Christian Advocate Changes Hands in Richmond
The Christian Advocate of Richmond is consolidated with the Southern Methodist Recorder of Blackstone. New owners are Rev. James Cannon Jr. and Rev. J Sidney Peters with Cannon as president and managing editor and Peters as secretary treasurer. The Recorder dissolves and the paper continues as the Baltimore and Richmond Christian Advocate. Editorial staff remain with J J Lafferty and S K Cox. Herbert M Hope leaves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Advocate
Richmond
Southern Methodist Recorder
Blackstone
James Cannon
Iun
Advocate
Recorder
The
Cannon
J. Sidney Peters
Hampton
Baltimore and Richmond Christian Advocate
J. J. Lafferty
8. K. Cox
Willow Weeps Master and the Mocking Crowd
A poem recounts a divine figure called Master who is sheltered by trees then scourged by a cruel crowd. The willow mourns as the crowds drag the figure away and the tree’s shade no longer dries his wounds. The narrator laments its perpetual sorrow ever since.
Prisoners Attempt Burn On Elder Inmate
Chris Garrison and Cy Howard with two other inmates tried to ignite a large firecracker in Uncle John Miller s pocket while in a police cell. The blast set Miller s clothing ablaze and a quick intervention by Officer Neville saved his life. Miller s burns required aid while Garrison and Howard suffered injuries in the attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris
Garrison
Cy’ Howard
John Miller
Miller
Neville
Howard
Chris Garrison
Hand Torn by Dynamite Explosive Incident
Frank Miller of Berryville celebrated Christmas by lighting fire crackers and holding a giant dynamite cracker. The blast ripped two fingers and thumb from his hand, exposing bones, and required two doctors and several hours to repair the injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Miller
Berryville
Facial injury from fall at Clarke place near Vauclues
Mr John Brill suffered a severe facial wound and wrist sprains after stepping on a cellar stair at the old Clarke place near Vauclues Thursday night. He was taken to Stephens City Friday morning for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Brill
Painter
Clarke Place
Vauclues
Mr. Brill
T Stephens City
Tragedy in Market Street as man ends life with carbolic acid
James Lewis aged about 34 died after pouring carbolic acid into a tumbler and taking the contents. A coroner's jury found he killed himself, the act linked to his unemployment and unsettled mind. He had traveled from Baltimore with his wife to visit relatives, leaving a family in mourning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
Mr. Lewis
Star
James
South Market Street
Robert McC. Glass
Baltimore
Balimore
William Lewis
West Germain Street
John Nalls
Frank Lewis
Charles Lewis
David Lewis
Cumberland
Belle Compton
Front Royal
Reuben Rudiille
Geo. W. Kurtz
Oil for the Body Scott's Emulsion Endorsement
Advertises Scott's Emulsion as a nourishing remedy for wasting diseases and a superior supplement when ordinary food fails. Claims doctors approve it as the best nourishment for those not as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Lockjaw From a Trifling Wound
Miss Lucy Gold of Berryville is critically ill at home after a minor hand prick with a sewing needle led to a worsening wound. Doctors W. S. Love and Harris attend her as blood poisoning and lockjaw are feared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Gold
Thomas D. Gold
Berryville
W. 8. Love
City
Harris
To Cure a Cold in One Day Ad Claim
An old advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets to cure a cold in one day. It promises money back from druggists if not effective, with attribution to E. W. Groves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Groves
First Pennsylvania Warship Launch Described in 1837
The Philadelphia Press reprints a Youth's Friend account of the launch of the first warship named Pennsylvania on July 18, 1837. Spectators crowded the Delaware shoreline as a vast shed opened and the 250 foot vessel slid into the river amid cannon salutes and cheering crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Press
Delaware
Philadelphia
United States
The Button Industry and Vegetable Ivory
The article explains that buttons are made from vegetable ivory harvested from the ivory tree. The United States consumes over half the world’s ivory nut supply, with nine tenths turned into buttons. Nuts are cut into slabs, drilled, polished, dyed, and stamped with patterns to match fabrics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Where Lime Juice Comes From Montserrat Island
The passage describes lime juice production centering on Montserrat in the British West Indies. It notes Montserrat as a premier lime source with extensive orchards and states workers, primarily women, carry heavy fruit baskets on their heads to the shipping port. It mentions attempts to ease labor with wheelbarrows but highlights continued head-carrying for long distances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montserrat
British West Indies
Whips Manch
Indian Battlefield Scene Discovered Near Oak Mills
George Remsburg locates a Kansas and Iowa Indian battlefield near Oak Mills in Atchison County. Accounts describe Pawnee and Sioux fighting near Beaver Creek, with mass graves, bone platforms, and a skull showing an iron‑pointed arrow, later dispersed by buffalo hunters and collectors.
