Taft Stump Tour Aims at Virginians Amid Ohio Debate
Weat Virginia dispatch says Taft arrives in Hot Springs to answer Bryan on people rule and critique trusts while urging independent Southern voters. West Virginia delegate chairman Edwards touts Taft safe in the state and notes party pressure to campaign in Ohio. A Cincinnati horse bid headlines Edwards’s interview as the Taft campaign eyeing a powerful mount.
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Ohio
Senator Foraker
Hot Springs
Taft
Bryan
South
Watt
Cincinnati
New York
Indiana
Rhode Island
Iam
Vermont
Issours
West Virginia
William S. Edwards
Charleston
W Va
Virginia
Baltimore
Maryland
Virgina
Fraud in Campaign Buttons Fraud in Campaign Buttons
Thousands of Democratic campaign buttons from 1896 and 1900 have allegedly been sold in Brooklyn shops, netting about 5000 dollars for the organizers. The fake pins show Bryan with Sewell and Bryan with Stevenson, but lack names under the portraits, misleading shopkeepers unaware of the impersonation.
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New York
Brooklyn
Bryan
Sewell
Stevenson
iKern
Offer Big Horses for Taft Campaign
General Clarshe of the insular affairs bureau is receiving daily letters from horse owners offering mounts for William H. Taft, the Republican presidential candidate. The letters stem from a widely printed report that Edwards has been commissioned to purchase horses for the candidate.
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St Am
Edwards
Clarshe IL Eiwards
Durraw of
Insular Affairs
Ietters
William H. ‘Att
Iidwards
Notice of Marriage and Death Notices Across Newspapers
Notices announce marriages and deaths will be inserted in multiple newspapers at once with no extra charge for telegraphing. It lists newspapers including The Washington Post and several others such as Globe, Providence Journal, Buffalo Evening News, and St Louis Republic.
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Washington Post
Cinemnat
Ergulier
Pittsburg
Boston
Globe
Providence Journal
Buffalo Center
Er Herale
Herall
St. Louis Republic
Ad Plain Dealer
Flower Press
Work Times
Ienerpista Post Standard
Death of Mrs Barrett in Daingerfield age 17
Obituary note for Mrs Barrett aged 17 who died after brief illness at Providence Hosehouse. funeral from residence on Four and a half Street Southwest with interment in Congressional Cemetery. Invitation to friends and relatives. Funeral directors listed with several Washington, D.C. firms and contact details.
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Barrett
al Providence Hose
Puneral
Santtwest
Congressional Cemetery
Baltimore
Advices Support of Taft Adopted by National Christian Congress
The National Christian Congress Association endorsed supporting the Taft ticket after Rev. RB B. Robinson urged unity within the Republican Party. Delegates from 36 states adopted the address at Cosmopolitan Baptist Church, urging Black voters to back Taft and Sherman and oppose Democratic candidates.
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RB. B. Robinson
National Christian Congress Association
Cosmopolitan Baptist Church
Lincoln
Grant
Sumner
Garfield
McKinley
Republican Party
Brownsville
United States Congress
Wm. J. Bryan
White House
Benman, Vardaman
Jeff Davis
Arkansas
South
Southland
North
Association
R. D. Robinson
James Tillery
Tlarcy
J.” Williams
T Mobinson
MES
Eva J. Mouser
Bryan committee of 100 adjourns amid party splits
A Washington Post summary reports the Bryan committee of 100 in Bryan, Maryland, organizing subcommittees and debating a plan to launch a Democratic daily paper. Lloyd T. McGill's resolution for a pro Bryan newspaper passed, while George W. Yellott faced opposition over votes for Talbott. Resignations followed as factions clashed. Annapolis orders moved midshipmen chiefs W S Benson and J A Hoogeworff to the Asiatic squadron, effective Oct 5 for Hoogeworff. George Dunlap Potts, 43, insurance man from St. Louis, died at Frederick City Hospital after illness.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Bryan
S. Field
Lance
Lloyd T. McGillir
McGill
George W. Yeltatt
Baltimore County
Talbott
Yellott
Charles Fendall
Annapolis
W. S. Benson
Midshipmen
J. 4. Hoogeworff
Department of Ordnance and Gunnery
Naval Academy
Asiatic Squadron
Benson
Haase- Werf
George D. Potts
Washington Prat
Trefferick
George Dunlap Potts
St. Louis
Frederick City, Hospital
Bright
Richard Potts
Injunction Sought Over Arlington School Building Plan
Arlington County school trustees and contractors for a Fort Myer Heights project face an Alexandria County circuit court injunction after superintendent Clemente filed charges that the work uses obsolete plans, Morris as a contractor member cannot bid, and a bond indemnity by Commonwealth's attorney Mackey is unlawful. Hearing set for Monday at 10. The notice also reports a Washington marriage surprise and various city incidents.
