Son avenges murder fugitive on gondola car
Special to The Washington Post Bluefield W Va Aug 26 Sam Watson colored shot and instantly killed Frank Underwood bank boss at Crane Creek Coal and Coke Company. Underwood pursued Watson two times firing bird shot. Watson boarded freight train at Coal dale riding top of gondola. Underwood loaded buckshot, intercepted on Switchback, shot Watson who fell into car. Watson died minutes later.
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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 on County Ticket
Special to The Washington Post. Kanawha County Republicans, split by fear of losing control in November, push to unite factions. Dawson and Hall committees meet to withdraw nominees and form a single ticket, with another session planned to settle differences.
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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 governor White has approved or will allow without veto all twenty four measures passed by the special session. Printing clerks are preparing the acts for publication and advance copies are expected for distribution in a few days.
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Washington Post
Charleston
W Va
Gow White
Fire at Naval Academy in Annapolis damages exterior
The new mid shipmen’s quarters at the Naval Academy were seriously threatened by fire caused by asphaltum and tar paper near the west building. The stone exterior suffered substantial damage but the building was not ignited.
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Washington Post
Annapolis
Midshipmen
Naval Academy
Warranted forgery case tied to St Louis house and a Salem school
A sensational episode linked to the Girls Industrial School at Salem emerged when a sixteen year old girl returned after escaping on August 1. The search spanned Hughes River eight miles from West Union and twenty two miles from the school. She claimed several persons were involved and that the management will prosecute those connected.
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Washington Post
Clarksburg
Salem
Hughes River
West Union
Sveral
Slot Machine Decision Lets Trautwein Escape License Case
Annapolis Aug 26 Justice Charles G Feldmeyer ruled The City of Annapolis cannot license a slot machine sale of Smallee and dismissed charges against Joseph W Trautwein. He found the city charter lacks authority to impose such license and that the license constitutes double taxation. The ordinance targeted gambling devices only, and the machine cited was not covered.
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Annapolis
Joseph W. Trautwein
Washington Post
Charles G. Feldmeyer
Italian boy killed by blast near Hagerstown during railroad work
An unidentified Italian boy of about fourteen employed on the Cherry Run Cumberland extension of the Western Maryland Railroad was instantly killed by a blast at 9 PM. He left the camp for water and stood within a few feet of the blast when a rock struck him, crushing his head. The body was taken to Tancak and buried.
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Washington Post
Hagerstown
Cherry Run
Cumberland
Western Maryland
Tancack
State Trade Board Meets in Norfolk with District Representation
The State Board of Trade convened in Norfolk in annual session after an earlier July meeting was halted by President Priddy’s illness. About thirty delegates from Virginia’s principal cities attended as committees were formed, and a plan to admit isolated-district firms, individuals, and corporations to membership was approved. A bureau to handle transportation claims and a proposed shippers’ mass meeting were to be studied. the board plans to meet again tomorrow.
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Washington Post
Norfolk
State Board of Trade
Virginia Beach
Priddy
Virginia
Virginia Club
Opie Demands Clarity Over District Primary Rules
Capt John N Opie of Staunton U S A independent candidate for Congress replies to Clifton Forge district committee resolutions. He questions legality of proxy use and demands copies of rules and primary plan after being told to pay a $300 entrance fee and not notified of meetings. He accuses Flood supporters of snap judgments and alleges late notices and improper proceedings by Chairman Button and the district committee.
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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
Capt. Ople
Gore
Mr. Opie
Echols
Capt. Opie
Capt Opie
Trust Company Sued in $ Arguments Over Loans Menace
In Wheeling on August 25 Lawrence C. Gratz sues Standard Guarantee and Trust Company of Washington D C. over promised loans for home building at 3 percent interest. Plaintiffs claim no loans were issued and agents forged contracts. About $25 000 invested locally with many claims filed from McMechen New Martinsville Benwood and other towns. Company agents have left the city and the full company statement is not yet presented.
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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 Breach
Rinehart and Dennis sue George J. Gould Joseph Ramsey Jr William and Guy Myron T Herrick and the St Louis Union Trust Company trustees of the Littl Kanawha syndicate in Circuit Court of the county seeking 492000 by attach ing more than 50000 acres of coal lands in Marion and Monongalia counties over an alleged breach of contract on project from Parkersburg to Belington and to Baltimore. Annapolis appoints Myers quartermaster sergeant of the First Maryland National Guard.
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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
Virginia Obituary Notices Across Cities
Petersburg and nearby towns report multiple obituaries. Hunter W. Chappelle of Waverly dies after a long illness of typhoid fever. Miss Mary Painter near Meadows dies aged about seventy. Mrs Susan Ruffner of Roanoke dies at eighty six. Dr Oscar Wiley of Salem dies aged seventy three after rheumatic heart trouble. Funeral details follow, with Confederate veterans and Roanoke events noted.
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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
Lynchburg Virginia hosts the Grand Camp of Confederate Veterans September 14 to 16. The list names sponsors and maids of honor across districts from Richmond to Lynchburg, Norfolk, and beyond, detailing principal and junior honorees.
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Confederate Veterans
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
Titus-Moyley Elopement and Weldon Wedding Splash
Petersburg rings with a swift elopement tale. James M. Titus and Miss Littan May Moyley married today in Weldon after a license in Halifax. Rev Rose officiated and their Kirkwood families host a large reception upon return.
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Washington Post
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
Pierced Brother Loses Lung in Hayload Accident
Newton Shiffett 20 drove a pitchfork into his younger brother Charles 17 during hay loading at Jacob Burner's farm near McGaheysville Virginia. One prong pierced his shoulder into a lung and the other lacerated his back. he remains in critical condition.
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Washington Post
Harrisonburg
Newton Shiffett
Charles
Newton
Jacob Burner
McGaheysville
County
Negro Employed on Railway Killed Near Clifton
A thirty year old man identified as Walter Massey died at Alexandria Hospital after injuries near Clifton on the Southern Railway while attempting to board a moving train. He was a laborer on railway construction south of the city. Remains to be interred in Alexandria.
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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
Glover
Doc Red
William W. Brown
George L. Renner
Ama c Evans
Paul R. Evans
Blast Fatal to Woman at Riverside Blast Furnace
A blowout at the No 2 Riverside blast furnace of the National Tube Works in Henwood Wheeling West Virginia injures three men, one fatally. Virgil Schuck pedestrian badly burned may recover Andy Scholovic burned all over may recover Mini Polinski burned will die. smoke and cinders covered the premises and street car traffic halted.
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Washington Fuss
Wheeling
W. Va
Riverside
National Tube Worker
Henwood
Virgil Schuck
Andy Scholovic
Mini Polinski
Hanging to vanish from the world says judge
A Newark News excerpt recalls a judge arguing that hanging is cruel and will disappear from enlightened societies. He cites Greville and past riots to illustrate brutal sentences, noting only certain insane murderers may deserve death, but not by hanging.
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Newark News
Samuel Rogers
Tyburn
George Gordon
Greville
Wever
True Authority Shaped by Life and Example
The article argues authority is earned by conduct not title. It contrasts harsh commands with parental life that models behavior. True authority arises from consistent, upright living children observe, shaping youth before words or doctrine. It cites Scripture, stressing honoring father and mother as foundational.
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Charles Wagner
Hitle
Fragmentary medical notice from Savannah period publication
Disjointed OCR text from a Savannah notice lists medical topics and a boxed address. The readable fragment mentions a correspondence or advertisement by W. Rk. Newman at Box 285 Savannah Georgia, with references to medicine and treatment though specifics are unclear.
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Xhea
Savannah
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