Teller Left Message Seen Disguised in Norfolk
Charlottes traveling salesman I Kuhn says he saw Frank Jones the alleged Charlotte National Bank teller in Norfolk on Monday with shaved facial hair. Detectives are searching as police believe he fled by train to a Gulf port with about 50 000 dollars. Mrs Jones is prostrated and en route to Southport after learning of the defalcation. Diamonds worth 600 to 700 were purchased before his departure.
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Virginia
Gulf Port
Washington
Charlotte
M. C
I. Kuhn
Charlottes
Frank Jones
Charlotte National Bank
Norfolk
Jones
Monroe
Here
Bank Associationa
Ufe Anew Inn
Mra Jones
Wilmington
Southport
Revenue men sentenced in North Carolina fraud case
Five former revenue officers were sentenced after fraud convictions. Al Patterson faced judgment suspension on costs. C Davie fined 300 dollars. L favks fined 100 dollars and 12 months in prison. Poly Hafer fined 100 dollars and six months. James Combs fined 80 dollars and six months. Several others did not appear and await sentencing.
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Washington Post Greenectoro
Boyd
North Carolina
al Patterson
Aleud
C Davie
United States
Poly Hafer
James Combs
LFE
Tavis
AS Patterson
Baltimore Boy Dies by Own Action in Family Breach
William Stanton an eighteen year old boarder at 422 East North Avenue died by inhaling gas through a tube attached to a Jet in his room. He left home amid strained relations with his family and Winsett and had previously faced reverses that forced the Scanlon family to move to cheaper apartments.
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Baltimore
Winsett
William Stanton
Patrick Scanlon
East Twenty-third Street
East North Avenue
Scanlon
Scanloo
New York
Lumbermen Elect Officers at North Carolina Pine Association
The North Carolina Pine Association met in Norfolk with about 100 lumbermen. E G Fosburgh of Norfolk was elected president. R J Camp of Franklin vice president for Virginia. J A Brown ofabua vice president for North Carolina. J Terry of Charleston vice president for South Carolina. WB Roper of Norfolk treasurer. John B R Walker secretary. The group appropriated $2,500 for an exhibit at the Jamestown Exposition.
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North Carolina
Wastston
Norfolk
North Carolina Pine Association
Virginia
Maryland
E.G Fosburgh
R. J. Camp
Franklin
Virginte J A Brown
Abu
North Rolina
J Terry
Charleston
Stables Burned in Roanoke Cause Likely Fire Loss
Roanoke Va March 21 the stable of L H V ghans Co contractors burned last night causing about 92000 in feed loss. About forty head of mules were rescued. This is the third time the contractors have been burned out in about three months.
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Washington
Roanoke
LH. V Ghan & Co
Obituaries from Virginia towns note sudden passing and survivors
Richmond, Mar Sr C C Cox a prominent citizen of Manchester died suddenly from paralysis at sixty six. Survived by wife and several children. Winchester, Mar 21 Mrs J A Yowell widow of John A Yowell Clarke County farmer died today at Waterloo aged seventy. She was a Miss Tucker of Culpeper. Beaside her daughter three sons survive. Leesburg, Mar 21 Mrs Emily Moore Paxson Loudoun County wife of Frank M Moore retired farmer died aged seventy two. She was previously Miss Lodge of a prominent Loudoun family. Survived by two daughters. Heathsville Mar 21 Mrs Kate Rice Uprier Lancaster died yesterday at her son's home from consumption aged eighty one. Plus a note on Gustave Kowes, sick dyer of Haver straw, claiming a cure via Fra Angelo Remedy. Address Haver straw N Y.
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Richhoone
Mar
C. C. Cox
Manchester
Winchester
J A. Yowell
John A. Yowell
Clarke County
Waterloo
Minnie Page Thompson
Boyce
Tucker
Culpeper
Leesburg
Emily Moore
Paxson
Loudoun County
Frank M Moore
Miss Lodge
Loudoun
Heathsville
Bmirs Kate Rice
Uprer
Head Cut Off By Train In Baltimore Yard
Special to The Washington Post reports an unidentified white man killed himself by placing his head under the wheels of the last car in a string being shifted at the Northern Central Railroad Lower Canton freight yards. He slashed both wrists, wore a gray overcoat and good blue shirt, and left no identifying papers or money.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Canton
Northern Central Railroad
Betrayed by Love Letter Recovers Rich Morrison
A romance tale from Hagerstown Maryland recounts a girl’s love letter to Richard Morrison who escaped from the House of Correction. Sheriff Deibert’s posse followed to the mountains near Sabillasville and recaptured Morrison at the girl’s home after he attempted to throw himself under a train. Morrison had been jailed for larceny in Frederick County and met the girl during confinement. He was taken back to the House of Correction.
