Four Die by Bullets Swift Penalty for Murder
Bristol, Va May 12 Petix J Kidd of Higstone Gap Va shot and killed at Alta Pass N C yesterday afternoon by WH Anderson of that section. Anderson was later killed by Charles Viale a friend of Kidd. Kidd and his wife and children had passed through Bristol en route to Alta Pass. Anderson shot three times and was killed after the initial attack. Hale, a foreman with Southern and Western Railway construction camps, witnessed the incident.
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Bristol
Petix J. Kidd
Higstone Gap
Alta Pass
N. C
WH Anderson
Anderson
Tur
Charles Viale
Kidd
Chldren
Hite
Southern and Western Railway
Witl Hale
Wier Anderson
Hale
Big Stone Gup
Judge Loving Not A Wreck Kitted Deputy Sheriff
Special to The Washington Post reports on the Lovingston homicide case. Daniel Harmon, a renowned lawyer, and J. Samuel BleCne’s former counsel, says Judge Loving is not a wreck. The trial is expected in Lovingston with Estes pursuing prosecution.
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Tinsaniel Harmon
Buchanan
Paul
Loyingston
Paul Stu
Hevitt
Wes
Washington Post
Charfottenvile
John Z. Swanson
Danville
Gay
Swanson
Theodore Estes
Drudge Loving
Oak Ridge
Willy Z
Ull
Hill
Miss Loving
Swinson
Estes
Wilk
Leving
Daniel Harmon
Lovingston
Lime
Comonwealth
B. Whitehead
Harmon
J. Samuel BleCne
Thomas McGinnis
Tudge
Judene
Oak King
Sou
Litte
Lovingstoury
Loving
Tnthias
Married at Midnight in Washington Couple Weds in Court
Owen Allen Keen, 26, and Nellie Be. Robbine, 29, both of Washington, were married at 12:05 AM in the Circuit Court clerk’s office in Rockville. Pastor M. Huthe Church South performed the ceremony after obtaining a license, witnessed by friends from Washington. The couple and their guests returned to Washington immediately after.
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Washington Post
Keen
Kumbine
Fockville
Washington
Ting
Dufekhy
Dufekhy Procured, and the Ceremony Was Perhoriied At Oxagely
Washin
Wreck inquiry verdicts and rail case details from W Va
An inquiry in Moundsville West Virginia returned a verdict in a wreck case on the New York and Chicago line. Freightly described as a collision involving a flagman and a freight train, with four killed and several injured. Also noted are court actions in Richmond and Baltimore concerning steamship and railroad matters and a local assault incident in Norfolk.
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Wireling
W. Va
Inquiuy
New York
Wile
Wasington
Richmond
Murex
Court of Appeals
Circuit Dik Gat
Fritchard
Dis Et Tider
Tmpersing and Steamship Company
Steamehin
Binton Dumais
Amipettes
Destriet Court
Baltimore
Brands 3
Laws
Philadel
Foster
Frederik M. Brown
Cartre
Ioury EL Scott
Nicholas P. Bond
Melawarn
Virginia Railwnay Company
Grauellyes
Jumre
Nicholas PL Mond
Ward Getty
Jo Kemp Bartts
Bil Haseasts
Keech
Charles Mebtowibl
Af von Georea Parkes
Davis Paster
Jowight
Galtimore
Appellee
Virginia Obituary Chronicle Note From May Time
Obituary notices from Virginia dated May list several deaths including Yelena Fulton of the cite at sixty, Frank Teo son of Robert F, and Walter aged thirty-one. Mrs Adrey Tatty and Cape Joseph W Owen also noted with ages and brief details. Scrusturg and Wredsock entries mention deaths from heart failure and complications of asthma, with military service notes and survivors.
