Prohibition Crackdown Reported Across States
West Virginia officers seized 81 stills, 500 gallons of whisky and 10 000 gallons of mash in May. In Raleigh county 47 arrests and 535 moonshine cases were recorded. In Virginia, Hines and Nickels were arrested for bootlegging, with bonds set at 1000 and 300 respectively.
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West Virginia
Charleston
W. Va
Associated Press
Walter S. Nalla
Radas
Mcflowell
Kerneoha
Vic Hallahan
Vo. Blankenship
Raleigh County
Tod
stPla
Richmond
W. R. Hines
FP Nickels
West End
Death notices from Washington and surrounding area June 1921
Multiple obituaries and funeral notices for Daly, Devlin, Dyer, Hampton, Rawains, Lear, Macpherson, Page, Reid, Reidy, Rollins, Smithers, Vogt, Walsh, Whittemore. Residents of Washington DC and nearby locales list survivors, residences, funeral homes, service dates in early June 1921. Interments in local cemeteries and private services noted. several notices request papers copy.
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Daly
Sundse
Tessa
Teresa M
Asaghter
Michael J
M. Teresa Daly
Holy Name Church
Mary
Richmond
Devlin
Lanier Place
Mary Carrico
Luke Devlin
St Pauls Catholicchurch
Dyer
William FH. Dyer
Jbgl
Mintwood Place
Runprut
Marty Ko Hawkins
Btnart
Ian Beaeen
William H. Sarde & c
Hatreer
Wiliam H, Sarde & Co
Tueedar
Glenwood Cemetery
Lear
Jane
P21
Marie Conrad
Tavis C Lehr
Emmanuel Church
Baltimore
St John's Church
Glyndon
Lathrop
Thomas Nelson Page
Washington
D.C
Luna
Reid
Langley
James L. Reid
Dune Roxt
Trinida
Reidy
Mary A. Reidy
Kappler
Michael Reidy
May Reidy
New York Avenue
Macy
Macy's Cemetery
Rollins
T Street
Nuthwest
Elizabeta
Edward Po Fnihns
Boatm
Telemond
Smithers
Grace Riggs
Wits
Teanis K Smith
Germantown
Vogt
Ki’ Atreet
Margret
Joan Vogt
Walsh
Ostreet
James
Anna Walph
Sotlee
Whittemore
Wilhard Fentty
Seventeenth
Willard Streets
Elizabetes
Park Whittemore
Mary EB
Sarah
Tohn F
Joseph F Whittemore
St Paola Catholic Church
Witeanth
V Streets
St Marva
Norfolk
Norfolk and Richmond
Jinxed Ship New Orleans Burns Two Men
The United States Shipping Board steamer New Orleans suffered a fatal burn to J. K. Jamison and serious burns to James Quinn after an attempted wood fire under a furnace with gasoline. Police later arrested nine officers and crew including Capt. C. Johnson for alleged prohibition law violations with 25 quarts of whisky found aboard. Jamison died in hospital. Quinn to recover. Capt. Jenson and nine crewmen face police court hearings on prohibition charges.
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Portsmouth
Associated Press
Jinx
United States Shipping Board
New Orleans
J. K. Jamison
James Quinn
Mrs Louis C Lehr Dead After Pneumonia
Special to The Washington Post from Baltimore reports Mrs Anne Conrad Lehr widow of Dr Louis C Lehr died at the Carter sisters home. A Maryland aristocrat she served in France with the devastated regions committee after armistice and earned the French military medal. She owned Worthington estate and traced descent from Sally Custis, stepdaughter of George Washington. The 1909 wedding to Dr Lehr was conducted by Cardinal Gibbons.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Anne Conrad Lehr
Louis C. Lehr
Membr
Maryland
Sally
Polly Carter
Baptist Pastor Endorses Modern Dance Message
Frederick Hall Virginia June 6 Rev T A Hall Elk Creek Baptist church pastor praised the modern dance in a sermon last night saying there is no harm in the dance itself while opposing the fox trot and similar dances where the man wraps his arms around his partner. Audience reactions included a startled pause followed by applause.
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Frederick Hall
T. A. Hall
Elk Creek Baptist Church
Beggars Ban Enforced In Newport News
Newport News authorities banned professional beggars citywide and ordered arrests for alms seeking with few exempt locals. They claim a state beggar combine divvies proceeds with officers. An existing beggar licensing ordinance will be repealed by the city council.
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Newport News
City Faces Bond Vote Over School and Sewers Plan in Alexandria
Mayor Duncan leads a quarrel with the common council over bond issues to fund a new school, street improvements, and sewers. Vetoes, council reenactment, and a pending opinion from the corporation attorney cloud the decision as the city moves toward a ruling. Deeds record transfer of park property to the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association for a temple costing about 1 million dollars. Also noted are license tag warnings, a Democratic committee meeting, early banker hours for merchants, and a Methodist Protestant church reception for the pastor.
