Governor Praises the White Plague War
Governor Mann sends a letter to W W Baker of the Anti Tuberculosis Association praising the state effort against tuberculosis. He notes at least 20000 cases in Virginia and commends the Red Cross Christmas seals campaign to fund prevention and care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. D. Fuller
Latane Anti-Tuberculosis League
Winchester
Mann
The
Anti- Tuberculosis Association
W. W. Baker
Assn
Richmond
Virginia
Red Cross
Red Cross Seals Aid Vital Public Health Work
Governor William Hodges Mann praises the Red Cross seals program as crucial for disease prevention and public welfare. He urges widespread knowledge and use of the campaign to help afflicted families and educate the community about preventing contagion.
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Red Cross
Commonwealth
WM. Hodges Mann
Insurgents at State W C T U Convention Oust Hoge Backed Leaders
At the Portsmouth state convention a faction opposed Mrs. Howard M Hoge and the state officers. The ousted group refuses to recognize the convention or the national body and has openly insurged against any authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Portsmouth
Howard M. Hoge
Women temperance league forms independent national division
Insurgents form a new division claiming to resemble the older organization and vow to combat intemperance nationwide. Headquarters allegedly in Richmond city. Mrs J Johnson Tyler named as leader. About two dozen members reportedly join the new group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richimond City
Woman’s Temperance League of America
Col Thomas Roy Dies In Europe
News reaches from Berlin of the death of Col Thomas Benton Roy aged 72 a native of Bentonsville Warren county Virginia. He served in the Civil War with the Warren Rifles Adjutant General to Gen Beauregard aided in forming the Army of the Tennessee and to Gen Hardee in Salem Alabama where he edited the Messenger later practiced law with Brooks Haralson and Co praised by Senator Morgan as Alabama’s brightest lawyer he and his wife went to Germany to educate their adopted daughter and never returned.
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Berlin
Germany
Thomas Benton Roy
Bentonsville
Warren
County
Warren Rifles
Beauregard
Army of the Tennessee
W. J. Hardee
Salem
Ala
the Messenger
Brooks, Haralson & Co
Senator Morgan
Alabama
Louise Angela West Dead in Baltimore Hospital
Winchester mourns the death of Louise Angela West daughter of Rev Dr and Mrs T Ma West who died in a Baltimore hospital after a ten day illness. Funeral services were held at Grace Methodist Episcopal Church with Rev George R Grose officiating. burial followed at London Park Cemetery. She was educated at Dickinson Seminary and Goucher College and is survived by a sister Mrs Edward German and a brother Dr T Marshall West.
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Winchester
Louise Angela West
T. Ma West
University of Maryland Vital
Baltimore
Miss West
Ma Street
C. Rodgers
Knight
Thomas. B. Marshall
Guy Hollyday
Richard Test
EH. C. Kirk
J. W. Hooper
London Park Cemetery
Lannay
Woodward and
Orme
Maryland
Marshalls
Edwar Gerrman
T. Marshall West
Fayettesville
University of Maryland
Fined For Being In A Jim Crow
N. Goldstein was fined $10 and costs in Richmond for disorderly conduct on a street car. He swore at a conductor and claimed unfamiliarity with state law on race discrimination. He refused to move when asked and allegedly said there were too many laws, vowing to make his own.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Goldstein
Richmond
Goldstein
Washington
Hotel Evans Undergoes Complete Papering and Upgrades
All rooms in Hotel Evans are being repapered. Seven new bathrooms are installed with a new furnace in the cellar.
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Evans
Christmas Tree Prices Rise With Living Costs
Early wagonloads of Christmas trees reached town marking the start of general sales. Prices are higher this year due to increased living costs, with sellers citing higher food costs as a reason. One dealer noted he can’t cut trees as cheaply as before because of the need to fund higher expenses.
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Frederick County
Whooping cough death of infant near Kernstown
Six month old Howard W. Strickler, son of Mr and Mrs Perry D Strickler, died at home near Kernstown early Sunday from spasms caused by whooping cough. Funeral held this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard W. Strickler
Perry D. Strickler
Kernstown
Testimony Defends Grain Floor Purity at Grape Nuts Plant
Horace Brown testified after nine years with Co. 9 to the Wheat and Barley floor claim. He described a clean floor with machinery kept spotless and no under grade grain found. Luther W. Mayo affirmed using the product at home, contradicting any impurity allegation.
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Geo. Haines
Edward Young
H. E. Burt
F. B. Martin
New Orleans
Cov
Horace Brown
Attys
Unclear church service note from Rea Sn Lynch
Fragmentary report mentions services conducted by Rea Sn Lynch of the church and a statement about Mr. and Mrs. but contains unreadable names and details. The remaining readable text suggests a local church event or ceremony with unclear actors and context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rea Sn. Lynch
Chard. Church
Anniversary Party for Mr and Mrs John Baldwin Neill
Berryville Virginia December nineteenth marks the fifteenth wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs John Baldwin Neill honored at their South Church Street home. Guests from nearby towns attended a sumptuous supper with Miss Kitty McDonald at the punch bowl and a long list of visitors from Media Parkersburg Wickliffe Summit Point and nearby communities.
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Berryville
John Baldwin Neill
South Church Street
Kitty McDonald
Amdng
Annie and
Mary McDonald
Media
Charlestown
W. Va
Ora Martin
Parkersburg
Kate Powers
Gacquelin Smith
Wickliffe
Basil Stevens
W. T. Lewis
Blackburn Smith
Eugene and
Lewis Glover
Herbert Whiting
McCormick
Bessie McCormick
Archibald Cummins
Florence and Luke Shepherd
Thomas
Nannie Thomas
Andi
A.P. Osborn
Mamie White
Powers
Sophie
Fannie Powers
Mason lodge lays 6000 pound granite cornerstone at Richtain post office
The Mason order conducted ceremonies as the 6,000 pound granite cornerstone for Uncle Sam's new post office at Richmain was laid. Jahun Lodge led the event with the cornerstone costing about $1,000,000 and the ceremony marking a historic building milestone.
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Richmaint
Jahun Lodge
Uncle Sam
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Morris
Victor
Columbia
UNK & Son South Main Street
W.C.T.U
Scott
Emilsion
Scott's
Col Thomas Roy
Europe
WSS
West
N. Y. Atty
Battle Creek
Postum Co
Weekly
Luther W. Mayo
Timony
Postum Cereal Co
Battle Creek, Mich
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