Defies Court Order at Easter State Hospital
A circuit judge issued a writ of prohibition halting further action in the Easter State Hospital case as board members faced contempt. The board, led by Wyte and Munton, replaced Dr Foster with Dr Brink after resignations and resolutions cited neglect. Dr Henderson’s resignation was accepted and Dr Brink named successor amid rapid board action.
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Williamsburg Institution
Brank
Henderson
Washington
Richmond
Var
Wyte
Poster
Easter State Hospital
Pps Mwunton
Bouard
Cal
Lachess
Dr. Foster
Edlges
Judge Wyler
Connc
Dlunton
Dr. L. 8. Foster
J. ¢. Brink
J. M. Tkendersan Alta
Hiv
Hypnotism in Defense At William Hanes Trial
William Hanes stands charged in the Edwin Ben Powers Co. plant case with a defense centered on hypnotism. His attorney argued that the prisoner Isaac was hypnotized into confessing to a crime he did not commit, claiming a spell affected his testimony during examination by Capt. Pumphrey. The trial extended late, foreman signaling a possible agreement before the jury was kept overnight and the detective denied hypnotizing Haase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Peat
Fairhfire
Midan
William Hanes
Edwin Ben- St Powers Company
Imug al Dresk
Stause
Iaaac
Puntphrey
Pumphrey
Haase
Officer's Wife Injured in Norfolk Snowball Fight
Norfolk residents report a Navy lieutenant’s wife, Mrs Henry J Baker, injured by a snowball thrown at the yard. A prominent business man’s son faced charges for the incident but was acquitted at a preliminary hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Norfolk
Commonwealth
John G.dilton
Sons of Norfolk
Henry J. Baker
Mig. Baker
Herbert Nash
Pailee Court
Fire destroys Calverton residence in Jan 53
Fire at a residence owned by W. Latham in Calverton quickly consumed the main structure, with all household streets lost in the blaze. Insurance covered part of the loss. In Baltimore, Blanchard Ran elected president of the Baltimore Chamber of Commerce, replacing Douglas Mr Wyle who served two terms.
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Washington P
Warrenton
W. Latham
Calverton
Baltimore Chamber
Baltiamore
Baltimore Chamber of Commerse
Blanchard
Douglas
Wyle
Ofes
Maryland Obituary and Local Notices From January
Obituary notices report Mrs Eliza Marbury of Charles County who died in her seventy fifth year at St Johns Church Pomontwry with Rev Stewart officiating. Also noted is the death of landowner Philip Wt Myers of Chopmans Valley aged about eighty eight, leaving a daughter and grandchildren. A Washington Danville report notes Fred Amarto charged with murder of Joe Patrillo and Italian woman Magsia Sullivan, with bail set at 1000.
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Plata
Eliza
Tun Ho
Marbury
Addison Marbucr
Charles County
St. John's Church
Wertminster
Jon G
Philip
Myers
Cleleoun
Oript
Washington
Danville
Jan. Y
Fred, Amarto
Joe Patrillo
Magsia Sullivan
Lawrence Sullivan
Motley
Lechtider
M. Eb, Richardson
Washington Post
Ile
Colesville
Willicm Hobes
Walter van Hart
Justice Bill Passed Expands Powers of Corporation Commissioner
Raleigh North Carolina January X. In the house today Speaker Justice's bill enlarging the powers of the corporation commissioner was passed by a vote of fifty to three. The Senate special order granted divorces after years separation without issue, opposed as bad policy to floodgates of divorce. Second reading passed by a vote of two to one. third reading failed thirteen to twenty three. In railways hearings General Counsel Watts of the Seaboard Air Line opposed rate cuts to cents twice as far, arguing passenger costs and federal regulation eroding state rights.
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Aecesal
Wasnington
Raleigh
N.C
Jan
Senate
House
Watts
Seaboard Air Line
No Hope For Missing Men After Ten Days at Sea
Baltimore's daylong search for five Baltimore residents vanished after a fishing trip ended with a small rowing boat near Miller's Shore. Strong northwest winds and rough seas halted hopes, with Captain Joe Gunby predicting no trace until spring when bodies may surface. The missing are Andrew Lorber and John Lorber brothers, John Torper, George Bauer, and George Sager, all connected by family ties and occupations.