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Washington Post Bureau
King Bartet
Alexandria
Arlington
Alexandria County
John F. Morris
H. Schuring
Alexandria ‘County
James BR. Clemente
Fort Myer , Heights
J. B. T. Thornton
William H. Palmer
Sherif Howard Field
Thornton
Mr. Clements
State Board of Education
Morris
Crandal Mackey
Commonwealth
Morris and Schuring
Clements
Preacher in Melon Trade
Special to The Washington Post reports Rev. S. M. Shipman, beaten by Mr. Carew, remains at Hurlock and preaches rarely. Shipman assists melon buyers and odd jobs while bearing gashes and eye discoloration, claiming innocence but acknowledging impaired usefulness. rumor says he may take up farming while pending church authorities hear the case.
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Washington Post
S. M. Shipman
Carew
Hurlock
Oscar Hurst
Shipman
Boy Kills His Father in Tragic Edgecomb County Incident
In Tarboro New Mexico township 113 last night a man Logan James vowed to slay his family. During the attempt he was shot by his 15 year old son and also attacked by an ox. He died later from the gunshot wound. Coroner Bass held the child who fired the shot and ordered him jailed.
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Tarboro
NM. C
Edgecomb County
Logan James
Bass
Burglars Rob Paralyzed Man’s Home Near Keedysville
Two masked burglars entered the residence of Jacob P. Blank an elderly paralyzed man four miles from Keedysville Md at midnight They knocked down Mrs Blank aged 7 frightened Miss Birdie Griffith 18 who slept in the house and escaped with 4 cash from a locked desk including two 6 00 bills and 60 in gold The burglars ransacked the house demanded money then fled after Griffith jumped from a second story window to raise the alarm Police tracking fresh footprints toward Eakle's Mills."
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Hagerstown
Jacob P. Blank
Keedysville
Held for Wife Desertion in Richmond
Richmond, Va. Atte. George B. Billet, living in Richmond four years, was arrested and to be sent back to York, Pa., to answer wife desertion charges. He is brother to a Portsmouth baseball team member, found via his brother’s letter. The wife alleges Billet left to elope with Miss Mabel Zortman who was with him at arrest.
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Washington Post
Richmond
George B. Billet
York
Billet
Portsmouth
Pennsylvania
Mabel Zortman
Hillet
Lord Reginald Douglas Weds Louise Hobbs in Virginia
The Washington Post reports Louise Hobbs, recently divorced from Lord Reginald Douglas, married Hubert Halloway of Raleigh after a whirlwind courtship and a desertion in Mexico. Douglas, long suspected of bigamy, is believed to have wed multiple women. Louise resumed Hobbs after divorce. An unrelated note: Allan Valentine, 19, was accidentally shot in Powhatan county. his brother Gray, 12, played with a rifle. Norfolk nomination for Congress went to Lawrence Groner with Roosevelt resolutions.
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Washington Post
Norfolk
Louise’ Hobbs
Reginald Douglas
United States
Virginia
Mexico
Texas
Hubert Halloway
Raleigh
Mra Douglas
Hobbs
Halloway
Lamberts Point
Lord Douglas
Louise Hobbs
Portsmouth
Douglas
Wrante
California
Mite Hood
Asheville
M. C
New Iberia
Tim
Washington
Richmond
Aus
Allan Valentine
Mann S. Valentine, “Jr
Powhatan County
Gray Valentine
Memorials Unveiled at Cedar Mountain Reunion
In Culpeper Virginia on August 20 a granite and bronze marker for Cedar Mountain fallen officers and soldiers will be unveiled at the national cemetery during a Confederate veterans reunion led by A P His Camp No 6 Culpeper Chapter Daughters of the Confederacy. Survivors of the Seventh Ohio infantry and Col Charles T Crittenden of the Thirteenth Virginia infantry will be honored in separate ceremonies in Cedar Mountain Chapel with Culpeper minute men and a Charlottesville brass band. A picnic dinner will accompany the day, with several thousand expected.
