Virginia Prohibition Effort Moves To Statewide Campaign
Virginia delegates at the Methodist conference push for a statewide prohibition referendum. Randolph Macon College would gain $1000 annually if church rule is adopted. The anti drink league plans to urge passage as leaders indicate strong support, while tensions over timing and candidates surface within the conference. Holy Spirit and church authority shaping actions for a winter meeting.
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Washington
Newport
Nevada
Antiiy 7 League
Virginia
James Cannon Jr
Eerce
Aginla
Hutton
Theonte Maest
Pomina
Interment notice for Frederick area funeral service
A notice details an interment and obituary for a deceased individual from Frederick area, with dates around November 1900 to November 1909. It mentions residence, street names, and a church, noting interment at a local cemetery and names involved in the service. The fragmentary OCR includes multiple names and locations in the Washington and Maryland region, typical of funeral notices in this era.
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Beall
Frederick
Wasligton
Cearte
Funeral Directors and Embalmers Directory Ad
A list of funeral homes and embalmers including R F Harvey Sons LS Rad Motors and PMEalmer, Thos A Costello, Frank Greier’s Sons, Geo P Zurhorst, J WillIam Lee, John R Wright Co. and others. Advertised services include undertaker and embalming, cremation options, open day and night, and on-site chapels with contact lines.
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R F Harvey
Pmealmers
Npel iuadSnune
WM H Sardo & Co
Stu Pin Crams
Ywnarvines
Peperi Beer Recados
Sergeon
Sccceseor
Cain
Costello
Fosepal Dipector
Fmbalwer
Frank Greier
Speare
Geo P Zurhorst
Uasertaree
Loibalmer
Parton Bi Saat
William Lee
John R Wright CO
Conference adjourns after assignments at Virginia meeting
During the closing hours the Virginia conference announced church realignments on Chesapeake Bay. Newport News was moved from the old district to another district as the Wilmington conference continues. Bishops set pastoral assignments and the session adjourned to meet next year in Centenary Church, Richmond.
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Incgie
Ehatman
Randulph
Ict Ag
Wef Tyes
Tosi
Virginie
Chesapeake Bay
Wilmington
Newport News
Hicdmond
Passenger Refusal Leads to Fractured Skull at B and O Depot
Ralph Carney of Wetzel county lay in a hospital with a fractured skull after a Baltimore and Ohio porter demanded his ticket at the depot. He refused, was struck on the jaw, and knocked through a floor, with local reaction strong as authorities consider arrest for the porter Sam Wilson.
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Washington
Clarksburg
Wo Va
Ralph Carney
Wetzel County
Carney
Baltimore and Ohio
Sam Wilson
Wilson
A C L Reelected Board and Bond Authorization Vote
At the Atlantic Coast Line Railway annual meeting stockholders voted to double track 120 miles of the main line and authorize a 200 million 4 percent gold bond issue plus 23.526 million in debenture bonds to secure 192. The old board was reelected with Henry Walters as chairman and a Wilmington-NC based executive slate.
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Washington
Richmond
Atlantic Coast Line Railway
Board of Direstors
Heny Walters
Michael Jennings Waldr
Baltimore
Wilmington
RD Crowly
Petersburg
Brea
W Scott
Wilmington NC
James F Post
WR Jones
Mouble Lee
Savannah Ga
Gadsden Secund
JD Kent Thiet
Confederate Veterans honor monument at Dinwiddie Courthouse
A Dinwiddie County Daughters of the Confederacy invitation marks the unveiling of a Dinwiddie Courthouse soldiers’ monument on November 27. Virginia brief notes include Jamies Williamson’s ten month sentence for forgery, his past murder suspicion, and a bigamy charge.
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P Hill
Confederate Veterans of
Peteraurg
Dinwidde County
Daughters of the Confederacy
Dinwiddie
That County
Jamies
Willamson
Petersburg
Iie
Williamson
United States
Arew
Russell
West Virginia notes on naturalization and local events
Federal judge in Wheeling rules Syrian naturalization admissible while regional news covers Parkerstown Sentinel acquisition rumors, a local captain death, a cane-vision patient’s recognition, murder trial outcomes, Scottish Rite and Odd Fellows gatherings, labor demonstrations, and clergy leadership changes in Wheeling and nearby towns.
Landmark In North Carolina Crumbled. Six Die
Six workmen were killed and several escaped when 4000 cubic feet of earth buried a concrete viaduct foundation for a South Carolina railroad project at Salem Creek near Winston Salem. A second slide trapped rescuers. first body recovered within 20 minutes, last within two hours. Coroner to investigate. Names include Lipnner and Ebner from New York and Germans among the dead. Oscar Mise injured.
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Southheund
North Carolina
Winston Salem
Nmc
Salem Creek
Southern Railroad
Lesbo Freasland
Irédell County
Carnal Bulling
Stokes County
Carl Dortghschmidt
Carl Ebner Licbman Lippner
Alfred Lippner
New York
Oscar Mise
Norfolk Va
Fair Officials Indicted Over Wheel of Fortune Gambling
The grand jury returned an indictment against the Hagerstown Fair Association for permitting gambling on fair grounds last month. The seven counts allege wheels of fortune conducted on the grounds and that a wheel of fortune is unlawful gambling. The joint recommends officers be stricter in duties to prevent crime from passing unnoticed.
