Money in Education Wealth Good or Evil Force
Lyon G Tyler president of William and Mary College declares money rightly used a life force of social institutions. Warbington Post reports on Virginia State Teachers Association session at University of Virginia addressing school consolidation, salaries, and surplus funds for public schools to boost statewide education and rural access.
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Lyon G Tyler
William and Mary College
Virginia
Eyedal Lo
Warbington Post
Charlottesville
Virginia State Teachers’ Association
Aentor Law
University of Virginia
Co-Operative Education Commission
State Teachers’ Associates the Association
Curtsy
Salem
J D Bggleston
Farmville
Tobb White
Lobb White
Savannah Ga
Dade
Smyth County
Consolidation of Schools
Jo Duane
Dnnasiin Vineyust
Rockingham County
Uni Vosity
Levon
Wolum
Mary College
Stittard
Hissur
Lyler
Ls Cral
Ubsta
Tyler
State Board of Educa
Liefste
Commonwealth
Ayatem
Sommon
Rg Cor
Amor Toby Whaggs
Tahra
Soule
Virginia Polyte Til Institute
Blacksberg
Artiulture
John F Mullikin Dead Prominent Marylander Passes Away
John F Mullikin, a leading figure in Talbot County Maryland, died at his home at age 85 after a long career as a businessman and Republican party member. He once served on the Talbot County Board of School Commissioners and was a former constitutional party advocate in Maryland. His first wife was Miss Warser Sherwood of the county. The obituary notes his status as a noted local public figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Te Waa
Taltot Lourty
Cooyen
Marland
Mullixin
Virginia Weddings and Announcements From Fredericksburg and Winchester
Fredericksburg July 7 wedding at Gethsemane Church Hanover County pastor Rev Hampton Jr assisted by Rev Sut and Rev F Long West Virginia. The ceremony joined Rev Herbell and Miss Diele Hong. Winchester July 7 wedding announced for Thomas Rutherford Glass and Frances Cummings of Monmouth. They wed June 4 at Corvallis and plan a trip to Portland Oregon then to the groom’s ranch at Holly Cole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg
Herbell
F Jones
Andrew H Jones
Spottsylania
Gethseman Charch
Hanover County
Dielehong
Hampton, Jr
Sut
Flong
West Virginia
Winchester
Thoma Hutherford Glass
Col
Mra
William W Grags
Winchaster
Wiss Frances Cummings
Montint
Corvallis
Ment
Walt
Poctland
Smith Case Concluded In Slaying Whipping Trial
In Richmond Virginia Special to The Washington Post July 7 testimony complete in the Manchester Hastings Court room of Mrs Smith accused of whipping to death her six year old son Ralph. The jury may hear final arguments tomorrow with an expected verdict of involuntary manslaughter and a term in prison.
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Murer
Washington
Richmond
Kutele Townsend Smith
Manchester
Hastings Court
Ralph
Commonwealth
Page
Mia
Smith
Atorney
H M Smith
John M Lum
John Lum
Mr Smith
Beverly Elected Mayor Over Diven In Laurel Vote
Special to The Washington Post Laurel Maryland July 7 election for unexpired term of Mayor Gustavus Thmanus who became postmaster chose Dr T Watts Byerly over William H Diven. Byerly 147 votes to Diven 17. Byerly, son of Judge William Byerly, will serve until next April. regular two year term follows. Mayor Byerly is a Democrat. municipal politics here are nonpartisan.
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Washington Post
Laurel Md
Gustavus B Thmanus
Laurel
T Watts Byerly
Willam H Diven
Willtash Ho Diven
Byerly Lay
William Byerly
Baltimore County
Sounelimnen
Byerly
Swanson Candidacy Boost At Fredericksburg Speech
Special to The Washington Post Fredericksburg Va July 7 Congress man Claude A Swanson addressed voters in the courthouse precincts in support of his Democratic nomination bid for governor City Democratic chairman Col E D Cole presided and the candidate was introduced by Connor Goolrick Swanson appealed for a business oriented administration and pledged to visit state institutions expose irregularities defend himself against past criticisms defend improved schools and support road funding through shared state federal and local aid His remarks drew a large attentive crowd and left a favorable impression.
