Missing witness Hoback hunted over love letters in Jett case
Floyd County prosecutor says Kate Hoback, star witness, sent letters Jett wrote to her that could damage the defense. Roanoke reporters note the subpoena failed to reach Hoback who eloped with Jett. she is believed visiting Stoneville NC, delaying use of the letters in the murder trial of Frederick Hoback in Floyd Court House.
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Floyd County
Attormey
Jett
Washington Post
Roanoke
Kate Hoback
Frederick Hoback
J Li Jett
Floyd Court House
Wade Stump
Floyd
Miss Honack
Talett
Commonwealth
Moffett
Salem
Miss Hoback
Dr Hoback
Stoneville
Jordan
Misa Hoback
Fertilizer Case Appeals Move to Supreme Court
Richmond July 1 after a conference of attorneys in the United States v Virginia Carolina Chemical Company and others it was announced all eleven defendants will carry their cases to the United States Supreme Court three cases to be appealed now while the others await the outcome of the trials before the high court clerk Joseph P Brady had prepared the records and was notified that papers would be required in all eleven cases
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Washington
Pam Richmond
United States
Virginia Carolina Chemical Company
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Lerk
Joseph P Brady
Embezzlement Charge Shocks Southern Railway Clerk
Thomas B Johns twenty one of Richmond is arrested on embezzlement charges in Richmond Virginia. The warrant accuses him of stealing one hundred dollars from the Southern Railway Company while serving as station agent at Homeville. The crime is linked to a period in which he worked in the Chesapeake Ohio Railway logistical department.
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Southern Railway
Richmond Breciat
Washington Post
Richmond Va
Thomas B Johns
Cological Department
Chesapeake‘ Ohio Railway
Johns
Fonds
Southern Railway Company
Homeville
Cepactts
Two Horses Drown in Adkin River Crossing Near Salisbury
This afternoon two horses owned and driven by J W Click of Jerusalem Davie County drowned while crossing the Adkin River eight miles from Salisbury. Click narrowly escaped drowning after the carriage upset. he was thrown into the water but freed himself and reached shore as the horses disappeared.
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Wasminster
Salisbury
J W Click
Jerusalem
Davie
Adkin
Click
Postal laws violated ten arrested at Stephens City Va
Investigation led to the finming of ten people at Stephens City Virginia on July 18 by Post-office Inspector Kelley. Each was fined ten dollars for violations of postal laws. The charges state packages marked tobacco etc were sold to contain first class mail matter. Nearly two hundred parcels were examined by Inspector Hes.
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Stephens City
Wesbington
Kelley
Hes
Man with skull hole survives day after accident and murder verdict
July 18 reports from Suffolk and Isle of Wight County describe John Salmon, aged forty seven, surviving after a skull wound that could hold a goose eye, with recovery possible. Aimon, a sawyer at Matthews Mall, was struck and knocked down by a dust board near the saw. In Wheeling, Elm Grove Mines resume work with nonunion miners after a strike since April 1. A coroner's jury in Washington County returned a murder verdict after Henry Prettyman was shot at a July Fourth festival by Robert Askins. A marriage license issued in Cumberland for Edward Richards and Lena Smearman.
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Suffolk
John Salmon
Aimon
Matthews Mall
Isle of Wisht County
Strick
Washington Post
Elm Grove
Wheeling WooVa
Here
Washingtonian
Washingtoy Post
Cumberland Maduhi Ig
Edward Harvey Normal Richards
Washington
Lena Smearman
Huntngdon Pa
Virginia Obituary Briefs From Starley to Fredericksburg
Obituary notices from Virginia detail deaths of Mrs George W Aleshira aged 37 near Starley from birth blindness clearance. Emma Cole daughter of Va JW Cole of Purselyids Lunaoun died at her father’s residence after typhoid fever. Mary B Conway 76, daughter of late Dr Conway of Stafford, died at sister Mrs E A Bloxton’s home in Wineaester County. Also mention of Lewis as a farmer of the county, aged about 60, who went West four years ago, leaving a wife and three daughters.
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George W Aleshire
Starley
Aleshira
Leesburg
Wiss Emma
Ole
Va JW Cole
Purselyids
Lunaoun
Fredericksburg
Mary B Conway
Dr Conway
Stafford County
E A Bloxton
Stern Wineaester
Lewis
Snavely Denies Perjury In Cumberland Case
Hagerstown July 18 The former juror Hezekiah Snavely arrived from Oregon facing perjury charges connected to the manslaughter case of Dr J H Tompkins and F W Hermann. He allegedly offered a Cumberland witness a bribe during voir dire but denies seeing the witness. The jury disagreed, Snavely later left the area and worked in Polo IH as a liveryman. jailed, he plans to post bond.
