Record-setting Albemarle horse show holds top trophy
The Albemarle show at Charlottesville drew thirty entries with record jumping in a keen contest for the Charlottesville Merchants Cup. Grandmaster, High Jinks, and Easter Sunday were among major winners as spectators packed the arena and a late dance followed at the Armory with guests from Richmond, Baltimore, and Louisville.
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Charlottesville
Albemarle
Charlotesville
Lynchburg
Allen Potts
Dire-Ight
Bernard S Horne
Pittsburg
Waylands Caprice
Potts
Cock Robin
Mia
Bernard
Horne
Pittsbury
Chief
Garnett
Valentine
Mitchella Stathon
Bunatera
Calore
Kenwick Hunt
Black Death
Julian Morris
Campbells
Brandon
Steel Bolt
Warrenton Hunt
Arclight
the Favorite
Granite
Blair Johnson
Warrenton
Bronticello Guard
Richmond
Baltimore
Ashington
Louisville
Racing at Norfolk Virginia State Fair falls short of past standards
Special to The Washington Post Norfolk Va Aug 2 opening day drew small crowds as racing and steeplechase failed to meet former meets standards. Today crowd swelled for three races a steeplechase and main events while exhibits lagged behind prior years with several horses listed in multiple purses and placements.
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Virginia
Washington Post
Norfolk
Grace K
Montana Guard
Nathaniel Prince
Irigh Billy
Lady Thistle
Miss Gleam
Green Boy
Dan Hazel
Bedford K
Minerva
Hon Jay
John Foo
Buddy
Dr Bell
Garry
Alvin Sister Mary
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Little Penn
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Palm Room
Washington
Suffolk
Martin
Courtland
Southampton County
Ellyson
W. B Barham
William Shandc
Republicans of
Portsmouth
James W .Rownley
House of Delegates
Patrick J Kehey
Richard S Wilson
Roanoke
L. L. Lewis
Richmond Va
William L. Royal
Richmond
New Fort News
Richmond Board of Health
Stand on liquor question favors strict law in Virginia
The Washington Post reports James Cannon Jr of the Virginia Anti-saloon League circulated voters on liquor legislation. Senator Martin backed Hepburn bill and anti liquorarmy canteen, Gov Montegue indicated support with reservations. Mann favored five proposals. Swanson silent. Willard unspecified. Cannon cites James Lawler's Sawdust Hall saloon endorsement attributed to Willard.
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Washington Post
Richmond
James Cannon, Jr
Virginia Anti-saloon League
Martin
Montegue
Messra Mann
Alwanson
Willard
United States
Judge Mann
Col Willard
Congressman Swanson
Cannon
James T Lawler
Second
Washington, DC
Sawdust Hall
West Virginia asylum head to face charges hearing set
Weston officials convene to review grave accusations against Dr William Kunst, superintendent of the Weston Asylum for the Insane, with charges trimmed from twenty two to five and alleging whiskey purchases billed as groceries and asylum laundry profits across the management.
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Weston
W. Va
Washington Post
Wheeling
W Va
Asylum For the Insane
William Kunst
Thomas R Horner
W. E. Hardman
Hall
Virginia Obituary Update From Various Cities
Virginia obituaries report: James Fitchett, aged 83, dies in Frederickaburg. Russell Hopkins, son of Marshall Hopkins, dies in Orange County from blood poisoning after appendix operation. J William Forthman dies in Piedmont at 55, survived by siblings. funeral plans pending. Elanal Master Downer, 22, Old Dominion Steamship Co claim agent, dies of typhoid in Newport News. interment arrangements to follow in Senta County. noted coincidence marks one year since the young man’s death.
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Frederickaburg
James Fitchett
Russell Hopkins
Marshall Hopkins
Orange County
Piedmont
W Va
J. William Forthman
Alfred
Charles Farthman
Laura Johnson
Emma Sigler
Barton
Newport News
Elanial Master Downer
Old
Domennion Steamchip Company
Senta County
Bate
Citizens Offered to Serve as Primary Judges Without Pay
Eighty five Richmond leaders offered to work as election judges and clerks without compensation if a new primary is ordered to expose frauds from the earlier vote. A citywide letter urged action by the Democratic committee, awaiting grand jury results. William L. Royall was hired to prosecute those responsible, with funds pledged to ensure a fair vote, while jurors struggle to identify ballot choices.
