Tangle of Divorces and a Wedding Ring Reappear
In Kanawha County West Virginia Laura E Lowman Windsor wins a divorce suit against Mark M Windsor after he claimed a Kansas decree was a joke. She remarried Marian Allen yesterday, then divorced him to reunite with Windsor. The case exposes a marital tangle with a jumbled chronology and public records.
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Laura E. Windsor
Washington Post
Charleston
W Va
Circuit Court of Kanawha Courty
Laura BE
Windsor
Mark M Windsor
Laura E. Lowman
Kansas City
Kans
Kansas
Marian Allen
Olcott
Coal River
Winsor
West Virginia
Allen
Hospital Attendants Charged With Murder At Central Hospital
Three attendants at Central Hospital, Hugh, King, and Peel, were jailed on murder charges in the case of patient Thomas Nall. Writs of habeas corpus were issued by Associate Justice Brown and returnable next Monday in the supreme Court room. Medical testimony suggested Walls 4th’s death stemmed from heart trouble after attempts to escape rather than head blows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Halaigh
L R Hugh
J C King
Jack Peel
Central Hospital
Thomas Nall
Brown
Supreme Court
Walls
Bristol's New Industry Brings Major Plant to Town
Bristol Tennessee through the Bristol Board of Trade attracts the Virginia Iron Coal and Coke Company led by Henry K MacHarge to relocate iron rolling mills from May Meadows Virginia to Bristol. The plant shifts to Bristol with 200 tons monthly capacity rising 80 percent after re erection, payroll projected at 150000 annually, moving cost 15000. Also notes Marker plan for Andrew Jackson birthplace near Waxhaw and other local items.
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Washington
Bristol
Tenn
Bristol Board of Trade
Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke Company
Henrys K MacHarge
New York
May Meadows
Jackson
Charlotte
Mecklenburg Daughters of the Confederacy
Andrew Jackson
Waxhaw
Union County
Jacksons
Judges in Charleston Court Order Robes for Sessions
In Charleston West Virginia on September 15 the Supreme Court of Appeals ordered that judges wear robes during sessions in response to bar sentiment. Several cases were noted as argued and submitted or continued to the January term, with adjournment to meet in special session October 18 in Charleston.
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Maryland Court of Appeals
Washington Post
Cumberland
Court of Appeals
Robert Simpson
Allegany
Frostburg
Olivia Paxton
Delona B. Paxton
Addie Pelton
Annie Cairnes
West Virginia Court of Appeals
Charlestown
W. Va
Supreme Court of Appeals
McNeely Et al
South Penn Oil Company
Wetzel County
Duerr Et al
Snodgrass
R M. Sutton & Co
Christie
Mercer County
Elliott Et al
Farmers Bank of Philippi
Barbour County
Dentys
Randolph County
Parr
Frum
Fox
Hershmano
Stafford
Preston County
Reel
Heed
Coal and Coke Railway Company
Joyce
Zell Guano Company
Cristip
Campbell
City of Hiking
Johnson Et al
Ludwick
Riley Et
Yost
Taylor County
Baltimore Bargain House
T Clair
Trustes
Clevenger
Counterfeiters as Ghouls Found Grave Robbery in West Virginia
Huntington West Virginia September 15 authorities, led by a state witness, uncovered a full counterfeit operation in the Cabell County jail cabin. A hidden pile of coffin plates and handles, melted inscriptions such as Our Father and At Rest, suggested the counterfeiters also robbed graves for metal. A special U S agent arrived to take charge as arrests were anticipated.
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Washington Post
Huntington
W Va
Collins Brothers
Cabell County
United States
Brakeman Hicks Dies After Car Coupling Accident
Salisbury North Carolina September 15 J Hicks aged nineteen a brakeman on the Southern Railway between this place and Monroe Virginia died at Lexington last night from injuries sustained yesterday while coupling cars He was caught and crushed about the body and internally injured though skin and bone were not broken He received treatment at the depot until death being conscious until the end and expecting to recover
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Washington
Salisbury
W J. Hicks
Southern Railway
Monroe
Lexington
Young Hicks
Fire in Railroad Shops Destroys Baltimore and Ohio Yards
Fire at 3 o clock this morning in Parkersburg West Virginia destroyed the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad shops and damaged the roundhouse in the yards. Total loss estimated at five thousand dollars. About twenty five men are thrown out of employment. Shops will be rebuilt at once on a much larger scale.
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Spertal
Washington
Parkersburg
Baltimore and Ohio
Ex-Gov Brown Declares Gubernatorial Candidacy in Maryland
Baltimore notes ex Governor Brown announces another bid for governor, aiming to retake Annapolis after his resignation to Lloyd Lowndes. The piece frames his return as expected, with commentary on political opportunity and a classic medicinal ad for Hood's Sarsaparilla.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Brown
Statehouse
Annapolis
Lloyd Lowndes
Farewell Addresses of Southern Senators on Eve of Civil War
A catalog entry for Neale's War Library detailing farewell speeches by Southern lawmakers who joined the Confederacy. It highlights debates, notable figures such as Breckinridge and Baker, and mentions bindings, formats, and pricing for the Neale Publishing edition in New York and Washington.
