Veterans in Reunion Governor Leads the Parade in Richmond
Enormous crowd gathers as the Seventeenth Annual Confederate veterans reunion opens in Richmond. Gov Swine leads the parade with staff, followed by Sons of Veterans and Confederate units. Amid speeches and a statue unveiling, tens of thousands witness marching bands, banners, and a tribute to fallen leaders, under clear skies and warm sun.
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Richmond
City
Telis
Gov Swine
Virginia Regiment
Rienmound Light Infantry
Courrieges
Sons of Veterans
Thomas
Owen
Aliama
D Lee
Eist
Narshal
Toya AL
Q Hutman
Stau
Blue and Gray Unite in Roosevelt Memorial Service
The Army and Navy Union held a combined Blue and Gray celebration at Port where a memorial service honored Roosevelt. Veterans from the Navy and Army gathered at a cemetery ceremony with Father delivering prayers. Browne of Washington and Nat Lincoln led the group as the general spoke last year at the Naval Hospital grounds.
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Luestient
Roosevelt
Army and Navy Union
Fe 3
Tofemance Deere
Mal
Army
Navy
Paul
Catholica
Rey
Butiumore
Nonal
Tow
Naval Hoal Grounds
Memorial Day marriage and arson trial in Maryland
Fragmented notices report a Memorial Day wedding at Rockville Maryland where Rev Philip B McGuire officiated at St Marys rectory. Also included are brief items on a fire in Virginia that killed two, a not guilty verdict in arson, a Maryland university centennial celebration, a wreck in Shippensburg, and a Confederate veterans excursion with rail fare details.
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Washtaren
Oscar William
Fmane
Anna Chird Taneher
Reenvile
Rockville
Philip B McGuire
St Marys Catholic
Churen
Leesburg Horse and Hunt Show Entries Open
Leesburg Virginia May 430 The entry books for the Leesburg Horse and Hunt Show closed today attracting over 600 exhibitors and 32,000 in prizes. Fifty entries in hunter and harness events, twenty five in speedway, fourteen in ladies hunters and fifty five in green hunter class. Notable foreign exhibitors include Tulisa Worms Keswick Mrs A S GHlette Philadelphia HH Weatherbee New York and more. Exhibition will be held near Leesburg on June 5 and 6.
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Washington
Leesburg
Keswick
A S Ghlette
Philadelphia
Weatherbee
New York
Wastchester Farm
New Orange
Gerrude
Potts
Cobham
U D
Banner and
T VY Galloway
Warrenton
Keane
Washington D
Luttrell DeidPane
Robert Nevills
Wellcorne
Middlesex Hunt Club
Rostos
Bowles Brothers
Clarks Count
RG Witchell
Bowea
Wartren
Front Rowal
J C Moffet
Arcola
New President for VPI Roanoke Virginia
Paul Barringer of University of Virginia was elected president of Virginia Polytechnic Institute by the board of visitors meeting at Blacksburg. Barringer, who will assume duties September 1, was unanimously chosen and recommended by the committee. J T Brown was re elected rector and H M Smith P F St Clan and KE G Kizer named to the executive committee.
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Roanoke
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Hell
Blacksburg
Paul Barringer
Lil D
University of Virginia
M. McBryde
Barringer
J T Brown
H. M. Smith
P. F. St Clan
KE G. Kizer
Men Charged With Assault Face Quick Trial in West Virginia
In Martinton West Virginia May 30 a tense scene centers on Warren Hathif and Alpert Gay charged with criminal assault on Ona Bird a teen aged daughter of Uriah Bird. Prosecuting Attorney FPOR Hil will prepare for June 4 circuit court trial if indicted. Bird is recovering from alleged kidnapping and assault during an attempted elopement.
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Sper Yal
Washington East
Martinton
Wo Va
Warren Hathif
Alpert Gay
Ona Bird
Uriah Bird
Hil
Miss Bird
Rathi
Italians killed in Richwood dynamite blast at Cherry River line
Special to The Weehington Past Elkins W Va reports two Italians were killed when a dynamite explosion occurred on the North Fork Cherry River Boom and Lumber Company line. A crowbar driven into the charge by one worker caused the fatal blast.