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Washington
Culpeper
Battle of
Cedar Mountain
National Cemetery
A. P
Daughters of the Confederacy
Seventh Ohio Infantry
Charles T. Crittenden
Thirteenth
Virginia Infantry
Culpeper Minute
Charlottesville
Milk Trust Hearing Postponed One Day at Chicago
Inter state commerce commission delayed hearings on September 7 for several milk trust cases involving Beatrice Creamery, Fairmont Creamery, Blue Valley Creamery and others. The complaints accuse Illinois Central Railroad and others of unjust discriminatory rates on milk and cream around Chicago and improper bills of lading for return free of empty cans. The Chicago milk supply is largely affected.
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Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
Beatrice Creamery Company
Ilinois Central Railroad
Fairmont Creamery Company
Hindis Central
Blue-Valley Creamery Company
Michigan Central
Fairmont Creamery Com
Pacific Express Company
Eee Gy
Health Office Record Deaths List City Hospitals
Health Office records list multiple deaths with ages and origins. Names include Harvey W. Jobson and Thoms Butler among others, with addresses and hospital affiliations such as Emergency Hospital Providence Hospital and Washington Asylum Hospital. The document appears as a compilation of deceased individuals and their last known locations, ages, and institutions.
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Harvey W. Jobson
Sherman-ave
Tin
Bail Brookland
Seer
Tohnson
Myrtle
Given
Naltie A. Hayden
Willison
Liond
Washington
Asyhim “Hospital
Pabigmta Johnson
St. Sy
Thoms Butler
Governipent
Ingane
Berryville Horse Show Ends Amid Tragedy and Trials
At Berryville Va on August 2 the final day of the horse show drew spectators despite a morning shower and cool air. Prince Hiawatha died earlier, casting gloom over the event. George Page fell during the hunt club class but remounted to finish third. Winners spanned Thoroughbreds, drafts, roadsters and hunters with J. M. Claggett Berryville dominating classes 4 and 22, and many prizes awarded to local stalls and riders from Berryville, Winchester and surrounding Virginia counties.
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Washington Foot
Berryville
C. BE. Clapp
Hiawathe
Hunt Club
George Page
Norfolk arrests falsely accuse double of murderer Strong
Norfolk police drop claim that a man arrested in Henderson, with tattoos similar to those of Strong, is the Portsmouth killer Police say the suspect is Oscar Perry alias Henry Smith, held for trial on criminal assault charges against Mrs Catherine Powell A special grand jury will convene for the Norfolk circuit court term
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Washington Post
Horfolk
Ag. W
Sienderson
Ag James
Strong
Winningder
Portsmouth
Tynen
Broughton
Norfolk County
Oscar Perry
Henry Smith
Catherne Powell
Express Agent Arrested in Covington Va Theft Case
Special to The Washington Fest. Covington Va August 2 T M Radford assistant agent for the Adams Express Company was arrested by Special Agent J I Scherer of the transportation department on charges of stealing 400 dollars from the company. Almost all the money was recovered. Radford said he did not feel in danger and made no attempt to escape.
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Covington
T. M. Radford
Adams Express Company
J. 1. Scherer
Transportation Department
Typhoid Scare Tied to Richmond Servant Howison
Health officers in Richmond and the county investigate a typhoid outbreak linked to Henrietta Howison a colored servant who works in multiple homes weekly. The case prompts clashes over case counts as officials seek to stamp out the illness amid reports of earlier infections and questions about local health statistics.
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Washington Post
Richmond
Henrietta Howison
Health Department
Lucy Smith
New York
Manhattan Island
Board of Supervisors
Walter H. Grant
Grant
Wife shoots husband in Finney tragedy near Honaker
In Finney near Honaker Honaker Va Aug 20 Edward Cook quarreled with his wife and threatened to cut her throat with a knife. The woman fired pointblank with a shotgun wounding him fatally. Cook dies. Several Cook relatives have faced violence. his brother Henry once served time in the state penitentiary for murder and was killed recently in Buchanan county.
