Burglars in Belts and Clubmen Disguise Arrested in New Rochelle
Two well dressed young men were arrested at the New Rochelle station on burglary charges after a spree that saw revolvers, silvers, and engraved items stolen from homes. Mrs. George Atwood described a revolver threat during a jewelry theft, while evidence aboard the suspects included silverware engraved with initials and a claim of club membership. Police recovered jewelry pieces and identified items linked to other robberies, with one homeowner recognizing her silverware among the loot.
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New Rochelle
Revolver’s Point
New Flaven
George Atwood
Maodland Avenue
Ard Hia
Pitec
Ava
Louse Th Wises
James "Civier
William Harland
New York City
Mie
Georga Lyons
Beauchamp Price
Tockty
Fitch
Ohio Gov Harms Recommends Local Option Tax Measure
Governor Harms asks the General Assembly to allow counties to choose whether to tax mining and traffic revenues for state expenses or fund government by direct taxation. The message underscores public safety concerns from mine transportation and urges consideration of local option to balance budgets without excessive losses of life and property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov Harms
General Assembly
Fembly
Ohm
Unifhe
Mate tSeventy
Camb Tad ‘Toledo
Gox Harris
Mes- Bismas
Ibay
West Virginia
Tenneastganie
aAline
Ohie
Hartje appeals denied in famed Pennsylvania divorce case
The Hartje divorce saga continues as the Pennsylvania supreme court refuses to hear the appeal. Augustus Hartje’s bid to take the matter to the United States Supreme Court is blocked by lower courts. The case now moves to Pleas Court to settle custody of the two children and the alimony terms as Mrs Hartje pursues further divorce actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inmiy
Jon
Pennavihania Sippy
Fom
Surder Cout
Adistre
Augustus Harte
Pettsbury
Wes Munich
Hasing
Martje Wets Crhotis
United States
Maryscott
Shotunen Pleas Court
Hartje
Little Egypt Not Slain autopsy clears marks as postmortem injury
New York resident Catherine Devine known as Little Egypt was found dead in her West Thirty seventh Street apartment. Gas asphyxiation reported as the cause, coroner to review a physician’s autopsy showing marks on the body were from postmortem devices, not injuries from murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jin
Catherine Devine
Tittle
Egypt
the Dineer
West Thirty Seventh Street
Pardon Drive Aims To Save Caleb Powers
Citizens of Georgetown Kentucky mobilize across parties to urge a statewide petition to Governor Wilton to pardon Caleb Powers. The Georgetown committee includes four Democrats two ex Confederates and three Republicans leading the movement to every Kentucky county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Gearytown
Kent
Wilton
Caleb Powers
Kentucky
Death of Mrs Mary A Carter longtime Montgomery resident
Special to The Washington Post from Rockville Maryland Mary A Carter aged ninety two lifelong resident of Montgomery County died today at the home of her daughter Mrs J Maury Dove in Washington General debility from advanced age noted as cause Mrs Carter widow of Robert W Carter longtime Montgomery County register of wills Before her marriage she was a Miss Harding Mrs Dove is the only surviving child
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Washington Post
Tockville
Jone
Mary A. Carter
Mont- Bowery County
Maury Dove
Washington
Carter
Robert W Carter
Register of Wills
Montgomery County
Harding
Dove
Fire destroys Hancock Masonic Temple and two adjoining buildings
A fire in Hancock Maryland caused $25,000 in damage destroying the Masonic Temple and two neighboring structures owned by James J. P. Grove. Fire aid from Hagerstown arrived after the blaze began on the second floor of a clothing shop run by Abram Joffe. Joffe's family narrowly escaped in night clothes.
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Washington Post
Ock
Masonic Temple
James J. P. Grove
Hagerstown
Fale
F. W. Mish
Hancock
Abram Joffe
Wife's Death Accident Reported In Virginia
A coroner's jury in Lynchburg Virginia returned an accidental death verdict in the case of Mrs Bessle Markham who was shot in the breast while sitting on her husband’s lap during a playful moment. She was nineteen years old and left no children.