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Washington Post
Hagerstown
Dehert
Oregon
Hezekiah Soi
Keedysville
J HK Tompkis
F W Hermann
Cumberland
Weise
West
Polo IH
Joe
Organizing for Lynching in Rowan County
Several hundred men vow vengeance for the murder of the Lyerly family in Salisbury. A large force plans to take seven Black suspects from Charlotte jail. Gov appointed Judge B F Laury to preside at a special Rowan court August 6 for trial of the alleged murderers.
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Lyerly
Washington Post
Salisbury, & Co
Rowan County
Lynen
Charlotte
B F Laory
Statesville
Glenn
Rowan Court
Wachter Sails for Europe on farewell from Baltimore
Congress member Frank Wachter boarded the North German Lloyd Main from Locust Point with friends cheering onlookers, megaphones, and a floral horseshoe gift. The voyage to Europe aims for rest and renewed strength as he departs amid harbor whistles and shore salute.
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Conngressmans
Con- Sresaman
John B Triebler
Wachter
Baltimore
Sam
Scholarship Offered by Sweet Briar Institute for Southern Girls
Sweet Briar Institute announces a single tuition scholarship for a girl from any Southern state who achieves the best entrance exam score. Open to candidates for a degree, entering freshman or sub freshman without condition, with exams available at multiple Southern locations. The college plans to open in Virginia in September 1906.
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Sweet Briar Institute
South
Brieral
Washington P Est
Sweet Briar
Virginia
Benjamin F Goodwin Dead After Long River Career
Special to The Washington Post Wheeling July 13 Benjamin F Goodwin aged eighty one died last night He was brother to William Goodwin the inventor of mechanical toys now in New Jersey His ship the Irone was seized by Southerners on the Red River at the outbreak of the war a loss of over 3500 Capt Goodwin had retired years ago.
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Washington Post
Wheeling
Benjamin F Goodwin
William Goodwin
New Jersey
Capt
Soldier Home death by hanging at convalescent company
Newport News July 18 Aaron T Evans a member of the Convalescent Company at the Soldiers' Home hanged himself early this morning. He tied a rope to a water pipe about eight feet from the floor and placed the other end around his neck. Death was due to strangulation. He had been drinking.
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Convalescent Company
Washington Post
Newport News
Aaron T Evans
Convalescent Iompany
Soldiers’ Home
Evans
Stunned by Lightning Huricane Branch Home Struck Near Suffolk
In Suffolk Virginia a lightning strike at the Huricane Branch home of E Nelms injured Mrs Nelms who was in an adjacent room when the screen door was shattered by the bolt. The 18 month old son of H B W McDonald was seriously hurt after falling from a second story window at McDonalds Mill.
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Suffolk
Washington Post
Huricane
E Nelms
Velms
Nelms
Christiansburg Va
H B W McDonald
Mer J
McDonalds Mill
Five Prisoners Escape From Jail in Christiansburg Va
Five inmates fled last night after obtaining chisels from friends who supplied tools to cut through bars and walls. Investigations indicate possible outside help including a prisoner’s sweetheart, but no arrests or trace of the escapees have been found.
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Washington
Christansburg
Keim Seeks Republican Ticket in Taylor County Vote
Special to The Times from Cumberland Md July 18 N G Keim of Lining seeks placement on the Republican primary ticket in Taylor County West Virginia for next Saturday. Keim vows to contest the race and claims he has sufficient support to secure the nomination for Congress. In Morgantown George C Stuciss is named as a potent rival amid Democratic activity and Republican dissatisfaction.
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Jon
Cumberland Md
N G Keim
Lining
Taylor County
Wo Va
Keim
George C Stuciss
Morgantown
Keims
Congress
New Phase to Rate Bill in Virginia Rail Case
Special to the Washington Post Richmond July 18 Judge Crump, head of the State Corporation Commission, urged why mileage books should not be sold under the Churchman Act. Virginia railroad operators filed answers after Judge Holt of Staunton’s Corporation Court ruled the Churchman Act invalid under the Fourteenth Amendment. The proceeding, likely to yield a favorable precedent for the rail firms, saw argument on the Atlantic Coast Line case as the commission’s ruling was reserved.
