Morgan Proclaims Martial Law in Mingo County Muster
Gov. Morgan orders martial law in Mingo County and enlists 130 militiamen to serve sixty days. Sheriff must draft 130 or accept 130 volunteers, forming two companies of 65 under Maj. Tom Davis. Men will elect company officers as state police and civil authorities enforce orders. A number of persons were arrested under the terms of the proclamation.
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Charleston
W. Va
Associated Press
Ei. F. Morgan
Mingo County
Maj
Tom Davis
Gov Morgan
Several Local Obituaries Note June 1921 Deaths
A string of brief death notices lists the names Brunger Fisler Elmore Facer Folsom Flick Ford Heffernan Hudson Mead O Connor Farrell and others with dates June 27 to June 30 1921. Each entry notes residence locations in Washington and nearby towns, funeral arrangements and interment details at Glenwood Mount Olivet or Arlington National Cemeteries, with service times and churches or undertaking establishments.
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Brunger
Jersey City
Des Charis
Woc
Ust
Third Street
Glenwood
Eisler da
Mandir
Bom
Capuaring
Theo
Wright
Lenth
Folsom
Hengen
Paris
Ida Folsom
Ashville
Flick
Sibles Hospital
George Flick
Fourth Street
Glenwood Cemetery
Ford
Garfield Hospital
Ranny Huntington Ford
Jarques Martin
New York
Joseph Gawler
Pennsylvania Avenue
Machigan
Michigan
Heefernsn
Thomas
Erin Heffernan
Titeyenth Street
St Patrick's Church
Camden
Hudson
Leah Viola Audson
Weady
Robert F Stennell
Mead
Charminn
Mary Catherine
de Frank W Mead
United States
Public Health Service
Joseph Gawlee
Penny Tantl
Anington National Cemetery
O'Connor
Bridglt
Elizabeth
Patrick O’farrel
SE Faul’s
Ata
Peas Washington
Budget requests for Alexandria public schools in 1921 22
The Alexandria city school board proposes spending 95152 for maintenance in 1921 22 an increase of about 25000 over the prior session with the state contributing about 20000. The council plans to oppose any rate hike for the Washington Virginia Railway. A special committee recommends using the second floor of the old truck house for Russell Mitchell Veterans of Foreign Wars meetings rent free. An arrest was made for liquor transport near Seminary station with a 500 bond posted. Evidence included four kegs of corn whisky and wood strips. The Irish relief campaign reports 2668 25 in contributions to aid distressed women and children. A memorial mass will honor Sister Bertha, former St Marys academy faculty member. Mrs Fannie Robinson Hoxton dies aged 84.
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Washington Post Bureau
N. Patelek St
Alexandria
Robert M. Calvin
City Council
Boards of Council
Commonwealth
H. Noel Garner
State Corporation Commission
Washington-Virginia Railway Company
Virginia
Russell Mitchell Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Prince Street
Lang C. Rover
Sycamore
Seminary Station
Sergi. Wilkinson
Peliae
Magner
Lawrence Padgett
Rover
Obituary fragment from Fax County notes
Survived by a daughter Mrs George Stuart wife of the proctor of the Episcopal high school and three sons Archibald Fiob inson Hoston present headmaster Liewel lyn G Hoxton faculty at the University of Virginia and William W Hoxton of North Rosemont this
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George Stuart
Episcopal High School
Archibald Fiobinson Hoston
Liewellyn G. Hoxton
University of Virginia
William W. Hoxton
North Rosemont
Proclamation Calls Militia to Mingo County War Zone
The Supreme Court of Appeals freed A D Lavender, an United Mine Workers organizer, ruling no military occupation of Mingo County. Governor Morgan issued a new proclamation to mobilize 130 enrolled militiamen in Mingo to enforce laws amid a declared state of war and riot.
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Supreme Court of Appeals
A. D. Lavender
United Mine Workers of America
Minso County
Morgan
Mingo
Gov. Morgan
Mingo County
Circuit Court
West Virginia
Fleeing Convicts Escape Roanoke Jail Flight
Two notorious bank robbers Charles Wilkes and Co B Gordon escaped Roanoke city jail as inmates were held at gunpoint. They climbed to the roof, slid to the street, and fled with two bottles of alleged explosives. Bloodhounds trailed them to a railway station. a $500 reward was posted after city officials investigated.
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Roanoke
Associated Press
Charles Wilkes
B. Gordon
State Penitentiary
South
Liberty
Corporation
Norfolk and Western
Six Weston youths sentenced for singing spurs church attendance
Six young men in Weston West Virginia received 90 day church sentences from Mayor C I Harrison after a disturbance in the town center tied to a late curfew vocal concert. Each must attend a church every Sunday for three months and report monthly to the mayor. Ages span 16 to 23.