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Lynchburg
Bessle Markham
Eugenie
England
Egypt
Trance
Suez Canal
M Lesveps
Cairo
Stamboul
Tuileries
Moonligh
Automobile Crashes Between Street Cars Wrecks Car
Albert Faris and Miss Bessie Turney escaped instant death after an auto was crushed between two street cars on Clarendon avenue in Richmond. Faris suffered serious leg injuries with multiple cuts, while Turney endured leg injuries and deep bruising. Doctors said amputation would not be needed for Turney and stitched twelve wounds on her right leg. Witnesses described the ruin as nearly total, with both occupants lucky to survive. The car belonged to A Reid Chappell, oil company executive and uncle to both injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
St. Louis
Albert R. Faris
Richmond
Bessie Turney
Nashville
Tenn
Clarendon Avenue
Jaris
A. Reid Chappell
Chappell Oil and Forease Company
Unele
Faris
Miss Turney
Woman sought in mystery death near Huntersville
Special to The Washington Foxe reports Jack Duncan a 35 year old cotton mill operative was found dead in bed near Huntersville. Authorities investigate suspicious circumstances after he was seen Saturday with an unidentified woman whose footprints were found around his home. The woman has disappeared and Duncan was unmarried. No wounds were found. the sheriff will have his stomach removed and contents analyzed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
Jack Duncan
Huntersville
Duncan
Duncans
Jury Improperly Drawn Two Men Get New Trials In Roanoke
In Roanoke Virginia on January 6 both E Johnson and Robert Trice were granted new trials after the court ruled the jury had been improperly drawn. They had been convicted at the last term of second degree murder and each sentenced to sixteen years in prison.
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Washington Post
Roanoke
E. Johnson
Robert Trice
Winchester Couple Wed At Bride Home In Clarke County
Virginia wedding notice shows Jane Winchester marrying William E. Horner, a Winchester businessman, to Exoma Coleman daughter of Thomas Coleman of Berryville Clarke County. Rev J Harry Smith of the Methodist Church officiated at the bride's home today.
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Winchester
Jane
William E. Horner
Exoma Coleman
Thomas Coleman
Berryville
Clarke County
J Harry Smith
Methodist Church
Banks Resume Cash Payments for Tobacco Trade in Winston-Salem
Special to The Washington Post reports cash payments by Winston-Salem banks resumed today after a conference with bankers and tobacco warehousemen. Banks will supply 100000 dollars weekly for warehouse use, with premiums for extra funds if needed. Laborers will be paid in cash, no certificates issued.
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Washington Post
Winston-Salem
N. C
Jen
Virginia Obituary Roundup Reports Local Deaths and Marriages
Virginia obituaries from Fredericksburg Roanoke Suffolk and Winchester note deaths of Kate Hypckett Robert Helm William Startzman Susan Kelley Henry Rowley Samuel Webb George Gallener and Margaret Arm Spurr plus marriages of Adolphus Puller Ada Cox Susan Dotagn and others. Also mentions politics and Civil War veteran ties and a medical claim about Pazo ointment for piles.
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Fredericksburg
Kate Hypckett
D. Hroomé
Poindexter
Loulvn
Roanoke
Robert B. Helm
William H Startzman
Big Lick
Pythians
Susan Kelley
John J. A. Kelley
Buffolk
Henry Andrew Rowley
R. H Rawles
Suffolk
Frankill
Hite
Samuel Gibson Webb
Chuckatuck
Webb
Harrisonburg
William J Rmble
Stonewall District
Elkton
Michael Zirkle
Forestryilla
Gaither
Lecabure
George G. Gallener
Prince William County
Hickory Grove
Miaq Gaines
Loudoun County
Virginia
Winchester
Margaret Arm Spurr
James Spurr
Jealous suitors deadly Sunday night tragedy in Marion
In Marion North Carolina Graham Finley shot at Miss Edith Patterson escort Robert Moore and two Patterson brothers near the First National Bank after church services. James Patterson was killed and Alfred Patterson mortally wounded. Moore unharmed. Finley captured and claims self defense. he had long pursued Miss Patterson.
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North Carolina
Marion
N. C
Graham Finley
Mise
Edith Patterson
Washington Post
Robert Moore
Alfred Patterson
James Patterson
Edward Williams
William Boones
Eihanan Presbyterian Church
First National Bank
Miss Patterson
Herome
Moore
Misa Patterson
Finley
Virginia bill to curb unwritten law killings
Richmond report states Delegate Alden Bell of Culpeper will introduce a bill at the current session to admit evidence in unwritten law cases that disprove assault claims. The measure follows the Waters and Estes tragedies, aiming to require truth of information before self defense arguments can justify killing.
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Washington Post
Richmond
Alden Bell
Culpeper
trother-Bywaters
Loving-Estes
Will case compromised in Virginia with large bequest
Richmond January 6 The James will case is compromised and all parties in interest signed an agreement giving the University of Virginia the greater part of 1,000,000 dollars. Interest on half goes to Lee Camp for fifteen years for the Soldiers Home in Richmond. Small bequests of 40,000 dollars go to friends and family. William BEW James, historian and bachelor, was found dead in Norfolk about a year ago. His will was contested by relatives.
