Missing Child Sparks Custody Battle in Virginia Case
A Richmond Virginia search widens for Ruth Anderson Lockhardt missing after involvement with the Children's Home Society. Police and parents, plus several others, pursue leads across cities including Chesterfield and Richmond as custody questions head to court. The woman alleged to have taken the girl uses multiple aliases and a large public notice has been issued, with rewards offered for information.
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Children’s Home Society
Richmond
Avaytington
Ruth Anderson Lockhardt
Lockhardt
W. J. Maybee
Children's Home Society
Virginia
Manchester
Chesterfeld
Robert Boyle
Chesterfield
Bayle
Mavhee
Murder Probe In Adamstown Area Reports Foul Play
An unidentified Black man about forty five was found on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad near Adamstown. He showed two wounds on the head and had been stripped of clothing. An inquest returned a verdict of death by foul means unknown to the jury. Two men were sought as companions seen with him yesterday.
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Spestalio
Frederich
Maven
Baltinore
Ohio
Adamstown
Missous
Ja Tang
Killed in Sand Mill Fatal Belt Accident at Berkeley Mines
Winchester Va March 2 A message from Berkeley mines West Virginia reports Preston Stotter formerly of Lula county was caught in moving belt at a sand mill and instantly killed He was about 42 years old and leaves a widow his parents and several brothers and sisters.
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Washington Pass
Winchester
Stotter
Unwer. Store
Lovelorn Maid Insane Feud Prevents Marriage Choice
Annie Goss, 22, jailed on insanity charge after her lover wed another, amid a feud between families in Boswell near Merchants' Coal Company town. Parents opposed marriage. report from Washington Post via Cumberland. Also notes charter issuances by Virginia corporation commission and licenses to marry in Rockville and Washington area.
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Biedel Ca
Tlls
Washington Post
Cumberland
Annie Goss
Miss Goss
Boswell
Merchants’ Coal Company
Baltimore
Roads in Loudoun County Impassable by Mud and Snow Melt
Hamilton Va March 2 Roads in Loudoun County are nearly impassable, stopping business across towns and villages. Farmers report mud depths up to axie deep in places due to recent snow melt paralyzing commerce and travel.
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Loudoun Roads
Washington Post
Hamilton
Dr Klox Rew Life Pill touted as miracle cure
A dubious claim extols Dr Klox Rew Life Pill as a miraculous cure undersea fire and other ailments. The boast lists guaranteed results and promises from darkegists.
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Klox
Gruesome Plan Wiped Out In Baltimore District
Rev John Robert Amis and Isaac Winder sought a permit to display the body of a executed man to raise funds for the deceaseds widow and mother. Collector Clarke refused citing potential unrest among the local colored population, ending the plan to exhibit the corpse at a church in Hunters Alley.
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Baltimore
John Robert Amis
Isaac Winder
Morrow St
Towson
Rinehart
J. Spencer Clarke
Winders
Hunter's Alley
Winder
Flarke
McDermott Denies Divinity as Church Council Debates Faith
L M McDermott faced arraignment before the Baptist Church council of this state for unorthodoxy after publishing an article in which he questioned the Bible and Jesus. The council blocked his plan to read a self-defense paper, then held an executive session. he allegedly refused to admit the divinity of Christ, while others argue his views stem from socialistic ideas.
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McDermott
Christ
Boy Robbed On Highway Near Winchester Va
Special to The Washington Poot reports Mosee Thorna a negro charged with highway robbery after he left Winchester with 15 year old Lloyd Bell. They walked toward a farm where Bell was robbed of about 135 dollars and a pocketbook. Mosee was arrested in a saloon and the money was found on him.
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Washington
Winchester
Thorna
Mosee
Moseu
Lloyd Bell
Ithe Uewin
van Bell
bin Ly Tve Rollar
Bell
Bin
Loris
Runaways Arrested in Richmond Two Wilkes-Barre Girls
Two eleven and thirteen year old girls from Wilkes-Barre, Ethel Brown and Wilhe Gifford, were captured in Richmond at Union Station on March 29 on request of Wilkes-Barre police. They cried at the police office, saying they wished to return home after learning Richmond is “the most beautiful city.” The report also notes two marriages in Virginia: John Leslie Crandall and Susie Mitchell in Lancaster, and Peter Toombs and Alice Stevens in Spottsylvania County.
