Good Roads Rally Aims To Rebuild Bridges In Virginia
Saunders and Smith of Mecklenburg County visit Washington to press for road improvements. A Fairfax rally on September 16 will hear Gov Swanson and other speakers advocate better highways, with plans to organize concrete road and bridge projects across rural Virginia and surrounding districts.
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Culpeper County Farmers Back Broad Highway Plan
A Culpeper county farmers reunion praised efforts to build a statewide good roads system from Washington to Richmond. Speakers urged an immediate county road through traffic and noted counties funding road work via bonds, with plans likely for a fall bond issue.
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Suffragette Succeeds in Denmark and Downing Street Arrests
Eight suffragists were arrested during protests at Downing Street tied to the premier’s residence. Mie Westenholz interrupted a parliamentary session in Denmark, denouncing deputies over power and state affairs. In related news, 83-year-old Martin wed 66-year-old Samantha Nei, marking the county’s oldest marriage license grant.
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Births and listings merge in crowded city health office record
The Health Office record catalogs numerous births and related notices. Names include Henry and Florence Pounsterr. Fedorick W and Sea D Carroll. Lucy E Miller. Thomas T and Krelly Smith. Elsie Le Wheeter. Dan Margera Brewman. Hose Morrison. Marion Bo Musford. Charles and Annie Shanklin. Willam and Addie Hophing. Mary Carner. Audet and Bertha Motea. George Lockwond. Joye Crocker. various addresses and ages noted, with many entries flagging infants and family details amid scattered street and apartment listings.
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Berryville Horse Show Closes on a Grand Note
The Berryville horse show ends its third day with a large audience and smooth running events led by secretary Charles Mullikin. Mrs John 8. Goldsmith wins praise in the ladies driving class while Miss C herbon nier earns applause for riding. Keswick E H Wetherbee wins the silver cup for best run in the hunters class and Dr A P Gsaborne’s Grandslam secures multiple blue ribbons amid a strong showing of entries and prizes across divisions.
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Weather conditions and tropical disturbance update from Washington
The Weather Bureau reports a disturbance in the West Indies centered Thursday near Tinmines with a likely west northwest track toward Dahema. Forecasts call for tropical activity to affect the Bahama waters and Caribbean coast over the next 76 days, with fair conditions elsewhere and no major temperature changes noted along the New England coast or the Great Lakes region.
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Suits for False Arrest Against Hotel Management
In Newport Kewson Aug 19 Charles Deyter manager of the National Soldiers Home farm near Hampton filed suit against Chamberlain Hotel claiming 12000 dimes for alleged false arrest. Devier was arrested on a complaint of stealing silverware from the hotel and was acquitted. Samuel A Matlack Dead Spedial (9 The Washington Post Rockville Aug I Samuel Matlack one of Rockville s oldest residents and lieutenant commander of Ridgely Brown Camp Confederate veterans died this morning at Brigham age Surviving are two daughters Miss Agnes J Matlack and Mrs Vamie Matlack both of Rockville
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Pinchot Will Not Resign Says Forrester Price
Price expresses no resignation rumors are credible noting Pinchot’s long service and praised work. He declines discussion of Alaska coal claims, defends forest service role in protecting national interests and power site rights while resisting private monopoly and draws on public support.
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Divorce for Mrs Emery in Washington Port affair ends in name change
Mrs Mary T Emery, formerly Mary T Davidson, won an absolute divorce from Wilber Bosley Emery. The couple wed October 24 at Hoboken and separated June 2 after a publicized society romance. Emery was found battered near his home, details of the assailants remain unclear.
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College Reunion At Pen Mar Highlights Pellagra Case
Special to The Washington Post from Pen Mar Maryland reports an annival reunion of Juniate College Huntingdon faculty and alumni with about 300 attendees. The local medical note details a Pellagra case involving a woman near Mercy Hospital, with physicians and observers noting the rarity in the state and linking outbreaks to dietary causes.
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Former Martinsburg Mayor George D Whitson Dies at 71
West Virginia obituary notices report former Martinsburg mayor and renowned architect George D Whitson died at his home aged 71 from heart disease. A Perryville Maryland native who moved to West Virginia in 1858 he served in Stonewall Jacksons brigade during the Civil War. Surviving are his widow and four children. Also noted is former Councilman Dennis H Barry, a Martinsburg businessman, who died aged in his home of Brights disease. He was the son of the late Joan Barry of Williamsport Maryland and left behind a widow and five children. He was brother of John Barry of Baltimore and Thomas Barry of Waste.
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Republicans push for Baltimore city representation plank
Special to The Washington Post from Annapolis Maryland Aug 19 Republican delegates from Anne Arundel to the state convention in Baltimore back a four point plank for expanding Baltimore city representation. Local Republicans favor the nomination of Judges Forsythe and Brashear, renominated by the Democrats. Lineman struck dead by electric shock near Camden Station later identified as George Stoneberg of the Maryland Electric Railways Co. Married: Laura J Kerklan wed Churchill Drake at 8 pm in Petersburg.
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Wright brothers sue injunction asked for patent suit
The Wright brothers filed suit in New York seeking an injunction and damages from the Aeronautic Society of New York for alleged infringement of their patents. The case centers on a Golden Plus machine built by Glenn Curtiss and the Curtiss company, exhibited by the society, and purchased under a guarantee of freedom from Wright patents. The plaintiffs seek an accounting and destruction of infringing machines, with Curtiss to defend.
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Leading Woman Named Correspondent on Case Special in Washington Post
In New York on August 19 Leopold W Harburger was named to testify in the case for absolute divorce brought by Alice McAloon against William McAloon. McAloon discloses actor Andrew Mack. the named correspondent is May Stevenson under her real name Kate Humphrey, longtime leading woman in Mack’s companies. The McAloons married in Boston on December 2, 187, and have one child, Francis Aborn, born 18. The wife alleges the husband joined her six years ago.
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Rules on P. J. Shipments and Payne Tariff Flex
Acting Secretary Reynolds instructs San Francisco customs to deny Philippine free entry for shipments transshipped via foreign ports. The Payne tariff requires direct or pond shipments for free entry and sets duty on cigars and cigarettes. Customs will assess fines on transshipments and restrict passenger mail allowances to four hundred cigarettes tax-free.
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Arkansas sues five insurers for 900000 antitrust penalties
A Newport legal action claims five Arkansas insurers with a combined capital of about 156,990 UK entered a rate agreement on December 3, 1918. Attorney General Jerfers filed suit seeking penalties totaling 900000 under state antitrust law. The firms, all represented in Newport, allegedly formed a combination before the law passed and continued to dominate the market after enactment.
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Preaches and disappears in Detroit after sermon
A Detroit pastor, associate at North Woodward Avenue Congregational Church, vanished after delivering a sermon on August 1. The disappearance was disclosed today by a relative and follows concerns about possible distress at work.
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Virginia brief on election and local notes
Christiansburg voters approved a band issue by a 3 to 14 margin. RJ Wright recused by Joan Nimmo over a year old abduction case. A Bristol organized wholesale grocery company with $159 000 capital names CC English as president and J W Umstadtt as secretary. West Virginia investors show interest. Cipriano Castro, former Venezuelan president, left for Solares resort, seven miles from Santander.
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