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Washington
Honaker
Finney
Edward Cook
Cook
Henry
State Penitentiary
Buchanan County
Head of Schools To Resign As Anne Arundel Superintendent
Special to The Washington Post from Annapolis Maryland August 4 reports that Prof Harry B Wallis who has led Anne Arundel public schools for about two years will resign soon to take a position in the West. Neither Wallis nor school board President Melvin would confirm or deny the report. Wallis, an alumnus of Dickinson College, previously led Annapolis High School before his current post.
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Washington Postrannapons
Harry BR. Wallis
Anne Arundel
West
Wallis
Melvin
Dickingen College
Annapolis High School
Murder Charge Against Him In Harrisburg
Gov. Stuart honors a requisition for the return to Virginia of Samuel Johnson a Negro arrested in Philadelphia for the murder of Rhoads Watson on July 2 Johnson was moved to Philadelphia Special to The Washington Post Norfolk va Aug 40 see Overton 16 year old boy killed crossing train tracks in Norfolk four companions were with him Arthur Richard Thomas dies in Whar leston W Va aged 33 Mrs Bebie Minnick dies in Winchester Va at 28 David Myers of Jordan near White Sulphur Springs dies aged six A C Raeford former Confederate veteran dies in Buffalo Va aged 79 Walter Harrell dies in Nansemond county Va aged 55 regional wedding at Camille Christian Court street performed by Rev Dr William Jones
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Frank Hume Rogers
Clara Rose Bowers
Alexianavia
Washington
Willem Rogers
King Street
Claus
J. M. W. Claggett
Berryville
Richard Hoi
Handsome Boy
A. “Byers
Sammit Point
W. Val
Oplc
John F. Bell
Firet
Aurn
J. Mv . Claggett
Daniel T. Wood
Barney
B. C. Lovko
Buck
J. W. Bett
Bob Lee
Joan Gaunt
Fleet
Str
Scott Royer
John W
Carlisle
Betyile
Locke & Brother
Star
Topsy
D.lemon
C. Locke
Cameron
Keswick
Blue Ridge
Horkes
Royal Self
Bowles Brothers
Millwood
Asure
Charles B. Clapp
Kerryville
Vathind
Mica Matchtess
C. E. Clapp
Iva
Grand Slam
A. P. Osborne
Phyles Ericson
W. W. McDonald
Herryville
Madge Wilson
W. V. McDonald
Berryvilla
Beeler Brown
A. Bowen
Winchester
Gold Dust
George “B. Plaster
Bluemont
Vzen Clase
Green Hunters
Nadi
Rogers Brothers
Hamilton
Lightwood
George Zinn
Somerset
Tempest
Min Terry Dulaney
Upperville
Nightingale
William 1
Rogers
Leesburg
Raatrs Brog
Harallion
Glenwood Stables
Middleburg
Ham- Hiton
Alien Falls
Richmond
Willow King
Mt Allen Potts
Algoma
George
Zinn
David Gray
B. H. Weatherbee
Meswick
Rowrth
J. H. Weatherbee
Kunwick
Hariness
Patience
Helen Withers
Summit Point
W. Va
Trilby
Thomas
Rippon
Dot
G. BR. Taylor
Firal
Royal Swell
Bowley Bro
Aavond
Acme
Charles BE. Clapp
Mss
Matchless
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Gaddle
A Jody
Sarata
Julien Morris
Keachel
Lord Golden
Mig
Blair Janson
Warrentas
King Eaward
Bonner
Warrenton
Miss. Terry
Dulany
Clarke
Frederick
Werton
Panguler
Loudoun
Jefferson County
Segate
Thompson
Faronan
Val
Mount Miller
Ft. W. Smet
Witten King
Alten ‘Potts
Empress
George Zlun
Harrisburg
Stuart
Swanson
Virginia
Samuel Johnson
Philadelphia
Rhoads
Watson
Johnson
Washington Post
Norfolk
Overton
M. Overton
South
Norfolk and Western Railway
Virginian Railway
A. R. Thomas
Wharlestons
Arthur Richard Thomas
George W. Thomas
Tinsefty
Bebie Minnick
Joseph
J. Minnick, Jr
Baltimore
Winchester Memorial Hospital
H.H. Milton
David Myers
Jordan
White Sulphur Springs
Myers
Buffally
A. C. Raeford
Walter Harrell
Nansemond County
Dayshvers
Car
Jones
First “Baptist ‘Church
Lizgle
Christian
Camille
Court
Wiliam ~ Jones
Richmans
Mose Edward
S. Hutter
Nannie Langhorne “Hutter
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