Editor Nelson jailed in contempt over divorce article
Kansas City editor William R. Nelson of the Kansas City Star faced one day in jail after Judge Joseph Guthrie found him in contempt for publishing a report claiming a divorce lawyer influenced alimony and attorney fees. Counsel obtained a ten minute stay to seek an a writ of habeas corpus, and Nelson was released on own recognizance to await Wednesday hearing.
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Kansas City
William R. Nelson
Kansas City Star
Joseph A Guthrie
Jackson County Eitenlt
Nelson
Walsh
Bing
Star
Yates
Welson
Guthrie
Marriage notice in St Catharines lists Jobson and Lee
Married in Manasas on January % 1913 at 72 St Paul Street St Catharines by Archdeacon Perry W Fisher. William G Jobson of Morristown Devonshire England wed Mrs S M Lee of this city.
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Jobson—Lee
Manasas
St. Paul Street
St Catharines
Archdeacon Perry
William G. Fisher Jobson
Morristown
Devonshire
England
S M Lee
Multiple 1913 obituaries listed in brief notice format
Bridget Baldwin widow of Andrew J Baldwin died February 1 1913 at 53 ik street northeast her funeral to be announced. Bradly Celia Mudd wife of Joseph H Bland ford died January 31 1913. Arthur F P Kinnan aged 53 died January 30 1913 Asheville. Clarence Pittrough youngest child of Samuel and Julia A Tee died aged 18. Margaret Scrivener wife of James L Scrivener of Clarendon Virginia died February 1 1913. Interments and exact funeral details listed at various local undertakers and churches.
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Balidwin
Ik Street
Bridget
Andrew J Baldwin
Bradley
Blilis Bradley
Deal & Jo
Perlors
Glenwood
Meadowrove T B. Princetreorge County
Cecelia Mudd
Joseph H Bland
Ford
Hammond Court
Arthur FP Kinnan
Asheville
Clarence Pit4zrugh
Samuel
Julia A Tee
Sergt
Robert E Lee
Fourth Street
Fifth Baptist Church
Tow
Healf
Sixth Streets
Scrivener
Margaret
James L Scrivener
Clarendon
Conductors At Norfolk Southern Win Higher Pay Scale
Through Judge Martin A Knapp of the Commerce Court a new wage scale raises Norfolk Southern conductors pay by 15 to 65 percent. Blakeman and other conductors who did not strike earlier while mediation was arranged remain at odds with management. Engineers await outcomes and may seek Erdman Act relief. Strikers warned railroads have strikebreakers ready to replace trainmen if needed.
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Norfolk Southern
Knapp
Washington Post
Norfolk, Va
Martin A Knapp
United States Commerce Court
Blakeman
Social worker among 9 arrested at Baltimore strike
Miss M S Hanaw a leading social worker eight other women and about 50 male garment workers were arrested at Eutaw and German streets while demonstrating before a clothing factory. They were charged with parading without a permit. Hanaw and four others saw charges dismissed by the police magistrate. the remaining prisoners sought jury trials and were released on small bonds.
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Baltimore
M S Hanaw
Eutaw
Miss Hanan
ELOPERS OUTWIT POLICE IN PA TOWN MARRIAGE
Special to The Washington Fos Cumberland Maryland February 1 William Pflaum age 18 and Pearl Getty age 15 of Pittsburgh eloped to Oakland Maryland and wed after outwitting parents and police. Pflaum a machinist and Getty a telephone operator posed evasions, a telegram from Pittsburgh police halted the first planned ceremony, Pflaum bought Cumberland tickets then the couple unexpectedly married in Oakland.
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Washington
Cumberland
William Pflaum
Miss Pearl Getty
Pittsburgh
Oakland
Pflaum
Mrs Hanley
Locking up pretty cashier in Huntington cinema box office
Special to The Washington in Huntington West Virginia February 1. Miss Sylvia Morehead a 19 year old ticket seller at a motion picture theater was kept locked in the box office by her employers to protect her from intrusive young men. A maiden aunt Miss Barbour learned of the lock and notified Chief of Police Davis who ordered its removal. The aunt objected citing fire safety concerns.
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Washington
Huntington
Sylvia Morehead
Miss Barbour
Miss Morehead
Davis
McConnell Found Guilty in Virginia Murder
Paris McConnell was found guilty of murdering Nilgert Mead in Gate City Virginia and sentenced to eighteen years in prison. The killing occurred July 28 amid McConnell's unsettled mental state, and he is the son of Capt. W. S. McConnell, a man of high standing.
