Orange Fine Animals Win Prizes at Virginia Delware Horse Show
Six thousand spectators flocked to the Orange range horse show as Mrs. W. W. Osborne and Mrs. J. F. Morris drew acclaim for mounts. Winners include Gladiols and Night Lap in hunter classes, Concorde and Confidante in saddle, and Miss Amy E. Dupont leading two teams in harness. The event featured notable competitors from Gordonsville, Montpelier, Keswick, and Baltimore with music and numerous automobile parades enhancing the day's spectacle.
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Orange
W W Osborne
Gordonsy
dJullan F Mortis
Keswick
Wow Osborne
Jordanavitle
William Dupont
Montpelier Va
Montpelier Paladin
Ledlen
Gordonsville Va
James W Allison Jr
Somerset, Va
David Gray
Weatherbee
New York City
Willow King
Alien Potts
Happy Creek Farm
Gordnsvite
Braner
Wiss
Amy E Dupont
Wilmington
Cal
Hunt Club
Julian F Morris
Biss Marton Bunipetter
Tay
Mattle Bond
Mia Amy & Dupont
Del
Young law clerk Mallory convicted of forgery in Norfolk
C Linwood Mallory a young law clerk not yet 21, married, was found guilty of forging the name of Attorney Edmund S Ruffin on a $200 check and sentenced to two years in the Norfolk corporation court. He had worked for Ruffin since knee pants days and had a good reputation. His wife was present in court. He will likely seek a sentence reduction via leave for a furlough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linwood Mallory
Pasonan
Norfolk Court
Washington Post
Norfolk
Edmund S Ruffin
Corporation Court
Matory
Ruffin
Cuticura Remedies Cured Long Running Eczema
A woman recounts nine years of severe itching and bleeding eczema and how Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent finally cured her. She describes prior doctors and medicines failing, then relief after treatment, and invites inquiries at her Battie Creek Michigan address. Product advertisement notes Cuticura as economical for skin ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altie Elgon
Inn Road
Battie Creek
Mich
Potter
Druk & Chem Corp
Sole Props
Boston Mans
White woman on trial for killing a black man
Mrs Elizabeth Rhodes, a white widow living alone with her children, faces trial for the alleged murder of a negro. The incident followed a warning about trespassing on her farm as the man approached after a prior assault attempt. The negro died after complications from a leg wound, though officials cite heart failure. Similar cases have led to acquittals, prompting talk of women’s revolver clubs in Charlotte and elsewhere in the state.
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Elizabeth Rhodes
Rhodes
Pasquotank County
Nio
Charlotte
Making Brandy in Field Seized Near East Spencer
Special to The Washington. Spencer, NC August 4. John M Freeman and D L Beasley two white men of East Spencer were captured at daybreak by Sheriff J H McKenzie and Chief I Ro Cruse with deputies while allegedly distilling Hilcit brandy in a corn field on the outskirts of East Spencer. Freeman fled but was captured. Beasley bonded and Freeman jailed in Rowan awaiting trial. Distillery was in full operation when seized.
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Washington
Spencer
John M Freeman
D L Beasley
East Spencer
J H McKenzie
I Ro Cruse
Freeman
Krider Beasley
Tolbert Freeman
Rowan
Beasley
Young Cousin Charged After Fatal Shot in Bristol Case
Edward Wright, 16, son of Paris A Wright of Wise County Virginia, was captured at Dante Russell County after allegedly waylaying his cousins Cowan Wright and Cowan Wiley with a heavy shotgun. Cowan Wright is in critical condition with severe facial injuries, Wiley lightly injured. Wright will be given a hearing at Coeburn.
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Washington Post
Bristol
Edward Wright
Paris A Wright
Virginia City
Wise County
Virgina
Dante
Russell County
Cowan Wright
Cowan Wiley
Wiley
Young Wright
Coeburn
Pardons Robert Hanner for Bigamy Prison Sentence
Gov. Kitchin pardoned Robert Hanner of Raleigh from a seven year term in North Carolina State Prison. Hanner had served nearly five years and was a model prisoner. A May plot by convicts to overpower guards and escape led to a guard being killed during the incident and several inmates escaping.