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Sman
Fredericksburg
Washington Post
Claude A Awanson
Col E D Cole
Democratic
Connor Goolrick
Swanson Way
Nominations at Winchester Nominate Gray for Clerk
In Winchester Virginia the Democratic city primary renominate Richard L Gray for Clerk of the Corporation Court by a majority of 108 over Joseph E Kiger. The nomination effectively seals the position though other city offices drew no more than two thirds turnout.
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Richard L. Gray
Corporation Court
Washington Post
Winchester
Richard L Gray
Joseph E Kiger
Primary Plan Adopted by Richmond Democrats
Richmond Democrats refuse to have a three member precinct panel for the August 2 primary. The party instead permits affected candidates to make their own selections to ensure a fair contest. A joint debate between Senators Martin and Montague is planned in Richmond with a large turnout expected.
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Richmond Democrats
Washington Post
Richmond Va
City Democratic Committee
Meredith
Virginia Obituary Notices From Virginia Region
Virginia news reports the deaths of Polly Starna aged 75 of Hill Station mother of Betsy Hill Irving and C C Dromgoe tobacco sales manager found dead at Cumberland Hotel Knoxville due to heart disease. Virginia Taylor Aldridge matron of Mar Washington Hospital aged 65 died at the institution. final note lists surviving relatives.
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Gate Au
Polly Starna
Hill Station
Fay Aimee Sevventy
Betsy Hill
Irving
Richmond
C C Dromgoe
Tobacco Company
Ithiq City
Cumberland Hotel
Knoxville
Edericksburg
Virginia Taylor Aldridge
Mar Washington Hospital
Lightning Strikes Lynchburg Church Damaging Cupola
A severe storm last night struck St Francis Catholic Mission Church in Lynchburg Virginia, badly damaging its cupola. A local note mentions a $100 prize and a Washington souvenir offer tied to a political appeal, with a campaign idea connected to Uncle Sam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Lynchburg
St Frances! Catholic Mission
Two ferrymen drown as ferry cable breaks at Towler's Ferry
Danville Virginia July 7 two ferrymen Hampton Oakes and James Parnell drowned while guiding a party across Staunton River. The cable broke overturning the boat, the bride and minister were rescued after the boat was towed ashore. The buggy and horse were lost, another horse saved.
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Danville
Hampton Oakes
Whits
James Parnell
Towler’s Ferry
Staunton
Oakes
Johnston
Minster
Storms leave roads and bridges ruined across region
Terrific storms hit the Georges Creek area with cloudbursts washing out railroad rights of way and flooding roads. The Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad faced washouts at Cum berland and near Corriganaville, with a bridge weakened making passage impossible for a locomotive. Trolley and streetcar tracks were buried, and many county bridges were destroyed. Gate City Virginia reports a separate damaging storm that devastated crops and timber with Cooper Creek flooding but no injuries reported.
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Washington Fost
Cumberland
Georges Creek
Gilmore
Fekin
Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad
Corriganaville
Midland
Mount Savage
Hickhart
Gate City
Cooper Creek
Mystery of Dead Body Near Laurel
A nude male body, about thirty five, with black hair, was found in bushes on the Birkhead estate near Laurel Maryland. The face was eaten away and foul play is not suspected. Believed to be William Bryant, who shot Andrew Cooper in a saloon brawl about three weeks ago and escaped. Further search will seek clothing.
