Mother cites wife of ex-husband as unfit to rear child
Bristol Virginia reports a sensational custody dispute aftermath of a 1966 divorce. Mrs Keffie Robinson Emmert accuses her ex husband William Emmert and his present wife Myrtle Johnson of unfitness to raise their five year old son Paul, while Emmert counterclaims of neglect and breach of the original decree. The case includes rival custody claims, alimony, and depositions to build a lengthy record. Bird Robinson Emmert backing sister, with legal maneuvers in Tennessee and Virginia.
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Nw York
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Girl of sixteen elopes to Bristol with suitor
Special to The Washington Post Bristol March 24 Miss Katherine Conner a sixteen year old schoolgirl daughter of Mr and Mrs John Conner of Wilho County ran away from home under pretext of Sunday school meeting William P Allison and eloped to Bristol The couple reached here at 4 pm and married at Parson Burroughs mecca at 5 pm Allison resides in Pulaski County son of a well known citizen The bride a Pratt brunette After the marriage they told the bride's parents and left at 8 pm to seek forgiveness.
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Wilho County
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That County
Pratt
Jamestown Exposition Grounds Open With Record Attendance
Special to The Washington Post Norfolk Virginia reports 12 000 people paid for admission this afternoon to observe 3 000 workers rushing construction. Attendance is the largest so far with continuous activity day and night. The fair grounds will be ready for opening on April 26.
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Norfolk
Forest Fire Still Raging Near Stuart and Cruz
A forest fire near Stuart in Patrick County spread southeast through the county toward Cruz with heavy property losses including timberlands and farmhouses. No reliable scene updates were available.
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Cruz
Vermont Veteran Proposes Passing Pension to Confederate Camp
Capt Griswold of the Eleventh Vermont Volunteers writes from St Johnsbury offering a government gratuity of $12 a month to a Confederate soldiers' organization in recognition of kindness shown him while a Libby Prison prisoner. He recalls two Libby imprisonments and a 30 mile escape. A debate over accepting the gift is anticipated.
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Libby
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St Johnsbury
Indictments in Charlottesville liquor case target university ties
A Special grand jury in Charlottesville has indicted thirteen counts against Rhoades and Kurts of Monticello shoen and six against C G Page of the Imperial Case for selling or delivering intoxicants to university students. The panel criticizes dealers for lax enforcement despite fewer open saloons and notes a persistent method involving a negro agent, with justice not fully served.
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Charlottesville
Corporation Court
University of Virginia
Rhoades
Farmer's stock poisoned near Bidwell in Maryland
David W Snyder, a farmer near Bidwell above Meyersdale, reports his stock poisoned. A horse valued at 200, two Jersey cows, a registered Jersey bull, and all chickens died. An stomach analysis confirms poisoning as the cause. He suspects a neighbor.
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Washington Post
Cumberland Md
David W Snyder
Bidwell
Meyersdale
Snyder
Douglass Remembers Port Shipyard Benefactor in Autobiography
Special to The Washington Post from Baltimore notes Mrs Alles McAllister, aged 77, daughter of shipbuilder Thomas Bailey who mentored the enslaved Fred Douglass by teaching him letters in the Baltimore shipyard at Fells Point and Pocahontas Virginia. Douglass, lifelong friend to Mrs McAllister, recalls her kindness. his brother Joseph Bailey was lost at sea on a Bailey ship.
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Thomas Bailey
Fred Douglass
Pocahontas
McAlster
New York
Mcalisters
Baltimore House
Fells Point
Thomas Auld
Bailey
Joseph Bailey
Douglass
McAlister
Joseph
Working Parson Leaves Cumberland Church After Laurels
Special to The Washington Fuse from Cumberland Maryland March 24 Rev J Cami Jeter tonight preached his fare well sermon as pastor of Central Methodist Episcopal Church South Cumberland He resigns to take another charge known as the working parson he wore overalls and helped build the church congregation grew rapidly and hosted the annual church conference with over 200 ministers tonight he was presented with a purse by his flock
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Washington
Tumberland
Cami Jeter
Central Methodist Episcopal Church South
Cumberland
Jeter
Education conference to meet at Pinehurst NC in April
The tenth annual conference for education in the South will convene at the Carolina Hotel Pinehurst North Carolina on Tuesday April 9 at 10 AM and continue through Wednesday and Thursday ending on April 11 The executive committee and officers in Atlanta advised choosing a retired location with ample accommodations to allow full conference work on improving public education across the states
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Pinehurst
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Executioe Committee
Otter
Atlanta
Edward Davis Found Dead in Wilmington Home Area
Special to The Washington Pont Wilmington Mary 4 found with broken neck and facial wound near his home Edward Davis a 37 year old grocery clerk was found early morning face down A coroner's investigation showed ideation no foul play verdict rendered death attributed to an epileptic attack or similar cause based on available evidence
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Roumanian Cabinet Quits Amid Riots and Refugee Flight
In riot scarred Roumania a Liberal ministry formed after the conservative cabinet resigned. Jewish refugees flee to Bulgaria as rioting spreads. mass meetings in New York raise funds for sufferers. Jewish committees press for U.S. intervention and relief, with protests against atrocities and calls to the President.
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Sistof
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Roumanian Central Relief Committee
Jacob H Schiff
American Jewish Committee
State Department
Schiff
Rupsian
YMCA Conference Ends in Hagerstown Maryland
Special to The Washington Post. The YMCA Conference of Maryland and DC closed with a farewell meeting at St Pauls Methodist Church Theater. George F. Tibbitts spoke on The Association as a World Power. Notable addresses by Prof J H Apple J M Rice J H Harry Tyter Rev Samuel W Graffin and others. A mass meeting at the Academy of Music featured Rev Graffin. Secretary Tibbitts planned a conference with business men on April 23 to form a local association and build a building with about fifty business men and fifty young men expected.
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Washington
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Woman's College
Frederick
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Banish shirt waist man at Naval Academy game
An amusing incident at the Naval Academy St Johns baseball game shows authorities will not tolerate the shirt waist man. About a dozen candidates in the stands were told to wear coats or leave the stand on a warm day.
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Mer
Naval Academy
St John's
Tilghman Death Accidental Clarified by Coroner's Jury
A coroner's jury ruled the death of Yisby Lynn Tilghman aboard a Baltimore and Ohio train yesterday an avoidable accident. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 4 PM at Emmanuel Episcopal Church. Mrs Tilghmann is noted as sister-in-law of the late Fitzhugh Lee.
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Yisby Lynn Tilghman
Baltimore and Ohio
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Lynchings Feared As Virginia Set to Try Midgets
Authorities moved Midgets alias William Johnson to Fort Meyers to prevent a potential lynching as his murder trial for Charles T. Smith begins Wednesday before Judge Beazley in Alexandria. Gov Swanson ordered Company L of the Seventh Virginia to escort him to the jail. jurors will be drawn from local salesmen.
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