Virginia Cities Elect Norfolk Organization Wins
Cities across Virginia held municipal elections with many aldermen and council seats decided. Democrats won in Norfolk and several towns while Republicans and independents gained in others, as voters chose mayors and city officials amid a wets versus dry contest atmosphere.
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Old Dominion
Dome of Tremad
Danville
Andernet
Ciara Snead
L B Conway, Jr
John WooNung
Col AB Carrington
Harles
Vic Mahan
Hobart P Walters Courcilmen
P Ot Barrow Jr
J le Wilker
PodClirke
George Wo Crawley
George
Voom
Julius Kautman
Addersern
Fowl
J W Haraway
Gardner
Hero Nadoul
Mmark- Sytart Focereye
Irtory
Carter
Washington
Democratie Baate
Adents
Aldertroy
Roe ‘ Rouse
McCue
Democrats
Moffett
Bob
Market chaos and commodity prices drift in early trading
The metal market shows weakness with spot and forward rates slipping as August futures quote around 12.00. Copper trades near 12.76 to 13.01, with copper and other metals fluctuating while export activity in New York hints at modest demand. Agricultural items remain in abundant supply, with slight price declines for cattle and lambs and hog prices around 9.00 per cwt.
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Toy Tomlin
New York
Cleveland
The Hat Trade Shows Panama Hat Market Trends
Hat dealers in multiple cities extend price protection through August 1, signaling a steady season despite a 30 percent supply drop from Panama hats due to customs seizures. The article describes Panama hat production, global origins, and the vast U.S. hat industry including counts of factories and values.
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Citiea
Panama
New York
Ecuador
Alexandria Electric Co Under Scrutiny Over Service
A Washington Post report from Alexandria Va notes a city council special committee found the Alexandria Electric Company could improve service and recommended withholding half of street lighting payments until franchise terms are met. The panel's findings followed over two hours of discussion with electrical experts.
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Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
Alexandria Electric Company
Committee On
Pettey
Fire Department
Election tepid in city races as votes scarce
In Alexandria only a few hundred votes were cast for city council, with Democrats running unopposed. Potomac in Alexandria county saw a tighter contest: mayor Henry Kramer 2% votes and W. T. Emerson 21, town clerk A. S. Pennypacker over F. E. Heisley 27 to 16, town sergeant I. W. Burrell over J. E. Marcher 26 to 18, and treasurer O. C. Bell unopposed. First six councilmen elected included T. J. Bruffy 27, Jacob Carl 38, Edmund Clark 3, William Unglaub 24, J. W. Barrett 7, H. Powell 22.
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Alexandria
Potomac
Alexandria County
Henry Kramer
W. T. Emerson
A. S. Pennypacker
F. E Heisley
I. W. Burrell
J. E. Marcher
O. C. Bell
Beng
T. J . Bruffy
Jacob Carl
Edmund Clark
Wiliam Unglaub
J. W. Barrett
WW. H. Powell
C. A. Campbell
J. A. Carpenter
William Moore
W. E. Kidwell
St Mary's Academy Closes With Diploma Exercises in Alexandria
The closing exercises at St Mary's Academy in Alexandria were held at the opera house starting 3:30 PM yesterday. Diplomas were awarded to graduates across academic and commercial departments, with a program featuring choruses, solos, dances, piano ensembles, and a valedictory themed Salva et Vale.