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Kitchin
Robert Hanner
North Carolina
Washington Post
Gov Kitchin
Hanner
Eighteen years for murder in Nelson County case
In Livingston, Virginia, the jury convicted Robert Johnson colored of second degree murder in the May killing of Robert Staton, a white man, in Nelson County. The sentence was eighteen years. a stay was granted to perfect an appeal after Commonwealth's Attorney Whitehead urged no new trial.
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Robert Johnson
Livingston
Washington Post
Lynchburg Va
Robert Staton
Nelson County
Commonwealth
Whitehead
Fractured Skull Result of Jeffries Johnson Fight Dispute
In Annapolia Md August 4 Gellman Brown colored was sent to the house of correction for six months after assaulting bartender George Rolnick with a bottle during a fight that grew from a late discussion of the Jeffries Johnson match Rolnick suffered a badly cut head and a slight skull fracture
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Washington Post
Annapolia
George Rolnick
Gellman Brown
House of Correction
Rolnick
Indicts Boy as Slayer in Roanoke Case
A Roanoke special grand jury indicted Harry Lewis sixteen, the confessed killer and robber of Henry Flachery, with trial set for the September term. Walter Agee, alleged to have drugged and robbed C T Anderson, was also indicted. In Staunton, Virginia, the annual Virginia State Dental Association meeting heard papers on uric acid and silicate cements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Lewis
Washington Post
Roanoke
Henry Flachery
Walter Agee
C T Anderson
The Last Chance on the Salmon Venture
Cherry Malotte pressures Boyd to salvage a failing fishing venture as the team faces a dire financial setback. She offers to take one of Boyd’s launches to try and help, while Fraser and Emerson mock the situation in their inland club. Alton Clyde laments losses and contemplates quitting as Boyd vows to persevere.
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Cherry
Hilliards Loan
Boyd
Mildred
Wayland
Hillard
Hilliard
Cherry Malotte
George
Fraser
Mr Emerson
Mr. Emerson
Animal Kingdom
Alton Clyde
Iké
Harvard
Emerson
Kalvik
Clyde
Equity court roles and cases in the DC docket
Supreme Court DC Equity Court No 1 hears adoptions and various civil matters. Judges Barnard set August 1910 deadlines. firms Thompson & Laskey, Helphenstein, Birnie & Woodard appear for multiple plaintiffs. Public notices include estates, guardians, receivers, and equity suits with extended dates through October.
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Supreme Court
District of Columbia
Equity Court NO 1
Justice Barnard
Esther M Parker
Elma Naom Parker
John A Gardner
Helphenstein Va
Helphenstein
Ute
Plainiff's
Thompson & Laskey
M Hndy Miller
Goebel
John E Laskey
Cave
Plaintii
Thomas & Belior
J . Basby-Smith_ Fenwick
Grove
Birney & Woodard Quen Chong Company
Warren
Plaintin
Thompson @ Laskey
Gittings & Chamberlin Prentisa
Richards
Sale
GFP
Willigma
D W O'Donoghue
Grosvenor
Lambert
Guaranty and Surety Company
General Supply Company
Philip Walker
W Baker Posey
Industrial Building and Loam Association
Stewart Repetts
Whitfield
Joseph N Saundera
Oh Marlow
Barnard Brentano
Ve Holstein
Ruie Plavitit
Lester & Price
Forrest Webb
Ys Munsey
Plavitit
A Peter
Criminal Court NO 1
Justices Barnard
United States Va
John Q Fitzsimmons
Workhouse
Talk in a Deal Turns Personal and Fizzles Out
The scene centers on Boyd, Fraser, Emerson, and Clyde as tensions surge over Cherry and a stock deal. Fraser pressures taking a hand, while Boyd resists and hints at past betrayals. An unresolved confrontation ends with a threat to exit the venture as the scene hints at continuation tomorrow.
Real estate transfers listed for various streets and parcels
Real estate transfers recorded include Lizzie Caperton to Realty Appraisal and Title, lot 8 square 701 for 20, First Street Southeast. Antonio Girardi et ux to Pasqual a 14 square 599 for 10, First Street Northwest. Giacomo parts and related transfers to Angels Merle Giard for 10. Washington Green ux to Realty Estate and Improvement Company at 161 Black 4 for 19. Catherine Gulgonta J Alcide Drouin part lot 4330. National Capital Bank to William Band Luw L. Smith lot 145 for 40. S Street Northwest between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets John H Thornton et ux.
