Virginia Republicans Gauge State Campaign Likely Gains
Richmond dispatch notes Republicans widen base in Virginia after recent primary. Gov candidate Lunsford Lewis and Revercomb set for Harrisonburg kickoff Sept 2 as Democrats concede GOP strength in the Southwest. Finance of the primary runs high with travel postage and newspapers heavily used to educate voters.
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Montague
Virginia
Claude A. Swanson
BE. W. Baunders
Franklin
Chapman for State Senate No Opposition in 17th District
Charlottesville Aug 27 Democratic officials unite to name John S Chapman of Stanardsville Greene County as the State Senate nominee for the Seventeenth district comprising Albemarle Greene and Charlottesville with no opposition and no primary. W E Maupin is clerk nominee. New county committee elected with district leaders named.
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Virginia
Washington Post
Charlottesville
Albemarle
John RB. Moon
Greene
R. B Pennington
George E. Walker
John S. Chapman
Stanardsville
Greene County
State Senate
Al-abemaine
W. E. Maupin
Chapman
Maupin
Scottsville
Jackson Beal
W. C. Thacker
Stvanne
Joseph W. Everett
L. C. Watts
Ivy
J. L. Wood
J. R. Wingfield
Witte Hall
Fox Hunters Lose Quarry In Maryland Chase
In Rockville Maryland on August 27 about a dozen fox hunting enthusiasts gathered at Hid mund Davis near Colesville to pursue two foxes with a county pack of brag dogs. Participants included John C. Bentley Emrich Juan F. Waltera Charles A. Clagett G. B. Chambers Howard Marlowe and others. After long chases the first fox yielded then a second, more spirited pursuit ended with the dogs returning home and a large social program at Davis residence.
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Reynard
Montgomery County
Portemen
Washington Post
Rockville
Hidmund Davis
Colesville
John C. Bentley
Mr. Emrich
Sandy Spring
Juan F. Waltera
Charles A. Clagett
G. B. Chambers
Washington
Howard Marlowe
George Gates
George Edwards
Horace Wilson
Wilson Johnson
Edmund Davis
James H. Howes
Mr. Davis
Martin Majority Challenge Over 632 Votes Contested
Norfolk reports a Tuesday conference between the county executive committee the Portsmouth city chairman and fusion candidates to review five large precincts where ballots were allegedly discarded by the Straightouts. Niemeyer claims 632 votes were thrown out to give his opponent a 42 vote lead while fusionists claim a strong Martin majority and a reversal in state results will emerge from a canvass.
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Democratic State Central Committee
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Thomass. Martin
New York
Virginia
Democratic Party
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Portsmouth
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Montague Wing
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Billisoly
Washington
Martin
John C. Niemeyer
State Senate
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EW. Owens
George L. Parker
House of Delegates
State Committee
Portamouth
Hymn stops panic at church stampede in darkness
An electrician used a stereopticon to flash a hymn on a dark church screen at First Baptist Church in Norfolk. The sudden hymn calmed a potential panic after two electric lines crossed during Rev Calvin S Blackwell's illustrated sermon, restoring lights and settling the crowd. Education rallies in Albemarle succeed. Virginia educators urge trained teachers school improvements consolidation tax raises and higher salaries with speakers including University of Virginia staff and local officials.
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Washington Post
Norfolk
First Baptist Church
de. Calvin S. Blackwell
Etereopticon
Charlottesville
Albemarle County
Ormond Stone
H. Bruce Payne
University of Virginia
el Vawter
Miller School
Robert Frazer
The
Southern Education Board
R. T. W.duke
George Perkins
Charles G. Maptis
BE. Reinhold Rogers
Joseph W. Everett
La Savoie to undergo dry dock propeller shaft replacement
The French liner La Savoie, 582 feet long with a 60 foot beam and 46 feet draft, arrived in Newport News from Hampton Roads and tied at a shipyard dock to receive a new propeller shaft after a shaft broke on the last Cherbourg voyage. The vessel measures 15 410 tons. The report also notes a Brown family centennial reunion in Cumberland and an indictment against Cherry River Paper Company for water pollution in Richwood, with fish and cattle harmed.
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Newport News
Hampton Roads
Cherbourg
Washington Post
Cumberland, Md
Cherry River Paper Company
Richwood, W. Va
Cherry River
William A Lendenan dies after long illness in Hagerstown
William A Lendenan a Hagerstown merchant dies after a long illness of a complication of duisies aged forty two. He recently returned from a Baltimore hospital where he was treated. He was a native of Lestersburg and married Catherine Weaver who with one daughter survives. John K Shaw prominent coal mining and shipping figure dies of urnemsa aged sixty. He was a brother of the late William L and Maj Alexander Shaw and supported charitable work including the Free Summer Excursion Society of which he was president.
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William A. Lendenan
du Ises
Beltimore
Lestersburg
Mass Catherine Weaver
Baltinore
John K. Shaw
Shaw Brothers
Urnemsa
Shaw
Wiliam L
Maj
Alexander Shaw
Beaten by Soldiers Quarrel Mysterious in Virginia City
Washington Post reports a deadly street affray at North Lee street Alexandria involving William Mankin wounded severely by Houston Burke and Lewis Sykes two soldiers from Fort Hunt. Burke fled but was recaptured on an electric train. Mankin remained in serious condition. Police detained Burke and Sykes for questioning as Justice Weston planned to remand them. Funeral services for Justice Beach drew large crowds. other local obituaries followed and a Circuit Court special session was announced to hear electric railroad damage cases.
