Virginia Bar Meeting Opens with West Virginia Secession Debate
E H Hilton Jackson of Washington lawy ers argued that the act creating a separate government west of the Alleghenies was unconstitutional and without warrant. The Virginia Bar Association in Hot Springs began its eighteenth annual session with record attendance and new members, as Judge Archer A Phle et opened the meeting and John B Minor reported a membership of 510 and a balanced budget.
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Drowned in the James River near Richmond
The body of Manpustella, about sixty, was found in the James River after a late evening row out to a steam pump job. Laborers raised him at 7 am. No violence evident. A whisky flash found in his clothes. Coroner ruled accidental drowning. He left four children.
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Jim Crow seat refusal leads to arrest in Virginia
A woman described as a negress was turned over to State officials in Falls Church after refusing a seat in the Jim Crow section. Barbara E Tone, a clerk in the Interstate Commerce Commission, claimed rights and carried a Paeonian Springs ticket. Fire damages $25,000 in Berkley, Norfolk area. The blaze destroyed Gibbs hardware, Johnson's Bakery, and a dwelling. Confederate veteran Frederick Bandridge dies at his son’s home in Albemarle County. The agricultural experiment station site inspections near Washington identified potential plots of at least fifty acres.
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Weddings Grace Virginia Church in Richmond and Suffolk
In Richmond Ashland Baptist Church hosts the wedding of Miss Fannie Benson Cox to Rev Charles Edwin Sturt at 7:30 pm with Rev Dr RH Fitt officiating and Roy G H Riland assisting The bride is daughter of Mr and Mrs Duncan Net four Cox In Suffolk at the residence of George F Smith Miss Tess Smith of Buffalo and Harry Milter of Boston were married by telegram from the bride’s uncle and the mother Mrs Walter Smith travels to Tristan for the ceremony The groom is nephew of Polk Mier of Rich upad
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George F Smith
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Virginia Obituary Highlights Local Deaths in Weems and Newport News
Obituaries from Hearbarille and surrounding areas list several deaths. Near Weems in Lower Lancaster County, Cleveland Haerle died of typhoid fever. Regina Elmore Bowles died in Ber Homo after heart disease. Ethel Hergess Weight died at Fork Union after surgical complications. and Wra Anrla J Phoeboy, widow of Harrison Phoebus, died in Newport News from disease complications. Surviving relatives include Bowles and Phoebus families with multiple children and hotel owners noted. Burial and funeral details vary by individual and church.
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Fatal Premature Blast Wrecks Italian Workers in Hock
Special to The Wazhluxton Past Bluefield W. Yo Aug 7 A premature blast at Hock injures two men and leaves Luigi Barbere dead Pietro Barbere and Yerdimende Murti are injured all Italians Investigators say some charges did not fire a hole nearby discharged triggering the fatal detonation Barbere was torn to pieces
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Bonaparte to Speak at Allegany Chautauqua Address
John Lee Brooks of the United States Bureau of Education lectured at Allegany Chautauqua in Cumberland. Secretary of the Navy Charlie J. Bonaparte has accepted an invitation to address the Allegany Chautauqua next Sunday evening.
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Locomotives May Smoke Under Fire From Health Officer
Health Officer Woodward urges equal enforcement of the smoke law on locomotives and stationary furnaces. He notes repeated violations near his residence and says the original draft intended engines to be included, but the clause was removed by Commissioners. Commissioner West says Congress must act to extend the law to locomotives.
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Petersburg City Council Approves Street Paving Plan
Special to The Washington sent Petersburg. Aug 1. City council orders paving of sidewalks on about twenty streets with granolithia at an estimated 20000 dollars. Road paving on Old Street with rubble stone costs about 11000 dollars. Old Street renamed Grova Avenue at residents' request. has carried the name since 1738.
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Heat and Storm Claim Two Lives in Washington News
A severe heat wave broke with a thunderstorm and heavy rain. Two people prostrated and one died while a boat overturned in harbor, a man swam to a schooner but another drowned. The name of the deceased was not released.
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Obituary notices from Cumberland reflect local deaths
Maryland obituary notices from Cumberland dated Aug 7 report Ralph Walter a former postal telegraph company official, later connected with Baltimore and Ohio division freight offices in Cumberland. Aug 1 notes two year old Tthel Ly Jackson of Potomac who died from head trouble and malaria fever. Aug 7 J Boyd, William Ro Winder aged seven to three years died at his daughter’s home in Waverly Baltimore after paralysis. Mr Winder, longtime superintendent of the Sunday school in Clarebury, survived by two sons and three daughters.
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Almanac promises medicine formulas for doctors review
Ayer's Almanac 1808 offers to publish formulas for family medicines with a note that customers should consult their doctors before buying. If the doctor approves, purchase. if not, do not buy. The ad urges keeping standard remedies like garisparitia variants on hand.