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Washington
Weston
W. Va
C. I. Harrison
Harrison
Baptist Church
Maryland and Virginia Affirm Women’s Right to Register
The Washington Post report from Annapolis on June 28 states Maryland’s Court of Appeals, led by Judge Offutt, upheld the right of two women to register and vote in Baltimore city, despite opposition from Home Defense League backers. The case, brought by Mrs. Caroline Waters and Mary D. Randolph, highlighted persistent suffrage debates and legal questions surrounding the new voting amendment.
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Washington Post
Annapolis
Maryland
Offutt
Court of Appeals
Baltimore City
Caroline. Waters
Mary D. Randolph
Eleventh
Oscar Leser
Home Defense League
Woman's Suffrage
Buried Coins Found In Cellar On Willard Site
Special to The Washington Fest Cumberland Md June 29. Workmen digging a cellar under Charles D Willard’s house found 600 dollars in old coins including half dollars quarters and dimes. Digging party continues for more coins but no additional money is believed found. The coins were likely buried during Civil War era by Rosenbaugh brothers who ran a grocery and saloon on the site. In Culpeper Va June 28 Theodore Glazer 85 died at his home. A Confederate veteran and charter member of A P Hill Camp he served with Petersburg battery. Survived by three sons and two daughters. In Madison Court House Va June 28 John Lohr I was killed by lightning during a thunder storm while seeking shelter in a barn. Cattle were injured and the barn burned.
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Washington Post
Warwood
W. Va
John Hilton
Charles W. Hilton
Washington
Cumberland
Charles D. Willard
Christopher C. Garlick
W. T. Fletcher
Rosenbaugh
Petersburg
Theodore Glazer
Hns
Glazer
A. P. Hill
Branche
Germany
Culpeper
John Lohr I
Madison Court House
Nan
Wife Slayer Held After Disturbing Death in North Carolina
Andy Miles, 20, accused of shooting his wife near Laurels Springs after a separation, with her body found in a creek. He was brought to Winston-Salem from Allegheny County and jailed for safe keeping, claiming intoxication and no memory of the killing.
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Washington
Miles
J. R. Crouse
Denies He Wed Accuser Carl Hopkins Bigamist Charge
Carl Hopkins is held in Clarksburg West Virginia on bigamy charges after allegedly marrying Eva Pearl Brown of Shinnston while not divorced from his first wife Mrs Martha Mayze. Eva Brown identifies herself as Mrs Hopkins, while Hopkins denies knowing her. A forged- signature claim from two years ago also surfaced in court records.
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Carl Hopkins
Clarksburg
Washington Post
W. Va
Eva Pearl Brown
E. 0. Brown
Shinnston
Monongah
Martha Mayze
Hopkins No. 1
Hopkins
Wood County
Katherine Mead Dies at Monterey at 80
Mrs Katherine W Mead of Washington widow of a Union Army captain in the Civil War died yesterday at the Clermont Hotel Monterey where she had arrived Saturday to spend the summer. She was found dead in her bed and was 80 years old.
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Washington Post
Hagerstown
Katherine W. Mead
Washington
Clermont Hotel
Monterey
Transfers to Camp Meade From Camp Lee
Petersburg Virginia dated June 28 reports War Department telegraphic orders transferring 303 officers and men from Camp Lee to Camp Meade Maryland. All soldiers will proceed under official muster and relocation procedures.
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Camp Lee
Meade
Petersburg
War Department
Camp Meade
Somerlatt Heatherly wedding in Cumberland Maryland
Miss Eloise Somerlatt and Wayne William son Heatherly, both of Philippi West Virginia, wed today at the bride's parents home in Cumberland. Rev Elkanus Hulley of Broad dus college officiated. Miss Virginia Somerlatt sister of the bride served as maid of honor with Lester Hoover of Timberville Virginia as best man. Mrs Heatherly has taught English and history at Braddus college for four years.
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Washington Post
Cumberland
Eloise Somerlatt
Wayne Williamson Heatherly
Philippi
W. Va
Charlies E. Somerlatt
Elkanus Hulley
Broaddus College
Philipm
Virginia Somerlatt
Lester Hoover
Timberville
Heatherly
Braddus College
Public Spirit to Boost Shopping Before Saturday
Officials urge residents to shop early by Saturday to support workers. The call emphasizes communal effort and the impact on employees' livelihoods as the movement gains momentum.
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