Son avenges murder fugitive shot by mine boss’s son
Special to The Washington Post from Bluefield West Virginia describes Frank Underwood, bank boss at Crane Creek Coal and Coke, killed by Sam Watson, a colored man. After the murder, Underwood’s son pursued Watson, boarded a coal train, and fired buckshot at close range, killing Watson as the train moved.
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Washington Post
Bluefield
W. Va
Sam Watson
Frank Underwood
Crane Creek Coal and Coke Company
Watson
Underwood
Young Underwood
Coaldale
Hae
Hoe
Kanawha Republicans Seek Harmony in County Ticket
Republican factions Dawson and Hall in Kanawha County meet in Charleston with aim to unify the November slate. Plan calls for withdrawing nominees on both sides to form a single ticket while ongoing talks continue into the next day with no decisive result yet.
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Washington Post
Charleston
W. Va
Kanawha County
Dawson
Hall
All Bills Become Laws in West Virginia Special Session
Charleston August 25 all bills passed by the special session have either received Governor White's approval or will become law without a veto. Twenty four measures passed both houses and will become law as time prescribes. Printing clerks are preparing the acts for publication and advance copies are expected soon.
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Washington Post
Charleston
W Va
Gow White
Fire at Naval Academy threatens new quarters
Fire at the Naval Academy in Annapolis seriously endangered the new midshipmen’s quarters as asphaltum and tar paper burned near the west building. The exterior stone structure was damaged though the building itself did not catch fire. Reports from nearby cities mention July 25 and August 25 datelines with various local incidents and speeches at fairs, including Democratic Day coverage and other unrelated criminal reports.
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Washington Post
Annapolis
Midshipmen
Naval Academy
Trouble at Salem Girls Industrial School Sparks Probe
A sixteen year old girl escaped from the Salem Girls Industrial School and was found on Hughes River near West Union. Police say several persons are implicated and the institution plans to prosecute those involved. Sensational developments are expected as investigations target residents of West Union and nearby areas.
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Washington Post
Clarksburg
Salem
Hughes River
West Union
Sveral
Slot Machine Decision In Annapolis Case
Justice Charles G Feldmeyer ruled for Joseph W Trautwein in The City of Annapolis versus Trautwein over a slot machine sale of Smallee without a license. The charter lacks council authority to impose the license and the ordinance would be a double tax and targeted at gambling machines, not the device cited.
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Annapolis
Joseph W. Trautwein
Washington Post
Charles G. Feldmeyer
Italian boy killed by railroad blast near Hagerstown
An unidentified Italian boy about fourteen, employed on the Cherry Run Cumberland extension of the Western Maryland Railroad, was instantly killed by a blast at 9 o'clock last night. He left his camp for water and was within a few feet of the blast when the explosion occurred, struck on the right side of the head. The body was taken to Tanback and buried.
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Washington Post
Hagerstown
Cherry Run
Cumberland
Western Maryland
Tancack
State Trade Board Meets in Norfolk Amid Agenda to Admit Isolated Districts
The State Board of Trade convened in Norfolk after an illness delay with about thirty delegates from Virginia’s principal cities. A key vote amended the constitution to allow individuals and firms in isolated districts to join, plus debates on a transportation claims bureau and a possible mass meeting of shippers. The Retail Furniture Dealers’ Association adjourned to meet next year, and local notices report Kathleen Whitt’s arm amputation after a horseback accident and wheat prices at $1.60 per bushel amid optimistic farmers.
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Washington Post
Norfolk
State Board of Trade
Virginia Beach
Priddy
Virginia
Virginia Club
Washington Rose
Richmond
Retail Furniture Dealers’ Association
Robert Strother
Lanchburg
A. Thurman
Roanoke
North Carolina Association
J. M. Handley
J. A. Gilmore
Opie defies Dems over $300 primary fee in Virginia
Capt. John N Opie of Staunton, running as an independent for Congress, challenges the Tenth district Democratic committee after they set a $300 entrance fee and a plan for primaries without notifying him. He questions proxy use, meeting notices, and the committee’s legality before demanding details and fairness.