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Byedal
Washington
Laure
Birkhead
Laurel
Arthur Wess
Gundrys
Relay
White
William Bryant
Andrew Cooper
Overpowered a Policeman by Desperate Suspect
William Thomas, described as a desperate Negro, fired three shots at Patrolman Andrus after being disarmed and resisting arrest on a minor charge. He seized a pipe, attacked the officer, wrested a revolver, and began firing at a civilian who came to aid. A civilian intervened, allowing Thomas to flee toward the cemeteries where he was captured with the officer and a revolver found on him.
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Negro Desperado
Washington Post
Norfolk
Andrus
William Thomas
Thomas
Petersburg City Council Approves Sewers Sidewalks Water Mains
Petersburg July 7 city council voted 375000 for new sewers sidewalks and water mains. Thirty thousand dollars for sewers and the same for sidewalks, with 5000 for new water mains. An ordinance banning bicycles on city sidewalks and in Center Park was adopted after Rev. W G Taylor requested an exception for certain streets.
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Washington Post
Petersburg
Fark
W G.taylor
First Baptist Church
Taylors
Tidewater Coal Explosion Claims Five Victims
Three more miners died after the Tidewater Coal and Coke Company explosion in Bluefield West Virginia. Victims named include Dominick Lodmilie Antonia Lochie Jamsole Ezadell Franco Traust and Romeo Antonio. State inspectors reported little fire or gas and the shaft was cleared allowing miners to resume work.
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Tidewater Coal and Coke
Bluefield
W Va
Tidewater Coal and Coke Company
Dominick Lodmilie
Antonia Lochie
Jamsole Ezadell
Franco Traust
Romeo Antonio
Howard V. Shryock Dies in Newark at 37
Winchester July 7 a message received here announces the death at Newark New Jersey of Howard V Shryock thirty seven a native of Stephen City He had been ill for months with consumption He leaves a widow and one child The remains will be brought to Stephen City for burial
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Winchester
Newark, N. J
Howard V Shryock
Stephen City
Var Shryock
Morse
Hammer
Grippe
Rammel
Night Watchman Killed by Train Near Elliston
Night Watchman J B Weddle was struck and killed by a Norfolk and Western train in a tunnel near Elliston last night. He was about fifty five years old and leaves a family. The body showed severe injuries and was badly mangled.
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Washington Post
Roanoke
Norfolk and Western
J B Weddle
Elliston
Henry Handy Hanged First Execution in Wicomico County
Henry Handy, a Black man accused of killing his wife in September, was hanged at 613 Glock Street in Salisbury, Maryland. Gov. Warfield refused clemency after appeals, and the crowd tore down part of the fencing but the execution proceeded with Handy dying after twelve minutes. Deputy Brown and Waller carried out the act, with Handy expressing sorrow and asking no further deaths.
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Washington
Salisbury
Henry Hendy
Wicomics County
Handy
Gov. Werfield
Brack
George W Brown
Somerset County
J Frank Waller
Gomerset County
Samuel J Smith
Salisbury Methodist Protestant Church
James F Ellegood
W G Miller
Annapolis
Guv Warfield
Bryan
Jrate Ctizens
Press Convention Closes At Asheville North Carolina
Virginia and North Carolina editors conclude their joint convention in Asheville with a smoker and thanks to Asheville citizens. R. M. Philips, new NC association president, calls the meeting the most successful in the history. A post convention excursion to Waynesville includes a warm local reception.
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Virginia
North Carolina
Thor
Asheville
Virginia- North Carolina Press Association
R M Philips
North Carolina Association
Waynes_ville
Murphy
Southern Railway
Jim Crow Law Puzzle Reaches Bristol Streetcar Rule
The Tennessee legislature’s Jim Crow law, effective July 4, affects Bristol Town streetcars. In Dilsiel the state line runs along State Street, half in Tennessee and half in Virginia. Negro passengers may sit with whites only on the Virginia side, creating enforcement and cross-border complications.
