Denial From Button Not Manager for Martin
The Washington Post reports secretary of the State Democratic committee Joseph Button denied acting as manager for Senator Martin. Button defends his right to support the candidate while disputing Gov Montague’s constitutional conduct in canvassing for another office. Richmond set for a major Martin rally at the Academy of Music with leaders like Elbert S. Leigh Jr. backing the candidate.
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Washington Post
Richmond
Joseph Button
State Democratic Committee
Montague
Boydton
Button
Martin
Gov Montague
Moncure
State Supreme Court
State Committee
Virginia
Academy of Music
Thomas Martin
Elbert 5S
Leigh, Jr
The
Southern Manufacturing Company
Senator Martin
Virginia Weddings Bring Two Virginia Nuptials
In Fredericksburg April 20, Joan Lanford of Loulea County wed Miss Annle Samuel of Orange County at Mrs. Emma Coleman’s home in Danville. Miss Mary Stokes Withers, daughter of the late Col and Mrs L P Withers, married Alvis Daniel Starling of the city at noon, the ceremony conducted by Rev Graham H Lambeth at the bride’s home. The couple departed on an evening train for the North.
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Fredericksburg
Joan Lanford
Loulea
Annle Samuel
Orange County
Emma Coleman
Danville
Mary Stokes Withers
L. P. Withers
Alvis Daniel Starling
Graham H. Lambeth
North
State board to probe Eggleston charges on teachers register
Richmond April 20 The State board of education will investigate claims by J D Eggleston Jr a candidate for superintendent that the Virginia teachers register koszt to produce and sold to 9000 teachers for 75 cents a copy. The board may summon Eggleston who can reveal register ownership. The 87th meeting will elect about eighty superintendents amid contests in numerous counties and cities across Virginia.
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Richmond
State Board of Education
J. D. Eggleston, Jr
Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
Virginia Teachers’ Register
Egglestone
Albemarle
Alexandria
Amherst
Bedford
Bland
Botetourt
Brunswick
Buchanan
Carroll
Campbell
Craig
Dickenson
Dinwiddie
Toyd
Goochland
Gloucester
Halifax
Hanover
Henry
Highland
King George
Lancaster
Lee
Madison
Nelson
Northampton
Orange
Patrick
Powhatan
Prince Edward
Roanoke City
Rockingham
Russell
Shenandoah
Spottsylvania
Washington
Wise
Hidden gold found by Cumberland man in old cabin
Philip Sesler living near Continental, close to Meyersdale, found $1,600 in gold behind a log cabin on his farm. The coins, mostly $10 pieces dated before the 1900s, were left by his grandfather James Downer who reportedly kept money out of banks. Sesler plans to search further for more treasure as a missionary society learns of the discovery.
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Washington Post
Cumberland
Philip Lesler
Continental
Meyersdale
James Downer
Sesler
Missionary Society
Lesler
Downer
Confesses to Robbery by Norfolk Mail Driver
Norfolk mail wagon driver Frank Land admits robbery acts and reveals he stole from sacks in several cases, including engraved visiting cards and photographs mailed by a Norfolk photographer to Albemarle County recipients, as inspector Bulla notes. The confession follows identification of articles before his admission.
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Norfolk
Washington Post
Frank Land
Bulla
Land
J. L. Shafer, Jr
Beckwith & Co
Petersburg
Albemarle County
Virginia Obituary Notices Across Town Conclude Lives
Richmond reports the death of William J. Hendrick a 77 year old planter near Richmond. John B. Roach dies at Lee Camp Soldiers Home aged 65 who served in Parker's Battery. Lillie Wheeler aged 21 dies at Refertson home from consumption. Ann Rebecca Ritter widowed aged 78 dies in Winchester after linger ing illness. Thomas Levi a 31 year old railroad man dies at Boyce. Kate H. Baker of Orange County dies after measles at 45. Barbara Tharp wife of Branson Tharp dies in Ridgeway aged 38. S B Wright Confederate veteran dies in Buffolk aged ? leaves family.
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Richmond
William J. Hendrick
John B. Roach
Lee Camp
Parker's Battery
Gordonsville
Lillie Wheeler
R. L. Refertson
Winchester
Ann Rebecca Ritter
Edward Ritter
Thomas Levi
Boyce
Clarke County
Fredericksburg
Kate H. Baker
Orange County
Barbara
Tharp
Branson Tharp
Ridgeway
Berkeley County
W. Va
Buffolk
S. B. Wright
C. C. Rawles
Sixteenth
Virginia Infantry
Mahone
Imprisoned in mine fire destroyd the tipple
Ten miners were trapped by a Rayford mine explosion at Cabin Creek Mining Company in W Va. Four escaped near the entrance with injuries. six believed dead. The tipple burned. rescue work began as investigators and officials planned rapid entry once safe. Owners James Kay and A Zelford are named, with Kay’s son Thomas as superintendent.
