Appomattox River Freshet Devastates Virginia Crops
The Appomattox River rises rapidly as heavy rains flood Petersburg and Farmville regions. Bridges, tracks, and wharves are underwater, with extensive crop losses including tobacco, peanuts, and wheat estimated in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Frederick County and Winchester report severe flood damage, ruined peach crops, and embankment washouts along Opequon Creek, while Farmville cites ruined corn and tobacco crops from prolonged downpours.
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Washington Post
Petersburg
Appomattox
Tover Street
Third Street
Old Market House
Chesterfield
Farmville
Upper Counties
Atlantic Coast
Ino Natlway
Jarretts
James Iier
Winchester
Frederick County
Tharket
Opeqaon Creek
Heavy Rain at Bluefield Causes Flood Damage and Tragedy
Aug 4 report from Bluefield West Virginia notes the heaviest rain in years. Creeks swelled, damaging property. In Graham Virginia nine year old Sidney Stevenson, son of WH Quac, a Gary contractor, was swept away while crossing a flooded boardwalk. his body recovered about two hours later half a mile from the fall site.
Davis and Elkins Sued Over $50,000 Coal Lands Sale
In Parkersburg West Virginia Henry Casgaway Davis and United States Senator Stephen B Elking are defendents in an equity suit filed in the Circuit Court. They are accused of failing to pay $50,000 from a sale of 30 100 acres of coal land in Harrison and Lewis counties purchased from White Jackson Newton and Gilmore. The lands were later resold to the Little Kanawha Syndicate with the original sellers claiming the sum remains due.
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Washington Post
Parkersburg
W. Va
Henry Casgaway Davis
United States
Stephen B Elking
A. A White
H.C Jackson
G A
Newton
George Gilmore
Harelsor
Lewis Counties
Elkins and Davis
Little Kanawha
Joint Groundbreaking Ceremony at Virginia and Maryland Exposition
Norfolk Va August 29 Announcement that Gov Swanson and the Virginia commission will lay the corner stone of the Virginia buildings on the exposition grounds the same day the Maryland commission breaks ground for the Maryland State building September joint ceremonies will be the main feature of any held on the exposition grounds
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Norfolk
Gov. Swanson
Virginia, Commission
Virginia
Maryland Commission
Maryland State
Virginia Weddings Faravile and Danville Couples Unite
A Virginia wedding roundup notes Aug 29 ceremonies at the Baptist parsonage in Faravile and at St Marys Church in Norfolk. Miss Ella Harlin of Danville wed amid the family ties while Miss Susie Shotwell of Culpeper County and Miss Blaoche Pollan of Ford’s Depot also tied nuptial knots.
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Faravile
Raleigh
Gina
Faraville
Ella Harlin
Danville
Sere
Baptist Parsonage
Hamlin
Wro
Wira
J. Mo Hamlin
Fredericksburg
Susie Shotwell
JG Showwell
Culpeper County
Irite
Jeferson Q Frazier
Sperryville
Grimsley
Petersburg
Henry Woramar
Xorfolk
Werere Farraat
Misa Blaoche Pollan
UH OR Pulland
Fords Depor Va
Res
Wore
Norfolk
Eva McGee
Jamea P Farren
Seventeen-year-old Walter Yeager killed by freight train
In Charlestown West Virginia on August 29 Walter Yeager sixteen died instantly near Spring Hill after dozing on a railroad track with a companion Cooper. The two boys were riding toward town from Lincoln County and were struck by an eastbound Chesapeake and Ohio freight train. Yeager’s severed head and the others injuries were reported with Cooper escaping with light injuries.
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Washington Post
Charlestown
W. Va
Walter Yeager
Spring Hill
Chesapeake
Yeager
Cooper
Lincoln County
Cesper
Slashed by a Tramp Attacks Virginia-Carolina Superintendent
Lynchburg Virginia August 27 190? Lt Patterson superintendent of the Virginia Carolina Company was attacked by one of three tramps at the rural branch premises just below the city. The assailant slashed Patterson with a razor injuring his side and broke his nose with a punch. Patterson was taken to the hospital.
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Virginia-Carolina Company
Washington Post
Lynchburg
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company
Patterson
Jackson Named Again in Eastern Shore Congressional Race
Ocean City Aug 29 Former Congressman William H Jackson was named in convention as the Republican candidate for Congress from nine two counties comprising the First district. The campaign will be stirring in the Eastern Shore with Jackson pressing for party success and Smith canvassing house to house.
