Fire loss at Newport News shipyard sparks $30,000 blaze
Special to The Washington Post from Newport News December 26 reports General Manager Post of Newport News Shipbuilding announces immediate construction of a large fireproof structure to replace a frame and sheet iron building destroyed by fire yesterday. The loss is about $30,000, partly insured, and damage to the liner Jefferson is about $15,000. Injured fireman Edward Eddings is between life and death with a fractured skull and multiple injuries.
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Three Children Die in Fire at Heater Station Village
In Weston West Virginia a gas explosion at Heater Station last night killed Manley Singleton’s three youngest children, ages thirteen, eleven, and eight, in their room two hours after the family retired. The parents and two grown children escaped as the house and its contents burned, with walls collapsing and the village home destroyed.
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Bejar Town to Immigrate En Masse to Escape Poverty
Madrid dispatch reports Bejar, a 9,000 population town near Sala Wetaca, will migrate as a group to escape poverty caused by a collapse in the cloth trade. Several factories closed, hundreds out of work, local distress. Uruguay and Nicaragua offered free passage and capital to start new factories and were accepted.
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Notable Montgomery County Resident Dies of Diphtheria
Benjamin Canby Higgs, 34, a well known Montgomery County man, died at his home in Rockville after several days illness. Diphtheria developed as the immediate cause. He leaves a son, his father Reuben Riggs of Laytonsville, a sister and two brothers. He had worked in the District Commissioners' office in Washington for years and previously served as deputy clerk of the County's Chancery Court. A longtime Republican activist, he had been a sheriff candidate.
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Virginia Weddings Quietly Unfold Across Churches
A series of marriage notices from Frederickaburg to Winchester details weddings in December. John J Maria of Philadelphia wed Margaret Fitzpatrick at St Asry Catholic Church with Rev Coleman officiating. Rosa Garland Wilea married Raymopnd Lee Garright in Third Presbyterian Church with Misa Anos M Bland as maid of honor and Drewry Miles as best man. Nennie Jones Tigner wed Richart Randolph Norsworthy at St Andrew's Episcopal Church with Grace Tigner as maid of honor and Clarence Grim as best man. Helen Blanche Hoge and Edwin Youngblood departed for Washington for nuptials after being joined by Hoge siblings. Clauda Riegle and E E Smickle wed in Emmhiteptry. Frances Lee Reynolds and Ree C Almon Upchurch married in Burlington NC.
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ELOPERS ELUDE PARENTS IN RICHMOND WEDDING
Misa Lulu Moseley Ready, daughter of Mr and Mrs C B Ready, elopes with William Burton Hicks. They wed secretly in Richmond with Rev. Robert Forsyth officiating after donning wedding gowns under dresses. Father and brothers, trying to prevent elopement, were told to abandon their vigil.
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Emmett weds stenographer in Pennington Gap
Bristol Virginia December 26 Willam B Emmett coal operator in Southwest Virginia who was recently divorced from his wife married his stenographer May Myrtle Johnson the woman who testified as co respondent in the divorce trial The marriage occurred Christmas evening at Pennington Gap and the couple arrived for their honeymoon Emmett s former wife is sister of Bird M Johnson of New York president of the Melle Jacksonville and Kansas City Railway She becomes absolute custodian of her two children a boy and a girl.
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Jealous husband killed in Piedmont
Special to The Washington Post from Cumberland Maryland reports Joe Tistenero an Italian attempted to kill Raphael Angelotta over alleged attentions to his wife. Angelotta wrested the pistol from Tistenero and fired five shots, three hitting Tistenero and causing his instant death. Angelotta pleads self defense. he is twenty one and a prominent educated Italian resident of the area.
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Only One Girl for Him
Special to The Washington Post Work Pa Dec 26 Justice T A Carman of Row Pa a jilted bachelor by Miss Jennie Young of Hagerstown Md. Since word of rejection spread many charming young ladies have sent tender missives offering to mate his newly furnished home. Carman is not in a mood to listen to proposals at this time.
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Son shoots his father during hunting trip in Caroline County
Special telegram from The Washington Post Richmond reports farmer Oscar Filippo of Caroline County fatally shot by son Kla as they returned from a hunt. The shotgun blast struck Filippo through his body, killing a live turkey on his back. He was rushed to the hospital.
