Local News From Alexandria And Nearby Areas
Reports from Alexandria note W Thomas Holtzman of Luray suffered a skull fracture when an automobile driven by Captain Louis N Duffey ran into a ditch and overturned near his host’s home. He remained unconscious until yesterday morning but injuries judged less serious. Judge Brent and Judge Mon cure have taken control of city hall office rooms formerly used by the clerk and currently by Judge Farley, who recently resigned. Helen Louise Connell wed Richard S Hammersley in a Wednesday ceremony at the First Baptist Church parsonage. Allison W C T members plan a visit to the city almshouse tomorrow afternoon, departing from King and Washington streets at 145 o'clock in motor buses provided by the Virginia Rapid Transit Company. Minnie Maxine Dyson, under a doctor’s care in the corporation court, has been granted a divorce from Melvin Eugene Tyson on grounds of desertion. In Winchester, Rep T W Harrison spoke tonight at Strasburg in his renomination bid while opponent Col R P Leedy criticized the event. The Harrison Leedy race draws veteran politicos and older reform figures. In Richmond, former president and owner of the Richmond Evening Journal Charles B Coke, with John Craze and Harry Tucker, will be associated with a Norfolk newspaper soon. The Richmond Virginian’s mechanical plant, idle for weeks, has been acquired for the new edition. In Abbeville, large quantities of beer were seized by Federal Prohibition agents in the Southern division, totaling about 12,867,96 gallons from December 1914 to July 1, 1924, amid nationwide enforcement in Virginia, North and South Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky.
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Alexandria News
Washington Post
King Street
Alexandria
Thomas Holtzman
Luray
Louis N. Duffey
Alexandria Hospital
Holtzman
Lynchburg Area Terrorized by Two Highwaymen
Special to The Washington Post. Campbell county near Montview and City Farm terrorized by two negro highway men who held up multiple people. Five robberies Wednesday night follow a prior $185 cash and $4,500 check robbery. check recovered near the scene. A montview camp car raid yielded about $17 to two robbers, one shot in the abdomen. Citizens scour the area seeking the culprits.
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Washington Post
Lynchburg
Campbell County
Montview
City Farm
Southern Railway
Weddings and engagements clutter Gordonsville notes
Chronicles several local marriages and engagements across Gordonsville and nearby towns. Doris Fisher wed Paul Burch on a lawn ceremony. W T Tuel and Maidie Mubray wed near Gortlombville. couples plan honeymoons in Newport News, Norfolk, Atlantic City, and then settle in Barboursville or Lynchburg. Additional items note weddings in Amherst and New York City, an engagement between Ida Gazelle Stubbs and Dr. R Smith, and a serious injury to Mary Kennedy from a runaway horse in Dorchester County.
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Gordonsville
Doris Fisher
G. E Wisher
Waldrop
Paul Burch
W. P. Burch
Mineral
W. T. Tuel
Somerset
Maidie Mubray
Barboursville
Piedmonth Assembly
Gortlombville
Newport News
Norfolk
Lynchburg
William A Dolan
Susan Cheatham
W. B. Cheatham
Concord
Paul Cheatham
Ey J. M Wilmore
Atlantic City
Gracie IL. Garter
Swee Briar
Harry L. Johnson
Amherst
W. P. Province
Daisy G Hughes
Burn W Johnson
College Till Baptist (Church
Pr. A. TG. Conrad
Grain and Live Stock Prices Halt Baltimore July 30
Grain and live stock prices listed for Baltimore on July 30. Butter cream, eggs, poultry and oats markets show varied bids with multiple regional quotes and unsettled oats. No firm price quotations available for accurate listings at this time.
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Baltimore
Grain market report for Chicago wheat futures and bids
Grain prices for wheat grades No 4 red and No 3 mixed in Chicago show July and nearby bids with ranges 1.43 to 1.46 for red and 1.90 for No 3. Mixed descriptions indicate bid-ask spreads and loading totals, reflecting market activity and price levels for grain traders.
