Thieves burn store stock in Hagerstown railroad fire
Early morning blaze at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad station south of Hagerstown destroyed a two story building and stock. Incendiaries are suspected as thieves used smashed plate glass to raid the premises taking guns and ammunition. Authorities report thefts, property loss, and an unresolved break in with several suspects seen nearby.
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Washington Pos Hagerstown
Baltre and Ohio Railroad
Hagerswn
Charlea
Routsahn
Railroad and Express
Joan W Stong
Teuten
Rout
Fred
Large crowd attends bishop's Methodist conference in Mannington
The annual Methodist Episcopal Conference in Mannington drew a large audience as Bishop Luther B. Bon preached this morning. Dr Wilson delivered the conference sermon. About 200 were turned away. An ordination of two classes occurred this afternoon, and evenings events honored foreign missionary society and Epworth League leaders. A future public announcement is expected.
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Mannington
Ordama
Washington Post
Luther B
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Methodiat Episcopal Church
Foregn
Fair Tobacco Prices and Market Trends at South Boston
South Boston Virginia reports average leaf prices near 9 cents per pound with some warehouses averaging over 11 cents as buyers accept inferior lots. Weather has challenged curing, and shipments in the past week reached about 300,000 pounds while quality varied from prime to damaged leaves across Virginia and Carolina markets.
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South Boston
Speciato
Washington Post
Winston Salem N C
Tachmond Va
Virgina
Rieh
Wa aRton
Belmont
Ehislers
Canvers
Camarun
Tency
DIED P SWEEP On Subday October 1909 47
An obituary notice records the death of a 47 year old man named Symm at his residence in Laid Mir iet northwest Roe. Relatives are invited to attend a funeral service at St Marys Chapel on October 4. Interment follows at a local cemetery.
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Arpester
Lorin
Fis Tate
Northwest Pees
ARC Sunda
Joan Luwis & Rengla
Prud
Euler
Asmbert
Ant
Tisfit
Simly
PTIS
Charlie S
Lester
Brunswick
Charles McArpy
Val
James
Wojda
St Marys Chapel
Lees
Fe Eternal
Rivhard Witt
Morgan
Roward
Jae Woon
Tole Atta
Sulunday
Gustavus
Wei A
Orih Carolina Wen
Marriage Ane Beath Notices Incoherent Scrambled Text
Fragmented OCR style notice appears to mix names and dates with garbled words. Readable elements are minimal, offering no clear names, places, or events to ground a valid marriage notice.
Funeral directors and embalmers listed on Seventh Street NW
A fragmented obituary style listing shows multiple funeral directors and embalmers including Thos A Costello, Shaw, Spears, Zurhorst, Lee, Wright Co, Harvey's Sons, Jenkins, Sardo & Co, and others with telephone numbers and addresses, indicating an advertisement or directory notice for funeral services. The entries mention various firms offering embalming, funeral directing, and related arrangements.
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Thos A Costello
Jenkins
Sardo & CO
Toy
Death claims Ker at Mass in Boston church
A 70ish woman collapsed during a children’s Mass at SS Philip and James Church in Boston. She died within minutes from suspected apoplexy after receiving last rites from Father Wade. The deceased was identified as Mrs Theresa Jenkins of Nora Calvert Street.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
SS Philip and James Catholic
Charles
Twenty
John T. Wayle
Biedier Seilman Hospital
Tather Wade
Catholi Church
Bedy
Theresa Jenkins
Nora Calvert Street
Antisaloon rallies push Washington County option drive
The Anti Saloon League launches a hot campaign in Washington County Maryland with 33 meetings planned October 7 to 30 outside Hagerstown. Most local ministers participate, several business leaders will stump, temperance speakers from other states to be flown in late in the effort amid possible legal moves to block the local option referendum.
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Washington County
Washington Post
Iquor
Petty
Arrest Sparks Cape Charles Shooting Death
In Cape Charles Virginia a 40 year old shoemaker Alfred Tingpen Thigpen was shot dead by Constable John Ho Dennis while serving a whisky warrant. Thigpen allegedly drew a revolver and tried to shoot Dennis. after a struggle Dennis seized the pistol and fired five shots, killing Thigpen instantly.
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Cape Charles
Alfred Tingpen
John Ho Dennis
Jon Thuspen
Dennis
Thigpen
Woman Dies After Poisoning Whisky Incident
Mrs Tsaachette Brundigo, 61, of 627 East Clement Street, Baltimore, swallowed carbolic acid in an early morning attempt to drink whisky. She died within an hour at Maryland General Hospital with her son and two grandchildren present. Police report the event occurred around 12:15 AM.
