Winchester Flood Destroys Property In Cloudburst
A Winchester cloudburst drenched the central town area, with 2 3 inches of rain in an hour. Water swept into Lower Winchester, flooding second stories of small houses and damaging lumber yards, porches, and carpets. Telegraph operator Murnan perched on a table sending a message as floodwaters surged through Water Street. No lives were lost.
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Washington Post
Winchester
Winchester Water Street
Sumac Mills
Lmon
Murnan
FARMERS MEETING CLOSES IN WASHINGTON FEST
The Washington Fest Staunton Va July 2 The second and last day of the State Union meeting of the American Society of Equity drew farmers from Augusta Campbell Nelson Amelia Rockingham Amherst Powhatan and other counties A new slate of directors was named J R Kemper Staunton W V Kennon Powhatan Dr Evans Appomattox C B Stacy Amelia WV Thayer Powhatan Hylton Amherst EL Kahle Augusta and F B Jones Kemper elected president Kennon vice president Stacy secretary Kemper and Evans chosen delegates to the East St Louis convention next October The next meeting will be at Blackstone in January.
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Washington
Staunton
State Union
the American Society of Equity
Augusta
Campbell
Nelson
Amelia
Rockingham
Amherst
Powhatan
J R Kemper
W. V. Kennon
Dr. Evans
Appomattox
Stacy
Thayer
Hylton
EL Kahle
F. B Jones
Wow Kennon
B Stacy
T W. Evans
East St Louis
Blackstone
Carload of Goods Stolen From Cli House and Cottage
Mrs Nannie Smyth and Koons Green, both youths, were arrested at Pen Mar Park charged with involvement in a wintertime robbery at the Cli House and Cottage hotel. They were held in Hagerstown jail awaiting hearing. A carload of silverware, dishes, linens, bed clothes and furniture were reported stolen and sent toward Winchester, with none recovered.
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Washington Post
Hagerstown
Nannie Smyth
Koons Green
Peu Mei Park
Eveninny
Cli House
Winchester
Smith
Jilted Sweetheart Takes Laudanum In Love Crisis
Jannie Britt aged eighteen died last night from a self administered dose of laudanum in Suffolk Virginia after a personal crisis over love troubles. Her fiancé, who had jilted her, also attempted suicide with poison but was reported out of danger today.
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Washington Post
Sufolk
Jannie Britt
Nere Mnarsuet Rountree
Former Broker Dies by His Own Action in Sanitarium
Edward J. Walter a 50 year old Baltimore merchandise broker hanged himself with the cord of his bathrobe in a Laurel Maryland sanitarium room. He had been treated for nervous prostration for two months. The coroner ruled death by own action. He is survived by wife Florence Walter. Body shipped to Baltimore. Inquest verdict returned.
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Washington Post
Laurel
Edward J. Walter
Baltimore
Tumselt
Walter
Florence Walter
Harry Frost
Virginia Military Institute inquiry report findings
A legislative committee report on the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington finds grounds for student complaint about food conditions last fall, but supports the superintendent for dismissing those who signed for the third class and disciplines for leaving campus without permission. It cites crowded barracks and poor baths and kitchens, yet notes current ample food and pending improvements to be completed before next term.
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Legislative Committee
Richmond
Special Legislative Committee
Virginia Military Institute
Lexington
Gov Swanson
Linds
Alexandria Day Promotes City Unity For Monday Event
Mayor Paff and Citizens join volunteer firemen and Red Men with management for Alexandria Day. Luna Park backs the charity drive at 3 PM Monday legal holiday. Osceola Tribe plans reenactment of Custer massacre with Red Men reinforcement. Friendship Engine Company preps to combat a staged fire, while Painton Electric Steamship Company officers are announced. Death of long time resident John Hawking noted with Harmony Lodge hosting funeral. Ice carrier Kentuky B Little arrives, and Elks delegation returns from Denver convention.