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Xormally
Yelena Fulton
Th Cite
Peversburg
Frank Teo
Robert F Yenss
Prines George de Jinrven
Yesterita
Ldrey Tatty
Terry Tatty
Bristol
Cape
Joseph W. Owen
Virginia Reetfment
Mosby
Scrusturg
K.P. Mheaver
Wredsock
Lied
Twelfth
Rosser
Ble
Help Wanted Ad Calls Readers to Washington Post
A terse notice invites readers to telephone their help wanted advertisement requests to The Washington Post. It references unemployed servants and offers guidance on placing job listings in the paper.
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The
Washington Post
Ten Cents to See Fat Baby at Local Exhibition
Mrs Eler Brockwell of Chester County claims her eleven month old son Andrew Thomas Brockwell is the world’s heaviest baby. Weighing sixty six pounds at eleven months, he was born with thick black hair and weighed fifteen pounds at birth. A crowd gathered at the Brockwell home as people paid ten cents to view the infant, touted as a champion heft.
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Washington Post
Elert Brockwell
Chester Bielg County
Andrew Thomas Brockwell
Terra
Two Boys Victims in Wild Shooting Incident
Fragmented report describes two young boys injured or killed while playing. One boy, P Cheatham aged twelve, son of A Kathin, wounded at the Cheatham home. Another case at Grapevine involves Matt Rex Buckne, seven years old, who accidentally shot Andy Hensley and died instantly. Local authorities investigating the firearm discharge.
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Wachington
P. Cheatham
A. Kathiin
Cheathams
Grapevine
Matt Rex Buckne
Seven Xeres Obi
Andy Hensley
Farmer shoots himself on his farm near Petersburg
Special to The Washington Post Petersburg May 12 A farmer named W H Bradner aged about forty committed suicide on his farm eight miles from here after days of mental low mood due to ill health He had earlier attempted to end his life by hitting his head against a tree He is survived by his wife and one child
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Washington In
W. H
Bradner
Carnegie Gift Accepted for Library Branches in Baltimore
The Baltimore mayor signed an ordinance accepting a 600.06 gift from Andrew Carnegie to build branches of the Enoch Pratt Free Library. The city must provide branch sites. Solicitor Bruce provided a legal opinion stating the ordinance creates an illegal debt without special legislative authority and voter approval, advising the mayor to veto the ordinance.
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Washington
Ballimore
Andrew Carnegie
Brianches
Enoch Pratt Free Library
Carnegie
Bruce
Timanus
Ilegal
Silence Protest By Midshipmen Punished At Naval Academy
An incident at Annapolis on May 15 saw the First Battalion of midshipmen restricted to the Naval Academy after pursuing a silent rebuke against Lieut. Commander McVay. The group attempted a 2 hour silence in the wardroom, intending to force his resignation, but all were punished for disrespect to an officer.
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Annanoid
Brigade of Midshipmen
Naval Academy
MelVay
Widshipmen’s
McVay
Hirst
Machu
Paris
Opera
Pier disaster verdict blames B and O engineers
Baltimore flood era report states the coroner jury found the Locust Point pier collapse caused by improper underwater construction and insufficient bracing. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is blamed for permitting the pier but acquitted of criminal negligence after accepting engineers' testimony.
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Baltimore
Locust Point
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Fect
Army
Salesman Shoots Himself at Work in Baltimore
Shirley Tuck a 26 year old head salesman for Ryland Brooks Lumber in Baltimore killed himself this morning by shooting through the head. Overwork and mental distress were cited as the probable causes. He was a native of Tanpahan nock Virginia and is survived by his widow Eva Bussett and a 14 month old son. The couple had been married about three years.
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Grecia
Washington Post
Baltimore
Shirley
Tuck
Ryland & Brooks Lumber Company
Tanpahan~nock
Eva Bussett
Eustace J. Limerick
Dukestreet
Washington, Alexandria
Mount Vernon
Alexandria Hospital
Limerick
Fredericksburg
Alexandria Car Crash Victim Faces Court Action
William Creegan, five, remains critical after being struck by a streetcar driven by John Barker and conductor Richard Acton. His legs were amputated after the shock, as Justice Luther E. Thompson set hearings for the Morning. The era mourns engineer John H. Watkins, for Southern Railway, who survived the Fat Nancy wreck. Funeral services also mark the Eliot Church commemoration of English settlers.
