Carnegie Death Sparks World War Era Tributes
Pittsburgh and New York dispatches report Andrew Carnegie died aged eighty four after a battle with grippe in his final years. Tributes emphasize his philanthropy and anti war efforts, noting his daughter Margaret’s April wedding and his retirement from daily visits. The news also notes flags at half mast in Pittsburgh and plans to crepe the Carnegie Institute. The report covers speeches by Roosevelt and West and the Shenandoah Valley Academy expansion.
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Wholesale Beef Prices in Washington 1919 Weeks
The record lists Swift and Company wholesale beef prices in Washington for thirteen weeks ending August 1919. Market figures cover May to August with per hundredweight values and notes a clerical error replacing PAT.70 with 5 18.
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Nurse's body found in James River near Holcomb Rock
Mina Sallie Steptoe, a nurse who vanished from Holcomb Rock on July 24, was recovered in the James River below the rock. Authorities note she feared return to Western State Hospital in Staunton. She recently completed nursing training in New York with high honors.
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Gorillas Fail as Household Servants, Hunter Says
Baltimore August 11 John Dackhaus African hunter now in Baltimore ridicules the idea of bringing gorillas to America to do housework He says gorillas transplanted from their native habitat pine away and die of broken hearts making training here impossible and mocks Professors Garner and other naturalists false hopes.
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Betsy Hall to sail to New York for European cargo
News from Alexandria Virginia area reports the freighter Betsy Hall, recently returned to port, will depart in a few days for New York to load cargo bound for a European port. Other ships on the ways include the City of Omaha and District of Columbia, formerly Mason City and Bish bosh, with rechristenings noted. Mary Kathie Washington and Edward Vernon Sipos wed in Washington at St Marys Catholic Church with a Saturday ceremony. Helen Heishley, a local writer, died in Los Angeles and will be buried here. A life size pastel portrait of Gen T J Jackson is proposed for display at H Handley Library. Everett Early Thomas and Ola Lee Scruggs wed at High Street Baptist Church in Charlottesville. Ridney L Philips and Alma H King married quietly in Staunton. William A Kelly, a returned overseas serviceman, has been notified of his decoration by Gen Pershing for meritorious service.
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Maryland and the Virginias Shooting Tragedy in Baltimore
Baltimore man Hyenal relates a quarrel with Miss Edith Rollins 48. Adams a 21 year old lover shot Rollins in the head while she waited for a streetcar and then tried to kill himself firing three times. Physicians say Rollins probably will recover. The engagement ended after a quarrel days earlier and Adams says he sought to speak with her but she refused contact.
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Love Wins Aitcheson Cup At Liberty Grove Tournament
The Liberty Grove tournament and picnic at Bartonsville near Laurel drew large crowds. The Aitcheson silver cup was raced for the third time, previously held by J. L. Altjehesen on two occasions and this year won by LD Love. In the professional race there were fifteen contestants with winners listed as W. A. Street and Knight of Maryland.
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Knights Named in Lim berlost Prince George and More
In a local amateur event four knights were listed J Aitchesgon knight of Lim berlost J F Love knight of Prince George and L D Love knight of Will If I Can In the amateur class six knights competed with Tall fero Marlow Knight of Maryland Boy first Henry Miles Knight of Will If I Can second Arthur Beall Knight of Fairview third and Lloyd Miles Knight of 313 fourth.
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Injured by ham bone shocks Oakland man near Swanton
Quinn Sutton, a Baltimore and Ohio track walker living near Swanton, is in serious condition after a cook car ham bone was thrown from a train door on the Baltimore and Ohio line. The injury required high stitches above the eye. Local reports place Sutton in Oakland, Maryland, on August 11.
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Flagman Injured in Collision Near Mount Savage
A head on collision between an eastbound Baltimore and Ohio freight and a westbound Western Maryland freight near Mount Savage Md late yesterday left flagman Clifton T Campbell of Cumberland with a broken jaw. The westbound engine overturned and tracks were blocked for twelve hours. A second dispatch from Rockville Md reports Miss Martha Poole, chair of the Montgomery County Historical Association, announcing a district chairman appointment and a supply of record blanks available on August 16.
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Engagements announced in Fredericksburg Virginia
Fredericksburg announces engagements of Miss Crittendon Jones to Dr Charles Werley Jack of Collingswood New Jersey and Mina Clara Edwin Collier to Eldwin M Bingham of Norfolk. Wedding planned for early fall. Blood poisoning fatal to Miss Little M Brockman in Charlottesville after finger injury. She leaves two sisters Mrs H C Chaplin and Miss Mattie Brockman.
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Death of Miss Vick Rogers at Yancy Mills
Miss Vick Rogers aged 17 daughter of Mr and Mrs B N Rogers of Yancy Mills in this county died Sunday Funeral held from Hillsboro Baptist Church located in Hillsboro.
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Man loses leg in dynamite blast during serenade
Special to The Washington Post from Bristol Virginia dated August 11 reports Frenzo Rich ardson suffered a severed leg and a mangled hand when dynamite used in serenading a newly married couple at Marion exploded. He was rushed to a hospital here where doctors amputated his leg and expect recovery.
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