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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1909
Page
41
Robert Lovett, newly elected chairman of the executive committee of the Union Pacific, succeeds Harriman in a board reshuffle as Kuhn Loeb reenters Union Pacific. The shift widens West Coast influence. speculation links Loree and Schiff to future presidencies. The board plans to draft resolutions on Harriman’s death and consider successors amid turmoil in the Harriman system.
Fragmented obituary items list names such as Mary Taylor Aldis and Brydy Dix with birth and death details. Several lines reference interments at local cemeteries including New Orleans and Rivard Strib, with dates in September and September 22. The garbled OCR records multiple relatives and residents from Thomas Go, Paxson VA, Linton, and Francis.
A garbled OCR list lists numerous marriage licenses and banns with names and ages. Entries mention Charles F Gersdorf and Ethel L Grumman, Rev J Baker, C Abel, Myrtle Grattan, Dumfries Virginia, and other couples with various ages and locations, including Potomac Maryland and Washington. The text resembles a misread notices column of marriage proposals and licenses from multiple counties with many broken spellings and unclear connections.
Attendant recounts prominent banker Harriman angrily urging action on Union Pacific lines. He accused rivals of delaying knowledge and voiced intent to hasten operations, prompting Kim to hurry home amid a tense convention scene.
A Chicago Evening Post dispatch reports a boy burned to death when a lighted lamp toppled from a table onto a bed. The alarm touches Union Pacific plans, Harriman influence, and a Wall Street power struggle as officials debate how to handle a looming railroad influence shift and the stalled project after Harriman’s illness.
Federal experts urged to probe a hog disease in Fairfax and Loudoun counties as farmers report severe, sometimes fatal, symptoms resembling cholera. State and federal remedies have failed to curb the outbreak, with veterinarians noting a likely local, non contagious cause.
Washington Fost Bureau and the United Daughters of the Confederacy announce that crosses of honor for Confederate veterans will not arrive in time for the planned ceremony. The event on Thursday aims to honor veterans, with speakers C C Carlin and Judge William Hodges Mann in attendance. Delays in decoration delivery lead to a rescheduled yet still publicized program at Lee Camp Hall.
Washington public schools opened soon with many repair projects incomplete after summer work. Captain James W Oyster, president of the board, says conditions are unsatisfactory and a thorough inspection with Supt. A. Stuart and Percy M Hughes will continue this week to finish as much as possible before Monday morning.
A nine year old girl had a close call on Massachusetts avenue near Sixth street as a wagon wheel hub struck her shoulder. The rear wheel passed within inches of her face before recovery by her mother and treatment at Casualty Hospital. She was sent home after care.
A three hour audience backed by speakers Pennyhacker and Wilson formed a Louisa Virginia Good Roads Association. They urged state funded road improvements from the Richmond Washington corridor, pledged county cooperation, and planned permanent gravel roads with bulk county funding. A Spotsylvania road project and regional meetings were announced as momentum grows for a broader Virginia good roads reform.
Henry Wahlen a Swede was taken into custody by Policeman Knight of Alexandria on suspicion of stealing a watch from Alberta Harris. The watch was recovered and Wahlen will face a police court hearing this morning. Horace Blamey, also called Horace B Ramey, is seriously ill at his home on 118 South Royal Street. A smoker and love feast was hosted by Camp No Fairiqte Order of Bee of America in Martins Hall on Seventh Street SW with about half of 129 members present. W T Snow will represent the Fourth district camps at the New York national convention September 29 and 30. William Gilmore is expected to be elected president for the district. W H Lithgow will also run.
A Washington Alexandria electric train leaving Twelfth street at 4 15 PM created a blockage at Fourteenth and B street. The obstruction halted Mount Vernon Warrington and Arlington Falls Church lines for almost two hours until cleared. Hundreds of suburban travelers gathered at the station and a rush for seats followed the resumption of service. Schedule disruption lasted several hours.
Suffolk and Fredericksburg announcements record weddings of Miss Ethel Lee Jackson and Jacob E Phithowar gon of a lumber merchant, and Samuel F Goodley with Mary Elizabeth Gipsoo of Orange county. Other ceremonies include Dr Charles B Cunan of Riner with Annie Childrass, and entries noting travel to Atlantic City for a Washington newsboard item.
