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Elizabeth Bell, 19, killed by her 12 year old brother Albert with a 32 caliber revolver in Baltimore. The boy, terrified, fled and later confessed as the coroner held him on a technical shooting death charge. The gun was found in a back room drawer with one cartridge remaining. Also reported is Newton Clark’s four year old daughter killed near Cutton Forge after play with a gun.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Elizabeth Annette Bell
Patrolman
Thomas II. Bell
Albert Bell
Bell
Slet
Nettie
May Lose Freight Traffic Amid Virginia Rate Schemes
Special to the Washington Post Richmond July 4 E D Hotchkiss testified before the State corporation commission asserting that if the commission’s freight rate plan is enacted most Richmond freight traffic would shift to Baltimore. He claimed Richmond would lose a large share as Baltimore to Interstate points would offer lower rates than Richmond to those places.
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Washington Post
Richmond
E. D. Hotshkise
State Corporation Commission Us
Baltimore
Hotchkiss
Virginia
Schmond
Shoas Places
Swanson Spares Negro Life in Virginia Court
Special to The Washington Post Richmond Virginia July 24 Robert Lewis a negro is not to hang for the murder of Glimer White shot at a negro dance at Longdele last fall Lewis was tried by Allegheny County Jury After conviction efforts for a new trial or commutation began the governor spared him He was to hang next Friday Maude Young jailed ten days fined two dollars for contempt her child ordered moved to the Children's Home Society of Virginia Stork and Death Visit Same House Mrs Louiss Sut seventy two died an hour before birth of a grandchild in the same household in Suffolk Three daughters survive Levener sues C M Miller for slander in Petersburg John R Fiele aged three found dead in bed in Parkersburg after thirty years in business in Germany leaves six children Fined for Selling Cocaine Norfolk S T Richmond and clerk J J Seneca convicted for selling cocaine Richmond fined ten dollars costs Seneca twenty three dollars costs
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Richmond
Robert Lewis
Glimer White
Longdele
Lewis
Allegheny County
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Danville
Maude Young
Corporation Court
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Children's Home Society of
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Rose Hensely
Thomas Turer
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J. R. Young
Supreme Court of the District of Colambie
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Baltimore
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Charles
Mills
Katharine Mills
John Falmer
Columbis
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Katherine Mills
Hee
Edmund Palmer
Supreme Court of the Dietrict of Columbia
Washlington Post
Evening Star
District of Columbia
Atiault
Azhlet
ML Gould
William
Lengant
Syl
Virginia Obituary Notices From Various Virginia Locales
Virginia notices report R G Fuser a 37 year old Barrieters Hall farmer dies in General Hospital after Bright’s disease and Bright’s illness. John W Bowman 68 dies in Luray after months illness from heart damage, interment in Edinburg. Mrs Stary Norman Yarbrough dies in Richmond with funeral tomorrow afternoon. W L Watgon city council member and prominent business man dies at home after a week long bout of typhoid fever. age 38, survived by wife and one daughter.
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Danville
R. G. Fuser
Barrieters Hall
General Hospital
Bright's
Sherandoah
Richmond
Stary Norman ‘Yarbrough
A. Rutur Yarbrough
Fredericketarg
W. L. Watgon
Died on Depot Platform in Clifton Forge
R D Howard a 35 year old C and O brakeman fell from a train at Fordwick on the mountain division just before day and died on the station platform after being brought to town. His wife met him at the depot and the scene was emotional. He is survived by four children.
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Washington Post
Clifton Forge
R. D. Howard
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Fordwick
Howard
One Killed and Six Injured in Baltimore Collision
In Baltimore Maryland in the western suburbs early today a collision between a trolley car and a wagon carrying a picnic party killed Annie Braxton a colored person and injured six other colored persons none fatally. The wagon was on the car tracks when the speeding car struck it as it turned off the tracks overturning and demolishing the wagon. the car had no passengers aboard.
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Baltimore
Annie Braxton
Mystery Confession in Lyerly Family Murder Case
Salisbury July 4 a written confession in the Lyerly family murder case was delivered to Sheriff D B Julian from Mecklenburg jail. Alexander Massay and W W Mitchell claim Jack Dillingham and a white man withheld name killed the family over a farm dispute. Massay and Mitchell, witnesses, will testify alongside the accused at a Rowan Court hearing on August 8.
