MOTHER CHARGED WITH MURDER IN BOY DEATH
Mrs Shepherd K Smith of Manchester Virginia faces first degree murder charges for the death of her five year old son Ralph after prolonged beating she says aimed to cure “evil habits” Husband Shepherd K Smith is sought in New York and to be brought back for trial A continuance was granted to prepare defense and locate the husband with no bail planned at this time
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Washington Post
Richmond
Shepherd Knapp Smith
Manchester
Ralph
Lipscomb
Adigtic
New York
Charles Townsend
Shepherd K. Smith
O'Brien
Dureau
J. E. T.ipscomb
Smith
Selecting superintendents amid health and patrol delays
Three State board of education sessions in Richmond on tentative selections for superintendent posts faced delays due to Gov Montague illness and the absence of J Y West. Decisions on appointees will not be announced before June 1 as the May educational campaign ends. The board also plans to probe charges of excessive fees for teachers registers and potential misconduct by a candidate for public instruction chief.
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Washington
Richmond
State Board of Education
Montague
John YT. West
W. A. Bowles
Ool
J. D. Huginston
Kublig
Egglisto
TRAM-CAR ON HIS CHEST
Richmond news reports Hunter Carpenter, a football player for Virginia Polytechnic Institute and North Carolina teams, was directing tram cars off a freight train when one fell, crushing his chest. Muscular chest and leg injuries remain, but officials say his condition is not fatal.
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Washington Post
Richmond
Tanexa
New Kent County
Hunter Carpenter
Virginia Polytechnic, Institute and North Carolina
Woman dynamite victim in saloon destruction at Monccom
A saloon operated by Mrs. Jr. A. Stamey in Monccom, near Bluefield, W V, was dynamited last night. Mrs. Stamey suffered probable fatal injuries. several others were seriously hurt. A petition had circulated earlier urging authorities to deny her license, calling the establishment a community disgrace.
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Washington Post
Bluefield
W. Va
Jr. A. Stamey
Mon. Com
Obituary notices from Virginia dated April in multiple counties
Fredericksburg area reports the death of Mrs Hitzabeth Shosts wife of Henry Shultz aged sixty nine in Spotsylvania County after brief illness. Luray notes death of Mary Barham widow of Frank Barham once of Page County aged seventy five at her Perrygile home in Repannanock County. one son B F Barham of Washington. Irvington reports death of R F P Bryant a prominent Richmond County resident at his Downings home last Saturday.
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Henry Shultz
Spottsylvania County
Luray
Mary Barham
Frank Barham
Citixen
Page County
Perrygile
Reppanannock County
B. F. Barham
Washington
Irvington
R. FP. Bryant
Richmond County
Downings
Bryant
Alexandria Briefs on Transit Strikes and Tragedy
Washington Post Bureau reports Alexandria and Mount Vernon railway work orders deadline May 1 for four new motor cars and two upgraded engines amid service criticisms. Police court notes a teen's suicide after alleged lynching threats. bicycle collision injuries near King and Lee. local officials assessing sidewalk display rights for merchants.
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Gardner L. Boothe
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Horace Strother
North Alfred Street
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William Demaine
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C. B. Swan
Swan
C. ©. Carlin
R. D. Brumbach
M. W. Miller
Lincolnia
Fairfax County
Alexandria Hospital
Miller
Elderly resident buried at Farnham Baptist Church
An eighty three year old, survived by a widow, three sons, three daughters, and several grandchildren and great grandchildren, was interred at Farnham Baptist Church Gundey with Rev. Richard Edwards conducting the burial service.
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Farnham Baptist Church
Gundey
Richard Edwards
Fight Primaries Levy in Allegany Calls Injunction
Allegany County Democrats seek injunction to halt a 93000 levy by the county commissioners for the upcoming primary elections. Christian T. Kennewey filed the bill claiming the 1904 primary law lacks authority for such levies and is unconstitutional for restricting nominating eligibility. Judge Henderson set a show cause hearing. Republicans allege Democratic obstruction of primary contests to favor noncompetitive races.
