Cooper Bros. Oil Case Compromised in Hagerstown
Cooper Bros. of Winchester Virginia reached a settlement with the Cumberland Valley Railroad in circuit court at Hagerstown Maryland. The oil desiers claim the railroad refused to deliver a carload of oil within the city due to a local ordinance. The railroad paid $286.06 to the plaintiffs, a result viewed as a near victory for Cooper Bros.
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Cooper Bros
Winchester
Cumberland Valley Railroad
Hagerstown
Oil Desiers
Standard O.1
Cumberland Valley
Hagerstown Mail
Bros
Standard Oil Trust
C. V
Standard Oil Company
Woman Ella Brown Sentenced to Penitentiary for Theft
Ella Brown, an early female offender in the county, pleaded guilty in County Court to feloniously entering the Lenore residence of Mr. M. J. Hardesty and stealing clothing last September. The jury imposed a two year sentence in the penitentiary after her confession, following a prior six month county jail term for theft.
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Ella Brown
M. J. Hardesty
Lenore
Miss Sibert to Wed Mr. Stine
Announcement of the approaching marriage of Miss Lilly M. Sibert to Mr. Holmes Stine. The ceremony will be at 5 30 PM December 18 at 300 North Kent Street with Rev. Dr. Janes R. Graham officiating. Afterward the couple depart on the 6 04 PM B and O train.
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Lilly M. Sibert
Holmes Stine
North Kent Street
Baltimore and Ohio
Janes R. Graham
Sibert
J. W. Sibert
Sibert & Denny
Mr. Stine
Isaac Stine
Death of Mr W O Horseys Father In Law
Message from Chrisfield Maryland reports the death of Mr W O Horseys father in law Mr Samuel KK Atwell. He died about four o clock this morning and the funeral is planned for Saturday afternoon. Mrs W O Horsey formerly Miss Lizzie Atwell was at the bedside during his last illness. He was about 79 years old.
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Samuel KK. Atwell
Chrisfield
W.O. Horsey
W. O. Horsey
Lizzie Atwell
Mr. Harsey
Death of Col Robert C Wood Relates to Zachary Taylor Line
Telegram reports Col Robert C Wood died in New Orleans. He served in the Confederate Army and commanded a brigade in Morgan's Cavalry. his grandfather was Gen Zachary Taylor, 12th US president, and his great grandfather fought in the Revolutionary War. Relatives include Mrs Bettie Dandridge and Miss Margaret Taylor.
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Sarah Wood
Robert C Wood
New Orleans
Colonel Wood
Zachary Taylor
United States
Wood
Morgan
John Taylor Wood
Jefferson Davis
United States Army
Bettie Dandridge
Charles B. Roxss
South
Randall
Surgeon Randall
Margaret Taylor
Annapolis, Md
White House
Administrators Qualify in County Court Session
In the regular November session Jno. Gano qualified as administrator of his father Daniel Gano. Wm. Dehaven was appointed administrator of his father Henry D. Dehaven.
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Jno
New Road Petitioned in Opequon District
The County Court faces a petition to open a new road in Opequon District as part of local infrastructure plans. The request seeks route creation to improve access and connectivity within the district.
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Opequon
Kinsey Smith Dies After Typhoid Battle in Montgomery
Kinsey Smith, 45, died yesterday in Montgomery Pa after three weeks with typhoid fever. A Frederick county pioneer in peach and berry farming, he lived in Winchester area and served on Shawnee District School Board and the Frederick county Fruit Growers Association. Funeral set for ten o'clock Friday morning in Montgomery.
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Mr. Smith
Frederick County
Col
Robert Kinsey
Winchester
Smith
Montgomery
Frederick County School Board
Shawnee
Frederick County Fruit Growers Association
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Ella R. Brown
Miss Sibert
Col. Wood
Rouss
Kinsey Smith
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