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King Street
Alexandria
William Mankin
Alexandria Hospital
Eva Baker
North Lee Street
Houston Burke
Lewis Sykes
Fort Hunt
Ferguson
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Garman
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Wil
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Wettis
Arrington
Knight
Bethel Cemetery
James Miffleton
Commerce Street
Dr. Fisher
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Edgar Carpenter
Grace Church
John Harrison
James Jovins
P. F. Gorman
Friendship Veteran Fire
Charles F. Brawner
Eugene H. Brawner
Lower Cameron Street
Charles County
William Jetter
Cornell
Alexandria County
United States
Virginia Weddings in Charlottesville and Woodstock
Ernest Snepp of Augusta County married Cora Lucy Hughes of Alberene at First Baptist Church parsonage in Charlottesville on August 21 with Rev. Dr. John B. Turpin officiating. Bertha Miller of Strasburg wed Clarence P. Warner at the Lutheran parsonage with Rev. L. L. Smith officiating.
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Ernest
Snepp
Augusta County
Cora Lucy Hughes
J. C. Hughes
Alberene
First Baptist Church
Virginia obituary notices from Warsaw and Winchester
Obituary notices report L. H. Neal age twenty two dying near Muncint after a short illness of consumption in Muncint. Capt Job MN Cookus dies in Winchester after a long illness at about seventy. A Mor n County native, he led a company in the Thirteenth Virginia during the Civil War and belonged to Turker Ashby Camp, Confederate veterans. His widow and a son in Chicago survive.
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L. H. Neal
Muncint
Winchester
Job MN. Cookus
Morn County
Itrest Virginia
Turker Ashby
Hyes
Chicago
Death Ends Fight for Wealth Held by German Government
Mrs Mary Richmond, treasurer of the Matthias Hitler Society of Baltimore, dies ending her bid to recover a vast German estate. The group sought 350,000,000,000 held by Germany until Baron von Hitler heirs prove rightful claimants. Richmond was granddaughter of Revolutionary hero Adam Sceasnop.
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Baltimore
Mary 4
Richmond
Germany
Matthias Hitler
Adam Sceasnop
Matthias Yor Sitler
Shot boy for burglar tragedy in Wilmington
Mistaken for a burglar, Frank Hasty of Boston shot Wade Robinson aged thirteen in Wilmington North Carolina late last night. Robinson was the son of J. J. Robinson of the Seaboard Air. The fatal shooting occurred when the youth was confronted by Hasty who returned fire, authorities investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident.
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Wilmington
N. C
Frank Hasty
Boston
North Carolina
Wade Robinson
Gueiness
J. J. Robinson
Seabord Air
Boy Accidentally Kills FifteenYearOld Hunter Near Rockville
Nelson Cowell aged fifteen from near Richmond Va visiting family near Norbeck Md was killed when a companion's shotgun discharged while they hunted squirrels. Five near Norbeck with four other youths aged thirteen to eighteen witnessed the accident and carried the body to the Cowell home. The boy's body was to be shipped home tomorrow as authorities examine the incident. Special to The Washington Post from Lumberland Md reports a church reopening at Barton after renovations with jubilee services led by Rev William H K Curley and others. In Charlotte N C Elbert Albritton a young Negro was shot and killed at Kinston Harry Watson denies guilt but the coroner's jury charges him and he is jailed for a preliminary hearing.
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Rockville
Nelson Cowell
Richmond
William M Cowell
Norbeck
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Young Cowell
Washington
Charlotte
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Elbert Albritton
Kinston
Harry Watson
Will Dam the Missouri Power Project for Helena and Butte
The Helena Power Transmission Company awarded a $1,000,000 contract to the Wisconsin Bridge Company to build a steel dam across the Missouri River twelve miles from Helena. Remaining contracts follow within a week. The steel dam should be finished by May 1, with power transmission to Helena, Butte, and Anaconda targeted within ten months, delivering about 20 000 horsepower for Anaconda smelters, mining districts, streetcars, and heating.
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Butte
Anaconda
Washington Post
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Virginia Murder Confession Shocks New Jersey Farm Boss
Carl Zarble a 21 year old German worker on John Rambo’s Woolwich township farm in New Jersey confesses to killing Joseph Gentry in Gate City Virginia after a card game dispute. He said he fled to New Jersey where haunting visions of the dead man troubled him until he surrendered to authorities.
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Virginia
Joseph Gentry
Gate City
Scott County
Nelgon T. Jones
Jones
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Warble
John Rambo
Woolwich Township
Mr. Rambo
Justice of the Peace
John Davis
Zarble
New Jersey
Rambo
Pearl Barbie
Zarbie
Garman
Paulsboro
Scotty's Secret Out in Death Valley Hideout
Goldfield Nevada August 27 Walter Scott the rumored buried mine conqueror known as Scotty has been found in Death Valley near Bull Frog. A stamping ground of expeditions forms as Bull Frog townsfolk race to stake the area before his distant San Francisco arrival. W T Miles reached a chasm near Furnace Creek ranch revealing a potential Scotty hiding place with clues and gear left behind.
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Death Valley
Lady Mountain
Bull Frog
Walter Scott
Scotty
San Francisco
W. T. Miles
Furnace Creek Ranch
Fortune Awaits Her Heiress Widow From Fresno
Mrs Mary Kelly a Fresno widow with a small child has learned from Denver clippings that Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania relatives seek her as sole heir to a large fortune. Her mother died when she was four and she was raised by her mother.
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Wilkesbarre
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Mary Kelly
Denver Papera
Wilkesbvarne
Ternal
Denver
Michael Kearney
Pennsylvania
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