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Washington Post
Salisbury
N. C
Lyerly
D. B. Julian
Rowan
Mecklenburg
Alexander Mansay
W. W. Mitchell
Jack Dillingham
Mr. Lyerly
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Dillingham
Dilingham
Charlotte
Massay
Mitchell Ware Mide
Svith
Maurderers
Rowan Court
Hyattsville assault fine for traveling man Bentley
A prominent traveling man, H C Bentley, was fined $40 and costs by Justice Arthur Carr in Hyattsville for assault and battery after a dispute over an apology following an incident with Dr R L Perry. The case drew local comment due to the involved parties' prominence.
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Washington
Hyattsville
Btd
H. C. Bentley
Arthur Carr
R. L. Perry
Perry
Light Franchise Leased by Alexandria City Council
Alexandria city council after a stormy session voted to lease the electric light and power franchise for thirty years to a private Philadelphia company. Edward E. Mandeville bid most advantageous per New York expert. Upper board approved 2 to 1. Spinks opposed. Streets committee favored paving Fairfax Street with vitrified brick from King to Cameron.
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Washington
Mandeville
Spinks
Ballenger
Fnance
Fairfax Street
King Street
Cameron Street
Two Missing Inquiries Prompt Alexandria Police Alert
Police near Alexandria are seeking Hillman Deavers who left home around May 1 and Walter H. Reid, sixteen, missing from Chesterbrook in Fairfax County. Penelope Cowhig, sixty seven, widow of John Y T Cowhig, died at 1016 King Street Alexandria yesterday morning and will be sent to Warrenton for burial.
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Hillman Deavers
Walter H. Reid
Chesterbrook
Fairfax County
Cowhig
Penelope Cowhig
John
King, Street
Fauquier County
Warrenton
Man Digging From Cellar Fooled by City Officers
Special to The Washington Poat from Baltimore Maryland July 4 Frank J Schaefer was held by Justice Laden on grand jury action for attempted burglary. He was found digging his way out of a grocery cellar at 661 West Lexington street when officers and a crowd confronted him. He claimed he had been locked in the cellar and was escaping.
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Baltimore
Mad
Frank
J. Schaefer
Justice Laden
Schaefer
West
Lexington Street
Brothers in fight aboard steamer Valley Belle
Mont Hacket and William Ball, half brothers, fought on the steamer Valley Belle off Parkersburg West Virginia this afternoon. Ball suffered severe cuts and is hospitalized while Hacket is jailed awaiting the outcome of his brother’s injuries, which may prove fatal. The men reside in Sackston Ohio.
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Washington Post
Parkersburg
W. Va
Stunned by lightning strikes Virginia man at home
Special to The Washington coat Winchester Virginia July 4 Halie Heater son of Charles W Heater president of the Virginia State board of agriculture was struck by lightning while pumping water at a clatern at his home in Middletown this county He was hurled to the ground senseless suffered severe shock but will recover Object to quarantine regulations Richmond July 24 W B Livery and A Garrett Newport News Chamber of Commerce urged the governor to revive quarantine rules at the Federal government station at Old Point Newport News shipping interests complain of delay Heavy rains damaging crops Norfolk July 24 persistent rains ruin cantaloupe crops and hinder potato planting in the belt Court to hold special session Richmond July 4 Supreme Court of Appeals to convene July 1 to hear Insurance case involving the legislature appointment of the commissioner
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Winchester
Halie Heater
Charles W. Heater
Virginia State Board of Agriculture
Middletown
Wees
Hunter
Richmond
Ww. B
A. ©. Garrett
Newport News
Supreme Court of Appeals
Tidewater Railway picks Victoria site for first division shops
Norfolk news confirms Tidewater Railway will not build shops at Salem Rosnoke County but selects Victoria in Lunenburg County as its initial division repair complex. The line extends 20 miles from Norfolk with track laying to Victoria moving toward completion within three months. Engineers grade the Virginia route as work continues.
