Republicans Denounce Poe Amendment at Maryland State Meet
Baltimore Maryland September 6 The Republican State convention adopted a platform and organized the State Committee then adjourned awaiting the call of the chairman Delegates will return later this month when a State comptroller and other officers will be elected The convention denounced the Poe amendment as a threat to racial equality and criticized Democratic opposition amid factional maneuvering by Mudd Hanna and McComas forces The debate highlighted efforts to control county committees and limit minority influence while warning against election irregularities and ballot manipulation in Southern Maryland and the Eastern Shore.
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McCamus Mann
Lange Wheltime Sr
Golnsborough
Luteheser
Baltimore
Teisen
Poe
Eastern Shore
Farmer Hangs Himself Over Poor Corn Crop Woes
Vernon Byrd a young farmer hanged himself in his barn near Rocky Mount Virginia after leaving a note blaming his poor corn crop and fear of not supporting his wife. The report notes recent marriage and dire economic worries as the motive.
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Virginia Weddings Report A Spate Of Local Nuptials
In Chatham near Spring Garden Pittsylvania County a house fire caused $4000 loss with $2900 insurance. Multiple Virginia weddings are noted across Richmond Fredericksburg Fredericksburg and surrounding counties including Miss Calcina Roberson and William Willis Howard in Fredericksburg and Christopher Garnett and Katherine Ryland in Mathews.
Man in Leesboro Hotel Cuts Throat in Suicide Attempt
William H. Newcomer, a Boonsboro resident and former Old Soldiers' Home inmate, attempted suicide at about 16:00 in the Commercial Hotel bathroom in Leesboro. He inflicted two deep throat gashes but avoided the jugular, was found unconscious and critically injured, bleeding profusely. He is listed in critical condition.
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Minister Cox Arrested on Theft and Perjury Charge
Bristol Tennessee reports Rev James R Cox a Baptist minister active in Virginia and Tennessee was jailed in Jonesboro on chicken theft and perjury charges. Wanted since March, he was traced to Saltville by Sheriff Smith via forwarding baggage from East Tennessee. He planned a large revival in Saltville.
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Appeal Denied in Death Sentence Case by Virginia Supreme Court
The Virginia Supreme Court refused appeals in multiple cases, including Charles Down awaiting execution for the murder in Creig County, and Writs of error denied for Hampton Roads Railway and other firms. Other docket items cover Seaboard Air Line Railway, Williamson, Ives, Norfolk, and Southern Railway matters with appeals rejected.
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Supreme Court Today
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Port and Cement Works
Wheel falls as lumber wagon overturns injuring teamster
Hamsphiy WV man John Haines buried for nearly an hour under tons of lumber after a wheel failed on his wagon near Winchester. He is reported in a precarious condition at Memorial Hospital. A separate report from Annapolis notes Lillian Burr, 14, held on a charge of attempting to murder Mrs. Beety and others with poison. In Marimont West Virginia a boy and his brother were struck by a torpedo wreckage. the seven-year-old Charry West died while Fred, aged three, was severely injured.
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Two Women Foil Robber in Virginia Town Scampered by Blackened Face
Considerable excitement rose near King Fayette and Commerce streets when Mrs India Henderson and her daughter Miss Worloenge Henderson, a ticket agent, screamed during an attempted robbery of a small handbag carrying the day's receipts. The assailant fled after the women clung to the bag and parcel, leaving behind suspicions of white men who had blacked their faces for the act. Damages against the Washington Alexandria and Mount Vernon Railway were later awarded in a separate circuit court proceeding for the Spring Park head on collision, with Mark L Price Jr. and Miss Carrie Curtin receiving 160 and 125 respectively and Miss Curtin's case settled for 100. Donald McLean funeral held at St Pauls Episcopal Church with Masonic honors. The old station at Cameron and Fayette streets announced abandonment on Sept 15 with trains to temporary frame station at King street head. Minor incidents include James Clark injured by a sledge hammer, and several local marriages.
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Washington
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Alexandria County
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Obituary notices from Virginia deaths in Heathaville Fredericksburg area
A series of Virginia deaths reported from Heathaville and Fredericksburg areas includes Memie Brown widow of Judson Brown aged 32 with four children, Lee Dillard widow aged 35 with husband and two children, Addison Sydoor Richmond County resident aged 62 with a widow and five children, L M Gill widow aged 70 with two sons and a daughter, and Dr. S. T. Dickinson elder physician in Caroline County aged 76 with widow and three sons. Also an ad touting Hood's Sarsaparilla as a tonic remedy for fatigue and heat.
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Richmond County
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Stafford County
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Caroline County
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Fixing price of cotton minimum to eleven cents urged
The Southern Cotton Growers Association opened in Asheville with President Harvey M. Jordan presiding. Delegates from fourteen states discussed fixing a minimum price for the 1905 crop, aiming for at least 11 cents, and a committee from each state will report tomorrow. Resolutions called for financing the crop through bankers, port development, and Congress funding for southern commerce, with Roosevelt praised for his Southern commerce stance.
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Southern Cotton Growers’ Association
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Southern Cotton Growers’ Convention
Turbulent Local Names Echo in Historic Ledger
A garbled OCR fragment lists a jumble of names and places including Gentral City Huntington grand master of records T.a watington and Parkersburg with scattered references to Montaiu Mines and other titled figures, suggesting archival notes or a civic registry entry.
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Faces Grave Charge In Henrico Assault Case
William W. Patterson a young Henrico County man is held on a 1500 bond on charges of attempting criminal assault against Cora Crittenden sixteen daughter of David Crittenden. Miss Crittenden testified Patterson visited her home alone and threatened to shoot her.
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Burglar's Bullet Fatal Claims Danville Native
John D. Spencer of Danville Virginia died in Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore from a bullet wound suffered July 21 in Martinsville during a burglary encounter. Special to The Washington Post. September 6. Harry Stattelmeyer died from injuries in a thrashing machine accident. his mother and two brothers survive. R L Kirby to challenge Swanson for Congress. Mount Union tragedy as Charles Madden and six year old son struck by express train near Three Springs. Madden home was Pittsburgh.
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