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Washington Post
Richmond
Democratic Committee
Lkely
William L. Royall
Grand Jury
Norfolk Negroes Elect Harmony Delegates at City Republican Meet
At Norfolk Virginia the Republican city convention elected ten delegates to the Roanoke convention, naming Col William Lamb and National Committeeman George E Bowden to the delegation. Leaders praised peace among former enemies, while a minority warned the colored delegates were ignored and future trouble loomed. Thorp, former congressman, spoke on the Virginia senatorial fight predicting GOP gains if Democratic factions persist.
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Harmony
Washington Post
Norfolk
Roanoke
William Lamb
George E. Bowden
Portsmouth
Thorp
Virginia
Judge Leake Withdraws From Virginia House Race
Former Goochland County judge David H Leake, candidate for Goochland and Fluvanna deputies, withdraws citing pressure from Fluvanna citizens and accusations of being a corporation lawyer for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company. He leaves public service after a notable tenure in the house.
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Washington Post
Richmond
David H Leake
Goochland County
House of Delegates
Goochland
Fluvanna
Leake
Pembroke Pettit
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
Candidates At Picnic Near Washington Vote Reach Cloppers
Special to The Washington Star reports the St Rose's Catholic Church picnic at Huttons Grove near Cloppers Md drawing Blair Lee Col Spencer C Jones and other district candidates. The event served as the final pre election gathering with candidates buying dinner tickets and courting voters families. A shooting tourney crowned James P and B Weirs of Rockville with 45 of 50 points, George Allnutt finishing second.
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Washington
Boyds
St. Rose's Catholic Church
Hutton’s Grove
Cloppers
Blair Lee
Spencer C Jones
James P &B. Weirs
Rockville
George Allnutt
Liquor Dealers Active in Virginia Prohibition Fight
Col James Mann of Norfolk reports Judge Manns charge that liquor dealers association politics ties rest on a letter from secretary Hancock requesting contributions. The letter warns concerted action is needed to stop the Anti-Saloon League from pushing statewide prohibition.
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Washington Post
Richmond
James Mann
Norfolk
Judge Mann
Liquor Dealers
Association 18
Hancock
Attorney General Denies Voter Allegation in Virginia
Richmond August 2 Attorney General William A Anderson candidate for reselection received a letter from J R Bondurant of Martinsville denying a rumor that May Anderson voted for a negro while a legislator The attorney general asked Bondurant to brand the report as contemptible campaigning.
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Washington Post
Richmond
William A Anderson
J R Bondurant
Martinsville
May Anderson
Bondurant
Train Crash Injures Crew. Passengers Escape
A Cumberland Valley train on the Waynesboro branch ran into an open switch at East Fayetteville. Engineer William Middour and Fireman John Diehl were injured. the engine and tender derailed and fell into a ten foot trench beside a warehouse. Several passengers were shaken but none seriously hurt. Two stonemasons working nearby escaped, and other crew were bruised. Engineer Middour, Diehl, and Conductor Fahnestock sustained the most notable injuries.
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Qretown
Waynesboro
Cumberland Valley Railroad
East Fayetteville
William Middokr
John C. Diehl
Chambersburg
William Kane
John Miller
Middour
Diehl
Aho
D S Fahnestock
Jerem Gonder
Willard Denies Anonymous Attacks In Virginia Gubernatorial Bid
Lieutenant Gey Willard addressed Rockbridge County veterans in Lexington Virginia as a Democratic governor candidate. He rejected anonymous charges, discussed Jim Crow policy, and defended his ties to a Washington hotel with a bar. He noted self finances and argued for Virginia residency and legal positions on Mann and appeals to Supreme Court.