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Wilkesbarre
Richmond
Sperlat
Washington
Wilkow
Uirteen
Ethel Brown
Wihe Gifford
Union Station
Wilkesburre Ott
United States
Heatrsville
John
Leslie
Crandall
Susie Mitchell
Lancaster
Darney George
Activy
Rodericksburg
Peter Toombs
Alice Stevens
Spottsylvana County
Spottsylvania
H.R. Parham
Lexington
Annie Burks
Dr. Op, Burks
Sherwoail
Rockbridge County
Wiliam L. Griffis
Gece
Washington, D. C
Virginia Obituary Roundup Brings Mournful Notices From Several Counties
A string of Virginia obituaries reports Andrew McDaniel dying after a yearlong illness in Heathsville and N Bendermitt a Woodstock druggist passing at fifty. Hannah E Gordon of Spotsylvania County, Mills Hattie Daffan near Elys Ford, and Nancy Kethean near Winchester are noted as deceased with survivors listed. William Clayton Lefebvre dies at Luke s Hospital after seven weeks post appendectomy, and John M Carroll, famed local player, passes after brief illness. The dispatch also mentions a formal chamber of commerce banquet in Newport News with notable attendees and politicians from North Carolina and Virginia.
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Heathsville
Andrew McDaniel
Woodstock
N. Bendermitt
Fredericksburg
Hannah
E. Gordon
Joseph H. Gordon
Spottsylvania County
Richmond
William Clayton Lefebvre
Luke S Hospital
Mills Hattie Daffan
Sp. Baffan
Lower Culpeper County
Elys Ford
Shela
Wanchester
Nancy , Kethean
Nnety
George Kethean
Winchester
Millwood
Mia
Kellican
Aurys
Staunton
March
John M. Carroll
Tle
Stubaton
Alice Devine
Newark
Ohi
Bn UW
State debt wiped out and oyster bill blocked in Maryland fight
In Annapolis the Ways and Means Committee trimmed the tax rate to 18 cents, wiping sinking fund liability and easing school book costs. The Baltimore railroad cut off measure passed constitutional muster by a bare majority, while oyster and election bill maneuvers unfolded as Mudd and Republicans pressed for stricter election rules. The interlude closed with the senate approving a deficiency appropriation over the governor’s veto.
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Mudd
Pennsylvania
Baltimore
Washington Po. Statehouse
Annapolis
Wha Wash
Aiod Branch
Lund
Atkinson
Pennsylvania Railroad
Baltimore City
Baltinore
Tidewater County
Oynter
House
Senate
United States Supreme Court
Maryland
Kovernor
Died on Wedding Day for Anne Arundel Man
Richard Welch, formerly of Anne Arundel County and longtime county road engineer, died in Ogden Utah en route to be married to Miss Marie Beall of New York. Welch, 40, fell ill with pneumonia on the train after leaving his home in Tonopah Utah. he had recently changed his name from Tylehart and was the son of James A. Tylehart of David Bonneville.
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Tne
Washington
Annapolis
Richard Welch
Anne Arundel County
Ogden
Utah
Welch
Marie Beall
New York
Tonopih
James A. Tylehart
David- Bonville
Berryville Police Protection Warned by Mayor Jones
Berryville Clarke County Virginia mayor D H Jones warns residents to stop interfering with police during arrests under threat of immediate arrest. He orders Town Sergeant Ricwrore to arrest anyone who interferes with Berryville police, noting years of such behavior.
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Spenal
Washington Razr
Winchester
D. Hi. Jones
Berryville
Clarke County
Qayor Jones
Ricwrore
Ten Years For Hermann In Cumberland Case
Special to The Washington Post from Hagerstown Maryland March 29. Judge Bord imposed ten years on William Hermann a drag clerk and six years on Dr J H Tompkins both of Maryland after a second trial found them guilty of manslaughter in the death of Miss Jean Maxwell of Cumberland through a criminal operation. They will be taken to prison soon. no mercy was shown as Hermann was accused of corrupting jurors and lying about witnesses.
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Washington Post
Hagerstown
Yompking
Charles Deibert
Bord
Hermann
Boyd
Miss Maxwell
Tompkins
More Churches Urged in Washington District
Baltimore March 29 Reports from presiding elders dominated the Baltimore conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev Buckley mocked newspapers while Rev Dr Maines recounted whisky ad battles. Naylor outlined urgent suburban church needs and cost challenges. Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society anniversary featured Bishop Foss and Mrs Eaton with mission share concerns for China.