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Weashington
Richmond
Crump
Communion
Virginia
Henry Holt
Corporation Court of Staunton
Baltimore and Ohio Railway Company
United States
Holt
Corporation Commission
Judge Thomas S Baer, Supreme Court Judge, Dies
Baltimore July 18 Judge Thomas S Baer of the Supreme Court of Baltimore and University of Maryland law professor died at his home at age 63 He was born March 16 1843 in Baltimore and was son of the late Rev John Baer A Methodist minister Baer served over thirty years as a lawyer and judge and took seat on the bench December 1 1903 He was widowed with no children
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Baltimore
Thomas S Baer
University of Maryland
Baer
John Baer
Supreme Bench
Albert Ritanie
Acanc
Court of Common Pleas
Beacham
Sunday-School Convention Opens in Roanoke
The Baltimore Conference Sunday school convention began at Greene Memorial Church Roanoke Va with large attendance M L Walton Woodstock presiding WW Mil law Washington DC secretary The convention organized and elected vice presidents from Baltimore Conference George H Lamar Hast Baltimore Mica Lillie Myers Washington W L Braman Winchester Miss Nantie Ambrose Rockingham W E Shinnick Roanoke John A Taylor Lewisburg W H Cockley
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Washington Post
Roanoke Va
Baltimore
Greene Memorial Church
M L Walton
Woodstock
Mil Law
Washington, DC
George H Lamar
Hast
Mica Lillie Myers
Washington
L Braman
Winchester
Nantie Ambrose Rockingham
E Shinnick
Roanoke
John A Taylor
Lewisburg
H Cockley
Pollution of the Potomac Paper Company charged in Luke Maryland
Fish Commissioner and Deputy Game Wardens secured a warrant from Justice Daniels in Westernport charging West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company of Luke Maryland with polluting the Potomac River. The warrant named Thomas Luke as company representative and set a hearing next week on an exact date.
West Virginia University plans mining engineering school
The Washington Post reports that at a July 8 meeting of the WVU board of regents, President Purinton was directed to hire faculty as the school of mining engineering is to be established. Charles Holgar Hoge of Point Pleasant WV was named dean of the law school, with a $3000 annual salary. Professor J. B. Thornton of Hampden-Sydney College will head the mathematics department, replacing Prof James Stewart who moves to another post.
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Morgantown
West Virginia University
Board For Regents
Purinton
Regents
Charles Holgar Hoge
Point Peasant
W Va
Law
J. Bi ‘Thornton
Hampden-Sid- Ines College
Virginia
Mats
Mathematics
James Stewart
Charges Against Richmond Pharmacists
Five Richmond pharmacists face state law violations for employing unlicensed clerks at their drugstores. The named defendants are George Arheart W W Richardson W F P Partin C Saunders and William H Snook. The cases, alleging permitting unlicensed clerks to compound prescriptions, will likely be heard in Police Court Saturday. Maggie Faries of Douglas has been committed to jail on an infanticide charge awaiting grand jury action.
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Richmond
George Ar Heart
W Richardson
FP Partin
W C Saunders
William H Snook
Port Parsons
Ws Vo
Maggie Faries F
Douglas
Thaw Breaks With Mother In Lunatic Defense Fight
Thaw and his mother clash over insanity as defence. Mrs Thaw rushes to the Tombs after news from Judge Olcott, while Thaw advocates retain Hartidge and deny insanity. Court hearing on Thaw injunction postponed as delays affect counsel and proceedings.
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Thaw
Pisan
Harry
Olcott
Mr Olcott
Clifford D Hartridge
Hartridge
Savannah
White
Hartidge
Allan McLean Hamilton
di Pana
Millonaire
Stanford White
Jerome on status of case in Thaw matter
Warm Springs Ga July 18 District 1 Attorney Jerome of New York outlines Thaw case options. If tried or sent to asylum, the commission’s mental status ruling covers present condition only, not past insanity at the Stanford White killing. Jerome plans Georgia Bar Association address tomorrow.
