Virginia Gives Statue Placed In Versailles Castle
At Versailles on August 18 a bronze copy of Houdon’s Washington statue was dedicated in the palace by Virginia to France. Ambassadors Jusserand and Bacon led ceremonies as Lafayette, Rochambeau, and other dignitaries attended. The statue sits beside busts of Lafayette and Suffern with a list of American officers sealed in the pedestal.
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Washington
Lafayette
Suffern
Ambassador Bacon
America
Rochambeau
United States
Nathan B Scott
West Virginia
Teen Brun
James Mann
Virginia Commission
Menna
George Washington
Mann
France
Virginia
Cornwallis
Yorktown
de Grasse i
St. Simon
Capitol
Commonwealth
Jefferson
Republic
Jean Antoine Houdon
Halsey
Don P. Halsey
Virgina
Jusserand
Maichon
Gen. Washington
Count Rochambeau
d’Estaing
de Grasse
Great Britain
Cic Scynce
Marquis de Segur
Bacon
Col. Mann
President Fallieres
Rambouillet
Multiple Obituaries and Death Notices Across Cities
Aggregated death notices and funeral details from August 1910 to August 1916, listing names such as Liman Altman Punerat, Burghess, Hulmina F Tuneral, Della Colns, Helen Jeannette Money, Bernard A Covell, and Charles Harbis Hives DD. Notices include dates, addresses, burial places at Calvary Cemetery Newark and St Patrick’s Church, masses at Shrine of the Sacred Heart, and memorials at Holy Trinity Church.
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Liman
Idah
Sermuel Altman Punerat
Twenty-Second Street
el Paso
Tex
Lochport
Cotties
Yih
Siath Street
Della Fi
W Jesse Colns
St Patrick's Church
Tal
Waom
Helen Jeannette
Pelyed
Calvary Cemetery
New Oo Covell
P Street
Bernard A
Joseph M
Mary
Garrett Mee Callahan
Asgel
Pela
Loumeru
Holy Trinity Church
L Nom
Elal Road
Yost
Madison SN
Charles Harbis Hives
Entral Theological Seminary
St Paul's Church
Newark
In memoriam Crossen memory of Earnest A Crossen
In memoriam, a wife remembers Earnest A Crossen who died today. He was a loving husband and affectionate father, kind to all, and deeply missed by his wife.
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Crossen
Hagerstown Fair Association Banquet Septembers Set
Western Maryland news notes the Hagerstown Fair Association plans its annual stockholders banquet for September 10. The 24th annual Woman's Christian Temperance Union convention in Washington county met in Williamsport with State president Mrs. Mary Hastup delivering an address and a silver medal contest featuring nine girls. Peach-picking season in Washington county faces labor shortages with wages at 24 dollars a day. Raleigh fire damages: two dwellings partially destroyed last week, owners sue the city for about 72,000 over alleged fire-alarm failures.
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Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Washington County
Methodist Church
Williamsport
Mary Hastup
Washington Pos
Raleigh
N. C
Potomac Curio Fortuna to Be Remodeled for Freight and Passengers
The stern paddle-wheel steamer Fortuna once a Potomac curiosity has been towed to Alexandria shipyard for repairs after being looted by a Philadelphia trust company. Built in Chicago in 1903 as a houseboat, she later ferried freight and passengers on the Delaware River and routes to the Carolinas before reaching Aquia Creek for repossession. Plans call for remodeling to speed and repurpose the craft for freight and passenger traffic upon re launching.
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Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
Potomac
Aquia Creek
Philadelphia Trust Company
Chicago
Mississippi
Florida
Delaware River
Norfolk
Carolina Sounds
Fire Laddies Election and Local Weddings Report
The Relief Hook and Ladder Company names delegates to the Virginia State Volunteer Firemen’s convention to be held next week in this city. Alternates and a representative vice president are listed. The parade includes a U S Marine Band march, with about 900 volunteers expected. Folmar and Miss Adam Ticer wed in Washington with plans for a honeymoon to Niagara Falls, Toronto, and the Thousand Islands. Pythians convene in Alexandria with Maj. J Thomas Herbert and Maryland members expected. George H Hawkins to leave Southern Railway for Belle-Pre Bouile. Armour plant transfers move George H Tyler to Chicago.
