Virginia Military Institute Diplomas Honor Cadets at Commencement
Cadets at VMI Stonewall Jackson Hall received diplomas and Jackson Hope medals in a ceremony presided by Gen Scott Shipp who retired as superintendent. Cadet George W Nicholls won the first distinguished graduate medal, with Murray Edwards second. Gov Swanson praised cadets forJamestown Exposition conduct on Virginia Day.
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Washington Post
Lexington
Virginia Military Institute
Stonewall Jackson Hall
Jackson Hope
George W Nicholls
Spartansburg
S. C
Murray F Edwards
Kirkwood
Harry D Ftood
Appomattox
Congress
Virginia
Gen. Shipp
Scott Shipp
Shipp
Gov Swanson
Jamestown Exposition
Murray
Edwards
George H Peek
Hampton
John E Townes
Petersburg
Robert C Barrett
Smithheld
Leslie Wiidner
Staunton
Leo C Sheridan
Henry A Tabb Roanes
Charles A Lylerly
Chattanooga
Tonn Seymour Paul
Harrisonburg
Thomas E Sebrell
Norfolk
Dudley Mc
Diggs
Lynchburg
Hickman Beckner
Winchester
S$ Allen Charlton
Dallas
Tex
Alphonse Jo Stude
Houster
Fred S Markham
Beaumont
Julien N Major Mitchells
Holcombe
Adam
J Devereux
Virginia Weddings Round Up in Town and County
Virginia notices detail multiple weddings from Richmond to Winchester. Maude Barton and Grover Dillon wed at the bride’s home officiated by Rev Hutson. Elizabeth Bates and Frederick Whibrow marry at the Bates home with Rev Woixey presiding. Other ceremonies include Miss Nannie Gillespie with George Peery in Tazewell, John Parrish and Josephine Farrall in Charlottesville, Jannie Roberts Parker and L. Grutchfield in Fredericksburg, Ozena Reed and Henderson Fudge in Roanoke, Mary Powell Page and Henry Patteson in Berryville, Sybil Burwell and Edward Jacobs in Millwood.
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Richmond
Maude Haris
Barton
Grover Cleveland Dillon
J B Hutson
Pine Street Baptist Chureh
Mattie Barton
John Dillon
Elizabeth Harwood Bates
Frederick D. Whibrow
M M Woixey
Richeard
Manola Gillespie
Wade H Peery
Bessin Peery
Louise Higginbotham
D D Hull
Bristol
A S Higginbotham
Lazewell
Charlottesville
John_ Edward Parrish
Louisa
Josephine Blair O Farrall
Andrew's Chapel Methodist
Montross
Tuttle
G C Mann
Lucy Parker
Roanoke
Ozena_ Reed
D B_ Reed
G Henderson Fudge
Max Meadows
W S
J H Fudge
Sadie Reed
Elizabeth Pearl Roberts
H F Roberts
Thomas Locke Southeron
Sparrows Point Ma
J L Sotaoron
Winchester
Mary Powell Page
Robert Powell Page
Berryville
Clarke Calumaty
Henry Patteson
Petersburg
Edward Wall
Grace Episcopal Church
Helen McGill Page
John Watson
Christ Episcopal Church
Millwood
Clarke County
Sybil Burwell
Thomas H . Burwell
Loss of Appetite Signals System Decline, Hood’s Sarsaparilla
Loss of appetite develops gradually with one dish after another set aside. Few remain not eaten with relish, often light and insufficient for nourishment. Loss of appetite is among the first indications of a failing system. Hood's Sarsaparilla is promoted as the best tonic and a substitute to avoid.
Long Tramp to Jamestown Special to The Washington Post
William Louden of Sparrows Point plans a cross country walk from Baltimore to Norfolk to join Maryland Day festivities on June 27. A Civil War veteran and former Pennsylvania Volunteer, he aims to average 25 miles daily despite his 72 years, weather permitting.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
William Louden
West Gatreet
Sparrows Point
Norfolk
Maryland
Louden
Dushane Post
26Th Volunteers
Pennsylvania
Washington
Fredericksburg
Hampton
James River
Hazing at Naval Academy under probe at Annapolis
Authorities investigate persistent hazing allegedly by second class midshipmen targetting new fourth class entrants. If proven, punishment will be severe. Some upperclassmen favor restoring hazing by reshaping its form while others say end of hazing weakened discipline. Fourth class hopefuls reportedly plan to resist hazing.
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Washington Post
Annapolis
Naval Academy
Warfield faction revolt shakes Maryland Democrats
Joshua M. Warfield brother of the governor and Howard County Democratic chairman rejects serving and backs no ticket at the county convention. A broader revolt against Senator Gorman’s control emerges as leaders oppose Warfield’s faction and state delegation choices. In Queen Anne County the Independent Citizens Party nominates a full slate led by Lemuel McGinnis for State Senate, challenging the regular Democrats as fusion talks with Republicans loom.