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Wwedal
Washington
Bristol
Tennessee
Dilsiel
Virginia
State Street
Sella
Virgina
Attempt to Wreck Train Near Middletown Reported
An eastbound Baltimore and Ohio train was saved from wrecking when large rocks blocked a Middletown switch. Passengers saw the obstruction but the engineer halted before impact. A prior freight had passed, track patrols now heightened. no crew blamed yet. A separate incident describes a gas explosion wrecking a beached bugeye in Cambridge, injuring a deckhand.
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Middletown
Washington Post
Winchester
Baltimore and Ohio
Middleton
Lere
Strasburg Junction
Harpers Perry
Farmer Albert A McDougall Struck and Killed by Train
Albert A McDougall a prominent farmer and land owner and father of Walter McDougall the West Virginia lawyer was struck by a fast Baltimore and Ohio train on the Ohio River division near Parkersburg Virginia July 7 and killed instantly.
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Parkersburg
Albert A McDougall
Walter McDougall
West Virginia
Baltimore and Ohio
Alexandria Hews In Brief Samarian Lodge installs officers
The report lists local society updates and court activity from Alexandria including lodge installations at Samarian Lodge and ferry slip improvements. It notes U S Circuit Court term in Virginia with Judge Waddill and subpoenas for over 200 witnesses, plus local notices on school examinations and public works.
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Samarian Lodge
Alexandria Real Estate Ad and Local Notices
John D Normoyle advertises a fine three story colonial on Washington and Oronoco at a high point in Alexandria with eleven rooms and bath plus a thirty foot addition. The notice mentions veterinary services, a wheat shipment at the Daisy wharf, auction houses, job ads, no application deadlines, and several local business and social notes from Alexandria in 1905.
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Alexandria
Washington and
Oronoco Streets
Alexandria Merchants Advertise in Local Post Section
Alexandria merchants urge business announcements in a dedicated Post section. The ad notes broad reach to over 90 percent of homes, inviting merchants to place notices and promising solid returns on investment. It includes varied local business references and a brief promotional tone.
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Alexandria
Alexandrieng
Local firms and civic notes from Alexandria area
The BromsIn Br ick Co. highlights plant near Great Hunting Creek with prompt service and reasonable rates. A cabbage stalk with ten heads from Fairfax County draws curiosity on Duke Street. Fourth of July observed as a holiday with broader participation. Old Dominion Cigar Co promotes double-six cigars for the trip. City ordinances on impaired sidewalks are discussed as neglected. Joseph H Ramasy resigns, Louis Steelman named successor at Belle-Pre Bottle Works.
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Park Agnew
Prap
Alexandria Brick Co
Washington
Alexandria
Great Hunting Creek
Bell Wi
South
Pitt Street
T J Fannon
Fairfax County
Old Dominion Cigar Co
J B Steiner
Cor King
Fairtex
Joseph H Ramasy
Belle-Pre
Ramsay
Louis Steelman
Snes
Alexandria News Highlights and Local Trades
Laurence Mill Co advertises flour and feed with wide regional reach across North and South Carolina Virginia and Maryland. A series of local notes mentions a Fairfax County boy’s grapeshot discovery in a tree, Mr Edward D Gregory visiting relatives in Bedford City, and a former newspaper man now with a paint factory. The Colonial apartment house offers four room units at 150 dollars until November 1 with heating and sanitary fixtures. Various social visits, a clearing out sale at Knight department store, and hotel chatter in Alexandria conclude with a leading shoe store promotion and a wholesale buy of tan shots from New England manufacturers.