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First
Lizzie Caperton
Antonio Girardi
Pasquala
Giacomo
Giacoma Cvonvers
Angels
Merle Giard
Momitlto
Washington Green
Rel
Estate and Improvement Company
Foxhall
Catherine
Gulgonta
Alcide Drouin
Deeds of Trust Notices Across Washington Heights and Nearby Blocks
A batch of deeds of trust records various property liens and loan details. Wary Werdman and others secure $175,000 with Union Trust Company DC for five years at 5 percent, while numerous other properties in Mount Pleasant Pleasant Plains Chevy Chase and Petworth list lenders, trustees, amounts from $1,500 to $3,000, terms from two to38 years, and semiannual or quarterly payments. Names include Harrison, Burrows, Karrick, Baker, Birthright, Droum, Whitford, Simpson, Robinson, Mil l, Powers, Jarrell, Morris, Stockett, Falconer, Waring, and more, with lots and squares specified for each transaction.
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Washington Heights
Warry Werdman Et
Union Trust Company
District of Columbia
Fidelity Trust Company
Mary F Harrison
George
Gertman
Marvin A Lusby
Marion QO Burrows
James J. Karrick
James M Baker
United States Savings Bank
Deye
Bloomingdale
Samuel T Birthright
Et Ux
James Berry
Arthur Carr
Perpetual Building Association
Forhall
J Aleidé
Droum Et Ux
D Rothchild
G Mf Diges
Catharina
Guigon
Mount Pleasant
Pleasant Plains
Orence O'Brien Whitford
RP Benard
G H Johnson
Barbara Rodfer
Carrie W. Simpson
Ralph P Barnard
Guy H Johoson
Florence O'Brien Whitford
George W Robinson
W F Lester
Prica
Chey Chase
D C
Richard M_ Powers
Thay M Gaie
George E Hamilton
Chevy Chase Land Company
Petworth
Thomas E Jarrell
A D Loeffer
F R Russell
Provident
Hank
Hank, $2100 38 Years, 6 Per Cent, | Bermlaqgually
Square
Charles H Morris
L Yobriner
P F Grove
Insur- Anes Company
Ramianayelly
Edward L Stocket Ux
Willan
Hiani
R W_ Beall
D B Murdoch Jr
F Soul
P Thompson
Wardman
Katherine J Falconer
C Baywoon
C C Caywood
Hanes
Corinne T Waring
George Fa
Fleming
E L Hillyer
Wol Crané
Lightning Bolt Strikes Denton Couple Wrecks House
Mrs Denwood Long remains critically ill at her Denton Maryland home after a thunderstorm shock when a lightning bolt down the chimney wrecked the interior and knocked the couple unconscious for an hour. The strike ripped the porch and killed a pig and a chicken as they fled the house.
Stephen A Bovell Dead in Bristol Va Tribute Writer Dies
Stephen A Bovell editor of the Jonesboro Herald and Tribune aged about six years old is dead in Bristol Virginia. He was noted as a brilliant writer who recently published a tribute to Representative W P Brownlow of the First Tennessee district before dying from Brights disease the same illness that claimed Brownlow.
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Coe Waarington
Bristol Va
Stephen A Bovell
Jonesboro
Foreclosure Sale Fire Prompts Purchase at Braddock Heights
Mrs Etta G Shields faced a blaze at her two story Braddock Heights home during foreclose proceedings near Alexandria Virginia as fire destroyed contents including two pet dogs. The land six and a half acres sold on site for 3900 dollars to Miss Ada B Farrar trustee.
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Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
Etta G. Shields
Braddock Heights
Ada B F Farrar
Shields
R. F Knox
Fairfax Medicos Meet and Other Alexandria Notices
At the Fairfax Medical Society annual meeting in Hotel Rammel Alexandria officers were elected led by Dr C R Dufour and others. Judge Bailey heard a motion to set aside a verdict in Mason against the Washington Alexandria and Mount Vernon Railway Company. Mason was awarded 3500. Aaron Jackson and family faced charges, with Jackson fined six dollars and his daughter Sophie dismissed. elder Jackson faces a $50 fine or three months in jail. Jail repair bids were opened with Camden Iron Works at 12900 and B F Smith at 102% bid. bids referred to the finance committee. Occoquan Bank charter granted to Bank of Occoquan Inc Prince William County.