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Washington Post
Gate City
Paris McConnell
Nilgert Mead
Murder or suicide by sword in New York home
Louis Duryea a 27 year old man was found dead in the basement hallway of his home at 318 Fifty-second street. A blood stained sword labeled a revolutionary relic hung on the bedroom wall and caused police to favor suicide. His mother and sister discovered the body and initially believed heart failure. An undertaker uncovered a left chest wound and bloodstains leading to the weapon. Duryea appeared to have dressed after the wound and then died while leaving the house. He came from a well connected family and had been out of work for over a year, with despondency noted.
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Washington Post
New York
Louis Duryea
Fifty-second Street
Fourth Avenue
Duryea
Jennie van Brunt Duryea
Anna
Herbert Wyckoff
Undertaker
Third Avenue
Fay
Dittman
Burelars
Duruga
Buryea
Nemorrhai
Jacques van Brunt
Shore Road
Whistle Strangles Boy From Prize Whistle
In Cumberland Maryland a six year old boy Eugene House of Magnolia West Virginia died after a tin whistle prize from a five cent popcorn package became lodged in his windpipe. He was rushed by special train to Western Maryland Hospital where doctors could not save him. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Eugene House.
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Washington Post
Cumberland
Eugene House
Magnolia
W. Va
Western Maryland Hospital
Blacksnake Guards Farm Near Luray Virginia
Special to The Washington Fest reports a foot long black snake, as thick as a man's arm, guarding Griffith's plantation near Luray for years. The reptile keeps rats away and has been seen devouring grown chickens in the barn, causing local dread as mothers shield their children.
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Luray
Griffith
Sues to Have Brewery Sold in Hagerstown Case
The Fond du Lac Malt and Grain Company filed a petition in Washington County circuit court seeking the sale of the Hagerstown Brewing Company's plant to satisfy a judgment for 3001.51 dollars.
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Washingtonn Post
Hagerstown
Fond du Lac
German scientist aims for million dollar cure of New York minor consumption
Berlin reports the government asked Dr Friederich Friedman to halt his U S trip and demonstrate a serum claimed to cure phthisis before German officials. If tests succeed, serum use will begin in soon built sanitariums. Friedman planned to sail on the Mauretania and then travel to New York within a month to pursue Finlay’s offer to treat Rex E Pears at Saranac Lake.
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Washington Post
Berlin
United States
Friederich Friedman
America
Kirchner
German Home Office
Friedmann
Mauretania
New York
Charles E .Finlay
Rex. E Pears
Saranac Lake
Alarm for King George Health Worries Court Circle
Special Cable reports King George III health fears despite doctor and secretary denial. Monarch has a severe cold since Christmas illness, with frail constitution, chest weakness, weight loss, and susceptibility to weather changes. Queen Mary reportedly sent him to bed.
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Washington Post
London
Pasonby
King George
Prince of Wales
Wife to Sue 8 Belmont in Jersey City Elopement Row
New York February 1 An actress now Mrs Belmont files for separation citing desertion and nonsupport as she seeks large alimony. Papers to be filed this week in supreme court with service by publication planned after Belmont disappeared on a suspected vacation in South Carolina. Albert Lindner, mother and father supportive, offers to house couple if reconciliation possible.
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Washington Post
New York
Ethel Loraine
Raymond Belmont
Jersey City
August Belmont
Gosford
Belmont
South Carolina
Supreme Court
Albert Lindner
Raymond
West Virginia Legislature Approves Direct Senate Election
Charleston February 1 The lower house adopted a resolution ratifying the constitutional amendment for direct election of U S senators. The Senate has not acted.
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West Virginia
House
Charleston
W. Va
United States
Senate
Virginia Obituary Roundup Highlights Local Losses
Virginia obituaries from Christiansboro Winchester Harrisonburg Fredericksburg and surrounding areas report Nettie Hudgins Wood Harry Carr Baker Charles E Bare Mary E Blaydes and Nannie Coleman among the deceased. Antietam memorial speaker Col John McElroy from Washington to deliver May 30 oration. Retired Chesapeake and Ohio Railway official Capt Carter S Anderson age 63 to receive pension. William D Wilson falls to a tree accident.
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Christiansboro
Nettie Hudgins Wood
Henry A. Wood
Sheila
Webb Hudgins
Winchester
Harry Carr Baker
Samuel Baker
Baker
Harrisonburg
Charles E. Bare
Broadway
Rockingham County
William Bateman
Port Republic
Bertha Bare
State Normal School
Fredericksburg
Mary E Blaydes
Spotsylvania County
Goodries
R. C. Blaydes
8. C. Blaydes
Nannie B. Coleman
Spotsylvania
Frederickshurg
McElroy
Antietam
Hagerstown
John McElroy
Washington
Washington Post
Richmond
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Carter
Anderson
Hope for Peace Fades as Allies Plan Strike on Adrianople
London dispatches report Balkan delegates leaving the capital as armistice ends and war resumes at seven Monday. Bulgarian heavy guns shift to Adrianople while Venizelos and others warn Greece cannot negotiate peace while costs rise. Servian envoy Stojan Novokirich departs.
