Revenue men held up in North Carolina moonshiner raid
Special to The Washington Post reports Deputy Collector Rector and a party of revenue officers were ambushed in the Dark Corner of Greenville County North Carolina by heavily armed moonshiners. The captives were released after a violent confrontation. one informer narrowly avoided lynching as the moonshiners and their families destroyed seized whisky and forced the officers to retreat.
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North Carolina
Washington
Asheville
N. G
Rector
Greenville County
Ben Plumey
Numey
G. Phillips
Wade Plumey
Marvey Phillips
Bark Corner
Taney
Tryon
Merrick
Greenville
Merricks
Extradition Sustained in Rogers Theft Ring Case
Richmond authorities report the U S Circuit Court denied an appeal to block extradition of Allan Miller Edith Stein alias Mrs Muller and accomplices arrested in New York for theft totaling $200,000 in trunks from major railroads. Rogers is already held locally for the theft and an officer will escort the New York prisoners here.
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Washington Post
Richmond
Police Department of
United States Circuit Court
Virginia
Miller
Allan
Edith Stein
Muller
New York
Rogers
Pennsylvania
Baltimore and Ohio
New York Central
Chesapeake and Rio
Fredericksburg
Potomac
Southern Seaboard Air Line
Atlantic Coast Line
LL. Lederer
Chesapeake
Richmond Bandit in Jail After Freight Train Attempt
A Baltimore man George Speake was arrested at Providence Forge for attempting an armed hold up of an east bound Chesapeake and Ohio freight train. The engineer saw an obstruction then a man between the rails. Speake fired as the train neared before conductors and brakemen captured him.
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Washington Post
Richmond, Va
George Speake
Baltimore
Providence Forge
Speake
Cobb
Brennan
BBL Reed Nie Wapa Phe
A damaged OCR fragment references BBL and a person named Reed Nie. Details are unclear, but the item appears to be a brief note or notice involving sports or local event context. No further verifiable facts available from the readable text.
Maryland to finish half of new Atte road to Washington
Spesthl reports the state highway division aims to complete about twelve miles of the Baltimore to Washington Atte road by December 1. Three contractors and two inmate crews are at work on eleven miles between Wealey Grove and Contes, with plans for Beltsville to Hyattsville, while surveys continue and funding remains uncertain.
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Spesthl
Washington Bee
Baltimore
Highways Division
State
Geological Survey
Washington
Highways Commission
W. W Crosby
House of Correction
Waterloo
Crosby
Wealey Grove
Contes
Beltsville
Hyatteville
Laurel
Progress of Colored Race in Baltimore Praised by Booker T Washington
Booker T Washington lectured at Sharp Street Memorial Church praising Baltimore's colored progress in education housing and business. He noted better houses, rising professional rates among black lawyers and doctors, and teachers linking classroom work to community life. He commended Baltimore’s colored High and King School and provisions for black students ahead of a municipal election.
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Washingimh
Baltimore
Booker T. Washington
Tuskegee Institute of Alabama
Sharp Street Memorial Methodist
Dolphin
Etting Streets
Negro Business League of Baltimore
National Negro Business League
Innocent, Says Dickson In Kidnapping Case
Letters received by Dickson employees claim his innocence in the Madeline Dempsey kidnapping. He says he left Fredericksburg to avoid notoriety, asserts the suit is a money grab, and will return after exoneration. The civil action remains the only active case in court.
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Washington Post
Fredericksburg
Robert 8S Dickson
Madeline Dempsey
Dickson
Cay Pages
W. Dempsey
Corporation Court
Traveling Men Theater Party Plans Alexandria Visit
The Port Wh Delegation of the Traveler Protection Association of America gathered at the Hotel Rommel to organize events for the sixteenth annual State Convention. Delegates will attend opening ceremonies at the opera house with Rev. Gravatt and Mayor Paft, then tour Alexandria landmarks before a theater visit in Washington and a buffet luncheon return. A Saturday session includes elections and a Mount Vernon/Arlington trip before many depart.
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Washington Post
Kis
Alexandria
Port WH
I. J Gravatt
Paft
C. EB. Herbert
Hinchéon
Post F
Washington
Chase's Theater
Post
Mount Vernon
Arlington
The
Virginia
Association
Richmond
Committee On
Hatonal Association
Ekett
Supreme Court
State” Corporation Commission
Woman strangled in Durham. husband arrested on murder charge
Lizell Guthrie, a colored woman, was found strangled in her bed with a photograph of her husband on her breast. Fingerprints on the throat indicated strangulation. Her husband, Major Guthrie, was arrested and held without bail as investigators report the crime near Rockville, Maryland.