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Weehington
Elkins
W Va
Richsood
Cherry River
Death toll hits Norfolk area telegraph worker and Confederate veteran
G Balthis, a telegraph operator with Southern Railway, died after several months ill ness from tuberculosis in Virginia Simsurg. He was about fifty years old and leaves his parents and two sisters. Theodore Jones, a noted Confederate veteran from Caroline County, died after a brief illness, survived by his wife and five children.
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Simsurg
Balthts
Westerde
Southern Railway
Washington
Balthis
Fredericketurz
Maria Theodore Jones
Caroline County
White Man and Woman Arrested Over Race Intermarriage
White Levi Welch and Lizzie Welch, claiming marriage, were arrested in Alexandria for violating Virginia racial intermarriage law. Woman says she was born in Alexandria and worked in Vermont before marriage to Welch in Troy, N Y. Police suspect motive to live with a colored wife. Decoration Day observed with memorial services at National Cemetery. Rev W F Van Arsdale delivered oration. graves strewn with flowers. Willard P Graves read Gettysburg Address. Alexandria Light Infantry fired volleys. lodge members wreath graves. Numerous local notes include new charter for R W Henderson J B Henderson Rosalee Henderson, stock details, and real estate transactions.
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Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
Levi Welch
Lizzie Welch
Knight and Lyles
Chef Goods
Mnington
Troy
Welch
Virginia
Vermont
Lucy Richardson
South Peyton Street
Welchas
National Cemetery
V. van Arsdale
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church
Edgar Carpenter
Grace Episcopal Church
Willard P. Graves
Lincoln
Ely
Aleandraa Lodge of
Piks
Elks
Sale man fatally injured in East Radford train accident
Frederick Cartright, a traveling salesman from Bristol, Tennessee, was struck by a Norfolk and Western passenger train at East Radford, Virginia. He was talking with friends when the train started, and he was thrown under the wheels, suffering a severed leg and arm plus additional injuries. Also announced, D E Buge to become general agent of the Old Dominion Steamship Company at Norfolk on June 1, replacing John Nichol as freight claim agent.
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Frederick Cartright
East Radford
Roanoke
Bristol, Tenn
Norfolk and Western
cCartright
Old Dominion Line
Norfolk, Va
D. E. Buge
Central of Georgia Railway
Savannah
Old Dominion Steamship Company
Norfolk
John Nichol
Cotton Mills Prosperous Tour Report From Baltimore Man
Special to The Washington Post Summerfield Balarwin of Baltimore toured mills in the Carolinas and Georgia and praised modern buildings villages and municipal improvements. He notes mills are well equipped with the latest machinery and that Southern mills exceed Northern in facilities and efficiency across industries.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
DUMMY BABIES BURIED NEAR ROCK HILL COLLEGE GROUNDS
Baltimore detectives traced a possible baby farming case to Rock Hill College grounds near Whett City where about fifty boxes appeared to hold infant bodies. Oliver Brown, a colored man, was arrested after physicians proved the figures were forgeries made from offal soap and plaster. He claimed others prayed at graves and said he set up his own burying ground.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Rock Hill College
Whett City
Oliver Brown
Third Boise Venire Ready for Haywood Trial Motions
Socialists at Boise reject Duncan as a fellow clearly identified member while the Haywood murder trial nears resumption. Judge Wood will hear sixty one talesmen and challenges as Carl H Duncan, masked arming suspect, remains detained. Memorial Day is observed with veterans’ parade and graveside readings.
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Horse
Idaho
William D. Haywood
Western Federation of Miners
Steunenberg
Fremont Wood
Talesmen
Tourtellotte
Senator Borah
Caldwell
Carl H. Duncan
Boise
Duncan
Hermontius
Seattle
Baise
Balse
Vare Fights For Freedom At City Police Station
George A. Vare Philadelphia contractor and state senator caused a scene at the Central police station after escaping daily drives from Shephard Pratt asylum attendants. He resisted returning to the asylum, fought attendants, kicked and bit his way to a carriage, then was taken back to the asylum under restraint.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
George A. Vare
Philadelphia
Central Police
Vare
Shephard Pratt Asylum
Pointblank
Fire Damages Norfolk and Western Station in James County
A Norfolk and Western Railway station at James in Hagerstown county was burned early today causing about 2000 dollars in losses. Flour stored at the station was destroyed. Agent C M Myers cannot explain the fire’s origin.