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Washington
Hagerstown
Richard Morrison
House of Correction
Sheriff Co
Dethert
Morrison
Sabillasville
Higerstown
Dembert Morrison
Frederick County
Diebolds
Deibert
Standard Oil Sued Over Warehouse Death in Norfolk
Attorney Dan Coleman administrator of George W. H. Stapleford estate files suit against Standard Oil for 310000 damages in Norfolk Court of Law and Chancery. Stapleford, an employee, was fatally electrocuted by crossed wires delivering 3000 volts at the Church street warehouse. Also, in Cumberland, Mrs. Samuel Fullem dies instantly after falling from a door opened at Summit Mills.
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Norfolk
Washington Post
Dan Coleman
George W. H. Stapleford
Court of Law and Chancery
Standard of Company
Stapleford
Church Street
Cumberland
Summit Mills
Samuel Fullem
Jury Acquittal at Virginia University Cheating Trial
A West Virginia engineering student accused of cheating in a mathematics exam was tried by the university honor committee and appealed to a five alumni jury. The alumni found him innocent, applauded by students, marking the first exoneration on appeal in years.
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Washington Post
Charlottesville
Cabell Halli
University of Virginia
West Virginia
Nenor
R. T. W. Duke
Charles W. Allen
W. Allen Perkins
Albemarle Bar
B Reinhold Rogers
Jefferson School For Boys
John van Horne
University
R. E B. Faris
Robert R. Carman
Taylor
Tal
Jeollege
Whisky and Cigarettes Teach a Thirteen Year Sentence
W A Garrett of Seaboard Air Line cites Percy Martins train robbery in Mecklenburg County Virginia as proof of the dangers of alcohol and smoking. The president denounces whisky and cigarettes and presents Martins case as a warning while newspapers receive the Seaboard version. Martins smoking and drinking, coupled with dime novel bravado, led to the failed hold up and a thirteen year sentence to ponder the folly of impossible ages.
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Norfolk
Mar
W. A. Garrett
Seaboard Air Ling
Percy Martin
Seaboard Air Lane
Mecklenburg County
Garrett
Martin
Seaboard
Seaboard Air Line
Jesse James
Hig Ink
Rob & Seaboard
Aged farmer dies by self inflicted gunshot
Ellicott City Maryland March 21 Special to The Washington Post Robert Harding a longtime Fifth district Hawan County resident and prominent farmer aged about seventy died this morning by shooting himself in his yard. The gun by his side had discharged through his skull. investigators found him dead. Family heard the shot and linked the act to the death of his wife and a recent marriage of a daughter.
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Washington Pos Ellicott City
Robert Harding
Fifth District
Hawan County
Harding
Two Girls Attacked in Richmond by Unknown Man
A man attacked two white girls in Richmond on March 21. An intervening bystander knocked the assailant down, only to be knocked down himself. Three black men were jailed on the charge but remained unidentified.
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Washington Post
Richmond
Besn
Struck by Train and Killed in Maryland Railroad Track Death
James R. Wrightstein aged sixty was killed last night on the Waynesboro branch of the Cumberland Valley Railroad while walking to Mont Alto where he worked. His mangled remains were found beside the track. A machinist, he had long resided in Shepherdstown W Va where his sister Mrs Frazier lives.
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Washington
Prescription for Cyclone Cataract Cure
An old time medical notice claims a simple mixture can purge catarrhal poisons from the blood. It prescribes Fluid Extract Dandelion, Compound Karyon, and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla in tea spoonful doses after meals and at night, touted as safe and inexpensive.
Maryland Obituary Roundup from Rockville to Roanoke
Obituaries report Mrs Margaret Harris of Potomac District aged 79 died after grip and general debility. Pattie Brewer widow of Enos Brewer died in Eastport at 67 surviving three children. William W Watkins 53 died in Danville after pneumonia. formerly a merchant. Joan C Blair 35, Wytheville United States attorney, died after rheumatic illness. survived by wife. J M Peters 68, prominent tobacconist of Bedford City. Educational Contest answers due April 1. Back numbers available for catalogues.