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Union Street
Queen
Alexandria
Washington
Norfolk
North
South Carolina
Virginia
Marylang
Capital City
E B Rector
Fairfax County
Edward D Gregory
Bedford City
Gregory
Colonial
Housa
Harlow
Fairfax St
Bel 28
R. Guthrie and Son
Baltimore
Hing Street
Knight
King
John & Bench
de Witton Aitcheson
Atlantic City
Llewellyn Powell
Hospital For Physicians and Surgeons
New York
Bleck
New England
John A. Marshell
Forty Years Alexaairia Druggists and Local Ports Update
Forty Years Alexaairia's leading druggists emphasize prompt pharmacy service for all ages with licensed pharmacists. The steam barge Lis Howard arrived with oak and pine piling for pier, sewer work, and new ferry slips in Alexandria. Donald McLean, U S Vague and Inspector, transferred from Kernstown to Marshall. Rumors of Baltimore and Ohio abandoning ferry freight and routing trains south are unfounded, with Sheppards pier to be overhauled and material shown for the work.
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Alexaairia
Tham Cor Hing
Royal Ste
Lis Howard
Potermac
Navy Yard
Alexandria
Donald McLean
United States
Kernstown
Marshall
McLean
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Sheppard's Landing
Ruamer
Sheppards
Savings and pride clash in Alexandria critique
The piece argues for saving money through fixed deposits at 3 percent interest, urging readers to prepare for temporary unemployment. It then tackles local Alexandria pride, mocking dismissive views of the city as faded and noting grass crops flourishing, blaming the current administration for neglect of appearance.
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Virginia Safe Deposit and Trust Corporation
Alexandria
Ths
Alex Andrians
Alexandriens Wah
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Dewey
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Gor Montague
King George Court House
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Prince George
Republican Call
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Prince George County
Richard N Ryon
Naive
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Uncis Sam
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Staunton River
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Henry Handy
County
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Stumph & Lyford
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ITEAS
Aterest
Rixey
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Jones Rixey
C A Stevens
Messrs Rixer
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Culpeper
Keith & Keith
C M White
Warrenton
R Walton Moore
Yatrfax
Eppa Hunton, Jr
Edward Turner
Warenton
J B Barnell
W Summars
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James Turner
Brooking
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G Gallener
R Evans
K Linking
G Redd
George R Payne
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Taylor
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Tol
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T Griener
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Sessluo
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D R_ Stansbury
J Garnett King
Smoot & Co
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Thirty-second Street
West 20
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Daisy
Farmington
Thomas Perry
Thi City
Arlington Horse Co
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L H Fisher
Fourth Civil Service Diatriet
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Pack
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North Royal Street
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JF Mutr
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M B Harlow
B Baer, Jr
Europe
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Sallie P Lozano
Julian D Knight
North Patrick Street
Thomas H. Netherland
Jesse R. Armstrong
Capon Springs
Paff Shoe Company
Washington St
M C Broadus
Rubio L. Broadus
Washington City
L . Lewis
Lewis
Hubert W Blair
Internal Revenue
Summers
Blair
É&C
Ruben & Sons
Royal Sts
Rammel Bros
J W Riley
J A Leon Hhardt
Elks
Young Mens Mocality Lyceum
Marshall Hall
Board of Police Commissioners
Fayloe's Pharmacy
Washington Street
J A. de Lagnette
Old Point
Fidelity Buyings and Trust Company
Charlotteavile
Smoot & Bong Cow
Wilkesboro
Sperryville
Bell
Havemner
Cameron Street
Royal
Fairfax
W. Bell
Charles D le Grand
Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad
Newburne
L Bunch
W L Bird
The
R Alleen
Nora Wynkeep
Loudoun County
Niagara Falls
Watkins’ Glen
Toronto
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Marshell
Cameron
Union Streets
Mice
Nicholson
Alexandris Nations Bank
iNdividusl Ea
James BE. Rose
Capitol Building
R . Lee
Valley Reunion of
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Strasburg
Brover
Ria
Mercantile Railway Building and Loan Association
Prince and Fairfax Sts
Lee Genzberger
Bricca
Caton
the Bromslaw Brick Co
Laurence Mill CO
A T Hanson
Thie City
B_H Lambert
T & Balatey
Reidsville
Wiliam H Yeatman
Rockdale
the Plains
Fauquier County
F.oreighton & Co
Entwistes Modern Pharmacy
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