Campaign plans shredded by Baughman illness in Maryland
Washington Post reports Senator Gorman met Maryland leaders to map an educational campaign around the Poe Amendment. Baughman’s illness disrupts plans, with a realignment likely and Brown expected to chair the committee. Campaign may focus on speeches and education rather than mass meetings.
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Diness
L. Victor Baughman
Poe
Washington Post
Baltimore
Gorman
Victor Baughman
Bayehman
Vandiver
Havre de Grace
Col
Buchanan Schrey
Hagerstown
Europe
Frank Brown
Talbott
I. Freeman Rastin
Miles
J. Frank Smith
Frank A. Wurst
Brown
Z.consresaman Miles
Frank A. Furst
Co. Buchanan Schley
Siu
Gev. Brown
Shannon for State Senate in county nominating fight
The Democratic committee considers Shannon and Swaine as nominees while John Shannon and David R. weave appear as publican nominees. The dispute centers on party loyalty and previous votes, with Drum and Lewis noted as informal figures in the district’s Democratic scene. The sheriff race pits Drum against William E. Alden as the nomination nears.
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Loanderhus Elon Pet
Mio
Vivet John Os. Shannon
Pel Peaister
Witls
Mlaty Sunnie
Gapuse
David R. Wa Publicua
Swaine
Frank J. Drum
House of Delegates
Drum
United Aline Workers
Rayner
United States Semateur
Saime
Lewis
Diver
Senetor Lewis
Wic Joval
Eta
Isu
Drum Albert AL Exald Hh
William E. Alodei
Virginia Weddings Chronicle a Long List of Marriages
A wide set of wedding notices from Keyser to Leesburg and surrounding towns lists couples marrying Sept 14. Names include Katha Lovelace and Charlea Boslger from Cedar Hill and Pittsburgh area, with ceremonies at home and churches, plus marriages of Rothged and Cave near Luray Caverns and other pairs in Winchester, Swansonville, Roanoke, and Suffolk.
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Katha
Misa Karie I. Lovelace
Cedar Hil
Charlea Boslger
Pinteylvacia Kesy
Bode Wragkester
Henbert Carpenter
Nettie Bowes
Winehaster
United Brethren Church
D. Shelton
Luray
R. Franklin Rothged
Life
M. Cave
David N. Cave
Luray Caverns
W. H. H. Joyce
Methodist Church
Winchester
Hiram Riggleman
Keyser
W. Va
Grave H. Brill
Frederick County
William Brill
Chatham
Walter Bell Thomas
J. M. Francis
Swangonvile Methodist Church
Williams
Daniel Thomas
Swansonvile
Richmond
Clarius Sidney Johnson
Roanoke
Margaret Josephine Dietrich
Reafton
Cora M. Johnson
Albemarle
L. D. Booth
Charlottesville
Noah W. Fleming
Emma Burner
H. V. Burner
Walter Strickler
German Baptist Church
Sufolk
Levin Woolford
Maryland
Arthur Woolford
Bank of Suffolk
Misa Fannie Smith Costen
George J. Costen
Lewisburg
N. C
T. J. Daily
E. F. Corbell
Boner
Samuel Woolford
TW. Casten
Edward F. Corbell
Milas Dora Cross
Mary Catten
Grace Eley
Julia Cross
Augusta Harrel
Hilda Parker
F.P. Causey
E. F. Cotten
W. 3. Cross
Frank A. Holladay
Norfeet Ha
Oyster tongers survive seven hours on capsized canoe
Special to The Washington Peat Worfolk Va September 14 Capt T C Lindsay and his son W T Lindsay of York County clung to a capsized canoe for seven hours after a late night gale in Hampton Roads. They were rescued by the tug Fannie Gilbert and brought to Worfolk this morning after abandoning hope of rescue.
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Worfolk
T. C. Lindsay
W. T. Lindsay
York County
Fannie Gilbert
Lindsay
Warwick River
Hampton Roads
Capt
Elopers
Washington Post
Cumberland
Elmer Claytomb
Sand Mary Branner
Lancaster County
South Danville votes to license sale of minor
Special to The Washington Post from Danville Virginia reports wards on the south side of the river voted 18 in favor of licensing the sale of liquor after over two years of dryness. North Danville had no election. Contests are possible over illegal votes and rejected ballots amid strong local sentiment.
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Washington Post
Danville
Mqnor
Dirys
Wets
Anderson
Nelle
College Show Growth at Washington and Lee University
Lexington Va special to one washington Font reports Washington and Lee University opened a new term with about 800 students on opening day, a 70 percent rise from last year. Lee Memorial Chapel hosted exercises with President Denny addressing the assembly. Cadet battalion at Virginia Military Institute numbered 299, ten more than last year’s session total.