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Washington Post
Ocean City
Willam H. Jackson
Hasseto Shore
Jackson
Smith
Congress
Eggs hide wedding gown in West Virginia wedding
Special to The Washington. Winchester Virginia August 29. Mrs Jennie Payne a widow of forty five left Bloomery West Virginia with her wedding clothes hidden in a basket of eggs telling her seven children she was going to the country store. She wed Thomas Cassert at Capon Bridge after meeting him on the road and obtaining a license in Romney. The bride’s garments were carried to Capon Bridge where the knot was tied. Mrs Cassert was widow of John W Payne.
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Washington
Winchester
Jennie Payne
Bloomery
W Va
Thomas Cassert
Capon Bridge
W. Va
Payne
Cassert
Romney
John W. Payne
Mary Payne
Fredericksburg
Cordalia G. Brown
John Wesley Brown
Stevensburg
Culpeper County
Edds
Nanounen
Yellow Springs
Hempshire
Asa Cage
Cline
Capon Elver
Bla Wite
Two Virginians Arrested After Carriage Party Incident
Kiadelphia, Aug. 22. Three men from Virginia and local residents were sent to jail without bail as doctors fight to determine if murder was intended in an assault on a drunken woman found unconscious at Delaware Avenue and Pine Street. The victim, admitted with a fractured skull to Pennsylvania Hospital, had been aboard the pleasure launch Mascot. The suspects are William Carlin of Richmond, Va and Clifton Kitchain of Norfolk, Va, and a third man identified as Quigley. The boat party was led by Captain Harry Richards.
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Washington Post
Kiadelphia
Litsle Lister
Pennsylvania Hospital
William Carlin
Richman
Rank Quigley
Ys Clymet Street
Clifton Kitchain
Norfolk
Delaware Avenue
Pine Street
Craig
Second
Christian Streets
Harry Richards
Lauen
Lavor
Murder Suspect Arrested in Virginia Slaying Case
Special to The Washington Post reports sheriff Tickerson of Prince Edward County arrested in Emporia Virginia a suspect known as Railroad Bill alias Ha Horney a Negro believed to be one of the murderers of John Grubbs postmaster and merchant at Tuggles Virginia. The killing occurred weeks ago. Another item notes Tom Brown of Salisbury convicted of ten years hard labor for housebreaking. A third brief says Samuel Sisk of Asheville fell from a freight train near Davy Bluefield and died.
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Tuggles
Washington Fort Petersburg
Tickerson
Prince Edward County
Farmylile Waita
Bill
Ha Horney
Emporia
John Grubbs
Washington Port Salibury
N.10
Rowan Superior Court
Tom Brown
Brown
Washington Post
Bluefield
W. Va
Samuel Sisk
Asheville
Davy
King Horse Parade Opens Warrenton Show Amid Mud
Special to The Washington Post Warrenton Va Aug 29 weather dampened attendance as King Horse and Royal Regent impressed in harness and jump events. Patrick Howard and Patriot led single harness while Mrs Blair Johnson rode Robin Adair to victory in the ladies class amid a crowded field. King Horse tippy footing and mud marked the opening day as Jacqueline Wortham fell in the jump, yet Christine and Dunlop’s Navajo drew applause.
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Robin Adair
Mr. Wortham
Washington Post
Warrenton
A. Randolph Howard
David Tountop
Petersburg
Guana Marshall
Samuel Wortham
David Dunlop
Christine
Mr. Galloway
Dunlop
Blair John~son
Aelia
Indiana
Idaho
Randolph Howard
Miss Flynn
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Warrenton Hunt
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Groome
Senator J W Halt Dratt Hartes
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Queen of Spades
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Iamea Pickett
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Joly Boy
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Jack Tur
Oaks
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Fimat
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Qala Stock Farm
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Hale
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John W. Carter
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Secrend
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Dan
Banenor
Orke Stock Farm
Keawhek Hunt
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Golden Daria
Shenandoah Baptist session elects Dunaway president
The Shenandoah Baptist Association with over 25 churches in Virginia and West Virginia opened its twenty fourth annual session in Winchester with 200 delegates. Rev T S Dunaway of Martinsburg was elected president. J R Brown and Charles A Ford named vice president and clerk. D H Jones treasurer. Rev W W Wor of Page County preached the annual sermon.