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McLean
Farry K Thaw
Jerome
Seystant District Attorey
Taylor
Court of General Sessions
Altories
Nelle Leahy
Nellie Leahy
Jom D Gleason
Thaw
Warm Springs
District 1
New York
Stanford White
Ission
Jerome Will
Georgia Bar Association
Seasion
Virginia Weddings in July Tie Local Couples in Union
Virginia wedding notices from Fredericksburg and surrounding counties July events list multiple unions. Walter Bray and Mise Futh Waring wed at Ess County home with Rev G A Ware officiating. Bertie Lee Stone and Osborne Daughtney wed at the Wide After the honeymoon they will live in Chatham. Jinle Hurt ard Ro Lozan Goleman of Riceville Pittsyl and Rev Pruden and Rev Barnes officiated at Emanuel Church for a July 18 ceremony. Galie W Prufer wed Wesley Arnold in Washington. they plan to return to Richmond. Barbara E Beavers and Lewis H Courkeville, both of Sterling and Fairfax, married today with George W Hopkins presiding. they will reside in Loudoun.
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Fredericksburg
Walter Braynd
Mise Futh Waring
Ess County
Dunnersille
Chatham
Jinle Hurt
Lozan ‘Goleman
Riceville
Pittsyl
Yana Count
Emmanuel Episcopal Church
CO Pruden
Chassell Barnes
Richmond
Galie W Pru
W F Prufer
Washington
Wesle
Y Arnold
Leesburg
Barbara E Beavers
Thomas Beavers
Sterling
Loudoun County
Lewis H Courkeville
James F Cocherile
Fairfax County
Day Type
George W Hopkins
The
Baptist Church of
Waxpoo
Tower Loudoun
Freight Trains Collide Near Salisbury Injuring Engineer
A head on collision occurred on the Ladkin branch near New London twenty miles from Salisbury last night as two freights met. Engineer C A Sigimen, in charge of one train, was severely injured with a broken leg. other crew members escaped by jumping.
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Washington Post
Salisbury
Ladkin
Southern Railwas
New London
C A Sigimen
Alexandria Man Held for Grand Jury On Assault Charge
Weverly Lucas, colored, was held for the grand jury by Police Justice Caton in Alexandria Va for an assault on Somerfield Brooks, a twelve year old colored boy, after a brick strike during a June 3 disturbance at the Alexandria glass works. John Sheppard was arraigned on the same charge and dismissed.
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Alexandra
Washington
Fost Dureau
King Street
Alexandria
Weverly Lucas
Caton
Somerfield Brooks
Brooks
Alexandria Glass Works
Police search for missing monkey in Cloud's Mull Va area
The Meadows near Cloud's Mull Va mourns a missing monkey named Jocko. Police in Alexandria search for the pet with a small collar and disfigured ear, offered by owner Charles Lyles Dies After Long Illness. Charles Lyles dies at 55 in his Duke Street home after a long illness. Almainda J Driscoll Dead. Mrs Almainda J Driscoll dies at 68 on South Fairfax Street, widow of C M Driscoll.
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L . Topping
Cloud's Mull
Jocko 13
Jocko
Alexandria
Alemnda J. Driscoll
Mra Aleinda J Driscoll
South Fairfax Street
C M Driscoll
Wedding Ring Purchases and Support Case in Baltimore
Mrs Annie Biehy told Justice Lodex at Western Police Station that she married August Biehy in June after meeting in Tol Chester and Ellicott City. She paid for the ring and car fare, has supported him since, and claims he failed to provide work or support, leading to his arrest for bond default after a reported blow at Electric Park.
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Baltimore
Annie Biehy
Justice Lodex
Western
August Biehy
Saratoga Street
Bichy
Tolchester
Ellicott City
Elicott City
Ricky
Limb Disorder Healed By Cuticura Remedies
Tremain H J Myers U S N Newark New York writes about suffering for years from a limb humor described as a beef-like swelling below the knee. After doctors failed, Cuticura Soap and Ointment cured the condition in three weeks with daily baths and multiple ointment applications. He now uses Cuticura exclusively.
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Tremain
H. J. Myers
U.S
Newark
New York
P.g
Cuticura Grows Hair Uses Soap and Pills as Cure
A vintage advertisement promoting Cuticura for hair growth and skin conditions. The copy touts cleansing crusts and dandruff, destroying hair parasites, soothing surfaces, stimulating follicles, and nourishing roots. It markets the trio Soap Ointment and Pills for one dollar with worldwide sales and occasional pricing for related products.
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Chem Corp
Sols
Bowen
Gend Cox
Gros Hiamns
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Government Hospital
Washington DC
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Massachusetts Avenue
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