Roundup of 1908 Grand Jury Actions and Local Notices
The March 1908 grand jury recommended investigations after not being convened for trial. Railroader Martin J. McCormick, 97, former Piedmont resident and B&O employee, died in Pittsburgh. survived by daughter Mrs D G Bevans of Paw Paw West Virginia. Elizabeth A Pe of Luray and Richard A Almutt of Dawsonville wed in Washington by Rev Hough. Roanoke tax assessment rose 50 percent to 3468. population up 62 percent in the decade to 4874. J W Rue, B and O conductor, shot in ankle by an accidental discharge while loading. hospitalized in Cumberland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin J. McCormick
Piedmont
W. Va
Pittsburg
Ireland
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
D. G. Bevans
Paw Paw
Capital
Elizabeth A. Pe
Luray
Richard A .Almutt
Dawsonville
Washington
Dr. Hough
Roanoke
J. W. Rue
Baltimore and Ohio
Cumberland Hospital
Valley Horses Sold For 1085 In Richmond Fire Dept Buy
The Richmond fire department bought five horses bred in the Shenandoah Valley for 1085 dollars averaging 220 each. Gray two brown two and one bay, total weight about 7000 pounds, to haul engines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond Fire Department
Shenandoah Valley
Bolivar City
Powell’s Fort
Arthur Brown
Fredericksburg
Philadelphia
Corporation Court
Alvin T. Embrey
Virginia Shirt Company
Scottish Union and
National Fire Insurance Company
Brown
Shirt
Huntington
Marion
McCurdy
Expurgated Hons Report Warns U S Ill Prepared For War
A confidential expurgated edition of a high level report warns the nation is wholly unprepared for war with a woeful lack of men guns and ammunition. It states the army is disorganized in effectiveness and efficiency and flags coastal imperilment. A national defense council is recommended with a statement by General Wood accompanying the document.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wood
Council of National Defense
Saturday Warmth Expected Across Virginia Forecast
Weather Bureau forecast for Virginia states fair tonight and Saturday with cold tonight and rising temperatures in the north and west portions on Saturday. Special to The Star from Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Star
Washington
Virginia
Weather Bureau
Fortune for them the Rhinehart heirs seek English fortune
A New York reporter chronicles the claim of Simon Rhinehart’s heirs, including J. Rhinehart of Rockingham County, who say 24 descendants stand to inherit about 3.758 million dollars held by the Bank of England. Brothers in Roanoke and Waynesboro may pursue London inquiry as rumors of a Napoleonic loss surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Simon Rhinehart
Rhinehart
Rockingham County
Bank of
England
Bank of England
Ww. T Rhinehart
Roanoke
Wilhelm
Waynesboro
London
Virginia Real Estate Reassessment Projects $84 Million Gain
The 1910 reassessment of real estate in Virginia is expected to show about an $84,000,000 gain over 1909. Total 1909 realty valuation was $410,635,984, pushing state real property near $500,000,000 with added tax revenue of roughly $294,000 for the state and over $1,000,000 for counties and cities. The final table will reveal county by county changes and adherence to fair market value rules as the Tax Commission weighs tax equalization versus object segregation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of
the Auditor of Public Accounts
Virginia
State Tax Commission
Mrs J W Andrews Improves After Illness at Wolfe Street
Mrs J W Andrews who has been ill of grip and sonsif it is at her home on Wolfe street was reported to be slightly improved today. Advertise for Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.W. Andrews
Wolfe Street
Condition of Local Markets Report
In the wholesale market wheat was firmer and closed easier and unchanged. Corn was firmer, closing unchanged. Oats were quiet and easy. Rye steady. Hay firm. Straw quiet. Butter steady. Eggs and butter markets firm. Poultry markets show turkeys firm with other lines steady. Vegetables and fruits reported steady.
Sam Slick Williams in Dynamo Mishap Not Explode
A North Market Street rumor that Sam Williams known as Sam Slick was killed by dynamite explosion is false. Workers extending sewer lines at the Robinson ice plant report Williams supervised the thawing method using heated bricks. The dynamite burned but did not detonate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Market Street
Sam Williams
Sam “Slick
Robinson Ice Plant
Mrs Rogers Visits Ill Daughter in West Water Street
Mrs Rogers and her son Tayloe Rogers traveled from Roanoke to visit Mrs P. W Boyd in her home on West Water street where she is ill.
Personal notices hint at Christmas travel and visits
The clipped item lists various individuals traveling to New York and Niagama, planning to spend Christmas with family in Pa and Capon Springs. It mentions Major Robert W. Hunter summing a stay in his home and others visiting relatives, with several names and brief whereabouts across the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Niagama
Robert W. Hunter
Left
Washington
It you have brain fag because its daily loss is not supplied
A terse note says you have brain fog due to missing daily loss figures. The remark implies frustration with incomplete data affecting assessment or planning. No individuals or organizations are named in the readable fragment.
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Stephen J. Morris
Sallie Sharon
Rocky Mount
Ponce de Leon
W. H. H. Joyce
Trinity Methodist Church
A. M. Aiken
Danville Corporation Court
Grand
B. Barksdale
Lynchburgh
Campbell County
Calahan
Moorefield Lodge
Mullen Hotel
John J. Cornwell
Romney
Alexandria
Barley
Ontinet
Young Ghigmeres
Imoop
J. B. Stalnaker
Charleston
W.va
Milan
L. McNair
Sam
Gio
Charles F
W. H
Bia
Capon Springs
Acco
Keece Norfgl
W. H. Bale
Walter C. Hurdle
Charles
W. A. Baker
Miss. Luciu
D. P. Meade
Ness
Prank
Andeve County
Stiowabie Authority
Beamis
Geo. W. Carey
Naari
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
Battle Creek, Mich
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