claims
Court Hearings Postponed Owing to Judge's Death
Justice Wright postponed the arraignment of Thomas M. Fields tied to alleged embezzlement from the Washington Beneficial Endowment Association until next Friday. Motions for new trials and in arrest of judgment for Samuel Gassenheimer and Charles Posey were rescheduled to next Tuesday. Gassenheimer was convicted of taking embezzled railroad tickets and Posey of arson at his Brightwood avenue store. The continuances honor the memory of late Justice Charles C. Cole who died yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Wright
Thomas M. Fields
Washington Beneficial Endowment Association
Samuel Gassenheimer
Charles Posey
Gassenheimer
Posey
Brightwood Avenue
Brightwood Hotel
Chartes
C. Cole
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Virginia Anti-Saloon
League’ Questions
Fhem
J. Alston Cabell
Woman’s Missionary Union
Luexington
Robert Lee
Waynesboro
Oha Allan
Curry
Staunton
Sallie E Hamilton Amcurmick
Rawhine
Maggie Youell
Brazil
Wiliam M. Morrionary
Congo
Africa
Speal
Piersburg
John Moyler
Depat Sue
Southern Railroad Company
Symeville
Sussex County
Rough Riders
Yne Anathy
Virginia Weddings
Quaker Meeting
Old Hopewell
R. L. Holtzman
Newgarket
Shenandoah County
Mathias Minnick
Woodstock
Thomas W. Harrison
Minnick
Martin Minnick
Mad Dog
Eoial
St. Patrick's Day
Ichmond
Order of
Hibernians
Father Magri
A. van de Vyver
Pecal
Washington Pass
Richmond Commission
Carroll County
M. A
Puckett
B. Willard
Hilsville
Foster
Rsman
Warnga
Ry “Ehiet
Paileo
Police Justice
E. Curlett
J & C. Mayer
Richmond Art , Company
State Supreme Court
Policeand Corporation
Psyche
Frederick Leighton
Leighton
Queen Victoria
Buckingham Palace
Benners
Norfolk
J. H. Whitaker
Chancery Court
Plainét
R. D. Cuthrtell, Jr
Portsmouth
Piot
Whitaker
Carnegie
Charlotte
N. C
James Bertram
Andrew Carnegie
Southern Railway
H. C. Morrison
Southern
Spartanburg
National Bank For Lonaconing
Cumberland, Md
Piedmont
First National Bank
Longconing
M. A. Patrick
Maryland
Maynard
City Hotel
Thomas A. Boult
Hageratown
Montgomery
Matt Boulsby
Scarboro
Big Loup
Soulsby
Spillman
Consumers’ Goal and Mining Company
Maryland Senate
Cumberland
George Anthony Kean
Allegany County
Fork Union Military Academy
Fluyana County
Bear R Sre
St. Patrick's
Clarses
Damask
Tapestry
Verona
DE Amiresses
Stapf
Massachusetts Avenue
Chestnut Farms Sanitary Dairy
Connecticut Avenue
Health Department
Havana
United Cigar Stores Co
Littlefield, Alvord & Co
Pennsylvania Avenue
Taylor
Ninth Street
Fond du Lac
Wis
W.E Bainee
B. Williams CO
Droote of Arts
Cook Remedy CO
Trayle
Obisogo, IL
Draggiet Gonnian
DR. Brown
Brown
Penneylvant
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