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Baltimore
Joe* Gunby
Miller's
Andrew Lorber
John Lorber
John Torper
Sears
George Bauer
George Sager
Lorbers
Lorber
Savers
Lorters
George Sauer
Join Lorber
Jake Lorber
Nelther
The
Saueta
Pill peddler arrested in Hagerstown medical license case
Dr Wagner a pill peddler was arrested for practicing medicine without license after the death of Ellen Lane. The case prompted investigation by authorities. The report cites dietitian attendance and alleged improper treatment as the trigger for arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Fe Wagner
Wagner
Ellen Lane
Ala
Virginia Weddings Feature Multiple Nuptials Across Local Churches
A series of marriage notices from Roanoke to Charlottesville details weddings in Virginia. Nellie Jameson Calman and Jol Letham Evans wed at State Street Methodist Church with a large bridal party. Lana Delle Ferguson wed Walter H. Meintyre in Pittsburgh. Gertrude Bondurant married J. Hannibal Martin near Rinrtingville. T. G. Womble married A. A. Tusuieo in Chesterfield County. Lilian Adkins served as maid of honor at Adkins wedding. Howard Dillon and Susie Nat deumbter filed for nuptials. Willie G. Chrisman and Rachel Eastham tied the knot in Charlottesville with John Irving presiding and wedding plans announced for a New York trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leuire Moorman
Margaret Ashworth
Maide
Henry Lavister
Henry Whitehead
Horace Hoskins
Wiliam Daniel
Sexton Dungan
Roanoke
Lana Delle Ferguson
This Chy
Walter FH. dMeintyes
Pitesburg
Ter
Hacker
Reformed Church
Pits
Misa Avale Bondurant
Petersburg
B.D. Adkins
T. G. Womble
Chesterfald County
A A. Tusuieo
Richmond
R. H. Winkes
Lilian Adkins
Harer
Wugh Justle
Loerst Grove
Pornetan County
Freierickaurg
Marhodtet
Charlottesville
Willie G. Chisiaman
Aof
Mies
Rachel Cerr Eastham
North Part Street
Woman ends life after blocked marriage plan in Baltimore
Gertrude Lamkin a 22 year old waitress at Johns Hopkins home of Prof. R W Wood drank wood alcohol in his kitchen after learning Ernest Reed failed to keep a marriage promise. She traveled from Washington to Baltimore, met Reed at the depot at 2 pm Monday, received a letter from him yesterday, and despondently decided life was not worth living. An ambulance took her to hospital where she died. Lamkin, a native of Westmoreland County Virginia, was employed at Wood’s home since last fall and had visited Washington to see brothers and Reed. She is survived by three brothers and two sisters.
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Spetter
Washington
Baltimore
Ernest Reed
Montiny
Gertrude Lamkin
R. W. W. Wood
Johns Hopkins University
Reed
Hopkins
Aed
Prof. Wood
Ong
Lamkin
Westmoreland County
Herbert Lamkin
Fitzhugh Lamkin
Weatmoreland Couny
Vee
Milas Rose
Viola
Lamin
Lancaster
J. W
Ford Ends Life at Elizabeth City Hotel
D W Ford, a Richmond, Virginia native and son of A I Ford, committed suicide at a hotel in Elizabeth City North Carolina after breakfast. A letter with telegrams and money to pay a board bill was found in his room. He had stayed at the hotel for three months and his motive remains unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. I. Ford
Ford
Stuart Ford
Mob Tried to Lynch Thief Aged Constable Dies in Excitement
Jan 20 York Pa. Andrew J. Hedrick aged constable of Stewartstown died suddenly amid a lynching scare after a horse thief was captured in Newmarket Md. A vigilant crowd demanded the thief, but Marsland authorities refused to surrender him. The episode sparked a flare of local unrest over recurring horse thefts and a plan to lynch the next offender.