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Virginia State Volunteer Firemen’s
J H. Trimyer
F. C. Spinks
EB. Steuart Smith
Thomas A. Fisher
W. H. Wildt
J. W. May
A. C Hullings
Charles Clarkson
A. M. Latham
United States Marine Band
Committee On Entertainment
Folmar
Ticer
Adam
C. Louis
Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church
Washington
J. F. Wendell
Alice M. Arnold
Harry BE
Raoks
Niagara Falls
Toronto
Thousand Islands
Pythians
Oriental Lodge
Knights of Pythiss
Maj. J. Thomas Herbert
Order
Maryland
EH. R. Boyer
Alexandria
Hankins
George H. Hawkins
Southern Railway Company
Belle-Pre Bouile
Cornerstone Laying Slated For Salem Episcopal Church
Virginia brief notes outline upcoming cornerstone ceremony for the new Episcopal church in Salem with the Rev J Scott Meredith assisted by several clergy, plus related appointments and local church events across Roanoke and nearby towns.
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Salem
J. Scott Meredith
J. W Hubbard
Archer Booker
J. W. Co. Johnson
Roanoke
Gordon G. Smead
Missiissippi
Col. Patrick
Norfolk
United States
Petersburg
Appomatto
Virginia Weddings Report From Fredericksburg and Leesburg
Charles Dele van Montague and Selene Norvell Radford wed at St Stephen's Episcopal Church with Rev. Charles Scott officiating. Ernest E McCauley and Susie Woodward tied the knot at St James' Church rectory in Leesburg with Rev. W H Burkhardt officiating.
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Fredericksburg
Charles Delevan Montague
Selene Norvell Radford
Lucie Randolph Chambliss Radford
Bedford County
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
Charles Scott
Leesburg
Ernest E McCauley
Susie Woodward
Loudoun County
St James’ Church
St James’ Church, This Town
W. H. Burkhardt
Admiral reports on riot in Norfolk after Jeffries Johnson fight
Rear Admiral William A. Marshall submitted to the Navy Department a report naming ten or twelve sailors punished in Norfolk courts for July 4 race disturbances. One marine arrested had no link to the melee, which involved bluejackets and noncombatant acts aimed at quelling clashes between sailors and Black residents.
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Norfolk
William Alexander Marshall
Norfolk Navy Yard
Navy Department
United States
W. H. Ellis
Wall Street
New York
White House
Brownaville
Tex
Winthrop
Marshall
Engineer's Wife Dies By Suicide In North Carolina
Mrs. George W. Steele aged 29 wife of a Seaboard Air Line engineer killed herself at home by swallowing thirteen tablets of bichloride of mercury in front of her husband. Despite antidotes she died. Her two children weighed on her mind. A tuberculosis specialist once treated her, but later exams found no disease and the specialist was suspended after a sensational inquiry.
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Washington
Releigh
N. C
George W. Steele
Seaboard Air Line
Hero Head
Medical
Three Left To Vote Of Strikers In B and O Case
The general committee of the striking machinists at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad after a long session in Wheeling West Virginia Aug 18 decided to put the railroad's compromise proposal to a vote of the strikers. Members were split on the plan but the exact terms were not disclosed. The strike has continued fourteen months.