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Bayford
W. Va
Entrance
Washington Post
Charleston
Rayford
Cabin Creek
Burt Green
Oscar Crum
William Allen
Charles Nichols
Ira Nichols
Wiliam Jacobs
George Eastman
Morcy’ Darby
William Robinson
Paul
Washington
Kayford
Cabin Creek Mining Company
James Kay
A. Zelford
Washington, D
Thomas Kay
Cabin Creek Junction
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Kanawha
Gast charges Nicholson with abuse in Norfolk case
In Norfolk Virginia Captain J W Nicholson, former inspector of huts under Col John W Gast, is arrested on charges of abusing and attempting to assault Col Gast after a dispute over his dismissal. Nicholson to appear in Police Court tomorrow morning. Also a Boston educator H G Johnson jailed in Norfolk for beating board bills and held for Portsmouth and Richmond authorities on similar charges.
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Norfolk
Col. Gast
Washington Post
John W. Gast
J. W. Nicholson
Hutla
Nicholson
Washington
Col. Oast
Toynorreow
Washington Vest
H. G. Johnson
Boston
Portsmouth
Richmond
Worry Goes To The Stomach Telegraphed Remedy Offer
An advertisement claims Dr Shoop's Restorative cures stomach trouble by treating stomach nerves rather than the stomach itself. It promises a free trial bottle with no risk, lists multiple books on health topics, and directs readers to request orders via mail from Dr Shoop in Racine Wisconsin. Mild cases may be cured by a single bottle and it notes widespread drugstore availability.
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Wis
Heir to Yandaw Fortune Claimed by Massachusetts Brother
Antoine Yandaw of Chicopee Falls Massachusetts claims kin to Thomas Yandaw the Norfolk man who died in Williamsburg Asylum and left a California fortune exceeding 1.5 million dollars He says they were born in Vermont and that his brother searched California before Virginia The brother seeks to recover the estate and Antoine formerly worked at Belcher Taylor Chicopee Falls before retirement at seventy six.
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Norfolk
Thomas Yandaw
California
Antoine Yandaw
Main Street
Chicopee Falls
Mass
Williamsburg
Massachusetts
Vermont
Thomas
Virginia
Chicopee
Belcher & Taylor
Million dollar frost damages Norfolk truck farms
Henry Kirn, a leading Norfolk trucker, estimates one million dollars in damage from a recent frost that ruined strawberries, cut down potatoes, and destroyed beans. He notes prior four week stretch without frost and says smoke and brush burning limited harm in some salt water areas. The frost on Monday night and especially Tuesday night covered all sections with no wind, crushing crops.
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Washington Post
Norfolk
Henry Kirn
South
Kirn
Strike a Failure in Meyersdale Miners’ Strike
Cumberland Md April 20 Authentic reports from Meyersdale indicate a sixteen month miners strike is practically off. The United Mine Workers stopped funding the strike last week leaving only remaining funds in Meyersdale bank. Mines have continued full time and produced more coal than ever, suggesting a losing fight. National Organizer McCullough in charge has admitted the contest is off.
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Meyersdale
Washington Post
Cumberland
National Organization of the United Mine Workers
McCullough
Gift to Guilford College Shows Carnegie Pledge
April 20 Charlotte report: Andrew Carnegie to give Guilford College forty five thousand dollars if matched by the institution's friends. The pledge comes after endorsements by Vice President Fairbanks Speaker Cannon and others. Also Annapolis Court of Appeals cases and a Salisbury rail accident: Neil Freeland, 28, a brakeman, killed after falling from a moving freight train as it entered Salisbury.
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Charlotte
N. C
Fairbanks
Cannon
McIver
State Normal and Industrial College
Dixon
Montana
Andrew Carnegie
Guilford College
North Carolina Friends
Guilford County
Washington Post
Annapolis
Court of Appeals
American Iron and Steel Manufacturing Company
Turner A. Beall
Baltimore City
William T. Gossageye
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Hatirean Company
Talbot County
Salle Gisscon Robinson
Moncure Robinson
Salisbury
Neil Freeland
Southern Railway
Maryland Obituary Bites: Multiple Local Death Notices
Edward W. Rhoades a traveling salesman and Union veteran was found dead in his Somerset home aged sixty three in Rockville April 20. Louis Creamer from near Montrose died at forty five after long illness leaving no wife. Miss Mary C. Prout died after general debility in Rockville with service led by Rev Thomas Packard and burial at Oak Hill Washington. Adam Geib a clerk in the Surgeon General’s Office died at Hyattsville aged sixty one after brief illness. survived by wife and four children and was a GA R member. funeral arrangements follow Cumberland April
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Edward W. Rhoades
Somerset
Rockville
Louis Creamer
Montrose
Here
Charles Creamer
Mary C. Prout
Thomas J. Packard
Christ Episcopal Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Washington
James B. Henderson
Hattersby W. Talbott
James Anderson
Thomas Dawson
William V. Boyle
John S. Dawson Setei
Hyattsville
Adam Geib
Surgeon General's Office
War Department
G. K. Warren
Wiener Child Dies of Burns
Bertha Wiener a three year old girl of 1844 Maryland avenue northeast died at Casualty Hospital from burns after her dress caught fire while playing with matches in the back yard. Coroner Nevitt ruled the death accidental. Her mother Annie Wiener was severely burned trying to rescue her.
