Pretty Georgia Girl Wins Big at Enghlen Casino
Miss Gertie MacLester of Atlanta, Ga, won 1000 on a discreet game in Enghlen as Mrs Hayden-Hoiston of Boston and her mother observed. The win sparked congratulations and new hats, while other American guests and European-linked figures watched the scene. The Widener and Heycking circles hosted social events in Paris and Detroit.
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James Thompson
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Elenrietta Singer
Jotn Logan
Della Gourned
William Elis Coreys
Greece
Georgia
Enghlen
Gertle MacLester
Atlanta
Misa MacLester
Hayden-Hleston
Boston
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Pauls
Allan Johnstone
The
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Doctor Praises Cuticura Remedies In Cure Report
A Boston physician details two cures using Cuticura soaps and ointment for dermatitis and skin trouble. He cites a painter with widespread pustules and intense itching who improved after warm baths and Cuticura applications, and his wife who was likewise cured after initial treatments. The doctor endorses the remedies and notes nationwide availability through Potter Drug & Chem. Corp.
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Mar
Rabbits Caught With Cigar In Odd Vauxhall Incident
Special to The Washington Peat Smoky Ordinary Virginia June 24 Dr Bill White leaving town spotted two rabbits close together He fired and struck one with a cigar segment in its eye The impact stunned both rabbits and Dr Jones captured them to prove the claim
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Bill White
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Roanoke Weather Halts Roanoke Danville Baseball Game
Roanoke takes a 7 to 5 lead over Danville before a severe dust storm forces umpire Eckman to call the game in the fifth inning. Protest filed by manager Laughlin over lack of prior notice as fans express dissatisfaction with the ruling.
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Richmond Beaten by Lynchburg 8 to 0 in Dim Game
Special to The Washington sem Richmond Va June 24 Richmond could not hit Brooks when needed as Lynchburg pounded the ball and won 8 to 0. Keating Woolumy Stockdale Morrison and Krebs starred for Lynchburg while Richmond manage Wallace and others struggled at the plate.
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Norfolk-Tarheels Batter Up in Second Victory
Norfolk won the second game of the series against Elizabeth City with opportune hitting. Btaf ford pitched again for the Tarheels, earning a second appearance in as many games without a win.
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Butcher Seeks Absolute Divorce From William T Butcher
Proceedings filed in circuit court seek an absolute divorce for Susan Koow Butcher from William T Butcher a well known farmer. The bill states they wed years ago and separations are due to differences.
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William T Butcher
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House Honors Daniel Large Gathering in Galleries
The House paid tribute to the late Senator John W Daniel of Virginia drawing unusually large attendance led by Mrs Champ Clark wife of the Speaker. Virginia delegation extended addresses as Clark praised Daniel as a soldier lawyer author and orator noting his Lee statue unveiling speech as his greatest.
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Lightning Kills Fisherman in Harper’s Ferry Cabin
Special to The Washington Post reports a fierce thunderstorm in Harper’s Ferry W Va. when lightning struck a cabin where two colored fishermen hid. Robert Turner was killed. his companion was stunned. Other strikes hit a barn near Hedgesville and homes at Funkstown and Smithsburg, causing fires and extensive property damage as a cyclonic gale unroofed buildings and damaged crops in Washington county.
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George R. Moler
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Hagerstown
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Ranney Hunter
Funkstown
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Joseph Fiery
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Frenzied dog bites three near Middleburg
A frenzied coon hound owned by Magistrate Elias B Hartie attacked Samuel Palmer Mrs John Dale and John Harrison near Middleburg. Palmer and Dale were bitten and Harrison injured as the dog was slain by a pocketknife. The victims were sent to the Pasteur Institute in Baltimore and the dog's head was taken for rabies tests.
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John Dale
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Middleburg
Pasteur Institute
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Fan Stolen at Police Desk in Pittsburg Case
Pittsburg detectives surrounded Assistant Superintendent EB J Kemmelly seeking leads on burglaries when a electric fan vanished from a window sill the thief cut the wire and escaped carrying 110 volts. The incident marks a dramatic theft as officers investigate the series of break ins.
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Samuel M Holton Dead Brothers Die In Wreck
Samuel M Holton prominent Durham lawyer died from injuries after a train wreck near Spencer. His brother A E Holton US district attorney said to be a victim in the same incident. In Salisbury Ralph Johnston and I R Johnston were injured when a freight train jumped a track and fell an embankment. Ralph died two hours later.