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Washington
Wheeling
W. Va
Baltimore and Ohio Railry and Company
West Virginia Notices and Local Elections Update
In Huntington the First Congregational Church calls Rev J L Hoyt of Hudson Ohio to fill a vacancy created by Rev John McCarthy's resignation. Harrison county discharges Coroner Camp and Janitor Floyd Robinson. Dr S M Mason named coroner and Charles W Thomas janitor. Tay lor County Veterans Association holds its second annual reunion in Grafton. Representative Sturgiss addressed the Brinkman Opera House camp fire. A long-dormant gas well in Morgan town’s Ruble s Run revived, producing a gas flow. Heirs of the late Judge McComas plan a 350 acre land suit asserting mineral rights were reserved in the transfer. Peach shipments from Hampshire and Mineral counties are strong. B and O handles Romney branch traffic by special trains. Electrician E A Mhles of Elkins was injured while blackberry gathering when stepping over a log and nearly stepped on a black bear. B&O Railroad will extend the Paw Paw branch to a new mine opened by the Virginia and Pittsburg Company below Rivesville near Fairmont on the Monongahela River.
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Taylor County Veterans’ Association
Grafton
Brinkman Opera House
Sturgiss
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Paw Paw
Virginia and Pittsburg Company
Rivesville
Fairmont
Monongahela River
Obituary notices from Maryland page dated Aug 18
Mrs. Rachel Hoffmaster aged 77 widow of Washington Hoffmaster dies at her daughter’s Brownsville home after general debility. Survived by seven children and former husband. Frederick C. Nokes 21 dies of typhoid at Brownsville, wife Miss Smith of Trego. James Williams 66 dies of kidney and heart disease at Sylvan Hancock, wife and two daughters survive. The Man is Black serial continued in The Post’s Monthly Magazine Section with second installment next Sunday.
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Hagerstown
Rachel Hoffmaster
Washington Hoffmaster
Isaac Carter
Brownsville
Dunkard Church
Frederick C. Nokes
Miss Smith
Trego
James Williams
Sylvan
Hancock
Virginia Tennessee Industrial and Agricultural Association Formed
Bristol August 18. The Virginia Tennessee Industrial and Agricultural Association was organized with officers led by President general FR. A. Ayers Big Stone Gap first vice president W. E. Mingen Abingdon second vice president Henry Roberts Bristol third vice president Capt. H. B. Clay Rotherwood fourth vice president John Thomas Creston N C treasurer A L Shipley Jonesboro secretary F M Runnels Bristol assistant secretary J O Lewis Johnson City Judge Joseph J Kelly presided Welcoming delegates Speeches by Bradford L Knapp and C B Martin Washington on Farmers Cooperative demonstration work of the Federal government Judge Frank B Hutton Abingdon and Dr S W Fletcher Virginia experiment station Blacksburg.
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Washington
Bristol
Tenn
Virginia-Tennessee Industrial and Agricultural Association
A. Ayers
Big Stone Gap
W. E
Mingen
Abingdon
Henry Roberts
Capt
H. B. Clay
Rotherwood
John Thomas
Creston
N. C
A. L. Shipley
Jonesboro
F. M. Runnels
J. O. Lewis
Johnson City
Joseph J. Kelly
Corporation Court
Bradford L. Knapp
C. B. Martin
Frank B. Hutton
S. W. Fletcher
Virginia Experiment Station
Blacksburg
License but no wedding ends stalled marriage bid
Special to The Washington Post from Charleston West Virginia dated August 18 reports Miss Mabel Wallace and Ed Humbler Jr. remain unmarried as Neens in their hands. Parents vigilantly prevent a repeat of their attempt to wed. They were negotiating with a minister when the bride's irate father stopped the ceremony and demanded the marriage license be returned. He cites the bride is only 16.
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Washington Post
Charleston
W. Va
Mabel Wallace
Ed Humbler, Jr
Wallace
Death of J R Rutty at Gold Hill aged 74
J R Rutty of Gold Hill Rowan county died at his home Wednesday night after a long illness. He was 74 and survived by his wife two sons and three daughters. In Salisbury Walter George Newman of New York president of the Gold Hill mines was arraigned for speeding but the case was dropped after cross examination. Frank Saffit of Concord faced perjury charges over a marriage license but the perjury count was dropped and concealed weapon charge substituted. The young bride returned to her parents.