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Washington Post Bureau
King’ Street
Alexandria
Alexandria Hospital
Luna Park
Paft
Osceola
Tom Washington
Friendship Wire Engine Company
Two Cent Mileage Act Challenged in Supreme Court
Richmond July 27 The state corporation commission ruled the two cent railway mileage act unconstitutional and void, dismissing proceedings. The attorney general prepared an appeal to the U S Supreme Court. Chesapeake and Ohio Railway protested proposed rates as discriminatory amid a freight-rate hearing. Negro man John Henry was hanged near Snow Hill Md for a criminal assault, witnessed by hundreds. Roanoke July 27 Miss Minnie Richards and Fernando Holland, Floya County, were married yesterday. the bride is daughter of the late James FR Richards.
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Richmond
State Corporation Commission
United States
Supreme Court
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
The
Corporation Commission
Hotchkiss
Chesapeake and Ohio
Norfolk and Western
Snow Hill
John Henry
Aecal
Washington Post Roanoke
Minnie Richards
Fernando Holland
Floya County
James FR Richards
Four Rescued After Undertow Off Virginia Beach
A quartet including former Judge D Tucker Brooke and real estate operator Charles B Nelms were swept from shore by an undertow at Virginia Beach. Rescuers formed a line to pass them to safety, with Miss Elizabeth Van Eaman and Miss Fannie Grandy saved after repeated submersion. Some appeared lifeless and required resuscitation.
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Tucker Brooke
Charles B. Nelms
Elizabeth van Eaman
Fannie Grandy
Washington Post
Norfolk
Virginia Beach
D Tucker Brooke
Congress
Virginia
Norfolk and
Newport News
Baltimore
Fannie Granny
James Hume
Portsmouth
Miss Grandy
Miss van Haman
Judge Tucker
Nelms
Coffee blamed for stomach troubles in one Oregon man
An Oregon man credits coffee with causing long term stomach distress and poor health. After stopping coffee and switching to Postum, his symptoms improved dramatically and he regained strength. He endorses the product and mentions potential corroboration from local banks and merchants in Grants Pass.
Jealous sweetheart shoots suitor in Fairmont hotel
Milton Hambrick, shot by his sweetheart Nora Layman after an argument at a Fairmont hotel, lies dying in Clarksburg with a bullet in the brain. The group included Miss Layman and Miss Lulu Leng. Layman fired as Hambrick attempted a dance with a woman, and Layman was arrested.
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Washington Post
Fairmont
W Va
Nora Layman
Milton Hambrick
Clarksburg
Hambrick
Miss Layman
Lulu Leng
Fred
Galt
Democratic Chairman Challenges Blackburn to Joint Canvass Debate
Salisbury NC July 27 Chelrnyan Thomas H Vanderfelt of the Eighth District Democratic committee challenged C H Cowles Republican chair at Wilkesboro to arrange a joint canvass debate with Republican nominee E Spencer Blackburn and Democratic candidate Richard N Hackett for Congress.
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North Carolina
Washington Post
Salisbury
Chelrnyan
Thomas H. Vanderfelt
Democratic Executive Committee
Eighth
C. H Cowles
Republican Executive Committee
Wilkesboro
E. Spencer Blackburn
Richard N Hackett
Congress
Engine On Wild Rampage Injures Worker Dead
Hagerstown Maryland July 27 Claude Cosens a Norfolk and Western engineer at Hagerstown jumped aboard his engine at Shenandoah pulled the throttle wide open and sped through the yards at a mile a minute. The fireman leapt away to avert disaster. Cosens then backed the engine to a switch derailing it and running over a repairman who died of his injuries. Cosens, said to be intoxicated, was removed from the locomotive amid threats of lynching.
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Washington Post
Hagerstown
Claude Cosens
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Shenandoah
Coseng
Cosens
Lynch Bum
Miners Scale Signed Resumes Operations Across Eastern District
In Wheeling West Virginia on July 27 a joint convention of miners and operators signed a two year scale for the Eastern district. Operations will resume within a week, employing about 1,000 men idle for four months. The agreement closely follows the 1903 war scale with minor adjustments. Also reported a fatal accident at Keyser West Virginia where 24 year old G B Hammer was killed after being run over while attempting to board a freight train bound for Cumberland. His body was sent to Shenandoah Virginia. In Norfolk Virginia six hundred men of the Seventy first Virginia Volunteers departed for Chickamauga Georgia for an eight day national camp of instruction led by Col C C Vaughn.
