Eight Killed as Mine Floods After Dam Break Near Gold El
Special to The Washington Post Lansbury NC Aug 11 The Barringer gold mine near Gold El Rowan County NC flooded after a pond dam broke due to heavy rains. Eight men died. nine were in the shaft. Manager Thomas Moyle escaped. The mine, owned by Whitney Reduction Company of Salisbury and Pittsburgh, remains flooded. bodies unrecovered.
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Washington
Thomas Moyle
Whitney Reduction Company
Salisbury
Pittsburg
Hag Beens
Fredericksburg
Caroline County
Confederate Veterans
BB. Chandler
C. T. Smith
George T. Boulware
Wesley Wright
I. Soshil
RO. Peatre
Washington Post
Richmomt
Emporia
Suffolk
Tlee Jones
Nansemond County
Divorce for Mrs Thurman Settled In Clarke County Court
The divorce suit of Mrs Olivia Thurman against Gen Charles Thurman was settled today without trial. A decree will grant Mrs Thurman a divorce mensaet there, becoming absolute in three years. allegations included cruel treatment and an alleged confinement in an insane asylum.
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Clark County
Speral
Washington Post
Winchester
Olivia Thurman
Charles Thurman
Clarke County
Thurman
Virginia Obituary Details Multiple Dying Residents
Virginia obituary roundup from Richmond Fredericksburg Charlottesville and Suffolk notes Miss Helen Blanfo dies after long illness. George Mullen of Washington dies at sister’s home aged 68. Miss May Irby Thurman 18 dies at Keswick of meningitis. Mrs Sallie Murray widow of Thomas H. Murray dies at 83. John Wesley Shamons 26 dies in Suffolk. Mrs Roy B Wills dies after short illness. note on engineer Charles Hall’s sister’s death following his fatal wreck.
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Helen Blanfo
Colorado
Fredericksburg
George Mullen
Washington
Tacy Mullen
Charvottesville
May Irby Thurman
Frank Holladay Thur
Memphis
Tenn
Keswick
Charlottesville
Salliey
Thomas H. Murray
Sterday
Estee Street
Suffolk
John Wesley Shamons
New York
J. A. Delves
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Aug. U
Roy B. Wills
Mechums River
This County
Charles Hall
Franklin Junction
Tye River
Nelson
Missionary Ties Guiding Virginia Clergymen Abroad
Special to The Washington Post. Charlottesville notes Rev. Roger Atkinson Walke of Staunton will sail to Tokyo to teach English and lead evangelistic work at St. Paul’s College. The college, founded by Rev. Saint George Tucker, now hosts 600 plus students. Fellow UVA graduates W. M. Thomas, P. W. Reed, Floyd Rogers also depart for Brazil, Boise, and Phoebus missions. Dr. Harry B. Taylor, UVA 1912 graduate, heads to China early next year.
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Charlottesville
Roger Atkinson Walke
Staunton
Episcopal Theological Seminary
Alexandria
San Francisco
Tokyo
St. Paul's College
Saint George Tucker
Beverly Tucker
St Paul's Church
Norfolk
Walke
University of Virginia
Randolph
Wal
W. M M. Thomas
Brazil
P. W. Reed
Funsten
Boise
Floyd Rogers
Petersburg
Phoebus
Harry B. Taylor
China
Arrested on Old Charge in Newport News
U W Ehoff, 26, arrested on a six year old housebreaking warrant after returning to Newport News from Philadelphia where he had married and had two children. Police detain him under a law compelling support for wives and children.
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Newport News
W. E. Ehoff
Elhoff
Philadelphia
Alexandria News in Brief: Lights Fail and Sunday Law Push
The Alexandria city report notes electric lights failing amid storms, raising fears of a return to gas lighting. Mayor Simpson orders police to enforce Sunday closing for grocery and meat shops, following a Retail Merchants Association resolution. Also covered are a serious leg injury from a railroad accident, a funeral for Mary Rittenour, emancipation day date change for the city’s colored community, a newborn infant death, and a fatal bicycle collision with a black man Williams dying at St. Vincent de Paul Hospital with a suspect cyclist sought.