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Chicago
Los
Judge Dayton Dies Quietly at 62 in Battle Creek
Special to The Washington Post Martinsburg West Virginia July 30 Federal Judge Alston G Dayton of the Northern District of West Virginia died today in a Battle Creek Michigan sanitarium after a general breakdown He was about 62 years old and had once served in the House of Representatives from the Second district Cape Charles Virginia July 10 Potatoes on the Eastern Shore push farm land prices up 200 to 400 percent weekly sales show changes Thomas Bloxom of Bulbegger sold Thorogood Dix farm to Claude Belote for 36000 The farm once belonged to William Fletcher of Washington State who sold it for 6000 He paid 9090 in 1912 The farm covers 350 acres with 142 cleared Onville Virginia July 40 Hearing prohibition agents plan to use bloodhounds to run down whisky runners P Ford of Martinsville owner of 28 thoroughbreds two of which are stationed there warned he would recall the hounds if used by authorities
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Washington Post
Martinsburg
Alston G. Dayton
West Virginia
Battle Creek
Mich
Stuart W. Walker
Dayton
House of Representatives
Cape Charles
Virginia
Thomas Bloxom
Bulbegger
Thorogood Dix
Claude Belote
William Fletcher
Washington State
Bloxom
Washington Postonville
Ford
Martinsville
W. T. Shelton
Prohibition
Crozet
Tames
C. J. Henry
University Hospital
Charlottesville
Clarksburg
W Wa
Federal Census Bureau
G. D. Theleeu
Norwood
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Stonewall Ark
Arbutus Park
Elk Grove
Summit Park
Union Heights
Doubtful death case clouds verdict in Virginia mill
Charlottesville July 3 The coroner's jury investigating the alleged self inflicted death of Miss Carrie Easton expert weaver in the Charlottesville silk mills adjourned without verdict. Testimony cast doubt on suicide as the cause a bullet from her brain did not fit the pistol found on the floor. Numerous witnesses were examined one not appearing was arrested.
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Washington Post
Charlottesville
Carrie Easton
Train Hits Auto In Maryland Four Hurt At Monterey Crossing
Four people were injured when a Western Maryland Railway train struck an automobile at Monterey crossing in Hagerstown Maryland. Victims include Joseph M Newcomer a former county commissioner and farmer Aaron W Newcomer a fruit grower and two Mrs Aaron Newcomer and Mrs Joseph Newcomer. The group was en route to the State Horticultural Association meeting in New Windsor.
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Washington Post
Hagerstown
Western Maryland
Monterey Crossing
Blue Ridge Summit
Joseph M. Newcomer
Ringgold
Aaron W Newcomer
Aaron Newcomer
Joseph Newcomer
J. D. Mentzer
J. H. Bankers
Baltimore
Victor Cullen
Washington County
State Horticultural Association
New Windsor
Live Stock Prices in Chicago Market Report
Grassy stock at 10.00 to 14.50 for bulk lower by 25 cents on food bologna 6.25 to 7.00 butcher stock 7.50 to 10.00 best stock steady others uneven. Cows medium 6.25 to 7.78 canners 2.75 to 4.50 calves 0.25 to 0.60 lower. Hogs early top 16.25 late top 18.90. light and butchers 15.00 to 16.00. bulk packing sows 13.75 to 14.10. Sheep top Western lambs 15.25 native 14.66. bulk 13.00 to 14.25. fall Western wethers 3.60. ewes 7.75 to 8.00. feeder lambs 12.10 to 12.50.
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Chicago
Cotton price table from New York to Norfolk and Wilmington
A fragmented note showscotton prices with New York at 4000 units, Norfolk at 40.50, and Wilmington at 48.60, indicating regional price quotations and spread. The entry references three locations and a numeric price point, suggesting a market ticker line from a historical financial page.
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New York
Norfolk
Wilmington
Harding Day Plans and Southern Support Panels
Delegates arrive at a neighboring farm for an event with 4000 attendees as preparations begin for Harding supporters in Marion. The day features greetings from Richland County figures, two airplanes bearing county messages, and Harding's porch address while lawmakers discuss regional support and labor visits.
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