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Washington
Hagerstown
James
This County
Norfolk and Western
C. M. Myers
Your Hair Going Stop It Then Formula Claims Hair Vigor
An advertisement touts Ayer's Hair Vigor as a quick remedy for falling hair and dandruff. It claims the new improved formula stops hair loss, promotes growth, and that doctors endorse the product. The copy from the Lowell, Mass company is printed as a product pitch.
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Ayer
Dandrum
Lowell
Bian
London police watch for murder suspects in trunk case
London authorities and the New York police pursue Ar menian suspects tied to the Father Caspar Vartarian murder. Detectives in Scotland Yard hold a suspect and seek to locate others aboard ships from American and Canadian ports while Capt. McCafferty reports unclear progress and confirms no definite escape from the country.
St Louis Brewers Plan Merger Ties Nine Firms to $7 Million
In St Louis on May 30 nine breweries agreed to consolidate forming a $7,000,000 capital combine. James S Braley of Toledo promotes the merger as nearly complete. Joining firms include Ameri can National Consumers Columbia Gast Home Empire Central East St Louis Wagner Granite City with Braley syndicate funding plants through cash and securities backed by Cleveland capitalists.
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Washington Post
St. Louis
St. Lous Breweries
Aml
James S Braley
Toledo
Force American
National
Consumers
Columbia,Gast, Home
Empire
Central
Two Shot One May Die In Norwich Warrant Raid
Deputy Sheriff Leon Walworth and Officer Nett Lewis served a warrant on Irred J. Day near Haynea five miles from Norwich. Day opened fire, Lewis was wounded in the left breast and not expected to recover. Day was shot in the right breast and arm but escaped to the woods. He had been jailed years ago for shooting his wife and had escaped from Binghamton Asylum.
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Norwich
Leon Walworth
Nett Lewis
Irred J. Day
Haynea
Day
Lewis
Binghamton Asylum
Hotel guest list shows scattered national visitors across cities
A long roster lists travelers staying at major hotels in Baltimore Boston Chicago Philadelphia New York Richmond and other cities. Names include Hall Talley Davis Holmes Verely May Beymer Lorette Appelgate Howe Farr and many others associated with National St James and Willard properties. The columns compile guests by city and hotel with numerous families and individuals.
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Baltimore
A Hall
National
P. L Talley
JM Davis
St James
Boston
Waltham Geull
Horace @ Holmes
Raleigh
Chicago
Charles Verely
Harry Farr
H. S. Vandervoort
FG. Elliott
Philadelphia
A Macher
Metropolitan
A R
Wagar
J J Clinton
J H Blair
AN ‘Baggs
M.es Turner
Davis
John Tosh
GN. Kafu
Moore
Charles A’ Atkinson
HB Morgan
Mise Nita Whited
New Ward
Pittsburg
G A_ Lyon
Charles A Fagan
New Willard
Richmond
R Shetton
Wlorida
C. Mackey
Pensacola
A McNlell
A. G Wither
Releeh
Maryland
Doub
Cambridge
Hirbitt
É Beechall
Charles Meekins
Regent
Mogony
Arlington
Ire Johnson
J. ‘Witmash
William Pickens
North Carolina
W. M. Giles
W. EB. Holt
Ebbitt
Now
Jersey
K. C Mort
William Sheber
Paul B. Bender
Atlantic City
St. James
H. L. Newell
W Cc
Prees
W. A. Monroe
Sanford
Howe
P. P. Lipscomb
J. Arey
Riggs
Missouri
E. L. Anderson
C. W. King
James E. Stoker
Shoreham
Girl Insane After Attack in Brooklyn Lot
Special to The Washington Post New York May 30 Police in Fourth Avenue station Brooklyn seek Miss Fanny Valkenburg a sixteen year old girl who went insane after being attacked by two men in a vacant lot at Twenty fourth Street and Fourth Avenue Brooklyn Her mother witnessed the assault drew a crowd of neighbors as attackers fled The girl ran toward the river screaming authorities fear she may have jumped but a pier watchman saw no unauthorized person in the area No trace of ether or the attackers has been found
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Washington Post
New York
Fourth Avenue
Brooklyn
Fanny Valkenburg
Twenty-fourth Street
Twenty-sixth Street
Bankrupt Germain Kern Arrest in Canada and Knoxville
In Toronto Germain Kern alias G Thomas was arrested at US authorities’ request and remanded to county judge. Police found about 4300 dollars Kern had, facing perjury charges. In Knoxville Kern, a pawnbroker and jeweler, was reportedly declared bankrupt in federal court after testimony about cotton ventures in New York revealed discrepancies.