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Rockville
Mar
Margaret Harris
Potomac District
Grip
Annapolis
Pattie Brewer
Enos Brewer
Eastport
Mornig
Danville
William W Watkins
John ‘. Watson
Bristol
Girl Confesses to Setting Three Fires in Baltimore
Cora Hutchins a colored girl aged around 19 confessed to police and fire officials that she set three fires on the second floor of the apartment building at 802 805 North Eutaw Street endangering twenty two residents. She also admits stealing a diamond ring valued at 120 dollars from Mrs Ida Guyton and discarding it from a window. The fires were fought by the janitor and extinguished the others. The ring remains unfound.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
North Eutaw Street
Debbis
Cora Hutchins
Pumphrey
MacGil
W. L. F. Miller
David Jones
Cora Hutching
Thomas G. Koontz
Westiinister Presbyterian Church
Ida Guyton
Harrison Given 20 Years for Kidnapping Beasley Son
In Elizabeth City North Carolina Joshua Harrison received a twenty year penitentiary sentence after being convicted of kidnapping Kenneth Beasley the nine year old son of State Senator Beasley A motion to set aside the verdict was denied and an appeal noted Harrison was remanded on five thousand dollars bail The senator learned his missing boy is believed to be in Arkansas and he left to search with local residents raising a hundred dollars to aid his trip
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Washington Post
Elizabeth City
N. C
Joshua Harrison
Kenneth Beasley
Beasley
Harrison Wou
Allen
Aycock
Ward
Harrison
Ball
Nicol
Clementa
Wright
Gov. Swanson
Lfe
Mr. Clements
Dalcour Mansion Burned After Prominent Maryland Society Era
The Dalcour mansion near Ellicott City burned tonight, ending a century of noted Maryland social events. Owner Mrs. Dalcour witnessed the blaze. the house was built by A. J. Dalcour who fled Cuba in the 1870s after siding with revolutionists. He married into French nobility. the countess died in the mansion. A daughter, Miss Clementine Dalcour, teaches at Philadelphia High School. The fire’s loss runs into substantial figures.
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Maryland
Washington Post
Baltimore
Dalcour
Ellicott City
Clare de Bullett
France
Clementine Dalcour
Philadelphia
A Voice from the Stomach and Its Warning
Clarence's growing stomach pains and loss of appetite lead him from a hearty eater to constant discomfort. After trial of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets his digestion improves, appetite returns, and he feels better. The ad urges readers to try the remedy and send for a mail sample from F A Stuart Co.
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Stuart
Clarence
F. A. Stuart Co
Marshal
Mich
Wright Case Hit With Fresh Trial Hope From Clements
James E. Clements of Alexandria seeks a rehearing in Richmond for John Wright, colored, condemned to death for assaulting Miss Mabel Risley near Four-Mile Run. He cites errors at trial and opposes a commutation petition while pressing for a new trial.
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James E. Clements
Mabel Risley
Wright
Washington Post Bureau
King Btreet
Alexandria
James
Clements
Alexandria Cannery
Richmond
Court of Appeals
John Wright
Mable Risley
Prrsoner
Anderson
Richard 4. Cardwell
G. Whittle
Arrested on Assault Charge In Roanoke Feared Suspect Held
Roanoke Va March 21 Richard Davis a negro wanted at Farmville for alleged assault and two white epence several months ago is now in custody and will be held for Farmville authorities.
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Roanoke
Richard Davis
Farmville
Newport News Banquet Highlights Local Leaders and Guests
At the Newport News chamber of commerce banquet held at the Hotel Pocahontas, guests included Harry St George Tucker of the Jamestown Exposition, George W. Stevens of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, German cruiser Bramen’s Captain Alberts and staff, Gov. Knox, National Soldiers' Home officers, naval personnel from the shipyard, and Fort Monroe officers. Toasts featured speakers Berkeley, Batchelor, Cumming, Rev Porter, and Mayor Buxton, with Tucker the sole responder.
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Washington Post
Newport News
Chamber of Commerce
Hotel Pocahontas
Harry St George Tucker
George W. Stevens
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Alberts
Bramen
Gov
Knox
National Soldiers’ Home
Norfolk Navy Yard
George 3. Bingham
Fort Monroe
Upshur
Liberty
Q Berkeley
D. Batchelor
Gordon Cumming
J. W. Porter
D D
Mayor & R. Buxton
Virginia
Harry St. George Tucker
Mr. Tucker
Poisoning Case Dominates Grand Jury in Rockville Md
The grand jury session in Rockville Md centers on cattle poisoning at Oliver G Henley’s Laytonsville area and the arson of his home. Witness Jonathan Macruder says a Laytonsville resident vowed to poison Henley’s cattle. The panel may indict the anonymous youth. The jury also weighs the murder of Mrs Mary Lang near Wheaton with Osgood McKay among those summoned.