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St Mary's Academy
Opera
Alexandria
J. Cutler
Mary Madaline Byrne
Catherine Mary Daly
Maude Elmina Allenworth
Marie Estelle Gaines
Mary Audrey Murphy
Maria ‘Theresa Waters
Minnie Brooks Pettit
Ellen Jenkins
Kathleen Marguerite Sullivan
Mary Ella Burgess
Menitalesohn
Kathryn Writ
May Gaines
Katherine Kell
Magdalen
Kawileki
Ethel Dix
Magdelen Dall
Edna Brill
Christine Waggaman
The
Morning Star of Liberty
Maude Elmina Allensworth
Annie Laurie
Huck
Kathryn Brit
Magdalen Ball
Katherine Waller
Theresa Waters
Katherine Burnett
Tannhauser Ovverture
R Wagner
Catherine Daly
Lola Ashton
Kathryn Smitl
Catherine Waller
Song of the Sea
Veazie
Ethel
Dix
Salva Et Vale
Marta Theresa Waters
Treaty Shaft Unveiled at Sycamore Shoals Kings Mountain
A D A R monument unveiling at Sycamore Shoals Bristol honors the Transylvania treaty area where Cherokees were negotiated. Senator Robert L. Taylor delivered the oration as descendants of frontier figures gathered in pioneer garb to mark the historic site.
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Bristol
Tenn
Daughters of the
Kings Mountain
Sycamore Shoals
Transylvania
United States
Robert L. Taylor
Robert Asher Gray
Gen Campbell
Carter Crumble
John Sevier
Evan Shelby, Jr
Memphis
Evan Shelby
Samuel Doak
Margret Robertson
Campbell
Shelby Thomas
Pound Net Board Tours Chesapeake Bay
A trio of army officers Cols Thomas L Casey Magon McPatrick and W T Hannum composing the pound net board left Norfolk aboard the lighthouse tender Jessamine for a bay tour to observe pound setting methods and other fishing gear. They will report at a June 23 Washington meeting of Virginia Maryland and the United States fish commission on navigation and fishermen rights to be cov comfortably conserved amid past friction.
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Washington Post
Norfolk
Army
Thomas L. Casey
Magon McPatrick
W T Hannum
Jessamine
Chesapeake
Boards of Fisheries of
Virginia
Maryland
United States Fish Commission
Washington
Degree for ambassador at Johns Hopkins honors Count von Ternstorff
The German ambassador Count Johann Heinrich von Ternstorff received an honorary Doctor of Laws from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. The event followed reports he would speak at commencement, aligning with similar honors recently granted by Union College. Elsewhere, William Balderson of Taylors Mill drowned when his boat capsized in Cat Point Creek near Warsaw, Virginia. search for the body continues.
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Hopkins
Count Bernstorff
Baltimore
Count Johann Heinrich von Ternstorff
Johns Hopkins University
Union College
Schenectady
Warsaw
William Balderson
Tayloes Mill
Cat Point Creek
Episcopal High School joint celebration finale at Liggett Hall
The joint final celebration of the Fairfax and Blackford Literary societies at Episcopal High School near Alexandria was held in Liggett Hall last evening before a large audience. Valedictorian Lee Holmes Williamson spoke. Medals were awarded for reading, declamation, and debate with recipients from Virginia, Georgia, North Carolina, Alabama, Kentucky, and Farrfat County.
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Fairsax
Blackford
Episcopal High School of
Virginia
Alexandria
Liggett Hall
Lee Holmes Williamson
Panama
Blackford Society
Fairfax Society
Pichega, Woolfolk
Richmond
Blackford Literary Society
F Hamilton Miller
Georgia
Corry
Fairfax Literary Society
Donald M Faulkner
Mecklenburg County
George C Wallace, Jr
Kentucky
Marshall B. Dabney
Kenneth Royall
North Carolina
Robert K Massle
Farrfat County
Episcopal High School
Talks With Women on Work and Integrity Values
A 1900s style exhortation urges women to work hard, master skills, and prove themselves to earn wages. It cites examples of diligence and frugality, emphasizes honesty and modesty, and argues success follows merit rather than reliance on others. It counsels starting at the bottom and expanding opportunities through competent, ethical labor.
