UNVEILED AT GUILFORD ADDRESS BY JUDGE SHEPHERD
Fifteen thousand people attended the Fourth of July ceremonies at Guilford Battle Ground. A monument to ex Judge David Schenck was unveiled as the day featured speeches by Judge James E Shepherd and other dignitaries.
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Washington Post
Greensboro
N. C
Guilford Battleground
David Schenck
James E Shepherd II
Schenck
W A Henderson
Tennessee
United States Pension
E F Ware
Kansas
H W Boynton
Washington
Supreme Court
Douglas
United States
Boyd
Joseph M Morehead
R D Douglas
Wash
Davidson
Nathanael Greene
Union
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Salsbury Mnc
Spencer
R B Glenn
Falls Church
Apopratels
Laeut Gov Waillards
Uar
Barry Bulkey
Virginia
Robert Colee
Merrifield
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MuCabe
Leesburg
Budiesa Otter
Kensington
Eckhardt
Hiadnord
Warner
Broncon
Washington Grove
Robert 8. Armstrong
Rockville
Baltimore
Fort McHenry
Virginia Obituary of Clifton Wooding Died at Age Twenty One
Fredericksburg obituary notes Clifton Wooding, son of Wooding, died at his father's home after brief illness aged twenty one. Survived by his parents three brothers and one sister. Also includes market note on Swift & Co beef sales in Washington DC for week ending July 2 at 26.21 cents per pound.
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Fredericksburg
Clifton Wooding
Wooding
Swift & Co
Washington, D C
Ocean View Pier Burned In Massive Night Fire
A destructive fire destroyed the Ocean View pier at Sea n View during a fireworks exhibition. The four hundred foot structure extended into Chesapeake Bay with a pavilion at the end that housed a casino. Thousands watched as flames spread from the end toward the shore while spectators and staff fought to prevent further damage. The blaze was checked near the boardwalk with no injuries reported, though the pier owner differed from the current operator.
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Norfall
Scean View
Chesapeake Bay
Ocean View
Culpeper Horse Show Opens With Big Attendance
Garnet Rippler won first prize in the Ladies Hunters class and the Orange Club captured the trophy. Culpeper Virginia July 4 opening day of the Culpeper Horse Show and Racing Association drew large crowds with full entries and strong judging decisions. Officials credit president Charles Janes Rixey show manager Charles F Smith and secretary J Wiluson Latham for the success.
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Garnet Rippler
Orange Club
Washington Post
Culpeper
Culpeper Horse Show and Racing Association
Charles Janes Rixey
Charles F Smith
J. Wiluson Latham
Brown
Raleigh
G. B. Smith
Whitsontide
Sam Jones
B. Smith
Duster
Fitz Lee Colvin
Lady
Viceroy W. W. Chelf
Minnie
Pallmarces
Id Hand
St Cmmolius
W. Smith
Harnese
Lady Olga
Fesler
Ir. Ricketts
Festye
Fealer
R. B. Kewell
Blue Grass Queen
A. B. Steele
Harry
Henry Simpers
Extra News
Town Topics
Paul A Gorg
Mamie
Harlina
R. Smith
Mate
Peb
Thyson & Bro
Park Hacks
Kentucky Cardinal
J B. McComb
HE Steele
Jalty Boy
Portner Brothers
Chapple Lee
Courtland
A. Smith
Little Brown Jug
R Smith
Cygnet
Green huntera—Patrician
W. Werhert
C. C. Weet
Paul A. Adore Accord
Park Becke
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Adair
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Wevond
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Hiale Fehdeek
Dadles
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Juihpo
Bath
Wea
Ghepple
Wmilth
Grackerjach
H. Brith
Thle
Segfling
Jumpemoieira News
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Bote
Postecript
Mute
Hing Ba Be
Sate
McCombe & Sidgser
Tfird
Hunt Club
Acta of Horasa
Orange Hunt
Aet
Harden
Trent Cameron
Orange
Cameron
Hunt
Wirst Hach
Ave Furlon
Hallowen
BW. Wells
Appie Shephard
W. B. Colthirat
Richard Wal- Tach
Lida Woodlands
G. T. Boulware
King Olaf
Thyaun & Bro
Three Days Without Food Ends in Courage’s Collapse
Richmond July 4 A coroner's inquest ties the shooting of Police Inspector John F. Shinberger to James Goode who was captured near Richmond after hiding for three days without food or drink He admitted killing Richard Fox but denied shooting Shinberger A crowd gathered as Goode was taken to jail where he faces two murder charges Funeral services will honor Shinberger a Baltimore native and Confederate veteran with a twenty five year Richmond Police career slated to end in his absence.