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Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
Simpson
Retail Merchants' Association
Webster
James F. Webster
City of
Alexandria Retail Merchants' Association
George L. Simpson
Michael
Freestone
Washington Southern
Benjamin Frown
Noah D. Rittenour
Hing Street
I. M. Mercer
Richmond
First Baptist Church
Nicholson
Prince Street
Washington Post
Norfolk
William Williams
St. Vincent de Paul
Williams
Roanoke Mayor Disgusted With City Council Pressure
Roanoke Virginia August 11 Mayor Joel H Cutchin says the fighting within the city council makes his job intolerable and may force him to quit He claims two years of service under constant harassment have ruined his health and legal practice and that no gentleman can remain mayor under the present conditions He was re elected in June and is undecided about his future plans
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Washington Post
Roanoke
Joel H. Cutchin
Decrease in Typhoid in Richmond Report
Special to The Washington Pest from Richmond Virginia notes a sharp drop in typhoid fever in the first seven months of 194, with thirty seven cases and nine deaths versus eighty three cases last year. Diphtheria shows twenty six cases and five deaths while water purification work continues on a James River supply.
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Washington
Richmond
Board of Health
James River
Boy Killed in Camp Accident On Monocacy River
Frederick Maryland August. Sheridan Holbruner age thirteen died after being shot by companion Guy Nusse age eighteen during a military camp game on the Monocacy River at Frederick Junction. Nusse, guard on duty, said the rifle discharged as he moved. Holbruner died at Emergency Hospital at 4 o clock. Nusse was acquitted after a justice's hearing found the shooting accidental.
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Monocacy River
Washington Post
Frederick
Sheridan Holbruner
Guy Nusse
Frederick Junction
Nusse
Holbruner
Large tobacco receipts set record in Baltimore week
Special to The Washington Fus reports Baltimore sees the heaviest Maryland tobacco receipts in Calvert Charles and St. Mary counties. Through the week ending yesterday, 3,766 hogsheads valued at about 390000 pounds arrived, with rail steamers and sailing vessels all contributing. Year to date receipts total 20788 hogsheads, well below last year's 25831.
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Washington
Calvert Station
Hibernians In Session at Frostburg State Convention
The Maryland Ancient Order of Hibernians and Ladies Auxiliary met at Frostburg with over 200 delegates for a three day session. State President Thomas Burke opened the meeting as John G. Chambers gave welcome, with D J Scully replying for visitors. Kate Mooney presided in the ladies’ branch and reports showed a treasury surplus despite challenges including the Baltimore fire. A telegram to Cardinal Gibbons marked his seventieth birthday and officers were to be chosen tomorrow. A ball and reception followed at Moat's Hall.
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Frostburg
Washington Post
Cumberland
Ancient Order of Hibernniana
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Thomas Burke
Baltimore
P. T. Manning
St. Andrew's Church
Thomas J. Stanton
St. Mary’s ‘Church
Lonaconing
D. J. Scully
Cardinal Gibbons
Moat's Hall
West Virginia session nears end with tax bills passed
A special session of the West Virginia legislature nears adjournment as the house and senate dispose of key measures. The tax commissioner bill and reassessment plan move forward with minimal amendments, and a brewery tax provision remains. An appropriation package clears both houses, while a probe into a capitol annex contract bid is ordered by Gov. White.
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Washington Post
Charleston
W. Va
Senate
House
Kidd
Gilmer
Supreme Court
Capitol Annex
Youngstown
Ohio
Gov. White
Harmers
Harrison
Northcott
Cabell
Farmers Oppose Lease and Seek North Carolina Road to Henderson
North Carolina State Farmers Alliance, meeting in Hillsboro, endorses a resolution opposing selling or leasing the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad. It urges extending the line to Henderson or Norlina using convict labor, linking to the north and west and boosting Beaufort seaport. The measure calls for tighter supervision of railroad management and state oversight.