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Ashington Fast Bureau
King Blrent
Alexandria
John Barker
Richard Acton
Mairied
Wiliam Creegan
Michael Creegan
Luther E. Thompson
Commonwealth
G. Brent
Te Electric Railway Company
Creegan
John H. Watkins
Providence Hospital
Washington
King Street
Watkins
Southern Railway
Fat Nancy
Episcopal Church In
America
Christ Episcopal Church
W. J. Morton
P. P. Philips
St. Paul’s Church
Edgar Carpenter
Grace Church
Constant Ponnet
Bryan to Be Guest of Warfield at Annapolis
Governor Warfield has secured Bryan as his guest in Annapolis for next fall he'll speak at a Presbyterian church benefit. Bernard Carter, Maryland bar leader, is confined at home with a nervous breakdown per physician advice. A license to wed was issued in Rockville for Joseph Edward Miller and Sadies Agnes Volk.
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Bryan
Warfield
Washington
Annapolis
William Jennings Bryan
Presbyterian Church
Echel
Baltimore
Bernard Carter
Maryland
Entow Place
Washington Post
Rockville
Joseph Edward Miller
Woogside
Nine Killed by Blast in North Carolina Tunnel
Bristol Tenn May 123 Details reach here of a Such and Western Railway tunnel blast near Aita Pass NC in which nine men were killed instantly and four fatally injured. About twenty workers under Fireman Jack Hyder prepared three blasts and after retreating two were fired forcing men back into the cut causing the high aerial explosion. The dead and injured were mountain laborers with no names obtained.
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Washington Post
Bristol
Tenn
Such and Western
Aita Pass
N. C
Jack Hyder
Girl Dies of Shock Tied to 1960 Alabama Mob Lynching
Miss Nevada Taylor, 19, who endured assault by Edward Johnson and mob lynching on a county bridge in January 1960, died from nervous trouble in Findley Ohio. Sheriff Shipp and deputies face contempt charges in a US Supreme Court case linked to the lynching. Taylor had moved to Ohio six months earlier to live with her sister.
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Chattanoooga
Tenn
Nevada Taylor
Edward Johnson
Findley
Ohio
Taylor
Forest Hills Cemetery
Supreme Court of the United States
Sheriff Shipp
Miss Taylor
Father Breaks Son Head In Self Defense
Bernard Brady a footless U S Army veteran says he used a cane to strike his son at their Brightwood Avenue home after the son allegedly attacked him while drunk. The younger man lies injured with a fractured skull. Brady is held at the Tenth precinct while the son is treated at Freedmen’s Hospital. The elder served in the Dakotas and Philippines, the son also had Army service. The incident followed prior warnings about the son’s intoxication.
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Bernard Brady
United States Army
Brightwood Avenue
Tenth Precinct
Hrady
Says
Brady
Dakotas
Philippines
Miller Beats Soldier Burns In Fifteen Round Bout
The Washington Post reports Herman Miller defeated Soldier Burns at the Prongey Athletic Club after fifteen rounds. Miller dominated from the third round with lefts to Burns face and rights to the body, despite Burns clever blocking. Burns faded in the ninth, but Miller pressed and secured the clear victory.
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Spenlat
Washington Post
Baltimore
Burns
Kid” Stein
Jack” Bennett
Herman Miller
Prongey Athletic Club
Miller
Joé Gans
Burne
Gold In Oats Horse Case Sparks Arrests In Harlem
Aged roan gelding Toodles once drew wagers and feed money, now valued at $140, is suspected to conceal $49 in gold coins. Daughters of the owner accuse two Polish stable workers, Alexander Yesatitz and Rescio Zenkin wach, of stealing the bag of coins hidden in oats. They were arrested after police court appearance and held for trial in Special Sessions.
