Banker's Death At Suffolk Bank Sparks Foul Play Doubts
Augustus H Cobb a wealthy Suffolk banker and mill owner died by his own hand at the Suffolk Banking and Trust Company. The revolver was found on the counter, the coroner declined an inquest, and speculation grows about nervous trouble and possible embezzlement losses affecting Cobb and his brother.
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Augustus H. Cobb
Washington Post
Suffolk
Suffolk Banking and Trust Company
Wo W Wurray
el. Hart
Reir
Mr. Cobb
Spoky
Bruce Rawles
Rawles
Cobb
Holliday
Saintf Baker
W. F E. Cobb
Bink
Brunswithe
Virginia Obituary Highlights Across Towns and States
A string of obituaries and notices from Virginia and nearby locales details deaths and memorials. Entries mention traveling salesman aged fifty with heart disease in New York, Rev. O P Richards of Madison County, Col Thomas J Fell ex Federal army officer, long-lived Luray resident John W Lillard, and other local figures. Multiple brief notices cover sudden heart failure, posthospital deaths, and probate settlements, with scattered references to wills, farms, and civic figures across Charlottesville, Richmond, and Alexandria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
W. Va
Tu Mets
Toledo
Ohio
O Hartiety Hotel
Luray
O. P Richards
Mitdisom County
Missoma
Qristersville
Richmond
Thomas J Fell
Auburn
Mihosh
Johnn W. Lillard
Laos
Beoniowa
Warren Canaly
Joseph Fack
Magruder
Messra
Frank Jems
Dantile
Dannie C. Treg
RWB
Key
Genal Hospital
Cherottesville
Rebecca Fisher
Alexandra
Annie Sharles
Georgn Wo Prencis
Alexandria Richmond
L Percy
Morang
Lecamp Soldiery
Luenenburg
Allen's Battery
Maura Gattaton
Virginda
Dancy to Die in Related Incident Conviction Battle
Peter Dancy, a Black man previously convicted in Henrico County Circuit Court, faced a death sentence in a related incident. Court records indicate the sentence to be carried out next Thursday, as government officials remain focused on justice for the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dancy
Montague Ars Onaly
Eias
Peter Dancy
Henrico
Dani
Guards of the British Household Cavalry
A fragment praising Life Guards and the Household Cavalry, urging vigilance against illness. It extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a tonic to strengthen the body against influenza, catarrh, grip, and fever, claiming it aids vital organs and creates warmth, especially for weaker systems.
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Life Guards
Kings House
Mirer
Hood
Las
Rockville Pigeon Shoot Draws Top Shots in County Contest
A March clay pigeon shoot at Rockville Gun Club drew Montgomery County’s best marksmen and others. Notable scorers included J. Mowell Hawkins and Luther J. Squier, with Thomas C. Keys of Rockville top county shooter at 34 of 40 and Dr. Robert C. Warfield third with 49 of 60. cash prizes, event run by Keys and George Allnuk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockville
Montgomery County
J. Mowell Hawkins
Baltimore
Luther J. Squier
Blawkins
Squier
Thomas C. Keys
Charles J. Lyddane
Germantown
Robert C. Warfield
James P
Weirs
Lee
Dorsey
Harry C Hurley
Nathan A. Allnutt
John Mins
Samuel B. Wetherald
Robert B. Peter
Stephen Lyddane
Clea Meem
Messrs
Thomas C Keys
George All~ Nuk
Colored postmaster short. Inspector finds Sugar Land officer falsified accounts
Post Office Inspector Sharon from Washington reports Nathan Johnson a long time Sugar Land postmaster falsified accounts records and cancellations defrauding the government. Johnson arrested by Deputy Sheriff Carter and jailed in Frederick. Isaac Bell named temporary postmaster to handle duties at Sugar Land. Sugar Land is a colored settlement eight miles from Boyds with Johnson as community leader.
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Sugar Land
Washington Post
Boyds
Post-Office
Sharon
Washington
Nathan Johnson
Johnson
Carter
Frederick
Isaac Bell
Germantown
Ice In The Upper Potomac After Snow
Reports from the Potomac below Cumberland indicate the river is not unusually high and is not considered dangerous. Ice is mostly broken up except at Dam No 6. Debris removal on rail lines continues. several trestles on the Huttonsville branch washed out and a curved stone bridge on the Baltimore and Ohio east of Grafton was washed away, delaying traffic. The Potomac gorge above the town began moving again, and the Cheat River is falling.
