Life hangs in balance after factory accident
Friends await news on Stover Lewis asphyxiated by a toxic fluid at the Lewis Jones Knitting Factory on South Market Street. The veteran miller, once night watchman, inhaled chlorine fumes from spilled aniline fluid and is gravely ill, despite medical aid and factory precautions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stover Lewis
Lewis Jones
South Market Street
Lewis
W. B. Baker
Arthur Leafe
Leafe
Harry Hillborn
Momentous Trip Ends With Missing Rider In Washington
Six wheelmen set out from a town for Washington by road covering over 70 miles. George Woodward vanished during the Blue Ridge crossing while George Sheetz fell ill and rode home by train in a debilitated state. The others diverted to Leesburg and Falls Church before reaching Washington. Woodward’s fate remains unconfirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
L. J. Barr
G. Frank Baker
George Woodward
Glover Stephens
George
Douglas Sheétz
Atun
Washington
Providence
Woodward
George Sheetz
Blue Ridge
Mr. Woodward
Leesburg
Stephens
Douglas Sheetz
Mr. Barr
Messrs Barr
Baker
Falls Church
Mr. Sheetz
Point of Rocks
Winchester
Geo. Sheetz
Main Street
Geo. Woodward
Pole Falls on Market Street in City Narrowly Misses Pedestrians
An electric light pole rotted and toppled last night at Market and German streets, breaking the lamp and darkening lights in the southern current. A replacement pole was erected today, and several other poles in town are reportedly in similar condition. No one was injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Market
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Frank Walter
Bach
Hiram Lodge
Harry Homer
John P. Hyde
S. K. Cox
Dr. Hyde
Organist Mrs Fuller Performs America at Episcopal Church
After Rev Nelson P. Dame’s sermon at Christ Episcopal Church, the organist Mrs H D Fuller played America on the large pipe organ during the offertory. Comments praise her skill and the performance as charming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Christ Episcopal Church
Nelson P. Dame
H. D. Fuller
Nearing Battle at Santiago As Forces Press
Advices from Santiago indicate U S troops and Spanish forces are within four miles of each other and a battle is expected within a week. Delays stem from moving siege trains and supplies along a poor road. engineers are converting it to a military road and a shortage of pack mules hampers progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago
United States
Spain
Peas
Col. Wood
Rough Riders
McKinley
General Shafter
Harvard
Newport News
Camp Algera
London
Bob
Evans
Iowa
Vizcaya
Navy Department
Cervera
Santiago Harbor
Ampson
Camara
Cadiz
Port Said
Suez Canal
Phillip
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!