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Bertha Wiener
Maryland Avenue Northeast
Nevitt
Annie Wiener
Death of George L Gibbs clerk in Post Office Department
George L Gibbs a well known auditor office clerk for the Post Office Department died suddenly at his home 1339 Maryland avenue northeast The funeral will be at his residence tomorrow afternoon at 7 He was a native of Ohio appointed in 188 The survivor list includes a widow and three children This notice appears in Washingtons favorite newspaper The Gun day Fonte and the next issue will be bet an ever
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Washington Post
Cumberland
George A. Pearre
Armine Smith
Page
J. Smith
West Point
Smith
Walter D. Smith
George L. Gibbs
Post Office Department
Maryland Avenue
Gibbs
Ohio
Grenfell Reports on Labrador Fishermen Mission Work
Dr. Wilfred T. Grenfell spoke in Washington on the Grenfell Association’s labors among Labrador and Newfoundland fishermen. He described three coast hospitals, an industrial school, a cooperative schooner, and stores and a lumber mill, linking poverty and lack of care to illness.
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Wilfred T. Grenfell
Labrador
Newfoundland
Washington
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Grenfell Association
District Medical Society
National Geographic Society
Hubbard Memorial Hall
BL. John’s Church
Grenfell
Royal National Mission
London
Law Department
Georgetown University
T. N. McLaughlin
FEAST OF THE PASSOVER IN WASHINGTON JEWISH OBSERVANCE
Washington Hebrews observe Passover with a public Seder at Eighth Street Synagogue followed by a stereopticon exhibit Scenes from Jewish Home Life. A temple service was held and a lecture planned on the Two Hundred Fifty-First Anniversary of Jewish arrival in America. Rabbi Loeb preached on religion in public schools and urged home and private religious schooling over public instruction.
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Eighth Street
Temple
America
Loeb
Dr. McKim
McKim
Rabbi Loeb
Commonwealth
Lenten Song Recital By Gareissen At Hotel Raleigh
Mr Gareissen assisted by Mile Hardin-Hickey and J Mereen Cushing presented a second Lenten song recital yesterday afternoon in the Hotel Raleigh ballroom before a large audience. The program featured Beethoven Adelaide Mozart Isis und Osiris Schumann The Two Grenadiers Liszt Im Rinfin and Schlsselblumen Brahms Serenade Tschaikowsky Wiegenfeld and Ob heller Tag Chaminade Routurnelle and Song of Faith Elgars Sea Pictures Isolde with praise for Gareissen and Hardin-Hickey who impressed with arias from Le Cid and Saint-Saens Plainte Greig Gardel amie. Cushing offered Meditation Danse des Elfes Isolde Liebeot Wagner Liszt works. the young pianist shows promise but struggles to connect as a pianist despite organist success in New York.
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Mile
Hardin- Hickey
Mr. Cushing
Oscar Gareissen
Barytone
Raleigh
Hardin-Hickey
J. Mereen Cushing
New York
Whitenea Martin
Jensen
Victor Herbert
Liszt
Saint-Saens
Greig
Tachaikowsky
Sapelinikoff
Isolde
Wagner-Liszt
Odd Fellows Anniversary Exercises Set for April Twenty-Six
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows marks its eighty-sixth anniversary with a program in Odd Fellows Hall on Seventh Street NW. John L. Nolen of Nashville will give the principal address, with Mayor Macfarland to speak and Muale to intersperse. A reception closes the events. E. W. Bradford chairs the committee with Jd. H. Broderick as secretary.
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Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Seventh Street Northwest
John L. Nolen
Nashville, Tenn
Tennessee
Soverlan Grand Lodge
Muale
Macfarland
E. W. Bradford
Jd. H. Broderick
Chicago Strikers Enjoined After Caravans Attack
Judge Brentano issued a broad injunction prohibiting even the accosting of workmen against their will to curb the strike at Montgomery Ward & Co. The order targets aiding the strikers and includes union officers and agents. Separately, evidence was presented to the grand jury on alleged assaults during caravan takeouts.
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Brentano
Montgomery Ward & Co
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Greensboro
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Tazewell County
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Washington, D. C
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Shepard
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Sunday Post
NEW National Theater
Charles Frohman
Maude Adams
Frederick Fann
Richard Bryan
J. M. Barrie
Gale
Francis Wilson
Billy
Austin Strong
Livy& Osbourns
Chase
Eerth
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Geo. W. Monroe
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Mr. Harden Ilekry
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Arte Ean Wy Ce
August Faust
Sam Devere
U. S. Treasury
Martin Schneider
Navy Yard Exchange
Fulton’s
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