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Baltimore
Joshua M. Warfield
Howard County
Gariman
Warfield
Gorman
Mir
Willam S Powell
Sues Gould Syndicate In Circuit Court Action
John S. Jones seeks a receiver for the Little Kanawha Syndicate in St. Louis, alleging asset sales totaling 5.5 million and misused funds, with a request to halt Gould Ramsey and Guy from control and to restrain Union Trust from disposing of syndicate property. Jones claims 5.6 million paid to subscribers and 3 million deposited with Union Trust, with proceeds misapplied and properties sold in 1905. Six stores burned at Drakes Branch, loss 62,000 and insurance 39,000. Evans elected master of hounds in Warrenton with Galloway as huntsman.
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St. Louis
Circuit Court
John S. Jones
Little Kanawha
George J. Gould
Joseph Ramsey, Jr
Wiliam E Guy
St Louls Union Trust Company
Jones
Gould
Ramsey
Guy
Union Trust Company
Seattle Kanawha
Ohio
West Virginia
Richmond
Drakes Branch
Charlotte County
Col Sum mers Dies At Abingdon Veteran Lawyer Colonel
Col John C Sum mers, father of L P Summers Abingdon internal revenue collector, died at his Abingdon home aged sixty nine. Prominent lawyer until paralysis struck five years ago, he joined the Confederate army and commanded the Sixtieth Regiment at Cold Harbor, charging bayonets to save his men.
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Bristol
John C."summers
L. P. Summer
Abingdon
Cold Harbor
Divinity Degrees at Virginia Seminary Confer Diplomas
The Episcopal Theological Seminary of Virginia held its eighty fourth annual commencement with diplomas awarded to Robert Evans Browning William Wesley Daup Robert Albert Griesser Wiley Roy Mason William Gibson Pendleton and Thomas Lowry Sinclair. Certificates were awarded to several others and an alumni meeting followed with essays read and an address on the late Prof Cornelius Walker. A new chancel window dedication and ordination services were noted.
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Washington Post Bureau
King, Street
Alexandria
Episcopal Theological Seminary of Virginia
R. A. Gibson
D. D
Robert Evans Browning
Riverdale
Wiliam Wesley Daup
Michigan City
Ind
Robert Albert Griesser
Buffalo
Wiley Roy Mason
Colonial Beach
William Gibson Pendleton
Wytheville
Thomas Lowry Sinclair
Seldons
Board of Trustees
William Wesley Daup
James Gilmer Bosie
Lewis Carter Harrison
David Henry Lewis
Myron Barrand Marshall
Lorenzo Davenport Vaughn
Marion Roher Warsham
Ivan Marshall Green
Alexander Stuart Gibson
B. L
Wiliam Gibson Pendleton
Bishop Peterkin
West Virginia
Seminary Association
Edwin L Goodwin
Fairfax County
Carl&. Grammer
St. Stephen's Church
Philadelphia
Cornelius Walker
Mre . F. Houston
Mayor Brothers
Munich
Germany
A B Kinsolving
St Paul’s Church
Baltimore
Kev William EB. Hvans
Murfin's Body Found in Hampton Roads Tragedy
Bodies of Minnesota launch victims recovered as search ends. Midshipman Henry Clay Murfin Jr. is located by the Ossining near Fort Wool and taken to Minnesota. Reward of 50 dollars offered to Ossining crew by Admiral Memory. Other recovered remains sent to Portage Wisconsin Chicago Illinois and Milwaukee.
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Minnesota
Hampton
Henry Clay Murfin, Jr
Jackson
Ohio
Hampton Roads
Ossining
Old Fort Wool
Aldrich
Mmory
Norfolk
Herbert Leander Holden
Robert H. Dodson
Portage
Wis
Chicago
Naval Hospital
Portsmouth
W. C. Ulrich
Milwaukee
Highwaymen chase prompts sheriff’s posse near Parkersburg
Sheriff Carter leads eight man posse through hills south of the Little Kanawha River after a pair of highway robbers attack H Barth of Pittsburg on the road to Lubeck. Barth fought back but was stabbed in the arm. surgeons saved his life. Also noted is the funeral of Mrs. Laura V. Bellman, widow of Oscar Bellman, buried at St John’s Church in Hagerstown after a June 18 service.
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Washington Post
Parkersburg
W. Va
Carter
Little Kanawha River
H. Barth
Pittsburg
Here
Lubeck
Barth
Severa
Hagerstown
Laura V. Bellman
Oscar Hellman
Ninth Street
St. John's Church
Henry Evans Cotton
Bellman
O. Bellman
Netila E. Bellman
William Stewart
Walter Bellman
Nina Poe Bellman
Handolph Bellman
Break in Canal Towpath Bank Near Williamsport
A serious break occurred in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal towpath near Charles Mill five miles below Williamsport Maryland on June 20. The break spans about fifty feet and extends ten feet below the canal bottom, sweeping a large bank section into the Potomac River. Navigation will be suspended for about ten days as Supervisor J T Richards and workmen repair the breach. A launch carrying John N Martin and passengers was at the point and narrowly escaped the opening, Martin driving the craft to Williamsport before the level drained.