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Washington Post
Richmond
James Will
University of Virginia
Lee Camp
William BE W James
Norfolk
rietta-Maria
Henry Quatres
France
Beatrice
Duke of
Saxe-Coburg Gotha
Duke of Edinburgh
Edward
Alfonso
Bourbon-Orleans
Beatrice of
Saxe-Coburg
William Ernst
Saxe-Weimar
Prince Arthur
Duke of Connaught
Michael Alexandrovich
Boris
Portugal
Louis Philippe
Spain
Princesa Beatrice
Roumania
New York
Frank A. Munsey
Plaza
Anmurican
Vis
Col
Tors
William Jay
Henry Clew
Imperial
Vienna
William F Sheehan
Charles
Francis
James Speyer
Princess Lubomirska
Bosworth
Atter
Annie Wall
Jane O’meill Langridge
Marie
Adam Lubomirska
Brokers Indicted Again In Norfolk Cotton scheme
A new indictment against Peter A. and A. M. Afelasto, Norfolk cotton profiters, accuses them of obtaining 286000 dollars from local banks through false cotton warehouse receipts. They are already charged by the Norfolk Corporation Court grand jury, with trial set for the current term but date not fixed.
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Spector
Washington Post
Norfolk
Peter A
A. M. Afelasto
Corporation Court of Norfolk
Ride to Hounds in Pink
Leesburg Va January 6 special to The Washington Poet reports the Loudoun Hunt Club’s fastest foxhounds run of the season. A field of about twenty, led by huntsman Robert Dodd in Westmorland Davis’s absence, followed a red fox four miles north and back toward Goose Creek bridge before finishing near Leesburg in pink. Participants included Chichester White Castleman J Rogers Alexander Metzger and Middlesex Hunt members.
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Washington
Leesburg
Loudoun
Goose Creek
Chichester, White, Castleman
J. Rogers
Alexander, Metzger
Middlesex Hunt
Locomotive Explodes At Altamont Tower
Cumberland Maryland January 6 Engine No 1772 West Virginia engineer Frank Smith of Piedmont was hurled 100 yards when a Baltimore and Ohio helper exploded at Altamont tower wrecking the structure The fireman in the tower escaped serious injury and is believed to recover
Alexandria in Brief and Local Officials Elected
John Paris detained briefly while soliciting relief subscriptions for Turkish Christians in Alexandria and released. County supervisors meet at courthouse. William M. Febrey elected chairman with Duncan, Corbett, and Febrey named. Dr. John M. Coyle to lecture for Kavanaugh Court. Women plan veterans banquet for Jan 20. Commonwealth purchases tax sale property at City Hall. no bidders. Guardian appointed for three Jef ferson district minors. Funeral of Annie S Yogs held. interment at Methodist Protestant Cemetery. Opera House and American Rundle Company officers named.
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Washington Post Burray
King Street
Alexandria
John Paris
Turkey
George Heon
Paris
Febrey
Board of Supervisors
Alexandr County
William M. Febrey
Washington
Edward Duncan
Jefferson
Fred Corbett
Arlington
William N Febrey
John M. Coyle
The
Order of the Daughters of Isabella
Young Men's Sodality
Lyceum Hall
Kavanaugh Court
Woman's Auxiliary
Robert E. Lee
Confederate Veterans
Wilmee
Prince Street
New Serum Successful At Johns Hopkins In Meningitis Case
A Johns Hopkins Hospital team in Baltimore reports success using a newly discovered serum by Dr. Simon Flexner on a five week meningitis case from Atlanta. The patient showed classic malignant symptoms yet improved after serum treatment, hailed as a notable tribute to Flexner's discovery. In Virginia, F Detwiler, a major produce dealer, assigns liabilities about 25000. The Virginia Portland Cement Company of Craigsville doubles plant capacity and records a 2000000 mortgage with New York Trust Company as trustee.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Atlanta
Simon Flexner
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
Hopkins
Frexner
Staunton
Virginia Portland Cement Company
Craigaville
New York Trust Company
Tragic Death Near Bowling Green Man Found in Woods
Special to The Washington Post Bowling Green Virginia January 6 Benjamin Whittiker was found with a bullet wound in the head near his home. He died by his own hand the cause is unknown. He was about sixty and survived by his widow and several children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Bowling Green
Benjamin Whittiker
Social routines and engagements fill Washington society pages
The column lists social calls and receptions across Washington in January including dates for hostesses at homes on Sixteenth Street and at the Riggs and Normandie hotels. It notes engagements, weddings planned for April, and society events with details on attendees, hospital boards, and winter homes in Portand and Palm Beach.
The Colony Club gates and afterglow of exclusivity
An article surveys New York society as they debate admitting men to the Colony Club winter garden and the evolving boundaries of elite access. It contrasts Marlborough and Jockey Club, notes women hosting duties, and quotes responses from Philadelphia figures on access and social prestige.