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Gey Willard
Rockbridge County
Greenlee D. Letcher
Capt. Willard
FJ E . Stuart
Stuart
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Willard
Fairfax
Alexandria
Fairfax Court House
Virginia
Mann
Supreme Court
Deputy Reels In Ladle Theft With Clever Letter Ruse
Special to The Washington Post reports Deputy Sheriff Marvey Cox used a Holmes like ruse to trap Willie Jones and his Norfolk sweetheart Witte Stokes. Jones named the stolen ladle as Wash McNeill. the deputy wrote a note pretending to obtain the ladle. The attempt to recover the ladle failed as the sweetheart sent the note by mail. Also reported, Raymond Watkins, 19, died and Steven Holmes was injured when lightning struck a barn near Grafton Maryland while seeking shelter.
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Wilmington
Marvey Cox
Willie Jones
Witte Stokes
Norfolk
Dan Cupid
Jones
Willie
Wash McNeill
Cumberland
Raymond Watkins
Steven Holmes
Grafton
Alexandria News In Brief Fire Wardens Elected and Deaths
A sweep of Alexandria notices reports Mrs Laura Lambert wife of Citizens National Bank vice president dies after a stroke at 407 Duke Street aged seventy four. Funeral Friday at 4 pm with private interment. Mrs Dollie Vedder dies at sea on the Bremen aged sixty one, funeral today. New board of fire wardens organized with J W Summers president and W Downham secretary. Fire department rules revision proposed and charges against Columbia and Relief companies submitted. Reliance Fire Engine plans to attend state convention. Alexandria Athletic Association to play Hyattsville at 5 30 pm. Former Mayor and Mrs Henry Strauss journey with granddaughter Hortense Lederman to Atlantic City. Friendship Veteran Fire Association plans excursion to Marshall Hall.
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King Street
Alexandria
Laura Lambert
William H. Lambert
Citizens’ National Bank
Duke Street
Lambert
Phineas J. Steer
Washington
William F. Lambert
Arthur Lambert
St .Louis
Marshall
Gell
Savannah
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Dollie Edmonson Vedder
Bremen
Thomas A Waters
Alexandra
Vedder
Mas. S. C. Vedder
Joseph T. Moore
Sandy Springs
Europe
Fairfax County
Joseph Jefferson
Board of
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C J W Bummers
Warry Downham
Columbia and Relief Companies
Reliance Company
W. Pettey
Reliance Fire Engine Company
Virginia State Hiremen’s Association
Harrisonburg
Relief’ Company
Naval Gun Factory Band
Alexandria Athletic Association
Hyattsville
Old Fair Grounds
Gray, Purcell
Kraft
Ellis
Bennette
Brenner
Bright
Wheatley
Henry Strauss
Hortense Lederman
Charlottesville
Atlantic City
Strauss
Friendship Veteran Fire Association
Marshal Halli
Death due to morphine overdose in Norfolk case
Norfolk, Aug 2 Special to The Washington Rei. Coroner Eighty rules Greenville Ballance death an accident from morphine overdose. Ballance, grieving for a brother’s July 27 death, had insomnia and reportedly took narcotics at intervals. Found unconscious at 4 am, physicians failed to revive him.
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Norfolk
Greenville Ballance
Fight in Richmond Court Ends With Fines
In Richmond Virginia on August 2 a police court session saw lawyer Legh R. Page clash with former broker C B Wood during the prosecution of Loren Dickenson for bucket shop activity. Page struck Wood with a law book and later apologized. all three men were fined one dollar.
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Richmond
Legh R. Page
C B Wood
Loren Dickenson
Page
Dickenson
Wood
Power Plant Contract Awarded in Winchester Va
Winchester and Washington City Electric Railway Company opened bids for a dam powerhouse and raceway along the Shenandoah River near Millville Jefferson County West Virginia to supply power for Winchester and nearby towns. Purcel & Company Harrisonburg Va lowest bid 56922.60 with eight other firms bidding.
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Winchester
Winchester and Washington City Electric Railway Company
Shenandoah River
Millville
Jefferson County
Purcel & Company
Harrisonburg
Flan the
Thirty-sixth Annual Virginia Dental Convention Opens in Lyothburg
About forty or fifty dentists attend the thirty-sixth annual convention of the Virginia Dental Association in Lyothburg Virginia. The session opens with the president Dr R L Simpson in the chair and includes remarks by Dr J L Walker the first vice president. Dr Grieves presents a paper on the much abused all metal shell. Afternoon and evening sessions feature clinics and discussions.