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Washington Post
Richmond
John N. Qopie
Staunton
Clifton Forge
Conrmittee
Ople
Congress
H. ©. Flood
Flood
Button
Opie
Capt
J. Taylor Ellyson
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Mr. Opie
Echols
Capt. Opie
Capt Opie
Trust Company Sued Over Home Loans Scheme
In Wheeling on August 25 Justice Dunning heard Lawrence C. Gratz vs Standard Guarantee and Trust Company of Washington. Plaintiffs allege the firm promised loans for 3 percent annual interest to back home building, using a $1 per $1000 plan, but many customers never received loans and agents made improper contracts. Claims in McMechen and New Martinsville total about $25,000 locally. agents have vanished and the company has not yet filed a full statement.
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Standard Guarantee Company
Washington
Washington Post
Wheeling
W. Va
Lawrence C. Gratis
Standard Guarantee and Trust Company
Washington, D. C
J. A. Dunning
McMechen
Benwood
New Martinsburg
Gratz
Robert Waite
Justice ‘Dunning
New Martinsville
Wabash Contractors Sue Over Coal Lands
Rinehart and Dennis sue George J. Gould Joseph Ramsey Jr William and Guy Myron T Herrick and the St Louis Union Trust Company as trustees seeking 492000 by attaching over 50000 acres of coal lands in Marion and Monongalia counties for breach of contract related to work stoppage on the trunk line from Parkersburg to Belington then to Baltimore. Annapolis appoints Charles E Myers quartermaster sergeant of the First Maryland National Guard after his service in Company M.
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Washington
Wheeling
W. Va
Asult
Rinehart & Dennis
George J. Gould
Joseph Ramsey, Jr
William & Guy
Myron T. Herrick
St. Louis Union Trust Company
Littl Kanawha Syndicate
Marion
Monongalia
Wabash
Parkersburg
Belington
Baltimore
Washington Post
Annapolis
Charles E. Myers
Maryland National Guard
Charles A. Little
I. Becker
Hugh R. Riley
M Company
Virginia Obituary notices from Petersburg to Roanoke
Virginia obituaries list Hunter W. Chappelle of Waverly who died after typhoid fever and had recently married Lizzie Bosseau. Mary Painter near Meadows, daughter of Dr. W. S. Painter, died. funeral at Presbyterian Church. Susan Ruffner, widow of David Ruffner, formerly Miss Crossman, died near Maribo ro, aged eighty six, leaves son Isaac Ruffner. Dr Oscar Wiley of Salem died aged seventy three after rheumatic heart attack. funeral at Salem with Confederate veterans attending.
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Petersburg
Hunter W. Chappelle
Waverly
Lizzie Bosseau
Holmes Bosseau
Tazewell
Mary Painter
W. S. Painter
Knob
Meadows
Presbyterian Church
Winchester
Susan Ruffner
William Barham
Muariboro
Crossman
David Ruffner
Ohio
Ruffner
Isaac Ruffner
Kentucky
Roanoke
Oscar Wiley
Salem
Deveriy
William Watts
Wiley
Jeinia
Bob
Sponsors and Maids Named for Confederate Veterans Event
In Lynchburg Virginia the Grand Camp of Confederate Veterans lists sponsors and maids of honor for the September 14 to 16 gathering. District by district names Richmond Heathville Newport News Richmond Petersburg Lynchburg Winchester Leesburg Goshen Bridge and Waynesboro are cited with sponsor and maid selections.
