Gordon Favored for Democratic Nomination in Virginia Eight District
Washington Post reports Culpeper leader M. S. Stringfellow backs Gordon for Congress in Virginia Eighth District. Notes Gordon’s Louisa County backing and expected cross-county vote split among Carlin Ryan Nicol and others. Predicts Gordon could win with about 2000 votes, aided by Alexandria and Fairfax support, while Caton and Strauss pursue local posts.
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MM. S. Stringfellow
Culpeper
Gordon
Virginia
Washington Post Bureau
King Strost
Alexandria
W. R. Lindsey Gordon
Louisa County
Congress
M. S. Stringfellow
Louisa
Stringfellow
Lowsa
Orange
Rapidan
Carlin
Fauquier
Ryan
Nicol
Warrenton
Stafford County
Prince William
Fairfax
Loudoun
Gemoe
James R Caton
Certs
House of Delegates
W EG Cardwell
Hanover County
Mh Caton
Cardwell
Henry Strauss
Strauss
E Nicol
Alexandria City
Alexandria County
Prince William Loudoun
Faugmer
Virginia Weddings in Ettrick and Winchester Notices
Local notices report multiple marriages across Virginia and nearby areas. Miss Myrtle Hawkins married Thomas S Waithall Rey at Ettrick Baptist Church Chesterfield County with Edwin Walthall as best man. Miss Ronie Evans wed George E Meredith at the bride's home in Chesterfield County officiated by Rew A A Dunes. Maurice G Linslow of Greensboro and Mabel Grantham Farkett married in Greensboro with plans for a honeymoon. George W Packet and Miss Budah Carper of Clark County wed at the bride’s home with Rev D H Scanton officiating. Daniel Mallen and Julia Graves of Fredericksburg married at the Catholic parsonage with Ray JM Perrig officiating. The notices also mention travel and home plans for married couples in Clarke and Fredericksburg areas.
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Petesburg
Ettrick Baptist Church
Chesterfield County
Stawkins
Thomas S Waithall
Rey
Robinson
Myrtle I
Hawkins
Edwin Walthall
Elisha Evans
Forth
Ronie Evans
George E Meredith
Maurice G Linslow
Creensboro
Miles Mabel Grantham Farkett
Mire
George W Packet
Winchester
D Ho Hern
Bradok Street
Gresesboro
George W.llanscock
Budah Carper
Clark County
Cotton Convention Ends Elects Officers in Huntington Hall
The National Association of Cotton Manufacturers closed its Huntington Hall session naming William D Harts horne of Lawrence as president and electing Charles T Plunkett and George Otis Draper as vice presidents. Eighty eight new members joined and resolutions urged opposing college property taxation and coordinating with growers to push rail transport reforms and the planned Atlanta International Conference.
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Indorne Atlanta
Boston
William D Hartshore
Lawrence
National Association of Cotton Manufacturers
Huntington Hall
Hartshorne
Arlington Mills
Charles T Plunkett
Adams
George Otis Draper
Hopedale
William Loftus
Newark
Henry F. Manafield
Utica
Interstate Commerce Commission
Atlanta
Cocaine In Whisky Linked To Danville Deaths
Four negroes died in the Atwill residence servants room after drinking corn whisky spiked with cocaine. The coroner's jury ruled the deaths caused by the tainted liquor. Police seek George Moore husband of Ada Moore, who is missing after being linked to a bottle left at the house.
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Washington Post
Danville
C. H Atwill
George Moore
Sam Moore
Ada Moore
Moore
Fuel Secret Unveiled by Martinsburg Cobbler
Special to The Washington Post Martinsburg West Virginia April 61 cobbler F Slaughter claims to have found the fuel secret of the Altoona Pennsylvania cobbler who announced a method to make ashes burn. Slaughter moistens ashes with water from his tub soaks his leather uses coal and shovelfuls of mixture to produce a glow for half a day. He plans to save leather scraps to fuel next winter.
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Washington Post
Martinsburg
W Va
F Staughter
Altoona
Slaughter
Double Wedding at King Valley in Rockville MD
Special to The Washingvon ces Rockville Md April 25 The home of Mr and Mrs Crittenden King at Kings Valley in the county hosted a double wedding this afternoon. Their daughters Beulah Hattie King and Orida Jane King wed Harry Linwood Nicholson of Cedar Grove and J Garnett Ward of Traila. The ceremony was conducted by Rev W 8 Thomas with a large gathering in attendance. A collation followed and the couples left for a short trip.