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Martinsburg
Washington Post
Winchester
Shenandoah Baptist Association
Frederick
Clarke
Warren, Page
Shenandoah
Virginia
Jefferson, Morgan
Berkeley
West Virginia
First Baptist
E. E
Northel
Thoras D. Gold
Berryville
J. R. Brown
Stanleyton
Page County
Charles A Ford
Boyce
Clarke County
Missing Prince William man Hen C Tyler sought by friends
Hen C Tyler a well known Virginian from Prince William County disappeared from Perry New York on August 16 after resigning from Carnegie Steel and moving with his family to Perry He is 39 with dark hair and eyes and a slight build He wore a dark gray suit and black derby hat when he left home and may have grown a beard His family and friends have searched without success and fear he may be walking toward Virginia
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Washington Post
Virginia
Robert H. ‘Tyler
Prince William County
W. H. Tyler
Washington, D. C
Southern Railway
Ben Tyler
Bellaire
Ohio
Carnegie Steel Company
Bellafré
Carnegie Company
Bustnade
Perry
N. Y
Tyler
Rescued From Drowning After Refusing to Pay Fare
E L Manhan of Washington narrowly escaped drowning at the Northwest Branch electric railway bridge near Hyattsville Maryland. He said two men pitched him off an electric car after he refused to pay fare. Rescuers from Randallstown pulled him from the creek exhausted and soaked. He was taken to Riverdale and returned to Washington on the next car.
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Manban
Riverdale
Washington
Woman's Burns Fatal in Baltimore Home Incident
Special to The Washington Post from Baltimore Maryland August 29 1900 Mrs Ida Spiter wife of shoemaker Louis Spister residing at 1008 Fawn street was found unconscious in the rear yard with clothing ablaze She died at Johns Hopkins Hospital and a theory cites gasoline used while washing hair ignited by a floating candle A woodshed find of two half-filled gasoline containers and a candle stub supports the scene of the accident.
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Washington
Baltimore
Ida Spitter
Louis Spister
Fawn Street
Jénns Hop Iiay Hospital
Women Faint in Rush at Child Labor Permit Office
At the Bureau of Statistics and Information in the Equitable Building in Baltimore crowds formed as men, women, and children sought permits under a new child labor law. Several hundred queued for certificates. some bystanders were tainted and clothing torn, but no one was seriously injured. The law takes effect Saturday, requiring permits for workers aged twelve to sixteen.
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Washington
Joe Baltimore
Bureau of Statistics and Information
Equitable
chi@ren
Bureau
Not A Marriage Pact. Norfolk Girl Wrote Simple Agreement
Norfolk police released Barris Ba toose, an alleged anarchist, after an interpreter proved a Yiddish document held by the police was written by the girl and not a marriage contract. The document, claimed as a sole marriage agreement between Buydust and the seventeen year old Miss Friedman, indicated plans to become sweethearts and marry in the future.
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Norfolk
Wethington
Richmond Man Takes Laudanum In Newport News Spree
Arthur Andrew Simpson, a shipyard worker from Richmond, swallowed an ounce of laudanum in Newport News during a drunken spree. He was revived after medical care and cannot explain his act. The incident occurred today and he remains in hospital with possible recovery ahead.
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Richmond
Newport News Hospital
Washington Post
Newport News
Arthur Andrew Simpson
Hichmond
KILLED BY FALLING POLE INJURES WORKER AT KEYSTONE
Electrician William Rector, twenty, of Honeker Virginia, employed by Evans Bros at Keystone in this county, died when a telegraph pole fell during line construction to Peerless mines. Separate item notes Ellen Wilson and Lawrence Wilson Jr marrying in Woodside and Chicago before honeymoon. Virginia couple Miss Jennie Spencer of Roanoke and Christian L Fridinger of Martinsburg wed in Hagerstown.
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Hinton
W. Va
William Rector
Honeker
Evans Bros
Keystone
Walte
Peerless
Washington Post
Rockville
Ellen Wilson
Sélma D. Wilson
Woodside
This County
Ata
Lawrence Wilson, Jr
Noee
Chicago
Washington unions celebrate Labor Day with big outing
Central Labor Union plans Luna Park event with 20000 complimentary tickets for 80 plus represented unions. 11 am start features 200 yard dash and various athletic events, followed by ball games between Government Printing Office and Navy Yard teams. Evening dancing and prizes planned at pavilion.
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Navy Yard
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Berhans
Webb
Hartnett
Lutramboir
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Milford Spohn
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J FL McCarthy
George Adamu
Ia Clair
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da Clatt
C E McClura
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O. B Alilson
J. G. Sehuildt
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J. B. Dickman
J. Colpota
J. P. Metinness
Law and order—James I, Feensy, Chattmat
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Avalatanta
Carpenters
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
River View
Charles H. Ramsay
New York
Joseph Turner
Sooth
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Marquette League
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Marshell Hall
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Prisoners Released in Spiker Murder Probe at Strasburg
In Strasburg Virginia August 22 magistrate court heard John Sherman Maud Richardson and William and B Haxmoest Kline in connection with the death of Peter Spiker found unconscious near Baltimore and Ohio tracks at Cedar Creek bridge August 16. They were discharged for lack of evidence. Spiker's death is considered a murder by authorities.