Paxton Dead In West Virginia Civil War Veteran Passes
William A. Paxton, 75, a native of Williamsport Maryland who hauled Union troops over the Baltimore and Ohio during the Civil War and faced sharpshooters, died at Lynchburg West Virginia on June 14. In Lynchburg Virginia the Lynchburg Dental Works depot was robbed last night, with $2,400 of stock taken and over $5,000 in material in the safe left untouched.
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Washington Zoo
Fledimont
W. Va
William A. Paxton
Williamsport
Baltimore and Ohio
Lynchburg
Marshall Field Acquires Controlling Interest in Spray Mills
The largest southern cotton mill deal to date nets Marshall Field & Co. control of the American Warehousing Co and most Spray N.C. plants. Purchases include Spray Woven Mills Lilly Mills Rhode Island Company and man ufacture plants at Spray except three mills. Indicates Field will use mills for its goods, with major stock from B. Frank Mebane and a Spray Wools operation under George W. Parker.
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Washington Post
Charlotte
N. C
South
Marshall Field & Co
Chicago
American Warehousing Company
Spray Woven Mills
Lilly Mills
Rhode Island Company
Manifucket Mills
Spray
N.C
Threa —Spray Cotton Mills
More
Lilly and Nantucket Mills
Thode Island
MISS HELEN NEWMAN WEDS DR WASHINGTON BUDD SAGER
Woodstock Va June 14 Miss Helen Newman only daughter of Mr and Mrs E D Newman became the bride of Dr Washington Budd Sager of this place son of the late Washington A Sager once a legislature representative The bride from a prominent valley family Eliza beth Duncan of Athens Ala was maid of honor Melvin Sager Winchester best man Ushers Edgar W Newman Harold H Newman Walter H Wunder Morgan Lauck Walton Jr Rev R L Foltz Methodist Church performed the ceremony
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Washington Vest
Woodstock
Helen Newman
E. D. Newman
Washington Budd Sager
Washington A. Sager
Misa Elizabeth Duncan
Athens
Ala
Melvin Sager
Winchester
Edgar W. Newman
Harold H. Newman
Walter H. Wunder
Morgan Lauck Walton, Jr
Rev. R. ©. L. Foltz
Methodist Church
Three Candidates In Second District Primary Field
Norfolk Va June 14 C Fenton Day of Smithfield father in law to United States Senator Martin and Democratic chairman of the Second district was taken ill and cannot preside over tomorrow meeting where plans will form for the congressional primary State Senator E H E Holland said he would not run leaving Harry I Maynard of Portsmouth William A Young of Norfolk and J Peter Holland of Franklin as the candidates in the field
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E. E. Holland
Maynard, Young
J. P. Holland
Washington Post
Norfolk
C. Fenton Day
Smithfield
United States
Martin
E. H E. Holland
Harry I. Maynard
Portsmouth
William A. Young
J. Peter Holland
Franklin
Morals Education Focus At North Carolina Teachers Assembly
At Asheville June 14 the twenty seventh annual North Carolina Teachers Assembly opened with Prof. R J Tighe delivering the welcome and Frank M McMurry of Columbia University giving the feature address on Moral Education In the Public Schools. Tomorrow W J Spillman and O B Martin of the US Department of Agriculture will speak.
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Asheville
N. C
North Carolina Teachers’ Assembly
R J Tighe
Frank M. McMurry
Columbia University
New York City
W. J Spillman
O. B . Martin
United States Department of Agriculture
Detectives Appeal Denied in Martinsburg Fine Refusal
Special in The Washington Post reports Gor Glasscock refused to remit the $150 fines imposed on Baltimore detectives George R Wilson George F Frederick EE Scanlon and Frank B Berry found guilty of carrying arms while watching for violations during Martinsburg municipal election. Detected actors were summoned by leaders of the citizens party and arrested upon arrival on pistol toting charges.