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Fairfax Medical Society
Hotel Rammel
Alexandria
C R Dufour
Washington, DC
William P Caton
Accousk
W A Wells
Washington, D C
Ralph Quick
Clarendon
A H Coombs
Vienna
EH Detwiler
Herndon
F Mrooks
Alfred S Mason
Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Railway Company
Bailey
Alexandria Corporation
James R and
H B Caton
Moore, Barbour & Keith
Mr. Mason
Leon Harlow
Aaron Jackson
Sophie
Charles
Reed and
Schoen
Jackson
Wes
Camden Iron Works
Salem
B. F Smith
B F Smith
Committee On Finance
Local notices and business moves in Alexandria Virginia
I am county Virginia with a capital stock of 10000 dollars. Officers and incorporators include G W Hunter Occoquan president D S Beach Stoneleigh Prince William county vice president John W Garner cashier E Nicol Noel Garner J L Perr and Robert H Cor Alexandria The Columbia Steam Ore Engine Company elected Col W A Smoot vice president representative to the State firemen's convention to be held in timber by August 24 25 and 26 with delegates George A Norris Co W Duffey John Leadbeater A Bac Egalupo G Crump John Knight and J Pettev Alternates are J Luckett R&R Shinn R Smith W Lee Craven Mellen E Sampson and R Evans. Mannie Louie Entwisle transferred to Harry E and Alice M Arnold two lots on the east side of Columbus street between Oroneco and Wythe streets Alexandria Capt James Scott's Widow Dead Mrs Scott widow of Capt James Scott died yesterday at her home in South Fairfax street aged 8 years Shay survives three sons by first husband George John and James Wilkins Rites for George Washington funeral services to be held at 5 pm at Demaine Son's chapel in Alexandria Sachem Visits Tribes F 8 Varney grand sachem of Red Men in Virginia paid an official gift to Osceola and Seminole tribes of Red Men in Alexandria
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Iam County
G W Hunter
Occoquan
S& Beach
Stoneleigh
Prince William County
John W Garner
Columbia Steam Ore Engine Company
Col W A Smoot
Timber
George A ‘Norris
W Duffey
John Leadbeater
Bacegalupo
G Crump
John Knight
J. Pettev
J Luckett
R&r. Shinn
R Smith
W Lee Craven
Mellen
E Sampson
R. Evans
Corporation Court
Mannie Louie Entwisle
Harry E and
Alice M Arnold
Columbus Street
Oroneco and
Wythe Streets
Alexandria
James Scott
Mrs. Scott
South Fairfax Street
Shay
George, John
James Wilkins
Wider Denies Hidden Funds After Bank Embezzlement
Erwin J. Wider the Russo Chinese Bank cashier who stole 680060 from the New York branch denied any stashed funds. He told Assistant District Attorney Frank Moss that all his wealth is in Wall Street and his wife has no resources. He stated he has no secret assets and asserted his innocence during a lengthy interview.
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Washington Post
New York
Erwin J. Wider
We Street
Wider
Frank Mousa
Moss
Moase
Wall Street
Etchison Seeks Montgomery Vote For Congress
Dorsey Etchison of Frederick county appeals to Montgomery county voters claiming his marriage to a Montgomery county girl strengthens his candidacy. He faces David J Lewis of Cumberland for the Democratic nomination and argues a vote for him is a vote for his wife. He notes decades of neighboring counties sharing interests and Frederick county’s long absence from the seat.
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D. Etchison
Montgomery
Congress
Washington
Rockville
Montgomery County
H Dorsey Etchison
Frederick County
David J Lewis
Cumberland
Allegany
Dives From High Window Saved by Grapevine in Luray
Keller Bradford 14? 4? youth in Luray Va plunged from second story while asleep. He awoke after the impact with only scratches and bruises, crediting a surrounding network of grapevines for guiding his fall and saving his life as Hawksbill Creek runs nearby.
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Washington Post
Luray
Keller Bradford
Bradford
Hawksbill Creek
Duma’s Head In Prison In Fortress St Peters
Alexander Guchkoff, who briefly resigned as president of the imperial duma to serve four weeks imprisonment, began his term in the Peter and Paul fortress. The Nov 30 duel with Count Uvaroff left Uvaroff slightly wounded and followed a parliament dispute. Guchkoff serves in the same casemate once occupied by Gen Stoessel.