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Durham
N. C
Lizell Guthrie
Guthrie
Help Wanted Ad Draft From The Post Office Notice
Fragmentary OCR hints at an old classified style posting about locating or placing help wanted ads. The readable bits mention a Post Office and a contact point. No clear names, places, or dates are present to anchor details.
Fire destroys Malone's Hotel in Canton Baltimore
Special to The Washington Post report from Baltimore dated May 6 describes a early morning blaze at Malone's Hotel 415 Mont Clinton Street Canton that destroyed a large three story structure. Two guests on the top floor narrowly escaped as firemen arrived and rescued others who initially resisted evacuation due to intoxication.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Mont Clinton Street
Canton
Charged With Bigamy in Roanoke Case
A Roanoke special reports H Aigge and Laura Meridith, both arrested in East Roanoke for bigamy after eloping from Longéalé Furnace to Bristol and marrying there. They arrived in Roanoke where Riggs sought lodging. the girl, about fifteen, is despondent and in love, having learned he has a wife and several children in Pocahontas. They were taken to Pocahontas by a detective and the daughter will be returned to her parents at Postale.
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Roanoke
Weamizton
H. Aigge
Laura Meridith
Rikes
Longéalé Furnace
Bristol
Riggs
Gee
Sind
Ace
Pocahontas
Postale
Rough House at a Dance in Rockville Md
Uninvited guests at a Rockville Maryland dance are jailed on charges of malicious destruction of property after a disturbance at Lewis Vinson’s party on a Charles Veirs farm. Several named residents allegedly forced entry, damaged doors and windows, and looted about $ in cash. Warrants issued for five or more arrests.
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Washington Post
Rockville
Albert Gray
Buster” Brown
Ginger Lucas
Wi- Yam Aviams
Ernest Adams
Charles Adams
Theodore Johnson
John Handy
Nathan Keys
Wilson Adams
Robert Baker
William Jackson
Arthur Offutt
Rachel Green
Clara Offutt
Minnie | Hackett
Lillie Hackett
Lewis Vinson
Charles Veirs
Lucas
Vingon
Vinson
Trolley Line Bonded for 400000 First Mortgage Bonds
Special to The Washington Post from Frederick May 6 reports that a deed of trust was filed by the Washington Frederick and Gettysburg Railway Company with Baltimore Trust and Guarantee Company as trustee for 400000 first mortgage 5 percent bonds authorized by stockholders. Bonds dated May 1997 run thirty years, with sinking fund provisions and redemption at 105. The mortgage covers the entire line from the DC line to the Pennsylvania line beyond Emmitsburg and all franchises. The issue and stock will fund construction from Frederick through Yellow Springs, Lewistown, Catoctin Furnace, Thurmont to Barnsburg, about 24 miles.
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Washington, Post
Frederick
Frederick County
Washington, Frederick and Gettysburm Railway Company
Balthmore Trust and Guarantee Company
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania Line
Emmitsburg
Yellow Springs
Lewistown
Catoctin Furnace
Thurmont
Barnsteburg
Rockville Bride Shonda Lutekett Weds May Sixteenth
In Rockville on May sixteenth Shonda Lutekett and her fiancé were married in a small ceremony at home, with close family present. The couple announced plans to reside in Rockville and start their life together following the nuptials.
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Barents
Xara
Rockville
Areice
Boone
Lutekett
Maryland Kensington Mayors Triumph in Lively Local Election
Kensington Maryland on May 6 elected FC Cannon as mayor by eleven votes amid a low turnout just over a hundred voters. James M Proctor and others secured town council seats with varied terms. Cannon succeeds mayor Eckhardt who resigned after nearly three terms. Nearby Takoma Park and Glen Echo also reported council seats. Weaver and Jenkins were re elected to positions, ensuring Gobins remains town marshal in Glen Echo.