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Cumberland
Potomac
Dam No 6
West Virginia Central Railroad
Huttonsville
Baltimore and the Railroad
Grafton
Cedar Cliff
West Virginia Central
Cheat
Marines for New Cruisers Drill in Washington
A large company of U S Marines from Norfolk moved to Washington for drill and possible service on the armored cruisers Pennsylvania and BlLyland. Thirty more Marines head to Dry Tortugas naval station Fla for duty.
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Norfolk
Washington
United States
Guantanamo
Santo Domingo
W. A .Mochel
Pennsylvania
Virginia Glee Club concert thrills Alexandria crowd
The University of Virginia Glee and Mandolin clubs drew a packed Opera House audience. The program featured lively selections from folk to classical pieces, with strong audience response and encore after encore. The event showcased Orange and Blue pride and concluded with a reception hosted by the Alexandria Alumni Association at the Brockett residence on North Washington Street. Capt. Robert V. Wilkinson, Maryland Dredging and Constructing Co. chief, was found dead by his own hand aboard the Chesapeake in Alexandria, a separate report notes his suffering from lung abscesses and engagement to Miss Maggie Wellstager.
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Washington Post Burdaq
King Street
Alexandria
Robert V. Wilkinson
Maryland
Chesapeake
Wilkingon
W. R. Purvis
Purvis
Leo Lash
Baltimore
Maggie Wellstager
Alice Ann Avenue
Capt Wilkinson
Miss Wellstager
Maryland Dredging and Constructing Company
University of Virginia
Old Dominion Boat Club
College
Alexandria Alumni Association
A. D.brockett
North
Washington Street
University
Brockett
Marshall L. King
William J. Boothe
Mushbach
Mass Lameau
Miss Herbert
Miss Dent
Douglass
Banquet At New Hotel Hosts National Association Figures
Fragmentary OCR reveals a banquet at the new Hotel attended by Mrs Scott and others. It mentions visiting dignitaries such as Robert Turner and Joseph Peakes Hayes, with prominent speakers expected from the Bowery Association and National groups. A noted member, Mr George Bee, was ill but has recovered.
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Scott
Robert Turner
Rodgers
Mor
Frank, Creightong
Yoseph Peakes Hayes
Ase
Bowery Association
George Bee
Wachtaston
Murder in First Degree Convicts Thomas Owens in Crockett Killing
In Hamlin West Virginia a jury finds Thomas Owens guilty of murder in the first degree for the May killing of J. R. Crockett a Chesapeake and Ohio Railway detective. The incident followed an excursion train from Logan to Robinsons circus and involved firearms, a train raid, and subsequent capture of Owens and John Weakley. Judge Doolittle will set the sentence next week with hanging likely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Owens
Detective Crockett
Washington Post
Huntington
W. Va
Hamlin
J. R. Crockett
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Guyandotta Valley
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Logan
Robinson's Circus
Hig Ugly Station
Lincoln County
Owens
Crockett
Squire Burch Brumfield
John Weakley
Scherer
Jack Bingham
A Pbase
Weakley
Doolittle
New Railroad Contracts in West Virginia Extension Plans
Morgantown March 16. Plans to extend the Cameron Confluence cut off of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad ignite activity across the region. A March 15 contract date is set for the Confluence to Pisgah segment, with sixty days to ready the Morgantown section for contracting and four corps of engineers mobilized today. Pennsylvania surveys Cheat River, Wabash grades western county, Lake Erie considers Monongahela River line, making the area a focal point of railroad construction.
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West Virginia
Washington Post
Morgantown
Wva
Cameron Confluence
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Confluence
Pisgah
W. Vo
Mushc
Corps of Engineers
Pennsylvania
Cheat River
Lake Erie
Monongahela River
Mystery in Woman's Death in Baltimore Cellar
Baltimore detectives probe the finding of a young woman’s body in a ramshackle house corner of East Fayette street and Central avenue. The coroner will perform a post mortem. the mouth shows blood, cause undetermined. The body is emaciated. a Catholic prayer book bearing the name Ellen Kirk rests in the dead woman's hand, though no such resident is known in the neighborhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Baltimore
East Vayette Street
Central Avenue
Ellen Kirk
Bequest to Harvard Dominates James C Carter Will
The late James C Carter's will, filed for probate, leaves Harvard University $200,000 and $2,000 to the University of Virginia, plus equal gifts to the Society for the Improvement of the Condition of the Poor and to relatives and friends. The estate is valued above $1.5 million. Carter served as Bar Association president for several terms. Charlottesville and Warrenton items note UVA's first basketball team departing for Newport News and Warenton Hunt Club March appointments.