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Sheila
Woshington Post
Baltimore
Methodist, Episcopal Church
A Buckley
Christian Advocate
George CG. Maines
Methodist
Washington
Cumberland
J. Frederick Heisse
N. R. Naylor
W. L. McDowell
Naylor
Naylohgard
Government Ark
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Cyrus D. Jfoss
Philadelphia
A. Eaton
B. Stevens
China
The
Missionary Society
Joel Brown
Staunton to reorganize city government after census
Staunton Virginia faces a switch to a bicameral city council after the Supreme Court of Appeals ruled the city exceeds 10 000 residents. Elections are set for June with terms starting September 1, and redistricting will cover annexed areas adding about 3 500 inhabitants.
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Jone
Washington Post
Staunton
Supreme Court of Appeals
Henry W. Holt
Corporation Court
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Richmond
Wands
Tung
Strychnine in stomach tests frame Payton-Wright murder trial
Chemists from West Virginia University testified in the murder trial of Mrs. May Payton-Wright of Mannington. A vial of strychnine was shown as evidence that her first husband died from poison. The defense is expected to argue wood alcohol. The defendant wept when J. W. May testified, noting she had hinted at getting rid of Payton. Separate item notes Prohibition Meeting dates for Loudoun County from Purcellville with large expected turnout across Virginia and nearby states.
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Payton-Wright
Nashington
Fairmont
W. Vie
West Virginia University
May Payton-Wright
Mannington
Payton
J. W. May
Han
May
Quedal
Washington Post
Hamilton
Prohibition and Evangelical Association of
Loudoun County
Purcellville
Virginia
District of Columbia
Staves
Fredericksburg cadet wins West Point appointment
E Woodfard Ulrich of Spotsylvania won the competitive examination for a cadetship to the United States Military Academy at West Point from the Congression al district and will be appointed by Congressman Jones. W B I Tale of Fredericksburg was second and will be the alternate. Fleischmann Yacht Damaged in Norfolk distress. Haida bound from Charleston to New York put in here with one propeller blade gone and will stay for repairs.
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Pedal Wu Gue Masusumcon
Fredericksby
E. Woodfard Ulrich
Spottsylvania
United States Miitary Acadmy
West Point
Congres Onal
Jones
W. B. I. Tale
Predericksburg
Will Bey
Fleischmann
Norfolk, Va
Haida
M. Fremann
New York
Charleston
Denial From Gov Lawson on Gifts in Office
Charleston March 2 a legislative investigative committee heard ex governor White deny taking any fees from the secretary of state office while Gov Dawson denied sharing emoluments. State witnesses described receiving a single box of cigars from Dawson during his term. The panel seeks Caldwell Blizzard attendance via Supreme Court mandate.
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Washington Post
Charleston
W. Va
Gav
Ds. White
Charles Caldwell
Hgre
Seamans
Jackson County
Maxwell
Harrison County
Johm A. Preeton
Greenbrier County
Caldwell
Geese Blizzard
WA. MacCorkle
W. B. Chilton
Dawson
White
Towpath Lumbers Up After Potomac Flood
The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal traffic is halted by a sudden Potomac rise. Towpath submerged at Little Slack Water and Big Stack Water. boats tied up. Willsmapors river level fifteen feet above low water, now slowly receding. Powells Bend banks broken. Conococheague Creek nearly overflowed. Navigation to resume only after river falls about five feet if rain remains light.
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Hagerstown
Willsmapors
Powells Bend
Conococheague Creek
Colored prisoner gets five years for stealing thirty chickens
Special to The Washington Post from Rockville Md March 2 percent For the larceny of about thirty chickens from Jalm W McGann and William H Roach residents of Glen Echo in this county Steve Richardson colored also a resident of that locality was sentenced by Judge Henderson to serve five years and six months in the Maryland penitentiary Mitten Stewart colored was convicted of participation in the robbery of Mr McGahas henhouse and was sentenced to eighteen months Richardson testified he was innocent but the judge said he had intended a three year sentence but gave him an extra year for lying He had recently been discharged from the District Jail after a nine month term for larceny.
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Washington Post
Rockville
Jalm W. McGann
William H. Roach
Glen Echo
This County
Steve Richardson
Henderson
Maryland
Mitten Stewart
Mr. McGaha
McGaha
Richardson
District’ of Columbia
Divorce Over Late Meals From Wife In Baltimore
Baltimore March 29 A baker Benjamin Jr Stoner of Pennsylvania avenue obtained an absolute divorce in Circuit Court Judge Stockbridge presiding. He testified his wife failed to prepare breakfast and would not have supper ready, a charge of abandonment noted in his complaint.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Benjamin Jr
Stoner
Pennsylvania Avenue
Stockbridge
Bacon Out of Iron Company Board Elects Topping Chairman
At a Birmingham board meeting of the Tenineagee Coal Iron and Railroad Company John A. Topping of Republic Iron and Steel was elected a director and made chairman. The change does not alter the company's organization. A 4 percent dividend was declared. Don H. Bacon announced his immediate resignation as chairman and as president, effective May 1.