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Iowa
Kansas
George Remsburg
Oak Mills
Atchison County
Missouri River
Sac
Kansas City Journal
Beaver Creek
Phillips County
Pawnee
Hays City
Dachshund Terror Creates Belgian Hare Carnage in Cage War
A Washington dachshund escaped a cage and launched a hare hunt, devouring fifteen Belgian hares kept in adjacent cages. The dog reportedly pushed out the hare cages and caused chaos after the keeper left briefly. The incident followed the dog’s earlier agitation over the hares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Washington Post
Doggie
Earth
Contempt Fine Assault Case Ties to Local Mayor
Walter Carlisle, lamp lighter in Berryville Virginia, was fined $10 for contempt after defying Mayor Jones over a revolver permit. Earlier he faced $10 for assaulting Frank Dodd. the permit had been revoked following his arrest and Carlisle claimed county judge Moore granted carry rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evening Star
Berryville
Walter Carlisle
Jones
Costa
Carlile
Frank Dodd
Carlisle
Dodd
Moore
Cold Wave Expected Tonight With Bitter Cold Ahead
The Weather Bureau forecasts a sharp cold wave reaching this region tonight and bitter temperatures by tomorrow. A severe change hit last night with a biting western wind. tonight will be fair and much colder, with Sunday also cold. Mr. William Trapnell, former Shenandoah Division engineer, is spending Christmas in Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Weather Bureau
Atr
William Trapnell
Shenandoah Division
Winchester
Young People in a Runaway Near Berryville
Mr Robert Goss and Miss Nellie Roderick of this city were thrown when their horse ran away on the Berryville pike. The horse dragged the vehicle through Fairfax Avenue before being stopped near town. both escaped serious injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Goss
Nellie Roderick
Berryville Pike
Fairfax Avenue
For Sale Privately Near Court House
For sale privately a frame house with cellar and outbuildings within fifteen minutes walk of the Court House. Two brick cisterns and a fine artesian well with free stone water. Power windmill and tank.
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Herbert M. Hope
Presgnt
Tom Evenine Star
Emma Howard Wight
Middletown, Va
Walter P. Anderson
Julia Baylis
Hayfield
This County
N. N. Hall
Sis
AD Daily Weathes
Virginia
Lhcence
Tay Pla Greve Sk Serx'aimtingle Buses
Horsey and Atwell
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Shen
Valley National Bank
Bruce Capper
West Wailer Street
the Jeweler and Optician
D. FH
Hinkins
West Water Street
Taz Star
Paynes Chapel
Brucetown
William W. Glass, Jr
Waynesboro
A. F. Spurrier
J. E. Spurrier
W. B. Cornwell
Fairmont
W. Va
A. B. Richards
Roy
Davis
Charles Cooper
Ss. H. Hable
Star Clothier
Col. Main and Water Streets
Nat. Bank
Real Gs
J. W. Henshall
Rouss Ave
Blythe and Galloway
North Main Street
Court House
Miller Supply Coo
W. E. Barr
Tom Sample
Buckeye Club
Metropolitan
Monticello
Paul Jones
Welty’s
Old Henry
Henry Brothers
R. M. Henry N
aFishien
Frederick County
T. Vv. Bares
Ida the
Bitar
Fagle’s Meat Market
South Main Street
Herserth, Larrick
Funk & Ray’s
Victor
W. A. McCoy
W. Roy Stapnagson
Barny & Berry
Sandor
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