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Washington Post
Lynchburg
Grand Camp of
Getty McQuire
Blanche Morris Smith
Richmond
Alice Smith
Heathville
Emily Mayo
Hague
Maria I. Nelms
Newport, News
Luke Drew Barham
Newsoms
Bessie Lamb
Mary E. Drewry
Mary Cary Myers
Petersburg
Mary Stewart Buford
Lawrenceville
Virginia Alice Halse
Rocky Mount
Mary Verser Gravely
Danville
Kate Gwathmey Fleet
Pearl Tyler Ellis
Elston
Lillian B. Lewis
Winchester
Roberta Funkhouser
Maurertown
Alice N. Wise
Nellie McIntosh
Leesburg
Mary Graham Cameron
Goshen Bridge
Marguerite Worthington Frice
Botetourt County
Margaret T. Wilson
Norfolk
Mary Osborne Templeton
Waynesboro
Cornelia
Irwin McBlair
Anne Salley
Newport News
Susan M. Bouler
Wytheville
Florence BE. Davidson
Alexandria
Spensor
Mercer Forbes Crutchfield
Fredericksburg
Susie Mallory Bradley
Helle Hdwards Nash
Portsmouth
Katherine Massie Ryan
Nor‘Ok
Anna Deane Carr
Mattie W.baskerville
Cornelia Co. Whitmore
Annabelle Powell
Elizabeth BD
Adams
Amy D. Walpole
Janie Stemp
Big Stone Gap
Manola Gillésple
Tazewell
Bertie Sale
Fairfield
Garland-Rodes 8. O. V
Missecca Martin
Petersburg Man Elopes Twice Then Marries
James M. Titus, a Petersburg youth, fled with Miss Littan May Moyley from Kirkwood, N C to Weldon, N C. He obtained a marriage license in Halifax, wed Moyley with Rev Rose presiding, and returned to Petersburg for a large reception hosted by local friends. The Moyley family is prominent in Kirkwood while Titus hails from the city’s leading foundry and machine shop owner family.
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Petersburg
James M. Titus
Laurel Springs
N. C
Clara Titus
T. S. Miller
Titus
Kirkwood
Littan May Moyley
Weldon
Halifax
Miss Moyley
Mr. Rose
WB. Titus
Pitched Fork Accident Leaves Brother Critical
In Harrisonburg Virginia Newton Shiffett aged twenty ran a pitchfork into his brother Charles seventeen while loading hay on a farm near McGaheysville. One prong pierced the shoulder into a lung and the other lacerated the back. Charles is in a precarious condition as he receives care at the Burner's farm.
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Washington Post
Harrisonburg
Newton Shiffett
Charles
Newton
Jacob Burner
McGaheysville
County
Negro Employed on Railway Killed Near Clifton
A laborer named Walter Massey, about thirty, died at Alexandria Hospital from injuries near Clifton on the Southern Railway while attempting to board a moving train. Remains to be interred in Alexandria. address unknown.
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Washington
M. R. O'Sullivan
Frankin and
Patrick Streets
Lyles
Joseph Horseman
Ferguson
John Whaley
Prince Street
Lee and
Union Streets
Prince and Keyat Streets
Julia A. Sisson
Mathew F. Hicks
South Fairfax Street
J. A. Jeffers
Joseph
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Doc Red
William W. Brown
George L. Renner
Ama c Evans
Paul R. Evans
Blast Fatal to Woman at Riverside Blast Furnace
A furnace explosion at the No. 2 Riverside blast furnace of National Tube in Henwood Wheeling West Virginia injures three workers, one fatally. Victims Virgil Schuck Andy Scholovic and Mini Polinski. The blast ejects cinders coke and gas, halting streetcar traffic and covering the premises. Polinski remains fatally burned with others expected to recover.
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Washington Fuss
Wheeling
W. Va
Riverside
National Tube Worker
Henwood
Virgil Schuck
Andy Scholovic
Mini Polinski
Judge predicts end of hanging amid moral progress
Excerpt from the Newark News recounts a judge arguing that capital punishment will fade as society grows enlightened. He cites past executions and the brutal Tyburn scene, noting that only extreme cases of murder may warrant execution, while ordinary criminals should not be hanged.
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Newark News
Samuel Rogers
Tyburn
George Gordon
Greville
Wever
Authority and the moral life of parents for children
The piece argues true parental authority comes from consistent moral action, not loud commands. It emphasizes that children judge by deeds over words, noting many parents fail to live the example they preach while others, quietly virtuous, exert strong influence. It cites Scripture, urging honoring father and mother as core guidance.
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Charles Wagner
Hitle
Fragmentary medical note from Savannah physician
Fragmentary OCR text from Box 285 Savannah Georgia notes by W. Rk Newman. Mentions affliction marked by illness, medicine, diagnosis, and unsure route of treatment. Lacks clear dates, names, or structured medical details.
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Xhea
Savannah
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