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Lythburg
Washington Post
Ly , Va
Virginia Dental Association
R L. Simpson
Richmond
George F. Keesee
H. E. Kelsey
Baltimore
J. L Walker
R. J. Simpson
Grieves
Beat Convict Boys in North Carolina Chain Gang Trial
North Carolina authorities report Superintendent Herbert Smith in charge of Cabarrus county convict force must post bail for trial next month on charges of cruelly beating two white boys, Charles Border and Frank Duffle, sentenced as vagrants to work. Border remains hospitalised with lacerations. Duffie’s warrant followed his release. Concord mayor vows no more vagrancy sentences to chain gangs.
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Washington Post
Raleigh
Herbert Smith
Cabarrus
Charles Border
Frank Duffle
Border
Smith
Borger
Duffie
Concord
Viewers' Report Confirms Tolls Suspension in Two Norfolk Roads
Judge William N Portlock of Norfolk County Circuit Court confirmed the viewers report on the toll bridge road and Broad Creek and London Bridge road, while setting aside the report against Indian River road and Tanners Creek drawbridge toll road. The ruling suspends toll collection immediately on the two roads upheld by the viewers.
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Washington Post
Norfolk, Va
William N Portlock
Norfolk County
Consolidated Turnpike Company
Cottage Toll Company
J E. Cole
Turnpike Companies
Good Roads Association
Portlock
Shot His Companion at the Spencer Railway Yard
John Faulconer, sixteen, apprentice at Spencer railway shops, was shot and critically wounded by Kenneth McCormick, also sixteen. The youths played with a pistol when McCormick allegedly fired accidentally. Faulconer was taken to Salisbury hospital where an operation was performed. McCormick is in custody.
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Spencer
Nwc
John Faulconer
Kenneth McCormick
McCormick
Faulconer
Record-breaking justice in Fairmont court brief
Councilman and justice E Amos issued a warrant and held a quick trial in three minutes. Nicheles Costello, an Italian, was fined 25 dollars by the warden for killing a rabbit out of season. The rapid process saw guilty verdict, fine paid, and return to the council table.
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Fairmont
W. Va
E. Amos
Tesue
Nicheles Costello
Walker
Bloodhounds for Burglars in Atkinson Raid
In Atkinson North Carolina a burglars raid left eight houses robbed and cash and valuables taken. Bloodhounds were sent to track the thieves as authorities seek leads. In Virginia J B D Og g leston, candidate for superintendent, criticizes high school book prices and calls for reform. In New Kent County a woman is accused of attempting to kill her sister with a hammer during a berry gathering incident.
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Richmond
Addie Jordan
J. C. Jordan
New Kent County
Ellen Bodkins
Flagman Died on Engine Near Hamilton Station
Special to the Weabington reon. Bristol Tennessee August 2 Robert Dempsey flagman on the Virginia and Western Railroad was found dying on the tender of the engine when the train stopped at Hamilton station near Bristol today. No sign of injury. heart failure likely caused death. He was a young married man.
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Weabington Reon
Bristol, Tenn
Robert Dempsey
Virginia and Southwestern Railroad
Hamilton Station
Indignant Arrest During Richmond Heptosoph Excursion
A sensational incident on the Richmond Heptosoph excursion occurred on the Old Point Wharf as Thomas Hicks of Richmond and Nathan Iseman of Newport News were arrested by a Fort Monroe guard after protesting steamer officials. Col Ramsey D Potts dismissed the prisoners, promising an official airing. observers expect further Washington reports. The event contrasts with the season’s popular Marshall Hall and Indian Head trips aboard the Charles Macalester, which attract large crowds and feature concerts and dances.
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Fort Monroe
Washington Post
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Old Point
Thomas Hicks
Nathan Iseman
Hicks
Iseman
Col Ramsey D Potts
Col Potts
Washington
Marshall Hall
Indian Head
Charles Macalester
Marshall Halls
Schroeder
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