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Washington
New York
Toodles
Israel Wishnusskie
First Avenue
Paulina
Rose
Yetta
Paul Ina
Intervale
4Th Street
Corcoran
Alexander Yesatitz
Rescio Zenkinwach
Harlem
Reappearance of Cerebro Spinal Meningitis in Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Ledger reports a renewed outbreak of cerebro spinal meningitis in Falls of Schuylkill, tracing its 1963 origins with the Mower family. Doctors from Jefferson Medical College and Powers & Weightman’s chemists investigated the case, noting silks processed before reaching workers at Simpson's Washington’s Print Works. The illness spread across Manayunk Roxborough North Penny Village West Falls and Nicetown, yet was not deemed contagious. The first recovery came at Elizabeth Shronk’s home, with Dr. Service crediting her mother’s care. Dr. Jewell led the council and coined the term spotted fever before naming the disease.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Falls
Schuyl- Kill
China
Simpson
Washington
Sarah
Elizabeth Mower
Falls Bridge
Sarah Mower
Francis Deai Mower
Elizabeth Lowry Shronk
Mary A. Muller
Simpson's
William Mr. Tthler
Powers & Weightman’s Chemical Works
Misses Mower
Manayunit
Roxborough
Jewel
Jefferson Medical College
Sebuylieil
Elizabeth Shronk
L. M. Service
Cape May Welcomes New Hotel Cape May and Rail Service
The Pennsylvania Railroad opens Hotel Cape May near mid Tyne, with modern 20th century amenities and nearby cottages under rapid occupancy. Improvements include new avenues, concrete sidewalks, and revived Broad Street Station connections to Baltimore and Washington trains. Summer occupancy rises as buyers secure seasonal stays.
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Cape May
Tyne
Pennsylvania Railroad
Broad Street
Philadelphia
Baltiomre
Washington
Market Street Wharf
Winslow Junction
Aeroplane Trials at Alexandra Palace Show Mixed Results
London aeroplane trials reveal limited flying ability of machines even in model form. AL V Roe and W. F. Howard win second and third prizes. several devices fail spectacularly, including a wing tapping aluminum bird and a shiplike craft with a motor. A two-rogue aeroplane ends with a mishap as an inventor accidentally injures a bystander, ending the day with mixed progress and notable disappointment.
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New York Evening Post
Aleander Palace
London
AL V Roe
W. F. Howard
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Fortman
Virginia
Theodore Lstes
Judge Loving
Young Estes
Boy
Circuit Court of Appeals
Wasvingrén
Roanone
Vehi Milnes
Norfolk and Western
Rita Pickett
Milnes
Milne
Rengemet Cee
Buckett
Post
Hibelye
Fat Baby
Farmer
Fnd
Washington Post- Petersburg
Petersburg
Washington Pass
Anville
Way Mar
Here
Reidsville
Afl Williams
Robert Harris
Liverpool
Corn Exchange
United States
Treasury Department
Midshipmen
Locust Point Pier
Til
S. E. Tuck
Browning & Baines: Incorporated
Penna. Ave
Tfain Grew
William Creegan
Vic
Tim
William Wells
Claude T. [Antkink
B. Cheeseman
Glass Bottle Blowers’ Association of America
Alt Toroanto
Canada
Maury Clare Marsh
Joseph
B. Martin
Queen Street
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Miss Martin
Corporation Court
Bailey
Harrisonburg
Rockiingham County
Faas
Potomac
Old Dominion Glass Company
Alois Burkle
Stuttgart
Wurttemburg
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Brewers’ Union
Tne
St. Mary’s Ceme- Ey
Deedericksburg
Robert Washington Brqggwell
Alabama
Lucy Southworth
Wilselty
Beftre
Robert Southworth
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Robert’ Homer, Lawler
Milks Brantes Mason Tosich
Charten
Ranch
South and Western
North Carolina
Girl
Chattanoga
Wrom Meggesdarfer BloetHer
Howard Watch
Elbert Hubbard
E. Howard
Watch. Company
Hammer Ard
South Sts
Waltham, Mass
Soldier Burns
FacSimle Signature of
Bears
Gastoria
Bulletin
Sing
Waltham Watches
Reguet
Waltham Watch Company
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