North Carolina Pays End to Judgment Sale in Bond Case
Litigation by North Carolina bondholders over 1869 Western North Carolina Railroad bonds nears resolution as a $27 400 certified check is deposited with the U S Supreme Court clerk to satisfy South Dakota claims The state legislature also agrees to a compromise offering $2165 000 for remaining bonds and accured interest leaving unsettled questions about captiol grounds sale restrictions Miss Woodruff of New York sustains severe injuries in a fall at the Orange Hunt Club meet injuries include a broken arm and dislocated elbows all details kept tightly private
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Connivante
North Dakota
Western State
McKeniney
Supreme Court of the United States
Gilmer
North Carolna
South Dakota
North Carolina
Western
New Yor
University of South Dakota
Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Schafer Brothers
New York
Capitol Grounds
Washington Post
Richmond
Miss Woodruff
Orange Hunt Club
Court Grants Decree Injunction Against Merger in Va
Special to The Washington Post Worfolk Virginia April 1 Judge Waddill United States Court grants permanent injunction in stockholder suit to block merger of Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad with Seaboard Air Line system. Decree requires deed of trust to secure indebtedness and end pending actions.
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Serene
Roanoke
Washington Post
Worfolk
Waddill
United States Court
Charles Chauncey
Philadelphia
Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad
Seaboard Air Line
Virginia Obituary Highlights From Diverse Virginia Towns
Richmond reports Mrs. Hinda Moses dies age unknown leaving five children. Staunton and other cities note several local deaths from old age, war service, or illness, including ex judge Bernard, Mrs. Mary Campbell, and Holmes Boyd Jr. in Winchester. Survivors listed for several, with ages and brief roles.
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Richmond
Hinda Moses
Jacob Moses
Staunton
M. J. Bissell
Lewis Bissell
Rocky Mount
Bernard
Luray Milling Company
Pittsburg
Philip L. Johnson
Lee Camp
Fifteenth Virginian Infantry
Chatham
Iram Kirk
Dickerson
Fredericksburg
Mary A. Co. Campbell
James
Campbell
J. S. McCord
Winchester
Holmes Boyd, Jr
Three perish in fire near Shadwell Virginia
In Charlottesville area near Shadwell, W. J. Thompson home burned late last night. Mrs Thompson and her two children ages six and three perished in the flames. Neighbors suspect incendiary origin. Thompson was away visiting when the blaze began.
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Washington Post
Charlottesvile
W. J. Thompson
Shadwell
Charlottesville
Keswick
Failed to Pay Board leads to jail sentence
H C Johnson identified as Boston educator studying the South was sentenced to two months in city jail for failing to pay a $30 hotel bill. He is also sought in Richmond and Portsmouth. Johnson earlier offered to contact friends in Boston for funds but received no replies amid media attention.
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Norfolk
H. ¢. Johnson
Boston
South
Johnson
Richmond
Portsmouth
Prize scheme draws Washington children to draw
A child’s drawing prize program by the Egg-O See Company invites all local youths to buy a Fee-O-See package containing instructions to create drawings. W S. Troteler, a fifteen year old from Force School, is highlighted as Washington’s first prize recipient. The company hopes for more entries to extend the program.
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Battle Creek Breakfast Food Co
Quincy
III
Washington
Buffalo
Ohio River
Troteler
Suitor in Love With Wife Suspected in Child's Death
Danville Virginia April 1 Peculiar circumstances surround the death of D M Butcher's child prompting a warrant for C H Painter a man who loved Mrs Butcher before her marriage Painter fled and is now missing The child died after eating fruit given by Painter the elder child refused the fruit The mother informed her husband and a warrant was issued A search is under way for the missing man No body examination yet
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Danville
D. M. Butcher
Dan River Power and Manufacturing Company
C. H. Painter
Painter
Convicted of Extortion in Danville Military Cadet Case
Benjamin Haley and Noah Lumpkin were convicted in Halifax County Court for unlawfully detaining and extorting money from cadets C. V. Clark J. J. Thompson and C. H. Lewis of the Danville Military Institute. Lumpkin got five years in the penitentiary. Haley received six months in jail plus a $50 fine. Lumpkin’s new trial motion was overruled and an appeal planned. The pair arrested cadets at their Dan River camp on a false larceny charge, forcing payments before release.