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Norfolk
Raymond Dupuy
Tidewater Railway
Tidewater
Salem
Rosnoké County
Lunenburg County
New Plymouth
Ma Farlan
Lunenburg Courthouse
Victoria
Tidewater Company
Engneers
Virginia
WIFE SUES FOR DIVORCE IN BUCKINGHAM COUNTY
Mrs Amanda Bloxton files for absolute divorce from S D Bloxton a Harrisonburg railroad man in Buckingham County Circuit Court alleging cruelty drunkenness and gross immorality The marriage allegedly began in 1297 and Mrs Bloxton seeks protection from molestation and custody of their eight year old daughter Mary Vidal Bloxton with custody arranged through her father David F Miller of Rockingham County The plaintiff has been under nervous prostration treatment this past year
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Washington Post
Winchester
S. D.bloxton
Harrisonburg
Buckingham County
Amanda ‘Bloxton
Bloxton
Mary Vidal Bloxton
Bear fakes death then fights dogs at Dismal Swamp
Andrew Benard shot two large black bears near the edge of the Dismal Swamp. The bears were treed by three dogs. The animal appeared dead after falling, then awakened and repulsed the dogs’ attack before climbing over a wire fence to escape.
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Washington
Suffolk
Andrew Benard
One More Wreck Victim Dies At Hospital
The twenty third victim of the Seaboard wreck died this morning at the Goon Samaritan Hospital in Charlotte. Rose McBryde of Hamlet, NC, is named. Of thirty one remaining, nine discharged today and three not expected to survive. Two are very severely injured with little or no hope for recovery.
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Washington
Charlotte
N. C
Goon Samaritan Hospital
Rose McBryde
Hamlet
Sherr
Pabst Beer Promoted As Clean and Pure Food
An advertisement extols Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer as a clean wholesome food beverage. It claims sterilized production from brewing to bottling with no human contact, portraying the Pabst brewery as unmatched in cleanliness and purity.
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Pabst
Gasoline Tank Explosion Kills Two Men in North Carolina
Raleigh July 24 A gasoline tank explosion at Standard Oil works in Durham causes Louis Holloway 20 to die within twenty minutes and Tom Lunsford badly burned, both men trapped as flames erupt from the 40 000 gallon container. Firemen rescue Holloway only after the blast.
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Tom Lunsford
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Idlewood Company Amusements Convicted in Richmond Case
The Idlewood Company president and an employee were found guilty of operating amusements in Burclay. Magistrate Lewis fined them and forfeited bonds totaling 190. The company must cease operations when notified by officers. An appeal has been filed. the case moves to Henrico Circuit Court before potentially reaching the Supreme Court.
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Washington
Richmond
Idlewood
Lewis
Henrico County
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Burclay
Suddey
Circuit Court of
Henrico
Carter Scott
Negro Held For Assault In Petersburg
A Black man, named William Pull, was examined before a Chesterfield County magistrate on a charge of attempted criminal assault on a young boy. He was held for trial at the next term of the circuit court. The prisoner proclaims innocence and was committed to jail.
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Washington
Petersburg
William
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Chesterfield County
Boulevard to Exposition Fund Start in Norfolk
The Washington Post reports a public subscription has begun in Norfolk to fund a six mile boulevard from Norfolk to the Jamestown Exposition grounds. Estimated cost ranges from 68 000 to 75 000 dollars with Norfolk County support and plans to make the boulevard a premier highway in the country.
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Norfolk
Jamestown Exposition Grounds
Norfolk County
Dead Man's Hollow tragedy shocks Rosslyn area
Fred Miles, a 32 year old Black man from Halls Hill Va, was killed by a rock on the Falls Church turnpike near Dead Man's Hollow, near Rosslyn. Two men from Hallson Va, Tenner and Evans, were arrested as suspects after the body was found by a passerby and an inquest planned. The hollow has a history of violent crime and mysterious deaths, including the Cunningham case from fifteen years earlier.
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Dead Man
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Alexandria County
Mackey
William ‘Renner
Polored
Georgetown
Bernard Evans
Hallson
Miles
Tenner
Evans
Rosslyn
Falls Church Turnpike
Fairfax Court House
Cunningham
Hollay
Clewn
Rersong
Cuningham
William McClure
Halls
Apitezo Ad Promises Nutritious Crisp Food
Ad copy touts Apitezo as a balanced vegetable iron rich meal option. It claims proper proportions of nutrients and easy digestion with a crisp pleasant taste. Suggested serving includes frying with milk or cream for shiny days. Package prices shown.
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