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York
Andrew J. Hedrick
Stewartstown
Newmarket
Voisin
Marsland
Boy's Wound Fatal In Accidental Shooting Near Portsmouth
Archie R. Riley died after a gun fired while he and Ronnie Duke, a sixteen year old, examined a revolver at the Riley home in Cer Point near Portsmouth Virginia. A coroner's jury ruled the shooting an accident and exonerated Duke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Norfolk
Archie R. Riley
Ronnie Duke
Cer 1 Point
Portsmouth
Duke
Riley
No Evidence of Guilt at Statesville Lynching Trial
In Statesville North Carolina Della Dillingham Henry Gillespon and George Irvin face trial over the Lyerly lynching. Few witnesses testified and no evidence linked the defendants to the crime. The solicitor will advise a verdict of not guilty tomorrow.
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Epoclat
Washington
Statesville
N.C
Della Dillingham
Henry Gillespion
George Irvin
Virginia official cites repudiation claim over railroad bonds
Judge A L Holliday states William H White refused to fund Virginia bonds tied to the Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, calling Virginia’s action repudiation. He warns the state’s creditors, trustees of the trust, would be harmed by White’s stance and Virginia’s public debt could be endangered if others followed.
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Richmond
Virginia
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad
Corporation Commission
A. L. Holliday
State Board of
Broxton
Whillan
H. White
William Hi. White
Frestericksburg
Peto
Mac Raimond
White
Galt
Mr. White
Bii
Man Accused of Plan to Burn Smithfield Town
Special to The Warngton rat reports Harry Howard proclaimed Divine Providence instructed him to burn Smithfield, W Va. He was arrested leaving a hotel as fires were set at the hotel and three other buildings. Four men were shot during the confrontation, two fatally. A mob attacked the jail but was repelled and Howard was moved to the county jail.
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Warngton
New Martingville
W. Va
Divine Providence
Smithfield
Harry Howard
W. A. Lewis
Smithfield Bank
James
Howard
Jacob
Uncle Dan Henry 18 Dead in Virginia Town
Washington Post reports the death of Uncle Dan Henry a longtime Alexandria character at 72. A Kerry native, he ran a pub after the Civil War and built a noted arena for boxing and horse racing. His old horse drawn him through recent years. funeral at St Mary's Church with interment in St Mary's Cemetery. The piece notes local civic roles and a Travelers' Protective Association convention planned for May with expected delegates.
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Washington Post Bureau
King Steel
Alexandria
Den
Henry
James A. McCauley
North
Washington Street
County Kerry
United States
New York
Connecticut
Loudoun and
Hampshire
Binc
Nlghta
Corbett
Sullivan
St. Mary's Catholic Church
St .Mary's Cemetery
Virginia
Travelers’ Protective Association
Post I
Em Dangist
Julian ¥. Williams Ia
C. H. Herbert
Norfolk
A GOOD LAW Endorses Purity and Quality under Food and Drugs Act
The piece extols the Food and Drugs Act, praising Cascarets Candy Cathartic for purity and medicinal merit. It argues strong government protection against fake remedies, logs endorsements, and urges readers to buy Cascarets. It also mentions local notices about weddings, a civil war veteran assault dismissal, a bookkeeper resignation, an upcoming Virginia Supreme Court decision, and a church talk.
Java rebellion ends as Dutch troops kill ringleader and supporters
Dutch forces quell the Java revolt near Amsterdam. A brief encounter results in the ringleader and fifteen followers killed, with many wounded as troops suppress the uprising on the island of Java.
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Amsterdam
Holland
Java
Gola Aet Indie
Sifked
Heen
Asthma and Heart Trouble Relieved at Seventy-Five
Captain Jasper H. Warren of Wolfeborough Falls New Hampshire has just turned 75 and credits Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as his health restorer. He served as Captain of Co I 25th Reg United States Colored Infantry and suffered bronchial asthma and weak heart until trying the medicine. He wrote on July 30 praising the remedy.
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Jasper H. Warren
Wolfeborough Falls
N. H
Duffy
Warren
Co. I
U. S. Colored Infantry
Ms. A
J. J. Warren
Wolfeborourn Pali
N. EL
United States
Broxer
Willatcey
Duffy Malt Whiskey Co
Rochester
N.Y
N. H. Shea
Pennsylvania Avenues
Virginia Obituaries Highlight Local Railroad Clerk and Soldiers
Virginia obituaries note Ernestia Haines a longtime Norfolk and Western railroad ticket clerk in Lynchburg who died after an illness leaving a widow a son and parents. Fredericksburg records Tad Fuppa dying of pneumonia at home in Gowney aged seventy with three sons and five daughters. J C Newton a Confederate veteran dies at home aged seventy seven leaving a wife and seven children.