A committee from three Magisterial districts met at Swartsell Rheem Henze y offices to organize a mass meeting on good roads. The group settled to hold the event at the Alexandria County Courthouse, aiming for late September, with Senators Daniel, Martin and Lassiter invited to speak and explain road benefits to residents concerned about tax implications.
Winter of Atlanta attempts a 2100 mile round trip from Atlanta to New York and back for a 1000 dollar prize to promote good roads. He began July 20 with Crockett and Singleton. Crockett quit after 74 miles and Singleton failed in New York. He walks by night sleeps by day, funds scarce, predicting success in 64 days with 401 days left?
S Ruman a jeweler on North Gay Street was gagged and tied to a back room partition during a 15 minute robbery. Two men entered asking to view watches then forced him to surrender rings valued at 3200 and five watches worth 9 sod BK in cash. He freed himself, dragged to the front, and attracted passersby by breaking the door glass. Police reported other nearby robberies.
A large barn on William Feadrick’s Johnsontown farm in Berkeley County burned Sunday night with hay and implements, insured partially. Workers from Bal Land and Lumber quit amid a Chess brothers timber dispute on Cheat River land. Huntington Chamber set to appoint committees for the state convention in Huntington. West Virginia Methodist Episcopal Church South conference opens at Paintsville to discuss district cutoffs in Kentucky.
A Virginia roundup lists indictments by the grand jury at Woodstock including Roy Jet for wounding George Reedy and horse theft against Arthur J Hepner. Other items note Bristol veterans planning a reunion at Fairmont Grove with Judge Samuel W Williams as orator, and the steamer Owen Dillard burning at its dock near Carter's Creek. Eustace Moncure named principal at Lancaster Courthouse High, Mathews county planning a 910,000 high school and new buildings at Port Haywood and Cobbs Creek.
Obituaries note the death of Mrs Nellie Meeks at her cousin's home near Aetna Mills with survivors including her father two daughters two brothers and two sisters. Mrs George Dodiey of East Radford dies in Lynchburg Hospital from an illness. she was daughter of Cites EBoxang of Pulaski and sister to Mrs A Fo Goodzoontz with a husband and five children. Miss Mary W Hd mondson, widow of Co E L Edmondson, dies in Staunton at age 7.
Obituary notices for Mrs Octavia J Thompson of Brownsville Virginia-born Washington County resident and Miss Avery Amcha Stough, daughter of Jacob Stough, both reported from Maryland. A fire at Bradley Lumber Company in Elizabeth town Tennessee destroyed the furniture plant and planing mills, displacing 75 workers with insured loss around 10900 dollars amid lighted cigarettes likely cause.
Special to rae Waaringran roel Bristol Tenn Sept 18 Woodfin Green, who shot and killed Edward and Young, a prominent Cranberry resident, fled to the mountains but has surrendered and is now in jail at Bekersville. A reward of $190 was offered for his capture.
A Sunday lecture by H H Smut of the Navy Depart ment at First Methodist Episcopal Church discussed rebuilding plans for a fremon Temple under Mountai City Lodge of Manors. Birmith displayed a miniature model amid Mason activity and the Cumberland armory project by Rank Knights of Pythiex. Robbers looted the Jenners post office, taking $1 in stamps and letters, while Panel Jordan of St James was jailed for market ordinance violations at Hagetsuweelty market after assaulting Inspector Jacob F Zeidler.
Mary land couple Miss Anne Wappleby of Mt Airy and Guy Ham Rowds bur of Greenville were married in Rockville by Reverend White at the Ravensback home of minister Hagerstown September 13 at St Marys Toferan Church Elizabeth Moltinger of this city and William H Syrder Jr of Altona Pa formerly of Hagerstown wed by Reverend J William Ott Attendants included Miss Eva Weaver and Lews Murch
Democratic candidate Williams for attorney general and West candidate J T Brown for commissioner of agriculture appear liable to a fine of 500 for failing to file within the statutory 15 days after the primary a statement of campaign expenditures according to the Wash neton Port Virginia report.
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