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Washington Font
Lexington
Washington and Lee University
Lee Memorial Chapel
Denny
Gen. Lee
Virginia Military Institute
Must Pay Subscriptions Delinquent Jamestown Exposition
Special to The Washington Post from erfolk Virginia dated September 24 reports civil actions will be brought Saturday against delinquent Jamestown exposition stock subscribers. First cases target those who signed notes for stock. A large batch exists, with some possibly settled by the exposition attorney to avoid publicity as installments fall due.
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Jamestown
Washington
Exposition Company
Fire at Will s Woolen Mill destroys mill and wool
A fire at Will s Woolen Mill a mile south of Winchester Virginia started when a nail or match became entangled in a picker. The blaze destroyed the mill two large pickers a duster and about 3000 pounds of wool. Loss estimated at $2000 with Lloyd Insurance. Winchester firemen extinguished the flames before reaching the main building.
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Washington Post
Winchister
Wills Bros
Winchester
Uute Insurance
Unii
National Farmers Congress Elects Officers in Richmond
The Farmers National Congress in Richmond votes to elect officers. John M. Stahl of Illinois is president with Benham Cameron of North Carolina as first vice president and Joshua Strange of Indiana as second vice president. Resolutions commend President Roosevelt and seek federal road aid and popular election of U.S. senators. A Virginia delegate cites lure of social equality drawing African Americans North.
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National Congress
Virginia
Washington Post
Richmond
Farmers’ National Congress
United States
Congress
Robert D.D. C. Ward
Massachusetts
Imtriction League
National Civic Federation
Ward
Bijur
New York Associated Charities
Beverly
South
Frank Smith
Virginian
Europe
John Lamb
Roosevelt
John M. Stahl
Ilinois
Benham Cameron
North Carolina
Joshua Strange
Indiana
A. H. Judy
Ohio
George M. Whitaker
Governors Mansion
Oyster outlook poor signals disaster for Virginia waters
Special to The Washington rose from Norfolk Virginia reports a potentially disastrous oyster season opening with rocks depleted by pirates. Large fleets sailed for the rocks as packers face higher prices while some firms control own beds. Virginia oyster navy urged to monitor pirates rather than Maryland tenders. Deputy U S marshals raid Milton home capture Clem John and Ed Collins for alleged counterfeiting finding spurious coin but no molds. They are jailed in Huntington tonight.
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Norfolk
Mdewater
Maryland
Virginia Oyster Navy
Virginia
Washington
Huntington
W. Va
United States
Clem
John
Ed Collins
Milton
County
Run Down by Train in Cheriton Va injures man
H Smith aged about sixty eight was struck by a northbound freight on the New York Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad crossing the tracks at Cheriton near Cape Charles Va at 2 20 this afternoon. The vehicle he rode in was demolished and Smith sustained serious injuries including a broken leg a fractured skull and severe chest bruising. He was taken to Sarah Leigh Hospital Norfolk by Dr J Gales Goode.
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H. Smith
Cheriton
Washington Post
Cape Charles
New York
Philadelphia
Norfolk Tfailroad
W. H. Smith
Sarah Leigh Hospital
Norfolk
J. Gales Goode
Virginia Obituary Notices Including Ream Pickard Reynolds Law Stone Crutchfield
In Virginia notices, John R. Ream a painter dies at home after illness. Mrs Ben Pickard dies after short illness. Mrs C E Reynolds dies of cancer. Miss Margaret Urquhart Lawson dies at 27 in Smithfield. Selden Spencer Stone dies after a carriage accident. Samuel Crutchfield dies from injuries after a wagon incident. Surviving spouses and relatives are listed where known.
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Danville
John R. Ream
Chatham
Ben Pickard
Vaabti
Staunton
C. E. Reynolds
Mira Sadle Smith
Suffolk
Margaret Urquhart Lawson
John W. Lawzon
Bacon
Virginia
Smithfeld
Parkersburg
W. Va
Historic College Begins Its Two Hundred and Twelfth Session
The College of William and Mary opens its 212th year in aloun, Me with 250 anticipated attendance. New chairs in biology and manual arts, a science hall, and dining-unit added. minor repairs completed. Coach Blanchard named athletic director. students plan funding for football and longer training. locals predict a winning season.
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Washington Post
Aloun
William Ata
Mary Ane
Studetta
Ginée
William
Labor unions ousted by Baltimore federation
Five unions were expelled by the Baltimore Federation of Labor in a move to enforce its constitution. The painters Locals 704 105 and 4 Electrical Workers No 28 and Elevator Constructors No 7 were ousted for refusing to join the Structural Trades Alliance and forsake the Baltimore Building Trades Alliance now deemed dual. The action follows a dispute over recognition by the Building Trades Alliance and central bodies.
