Gas days urged in Virginia to aid war effort
State Fuel Administrator H W Byrd telegraphed Virginia fuel officials praising Sunday observances of gas as days while urging full participation and warning that those using cars for pleasure on Sundays are slackers. Public health service reports 3000 inoculations against typhoid planned in Alexandria with clinics at Cameron and Leuta streets staffed by nurses daily.
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Washington
King Street
Alexandria
H. W. Byrd
Virginia
Byrd
United States Public Health Service
Aijraanniria
United States
Pub To Health Service
Ua Chep
Cameron and
Leuta
Hudson steamer Newburg launched with Roosevelt present
The 9,000 ton ocean liner Newburg, first seagoing steamer built on the Hudson, slid into the water as crowds cheered from a passing train and nearby towns. Theodore Roosevelt attended on the platform while Mrs. Irving T. Bush sponsored the event. Roosevelt praised workers and condemned profiteers and lax yard discipline.
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Newburg
Hudson River
Newburg Shipyards Corporation
New York City
Theodore Roosevelt
Irving T. Bush
Yeasel
Roosevelt
Mistaken Collision Claims Damages in Palmer Libel Case
In Norfolk on September 6 the master of the steamship William F Palmer filed a libel for 55,000 against the Brush steamer San Ricardo alleging deliberate ramming near the Carolina coast. The San Ricardo captain denied the collision and blamed it on Palmer.
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Norfolk
William F Palmer
San Ricardo
In & cd
Carolina
Palmer de
Markets and grain prices in Baltimore and allied notes
Baltimore markets report daily price quotes across multiple regions Maryland Pennsylvania Virginia and Ohio for eggs poultry and grains. The item lists firsts prices by region and product including white eggs wheat corn and pork outputs with extensive numeric values and notes an honor for Dr Richard von Eitzen Mann by Emperor William in Berlin context.
Wedded in Rockville Across State Lines
Josephine B Chivers and Wiley B Clark, both of Washington, Pa, were married in Rockville yesterday afternoon and left for Washington immediately after the ceremony.
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Iedai
Washington Post
Rockville
Josephine
Chivers
Wiley
Clark
Washington, Pa
Washington
Reelected for 47th Year at Pioneer Hook and Ladder
Ringerstown Maryland September 6 William Armstrong the oldest fire company executive in Maryland was today reelected president of Pioneer Hook and Ladder Company for the forty seventh consecutive year.
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Ringerstown
Wm Armstrong
Maryland
Pioneer Hook and Ladder Company
Baltimore Grain and Live Stock Prices Summary
Grain and live stock prices for Baltimore on September 4 show butter and dairy item quotes across Western separator and creamery categories, with creamery extras and regional Maryland Pennsylvania Virginia values. Poultry prices for chickens, ducks, and white leghorns are listed alongside cotton middling and corn, oats, rye, barley, and wheat figures for Baltimore markets on the same date.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Ohio
West Virginia
North Carolina
Express
Sige
Yyellow
Nearby
Southern
Live Stock Prices at Chicago Market Report
Live stock prices reported for Chicago on Sept 6 show Hocs-Late top around 19.95 for top butchers, with ranges across light and packing hogs and a full cattle section. Beef cattle sell from 10.50 to 19.10 for common to prime, with veal calves 18.00 to 18.75. Sheep and lambs list various grades with culls and primes in the 11 to 18 range.
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Chicago
Virginia Wheat Disease Spreads in State Fields
A serious wheat disease long known in Europe has been found in Virginia. Some fields show up to forty percent infection. Measures to prevent spread include using disease-free seed, crop rotation, and keeping nematodes from moving between fields.
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Europe
Virginia
Department of Agriculture
Virginia Weddings in Fredericksburg and Nearby Counties
Wedding notices from Sept 6 detail Edgar C Willis of Culpeper marrying Lelia Spottswood of Orange at Flat Hunl Baptist Church with Mary Wood maid of honor and John A Gordon best man. Other ceremonies include Altine Hayden marrying Richard Lendon of Irvington, and Mary Hatcher Smith weds Capt Charles Hamilton Carson at Abington. Wes Sprouse and Lesh Rule wed in Albemarle county. home to Petersburg for the Carsons.
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Fredericksburg
Edgar C. Willis
Culpeper
Lelia Spottswood
Alexander JD Spottswood
Orange County
Flat Hunl Baptist Church
E . Barnum
Mary Wood
John A. Gordon
Witlis
Altine Hayden
O J. Hayden
Richard Lendon
Virginia Obituary Notices from Fredericksburg Area
Obituaries from Virginia dated Sep 6 report Mrs J Fffe Lumsden of Mine Run Orange county died at 78. Survived by husband daughter Mrs James Tayne of Orange and son Dr Leslie Eumaden in the U S Army in France. Also noted is Mrs Roberta Jane Dunaway widow of Rev Wayland F Dunaway of Lancaster County dies aged 74 with several children. Myr Ellis Dudley a young farmer near Batesville dies at local hospital. son of J E Dudley Albemarle. Mrs Ernest Allis, 54, dies at local hospital. daughter of the late O M Winston of Louisville. cousin Mrs John F Winston of Cincinnati listed.
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Fredericksburg
J Fffe Lumsden
Mine Run
Orange County
Antioch Baptist Church
James T @ayne
Orange
Leslie Eumaden
United States Army
France
Roberta Jane Dunaway
Wayland Fl, Dunaway
Lancaster County
Thomas & Runaway
Smithfield
Wayland F. Dunaway
Driver
Clarence H. Dunaway
Richmond
Lillian Cottingham
Lancaster
Charlotteaville
J E. Dudley
Albemarle County
Ernest Allis
0. M Winston
Louisville
John F. Winston
Cin
Wages to rise at Dan River Cotton Mill complex
River side and Dan River Cotton Mill Corporation raise the war bonus to 100 percent, adding a dollar to every dollar earned by workers at the Schoolfield plant. Full-time workers gain 168 percent, partial-time 80 percent. doubling effective next Monday, about five thousand employees to profit. Richmond reports death of Danville editor’s son in France, and local notices of deaths and a house fire with losses.
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Washington Prest
Danville
Riverside and
Dan River Cotton Mill Corporation
Schoolfield
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