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Maj W J Armstrong Dead In West Virginia Fall of 1931
Maj William Armstrong veteran of the Confederate army and paymaster of the West Virginia division of the Western Maryland Railroad died in Elking West Virginia after a five week illness just hours after completing his sixty-ninth year of service with former Senator H G Davis He was known along the Western Maryland line and previously a member of Hoffman Staley Co of Baltimore He married Miss Frances F H Clark of Baltimore Fatally Wounded Huntington W Va Leander Galloway died from pistol wounds after a fight with Lucius Adkins at Midkiff Adkins was wounded but not fatally Galloway fired twice before dying Lewes healthsund Rockville Md Montgomery County Anti-Saloon League to meet January 8 at Rockville M E Church South Representative Littlesed of Maine to speak. sessions both morning and afternoon WF Waggand shot by son in law George Mizzell in Newport News Va. case continued to January 2 Lillie Earnhardt thirteen burned to death in Salisbury N C her clothing ignited by an open fire
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Maryland Weddings in Rockville and Nearby Areas
Maryland wedding notices from Rockville and surrounding counties report several marriages. Miss Efe Riggs Ray wed Claud Hobbs at the Colesville M Church with Rev B L Parrott officiating while Miss Lottie E Watte and Frederick A Jones married in Dickerson area. Additional ceremonies include Julian Thomas Winstree and Elizabeth Latham Cowherd at Richmond and Ruth Russett and Charles Myers tying the knot in Florence. The reports note the couples will reside in their respective locales.
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Man attempts suicide multiple times amid police chase
Washington Post dispatch details William Dowling colored, of Fairfax County Va, who twice tried to end his life by stepping before trolley cars in Alexandria. Motorman Davidson stopped the first car and Dowling was later restrained, tied hand and foot, and held at police HQ after a ten minute struggle with Chief Goods. Dowling, drunk, begged to be hanged.
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Virginia Obituary Notes From Dublin and Virginia
Obituary notices report Bart Radford a wealthy Dublin businessman and former Pulaski legislator died Monday night of heart trouble at about seventy leaving a widow and five children. Upshur Tucker Virginia amateur baseball catcher died suddenly at twenty seven. Virginia Gay Lassiter former Suffolk mayor wife of Columbus Lassiter died aged fifty eight leaving a husband two sons and a mother. Samuel B Pugh longtime Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad engineer died aged seventy five after months of illness. Mrs James McCambridge died aged thirty seven leaving a blind husband and a daughter.
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Mexican exile Felipe Juareguil shoots self in Detroit
Felipe Juaregui, 25, reportedly son of wealthy Duango parents in Mexico, fled for revolutionary ties after expulsion. He attempted suicide by three chest shots in Detroit, is hospitalized in serious condition with possible recovery. He had traveled from St Louis, aided a Mexican revolutionary paper, and left a Spanish farewell letter claiming ecstasies of love.
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Would-Be Citizens Tall A Record Naturalization Day
Special to The Washington Fuss New York December 26. More than half the applicants at the naturalisation bureau of the United States Circuit Court declared intentions of becoming Americans. A third reached six feet or more with Edmond Fritcher of Stelermark Austria topping them all at six feet eight inches as the tallest man to apply for first naturalization papers since the new law took effect last September.
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Doctors Must Know English Proposed license exam rule
Honolulu December 26 Hawaiian Medical Association calls for legislation requiring all medical license applicants to take mandatory examinations in English. Many Japanese applicants demand tests in Japanese, and current law is indefinite, prompting the proposal to standardize language of testing.
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Nobel Prize Papers On Way To Washington
The Nobel peace prize documents, awarded to President Roosevelt, arrived in New York aboard the Danish steamer United States from Copenhagen. Capt. Wulff, in charge of the steamer, transported them under orders from the American Minister at Copenhagen and they will be sent on to Washington.
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Train Derailment Near Defiance Delays B&O Route
Baltimore and Ohio passenger train No. 6 derailed three miles east of Defiance Ohio after spreading rails at seventy miles per hour. One coach and two sleepers jumped the track and partially overturned into a ditch. Only three passengers were hurt, none seriously.
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SAILORS FROSTBITTEN IN POTOMAC WRECK
Special to The Washington Post from Baltimore Maryland reports two crew members of the schooner Caspar Heft wrecked off Smiths Point near the Potomac mouth arrived in Baltimore. Capt John Dix and his mate were frostbitten and left at a village after rescue by a gasoline launch. They sheltered in the rigging during a sleet storm as clothing froze. two crew walked five miles in scant dress to the Rappahannock to take the Baltimore steamer.
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Santa Claus Killed In Train Crash At New Hill
Special to The Washington Fest Raleigh North Carolina December 26 A fireman in Santa Claus costume riding a Seaboard Air train was struck and killed at the New Hill station. Also a brakeman for Southern Railway was crushed to death in Danville Virginia yard incidents report. The piece blends multiple clippings including jokes and misc captions.
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Makes Charge of Peonage in Railroad Labor Conflict
Victorian era report details two violent incidents tied to railroad labor troubles. Firemen abducted from engines in Louisiana and Texas. alleged coercion of African American workers by Southern Pacific cited. Union leaders pledge cooperation to keep trains moving amid widespread operational disruptions.
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Charcoal Lozenges Claim Fresh Breath Promise
An old style advertisement touts Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges as a cure for bad breath and digestive gases. It claims charcoal absorbs odors from the stomach and intestines, improves taste, and even acts as a mild laxative, offering a free sample by mail before purchasing a full product.
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