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Wasmauius
Burbal
Duncan
Common Council
Board of Aldermen
Corporation Court
George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association
George Washington Park
George Washington
Charles H. Callahan
George Washington Masonic ,National Memorial Association
Lavinia R. Fitzgerald
William BR. Gristol
Duke and Henry Streets
Percy W. Pickford
Raymond E. Middleton
Rosemont
Percy W. Ficksford
Trwin H. Echols
George H. Schwarzmann
Old Dominion Glass Company
Henry and
First Streets
Power of Attorney Voided in Maryland Court
Henry W. Wingert and Frederick H. Snyder as committee for Abraham K. Snyder filed a bill in equity to void a deed and power of attorney. Snyder, declared of unsound mind by a Prince Georges County jury in December 1919, was confined at Laurel sanitarium and had granted the documents to attorney Jesse O. Snyder of Hagerstown about a month after admission.
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Washington Post
Hagerstown
Henry W. Wingert
Frederick H. Snyder
Abraham K. Snyder
Heat Spring
Prince ,Georges County
Snyder
Laurel (Md
Jesse O. Snyder
Confederate Memorial Day Observed at Winchester
More than 3 000 Confederate soldiers were honored in Stonewall cemetery with a memorial address by Harry St George Tucker of Lexington. Flags and flowers marked all graves as a 25 000 strong crowd from Virginia West Virginia Maryland and other states attended the fifty first annual observance under Gen Tucker Ashby Confederate Veterans Stonewall Memorial Association. Members of civic groups and the American Legion marched in the parade along with school children bearing flowers wreaths and flags.
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Washington Post
Winchester
Stonewall Cemetery
Harry St
George Tucker
Lexington
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Tucker Ashby
Stonewall Memorial
American Legion
Lynchburg Auto Crash Victim Dies. Driver Held on Negligence
James Watts a 15 year old messenger died in a hospital after being struck by a car driven by E Busey Krebs near Lynchburg. A coroner's jury charged Krebs with negligence and he was bailed $2000 for police court appearance. Watts rode a bicycle beside a street car when the collision occurred.
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Washington Post
Lynchburg
James Watts
E. Busey Krebbbs
Krebbs
Baltimore Grain and Live Stock Prices Report
A June 6 market list from Baltimore shows poultry and egg quotes including alive chickens and ducks, butter varieties from Creamery and Indies, wheat No 2 red at about 1.52 to 1.53, No 3 hard at 1.56 to 1.58, corn No 2 mixed around 64 to 64 percent, oats No 2 white near 39 to 40, rye No 2 at 1.39, barley 69 to 72, plus local oysters and nearby price notes for oats and hogs with regional spreads and contract figures.
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Baltimore
Chicago
Live Stock Prices In Chicago Market Report
Live stock prices show mixed movements with cattle steady to weak and hogs firm to higher. Top hogs reach 3.15, veal calves 8.25 to 9.00, shorn lambs 12.40 to 13.85, and Texas wethers around 5.00 with bulk fat ewes 3.50 to 4.50.
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Chicago
California
Texas
WV Manufacturing Shows May Upturn In West Virginia
Gradual improvement in West Virginia industry in May reported by the State bureau of labor. Business rose about 5 percent and manufacturers anticipate a strong pickup by fall. Survey sent to leading firms, with replies from most, show employment rising. most plants projected to run at 75 percent of normal output by September.
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Washington Post
Charlaston
W. Va
West Virginia
State Bureau of Labor
Man Found Hanged Near Mill Race in Cumberland
The body of 40 year old Frank Gaine, a Baltimore and Ohio railroad laborer employed at a timber treating plant in Green Spring West Virginia, was found last night suspended from tele phone wire over a tree limb in Cumberland Maryland. Police say he likely attempted suicide in the mill race, became entangled in the wire, and his clothing was wet. One leg had been amputated and an artificial limb was used. Two B and O passes from Green Spring to Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh to Chicago were found in his coat.
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Washington Post
Cumberland
Frank Gaine
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Green Spring
W. Va
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Towson boy dies after batted ball accident
Baltimore June 6 a batted baseball struck 11 year old James Ensor behind the left ear at the State Normal school Towson Baltimore county. He fell unconscious and died minutes later from concussion of the brain. Edgar Lightcap batted the ball. Justice William P Butler issued a death certificate. Ensor was son of Mr and Mrs John T Ensor of Stevenson Lane and had been chosen to pitch in the day’s game.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
State Normal School
Towson
Baltimore County
James Andrewsor
J. Royston Green
William P. Butler
Edgar Lightcap
Ensor
John T. Ensor
Stevenson Lane
Insor
Lightcap
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