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Washington Post
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Woman Drowns in Bethany Cistern Near Home
Mrs. R. C. Walker fell into a cistern while drawing water near her Bethany home in Brooke County. Her husband, editor of the Bethany Beacon, led a search that recovered her body. Coroner rules accidental drowning.
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Miss Clara Heffner Dies Near Dickerson at 43
Special from Rockville Maryland June 4 Miss Clara Heffner longtime Washington department clerk died yesterday at her sister Mrs Thomas Shreve home near Dickerson in the county age about 43 She was a daughter of John T Heftner a well known resident of the upper county
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Judge Robertson Assigned to Myers Extortion Trial
Roanoke June 24 Gov Mann designated Judge Edward W Robertson of the law and chancery court to preside over the trial of Harry Myers charged with extorting money from Ben Mahoney by threatening prosecution as proprietor of a gambling house.
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Railroad Negotiates for Tract in Cumberland
The Western Maryland Railway offers to buy part of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal towpath between Cumberland Central Station and the Potomac crossing as it plans new tracks. Special to The Washington Post. Minor H Johnston, an 18 year old deaf mute from Spout Spring, drowned while bathing in the James River below Scott's Mills this afternoon.
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Charlestown Power Company Sold
Charlestown Light and Power Company plant, declared bankrupt, was sold today by trustee John O. Lemon to Thomas C. Bowling and others for 16500 dollars in Charleston West Virginia.
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Mary land Obituary Notices Include Sperow and Walsh Deaths
In Hagerstown on June 24 Mrs Julia Sperow aged 1 wife of W O B Sperow died at home in Lydia Washington county surviving husband and four children including Rev Everett Sperow of Meade Kansas Midland reported the same day Mrs James L Davis a prominent farmer's wife died in the same timeframe in Cumberland Albert P Walsh son of the late Robert R Walsh of Keyser died near San Antonio Texas yesterday once a traveling salesman for a local firm
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TWO JAILBREAKERS CAUGHT
Two inmates who escaped from the county jail on May 2 near Clarksburg were captured. B Price, a alleged forger, was caught in Detroit by Sheriff Michael J. Francis. Jesse Taylor, another escapee, was nabbed near Conway, Tyler county, and brought to jail. Four jailbreakers have now been recap tured.
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Pastor considers presidency at Oregon college
The Rev. Walter G. Parker, pastor of Park Place Methodist Church in Richmond, is considering an offer to become president of Columbia Junior College at Milton, Oregon, with no decision yet. In Rockville Maryland this morning Miss Rosalie Makely 22 and William E. Demery 21, both of Fairfax County Virginia, were married by Rev. William D. Keene.
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Richmond
Walter G. Parker
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Milton
Oreg
Rockville
Isabela Launches at Newport News Shipyard
The steamer Isabela, the third vessel built here in the past year for the New York and Porto Rico Steamship Company, was successfully launched today at Newport News. Miss Elizabeth B Livery of Newport News and Miss Margaret Newell of Richmond christened the vessel in a ceremony attended by local officials and shipyard personnel.
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Ely
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Richmond
Cool after losing foot in freight train accident
Woodstock Virginia June 4 Henry Fadeley a Southern Railway brakeman fell from a freight train near the town. The wheels passed over one foot leaving it hanging by shreds. Unnoticed by others he bound his leg with suspenders and waited, smoking, until help arrived.
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Woodstock
Henry Fadeley
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Turkey Gobbler Found Setting on Nest in Wheat Field
A gobbler missing for about two weeks from Mrs. W. Todd’s Laurel Del. premises was discovered today in a wheat field setting on a guinea hen’s nest. The find suggests the bird is incubating eggs, though the exact number of eggs and next steps were not specified.
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Virginia Obituary notices and local items from June
Virginia obituary notices report the death of Robert E. Wayland former Crozet bank president aged 27 with a widow Helen C. Munn and a 7 month old child. Also Prof Herman n Schirmacher dies in Lynchburg aged 8, and W. R. Downer a farmer dies near Gordonsville aged 54. The Sunday Post price is listed as by mail 2.40 per year.
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Abram Wayland
Helen C. Munn
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Cross Continent To Wed In Norfolk Wedding
Miss Edith Acheson travels from Salt Lake City to Norfolk to wed Prof. George A. Eaton at St Peter s Episcopal Church Brambleton on July 5. The couple will marry in the church where her mother was once married.
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Woman burned to death in Shippensburg home tragedy
In Shippensburg, Mrs. Caroline Frey, 70, was fatally burned yesterday while boiling soap over an open fireplace. Her clothing burned away as neighbors rushed to help, tearing the burning garments from her. She died last night from the injuries.
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