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Hyatteveilie
Jos
St. Owens
Hyattsville
Chas. N. Darnall Wasl
W. P. Magrudor
W. A. Brooks
Chas. Wingalls
Key
H. W. Shepfield
R. E. White
White
Kensington
Mad
FC. Cannon
James M. Proctor
Cannon
James FP
Rainey
Wm. B. Dulin
Jos.W.ek
Cornelius Eckhardt
Manasaas
Toulin
Uce
George W. Chamberlain
Frank T. Chapman
Takoma Park
E. B W. Blodgett
W. W. Dyar
H. T. Rogers
H. F H. Bean
L. &. Derrick
C. W Davis
W. G. Platt
Holia
Bia
Hagerstown
Progressive Party
Clear Spring
Burgess
Benjamin F .Beard
John Ankenny
David Simmere
Cornelius Wid‘myer
Rockville
Glen Echo
Guy Jenkins
Thomas A Weaver
Normals
John A. Garrett
George W. O'Brien
Bruce Aldrich
Weaver and Jenkins
Charles F. Gobins
Call for Democrats in Maryland May meeting
Chairman Murray Vandiver of the Maryland Democratic State central committee selects May 2? for the annual meeting. State leaders will be invited to attend to set a date for the State convention to nominate candidates for governor comptroller attorney general and clerks of the Court of Appeals. The convention is planned for the first or second week of July and will begin the incubating phase for state officer candidates.
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Washington Poat
Baltimore
Murray Vandiver
Democratic State Central Committee
Vandivér
Court of Appeals
Dynamite Wrecks House in Henrico County Mystery
Richmond news reports a dynamite explosion at the home of Robert Woodson in Henrico County. Woodson his wife and three children were asleep as the house was wrecked but all escaped unharmed. Police seek the unknown assailant who allegedly held a grudge against Woodson.
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Richmond
Robert Woodson
Henrico County
Woodson
Increase for Engineers at Southern Railway gains
Spencer NC May 6 The locomotive engineers on the Southern Railway receive a 10 percent raise for passenger work and 6 percent for freight work plus overtime pay of 6 cents and 48 cents per hour. The payroll impact is substantial across the system. Also Norfolk voters endorse J Westmore Willcox for judge of Circuit Courts to fill a vacancy. noted in a separate Norfolk report. In Danville a bride ends a second marriage attempt after a troubled union with Philip Patterson.
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Washington Post
Spencer
N. C
Southern Railway
Norfolk
Ship steamer picks up aid near Baltimore in rescue claim
May 6 Baltimore reports Captain G W Billups of Mathews County Va, pilot aboard Merchants and Miners steamer, assisted in a rescue as the vessel to Boston sailed Saturday night. Billups, owner of Virginia estates worth about $250000, had previously sailed with Savannah Line and is a stockholder in the company. Mates have resigned and the line refuses higher wages to keep Billups aboard.
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Baltimore
Domain
Eine
Tree Hotts Tate
Boston
G. W. Billups
Mathews County
Bitupe
Virginia
Savannah
Morchants and Miners’ Transportation Company
Baling Air
Apd
Ateamship Company
Juniata
FIVE YEARS FOR GOLDEN IN ANNE ARUNDEL CASE
Annapolis Md May Ellsworth Golden, convicted of assault with intent to maim, was sentenced today to five years in the penitentiary for shooting at Mrs Blanche Davis through her home window. Mrs Davis and an infant were struck by shot. Golden is also indicted for felonious assault, and the case has been moved to Baltimore for trial. he allegedly tried to kill the woman after she threatened to tell her husband of a prior assault.
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Washington
Annapolis
Ellsworth
Olden
Blanche Davis
Baltimore City
Ite
Golden
Money Talks for Mahool Odds Shifted in Maryland Election
Special to The Washington Post reports Democrats gamble on Mahool victory with bets around 7,000 majority while even money and 5 to 1 odds appear. Republicans accuse venal negro vote manipulation as white citizens, including saloon keepers, wager up to 320,060 on results. Corporations largely refuse lending, shrinking cash for the election.
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Washington
Baltimore
Mahool
LICKLITER CONVICTED IN Staunton Police Court
Frank Lickliter was sentenced in Staunton Police Court to six months in jail after arrest in Charlottesville on charges of obtaining goods under false pretenses from a clothier. He is the son of James D. Lickliter, a prominent Staunton tailor, and had been charged with killing A. B. Isbell in a watermelon car three years earlier but was acquitted. He threatened the arresting officer as he was led away.
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Washington
Staunton
Frank Lickliter
Charlottesville
Palmer
Lickliter
James D. ‘Borster
Isbell
Enforce Law with Axes Rips Coney Island Facades
On May 6 a 25 man police squad under Durbin van Vleck raided Surf avenue Coney Island and chopped away all features extending past the courtyard line. Soda fountains and frankfurter stands were destroyed while hanging signs and display racks were removed. Borough President Coler had ordered the encroachments removed. Proprieties faced a further ten foot cut by next Thursday.