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Ces Rockville
Falls, Va
Baptist Cuhrch
Cedar Grove
Made Track Laying Record on B and O Special at Washington
A force of 33 colored railroad track hands under John L Mills replaced 323 three foot rails in one day on the B and O Metropolitan branch between Rockville and Derwood. The previous record was 400 rails by a 10 man crew. George Everhardt, supervisor, praised the workers as no trains were delayed during the operation.
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Washington
Rockville
John L Mills
Metropolitan
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Derwood
George Everhardt
Merchants and Miners Wage Talks Stall With No Concessions
Baltimore and Charlestown reports show stalemate as Merchants and Miners Transportation Company leaders say no wage increase planned while the Mates and Pilots union presses for higher pay. Capt Cullen stays to see the case through and both sides stand firm on their positions. In other local items, a wedding in Charlestown and a fatal hit by a car near Hancock are noted, along with Baltimore Court of Appeals proceedings and an older resident’s death in Hagerstown.
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Baltimore
Stephins
Merchants and Miners Transportation Company
Cullen
American Association of Masters
Culten
Defends Estes Name as Swanson Clears Miss Loving
John T Swanson, brother of Gov Swanson, issues a statement defending Estes’s son killed by former Judge Loving. He claims Miss Elizabeth Loving was ill and drank alcohol with Estes. Dr Strother’s notes refute alleged assault and Swanson cites Judge Loving’s sworn testimony. Change of venue eyed as tied to past rivalries and possible Charlottesville trial.
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Lovingston
John T Swanson
Guv Swanson
Theodore Estes
Oak Ridge
Loving
Young Estes
Elizabeth Lovin
Mr Swanson
Estes
Strother
Miss Loving
Judge Loving
Ming Loving
Nelson County
Bennett T Gordon
M K Estes
Martin
Nelson
Montague
Triat
Likewlaa
New York
Thomas Ryan
Suitor’s Death Ties To Buckthornalls Accident
Raleigh April 2 Thelma Lindgren of St Paul Minn, nineteen, who was to wed Capt Hans Thorson, one of four victims in Tuesday Buckthornalls crash, arrived today. She collapsed upon hearing the news as telegrams failing to reach her. The drowned men’s bodies have not been recovered.
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Raleigh
Thelma Lindgren
St Paul
Shot Herself by Accident at Woodside Station
A female passenger at the Baltimore and Ohio Woodside station eight miles east of here accidentally shot herself in the groin while handling a small pistol on the platform yesterday afternoon. She and friends planned target shooting. the pistol discharged striking the thigh bone. Dr Parsons treated the wound and she was later taken to Randolph home.
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Washington Post
Capitola
Baltimore and Ohio
Woodside
Here
Grape Nuts Aids Appendicitis Recovery Without Surgery
A New Hampshire girl recounts severe digestion problems from excess starch and an appendicitis attack. After thirteen weeks on milk and water solid food failed until Grape-Nuts was introduced, enabling weight gain from 98 to 115 pounds and relief from posteat distress. The testimonial cites Postum Co and the pamphlet The Road to Wellville.
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New Hampshire
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Wellvvalle
Theresa Reagon
Contempt ruling ends five year dispute in Alexandria lodge
Judge Grimman of the Chancery Court in Richmond held the Dunter Order of United Americans in contempt for establishing a lodge in Alexandria under a charter from the corporation commission May 6. Formal entry of the order and summoning of all officers in contempt will occur on the date. The case may go to the Supreme Court, with the order favored over the insurgent faction.
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Judge Loving
Judge Gordon
Commonwealths
Loving
Ninth Judicial Circuit
Amherst
Nelson Buchanan
Fluvannea
Gordon
Commonwealth
Charlottesville
Hpenlal
Washington Post
Richmond
Judee Grinman
Chancery Court of
Dunter Order of United Americans
Alexandria
Corporation Commission
Supreme Court
Order
Woman burned to death by lit match during pipe lighting
Mrs Mary OConnell aged eighty two died after her dress caught fire lighting a pipe at dinner. She lived on Lorman Street with daughter Mrs William Mc Cusket. A longtime smoker she used tobacco for toothache. Her family included a son and four daughters, one named Mrs Kate Brown, with twenty two grandchildren.
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Bosctal
The
Washington Post
Baltimore
Mary O'Connell
William McCusket
Lorman Street
O'Connell
Kate Brown
Washington
Narrow Escape From Flames At Bunker Hill House
Fire destroyed Mrs Bitner's dwelling in Berkeley County West Virginia early today. Inmates including Mia Bitner her two daughters and boarders escaped by leaping from second story windows as the roof collapsed. Loss estimated at 1500.
