Court Defies Order as Ward Hospital Chief Replaced
A writ of prohibition halted further actions in the Easter State Hospital case. The board removed Dr. L. S. Foster for neglect and named Dr. J. C. Brink as superintendent. Dr. Henderson’s resignation was accepted, with Dr. M. Kenderson to serve until a successor is chosen. The proceedings and notes reflect contempt and board action in Richmond Virginia.
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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 His Defense In Haase Trial
William Haase is on trial for the Edwin Ben Powers Company plant crime. His attorney argued Haase was hypnotized by Capt Pumphrey to confess to a crime he did not commit. The jury deliberated late as the judge ordered a night lockup.
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 Virginia Snowball Incident
Norfolk Jan 30 The Commonwealth's Attorney filed names of a dozen men to be summoned before the grand jury in the Norfolk hit by a snowball incident that injured Mrs Henry J Baker wife of Navy Lieutenant Baker at the yard. A prominent businessman's son was charged with throwing the snowball but was acquitted at the preliminary hearing.
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Washington
Norfolk
Commonwealth
John G.dilton
Sons of Norfolk
Henry J. Baker
Mig. Baker
Herbert Nash
Pailee Court
Washington Post
Charlotte
N.C
John Glencon
Cleac Creek Township
Fire destroys Wa rrenton residence and burns main house
Sprdat to The Washington P Warrenton Virginia January 53 Tim residence er 4 W Latham at Calverton caught directo dry from nu defective Que in the then The flames spread to the main residence and in a short time the de struct man was complete All the house hold streets ware lost The Insurance overs Onby part of of the loss New President of Baltimore Chamber Baltiamore Md January 9Q The directors of the Baltimore Chamber of Commerce today elected Blanchard Ran 1 president In place of Douglas Mr Wyle who has held the ofes for 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 Death Notices
Obituary notice for Mrs. Elizar Marbury of Charles County at St John’s Church in Pomontwry with Rev Stewart officiating. aged about seventy five, death due to heart trouble. Also notes death of J Philip Myers, wealthy landowner of Pendlewood Valley area, aged about eighty eight, with details of estate and heirs. Brief incident: Fred Amarto charged with murder near Motley Station, released on $1000 bail.
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Plata
Elizartun Ho
Marbury
Addison Marbucr
Charles County
St. John's Church
Pomontwry
Mr. Stewart
Sehich
Occueré Sundaeast
Wertminster
Jon G
Philip
Myers
Cleleoun
Oript
Washington
Danville
Jan. Y
Fred, Amarto
Joe Patrillo
Magsia Sullivan
Lawrence Sullivan
Motley
Justice Bill Expands Powers of Corporation Commissioner
In Raleigh North Carolina January X the House passed Justice's bill expanding the powers of the corporation commissioner by a vote of Mi ta 3h. The Senate special order granted divorces after fifteen years of separation without issue, debated as a case-specific measure. Second reading passed 2% to, third reading failed 13 to 23. Railways hearings saw General Counsel Watts of Seaboard Air Line oppose cent rate reductions, warning of federal takeover and loss of states rights.
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Aecesal
Wasnington
Raleigh
N.C
Jan
Senate
House
Watts
Seaboard Air Line
No Hope for Missing Men In Chesapeake Search Ends
Baltimore eyes a ten day missing men case after a two day fruitless hunt for five relatives who vanished from Miller's Shore during a wind swept row to the Bay Shore car line. Capt Gunby warned bodies may not surface until spring. Names include Andrew Lorber John Lorber John Torper George Bauer and George Sager.
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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 Medicine Case
Dr Fe Wagner a pill peddler was arrested today for practicing medicine without license after a patient Ellen Lane died following treatment. Investigators are examining alleged mistreatment and the death as relatives reported concerns to authorities.
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Hagerstown
Fe Wagner
Wagner
Ellen Lane
Ala
Virginia Weddings and Local Marriages Report
A Virginia wedding brief reports multiple ceremonies across Roanoke, Petersburg, Charlottesville, and nearby counties. Notable unions include Nellie Jameson Calman and Jol Letham Evans at State Street Methodist Church, with attendants Mabel Greezwall and Richard Cannon. Other couples include Lana Delle Ferguson and Walter F. Meintye, Gertrude Bondurant and J. Hannibal Martin, and T. G. Womble and A. A. Tusuieo with attendants Lilian Adkins and Justle, plus Willie G. Chisiman and Rachel C. Eastham wed in Charlottesville, with detailed church services and travel plans to New York and the East Coast.
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Leuire Moorman
Margaret Ashworth
Maide
Henry Lavister
Henry Whitehead
Morace Hoskins
Wiliam Daniel
Sexton Dungan
Roanoke
Lana Delle Ferguson
This Chy
Walter FH. dMeintyes
Pitesburg
Hacker
Reformed Church
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
Ysher
North Part Street
Baltimore waitress kills herself over broken marriage promise
Gertrude Lamkin a 22 year old Johns Hopkins home helper and waitress in Baltimore drank wood alcohol after learning Ernest Reed would not marry her. She had hoped to wed Reed after a long acquaintance in Washington and Baltimore. Friends tried to stop her as she drank in Prof. Wood’s kitchen. she died soon after at a Hopkins hospital. Lamkin was a Westmoreland County Virginia native with several siblings in Washington and Virginia.
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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
Death by Own Action Of Richmond Man At Elizabeth City Hotel
W. D. Ford of Richmond committed death by his own action in Elizabeth City North Carolina. He shot himself after breakfast at a hotel where he had resided for three months. A letter with telegrams and money was found in his room and motive remains unknown. Ford was son of the late A I Ford proprietor of Ford's Hotel and brother of Stuart Ford of this city.
