Urged to Kill Police Better to Die Fightin g
Richmond authorities confront a surge of defiance after a Richmond negro journal, the organ of the Independent Order of St. Luke's Grand Council, urged blacks to resist arrest and kill officers if necessary. The Statesboro lynching and burning of two black men are cited as shock, with the piece warning that arresting officers may face fatal resistance.
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Organ of Negro Order
Statesboro
Richmond
Richmond Negro Journal
St Juke's Herald
Grand Council
Order of St. Luke's
Stateshare
Betig
Whisky at church meeting in Flat Top moonshine case
At Flat Top Raleigh County Deputy U S Marshal Dan W Cunningham arrested S W Wills age 29 and Miss Ella Pitman age 25 for selling whisky without license during Primitive Baptist Association. Hearing held before Commissioner Hudgins. held to await federal jury action. Prisoners were brought to Hinton and to Huntington for jail. Moonshiners around church used signals and shots to warn.
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Flat Top
W. Va
Washington Post
Hinton
Raleigh County
Primitive Baptist Association
United States
Dan W. Cunningham
W. Wills
Ella Pitman
Hudgins
William Sweeny
Will |Et
Huntington
Cunningham
Hightall
Former Sheriff Mullican Killed by Train Near Rockville
Rockville Md Aug 2 Salathiel T Mullican longtime county official and former sheriff was struck and killed by an eastbound train near his home on the Baltimore and Ohio line as he may have been returning for dinner He was about sixty and leaves four children An inquest was held this afternoon by Justice of the Peace John B Brewer.
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Mullican
Rockville
Washington Post
Salathiel T. Mullican
Arthur Williams
Baltimore and Orie
Here
Justice of the Peace
John B. Brewer
Son of Japanese Official Dies of Typhoid in Hampton
Sangi Ogawa, 22, son of a Japanese government official, died at Dixie Hospital Hampton after contracting typhoid while visiting Mathews County. He was to begin his junior year at Randolph Macon College next month and had planned postgraduate study at Vanderbilt before returning to Japan. His remains will be shipped to Richmond for vault placement as relatives are notified.
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Hampton Hospital
Washington Post
Newport News
Sangi Ogawa
Dixie Hospital
Hampton
Richmond
Ogawa
Randolph- Alacon College
Vanderbilt U"niversity
Japan
Mathews County
America
Indications of death by own action at Niagara Falls
A key and card found near the American falls say Good bye world water wont tell and $92. The key belonged to the Prospect House and traced to L. M. Halery of Charlestown West Virginia who disappeared two weeks ago, leading authorities to suspect he killed himself. Other items: Charles R. B. Stewart, Sussex County, faced murder and arson charges in Jarretts Virginia. Machinery at Commonwealth Tobacco Company sold in Lynchburg. Arthur Adkins home burned with child escaping. A row with pistol shots at a Negro Primitive Baptist meeting in Chatham. William Scarlett and Clara Mater married at St Peter's in Harpers Ferry. Hamilton High School principal Joseph W. Chalmers elected. Miss Annie Peugh and Mark McFarland named assistants.
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L. M. Halery
Charlestown
W. Va
Halery
Nrlestown
Charleston
Hamilton
Washington Post
Leesburg
Joseph W. Chalmers
Houston
Hamilton High School
This County
Annie Peugh
Mark McFarland
Alexandria News in Brief Firemen Party and Distinctive Local News
A Washington Post dispatch from Alexandria reports police arrested John Howard and a witness Betty Clarkson in a cocaine case after vigilance on dealers and users. Fire department members visited Charlestown and Bull Run Chapter members plan to attend Wellington for a Confederate monument unveiling. Also noted are local obituaries, family travel, and residents departures including Mrs. Yeatman and Miss Lloyd to White Sulphur Springs and Mayor Simpson returning from Atlantic City.
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King Street
Alexandria
Police
Bettis
John Howard
Washington
Ferguson
Betty Clarkson
Howard
R. Herbert
Frank Pettit
Charles Duffey
Lucien Duffey
W. L. Crane
R. H. Smith
Horace Allen
John Ennis
Richard Mansfield
L. Miller
Henry Posey
Charlestown
W. Va
Theitizens
Bull Run
United Daughters of the Confederacy
A. BE. Lee
Wellington
Groveton Cemetery
Manassas
Wiliam E. Arnold
Baltimore
William and Jane Arnold
Francis
Duke Street
Henry Strauss
Charlottesville
Phil Letermann
Myrtle
Irene Jones
George Pugh
Danville
Pitts
Pender
Fairfax County
Yeatman
Lloyd
White Sulphur Springs
George L. Simpson
Qunpror
Atlanticity
Genevieve Lurkett
Rapidan
W. B. Smoot
Magnolia
Mass
Maryland Obituary Roundup From Boyds to Annapolis
Obituaries and local notices from Maryland towns. Mrs J R Lillard of Barnesville dies after surgery in Frederick Hospital. Clarence Dronenburg of Clarksburg dies at Maryland General Hospital in Baltimore from Brights disease. Cromelin Lodge Knights of Pythias holds annual banquet at Cromelin Wall Potomac with Grand Lodge officers present. Gera Butt and Howard Butt settle an assault case against Ada Rickets Donaldson by paying costs. Edward L Needy, Hagerstown businessman, killed by a train near Williamsport. Lindsay Edmonds, five, nearly drowns at Little Falls, saved by father. Deputy Sheriff Small fights Louis Pinkney in Annapolis. Pinkney subdued, Officer Slightly Injured.