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Toronto
Ontario
Germain Kern
G Thomas
United States
Knoxville
Tenn
Kern
New York
Munyon's 3X Rheumatism Cure Promoted in Ad
An advertisement urges rheumatic sufferers to discard medicines and buy Munyon's 3X Rheumatism Cure for $1, claiming swift relief and a money back guarantee. It touts multiple Munyon remedies, including Kidney Cure and Dyspepsia Ointment, plus a promise of refunds if unsatisfied.
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Carr
Munyon’s
Jefferson Sts
Philadelphia
Ito L
Seventeenth Street NW
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Maj. Gen
Stuart
Gor Fe
Swanson
Riepmound
Burnside
Pop Mrecllan Sherman
Grant B . Merasu
Camp of
Gen. Bolling
Doliugs
Theanminderaun
Stephen Dee
Pal
Cavalry Association of the Airm
Virginia Stout Waller
Amous
Pueia
Amubasic
Ombro
Portsmouth
Clifton Forge
Raymond Carver
Winchester
Carver
Weslington
O. W. Henn
A. C. Donohoe
Washington Postalem
Goldstein
Centennial of Maryland University
University of Maryland
Greene and
Lombard Streets
Western Maryland
Shippensburg
Charles M. Smith
Clarence Wiley
United Confederate Veterans
Houiton
Washington Southern Railway
J. E. B. Stuart
J. M. McBryde
Workman
W.F
Levi and
Rev. W. W. van Arsfale
State Corporation Commission
R. W & J .B Wenderson, Incorporated
R W. Henderson
J B. Henderson
H. B. Henderson
Rosalee Henderson
Daniel Nash Morgan
Bridgeport, Conn
Alexandria-Washington
Luther Carter
Ins Office
Duke Street
J. Matthews
del Ray
W L. Bradbury
Episcopal Theological Seminary
Fairfax County
Charles McGwin
Alexandria Free Kindergarten Association
Tee Camp Hall
Prince Street
Andrews
Seminary Hill
W. R. Mason
Dr. L .M. Blackford
Arthur Grey
H. R B. Burke
E. S Leadbeater
Mr. McQuary
Cameron Steam Laundry, Incorporated
W. L. J. Rammel
J. M. Daniel
E. O. Rammel
F E Carter
Carolinas
Boise Venire Ready
London Police
London
Caspar Vartarian
Scotland Yard
McCafferty
Detective Bureau
England
France
Germany
Belgium
Italy
Capt. McCafferty
Europe
Amerika
Prinzess
Lloyd Line
Sarkisian
Ermayian
Scherrer
Thirty-seventh Street
ST. Louis Brewers
O. Henry
America
Washington Sunday Post
the Post
the Sunday Post
Girl
River
Canada
Tong
S. S
S.S.S
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
al Gaz A
Capital Loan CO
F Street
N. W
Potomag Guarantee Loan CO
F St. Nw
Atlantic Bida
Telephona
Citizens’ Loan & Trust CO
Commercial Bank
Munyon
Washington Gaslight Co
Tenth Street
Iain Ae
Warner
Reading
Safe Cure Company
Rochester
Office of the Washington Post
Medical
Reet
13Th St
Fisk Elgin
W. T. Baldus
Cook Remedy CO
Hideadnanti Temple
Cikage
Khelly Institute
North Capitol Street
Washington, D. C
Dmterset of Columbia
Tarrant
Anya
Major's
The
Tarrant Co
Draggieis
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