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Baltimore Federation
Washington Post
Baltimore
Baltimore Federation of Labor
Baltimore Building Trades Alliance
American Federation of Labor
Structural Trades Alliance
Baltimore Bulldisg Trades Alliance
Structural ‘Trades Alliance
Joseph Jefferson Will Filed for Probate in Orphans Court
Special to The Washington Post from Baltimore describes the probate filing of Joseph Jeffersons will. The Florida resident actor left Mrs. Jane German a $1000 cash bequest and a painting to Ernest Gittings of Baltimore. Witness Wells J. Hawks, once manager at the Academy of Music, now with Frohman in New York, signed. the will drafted in New York on October 27, 1898.
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Washington
Baltimore
Joseph Jefferson
Florida
Orphans Court
Jefferson
Orphans’ Court
Jane German
Thizality
New York
Parlor Suite Sale Cuts Stock for New Shipment
We have reduced twenty to thirty patterns of 3 piece suites to clear space for an immense purchase bought at special prices. The first shipment has arrived and prices are cut deeply, offering the best chance to buy in many days.
Injuries From Old Fire Fighting Fatal to Waca
Waca, aged 45 and longtime custodian of the Y M C A in Cumberland, Md, died after injuries from a fire fight with the Philadelphia Fire Department years ago. His left arm was burned, later amputated, and a portion of the left shoulder was removed in surgery. He had been unable to work for two years due to the ailment.
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Washigton
Cumberland
W. D. Wacanot
Philadelphia Fire Department
Baltimore
Assault charge dismissed in beating of 618 colored man
Special to The Washington Post from Rockville Maryland reports constable Ward Bradley deputy William Johnson and Munsley Butt of Montgomery County and George W Payne of Washington faced charges of assault for visiting George Frye a poor elderly Black man near Cabin John Bridge to capture his son Daniel Frye. Bradley allegedly fired a revolver as they claimed lawful action. Justice Clifford Robertson dismissed the cases at the state attorney’s suggestion.
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Spesial
Washington Post
Rockville
Butt
Hdward Bradley
William 0. Johnson
Munsley Butt
Montgomery County
Georgy W. Payne
Washington
Justice of the Peace
Clifford Robertson
Ghargea
Gseorge Frye
Cabin John Bridge
Daniel Erye
Bradley
Frye
Peter
Robertson
Marriage license refused over race claim in Maryland area
Cumberland Maryland September 14 license refused after registrar noted applicant color unknown. man described as negro and woman as white. The couple J Howard Baker and Henrietta Keyser faced questions on color and were denied under Maryland law, reflecting long past laxity on racial criteria.
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Register
Washington Post
Cumberland
Ber Hn
Maryland Line
Frostburg
Somerset
Shaffer
J. Howard Baker
Henrietta Keyser
Pennsylvania
Coal Cars Derail in Tunnel on Northern Central Railway
Special to The Washington Post from Baltimore. A coal train of thirty cars derailed after a rear caboose wheel broke as the train entered Union tunnel near Greenmount Avenue around 4 am. Four coal cars left the track and the line was blocked for about three hours. Damage to rolling stock was slight and no injuries were reported. Track damage extended for a distance on the line.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Northern Central Railroad
Union ‘Tunnel
Greenmount Avenue
Two Women Thieves in Pennyweight Jewelry Plot
Baltimore detectives hunt two professional pennyweight thieves, a blond and a brunette, who visited B H Nuitz jewelry, 3 North Huten Street, asked to see rings, left without buying, and replaced a real diamond ring worth 850 dollars with a paste copy. The police call this pennyweight theft.
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Baltimore
Washington Post
B. H. Nuitz
North Huten Street
Blockaders Run to Earth in North Carolina
News from Asheville reports the capture of Arthur Moore and the Cable brothers near the state line in Swain County by Deputy Collector Roland an Asheville deputy marshal and a deputy sheriff after a seven mile pursuit through a gorge. The cabin contained two Winchester rifles and shotguns. The three men had defied revenue officers claiming no officer could leave the mountains alive.
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Washington Post
Asheville
N. C
Swain County
North Carolina
Tennessee
Arthur Moore
Cable Brothers
Roland
Returns Battle Flag to Thirteenth Virginia Volunteers
An Illinois banner once captured in the Civil War was recovered from Memorial Hall in Chicago and formally returned to the Thirteenth Virginia Volunteers. The ragged flag bearing battle scars from Pooleville in 1882 was identified as the last Confederate flag in Illinois, and veterans voted to restore it to the unit’s surviving remnant.
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Thirteenth Virginia Volunteers
Chicago
Illinois
Memorial Hall
Virginis
Pooleville
Eighth Illinois
Veterans’ Camp
Obituary of F Marion Norris Former Poolesville Resident
F Marion Norris formerly of Poolesville died in St Louis at age 35. He was the son of the late John T Norris of Poolesville and is survived by his mother and two brothers. Remains expected to arrive at Barnesville tomorrow for interment in Moncasy Cemetery at Beater Nie.
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F. Marion Norris
Poolesville
St. Louis
John T. Norris
Barnesville
Monecasy
Béatler Nie
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Hend Pa. Ave
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