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Boyds
J. R. Lillard
Lillard
Barnesville
Frederick
Clarence Dronenburg
Clarksburg
Maryland General Hospital
Baltimore
Bright
William Dronenburg
United States Navy
Washington
Rockville
Cromelin Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Cromelin Wall
Potomac
Virginia
Grand Lodge
Col
Spencer ©. Jones
Whitehouse
Origin of odd town names sparks lighthearted chat
A Southern woman says she hails from Horsehead while a New England woman recalls Scitico on the Scantic, prompting playful disbelief. A Philadelphia Bulletin item notes humorous exchanges about local lore and a fortune teller joke about aging prosperity.
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Harpers Weeasy
New England
New
Woman Sole Heiress Receives William Weightman Estate
Philadelphia August 29 The will of William Weightman head of Powers Weightman manufacturing chemists probated today leaves his entire estate valued at more than 50 million dollars to his daughter Mrs Anne M Walker widow of Congressman Robert J Walker of Williamsport Pa She becomes sole proprietor of the chemical works and will manage the drug business and extensive real estate holdings. The estate includes substantial holdings in Pennsylvania New York Ohio Nebraska Delaware West Virginia Missouri and Wisconsin.
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William Weightman
Philadelphia
Powers & Weightman
Anne M. Walker
Robert J. C. Walker
Williamsport
Holy Name Fair Opens With Dancing and Amusements
The Holy Name Society opened a ten day fair on church grounds beside St Peter's Catholic Church drawing good attendance and plans for higher numbers later in the week. Volunteers including Miss Moore and a large female contingent staffed ice cream, confectionery and lemonade stands, with an orchestra for dancing and games such as a bucket pitching setup planned by W S Riley. A tug of war is slated for tomorrow evening featuring teams from local clubs and the Royal Arcanum.
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C. Peter's Catholi
Holy Name Society
Ireland
W. 8. Riley
William Gilbert
James C. Barry
Richard Casey
Miss Moore
Joanna Sullivan
Miss Wathen
Miss Morris
Misses Dove
Warfield
Lulu Warfield
Mrs. Mitchell
Missea Laura
Lucy Luckett
Oscar Luckett
Jala Hamilton
Alice van Gant
Rela. van Sant
Dooley
Charles Welsh
Eugene Chelnut
Bertha Petiit
E. V. Rice
Genevieve Rice
Lucy McKenna
Mary McKenna
Violet Tull
Catherine McKenna
W. S. Riley
T. Bean
William McMnahon
O'Brien
Gallen
Dowling
Kismet Council
Royal Arcanum
Pennsylvania Rounhouse
Discrimination Charged Against Southern and Seaboard Lines
Davenport Brothers & Co of Helena and McRae Georgia filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission alleging unjust discrimination in grain flour hay and canned goods rates by the Southern and Seaboard Air Line Railways. They claim Cordela and Wittgerild Georgia merchants receive undue preference and seek enforcement to halt the practice.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Davenport Brothers & Co
Helena
McRae
Southern
Seaboard Air Line
Ges
Cordela and Wittgerild
Umbrella pocket device invented by Minneapolis man
A Minneapolis inventor creates a twenty six inch umbrella that folds into an inside pocket. The steel ribbed telescoping shaft hides in a hollow wooden handle with a silk cover and a small lightweight case. The design promises portability and security from borrowers in public places. a novelty with potential fortune if produced affordably.
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Minneapolis
Platt Sings a Pastoral Poem in Owego Sketches
Brooklyn Times notes Senator Thomas Platt contributed a pastoral poem to Owego Sketches edited by I. W. Kingman and published for a church fund. The poem laments Peter Potter and the Potters lineage with humorous satire and archaic verse. It contrasts moral tales with comic portrayal of Pig Potter and ends with Death and a blessing.
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Brooklyn Times
Thomas ©. Platt
Platt
Hood
Saxe
P. J. Potter
Peter Ishmael Gamaliel Potter
Pig Potter
Berkshire
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