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Washington Post
Martinsburg
W Va
Gor .Glasscock
Baltimore
Citizens’ Party
George R Wilson
George F. Frederick
Ee, Scanlon
Frank B. Berry
Sisters Wed Brothers in Double Virginia Ceremony
In Big Stone Gap Virginia on June 14 two sisters married two brothers in a double ceremony at Christ Episcopal Church. Miss Mattie Bullitt wed John K Taggart and Miss Virginia Howard Bullitt wed Ralph Taggart Both couples will reside at Stonega.
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Washington Post
Big Stone Gap
John J. Lloyd
Christ Episcopal Church
Mattie Bullitt
John K. Taggart
Virginia Howard Bullitt
Ralph ©. Taggart
Stonega
Road balks at taxes in Maryland on gross receipts
The Norfolk and Western Railroad seeks an injunction to block Maryland tax collection on its entire system while agreeing to pay taxes on Maryland receipts. The suit, filed in Baltimore, argues only Maryland business should be taxed and not the full Norfolk and Western network. Special to The Washington Post. Annapolis, Md. June 14 The Naval Academy admitted ten midshipmen after qualifying in all examinations. Names include John J. Varden Uniontown Ala Foster Bumpus Quincy Mass William K Beard Pensacola Deferimer Steele St Paul Lloyd Wiltse Mitchell S. Dak Swift Ride Detroit Joseph Teter Belington W Va Fred H Pelton Denver George B Wilson Norfolk.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Norfolk and Western Railroad Today
Murray Vandiver
Norfolk and Western
Washington
Reward Offered for Capture of McCusker
County commissioners in Hagerstown Maryland on June 14 offered a $100 reward for the capture of McCusker accused of murdering Justus Roman in the mountains near Hancock or for information leading to his arrest.
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Hagerstown
McCusker
Justus Roman
Hancock
Harris trial hearing ends narrows case about intoxication in editor murder
In Warrenton Virginia June 4 progress marked in the Harris trial charged with killing W A Thompson associate editor of the Warrenton Virginian. The case focuses on whether Thompson was too drunk to have injured Harris. Witnesses include Maxheimer King and local hotel proprietors who placed Thompson under the influence. The trial was to hear more testimony and be given to the jury by Thursday night.
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Washington Post
Manassas
J. D. Harris
W. A Thompson
Warrenton Virginian
Warrenton
Commonwealth
Thompson
Harris
Viquor
Irving Maxheimer
Maxheimer
Warrenton Street
H. H King
Han
D. R. Lucas
E M. Alexander
Shirley
Virginia Floods Endanger Crops And Property
In Richmond and Lynchburg areas the James and Appomattox rivers rise amid heavy rains. Low ground floods ruin young corn, peaches and wheat suffer, and cut hay is a total loss. In Cape Charles rains halt farm work as potatoes flood fields and digging pauses for days.
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Richmond
Virginia
James
Appomattox
Lynchburg
The
Cape Charles
Soldier Bigamist Sentenced in Virginia Hustings Court
Petersburg Virginia June 14 Jun ius P Williamson convicted in hustings court of bigamy and sentenced to four years and six months in the penitentiary He had married Miss Parmella Kersey whom he is charged with murdering while his wife was in Texas A forgery charge remains to be tried Friday Williamson had been tried for the murder of his wife at a prior term but the jury failed to agree His arrest followed a brief escape from jail He enlisted in the army and was at Fort Russell Wyoming at the time of arrest
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Washington Post
Petersburg
Junius P. Williamson
Williamson
Miss Parmella Kersey
Texas
Fort Russell
Wyo
Fifty-One Years a Teacher Retires in Norfolk
Special to The Washington Past Mrs Mary E Hodges retires after 51 years in public schools serving three generations of one family. She requests full pay pension under retirement laws. James Perry dies at 98 near Alaska West Virginia survived by wife 91, seven children 22 grandchildren 2 great grandchildren, born in South Branch Valley.
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Norfolk
Mary E. Hodges
James Perry
Washington Post
Cumberland
Alaska
W. Va
South Branch Valley
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