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Hagerstown
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Charles Mill
Willams— Port
J. T. Richards
John N. Martin
Martin
Willamsport
Bankers Hear Experts at Virginia Bankers Convention
In Norfolk the fourteenth annual Virginia Bankers Association session opened with 270 members present. James R Branch of New York spoke on currency elasticity, challenging current theories, as other bankers including Joseph Clark and Robert N Harper addressed the gathering. A social reception followed at the Virginia building with Maryland bankers in attendance. In Bluefield, a separate city vote approved a $109,100 street improvement bond issue by 962 to 518.
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Washington Post
Norfolk
Virginia Bankers’ Association
A. B. Schwarzkopf
Norfolk National Bank
James R Branch
New York
American Bankers’ Association
Joseph Clark
Baltimore
Robert N Harper
Washington
Harry St George Tucker
Wiliam H. White
Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac
Old Point Comfort
Bluefield
Wva
Veterans Unveil Statue at Petersburg On Civil War Battlefield
Governors Swanson of Virginia and Stuart of Pennsylvania attended the unveiling of a bronze statue to Col Govan and the Forty-eighth Pennsylvania Regiment killed at Petersburg. The ceremony on the Jerusalem Plank Road included veterans, dignitaries, and a luncheon followed by memorial tablet dedications at Crater battlefield.
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Betersburg
Govan
Forty-eighth Pennsylvania Regiment of Volunteers
Petersburg
Davis Farm
Jerusalem Plank Road
Fort Mahone
Govs. Swanson
Virginia
Stuart
Pennsylvania
Stith Bolling
A. P. Hill
Thomas J. Stewart
Bessie B. Reid
R. A. Reid
Otella Ma
Laasiter
Explosion at Romaine fireworks factory kills worker
In Blandford near Petersburg a blast ripped through a building at the Romaine fireworks plant. Ben Talley, 27, son of John Talley of Dinwiddie County, died from injuries that night. He was unmarried. Also reported: George Hughes, 83, Cumberland boatman and builder of houses in the 1840s, died. He left four children.
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Washington Post
Petersburg
Romaine Fireworks Factory
Blandford
Ben Talley
John Talley
Church Road
Dinwiddie County
Spectal
Cumberland
George Hughes
Eignty
Washingtonian in jail tied to train fare fine
George Draper of Washington D C formerly a Senate page is jailed in Henrico County for beating his way on a freight train. He faces a 2 50 fine and twenty days unless friends in the capital pay. He claimed he left Washington to seek work at the Jamestown Exposition but spent all his money.
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Washington Post
Richmond
George Draper
Washington, D.C
United States Senate
John W. Daniel
Lynchburg
Henrico County
National
Washington
Draper
Fulton Yards
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Swanson
Gen. Shippa
Thattalion
Sesson
McFray Culpeper
Massie
Linchburg
John Q Fienne St
Virginia Weddings
Jamestown
Hazing
Warfteld
Garman
Sues Gould Syndicate
Episcopal Prestodent Seminary
Virginia Institution
Diarles C Carlin
Carlin
Swenson
Henry L. Weat
Gordon
Nicol
Opera House
John H. Brinkman
Central Labor Union
Sam de Nedry
American Federation of Abor
Hallowell School For
Kemper
Hubert Snowden
Lillian A. Jackson
Bessie K. Sprige
Estelle L. Arnold
Lottie B. Burke
Bessie H. Baltimore
Bessie Barbour
Dorothy Blackwell
Bessie Blue
Elen Fawcett
Martha A. Holmes
Laura Holland
Lillian A Jackson
Helen F Johnson
Wile Lee
Eilen Lucas
Mabel Stewart
Amanda Webster
Robert Elliott
Thomas B. Cochran
Duke Street
Pitt and
St. Asaph Streets
Washington Boys' Athletic Association
Alexandria Athletic Association
Murfin
Highwaymen
Williamsport
Bankers Aear
Virginia Association
Robert N. Harper
James R. Branch
Veterans Unveil
Govs. Swanson and
Crater Battlefield
Workman
Moxie
Sacre Bessle Mountains
Oraro
Washingtonian
Senate
United States
Oscar Humphrey
Stuarts Draft
Juvenile Reform School
Pabst
Pabst Blue Ribbon
Pabst Brewing Co
I. Capitol St. Washington
S&s. Anargyros, Mfr
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Swift Specific CO
Atlanta, GA
Morris
Walford
la Pa
Ave
Cook Remedy Co
Malonc Temple
Cilcaya
Cirellar
Jameston
Ee. Saca
Medical
Ree
Mtl
Ft &Rundeys
Seventeenth Street
Fisk Elgin
Shade
Stone
W. T. Baldus
Tel
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DR. Ae
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