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Salisbury
Southern
Thorn
China Grove
Rowan County
Will Monroe
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WB Tagett
Dlr Clagett
Slagsratown
Wrankim Swain
Sharpabare
Ted
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Cumberland
Alexander Prubaker
Tanner
Bartin
Frostburg
John Brubaker
Brubaker
Erie Railroad
Nes Ork
Margaret 4
Scher
Taulet Y Scheller
Hagerstown
A Scherr
Washington County
LB Rowland
Hagerstown Cumberland
Bernard J Callaghan
Scotland
Connelterville
Pennsylvania
Louis Ned
Daugher Cumberland
Filzabeth Barney
Rex John Berney
Meaths Oiie
Laura Douglass
Hines
Trilby
Ore
Luther Douglass Chatham
Vmrs
Bettle Reynolds
Reynolds
Ritteshama
Sera
Danvilla
Denis la Martin
Hia
Axton
Hearh
Oregon
Postum
First National Bank
Trust Banking Company
Grants Paes
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellvite
Wheeling
W Va
Eastern District
Niles
Washington St
Hammer
W A. Liller
Keyser
Shenandoah
Washington Post
Norfolk
Seventy-first Infantry Regiment
Virginia Volunteers
Chickamauga
National Camp of Instruction
C. C Vaughn
Russell
Mra
Emerson
Sue
Mr. Emerson
New York
Hs Office
Col. Emerson
Arm
Niece of Russell Sage Denies Air Castle Planning
Edith Sage Emerson, daughter of Perry Sage, rejects rumors of plotting to gain from uncle Russell Sage’s fortune. She notes her vague family history, explains she may not be among heirs, and discusses her art interests and life in Washington. A separate Reading collision report mentions two injured, one killed.
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Russell
Wassell Sage
Perry Sage
Post
Mra Emerson
Sage
Miss Grey
Hari de Grey
England
Vermont
Florence
Shane
Emerson
Europe
Emierson
Chicago
Washington
Corcoran
Art Galleria
Tryme
Mr. Emerson
John B Sage
Burton
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Petersburg
Seymour
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Fayettewle
Philadelnia
Hope Mills Manufacture Company
Arival
Porter
Leesburg
John Crim
Loudoun County
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Basic City
Syets
Letcher
Circuit Court
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Boward J. Walter
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Board of Hospital Managers
Paff
Painton Electrical Steamship and Construction Company
Richard B. Painton
Col W . Andregys
Samuel H Randall
W. S. Ballard
Washington, D. C
Hiram Winner
Randall H. Foote
John H Hickling
G. Bimfle Esse
Martin N Dans
Washington, DC
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Washington DC
CL Painton
Edward R Painton
John Hawking
Harmony Lodge of Odd Fellows
G William Ramsay
Arhanner
Kenty B. Little
Tree Mutual Ice Company
Elks
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Denver
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Virginia Corporation Commission
United States Supreme Court
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Fayettevite NC
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Washington Poat
Jonn F White
Allegany County
Frederick Counts
Cumberland, Mée
Sarah Flanigan
Franklin
Westernport
Blackburn
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Bastern
Tel
Russell Sage
Reading
Frack~ville
Reading Railroad
William F. Smith
A. F. Bender
Fathers
W. B. Moses & Sons, Bst
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Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Twelfth Street N. W
District of Columbia
Kon
Private Branch Exchange
Anourt
Acte
B. W. Trafford
D. S. Porter
Boe
Chile
Family
Ceadet
Price
Loeb & CO
Pa. Ave
Columbia
Theatar
Guy Standing
BT John Mason
Columbia “Theater Co
R . Carton
Gmice
U.S. Treasury
Eversthire
O1 Lake
U. S. Marine Band
Rudence
Indy
Norrs
Rein Or Shine
Meoghoura
New Wolard Hote
Penn Avonue
B'dway NZ
Bone
Goodyear Rubber Co
AFR
Ashan
Bundes
Charles C Pierce
U S 4
James Cokinos
Eighth Street
Louis Pappas
13Th St. N. W
Cogar A Cairns
Nelson Refrigerator CO
Fst.n. W
Earnshaw & Bro
Tennessee
R. P. Andrews
la. Ave
Schlitz
Milwaukee
Dos
Schlitz Brewing
St. Ss. W
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Fulton
Ninth Street No
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