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J. R. Rutty
Gold Hill
Rowan County
Salisbury
Walter George Newman
New York
B.B. Miller
New Yorker
A. A. Bost
China Grove Township
Frank Saffit
Concord
Virginia Obituary Roundup From Across the State
Obituaries from Leesburg Harrisonburg Fredericksburg Salem Petersburg Richmond Danville and Petersburg note Ida H Rogers Anna Rebecca Figgatt Benjamin Garrison Mrs L Phillips William N Friend E T Lacy James Brewer John A Price figures, ages, and survivors. The notices list deaths from August 18 across counties, with brief family details and Confederate veteran ties in some entries.
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Leesburg
Misa Ida H. Rogers
Dover
Lucy Hayes
Benjamin Garrison
Onville
Stafford County
Salem
L. Phillips
Jefferson Hospital
Roanoke
Charles J. Phillips
Petersburg
William N. Friend
Alfred Friend
Richmond
E. T. Lacy
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Danville
James Brewer
Goldsboro
N. C
John A. Price
National Mercantile Agencies elects officers in Richmond
In Richmond on August 18 the National Association of Mercantile Agencies elected Wm. H. Burr of Rochester as president. H. A. Appling of Louisville was named first vice president, C. O. Wilcox of New Orleans second vice president, and Wm. P. Thompson of New York as secretary. Minneapolis was selected as the next meeting site.
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Richmond
National Association of Mercantile Agencies
Wm. H. Burr
Rochester
N. Y
H. A. Appling
Louisville, Ky
C. O. Wilcox
New Orleans
Wm. P. Thompson
New York
Minneapolis
Indorser Arrested for Threatening to Shoot Farther
Moorefield West Virginia August 1 P J J Walker of Hardy county is under arrest for threatening to shoot John Miley and his son. Walker indorsed a 900 note held by a Moorefield bank and, after being told the note would fall due, allegedly waylaid the Mileys on their return from Virginia. He reportedly restrained them with a double barrel shotgun and demanded money.
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Maker and Son
Washington Post
Moorefield
W. Va
Miley
Virginia
Staunton Stabilizes After Land Cave Collapse
Staunton Virginia, August 18 report that councils committees will pump water from the fire house cave under the town to reveal rock foundations and a narrow chasm. Officials say no further trouble is feared and normal business has resumed.
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Staunton
Bride Charged With Theft as Court Criticizes Husband
Special to The Washington Post from Rockville Md Aug 18 Mrs Norman Belt of Gaithersburg was arraigned in police court on larceny accusations by her husband. Justice Reading refused to try the case and condemned the husband’s action in having his wife arrested, noting the public indignation in Gaithersburg where she is well regarded.
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Washington Post
Rockville
Norman Belt
Gaithersburg
Reading
Galthersburg
Griffin Arrested After Baileys Killing Near Wilson N C
Zeb Griffin, hunted by a posse after the killing of Calvin Thorna in Old Fields township, was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Land in Midlesex and brought to Wilson. He had fled to Norfolk and returned to Baileys to collect dues from the Norfolk and Southern, where he worked at the time of the tragedy.
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Washington Post
Wilson
N. C
Baileys
Norfolk and Southern
Zeb Griffin
Calvin Thorna
Old Fields Township
Land
North County
Midlesex
Griffin
Norfolk
Poison for preacher's horse in Maryland
In Hagerstown Maryland a suspected poisoning of Rev J J Minmeyers horse was uncovered when a bag of paris green was found in the stable trough. Minmeyer, recently deposed as Grindstone Hill Lutheran Church pastor after charges were brought, was exonerated on those charges.
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Washington Post
Hagerstown
J. J. Minmeyer
Grindstone Hill Lutheran Church
Paris Green
Minmeyer
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