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Washington Post
Richmond
John F. Shinberger
James Goode
Officera Wiley
Mills
Gary
Goode
Shinberger
Richard Fox
Baltimore
ELOPERS UNDER ARREST IN VIRGINIA OPPOSING MARRIAGE
In Lynchburg Virginia on July 4 O B Sleigh and Mrs John L Markham were arrested on a telegram from Big Island. They were brought to Bedford City by an officer and fined 200 dollars each for unlawful intimacy or discharged to jail. Sleigh and the woman eloped to Kana wha County three months ago and returned to visit relatives. Sleigh has a wife and family at Waughs Switch and she has a husband and family at Hunting Creek both in Bedford County. Both Sleigh and his companion are over fifty.
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Washington Post
Lynchburg
John L Markham
Big Island
Bedford City
Bleigh
Kanawha County
Hoe
Waughs Switch
Hunting Creek
Bedford County
Rural Carriers Elect Virginia Officers At Lynchburg Hall
Rural Letter Carriers' Association of Virginia met in Lynchburg Virginia with about thirty carriers present. Officers elected included J Goleman president W Lehwich vice president J M Withraw secretary and B G Hin make treasurer. Delegates to the national convention in St Louis named J Conner and H L Calemani alternate. Next meeting set for July 4. Model constitution adopted to further organize counties.
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Washington
Lynchburg
Association of Virginia
Bel Jows
J. Goleman
Wert Appomattox
W. Lehwieh
Dyachburg
J. M Withraw
Leaingtas
B. G. Hin
Tragic End After Illness Hangs Self in Barn
Mrs. Thomas Crawford of Tephet area, in this county, who had just survived a heavy illness, attempted to die by her own hand last night. After a physician saved her life, she grew determined to die and hanged herself from a barn rafter. The 35 year old leaves five children, youngest eleven months. Health is believed to have influenced the act.
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Bluefield
Vau
Thomas Rawford
Tephet
Girl Shot by Sister in Hampton Family Tragedy
Seven year old Janie Dykes of Hampton is mortally wounded when her eleven year old sister Evelyn fires a pistol the father thought empty. The incident occurred as children played with the weapon after the father returned from target practice. doctors say she cannot survive the night.
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Hampton
Washington Poat
Newport News
Janie Dykes
John Dykes
Evelyn
Gil
Dowie Plans Invasion of London Sermon Remark
John Alexander Dowie announced in Zion City that his restoration host would visit London in a flotilla of gospel ships after his return from Australia. In Chicago he told 6,000 attendees to rise if they wished to accompany him, with no date set for the venture. He attacked the British government and Church of England, blaming officials for his preaching venue failures.
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Chicago
Clondon
John Alexander Dowie
Ins Tabernacle
Zion City
Dowie
Church of England
London
Holwea
Hawthorne Memorial Tablet in Concord Centennial Observance
Hundreds of pilgrims gathered in Concord Massachusetts on July 4 to mark the centennial birth anniversary of Nathaniel Hawthorne. A bronze tablet was placed along the hill path Hawthorne walked, honoring the novelist with a ceremony led by Hawthorne descendants and local figures in a solemn commemorative event.
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Concord
Mass
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Hawthorne
Sti
Novell Hawthorne
Ann
Alleged Blame Shift in Murder Probe Prompts Court Transfer
Lewasville man Tay 2oBanEera Vadghe Jr. admitted firing a shot and then contradicted his earlier statement to detectives. He claimed to have taken the blame to shield another married prominent businessman. The case was moved to the Found Court as detectives continue to probe the tale. In Greensburg a Slav, George Uhring, was killed by a man thought to be Edward Ployd, a Negro, who aimed to steal Uhring’s earnings at the Hoasemer Coal Company works near Bease mer Bease mer vicinity.