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Noanoke
Ernestia
Haines
Elliesi
Martinguiths
Kinvitz
Norfolk and Western
Lynchburg
Fredericksburg
Tad Fuppa
Cures
Ny Gowney
Cear |Gulnoa
Saventy Verre
Hie
J.C. Newton
Btallant
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Clarke Tuinsty
Clarke Coantz
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Sie
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Paulie
George L. Stexwin
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Steelman Hoon
Maryland
Baiied
North Carolina Corporation Commission
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L. ¥. Grantham
M.D. Trussell
Spadial
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Lynn F. Grantham
Jefferson County
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Misa
Mary D. Trussell
James J. Trussell
Kearneysville
Andrew Z. Wills
Episcopal Church
Sadle J. Trussell
John Gilbert
F. J. Dunbar
Wide
Calvert
Victoria
Virginia Weddings
D. W. Ford
Elizabeth City
Bristol
Oscar Lennard
Pickle Brown
Leonard
Brown
Washington Boar
Davis Mercer
Frederick
American San’ Company
Chicago Bridge and Iron Works
Charlotte
John Glencon
Cleac Creek Township
Messenger
Sperlad
Suffolk
Nansemond County
Frank Wood
Norfolk and Westin Railford Company
Southern Express
Speeter
Tor
W. H. Hardin
W. H. Hardin & Co
B. W. ‘Hardin
Savannah
Jan. C
Fistal
Banda of
A* Companion
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Holliday
R. EF. P
Dan
Boniface
Sulliven
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Solar Chemical Company
State Corporation
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Srloie Gullaing
Vairfax and
Princage Streets
Edward Pinkerton
Richard C. Burnett
Pinkerton
Burnett
Nam Rorgers
Eugene Howell
Cheries Irwin
Clarence Andrson
Charles Griffin, Jr
Cameron Street
Griffin
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Knights of Columbus
Peterabure
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Matatl
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E. A. Gorman
Alexandre Auken
John S. Barker
Washington, Alexandria and Mount Verdon
Father Kelly
John D. Normoyle
Walter M. Donnelly
M. ©. Boone
5. R. O'Sullivan
James Patterman
W. W. Went
Mary Alexander Moore
GB. Walker
Alexandrias
Methodist Protestant Church
J. OU. S&s. Bywell
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Albert Magnus
Walker
Alexandria Gazette
Mary Gallfhorn
Stephen Clements
Justice Caton
Chief Goods
Paff
P. Waller
Virginia, Safe Deposit and Trust Corporation
J. A. Egghorn
Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia
John Wright
Spipred
John Lamb
aHee
Children of Christ Epistolat Church
Pariah
Trent
Atlantic City Hotels
Wmarlborough
Blenheim
Atlantic City
Louie Krall
Comtuss Efery
Josiah White & Sons
Ind Mankgert
Chalfonte
D. Leeds Company
Traymore
Teatnore Hotel CO
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Florida Resorts
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Washington Hotels
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LA Fetra
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Mat
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Bremen
Hoboken
Gernan Lloyd
Caurices
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Drop & Sons CO
Po. Ave
Royal Mail Steam Packet Et Co
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Trinidad
Barbados
Leeward and Wing
Naples
Caronia
Saly
Sean
Sentoai
Battery
Mold Agtat
Wesblepion Marchants and Miners’ Transportation Co
Jack
Yanville
Gi. Augustine
Eamon Satuelay
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BL & Skeet emMces
W. P. Turner
Biastimare
Porto
Aeaughen
Ico
AIC
Raymond
Yutafu
Begow
Europe
Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Company
Font of
Fort Monroy
Newport News
Palace
Port Mone
Fort Monroe
Mexandria
Ar Portamowi miAn
Norfolx
Omi Dowlnton Steemshig
Boston
General Ticket
Callahan
Bros
W. Callahan
Goo
Fort Myer
Arlingto Falls Church
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