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Colony Club
Association of
New York Women
Madison Avenue
Agmfesson
Club Jore
Marlborough
London
Jockey Club
Paris
Allen Thorndyke Rice
The
North American Review
Edward
Winter Garden
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Ohio
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Virginian
Titchmond
Supreme Court
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
W. I. Hoffman
Newport News
Hoffman
Salisbury
Jane C. P Poole
Rowan County
Pikney
Whisenhurst
Whitley
Salsbury
Stanley County
Whitney Reduction Company
Board of Supervisora
Virginia Weddings
Frederickaburg
Adolphus Puller
Ada Cox
Essex County
B. ‘H. Rudd
Girl
James
Loudoun Hunt Club
Evels
Altamont
Alexandria News
Board
Commonwealth
Thomas W. Robinson
Alexandria City
Thornton
W. T
Jackson
Louise
Artie
Anderson Johnson
Travers
Rust
Office of Justice of the Peace
Jefferson District
Annie S. Yogs
Samuel J. Fogg
W. Jackson Morton
Christ Church
Opera House
Grand Opera House Company
C. G Staples
Henry F. Woodward
Ezra D. Parker
American Rufile Company
Wiliam M. Slater
Albert Harper
Nathaniel Wilson
Wiliam M Slater
James R. Caton
Sherwood Wilson
F. Detwiler
Misa Marion Chapman
John
W. Dwight
E Street
Tirrell
Charles Q. Tirrell
Representative
Mra. Tirrell
Bourke Cookran
Sixteenth Street
Charles H. Treat
George Ripley Myera
Mise Louise Chase
Fall River
Mass
Carl Joerissen
the Rochambeau
Wallace Radcliffe
Joerissen
Fabian
Louis Bepinel
Bryam
Converse
Connecticut Avenue
National Theater
Garfield Memorial Hospital
William B. Hibbs
Horace Westcott
Westcott
Scully
Macdonald
Senator
Beveridge
Justice
Miss Harlan
Robert Bacon
Miss Bacon
John A. Logan
George
Ft. Marye
Miss Doyle
Raymond
Miss Reymond
Richardson Clover
Misses Clover
James F. Barbour
Frederick K. Barbour
Simon Wolf
J. W. Babcock
Thomas H. Anderson
E. C. Rutherford
Henry Willard
Jean Turnbull
D. B. Hutchinson
Thomas F. Lockwood
George B. Welch
Richard Walmwright
William Chardson
Alabama
Sarah B. Richardson
Barnes Richardson
Riges ‘House
Jess Overstreet
Representative Overstreet
Indiana
Portland
Schull
Jntienne Walter Schull
Ordnance
United States Army
de Sales Street
Serena Payne
Burtington
William K. Bayne
Payne
Frank Herbert Briggs
William P. Frye
Hamilton
Charles W. Hobbs
Miss Hobbs
Westmoreland
Miss Wood
Representative Wood
New Jersey
Normandie
Charles E. Fuller
Charles Grayson Dulin
Catherine Livingston Hagan
Jacksonville
Fla
Wagan
Dulin
Murphy
Joseph A. Murphy
Champlain
D. J. Stafford
Wiliam J. Johnston
L. Hazelle Johnston
Raymond Sylvester Jennings
St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church
Fifteenth and
V Streets
William Penrose
Palm Beach, Fla
William Wheatley
Burlington
Vermont Avenue
Courtland Happin
End
Allerton Cushman
Atlantic City
George Colton Maynard
Fifteenth Street
Mary Hurst Fry
Street
Pittsburg
Henry Allen Cooper
the Tichmond
Cooper
Miami
R. E. Bliss
Vespasian ‘Warner
Sadie E. Boggs
George A. Reynolds
George F. Stearns
Camden
Tootjan
Madame
Reyburn
Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts
Philadelphia
J. Bertram Lippincott
Old Lippincott
Sydney B. Hutchinson
Henry C. Boyer
Charles E. Dana
Edward H. Coates
Edward Browning
Hempstead
L. L
James W. Appleton
Hemrstead Plains
Appleton
James Burden
Robert Potter
Egerton Winthrop
Mra Marshall Field
Park Lane
Alfred Belt
Field
Anthony J. Drexel
Lord Herbert Vane Tempest
Mexico
Mme Yvette Gulibert
Mme. Yvette
Monsieur le Cure
Charles 1
Lakewood
Pine Park
George J Gould
Georgian Court
Oscar Franklin
PLANO
Omega
Fifth Avenue
Fifty-Ninth Street
Central Park
Fred. Sterry
Ogden-Crane School OF Opera
New York ‘City
Brentano Building
F Sts
N. W
Mme. Ogden-Crane
Henry Hunt McKee
Misawa
Papro
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