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Bunker Hill
W. Va
Washington Post
Winchester
Bitner
Berkeley County
Mia
Recount at Roanoke Changes Senate and House Outcomes
In Roanoke Virginia on April 25 the Democratic executive committee recount shows Hart leads Coleman by 87 and Hunt leads Keyser by 17 over initial election day tallies. Coleman and Keyser attended the recount, which produced larger majorities than first reported.
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Coleman
Keyser
Brecal
Roanoke
Democratic Executive Committee
Senate
House
Hart
Hunt
Girl of Fourteen Elopes and Marries in Washington
Fourteen year old Maggie B Deadman, daughter of W H Deadman, a Petersburg merchant, eloped to Washington DC and wed Linwood Motley, a twenty six year old street railway motorman yesterday. She was a pupil at Anderson public school in Petersburg.
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Washington Post
Petersburg
Maggie B Deadman
W H Deadman
Washington, DC
Linwood Motley
Street Electric Railway
Anderson Public School
Carnegie Gives $1000 to Richmond Confederate Home
Andrew Carnegie sent a $1000 check to the Home for Needy Confederate Women in Richmond. The gift arrives with no attached conditions and was delivered in a personal letter to Miss Mary Custis Lee, head of the home board, whom Carnegie met in Florida last season.
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Richmond
Andrew Carnegie
Mary Custis Lee
Home Board of Managers
Carnegie
Florida
Cardwell Not Candidate for Congress in Next Election
Richmond April 5 William D Cardwell former speaker of the house of delegates will not run for Congress next election. Those close to him say business interests demand his full time, repeating the same reason that led him to withdraw from the speakership contest. Special to The Washington Fest Lynchburg April 4 O T Smith 21, lamp trimmer from Wytheville, killed by an engine running backward in the island yard last night.
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Washington
Richmond
Wiliam D Cardwell
House of Delegating
Congress
Cardwell
Lynchburg
O T Smith
Wytheville
Norfolk and Western
Island
Proctor Defense Alibi Presented in Assault Case
Dr H P Simpson testified Minnie Spencer showed no morphine signs after the alleged attack at Eu rgetic Proctor’s home near Roxecroft on April 8. Proctor’s defense argued good character and home presence. defense witnesses support alibi while rebuttal witnesses counter morphine claims. Judge Merrick to rule tomorrow.
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Shechat
Upper Marlboro
Spd
Eurgetic Proctor
Minnie Spencer
Roxecroft
G C. Merrick
H. P. Simpson
Spencer
John EH. Lanabury
W.L. Waring
Amelia
Procter
Cora
Proctor
J. H Fowler
John Payne
Jane Robinson
Mra
Fight Over Million-Dollar Timber Land Sale In North Carolina
Rutherfordton NC April. Prominent figures including Gov Swanson and his brother seek an injunction to stop the sale of 23000 acres of timber lands valued in the millions. Middleby asserts overdue interest and breach while the Broad River Lumber Company claims funds were misapplied by a drunken agent. Lands span four counties and are among the region's most valuable timber and mineral tracts.
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Goy
Swanson
Middleby
Rutherfordton
Middleby, Jr
Gov. Swanson
Virginie
Wg’ Swanson
D A. Ritchie
D E Coghill
C. J Angle
W. Clements
New Broad River Lumber H Company
Rutherfordt
North Carolina
Bullet hits wrong man in Bristol shootout
Special to The Weshington Fast reports Bud Owen of Bristol shot in the right groin at a house of ill repute. He says Pauline Webb fired at another man during a quarrel and the bullet struck him. Webb is in custody.
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Weshington
Bristol
Bud Owen
Pauline Webb
Owens
Owen
Webb
Onder
Maryland Obituary of Elizabeth Dickey and David Ausherman
Baltimore April 25 Elizabeth Dickey dies at 211 West Lanvale Street born 2816 daughter of Robert Dickey of New York who married Nu Brown daughter of Dr George Brown. Relative of John A Brown of Brown Brothers Co. Philadelphia. Death attributed to old age. Frederick April 2 David Ausherman former elder in the German Baptist Church, died at Burketteville after heart trouble aged sixty eight. Survived by wife two sons and three daughters.
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Baltimore
Elizebeth Dickey
Elisabeth Patterson
Jerome Bonaparte
West Lanvale
Tate Robert Dickey
New York
Nu! Brown
George Brown
John A Brown
Brown Brothers & Co
Philadelphia
Aewhouse
Frederick
David Ausherman
German Baptist Church
Burketteville
Ansherman
Garman Baptist Church
Maryland
Soma
Thras
Action on Car Shortage Spurs Railway Penalties
Chicago April 25 decisive action by the American Railway Association to fix car shortages. A rule, to be confirmed by letter ballot, proposes a $6 penalty for each car not promptly returned after unloading to its owner, for 211 cars consigned to a railroad, plus a daily 50 cent charge after July 1 for cars not owned by that road on its lines.
