Blood on His Shoes Accused of Neighbor Death in Hagerstown
Witnesses in a Hagerstown courtroom testified that Charles Barton, 81, accused of killing his neighbor Simon Lathelm, 75, was reportedly “flush” with money before the crime. The jury heard that the victim, a former local preacher, was found murdered in his home with head injuries and robbed.
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Hagerstown
Simon Talheim
Washington Post
Mad
Charles Barton
Simon Lathelmm
Tathelm
Patton Wisburn
England
Hymnerstown
Winchester
Attostul
Luheim
Ead
Dirkl Darton Talheims
Ting
Frank
Abraham Saltaman
Tgarton
Willam R Stude
Baltimore
Bartons
William B Littleton
Toom
Ong
Will contest over late James will sparks family dispute
A bitter dispute unfolds as heirs of the late James contend that a revised will after his death alters the original distribution. Witnesses support claims that the envelope containing the will was found, but the document may have been tampered with by the father, James Sr., while the siblings allege a prior will favored another outline. The case moves through the court as relatives seek preservation of the true testament.
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Pera
Washington Post
James
Charles Eo James
Aero
Wis
Jo Dakin
California
Fig Syrup Co
California Fig Syrup Co
Virginia Debaters Defeated by Penn University Team
In Philadelphia the University of Pennsylvania debating team defeated the University of Virginia. The Virginia debate argued that the Fifteenth amendment should be repealed. The result adds to ongoing discourse on constitutional rights and political reform.
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Virginia
Philadeptia
W Univeresty
Pennsylvania
Tomniversity of
Pennestranta
Notable Virginia Obituary Fragments From Staunton to Winchester
Blended obituary notices report the deaths of Dr J F Baas a retired private tutor at home in Staunton, and Faul H Heydenrich who died after surgery by Dr McGuire in Roomri. Robert Beverley of Winchester is noted as a leading businessman dying in Beverley, and Cal William R Denny of Stephens City, born 1823, funeral in Winchester with mention of his friendship with Mark Twain.
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J F Baas
Faul H Heydenrich
McGuire
Roomri
Lee
Staunton
Tom
Hudnall
Milas
Nuchusrhert
Coot
Capt Sones
Fortieth Virginia
Appomattox
Robert
Beverley
Loudoun County
Jula Duval
Baltimore
Winchester Dee
Cal William R Denny
Pekins Denny
Nashville
Tenn
Winchester
Mount Heuron
Col Denny
Stephens City
Mark Twain
Mr Clemens
Virginia Education Commission Holds Three Sessions in Norfolk
Special to The Washington Post Norfolk Va Dec 7 three sessions morning afternoon and evening conducted by the Co operative Education Commission of Virginia Gov Montague presiding at two sessions Attorney General Anderson attending a meeting of the executive committee Papers read included The Enrichment of Rural Life in Virginia and The Value of the Public School to Citizenship Educators from Richmond College Randolph Macon Woman's College and Washington and Lee University discussed public education higher education and the Jamestown Exposition Preventive Medicine in Education and The Outlook for Public Education in Virginia Dr George H Denny spoke on what higher institutions can do for public schools Bishop Randolph addressed the church and public schools Norfolk educational advance noted with remarks by Richard A Dobie W Boatwright D I Pulliam James Conger and others in Smithfield and Suffolk Virginia reports describe similar meetings and speeches by state and local education leaders.
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Washington Po
Norfalk
Co-operative Education Commission of
Virginia
A J Montague
William A. Anderson
Pr. C . Minchelli
Richmond College
Tate
Vuginia
Mitchell
W. W. Stetson
State of Maine
W. W. Smith
Randolph-Macon Woman's College
Wo H Manning
L T Royster
Norfolk School Board
JW Southall
the Press
the Public Schools
WS Copeland
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Col Vawter
Maller Manual Labor School
George H Denny
Washington and Lee
Bishop A . Randolph
Church
Richard A. Dobie
Norfolk City
Norfolk
State
W. D Smith
Scott
R . Stearns
State Teachers’ Association
Marine Kline’s Suicide Ties to Marine Corps Service
Special Washington Post report from Norfolk details the death of Leon T Kline a Marine believed from Portland who after a ten day home visit and despondency while aboard the Newark flagship at Admiral Sigsbee’s command took his own life in a boarding house. He wrote a note then shot himself. his body to be turned to naval authorities for burial.
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Washington Post
Norfolk
Marine Corps
Leon T Kline
Portland
Admiral Sigsbee
Newark
Issine
Kline
Elizabeth Ryan
Washington Rost Wa
Eorge W. Ammen
Overstreet
Ammen
Presbyteriam Church
Ammenly
Contests of Mingo County Democrats in Supreme Court
Five defeated Democratic candidates including a House of Delegates hopeful filed petitions with the Supreme Court alleging irregularities in the Mingo County recount. The court granted a peremptory writ to require the canvassing board to hear the petitions and act, or show cause why not, at the sitting.
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W Wahington
Charleston
Wo Va
Dee
Mingo County
House of Delegates
Pertiaans
Supreme Court
Day
Chett County
Ti Sach
Coon Hunters Fall Fatal Tree Accident
Jefferson Tose of Dickenson County and his seven year old son died from exposure after a tree limb struck the father during a night coon hunt. Rose, a separate hunter, was killed by a falling limb. the boy lay by his father’s body until found, then died from cold.