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Alliance
North Carolina
Henderson
Washington Post
Raleigh
WY. C
Atlantic and North Carolina
Norlina
North
Northwest
Beaufort
KILLED BY CIGARETTES AND OTHER LOCAL NOTES
Special reports from Cumberland and Annapolis Maryland detail multiple incidents. Hungarian mine organizer James Zelinski collapsed and died, attributed to heavy cigarette use. In Annapolis John R Tydings, age 56, shot himself after business troubles, admitting the act to the doctor. An elderly man named Rahis attempted self-harm at home, but recovered. Western Maryland Hospital in Cumberland accepted the resignation of Dr B Curtis Miller after eight years as house physician and surgeon, effective September 1.
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Cumberland
James Zelinski
United Mine Workers of America
Myersdale
Annapolis
John R. Tydiings
Clement Claude
Tydings
Washington Post
William Rahis
South River
Severn
Mahls
Maryland Hospital
Western Maryland Hospital
B. Curtis Miller
Miller
Body in Glass Coffin Preserves Dead Son in Parkersburg
Kenneth Mooring of Algeria had his seven year old Isaac placed in a glass coffin filled with alcohol to keep the preserved features visible for the parents in a mausoleum. In North Carolina the Masonic picnic at Mocksville drew about three thousand, with proceeds to Oxford Orphanage. A Maryland farmer near Boyds, James Woodfield, aged fifty, hanged himself amid illness depression. In Raleigh a marriage supper dispute led Eugene Wilson to shoot and kill Joe Edwards at Old Sparta. Wilson remained in custody.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Kenneth Mooring
Algeria
Isaac
Washington Post
Winston-Salem
N. C
Mocksville
Davie County
T. B. Bailey
N. B. Broughton
Raleigh
J. 8. Carr
Durham
Oxford Orphanage
Masons of
North Carolina
Boyds
James Woodfield
Brinks Post-Office
Old Sparta
Eugene Wilson
Joe Edwards
Wilson
Edwards
Approval of Heurich strike by unanimous convention
The International Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen endorsed the Heurich brewery strike in a unanimous vote. President Healy’s order to strike received swift backing as firemen in New York packing houses joined in the action by telephone. The convention also discussed labor matters with Secretary Shaw’s office, while a gold defense fund supported New York strikers. The Filipinos’ planned American visit and a new Congo consul appointment were noted in separate items.
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Healy
New York
Washington
International Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen
Heurich’s
International
Washington Fremen
Harley
Washington Firemen's Union
Heurich
Central Labor Union
August Schumann
Neenah
Wis
Union No. 21
Troy
N. Y
Shaw
Treasury Department
Department
Fritz Reuters
New
Postal receipts show gains at top offices nationwide
A 4 percent rise in July gross postal receipts across the fifty largest post offices is reported. Total for the fifty offices reaches 7,875,084, with Dayton, Ohio posting the largest gain at 26 percent and Brooklyn the largest decline at 9 percent. New York totals rise 4 percent and Chicago up 7 percent. Additionally, Rep W W Kitchin and Postmaster C A Reynolds plan a joint Fifth District canvass from Buchanan to Reidsville, October 1 to November 5.
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Dayton
Ohio
Brooklyn
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Buffalo
Detroit
Milwaukee
New Orleans
St. Paul
Lowell
Albany
N. Y
Worcester
Springfield
Mass
New York
Chicago
Washington Post
Winston-Salem
MN. C
W. W. Kitchin
C. A. Reynolds
Congress
Buchanan
Granville County
Reidsville
Extradition Demanded in Montana Miners Treasurer Theft
The State Department seeks the extradition of William Bakka former treasurer of the Red Lodge of Miners in Montana charged with stealing 1050 from the union funds. He is jailed at Beavermouth British Columbia. Bailey M McGowan former assistant postmaster of Choopes Tattnall County Georgia is held for trial after a preliminary hearing for fraudulently misappropriating post office funds.
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State Department
Wiliam Bakka
Red Lodge of Miners
Montana
Beavermouth
British Columbia
Augusta
Bailey M. McGowan
Qhoopes
Tattnall County
United States
McGowan
Bowman
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P. Hulee
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William F. Drewry
J. W. Carcick
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