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Apedal
Washington Post
Hagerstown
Grand
Hagerstown Fair Association
Fair Association
Joint
Plans for Ferry Service Continue In Alexandria
A conference between the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce transportation committee and about 40 employees of the Washington Navy Yard and the Bethlehem Steel plant at Gleboro Point discussed saving the passenger ferry service. Owner Edward Gamble attended and schedules and rates were reviewed with a plan to form negotiations to extend service beyond December 1. Committees from navy yard and plant workers will be appointed to pursue arrangements with Gamble, with the chamber aiding as needed.
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Tashington Post Bureau
Bing Street
Abanéna Va
Alexandria
Washington Navy Yard
Firth Stirting Steel
Glesboro Point
Committee On Transportation
Washington
Edward Gamble
Marian Gamble
Discus
Fara
Mutua Ices
Gambles
Navy Yard
Steel Plant
Gamble A. Tember
Chamber of Commerce
Jana
Bird’s eye view on city hall steeple walk shocks Alexandria
Local veteran Amog Fisher 4 a longtime Alexandria resident scaled the city hall steeple during repairs to the weather vane. He climbed to near the top before being noticed and descended safely citing the experience as a thrill. The incident prompted alarms but no injuries. Fisher previously served in the Mexican War and worked at the First National Bank. Nearby, William Cephas Hardy, a Montgomery County elder, was buried at St Johns Cemetery after dying near Wheaton. In Cumberland police faces assault charges during a poker raid, and receivers were appointed for Hootman Brothers on a halted road contract. Basketball games and cemetery worker deaths also feature in today’s notes.
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Amog Fisher
Alexandria
Terest
Westerday
Alexandra
Mil Fisher
Uckel
Fruitland Station
New York
Philadelphia
Norfolk
Mt Wehern
Fisher
First National Bank
Maryland Levy Eyed as 1810 Tax Rate in Slavery Case
At Annapolis a jury decided in the slander trial of James and Oswald Stallings against Thomas. The verdict favored the plaintiff, who claimed damages for being accused of stealing his coal. The amount sought was 000.
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Annapolis
James
Oswald Stallings
Dasac
Thomas
Fragmented list of names and notices from Baltimore to Richmond
An OCR rendered roster of individuals with ages and locations in Maryland and Virginia, including Baltimore, Annapolis, Richmond, and nearby areas. The garbled text names Rev John Pagnell, Constance Johnson, John Metahr, Mamie Daly, and others, with scattered ages and ties to churches or communities.
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Constance F Johnson
Richmond
Rey
Bo MeLaughlin
Raman
Loulas
Paul Nenzel
Mitckellay
iMle Md
Mintle Grimion
Rey JL
Metahr Pisingen
Roughery
Mamie T “Daly
John
Pagnell
Maryland Obituary for Luther A. Oates Former Pastor
Luther A. Oates former pastor of Falling Springs Presbyterian Church died yesterday in a Philadelphia hospital. He last served Bridgeton New Jersey area. A native of South Carolina and Princeton graduate, he married Ethelind Dennis of Beverly Maryland. Survived by one son Pret Yacob Brewer Kerschner, son of Charles Gustavus Kerschner. Buried yesterday at Emmitsburg. Taught twelve years at Mercersburg College and the Reformed Theological Seminary Aware and six children survive.
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Hagerstown
Emmitsburg
Flo
Mercereburg College
Reformed Theological Seminary
Virginia Weddings Staunton Nov 16 Henry Smith and Wiss Hastie Wiseman mottling
Staunton reports the marriage of Henry Smith and Wiss Hastie Wiseman this morning at the Second Presbyterian Church with Rev W N Scott officiating. WASHINGTON POST dispatch.
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Staunton
Henry Smith
Wiss Hastie Wiseman
Wiseman
W N Scott
Second Presbyterian Church
Delegates Head to Norfolk for Atlantic Deeper Waterways Meet
Delegates from New England and the middle Atlantic States, about 38 in number, departed Philadelphia for the Atlantic deeper waterways convention in Norfolk. The group led by Representative John H Small and Representative Charles R Thomas sails aboard the steamer Virginia to participate in four days of sessions, with President Taft's visit slated for Friday.
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Norfolk
Taft
Philadelphia
New England
Middle Atlanai
Elizabeth City
Virginia
John H Small
Charles R Thomas
Baby Thrown From Window by Mother Saved in May’s Arms
Baltimore report details a Brevard Street fire killing two and injuring three. A 2-year-old was thrown from a second story window by Fannie Whitaker and was caught by Joseph Batty, saving the child who was sent to St Luke’s Hospital. Suspicions of intoxication and a quarrel the previous night are noted.
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Waghington
Delmar del Nov
Louis Brown
May
Balimore
MD “Oy i
Brevard Street
John Fox
Lestor Clements
William Clements
John Kelty
Florence Whitaker
Mellon Whitaker
Dea
Disease Fatal to Horses Believed Linked to Poisonous Weed
Special to The Washington Post from Luray Virginia November 16 reports a spate of horse deaths across several districts. Veterinarians note the deaths occur with no signs before collapse and many animals had recently exercised heavily. Locals suspect a poisonous weed as the culprit, though officials have not confirmed a cause.
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Wrehington Post Luray
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