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Honored Alexandrian Dies and Wived in Alexandria Fifty Years
William A. Moore of Alexandria dies at 79 at his home 405 Prince Street after several days illness. Born in New York, he moved to Alexandria decades ago, worked in grain and commission, served as alderman and justice of the peace, deputy city sergeant, and elder in the Second Presbyterian Church. He belonged to Alexandria-Washington Masons, Mount Vernon Royal Arch, Old Dominion Commandery, and Elks. Survived by wife and three children.
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Rev Samuel English Weis and Mary Bean wed at Rockville home
Rev Samuel English Weis formerly of Alexandria and now a Rockville resident married Miss Mary Eilen Bean at her brother William Beans home. Rev J W Tamblyn of the Rockville Free Methodist church officiated the ceremony.
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Capt Thomas M Southgate Elected Harbormaster
Capt Thomas M Southgate of Norfolk elected harbormaster by harbor commissioners. longtime Old Dominion Steamship Co. master widely known across Virginia boat landings. Aug 7 Norfolk. Also notice: Wheeling city receiver A H Forger, 69, died after brief illness. longtime Republican, noted for integrity.
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Robbery of Westmoreland Home and Dental Meet in Virginia
The Westmoreland residence on Guarantee Street in Petersburg was robbed of 390 in cash, with 200 left undisturbed. The theft occurred while the family was away. In Newport News the Virginia State Dental Association opened its thirty seventh annual convention at the Chamberlain Hotel with about seventy five dentists in attendance. In Rockville Maryland a marriage license was issued to William Waae Grimes of Washington and Ada Lucy Downs of Wilmington. Robert G. Hilton, Montgomery County Democratic State Central chair, called a meeting for August 14 to plan Congressional primaries.
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Maryland Building Corner Stone Postponed to September 19
Maryland officials announce postponement of laying the Maryland Building corner stone at the Jamestown Exposition to September 19 due to the Baltimore celebration on September 12. Officials await final confirmation on the date. The commission has secured a pledge from T S Southgate to reserve $15,000 in expo space for Maryland.
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Warfield Goes to Reunion in Springfield Ohio
Gov Edwin Warfield with Secretary of State Oswald Tilghman Adjutant General Clinton Riggs and Col Richard Hill left Baltimore for Springfield Ohio to attend a reunion of Marylanders now living in Ohio. He will return Thursday evening.
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Ice shortage grips Baltimore as firms fail to meet demand
Ice supply in Baltimore on August 7 is severely constrained. The American Ice Company could not meet all requests, the Independent Ice Company had only about a day’s stock, and Sumwalt Ice Company, supplied by Knickerbocker, could only meet roughly half the demand.
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Heat drives man to suicide in Baltimore home
Special to The Washington Post. Charles A Tilyard, 46, of 14 Edmondson Avenue, Baltimore, died this morning at 7 o clock by drinking laudanum, following two days of intense heat distress. He rose from bed, walked to the parlor, and swallowed the poison.
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Bride and Groom Arrested on Hotel Theft Charge
Special to The Washington Post from Cumberland Maryland August 7 Alvin Pierce and his wife of Salem Virginia were arrested in Grafton West Virginia on a hotelkeeper’s charge that they stole nab s from the brides bed. They deny the charge and were married yesterday at Oakland Maryland.
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Publicity to the Very Things Comstock Tries to Suppress
Yale historian Charles Henry Smith denounces Anthony Comstock’s raid on art in New York. He argues future moral reform lies in publicizing healthy depictions of the human body and placing statues in schools, contending official censorship harms society more than it helps and that open, healthful sex education prevents harm.
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Apitezo cereal promises healthier red blood cells
The ad touts Apitezo as a cereal designed to boost red corpuscles by providing easily assimilable nutrition. Claiming it offers beef and egg nourishment in a stoma ch friendly form, the copy urges a month trial with milk or cream and notes Apstead is sold by grocers nationwide.
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Capt Hobson Urges Great Navy to Secure Pacific Peace
Capt Richmond Pearson Hobson, former naval officer and Alabama Congressional nominee, argues a powerful U S Navy is essential to peace and commerce. He cites Japanese pressure in China, boycott bluff, and calls for fortifying the Philippines with three battleships annually and armored cruisers to deter aggression and protect American trade. He travels to Purcellville then lectures on America the bulwark of liberty.
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Lynching Outrage Sparks Governor Action Across North Carolina
Reports from Raleigh and Salisbury describe a mob lynching three alleged murderers of the Lyerly family. A government official telegrams indicate one suspect identified, with others under investigation. Georgia editorials praise the lynching while urging swift justice against crime in the South.
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May Deport Syrian Leper From Tent In Randolph County W Va
Federal authorities move to deport George Rossetti the Syrian leper living in a mountain tent near Elkins West Virginia amid local panic. Officials plan Marine Hospital Service exam with a Syrian interpreter to determine status and potential deportation under immigration laws.
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Despondent Paes Eskite Takes Poison After Wifes Death
August Eskite, 49, of 141 Four-and-a-half Street, swallowed poison after the death of his wife two months earlier. He was found writhing on the floor at 1341 Four-and-a-half Street, taken to Emergency Hospital, and later returned home. He had previously threatened suicide amid a family crisis and losses.
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