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Norfolk
Martha Billups
Norfolk and Southern Railroad
W. R. Billups
Greensburg
George Uhring
Edward Ployd
Rejected Juror in Gillespie Murder Suicide at Rising Run
William Powell, a retired farmer in Rising Run Indiana, killed himself with a shotgun. Powell had served as a juror in the Gillespie murder trial and the trial's excitement is believed to have unsettled his mind.
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Rising Run
Ind
William Powell
Gillespie
Alexandria News in Brief Local Team Beats Fort Washington 17 to 10
The Alexandria Athletic Association baseball team defeated Fort Washington 17 to 10 with Harry and Kraft on the home nine and Rauner and Smith on the visitors. The Fort Myer game forfeited as they did not appear. Minor court fines were handed to John Alexander for selling liquor without license and to Robert Campbell for concealed weapon. Madison Jackson fined for larceny. Community updates include mayoral leave, police chief acting, and local illnesses.
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Washington Fost Sureay
Gilling Strest
Alexandria
Matery
Thin City
Alexandria Athletic Association
Fort Washington
Harry and
Kraft
Rauner and
Smith
Alexandrians
Fort Myer
Fort Myer Boys
Foot Hunt
John Alexander
Hyner
Robert Campbell
Madison Jackson
Moses Stevens
Thomas Burroughs, Jr
Southern Railway
Four Boys Fatally Injured In Colfax Cannon Blast
A premature cannon explosion at Colfax Indiana during a July 4 celebration injured four youths using a broomstick ramrod and a baseball bat. Names Leo Chapman Roy Harris Fred Grending and Alph Hester were struck by ramrod fragments.
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Colfax
Ill
Leo Chapman
Roy Harris
Fred Grending
Alph
Funay
DROWN IN MICHIGAN LAKE NEAR MUSKEGON
A sailboat capsized on Muskegon Lake on July 4 with seven aboard. Four drowned in view of spectators. Albert Kennicott and wife, two daughters, and Miss Georgette Emerson were lost. The thirteen month old infant was rescued but died before shore.
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Muskegon
Mich
Muskegon Lake
Albert Kennicott
Shaw Electric Crane Works
Linda
Adeline
Georgette Emerson
Ruddimans Point
Kennicott
Funeral of Col Brigham Held on Lawn to Accommodate Crowd
Large attendance at Delta Ohio for the funeral of Col Joseph H Brigham assistant Secretary of Agriculture. Service moved from the courthouse to Alan Trowbridge's lawn with Rev Q W Doonan leading. National and State Grange officers held cemetery services. Agriculture Department sent two representatives.
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Delta
Ohio
Joseph H. Brigham
Allen Trowbridge
This Place
National and State Grange
Agriculture Department
States
Arson and Murder Suspected in Connecticut Barn Fire
Bridgeport reports arson and murder after a barn fire at Jonathan O Brien’s North avenue property uncovers a charred skeleton identified as the former coachman Willim Hrickford now in custody awaiting murder charges amid ongoing investigation.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Jonathan O'Brien
North Avenue
Shollas
Willim Hrickford
O’brien
Debate Over Panama Canal Excavation Figures
Letters from RC Haines in Washington challenge a prior estimate of earth and rock to be removed for the canal. He cites Isthmian Canal Commission figures of under 95 million cubic yards for all excavation and urges accuracy in published figures. Also notes ship movements with the Illinois at Gibraltar and preparations for joining a squadron.
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Yeaur
North American Review
Panama
Nnme
Jsthmian Canal Commission
Haines
Washington
Illinois
Gibraltar
United States
Newport
Canaling
Arker
External remedy urged for weak hearts and drug habits
The text argues many with weak hearts cannot tolerate strong internal medicines and opiates. It cites ruined stomachs and nervous systems from such drugs and notes a dangerous drug habit harming individuals and their families.
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Walliser, Mother of the Children, Is Unconscious Fren Sheek
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Mutual Life Insurance Company OF New York
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Fresident
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Incoma For Life
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Equitable
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Buson
Ellis Sppar
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Progr
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Pa. Ave
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Civen
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Washington DC
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Surfpi US
The
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Gorner
Adalat Gantt
Trivers
Tony
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Sapenses
ROOM
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E Street N. W
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Washington Mortgage Loan Gc
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Streft
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