Plan for Primaries Active Fight in Richmond
Special to The Washington Post from Richmond Virginia June 1 candidates rush to enter municipal and legislative races incumbents Thomas son and Cox expected to win for the house Eugene Massie champions the Torrens land registration movement and could keep the issue alive if others back the principle nine candidates for the house and as many for Commonwealths attorney campaign tours and rallies dominate the week state committee meeting at Murphy's Hotel on Wednesday night sets a single campaign focal point with date choices between August and September and Norfolk factional feuding looms large until the committee confirms leadership and possible resignations with Ellyson Lawless Button Echols named as potential.
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Murphy's Hotel
Norfolk County
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Norfolk
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Appomattox
Tates
Ilon
Edward Echols
Staunton
Genoe
Telegraph Lineman Fatally Struck Near Petersburg
A telegraph lineman from Michigan was asleep on the tracks about a mile north of Petersburg when an excursion train from Richmond to Norfolk struck him at about nine o clock. He died after being brought to Petersburg this afternoon. The victim is named Mahony.
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Baltimore couple wed at Cumberland home ceremony
Miss Maud Evelyn Hirsh daughter of Mr Joseph Hirsh and Mr Ferdin of Baltimore married this afternoon at five o'clock at the bride's Decatur Street home. Rabbi Stolz of Cumberland's Hebrew Congregation officiated with maid of honor Miss Sadie Lobe and best man Mr Sidney Weil. In Hagerstown, Company B First Maryland Regiment decorated Private Harry Turner’s grave in Shepherdstown after his typhoid death in Augusta, with Capt George L Fisher delivering the oration and graves strewn with flowers.
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Cumberland
Ferdinand
Tobe
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Joseph Hhirsh
Decatur Street
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Philip Lobe
Eutaw Place
Laitmore
Rabbi Stolz
Hebrew Congregation
Misa Sadie Lobe
Sidney Weil
Washington
Probing Death of Man Killed in Bed
Authorities investigate the death of Oliver L. Goodwin at Grass Run West Virginia bullet wound to the head while he, his wife, and baby were believed asleep in bed Mrs Goodwin reports burglars visited the house. Goodwins eloped with Miss Osseples to Oakland Maryland earlier. Cumberland Maryland June 1 Rev H Moore longtime Keyser Presbyterian pastor and Confederate Veterans organizer accepts call to Pepomose City Maryland will move about July 1.
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Grass Run
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Cumberland
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Presbyterian Church
Keyser
Ty. Va
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Pepomose City
Will Remai
Mr. Moore
Stonewall Jackson
Three Children Die In Maryland House Fire
Special to The Washington Post from Cumberland Maryland reports three of Henry Herriman’s children aged four to eight perished in a fire that destroyed their home near Swanton on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The blaze started on the second floor from a defective chimney. the parents escaped but could not save the kids. The family is left destitute. A few days earlier a Broadwater child also burned to death at Jennings.
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Cumberland
Henry Herreman
Swanton
Baltimore and Ohio
Herriman
Charles Broadwater
Jennings
Death of Dr John W Williams Opens Albemarle Politician
Special to The Weabington Post Charlottesville Virginia June 11 Dr John W Williams aged sixty five prominent physician in Albemarle and leading candidate for the State legislature died this morning at the University of Virginia Hospital after weeks of abdominal illness He underwent a late life saving operation at the university Acute peritonitis caused his death at 6 o'clock today The body was taken to his home near North Garden He is survived by a widow Miss Martin of Albemarle and two sons
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Weabington
Charlottesville
John W. Williams
Alberoaple
University of Virginia
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Albemarle
Work of Training Singers to Begin at Once
A St. Mary’s Church parish meeting formed a choir of about thirty under Rev. H J Cutler for Gregorian chant per Pope Pius X edict. Training starts Thursday night, with Downey as temporary choirmaster and likely a Washington leader later. Commitments support a September change and offertories aid Mission of the Good Shepherd and church music funds.
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Jailer Fires on Escaping Prisoners in Beckley Raid
Jailer W C Cook at Beckley West Virginia heard a noise in the jail and found many prisoners had escaped their cells and were coming downstairs toward the outside door. He drew a Winchester and fired, driving men back. a shot ripped through the clothing of one inmate and wounded him.
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Winchester
Commencement Week Opens at Virginia with Baccalaureate
The eighty first session of the University of Virginia began with the baccalaureate sermon in the college chapel by Bishop Davis Sesums, first since the president's office creation. A large evening audience heard the Y M C A sermon. Madison Hall endowment and progress were noted. the German Club plans a morning German opening and baseball game with Georgetown University follow.