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Baltimore
East Clement Street
Maryland General Hospital
Acclaimed To Kalan White Brandy Becomes City Favorite
Distiller notes peaches preserved in To Kalan White Brandy offer a distinctive flavor from high grade goods. Customers from all city sections praise the brand and refuse alternatives. Per quart 1% cents per gallon $00.
Dives to Death at Resort Following Fatal Jump
Richmond salesman George A. McGraw was found mortally wounded after jumping from a small foot bridge at a resort window onto the ground. He died in hospital with three wounds near the heart and broken legs. Witnesses say McGraw planned to take his life after learning his wife faced danger. Trabold, a pressman from Alexandria, was found dead from a separate incident involving a note and cross river. Authorities were alerted as December events unfolded. efforts to locate McGraw’s relatives continued.
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George A. MacGraw
Richmond
James McCraw
McGraw
Gladys Inn
King Street
Mar
Robert B Barrett
Alexandria
Phuck &Napor
Carid
Hank
Mareball Hall
Charles County
Indy
Chillicothe
Oia
Barrett
Goldsmith Keonheim Wedding in Alexandria at Goldsmith Home
A home ceremony at 1% po clock yesterday afternoon united Miss Meryl Krager Goldsmith of Alexandria and Maton Stanley Kronheim of Washington with Rabbi Louis Stern officiating. Attendants were Gerro de Kronhelm and Pauline Kron helm. best man Philip Kronhelm. Bride wore raisin broadcloth and Gainsborough hat with violets. After a wedding breakfast, the couple departed for a honeymoon via Washington New York Niagara Falls and Atlantic City. They will reside at the Willard apartments in Washington.
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Washington
Emmanuel Goldsmith
Prince Street
Alexandria
Meryl Krager Goldsmith
Maton Stanley Kronheim
Louis Stern
Gerrode Kronhelm
Pauline Kronhelm
Kronhelm
Philip Kronhelm
New York
Niagara Palla
Atlantic City
Kronheim
Willard Apartments
Demise of Mrs Pohl Sparks Fatal Leap From Window
Mrs Minna Pohl, 79, long bedridden after heart trouble and asthma, leapt from a second story window at 9 North Bond Street, immediately killing herself. Her husband died years earlier, leaving her isolated with only a Maltese cat. Friends tried to comfort her, but she declined sustenance and medical aid, and sought poison from her physician, who refused. After a failed plea for help, she planned and executed the fatal jump.
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Halpmere O. 2
Minna Poh
North Bond
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Lana
George Wirth
North Bond Street
de John Kets
Button Leaves Clue in Murder Tale at Swamp Site
Special to The Washington Post reports Durham October 3 that Herveridge Leach, a colored man, was arrested for murdering Mary Riley whose body was found in a swamp. Witnesses recall a dance crowd with talk of a clash as a button torn from Leach’s coat matched a cloth fragment from his suit.
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Washington Post
Durham
Hveridge Leach
Mary Riley
Leach
Will Plan New School for Colored Ministers
Survivors for the National Religious Training School and Chautauqua in Durham will meet to select the structure type and awarding of contracts. Twenty board members will attend, including CH Parkhurst and Rabbi Abram Simon. The institution, designed for colored ministers and missionaries, will begin construction November 3.
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Begia
National Religious Training School
Chautauqua
Parkhurst
New York
Abram Simon
Washington
Jeter C Pritchard
Asheville
Thomas B Shannon
Newark
W Green
Little Rock
Ark
Lee S Overman
North Carolina
Robert Strange
Wilmington
DA Tompkins
Char
John A Darle
Chicago
J C Massee
Chattanooga
Tenn
James E Shepard
Judge J A Dupuy Dies in Roanoke VA
Judge J A Dupuy prominent jurist dies in Roanoke after brief illness of acute Brights disease. He was president of the Roanoke Bar Association and aged years. The obituary notes his leadership and years of service in the local legal community.
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Roanoke Bar Association
Twiness
Roantoke
J A
Dupuy
Bright
Obituary notices from Norfolk area show several deaths
Stricken at work Henry Haray chief clerk to E A Richardson superintendent of floating property of the New Fork Philadelphia Hallway died at 66. Albert Gross of Bedford county died aged 22 of typhoid fever, a Norfolk and Western railroad worker. Arthur Grim contractor and builder died after a yearlong illness at home in Winchester aged 65. He is survived by his widow two sons and three daughters.
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Washington Post
Norfolk
Henry Haray
E A. Richardson
New Fork
Philadelphta Hallway
Roanoke
aAlbert Gross
Norfolk and Western
Bedford County
Winchester
Arthur Grim
Hoe Js
Hale House name for Peoples Church in memory of former chaplain
A Sunday sermon at the new Hale House opening in Kansas City discusses naming the church after the late chaplain of the Latina States Senate. Rev Charles Ferguson says the house will be a center for spreading the idea that secular democratic life rests on religious foundations.