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Danville
Benjamin Haley
Noah Lumpkin
C. V. Clark
J. J. Thompson
C. H. Lewis
Danville Military Institute
Halifax County
Lumpkin
Haley
Dan River
Whales Convicted of Murder at Christiansburg Trial
In Christiansburg Virginia Circuit Court Judge Robert Jackson presided due to illness keeping Judge Blair away. After a spirited trial Andrew Whales was convicted of murder in the second degree and sentenced to eighteen years in the penitentiary with no appeal. Charles Medley, imprisoned here for months and twice escaping, was tried for a felony and received ten years in the penitentiary.
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Whales
Christiansburg
Washington Post
Robert ©. Jackson
Wytheville
Henry
Blair
Andrew Whales
Charles Medley
Full Dollar's Worth Free Offer for Dr Shoop's Restorative
A bold free dollar offer claims Dr Shoop's Restorative cures by addressing the nerves that drive many ailments. The ad promises no risk to try, sending a free dollar bottle and accompanying books to prove the remedy's claims, urging readers to write for an order and test at home.
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Dr Shoop
Rodney Box
Racine
Wis
Inside nerves and the solar plexus influence stomach trouble
The article explains that stomach issues are largely nerve related via the solar plexus, a highly sensitive center. It claims blows to the solar plexus affect fighters and that the stomach responds to nerve strength. Dr Shoop's Restorative is said to fortify these nerves and relieve stomach troubles.
Kidney Troubles and the Restorative Cure
For kidney troubles the kidneys act as blood filters and are controlled by the renal plexus. Weak or irregular nerves can clog kidneys with poisons. one stage leads to the next until dissolution. Dr Shoop's Restorative is claimed to reach inside nerves to strengthen and restore kidney function.
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Shoop
Masier
Slemp letter draws civil service scrutiny in Virginia
Federal officeholders in Virginia face criticism over Col Slemp’s letter proposing a 5 percent salary campaign fund to Republicanize the state. Civil Service officials say the request may violate civil service rules and presidential views, with debates over whether those in Virginia under federal employment could be implicated. The Post notes past efforts by Virginia Republicans to raise funds from federal workers and reports on related local proceedings and public notices.
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Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
C. Bascom Slemp
Republican Party
Virginia
Ietter
Post
Norfolk
Stemp
Col
Slemp
Congress
Virginia Republicans
Civil Service Commission
United States
Marshal Treat
Internal Revenue
Agnew
Col. Stemp
Walter P. Atkinson
R. H. Atkinson
Cameron Street
J. P. Stump
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Joseph Nowland
Richard Mumford
Emmet Kelly
Edward Brawner
James Douglas
Hugh Todd
Machinists’ Union
Washington
Columbus Street
Wilkes and
Gibbon Streets
M. B. Harlow
Lillie Holmes
Fatally Shot by Negro In Virginia Camp
Mark Whitter Hubbard, a young civil engineer from Philadelphia, was fatally wounded by an accidental discharge of a magazine pistol in the hands of a black man at the Wentz Railway extension camp in Wise County Virginia. Hubbard had resigned his job and planned to marry Ruth Collins of Philadelphia. Collins accompanied his mother on a rushed trip South only to learn of his death.
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Washington Post
Bristol
Tenn
Mark Whitter Hubbard
Philadelphia
Wise County
Hubbard
Ruth Collins
Convicted Boy Pleads Guilty To Patricide
Richard T Mines a sixteen year old colored boy pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the Circuit Court and was sentenced to four years in the Maryland penitentiary. He was indicted for the murder of his father Solomon Mines a respected colored resident of Glen in the county. He shot his father with a shotgun after being chastised for going hunting out of season.
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Washington Post
Rockville
Richard T. Mines
Henderson
Maryland
Solomon Mines
Glen
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