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James C. Carter
University
New York
James Carter
Harvard University
Bar Association
Carter
University of Virgnia
Society For the Iprovement
Washington Post
Charlottesville
University of Virginia
Newport News
Newport News Five
Virginia
Peace
Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Grinnell and
Dates for Virginia Horse Show Appointments and Rail Rates Plan
At the Virginia Horse Show Association fourth annual meeting in Richmond, committees on freight and passenger rates were formed to confer with railroad officials over Virginia rates. President Mullikin and Secretary-Treasurer Davies were re-elected. Show dates for Keswick to Norfolk were set across May to October, with membership rules and a grievance appeal process adopted for disbarment cases. Charlotte mayoral candidate McNinch announced, aligning with anti prohibition platform.
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Mullikin
Davis
Virginia Horse Show Association
New Willard Hotel
Virginia
C W. Smith
Warrenton
Charles Mullikin
Boyce
Malikin
H. B Goodridge
Norfolk Association
Messrs
H B Goodridge
J. Anderson
Hugh C. Braxton
J. J. Davies
W Smith
J M Cochran
Mullkin
J Jenkyn Davies
Keswick
Leesburg
Upperville
Fredericksburg
Culpeper
Manasses
Orange
Charlottesville
Staunton
Front Royal
Harrisonburg
Berryville
Lynchburg
Richmond
Norfolk
Upperville Horse and Colt Association
Davies
Norfolk Horse Show Association
Norfolk Horse Show and Fair Association
Huis
General Association
Board to Decide County School Superintendent Posts in May
The Radford district may merge with Montgomery County as the board plans to meet in May to appoint superintendents. A March 21 meeting will hear a committee report on proposed state school district changes, followed by May appointments.
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Washington
Richmond
J. W. Hill
Radford School
Lucas
Radford
Montgomery County
McIntyre Held At Norfolk For Extradition
Philip McIntyre former Tennessee lawyer convicted in Virginia will serve his sentence then be held for extradition to the first state seeking him or to Mexico. Mexican authorities long have sought his return over forgery charges across nineteen states.
Taken to Penitentiary Forger McIntyre Held in Nineteen States
Norfolk March 10 Philip McIntyre a former Tennessee lawyer and alleged forger who faced nineteen state warrants and Mexican extradition was sent to the Richmond penitentiary after a Virginia sentence. Upon completion he will face authorities in the first state or Mexico. Also Mount Elliott Springs sold for 25000 with plans for improvements and a Negro man William Brown jailed sixty days for wife beating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Norfolk
Philip McIntyre
Tennessee
Virginia
New York
McIntyre
Richmond
Department of Justice
Washington
Odnion
Ayid
Mount Elliott Springs
Washington Fost Staunton
H G_ Weichelberger
Day
Charles B. Cooke
Augusta County
Mount Eliott
Cooke
William Brown Colored
Kimball
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Winston-Salem
N.C
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Twoelleemen
Huta Jackson Newman
Roanoke
Bedford County
Gov. Montague
Petersburg
A J Montague
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Mary
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Wreckers Bluff
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Smith
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Ealo
James Belection
the Glee Club
Seers College
Manyon
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Philadelphia
Warrenton Hunt Club
Washington Fort
Cockrell
George Brooks
York County
Hannah Ross
Chesapeake and Ohio
Little Washington
Bagerstown
Charles Snatterly
Lewis Thompson, Jr
Union Stock Yards
Samuel Emmett
Hagerstown
Harrispurge
Lexington
Buena Vista
Sterrett
Walker
John L. Preston
Beard
Virginia Horsemen
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Charlotte
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A. McNinch
M Brown
Massachusetts Avenue
Elias Raff Liquor Co
George E. Hebbard
Ninth Street
Colonial Wine Co
9Th St. Wharseatershes
St. Louis
Mercantile Trust Company
Stours
Philippine Public Works
Insular
Regal
London
Paris
Yla
Piccadilly
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Washington Store
Penna. Ave
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Sonee
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Victor E. Adler
Clothing House
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Patna
Fond du Lac
F. S. Williams CO
Iamond Yes
Burlington Vt
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Dr Shoop
Rex
Racine
Wis
Cook Remedy
Nasonic Teaple
Ohlson
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Arch St
Affleck « Pharmacy
Pennsylvade Avé
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