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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1910
Page
7
A conference committee in Asheville urged expanding lay representation in the church hierarchy. They proposed one lay representative for every 1500 members in each presiding elder district and backed three monthly sacraments, though the idea faced opposition and questions about feasibility.
In West Virginia the official notice reports the appointment of Dr AN Biame of Var Keinburg to fill the vacancy left by Wood Hall on the Ohlo Rayer pollution committee. The article notes the eleventh senate race may unfold distinct at Fairmont and Shs al, with candidates from Monon and surrounding counties.
A garbled page references the closing of a spring race meet in Wheeling and racing figures across West Virginia and Pennsylvania. It mentions census figures for Gabel county, a potential delegation, the Consolidation Coat Company, and several calls for primaries and secretary appointments, with oblique notes on ships, fires, and storms.
The Senate debated and passed an omnibus lighthouse bill as votes hinged on a party line stance. The House planned general debate on the appropriation measure while Speaker and representatives prepared for possible shifts if a Democratic majority takes power next fall. The session adjourned after a long day with no immediate resolution on the key issues.
A damaged OCR fragment references a meeting of a Sunday School association and a court case. It notes a convention planned in 911 in a city, the denial of a petition by Fat Wedding of Cabell counts, and mentions manslaughter related to an incident. Names and details are unclear due to garbled text.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions insurance risks and delays to routes with scattered phrases about departures and ports. No coherent event or entities fully readable.
Former President Theodore Roosevelt speaks at the University of Berlin on The World Movement, praising German influence on modern civilization while warning against luxury and the loss of fighting edge. He compares Greek Roman eras, notes Japan’s changes, laments mercenary armies, urges moral vigor, religious spirit, and strong character as essential to national endurance and world unity.
Residents of Prince George county demand a thorough investigation after John Thomas Miller and his wife perish in a fatal fire a scene evoking a former brutal homicide. Old tales of a money laden barrel and earlier vigilante justice echo as authorities vow to uncover the truth.
Reports of multiple marriages in Virginia and nearby states. May 12 ceremonies include Hansford Wallace and Tila Braxton at a home in Fredericksburg with guests from Washington and Philadelphia. Another couple, Miss Lucy Brook Neilson and Robert Veitson’s son, wed in Norfolk. An Abbots Rockwille wedding noted a bride under 16 with parental consent.
Western Maryland reports Smithsburg elects Joseph Wolfinger as clerk and Claude Fengus as attorney aid, while the Washington County board appoints John Bitner president William Witzbacher as attorney and Thomas Cleary as clerk. Other items note a divorce case, crop damage from a freeze, a forest fire near Pen Mar, and plans to boost Frederick fall investment.
Cape Charles May 12 John W Gu of Melfa Va father of 52 children marks his seventy seventh birthday today at home. Seventy three descendants attended the celebration with 23 children, 23 grandchildren, and three great grandchildren present. The elderly farmer remains robust, works daily on his farm near Melfa and escorts four of his children to school each day.
Invitations are issued for a farewell ball by the second class graduates of the Oval Academy. Cadets will return by Goshen route to Washington Post Staunton. Leaders who took part in the Memorial Day parade will depart at 12 am for Lexington via Goshen Dass.
Weather forecast describes a disturbance along the North Carolina coast bringing showers from the Ohio Valley eastward. Temperatures fall east of the Rockies with frost in the northern lake regions. Friday and Saturday look generally fair for Atlantic states and the lake region with rising plains temperatures. Winds: light to moderate from various directions, with European-bound ships facing west to northwest.
The nineteenth annual convention of the Travelers Protective Association of Virginia opens in Staunton today for a two day session. A grand jury has been summoned for May 4 at Staunton to consider double murder charges against Arch Brown who allegedly killed two men last Sunday.
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