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Washington Post
Richmond
Jefferson Tose
Dickenson County
Rose
Svan
Ferry to Alexandria home capital in control
A movement to reestablish the ferry line between Alexandria and Washington seeks a joint stock company with at least 50000 capital. Prominent local and D C figures contemplate purchasing the Columbia hull and a new boat, after a license stalemate for the George Washington. A coroner's jury will probe the death of David Frazier as authorities pursue leads from the state chemist.
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David Frazier
Alexandria
Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Washington
Messrs
Wiliam FB. Smoot
Charles King
Samuel E Lindsey
T. C. Smith
A. D. Brockett
William A. Smoot, Jr
Columbia
Frazier
Richard Gibson
Frank Evans
A. C. Slaymaker
Edgar Warfield, Jr
John E. Trimyer
Robert Graham
Dally Jenkins
Jenkins
Edward Miller
Chusea
Edmonma Fleming
Church Students’ Missionary Association
Episcopal Theological Seminary
G S Mosher
China
J. H Deis
General Seminary of
New York
Q. S. Toloyd
Bishoy Roops
Mankuw
Dr. Roper
The
General Seminary
In Opposition to Talley Brotherhood Opposes D A Nomination
Republicans in Virginia rally against Robert H Talley for Eastern District Attorney due to youth and his brother in law relation to Judge Edmund Waddill Jr Republicans consider Edgar Allan Jr as alternative while Allan meets with Roosevelt. North Carolina finances show record high balances with large public school fund loans.
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Waddill
Speral
Washington Post
Hichmond
Virginia
Robert H. Talley
Richmond
Hugh Gordon Miller
Norfolk
Talley
United States
Edmund Waddill
Edgar Allan, Jr
Allan
Congo
Hs Party
George A. Hanson
Roosevelt
Virginia Weddings Across Counties in December
Virginia groomed by hearts and homes as multiple weddings take place in Chatham Hinesville Orange County Spottsylvania and Roanoke counties Dec 7 couples include Timothy Smith and Annie Davis Nannie W Pichrell Ryland Humphreys Leake Beirne and Tucker Shields among others in private homes Holy Trinity Church and at venues across Fredericksburg Richmond Winchester and Winchester. Notable couple Jordan Leake and Lisa Beirne wed in Richmond and Dr Randolph Tucker Shields and Elia Randolph Page tie the knot in Winchester with a later international voyage planned for the groom as a medical missionary. The governor’s mansion quarantine eases as Latane Montague recovers from scarlet fever.
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Fredericksburg
Ryland Humphreys
Leona Peyton
Spottsylvania County
J S Ryland
Partiows
Roanoke
George L. Smead
Bath County
George Schoen
Holy Trinity Church
Andrew Bela Venable
Mas A. R. Venable
Farmville
Addie Venable
Farmside
Selden Walker
Richmond
Suffolk
William G Saunders
Everett
Alice Lée Chapsman
George Dalian Chapman
Isle of Wight
Stuart Leake
Legh KR
Page
Lilburn
Ff Myers
Gardner Boothe
John Walker
Kirkwood Mitchell
Jugge
Daniel Grifman
William Josian Leake
Richard F Beirne
Virginia
Richard F. Beirne
Baltimore
Winchester
Christ Protestant Episcopal Church
Randolph Tucker Shields
New York
Misa Elia Randolph Page
Coupland R Page
W. Nelson Page
Hunter H. McGuire
Frances Page
C R. Page
Handolph T McGuire
Daniel B Conrad
W. Alexander Baker
Philip W Boyd
Walket Street
Shielda
Natchez, Miss
San Francisco
Shanghai
China
Southern Presbyterian Church
The Value of Charcoal in Health and Beauty
Charcoal is a safe purifier and absorber of stomach and intestinal gases. Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges are touted to improve health and complexion, purify breath, and aid digestion. A Buffalo physician endorses their use for gas, breath, and liver benefits. cost is twenty-five cents a box.
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Stuart
Buffalo
Baptists In Session In North Carolina Convention Opens
The seventy fourth annual convention of Baptist churches in North Carolina opened tonight at First Baptist Church in Elizabeth City. Rev. R H Marsh of Oxford was elected president. officers include J M Stoner Asheville and E F Aydrett Elizabeth City as vice presidents. Enrollment reported 48 members. Meeting adjourned to tomorrow morning.
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Washington Post
Elizabeth City
N. C. Dee
Seventy-Fourth Annual Convention of the Baptist Churches of
R. H. Marsh
Oxford
J. M. Stoner
Asheville
E. F. Aydrett
T. M. Arrington
Rocky Mount
N. B. Broughton
Raleigh
H. C. Moore
Chapel Hill
Walters Durham
F. H. Engegs
Maryland Obituary: Ewell Bogley Dies at 27 in Rockville
Rockville obituary notes the death of Ewell M Bogley collector of taxes for the Fourth district and son of County Commissioner John H Bogley aged twenty seven. He had poor health for years and is survived by his widow Misa N Rabbitt and two young children. Cumberland reports Floyd Mahany aged sixty five a Garrett County native and veteran hotel man died last night at Uniontown.
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Ewell M Bogley
John H Bogley
Misa Nettle Rabbitt
Cumberland
Floyd Mahany
Garrett County
Uniontown
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C. G. Sloan G&g CO
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Laura Smith
Hyatteville
Julius EK. Smith
Brandywine
Prince George County
Samuel Gilbert Townshend, Jr
Cheltenham
H. C. Parkman
St. Thomas’ Parish
Croom
Mamie Townshend
Robert W. Welly
Hyattsville
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Mamie Underwood
Accokeek
J. Hammond Tippet
J. F. Stigelman
Harrisburg
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Loudoun Lodge
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