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New York
Durbin van Vleck
Pubic Works
Brooklyn
Surf Avenue
Coney Island
Coler
Milk Crusade Endorsement At North Washington Meeting
Citizens of North Washington Association endorsed the milk commission crusade against doctored milk and approved plans for an inspection service. New members were elected and several speakers urged support for the district milk program and the watchdog effort.
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Coralmission
North Washington
Mailik
J. M
Banessettan
Menday
Neck Broken in Crash Near Bowling Green
John Baker of McComb Ohio was killed when a south bound Toledo Urban and Interurban Limited crashed into a local train. The accident injured more than a dozen, including Mrs Ella McCoy of Findlay who is in critical condition. Frank Masche’s sister, she is a widow and a National Supply Company department superintendent. Others injured are improving.
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Bowling Green
Unio
John Baker
McComb
Ohio
Toledo
Ella McCoy
Findlay
Frank Masche
All Department of the National Supply Company
Peonage Case Opens Against Prairie Poole Phosphate Manager
In Tampa on May 6 the first peonage case in the United States Court was set for trial Judge Locke presiding. I Howden general manager of the Prairie Poole Phosphate Company faced arraignment as defendant with Philip Brodsky and Will Boresky Russians as witnesses. Brodsky testified he came to the mines after responding to a New York newspaper advertisement and said he would be jailed if he attempted to escape Mulberry mines.
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Tampa
Fla
United States
Judes Locke
I. Howden
Prairie Poole Phosphate Company
Philip , Brodsky
Will Boresky
Philp Brodsky
New York
Mulberry
Escape and Recapture Highlight Indictments Against Howden
Brodsky testified that after escape he was recaptured and imprisoned. He said he was paid only $2 a week, forced to sleep on hay, and told to work until he could pay his return fare to New York. Four other indictments against Howden are noted.
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Brodsky
New York
Howden
Charles Halliwell Dies Dining At Holland House New York
Charles C. Halliwell first vice president of the American Tobacco Company died suddenly while dining with his wife at the Holland House New York. He was fifty and married in October to Maia Ruth Alice Cole a trained nurse. His death follows his career at Legent Meytre and his later rise after the Duke merger. he leaves a wife a daughter and a son.
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Washington Post
New York
Charles C. Halliwell
American Tobacco Company
Holland House
Holland Duell
New Rochelle
Mr. Halliwell
Maias Ruth Alice Cole
Halliwell
Hotel Majestic
Legent & Meytre Tobacco Company
St. Louis
James B. Duke
Hiwell
J. Halliwell
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Suffolk
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Dillon, SC
Highsmith
Siles
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Joshua Doughtie
William H. Bailey
Bright
W. Bailey
Albemarle County
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Cardinal County
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State Board of Health
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Southern Railway Company
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Richard FP
Kuhn
Washington-Southern Railway Company
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William M Priest
H. B Hudson
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Winchester Etornal Hospital
Board of Noisy Justees
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Leonard Brown
T .H. Lyles
James Orr
Glasgow
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Gan Maclaren
Mount Pleasant
Iowa
Clarendon Citizens' Association
Alexandria County
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Thomas R. Donnelly
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William H. Veitch
Fitzgerald Council
Knights of Columbus
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Washington College of Music
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Samuel M. Fabian
Frederick W. McKnight
Wilbur W Delano
Leon Harlow
Plaza Apartment House Company
T. F. Schneider
Robert B. Bradley
Emmoys
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Leo Bergwark
F. H. Duehay
National Electric Supply Company
H. D. Mirick
H. B Mirick
C.B. Mirick
H.C. Graham
J. B. Mayfield
T. L. Townsend
I. Maren
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William Lyles
St. Mary's Catholic Church
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King Street
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Ecgar von Wanhington
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Maryland
J.B. Owens
State Committee
Dynamite Wrecks
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Washington Fort Danville
Hilip Patterson
Mra
Mandhe Davis
Hia
Fear Coffee
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Drage
Browning & Baines Inc
Pa. Ave
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Weonugim
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Ohis
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Crataua Company
Murray Srey
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Japan
E. N. Richards
G Street
Charles Halliwell
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Rure Ton
Arbuckles
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