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Senate
John C Breckinridge
Jucky
Edward BD Baker
Ken
ED Baker
John J. Crittenden
F. Benjamin
Judah
United States Senate
Benjamin
Baker
Robert Tootahs
Jefferson Davis
Clay and
Fitzpatrick
Senator Slidell
Sphies
Judah P Benjamin
Howard Dick Baker
Social and Personal S A Attache Arrives In Washington
The social scene reports the Austrian attache Moris von Svent-Ivany arriving in the United States and joining the ambassador at Lenox for the season. Several Washington figures return from summer resorts and a series of society events and engagements are noted, including the engagement of Miss Adler and Mr S M Adler and the upcoming debut of Miss Eleanor Ridgely.
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Secretary of the Interior
Annie Hitchcock
Sims
Washington
Misa Anne Hitchcock
Dublin
N. H
Moris von Svent-Ivany
Lenox
George W. Rouser
Weekington
Spring Lake
N. J
George Westinghouse
Garret
Hobart
Erskine Park
Richard Watson Gilder
Sutherland
Edinburgh
Scotland
Kenzie
London
Eleanor Ridgely
William Barret Ridgely
Eleanor
Catherine Cullom Ridgely
Chicago
Cullom
Invis
Fight to Control Wabash Rockefellers Back Ramsey Bid
In New York and Pittsburgh on September 15 the Wabash Railroad presidency fight surged as Joseph Ramsey Jr appealed to stockholders to reelect him. He cited Rockefellers as major holders, denied any alliance with Vanderbilt or Pennsylvania interests, and urged ownership by debentures and stockholders for an independent railway.
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New York
Joseph Ramsey, Jr
Wabash Railroad
George J Gould
Ramsey
John F. Ramsey
The
Wabash
Gould Party
Beamsey
Wabash Securiies
Rockefellers
Pittsburg
Stoc
Wabash Railroad Company
Ubash Railroad
Vanderbilt
New York Central
Pennsylvania
A Larger Cabinet Debate in The Nation's Capital
From the Cincinnati Enquirer the piece argues the nation should not expand the Cabinet by simple arithmetic. It cites rapid growth in wealth and population but warns new departments raise costs, require buildings, and swell annual expenses while offices attract bureaucratic padding.
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The
Cincinnati Enquirer
St. James
Agriculture
Commerce
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Free Baptists
Free Baptist Association of Virginia
Wainwright Baptist Church
G A Bell
W. P. Fisher
Martinsburg
Max Meadows
Wachington
Hagerstown
Roy Hrechbill
Hancock
Charles S Baker
Chewsville
Johnston
Illinois
R H Harden
Greensboro
Wilkesboro
C Bryan
L E Davis
G. H Walker
Asheville
Ruthern Railway Company
Stats
Ernest Thomson
Thomson
Old Fort
Naval GF
Penna
Sunday Post
To-Morrow
Ninwerna
Secret Service
Case
Maryland
Hood
Neale
Thomas Ricard Martin
Neale Publishing Co
Broadway
Fifth Ave
Eleventh Street
Anne Hitchcock
Secretary’s House
Thomas C. Noyes
Connecticut Avenue
Poland Springs
Mr Noyes
Philipps Beach
Mass
William F. Draper
Margaret Draper
Europe
Hopedale
Mary Carlisle
Gladys Ingalls
M E Inealla
Hot Springs
J. J Woodward
Woodward
Us& N
Lake Placid Club
Adirondacks
D M Kindleberger
Linganore Hilla Inn
Frederick, Md
W A. Slater
Hamil Berliner
Columbia Road
Maine
Berliner
Willam EB. Mason
Cora Hichengreen
Willam Hichengreen
S M Adler
Madison Avenue
N. J. Cary
Dallas
Tex
John S. Lowry
St. Louis
William Page Cooper
Louisiana
Goodwin
Q Street
Georgetown
J Miller Kenyon
Kenyon
Helena Dodge
Liverpool
Katydid Jones
Lillian Hasler
Raymond C Phillips
R. Hasler
Fourteenth Street
Claudius Smith
Epiphany Chapel
Mise Mamie Bryant
Edgar A. Poore
PF. A Willams
R. A. Hasier
Silver Hill
Iillam Hasier
Tippett
McCauley
Williams
George Jillis
Alabama
Mary Ramby
Mary E. Phillips
John Phillips
Hate Phillips
Alexandria
Phillips
Charles W. Richardson
James Stuart
Kingston
Ottawa
Hideau Lakes
Ontario
Canada
Gould
Chicago News
Philadelphia Ledger
Jolkley
Porkley
Tire
Philadelphia
Willie
Bureau
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Civil Service
Barnacles
A. Herman
A. Herman’s Sons Co
Seventh Street
Old Colony Co
H St
Hepplewhite
Sheraton & Chippendale
HT Street
Christian Xanderer Guatr
Ted Vebre
Bosea
Kivventh
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