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St Petersburg
Alexander Guchkoff
Imperial Duma
Count Uvaroff
Peter and Paul
M Guchkoff
Duma
McGuchkoff
Gen Stoessel
Tor
Port Arthur
Two Killed on Steamship Satellite Off Castle Island
Two men died and several were injured when a steam pipe burst aboard the fishing excursion steamer Satellite as it steamed down the harbor off Castle Island. Fireman Stephan Callahan and Robert Laing were killed. Michael Bennett and a stoker doff hand were injured. others suffered minor injuries. Satellite not badly damaged.
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Boston
Satelite
Stephan Calihan
Robert Laing
Michael Bennett
Stokerdoff
Castle Isle
Callahan Laing
Bennett
Blair Denies Maryland Residency for Congress Nomination
Gist Blair of Silver Spring denies reports he is not a Maryland resident while seeking a congressional nomination in the district. He notes his law office is in Washington but asserts his home is in Silver Spring and cites prior service as alternate delegate, postmaster, and Republican committee member. Spurned lover’s suicide follows in West Baltimore. Joseph Eberhardt, 62, fatally drowns after threatening to shoot Lillian Smith and then leaps from a city wharf into South Street.
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Congress
Washington Post
Rockville
Gret Blair
Silver Spring
Washington City
St Louis
Maryland
Latire
Roosevelt
Republican State Central Committee
Montgomery County
Baltimore
Lillian Smith
Joseph& Eberhardt
City
South Street
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Duponts
Virginia
Delaware
W. W. Osborne
J. F. Moms
Cuticura
E Rhodes
N. C
Boy
Staunton
Virginia State Dental Association
J C Walton
Richmond
W H Mosely
South Boston
Perkins
Newport News
H W Campbell
Suffolk
James 5B Lester
Christiansburg
T O Heatwale
M J Payne
Staunton del
Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg Normal School
J . Curtis
Rich Valley
Smyth County
John G Perry
C O Hanger
Luther Hanshaw
Alex Crigger
Schuler
McClellan
Harper £ Brothers
Rone
Ver
Sion
Seattle
Chicago
Jose Hke
Marsh
Fribate
Juathe Bernard
Eleanor
Bevans
Henry H Coates
Abraham Hayson
Maria W Hayson
Cobb
George F Colting
Naasson M Light
Samuel
Jason Waterman
Thomas & Beller
Charles A White
Leonard
White
CO Miter
Ollie Stock
William B Reilly
Ella M Helser
LG Williamson
Thomas J Duvall
William P Duvall
L_ J Mather
W J Lambert
Charles C Collsan
Sarah A Cullson
William Early
Sarah
James Dillard
A Y Holtzman
Katherine Howard
Wo H Shulea
John Barton Miller
Godfrey Goedel
Thompson & Lackey
Clara Beeard
Fred L
Gronjenor
Mary
Carreo
Jamea
Carrico
Robert L Williams
Chesapeake Supply Company
Va Rodgers A Lewis Et al Judgment
Ptl Plaintfin
Wilson & Barkadale
Rebecca Tabathaich
Apttalnattton Company
WG Gardnar
Frederick E Jackson
Parotpes Court
Gilbert W Cave
James
Piaintiff
Casby Smith
Castelberg & Son
James Hiluwell
Municipal Court
Piatitfs
Alexander Wolf
Ernest Saunders
George Wo Calvert Jr
George H Calvert
Robert B Tyler
Pleasant Plaine
Florence O'R Whitford
Virtue Currie W. Simpson
Ningh
Gireete
P Snowden Hill
James G Mills
Joseph A Roth
Mary Sills
Harry G Laycock
Ee J Sewell
Mount Pleasant Heights
Nancy BT. Cox
Charles W Wagner
HoLaea’s Manor
Arthuur
Evgell
de Fontes
Joseph L. Tes
Riggs Street
Alchand D Simmis
John B Erwin
Maud Tracy
Twenty Ninth
William King
Florence King
Harold E Doyle
Minnie D Wheatley Et Air
Twenty-ninth
Thirty First
Francia
Bak
Soan
Alton
Fin
Gerless” Fraser
Stephen A. Bovell
Fairfax Medicos
Occoquan Bank
Virginia State Corporation Commission
Bank of Occoquan, Inc
Occoquan, Prince Will
Wal
George Washington
Demaine & Son's Undertaking Establishment
Varney
Lynchburg
Guchkoff
Gen. Stoeesel
Gist Blair
Bell Telephone
The
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Cail Main
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