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Washington Post
Cumberland
Christian T. Kennewey
Board of
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Henderson
Board of Election Supervisors
Move to Close Salons In Cumberland Amid Protests
Cumberland Md April 28 States Attorney Aust A Wilson filed remonstrances against eleven saloon license grants in Cumberland and Eckhartst. Grand jury directions accuse these taverns of disorderly conduct. Indictments issued against all. License year ends tomorrow night. Applicants must close Monday while remonstrances are considered.
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Washington
Cumberland
States
Aust A. Wilson
Eckharst
Grand Jury
Forgery and business notices span Virginia and Maryland
A multiitem dispatch from Norfolk Lynchburg and Richmond details a forger in Nansemond County who used his wife’s name on a fictitious deed and was arrested near a steamer to New York. Other updates note brakes inspections delaying freight cars in Hagerstown, a circuit judge substitution in Lynchburg, and bluebook charter grants in Norfolk and Crozet. Roanoke marriages mark local society notices, and agriculture and utilities items report stock increases for Virginia firms.
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Norfolk
Charles N. Duke
Nansemond County
Old Dominion
New York
J. J. S. Branch
Nansemond
Virginia governor appeals to voters over war and peace record
Winchester Maryland April 28 Thomas Cover Jr son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Cover of Winchester married Olivia Hodgson daughter of Commander Alban Chase Hodgson USN and Mrs Hodgson at St Marys Catholic Church in Washington DC Best man was Loring A Cover brother of the groom The couple departed for a wedding trip to Northern resorts and will reside in Chicago where the groom manages a Cover and Drayton branch, his father senior member
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Louisa County
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Richmond
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Fredeestoure
W. W. Richardson
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Atwell Burruss
Caroline County
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Penola
Irvington
Miex
Blanche Whittaker
J. A. Whittaker
Lancasier Court House
Luther Hawkins
Baltimore
L. &. Combs
Thomas’ Water
Lancaster
Roanoke
Louis Catogoni
Harriet H. Woodward
Greene Memorial Church
M. Hawkins
A. Hart
Petersburg
Hodgson
Thomas Cover, Jr
Washington
Winchester
Thomas Cover
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Charleston
D. C
Olivia Hodgson
Alban Chase Hodgson
Fifteen Italians Jailed After Norfolk Navy Yard Strike
Fifteen Italian laborers formerly at the Norfolk navy yard dry dock project were committed to the county jail for 30 days to four months. Arrested on a foreman’s complaint for transporting themselves to Norfolk and refusing to work, nearly all were armed with a pistol or dirk.
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Norfolk
Navy Yard
Long search for mother leads to Washington visit
Israel Hintrant of Wilmington Delaware, after eighteen years of seeking his mother across the United States, learned she is in Washington, D C. He plans to travel there Monday to bring her home, noting they last saw each other twenty six years ago after she left Austria Hungary and remarried.
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Washington, D. C
Washington Post
Del
Israel Hintracnt
United States
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Austria-Hungary
Defense in Hargis trial impeaches State witnesses
In Lexington Kentucky on April 28 defense counsel in the Harris trial challenged the credibility of several state witnesses. Seff Smith testified that Judge Hargis threatened violence involving Cockrill and others if Jeff Smith did not act. J D Jones testified he heard Jeff Smith claim Hargis had taken deputy sheriff’s office and sought payback. James Mullen testified that Smith’s veracity was bad.
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Washington
Government Printing Office
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Cockrill
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Curt Jett
J. D. Jones
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Husband kills wife and body found in river
In Manterville Ohio April 28 Mrs Henry Boge was murdered in her home after a quarrel with her husband who beat her with a stick. Neighbors heard screams and the husband fled, later found dead in the river.
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Uaunn
Henry Boge
Boge
Poisoned Beef Strikes Ham Olsen Family in Muskegon
Hans Olsen his wife and five children fell ill from suspected tainted beef in Muskegon Michigan today. The father recovered but the mother and two year old daughter remained seriously ill as doctors treated the family. Dynamiters Plot Frustrated in Calumet Mine Area. In Calumet Michigan authorities thwarted a planned explosion at the Wolverine mine home of Supt. Smith by discovery of thirty one sticks of dynamite. Columbus Ohio sees Olga Anthony accused of murdering her children declared insane after a prior infant throat cutting.
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Wolverine
Mr. Smith
Columbus
Ohio
Olga Anthony
Grove City
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