Blackmail Rumors Linked to Ballantine Death at Edge Hill
Charlottesville reports claim Robert D Ballantine of Edge Hill died by his own hand after lavishly entertaining friends and paying as much as 15000 to three men accused of blackmail He had studied at Princeton and the University of Virginia and owned the Hallan One Brewery fortune His uncle Robert Ballantine of Newark died earlier at age sixty nine with his funeral to be private and his family sympathetic despite the scandalous rumors spreading from Charlottesville
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Money Demanded in Letter from Black Flag Society
Lonaconing resident J. T Miller, former Maryland Hotel proprietor, received a threatening letter signed The Black Flag Society demanding $1000 be left at a vacant Beechwood lot or face arson and harm. The postmark indicated Lonaconing.
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House of a Thousand Candles praised for mystery mood
Critics note Meredith Nicholson's novel The House of a Thousand Candles unfolds a tight enigma from start to finish. The Boston Transcript commends the atmosphere of mystery kept to the end while the Chicago Journal highlights Maran as the novel's daring heroine amid springtime outdoor life and romance.
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Rescue of Aragon Crew Offshore Near Kittyhawk
Norfolk December 10. Life-saving crews from Kill Devil and Kittyhawk stations rescued twenty one men from the stranded steamer Aragon which went ashore yesterday a mile from Kittyhawk. Aragon is high and dry with a damaged rudder. Goddard barge nearby is also high and dry with little hope of saving it.
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Murder at a Beech Bottom Dance in West Virginia
Daniel Lowrey was shot through the heart at a Beech Bottom dance after asking Andrew Norvert to leave for boisterous conduct. Norvert, who fled to Wellsburg, was captured soon after by Brook County sheriff. Lowrey had warned Norvert about his dangerous condition.
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Burglar Uses Chloroform In Frostburg Home Invasion
Special to The Washington Post Cumberland Md Dec 10 A bold burglary with chloroform aid was carried out at the Frostburg residence of Harry Williams Jr Entrance was forced and Mrs Williams chloroformed. The intruder stole an envelope containing two weeks pay for Williams and his brother. Mrs Williams was found unconscious and a physician summoned Her condition is serious.
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Missing nurse linked to sighting near Relay tree
Special to The Washington Post Laurel Md Dec 10. Misa Etta Hines head nurse at Gundry Sanitarium Relay disappeared days ago. The river at Relay dragged in vain. A colored woman reported seeing a hatless woman in a rain coat and white apron at the base of a large tree along the roadbed Friday night. The witness frightened, fled. Gundry examined shoes found at the site matching possible footprints as searchers probed woodland nearby for any trace.
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Notable Virginia deaths from Loudoun and surrounding counties
Special to the Washington 2 vo. Leesburg reports several deaths and a fatal hunting accident. Harry Compher, son of Mrs. George Compher, Colvin Run, Fairfax County, died from an accidental shooting by companion Connie Bready during a hunt. George E Cole of Fredericksburg died after a weeklong illness at forty six, leaving two sons and a daughter. Mrs. Jennie Eamich of Lovettsville died suddenly at about fifty. Miss James of Loudoun, mother of Harry Eamich, and Mrs. Ann Warren of Luray, widow of Abner Boon, died aged about seventy. Miss Letitia M. Burwell was found dead in Bedford City from heart failure. she authored Virginia life sketches. Funeral plans noted for several churches. Cadiz reports Spanish torpedo boats burned at Carraca arsenal, one casualty.
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Hotels listed by city with guest names across nations
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December Term Opens in Corporation Court Alexandria
The December term of the Alexandria Corporation Court begins at 1 o'clock with Judge L C Barley on the bench. A large criminal docket and several chancery cases will delay disposition until after Christmas. Indictments include murder, shooting to kill, burglary, and forgery. Citizens complain of ignored sidewalk code and improper enforcement. Funeral services for Mrs. Susan McCuen were held at 915 Queen street with burial in Bethel Cemetery. D J Howell elected secretary treasurer of Colonna Drydock Company. Mary Custis Lee visiting Mrs. Philip T. Yeatman at 220 North Washington Street.
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Soldiers of the Common Good in Everybody's Magazine
A Rus sell article highlights struggling English strikers turning profits into social goods. They fund education, life and property insurance, hospitals and business growth through self-supplied merchandise sold to neighbors. The piece notes 47,000 stores and over 140 million dollars capital in a broader social economy.
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City considers codified sidewalk law with daily penalties
Norfolk news notes a proposal to codify city laws and enforce sidewalk repairs with penalties imposed in Police Court for each day of noncompliance. The issue arises from dead letters in city records and calls for updating the outdated code. Rev. Dr. E B McCluer resigns Park Avenue pastor to co edit Central Presbyterian paper in Richmond. John Moody, 27, miner, shot in Frostburg dies after being shot in front of Monahan's saloon. Edward Welsh, 30, suspected shooter.
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