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Strasburg
Washington
Peter
Spiker
Baltimore and Ohio
Cedar Creek Bridge
John Sherman
Maud Richardson
William and
Bhaxmoest Kline
Armen § 3
Hove
Rte
Death by own action over love affair in Pocahontas
Mary Wyatt of Pocahontas Virginia swallowed an ounce of laudanum at her cousin Mrs Gilson's home in Keystone this morning and died late tonight The tragedy is attributed to a love affair by local reports Special to The Washington Post Hinton West Virginia August 29
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Washington Poat Hinton
W. Va
Mary Wyatt
Gilson
Keystone
Self Inflicted Shot At Picnic In Cumberland
James Montgomery sixteen son of William Montgomery was handling a pistol at a Midland picnic when it discharged into his stomach. He was brought to the hospital in critical condition.
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Cumberland
James Montgomery
Eixteen
William Montgomery
Midland
Merchant Slater’s suicide near Merry Point headlines in Lancaster
In Lancaster County near Merry Point Virginia B J Slater a merchant, 7 children, and wife left behind after he shot himself in a cornfield at about 7 am. A letter to his wife notes troubled business affairs and despair. His body found by his seven year old daughter. The incident occurred at his business location near Lancaster.
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Apecinl
Washington Post
Warsaw
J. B. Slater
Merry Point
Lancaster County
Dieb at husband's grave shocks Welch mourners
A widow, Mrs. Joseph Hyman, collapsed and died of heart failure while watching her husband laid to rest near Welch. The couple moved from Pocahontas, Virginia to West Virginia about six years ago.
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Warriington
Hinton
W. Va
Welch
Joseph Hyman
Pocabontas
Missing Elephant Queenie Captured After Liberty Run
In Alexandria a trained elephant Queenie from Lunda Park escaped and wandered southwest toward Clifton. Trainer Barlow and keeper Dick Richards secured her after a dramatic chase through pine thickets, suffering injuries but recapturing the elephant who was loaded into a freight car at the Clifton station.
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Washington Post
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Alexatsha
Queenile
Lunda Park
Alexandria
Quechie
Baltimore
Ohio
Queenie
Southern Railway
Lute Park
P. W. Barlow
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Toe Rose
Jan Young
Liberty
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Younig
Ant
Nedy Clifton
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Queene
Cuticura Remedies Work Wonders
A reader reports eczema relief after trying Cuticura products. After ineffective treatments from three doctors, theointment and Resolvent cleared facial scales, prevented eyelid irritation, and left the skin flawless. The testimonial credits family recommendation and expresses deep gratitude.
Threats against Willington steamboat man children
Willington August 22 B Warren a steamboat man received a letter threatening to kill his two small children unless he sent 125 dollars to a designated point and to be marked with a red flag. Threats of death were made if the letter’s contents were revealed. Police and post office authorities are handling the case.
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Washington Post
Willington
N.C
B. Warren
Siblings accident kills Gray County hunter in August morning
Samuel Carter, a young prominent hunter from Gray County, was shot and fatally wounded when his eight year old brother accidentally discharged a 22 caliber rifle he was carrying into the house after Carter cleaned game. The instant death occurred this morning.
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Washington Post
Gray
W Va
Samuel Carter
Gui
Carter
Northern Virginia Railroad Chartered to Washington Route
The Northern Railroad of Virginia was chartered today by the State corporation commission. The line would run from a point in Frederick County across Clark Loudoun Fairfax and Alexandria County to a point opposite Washington or Georgetown. Simon Martin of Snarrrows Point MA is president and William D. Allen is vice president.
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Washington
Richmond
Northern Railroad of Virginia
State Corporation Commission
Clark
Loudoun
Fairfax
Alexandria County
Georgetown
Simon Martin
Snarrows Point
Wiliam D. Allen
Man Jump Attempt On Brooklyn Bridge Ends In Hospital
A 26 year old man naming himself Mason Bacon of Raleigh North Carolina attempted suicide by leaping from the Brooklyn Bridge today. He was saved by two men who jumped from a passing trolley car and turned him over to police. He was later admitted to Bellevue Hospital for observation at Bellevue Hospital.
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New York
Mason Bacon
Raleigh
Brooklyn Bridge
Bellevue Hospital
Pittsburg Motorboats Win at td-das races
The Pittsburg Motorboats dominated the event with the Pirate, owned by WM Peacock, winning the free-for-all four teen miles in 8 minutes. The Vingt Trois, owned by James R Gullespie, placed second. The Pirate also secured the pup for best time while the handicap prize went to the Vingt Trois, with the Pirate second.
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Ata. Co
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