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New York City
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Riverside, Il
Richard V. Taylor, Jr
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Staunton
Maryland Obituary Notices In Hagerstown And Hyattsville
Maryland obituary notices report Milcabeth Diehl, 87, widow of George Diehl, dying at home in Hagerstown from heart disease. five children survive. William Hall, 89, dies in Uniontown, married in his eightieth year. Louis James Sutton, 55, native of St. Marys, dies in Hyattsville after a bicyclist accident and long illness. funeral at St. Jerome's Catholic Church.
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Milcabeth Clenl
George Diehl
Jacob
Charles
Wiliam Diehl
George
Samuel Diehl
Pittsburg
Thn Reformed Church
Cumberland
William Hall
Union Town
Haddig Addis Martin
Hall
Hyattsville
Louis James Sutton
St. Mary County
Rose J. Sutton
Church 4 Century Old Celebrates Its Centennial
In Hagerstown Maryland the centennial of St Pauls United Brethren Church dedication was observed with special services. Pastor Rev A B Statton preached on Godliness as profitable as founder Rev George Getting did at the 1820 dedication. Early church records come from a diary by Bishop Christian Newcomer noting Western Maryland gatherings from 1802 to 1818.
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Christian Newcomer
United Brethren Church
Maryland
Accident Blessd Man Regains Equal Limbs After Runaway
Special to The Washington Fort Cumberland Md June A man named Ralph Knepper was injured in a runaway near Meyersdale yesterday. His right leg, previously shortened by a wagon accident in childhood, will be lengthened to match the other when healed. The physician predicts both legs will be equal again.
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Cumberland
Ralph Knepper
Meyersdale
Knepper
End of Baptist Session in Rockville to Meet Next Year in Hagerstown
The Western District Baptist Association of Maryland adjourned after a Rockville gathering with large attendance. Delegates praised hospitality, luncheon rotations, and a Sunday school service. The program included sermons by Rev. Griesmer and others, a young peoples rally, and home missions talks. The next annual meeting is set for Hagerstown.
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Honor Confederate Dead at Washington Cemetery Memorial
Confederate memorial exercises were held in Washington Cemetery Hagerstown Maryland with Dr A B Manon presiding Col Buchanan Schley delivering the oration Rev Robert A Boyle offering invocation a grand monument draped with US flag Confederate battle flag flowers placed at the base Henry Kyd Douglas Camp Sons of Veterans Shepherdstown WVa participated and thousands of Confederate veterans were honored with flowers. Also reports a baccalaureate sermon at Keyser West Virginia preparatory school by Rev J M Starrow D D and notice of upcoming annual commencement services.
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No Sunday Work at Winchester Special to The Washing ton Post
Winchester Va June 11 Sunday workers faced a police backed move led by Mayor Baker forcing one man crews at United Telephone Company to stop work. Workers yielded after arrest threats as reconstruction of the United system continued and two weeks prior lines had been halted by police protest.
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Sermon to Students at Maryland Agricultural College Commencement
The closing exercises of the forty sixth year opened with Rev. Tennis S Hamlin delivering the baccalaureate sermon on Satisfaction. He urged that true happiness comes not from wealth alone and spoke of the need to seek divine guidance beyond worldly success as graduates prepare to enter manhood with diplomas signaling diligence.
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Young Men's Christian Association Annual Meeting Held
At o clock this evening the annual meeting of the Young Men's Christian Association was held in the college chapel. The principal feature was the address by Rev. FE. S. Baghy of Washington.
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Roanoke College
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G Coal Pier for Norfolk by Berwind-White Project
The Berwind-White coal combine plans a coal pier and mechanical handling plant at Norfolk Virginia to boost output from the New River field. The syndicate has bought the Joel Beary estate mines in West Virginia totaling 3,500 acres for 450000 and 4000 acres for 600000, aiming to elevate Norfolk to Baltimore level as a coal shipping point.
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Washington Post
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Suit Against Edenborn Seeks 190000 Change of Venue
August Heckscher leads a suit to recover 190000 from William Edenborn director and vice president of United States Steel. The case seeks a venue change from Suffolk to New York County. Other plaintiffs include Frederick Daniels Charles Miller and six more. Heckscher alleges Edenborn used dummy subscribers to secure his investment in a Tennessee stock syndicate.
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Chicago
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Germany
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Federation of Labor Board Arrives Scranton for Week
The executive board of the Federation of Labor led by Samuel Gompers arrives in Scranton at 1 AM for a week long session to discuss key issues and energize United Mine Workers of the region for next year. Gompers and James Mitchell will speak at mass miner meetings from the same rostrum.
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Thomas L Elda
D. A. Hayes
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Willem J. Spencer
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