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A. I. Ford
Ford
Stuart Ford
Mob tried to lynch thief as aged constable dies
Aged Stewartstown constable Andrew J. Hedrick died suddenly during a horse theft chase. A lynching mob demanded the captured thief at Newmarket Md, with authorities preventing extra-legal violence. The alarm over thefts rocked Stewartstown as crowds pressed for justice.
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York
Andrew J. Hedrick
Stewartstown
Newmarket
Voisin
Marsland
Boy's Wound Fatal in Accident Near Portsmouth
Archie R. Riley, sixteen, died after a revolver fired while he and Ronnie Duke examined it at their home near Portmouth Point. A coroner's jury exonerated Duke, ruling the shooting an accident.
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Washington Post
Norfolk
Archie R. Riley
Ronnie Duke
Cer 1 Point
Portsmouth
Duke
Riley
No Evidence of Guilt in Statesville Lynching Trial
In Statesville North Carolina three men Della Dillingham Henry Gillespion and George Irvin faced trial for involvement in the Lyerly lynching case. Few witnesses were examined and no evidence tied the defendants to the crime. The solicitor indicated a verdict of not guilty will be advised tomorrow.
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Epoclat
Washington
Statesville
N.C
Della Dillingham
Henry Gillespion
George Irvin
Opposition by Holliday Over Virginia Rail Trust Debt
Special report from Richmond notes Judge A L Holliday chairman of Virginia's state board of broxton states the second auditor's December 1 196 that William H White refused to fund certain Virginia bonds and called the action repudiation He argues the Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad trust fund must be preserved with White as president of the company as fiduciary for beneficiaries Virginia creditors opposed the plan to fund debt and repudiation was alleged if 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
Would-Be arsonist targets Smithfield WV in Jan 30 attempt
Special to The Warngton rat reports Harry Howard tried to burn Smithfield town and its hotel, bank home, general store, and billiard hall. The fires were put out with minor losses. Howard shot at four men during capture. a mob attacked the jail but was repelled.
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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 Memoir
Washington Post details the death of Uncle Dan Henry a famed Alexandria figure aged seventy two a boxing and horse racing enthusiast who built an arena behind his tavern near Fairfax and Princess streets He lived through Civil War era shifts in Virginia commerce and hospitality with deep community ties and a notable Irish heritage The piece notes his funeral at St Marys Catholic Church and his role in local civic events while touching on local industry including a planned Solar Chemical Company site and various court cases and incidents in Alexandria The obituary also mentions his fondness for boxing and his horse drawn life around the town highlighting his charitable nature and family ties
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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
A Good Law Endorses Pure Drug Principles in Public Health
The text advocates the Pure Drug Law and the Food and Drug Act, praising Cascarets Candy Cathartic for purity and medicinal merit. It argues against fakery and substitution of inferior remedies, urging readers to trust established manufacturers and to buy Cascarets for constipation relief and digestive health. It notes related local events, including a marriage at the Methodist Protestant Church and a police court outcome involving Mary Gallfhorn, plus a note on civic appointments and a court decision anticipated in Virginia.
Javaine Rebellion Ends. Ringleader and Fifteen Killed
Dutch troops quashed the Java uprising on the island of Java, with the ringleader and fifteen followers killed and many wounded. The brief clash occurred as forces moved to suppress the revolt in the region.
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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 just turned 75 and credits Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as the cure for bronchial asthma and weak heart. He served as captain of Co I 25th Reg US Colored Infantry and says nothing helped until he tried the whiskey. He wrote on July 30 describing his improvement.
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Jasper H. Warren
Wolfeborough Falls
N. H
Duffy
Warren
Co. I
U. S. Colored Infantry
United States
Broxer
Willatcey
Duffy Malt Whiskey Co
Rochester
N.Y
N. H. Shea
Pennsylvania Avenues
Virginia Obituary Fragment From Roanoke Area
Virginia obituary notices report Erneste Haines a longtime Norfolk and Western railroad employee in Lynchburg who died after an illness leaving a widow a son and family. Fredericksburg obituary lists Tad Fuppa of Gowney Creek dying of pneumonia at home aged seventy with three sons and five daughters. J C Newton Confederate veteran dies suddenly at home aged seventy nine leaving a widow and children.
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Noanoke
Erneste
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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Steelman Hoon
Maryland
Baiied
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M.D. Trussell
Spadial
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Lynn F. Grantham
Jefferson County
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Misa
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James J. Trussell
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Andrew Z. Wills
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Sadle J. Trussell
John Gilbert
Lechtider
M. Eb, Richardson
Ile
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Willicm Hobes
Walter van Hart
F. J. Dunbar
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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
Sperlad
Suffolk
Nansemond County
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Frank Wood
Norfolk and Westin Railford Company
Southern Express
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Tor
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Savannah
Jan. C
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Holliday
R. EF. P
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Sulliven
Virginia Town
Travelers’ Protective Association
Post I
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Julian ¥. Williams Ia
C. H. Herbert
Solar Chemical Company
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Srloie Gullaing
Vairfax and
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Richard C. Burnett
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Eugene Howell
Cheries Irwin
Clarence Andrson
Charles Griffin, Jr
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Walter M. Donnelly
M. ©. Boone
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James Patterman
W. W. Went
Mary Alexander Moore
GB. Walker
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J. OU. S&s. Bywell
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Albert Magnus
Walker
Alexandria Gazette
Mary Gallfhorn
Stephen Clements
Justice Caton
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Paff
P. Waller
Virginia, Safe Deposit and Trust Corporation
J. A. Egghorn
Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia
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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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Po. Ave
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Barbados
Leeward and Wing
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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
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Ico
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Yutafu
Begow
Europe
Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Company
Font of
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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
Courontasie Country Resort
Frank Rabdole
Bastine Ribenele
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