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John A. Topping
Birmingham
Ala
Ten-ineagee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
Presid
Republic Tron and Steel Company
Don H. Bacon
Live Stock Markets Report Across Cities March 29
New York market receipts totaling 299 head with steady trend on dressed beef and moderate demand. calves and lambs mixed with steady to slow activity and varying prices. Chicago and Baltimore listings show cattle, hogs, and sheep prices, with steady to firm lean toward lower cattle demand and strong hog market in some grades.
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New York
Chicago
Stelers Ami
Thutshars
Lee Weber
Inaabs
Union
Baltimore
Heogigta Tor
Spa
Baltimore Markets March 28 Grain and Dairy Rundown
Baltimore markets report steady or firm prices across grains and dairy. Wheat, corn, oats, rye, and sugar show unchanged or firm quotes with receipts and exports listed. butter and eggs hold near steady levels.
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Baltimore
Metal Market News From New York and London
The London market showed unsettled tone with spot at £163 10s, futures £163 26s, while copper eased with London spot £84 and futures £61. Locally prices stayed mostly unchanged though copper and lead saw minor shifts. Foundry metals varied with Northern and Southern lots quoted across several grades and spreads, in a market reflecting mixed demand.
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York
London
Lake
Spelter
Tron
Trmiard
Dig
Cleveland
Ae. Led
Teporta
Foundry
Northern
Southern
Xo. T Foundry
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Ruth Leckhardt
Urer
Locktairdt
Gertrude Hrowe
Lohia
Sunett
Govyers
Greylard
J. K. Ord H. Poustes
Josi Binsell
Josie Hayle
Josse Ford
Mos
Evelyn Dyer
Mvelyn Dowell
Grand Central Elite
Fon
Auanta
Chas
Novtokstad
State Corporation Commission
Washington Mechanics’ Savings Bank (Incorporated
Alexandria
Ezra Could
R. Wolk
Gurhatts Land, Lumber and Mining Company (Incorporated
J. F. Laynery
Wiliam Hitz
al Kinda
William Beall
Currie Young
James Dultie
Cora Huttman
William Raward Taylor
Grace Lockman
Wheeling
Virginia Weddings
Perdat
Waabington
Newport News
Chaimber
Hota
Wehard Hor
Flan
J. Jones
Tram
Virginae
Francia D. Minston
Hyutenta
North Carolina
Anne Arundel
Francee
Howard Nichols
Pacrere Transxe Company
St. Louis
Peoples Pharmagy
Woeehington
D.C
Jean Maxwell
Maylor
Manesence
Washington District
Stryshnine
GOV
Gov. White
West Virginia
Potomac
C. & C. Canal
Senaton
Langton Monotype Machine Company
Toledo
South Tima
Indiana
Tay
Lima
Livan
Ordes
Bacon
Iron Company
Washington Cattle Market
Metal Market
Boston
Alard
Albany
Jeso
Mozna
Ae UA Fitchburg Pro
New Bayan
Hartford
Chemical
American Telephone and Telegraph
American Woolea
Aly Americas Woolan Td
Taminion Tronana Stee
Fallion Eiectric Blum
Massachusetta Electric
Messechusetts Electric
Marcachusetts Gas
United Fruit
United Shoe Mach
United Rhoa Mach
Bughara Byrth
Butte
Ste
Shannon
Maren
Ascerican
American Gan
Pethieher Stee Co
Bothlexem Geal Corporation
Beoton Consolidated Copper
Central Foundry
Creong
Ra International Sa
Interboroveh
Interberag
JE Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Amon
Belton
Mes
J. Cassell
Bradbury Ideal
Apollo
Bradbury Upright
Apollo Music
F. G. Smith Piano Co
Pennsylvania Ave
Pfeiffer
Staples
Sanders & Stayman
Weber
Wm. Knahe & Co
de Knphe
Charles M. Stieff
Stief
E. F. Droop & Sons Co. Firat
Bradbury Idea
Grand
Bradbury
C. J. de Mol & Co
Hardman
Tor Aix Morta
Nga
Pala i
Vance
POST
Washington F It
Washington Port
Witmers
Tlee
Washingeton Post
Primerhall
Furthe
Eoupon
Washington, D. C. Ee
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