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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1907
Page
27
Workers rally against brewery wage revolts and charter changes as a labor council meeting debates strategies. Officials discuss appeals, economic pressure, and potential legal actions to oppose wage cuts. Names and places are partially obscured in the damaged text, but the item centers on labor unrest and organizational responses.
The Baltimore Baptist Congress discussed uniting Baptist groups and churches in a major 1910 era effort. Speakers urged federation, with sessions noting Sunday school reform, church programming, and a $91,000 fund guiding missionary and administrative work.
Fragmentary OCR reads like notes on a sports event with mentions of teams Hawks and Hawks bag. Names such as Hindins and Hawke appear among scattered terms. No coherent facts or dates clear enough for a proper summary.
In Rockville a list of marriage licenses issued is recorded by the clerk. Names include multiniy and Gant among others, with details on dates and parties requested. The notice notes the count and filing actions by the clerk’s office and references the county recorder's records.
Fragmentary OCR yields wedding mentions including Foanuke and Blanche marriage to Robert with Mer Jo? bower Aya. Lerart Racey noted as a local businessman. Morris appears in official capacity. Details are unclear due to garbled text.
Circuit Court in Rockville hears case over Michael Y Brown will alleging mental incapacity and undue influence. Plaintiffs, kin of the estate, contended the will favored beneficiaries. jury finds for the defendant. Additional rulings include a separate judgment against Edward Forbner and a rent claim involving Abner.
Fragmentary OCR text discusses Gen Grant and President Bowse and naval strategy. Mentions Dr J O Williams and Confederate figures. Claims about letters and admissions appear with unclear dates and places. The readable parts reference Civil War era figures and alleged statements without clear context or outcome.
A fragmentary report describes a fox chase through rough country near Round Hill and North Park Cheelas with packs from Huston and Westmwlan led by a hunter named Henry Jileeiwa. The chase extended for hours before an event was called off as alarms and voices faded.
Clarksburg attorney accidentally wounded in a hunting trip incident linked to John J Cornell. Local reports place the event amid a Hampshire county legal matter with court action and religious notices unfolding in multiple towns.
An old no longer active advertisement asserts nerve pain is a discord in nerve harmony and promises relief through Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills. It cites personal use by a wife and daughter and offers a money back guarantee via a local agent in Jesaup Ga with a 2 cent dose and 50 cent refund offer.
WALRINGTON POST BUREAU reports the Mount Vernon Association at a Alexandria meeting resolved to ask the circuit court to appoint commissioners to determine what property must be condemned for the proposed Boulevard from Boulevard to Mount Vernon and to estimate damages. The charter requires commissioners to consider benefits from the boulevard in assessing damages.
The Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia denied the writ of error in the George Mingets murder case, upholding the Alexandria Corporation Court judgment and sentencing Mingets to be hanged. The decision follows a prior ruling that the writ was improperly issued. A February 22 execution date is implied.
The federal grand jury in Washington convened and handed down nineteen indictments this afternoon for violations of revenue laws chiefly involving illicit distilling and retaining spirits. Names of the indicted were not disclosed. The panel will probe fraud by large bond distillers. Earlier, trials continued in Richmond and Clark County cases involving appeals and errors. A separate fire at Craddock Sand Company near Pickens destroyed the plant, causing about $1,000 in losses, with gas leaks suspected to have ignited the blaze.
Charlottesville notes William Graham Page aged forty died this afternoon after a long illness. He was the second child of Carter H Page of Charlottesville and studied law at the University of Virginia though he never practiced. He leaves two brothers, Cutter Page of Philadelphia and a slater Mrs Gilbert Bonham Bird of England. Suffolk notes William H Thomas died yesterday in Smithfield, Virginia, aged eighty one, survived by his wife and one daughter.
Norfolk Virginia November 12 Fourteenth annual convention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy opened with hundreds of delegates from former Confederate states and others. President General Lizzie George Anderson presided as welcomes were read by Jamestown Exposition management and Virginia division officers. The session includes a proposed constitution and bylaws revision changing the annual meeting from November to October.