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Wibast Capital Street
Hale House
Latina States Senate
Charles Ferguson
Eluurch House
Peoples Institution
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Quint
People for Conservation Back From Trip Urges Action
Thomas R. Shipp secretaries the national conservation commission says the people favor practical application of conservation principles by states and the nation. He reports Western states support state commissions and oppose handover of water power sites to monopolies, stressing the power question as a key issue.
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Thomas R. Shipp
Boston
San Francisco
Wien
State Conservation Commission
Enrollment rise at University of Virginia monitors death figures
Special to The Washington Post reports total enrollment at the University of Virginia as 76238 against 50 last session shows representation from several regions and nations. Attendance by departments is listed: college 20, graduate 7, law 30, medicine 92, engineering 105 with year comparisons.
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Territories
South America
China
Guba
Japan
Republic of Dolomble
Lwax
May plead self defense in Hirsch trial
Special to The Washington Te May pleads self defense as Max Hirsch faces trial in Harrisonburg for allegedly killing Louis Isacce with a board in German trees after Isacce struck Hirsch’s brother two hours earlier. Jack Lee of Lynchburg arrives to assist the defense in the July 29 incident.
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Rev Dr Jonas W Lupton Dead Father of American Vice Consul
The Rev Dr Jonas W Lupton longtime Presbyterian minister and father of Bernard K Lupton the American vice consul who endured the Messina earthquake, died today at his Winchester home. He was married twice and survived by his wife, four daughters and a son.
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Winchester
Jonas W Lupton
Bmnart K Lupton
Messina
Lugion
Presbyterian Church
Fragmented OCR List of Colleges and Buildings
An OCR excerpt lists several colleges departments and buildings including Arts and Sciences Engineering and Mechanic Arts Medicine Dentistry Veterinary Medicine and a university hospital. The text references catalogues application blanks and secretary details with an unclear street address.
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Arts and Sciences
Ae Am St Ceeattlee
Engineering and Mechanic Arte
Lay
Dentietre National Colege
Pharmacy
College of Veterinary Medicine
National Opens October 1 2008 Law degree programs
National opens October 1 2008 offering a three year course toward the Master of Laws and Bachelor of Laws degrees. Second year completion can earn the degrees. Catalog applications available in person or by mail from the Dean Natural Metropolitan Bank Building 21st Street or after October 1 at the Law School Building 5168 55th Street telephone W 2107 Friends School for Boys and Girls begins its 27th year on September 27.
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Lath Stow
Law School
Stow
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Potomac School
Dora
Wednasdey
Fiat
Mils
Hucy Madeira
Murat
Leonia
Goct Madeira
Strayer’s Business College
Ira
Smallacood
Iowa
Washington School For Boys
Caltegs
Martha Washington Seminary
Georgetown Law Lecturers in Fourth Year Postgraduate Course
A list of Georgetown University Law lecturers includes FON HOLMES CONRAD late Sallettor Genera of the United States on the History and Causal ment of Law and Comparative Jurisprudence and HONSETH SHFPARD LL D Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia on Constitutional Law and the Foundation of civil Liberty. Also noted are REV JOHN A CONWAT, MUNROM SMITH, HOMRADE H ELLIS, RALEIGH MINOR, YOUN YERKES LL, NOTA MGTLL Li, WILLIAN C WOODWARD, GEORGE H MAMILTON, WON D W BAREH A M LL, and W BAREH A M LL as legal figures and instructors at Columbia University and related institutions.
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J. Frealdent
Tia University
HARET
M. Clabaugh
Supreme Court of the
Cola Bing Cae
Actos
Eid Equity
Ashley M Gould
Septem Court
Tip Diario Gotti
Bmrome
Dantel
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Michael J Colbert
Lee Tuner
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District of Columbia
Rox Hatete
Slanand R Wilson
Letturey
Johns Kamigton
Adolfh A Hoehling Jr
Circuit Court
Daniel WO Don Ogrue
James Beasby &Moth Alm
Court of Appeals—Mesars
James Basby Smith
Charles E Roach
Jesse
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Stoatt Imenamara
Richard J Watsons
Frank E Cunningham
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Fon Holmes Conrad
Sallettor Genera
United Sistes
Honseth Shfpard LL
Cowl OF Appeals
Bhill Liberty
John A Conwat
Munrom Smith
Che Y School of Political Science
Columbia Univpaity
New York City
New York
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Homrade
Ellis
International Law
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Raleigh
University of Virginia
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Railroad Law
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Willian
Woodward
George H Mamilton
Bareh
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