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Washington Post
Rockville
Grand Pre
Oliver G Henley
Laytonsville
Henley
Jonathan Macruder
Washington Street Railway
Comany
Layters
Wreck Kills Fireman in Crewe Yard Collision
A Norfork and Western eastbound passenger train derailed in Crewe Virginia when it entered an open switch. Yard engine and passenger engine wrecked with the train cars damaged and set ablaze. Fireman T H Brown killed while engineer John Pond trapped and critically injured. Others warned: Cheatham and Armistead Scott slightly hurt. A switchman fled and remains at large.
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Washington Post
Yuchburg
Norfolk and Western
Crewe
Citizens
T. H. Brown
kille@d
John Pond
Cheatham
Armistead Scott
Rasseuvers
Fishermen Rebel Over Fort Monroe Prices
Fishermen off Fort Monroe rebel against a commandant order to lower prices charged officers for fish. They accuse the fort of underpricing versus the Norfolk market and refuse to comply, retaining counsel in the dispute.
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Fort Monroe
Spental
Washington
Norfolk
Osh
Norfolk lumber merchant dies from hiccoughs in Washington trip
Dennis Simmons Biggs aged thirty five prominent Willameton NC lumber merchant and Bank of Willameton president died suddenly from hiccoughs during a business trip to Washington NC. Also two sailors from Philadelphia and Detroit are held on charges of robbing the body of C F Ferguson Newsons postmaster found dead in an alley. they pawned the postmaster's watch.
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Norfolk
Mar
Dennis Simmons Biggs
Willamston
N. C
Hiccough
Washington
Biggs
Bank of Willameton
Dennis Simmons
Washington Post
John McCarthy
Marine
Philadelphia
F. W.W. Richardson
United States
Detroit
C. F. Ferguson
Newsoms
Ferguson
Wife Stops Wedding in Essex Street as Bridegroom Is Arrested
In New York Samuel Wachman, 33, a tailor of Essex Street, pressed to marry Miss Deane Handshake at Metropolitan Hall. A estranged wife, Mrs Gaasis Wacherman of Stanton Street, arrived with her infant and interrupted the ceremony claiming Wachman as her husband. Wachman was taken to Essex Market Court on a divorce dispute and warned against bail. The bride, 22, in white, broke down as the arrest halted the marriage and a planned second ceremony.
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Washington Post
New York
Samuel Wachman
Essex Market
Pringe Alvert
Waehman
Essex Street
Wachman
Deane Handehuke
Metropolitan Hall
Eldridge Street
Mr.Wachman
John Fay
Essex Market Court
Baker
Blde Tidge Street
Itg Hissex Street
Russia
Guasis Wacherman
Stanton Street
Sergi Schulum
Solfo Street
Europe
Steel billet in his body found after eight years
Special to The Washington root from New York reports Lee Herlin a Spanish-American War veteran endured eight years of illness. A two ounce steel billet lodged in his abdomen traveled inside him since 1899 when a gun explosion aboard the Paragua left him wounded. Surgeons at Bellevue removed the fragment after X rays identified it. He is twenty five and lives at 26 West Fifteenth street.
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Washington Root
New York
Lee Herlin
Herlin
Denters
Bellayue
Herb
Bellevue
Mabey
Werlin
Paragua
Mantle
Naval Hospital
Lin
West Fifteenth Street
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Haverstraw
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Fram Angelo Remedy Co
Haverstraw, N. Y
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Tourists Musical Comedy
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Potomac Lodge of Odd Fellows
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Georgia
Formarty
Atlanta
Rammel
Odd Fellows Hall
Potomac Lodge
Harrison Kirk, Jr
Columbus Street
Mrar
Alice DeKaly Shattuck
James M. Love
Fairfax County
Sixteenth Judicial Circuit
C. E. Nicol
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Presbyterian Brotherhood
Percy 8. Foster
John F. Ryan
Congress
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P. T. Harrington
Daniel’ Beasley
Petersburg
Daniel Beasley
Blackstone
Nettaway County
R. H. Traylor
Casselman River
Albert Statter
Merchants' Coal Company
Keystone
Salisbury
Frostburg
Henry Mull
Chestnut Ridge
Keystone Mines
Montgomery
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Providence
A. J
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Leach Chemical Co
Cincinnati
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Arbuckle
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