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Washington Post
London
Sofia
Constantinople
Ineonden
Saroff
Adrianople
Elatherios Venizelos
Streit
Venizelos
Balkan
Greece
Bulgaria
Turkey
Stojan Novoklrch
M. Vesnitch
France
Rechad Pasha
Montenegro
Janina
Scutari
Russia
Balkan Plenipotentiaries
Dareff
England
Near East
Boy Killed by Freight Car in Cumberland Yard
Eight year old Allen Clark son of William Clark was fatally injured when a freight car backed into him in Ridgely Western Maryland yards. He lost both legs, showed nerve, and died at Allegany Hospital after being rushed there. The incident occurred while he was near the track possibly gathering coal or playing.
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Washington Post
Cumberland
Allen Clark
William F .Glark
Maryland
Ridgely
Allegany Hospital
Poslam Promises Quick Pimple Relief and Skin Aid
An advertisement touts Poslam as a remedy for pimples and skin conditions including acne tetter piles salt rheum and itch. It claims rapid itching relief and claims Poslam Soap aids skin health for adults and babies with drugstore availability and 50 cent/25 cent prices. Free samples offered from Emergency Laboratories in New York City.
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Aell
Teaching Chicken Raising In Harrisonburg Schools
Harrisonburg Virginia February reports that scientific poultry breeding will be taught at the State Normal School and county public schools. Incubators and breeders will arrive next week to begin work as Miss Rhea Scott leads county poultry clubs and J W Kinghorne from Washington plans to implement the program. The Normal expects to foster an industry supplying eggs and chickens for the school. Fatally Injured by Locomotive in Spencer North Carolina February 11 W E Smiley Southern Railway brake inspector struck by locomotive and killed.
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Harrisonburg
State Normal School
Rhea Scott
Scott
J. W. Kinghorne
Department Ofgriculture
Washington, D
Spencer, N. C
W E_ Smiley
Southern Railway
Spencer
Harrisonburg Man Freed After Accusation Rests
Harrisonburg Virginia February 1 Henry Cuthbert Bryan the young man arrested in Washington and returned to answer a charge by Miss Vivian Leake is released with his bride, formerly Miss Leake, departing for Philadelphia to start their life together. Evelyn Byrd Dornin and Harry Latham Campbell wed at Court Street Methodist Church with Miss Dornin as maid of honor and Woody W Dickerson as best man.
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Washington Post
Harrisonburg
Henry Cuthbert Bryan
Washington
Vivian Leake
Miss Leake
Philadelphia
Lynchburg
Court Street Methodist Church
Evelyn Byrd Dornin
Harry Latham Campbell
Mary Rosalie Dornin
Woody W Dickerson
J. N Latham
Measles Fatalities Hit Staunton Ministers Family
In Staunton and Pendleton county Virginia a measles outbreak proved fatal for Mrs Siple after she and Rev Lee Siple contracted the disease at a December 2 Woodrow Wilson birthday event in Staunton. Her husband remained in critical condition as of last night. Both had been former Highland County residents. In a separate note from Franklin a state agricultural group named James Grasty president, succeeding Jacob Yoster W A Drinkard of the State Experiment Station, who spoke on spraying at the annual meeting of the Amherst County Fruit Growers Association in Staunton.
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Washington Post
Harrisonburg
Lee Siple
United Brethren Church
Washington
Staunton
Aumrusty County Fruit Growers’ Association
James H. C Grasty
Jacob Yoster
W .A. Drinkard
State Experiment Station
Association
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Nilson
Jackson County
WM. H. Sardo & CO
Cmealmers
H *R NG
Modern Chapel
Mealmers Chapel
Geo. P. Zurhorst
East Capitol Street
Zurhorst
Mer J. WM. Lee
Mit
Pennsylvania Avenue
R. F. Harvey
J. H. Small & Sons
15Th
Washington, Waldorf Astoria
Geo. G. Shaffer
Mary
Aéth and
I Sts
Blandy‘s
To-Kalon Co., Inc
Miss Harrow
Dresser
Blacksnake Guards Farm
Sue
Virginia
Rising Sun
C. CG
Fountain Green
Wiliam D Wilson
Alid
BR. Harris & CO
the Sewelsey
Grand Visier
Mahmoud Shefket Pasha
Roumania
the Young
Ars. Shop
Metropolitan Club
Young/Gas
F Street
Virginia Normal School
Misa Vivian Leake
Fruit Growers
Chevy Chase
Thomas J. Fisher Co., Inc
Chevy Chase Land Co
Raehi
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