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Chicago
American Railway Association
Rail Breakages Rise Sharply in New York Central Region
Albany April 23 rails removed from New York State railroads in January to March exceeded the same period in the previous two years. A state bulletin reports 3,014 breakages, up from 828 in 1906 and 1,331 in 1905. Detailed tables show heavy 100 pound rail removals, notably along the Lake Shore main line and New York Central routes.
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Albany
N. Y
American Railway Association
Chicago
Delaware and Hudson
Fateh Valley
New Haven
Binet
Boston
Mason
Buffalo
Rochester
Pittsburg
New York
Ontario
Western
Penneytvania
Lake Ahore
River Delaware
Gackawanna
Lake Shore Main Line
New York Central
Mobaws
Clubman Dies Under Knife In Office Procedure
The Washington Post reports Holland Whiting a Union League Club member Yale alumnus and Delta Kappa Epsilon member died during a simple office operation at 44 Lexington Avenue New York. Dr Wyeth administered cocaine as local anesthetic and Whiting collapsed with a normal appearing heart. coroner Harburger noted a 4 percent cocaine solution used during the procedure.
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The
Washington Post
New York
Holland & Whiting
Union League Club
Yale
Delta Kappa. Epsilon
John A Wryeth
Lexington Avenue
New York Academy of Medicinie
New York Polyyelinic Medical School
Whiting
Dr Wreth
Dr Wyeth
Goroner Harburger
Wyeth
Conspiracy to Burn Town Rumored Near Charlotte NC
Report claims three enslaved men Joe Cureton and Hd Cureton and Pettus were chased by bloodhounds and arrested for attempting arson at M Garrison’s stable in Steel Creek township. Authorities allege a plan to burn barns and homes across the township, with several buildings already burned.
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Washington Post
Charlotte NC
M. Garrison
Steel Creek Township
Joe
Hd Cureton
Pettus
Virginia obituary notices list local deaths and survivors
King George April 25 William Tayloe dies after a prolonged illness at Powhatan. Civil War service in Confederate army noted. Bettie Williams dies at Courtland home. survived by husband and five daughters. Lillian Dickerson dies at Rahoces Sanitarium. survived by husband and five children. James Citton Bruce dies in Danville at 38, leaves wife and four children. E B Reynolds dies near Fall Creek. seven children. Mel Wilting N Bork eler dies near University of Virginia. survived by five brothers. Cathryne Dyke Agel dies in Irington Sha area. 21 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Wartha Corwits dies near Falmouth. survived by husband and two children. Abraham Witen dies in Spottsylvania. survived by seven children. Dr Frank P Webster dies in Norfolk. prominent physician. hotel proprietor. plus note on upcoming feature in next Sunday's Post.
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King George
William ‘Tayloe
Powhatan
Sophie Plats
Prince George Cooly
Bettie Wiliams
Juntund
Willims
State Corporation Commission
Courtland V
Roanoke
Lillian Dickerson
FD Dickerson
Rahoces Sanitarium
Danville
James Citton Bruce
Jeaves
EB Reynolds
Fall Creek
Charlotte Vie
Mel Wilting
Borkeler
Alghiy
University of Wirgintamn
Uinessia
Ludeen County
Veutenent Coronel
Heathsville
Cathryne
N Irrington Sha
Fredericksburg
Urs
Wartha Corwits
Charles Cor
Staffard County
Falmouth
Harbara
Abraham Witenn
Spottsylvania County
Norfolk
Frank P Webster
Gosh
Narotk
Tender
Iowa
Mea
Americans granted new lease of life by Mexican Supreme Court
Three Americans Richard, Mason, and Harle, condemned in Chihuahua for murder to obtain life insurance, were allowed a further appeal. The Federal Court in Juarez denied a writ of habeas corpus, but the appeal to Mexico’s Supreme Court was granted, extending the death penalty review.
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Mexican Supreme Court
el Paso
Tex
Richard
Mason
Harle
Chihualma
Mexico
Federal Court
Juarez
Supreme Court of the Republic of Mexico
Boys Fight Street Duel In Center City
In Philadelphia on April 23 a duel between two newsboys nearly ended fatally. Morris Fisher, fifteen, was stabbed near the left ear by Hymen Joustenort eky, also fifteen. Fisher lies in Jefferson Hospital in serious condition, saved by Officer George Jackson who pressed a finger on a severed vein before the patrol wagon arrived. The quarrel arose over disputed territorial claims.
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Washington Post
Philadelphia
Morris Fisher
Hymen Joustenorteky
Fisher
Jefferson Hospital
George Jackson
Eter
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