The Virginia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South met at Peters burg Street Methodist Church. Rev J S Lambeth was elected secretary with B Galloway, Lipscomb, and Green as first secretaries. A temperance committee was set to include conference officers who are Anti Saloon League leaders. Bir WF Cook and Rev Wo Tllect spoke. Lambeth delivered the opening sermon.
Joseph Goodman colored is charged with a brutal assault on Miss Mame Conners in Richmond. A witness places Goodman near the scene, and investigators report a clothing change and bloodied trousers found. Neighborhood women, including Florence Stubblefield, say they fear the accused.
Detective Sergi Gibson returned from Farmville with Miss M D Mercur of Wallingford Fa luggage taken from the Richmond Frederickshore and Potomac Railroad station as she left for home. The salt cage held a pearl necklace a cluster of five diamonds and other jewelry valued in the thousands. A second group remained at the scene indicating a mistaken crime, while Albert Redd of Farnville figure appears. the detective’s investigation continues.
Henry Radtke of Bladensburg was wounded by Frederick M. Haber during a dispute over noise at about 2 am. Radtke’s condition improved but the hospital and police pursued charges for assault and battery. Haber's actions followed reports of disturbances involving tenants and earlier confrontations near Sand and Spring streets.
The Anne Arundel grand jury reports that three bridges on the Maryland Electric Railway between Baltimore and Annapolis are in dangerous condition posing a safety risk to travelers. The Severn River bridge near Annapolis, the College Creek Bridge just outside Annapolis, and the Patapsco River Bridge distant from Baltimore are cited. The jury urges legislation to require replacement of the two critical spans to restore safe transit on the line.
The Shenandoah County Circuit Court ruled the Woodstock local option election of August 19 legally conducted. The dry side carried the town by one vote. the wet side alleged fraud and the case was decided late at night. The ruling closes Shenandoah County’s last two saloons, each paying a $9 license, with the town going dry two years after a 27 vote margin.
Lynchburg authorities report a suspect identified as a man named Dyer is charged with abducting a girl named Terri South and robbing her home at Concord Depot about a week ago. The affidavit states he forced her at gunpoint to accompany him to Lynchburg where she was kept for a week before being taken to Noumoke and abandoned.
The Indus try has collected facts on phosphorus from the Charicntal News and Courier. Phosphorus, once bone based, now ranks among mineral derived materials with global output centered in Oldbury England and plants in Lyon Griesheim and Frankfort. Production in the U S includes Philadelphia and Niagara Falls. White phosphorus is poisonous. red amorphous and red crystalline forms offer safer alternatives for matches and other uses.
Justice Hoffman issued a warrant today for Paul Price Thornily Bros commission merchants of Pittsburgh on embezzlement charges. Price, a Maryland representative, left Hancock town Saturday with $1200 missing from his accounts and a large bank deposit. A reward was offered for his arrest as he had been in Washington County since August buying apples.
George Potts of Asbury Park New Jersey was arrested by Deputy United States Marshal Patrick Seery on a warrant charging sending improper matter through the mails. He waived a hearing before United States Commissioner Rogers and was held for action by the United States District Court of New Jersey.
A reader recounts severe back pain later diagnosed as nerve weakness. After trying doctors and spending on electric devices, he found relief by using Grape Nuts. He credits a booklet, The Road to Wellville, and Postum Co, Battle Creek, Mich, for guidance.
John Durgan was sentenced to thirty days in jail after confessing to stealing two shoes from a local merchant. He later asked for an exchange, which led to his arrest. The shoes were not mates, and the incident occurred in Roanoke on November 13.
Special to The Wellington Post reports Abington va Novlé-Gov Swanson declines to commute Noah Fulton Yor idiling John Johnson's death sentence from last April. He will be hanged in the jail yard here Friday November 18. The piece includes unrelated notes on a curious will, Woodbridge NJ, and church rector Dr George C Houghton commenting on marriage practices and publicity for future ceremonies.
An article extols a home recipe for kidney and bladder complaints and backache. It urges prompt, directed use of a vegetable mix, rejects alcoholic patent medicines, and instructs readers to buy Kargon Compound separately and prepare the remedy at home. The piece claims it will cleanse uric acid and purify waste, improving urinary symptoms.
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