Virginia Hunting Season Opens in State andCity
The Virginia hunting season starts with licenses issued by N S Greenaway clerk of courts. Residents pay 1 in county and 3 statewide. nonresidents pay 10 for hunting anywhere. Prohibitions include hunting off land without permission, seasonal limits on many game birds and animals, and sunset rules. Also notes local preparations and a frame building dispute on King Street plus Halloween celebrations and Langley airship Rotha test preparations.
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Washington Post
Alreau
Patrick Ot
Alexandria
Virginia
N S. Greenaway
Corporation Court
Blue Ridge ” Mountains
Heer
Woodstock
Potomac
More Truth Than Poetry Myth Dance Poem by Montague
A poem contrasts a cave man’s rough authority with modern social life. It humorously follows his shift from bossy waiter to a dance floor participant, finally arguing against the stereotype of a domineering male. The piece ends by noting such a brute may be a past idea.
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Nixie
All Saints Day Services and Local Notices
All Saints Day services planned at Christ Church with Rev William Jackson Morton officiating. The body of Emma Jane Moore, 72, was shipped to Charlottesville, Va for burial. she is survived by four or five children in Burke, Va Alexandria and Charlottesville. Cooking classes under the YMCA auxiliary meet at 7:30 in the chamber of commerce rooms. Daniel Ireland Jr and Lillian Foster wed in Baltimore. Edward M. Sandys succeeds L H Kelly as Free Methodist pastor in Alexandria.
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Christ Church
Christ Episcopal Church
William Jackson
Morton
Charlottesville
Emma Jane Moore
W. A. Moore
King Street
Moore
S. A. Moore
Burke, Va
J. H. Moore
Frederick H. Schneider
Anna P. Moore
Alexandria
E. F. Markwood
Women’s Auxiliary
Tom
Chamber of
Baltimore
Daniel Ireland, Jr
Lillian Foster
C. M. Houston
North Columbus Street
Edward M. Sandys
New York and
Philadelphia
L. H. Kelly
Free Methodist Church
Alexandra
Mr Sandys
Virginia Military Institute
Brooklyn
Rochester
N. J
Newark
Davis on trial for wife murder in Richmond hustings court
Witnesses identified Elijah Davis as the shooter of Mrs Elnora Davis near Hull and Twelfth streets on December 29 1916. The defense and prosecutors examined witnesses as the trial paused with plans to resume next morning. Alma Davis the accuseds daughter testified emotionally as the case moved forward.
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Richmond
Associated Press
Elijah Davis
Hull and
Twelfth Streets
Davis
Commonweath
Pulliam
Hiram M. Smith
Elnora Davis
Roanoke River Floods City Business Area
Heavy rains in the Roanoke watershed caused the Roanoke river to overflow its banks flooding the power company plant halting streetcar service and threatening to cut lights. Police guard bridges prevent traffic as residents move valuables while basements flood and merchandise is ruined. Officials fear further upstream rain could worsen the rise.
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Roanoke
Associated Press
Po- Mce
Auto Drivers Speed On After Leaving 2 Dead
Two separate auto incidents claim two lives. In Clarksburg West Virginia Michael Berboss 35 coal miner for Fairmont Big Vein Coal Co died after being struck while walking on a country road at Two Lick. In Cumberland Maryland Charles H Shoemaker 26 died from a fractured skull and Albert Kidner 34 Meyersdale is in critical condition after a crash involving five men. The other vehicle fled the scene.
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Washington Post
Clarksburg
W. Va
Two Lick
Michael Berboss
Fairmont Big Vein Coal Co
Cumberland
Charles H. Shoemaker
Albert Midner
Albert Midner, 34 Years old,Meyersdale
Allegheny Hospital
Shoemaker
Kidner
Frank Stotler
Hilley Dawson
Frederick Grof
Grof
City and Social Meetings Highlight Washington Tonight
Numerous associations and clubs schedule gatherings across the city tonight including the Benning Citizens, Columbia Heights Citizens Association, University Club events, and the District Dental Society at George Washington University. Other activities include the Civitan lunch, Takoma Park Library meeting, and a Halloween dance hosted by Catholic Women’s Service.
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Benning Citizens Association
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Columbia Heights Citizens Association
St. Stephen’s Hall
Takoma Park Civic Study Club
The
District Dental Society
George Washington University
Husband Files Cross Bill for Divorce in Virginia Family Case
Charles H Consolvo and A Lee Coble are involved in a divorce dispute with Mrs. Mary Byrd Coble. Coble alleges misconduct by Mrs. Coble with a Baltimore hotel proprietor. The couple married in 1917 and their story spans Winchester Virginia and Norfolk.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Neming
Charles H. Consolvo
Belvedere
A. Lee Cobel
Winchester
Mary Byrd Coble
Virginia
Cobles
Young Coble
116Th Infantry
Camp McClean
Anniston
Ala
France
Coble
Reno
Girl 12 Fends Off Intruder at Salvation Army Home
Grace Sorrell, 12, confronted a black intruder who forced entry to the Salvation Army home on Henry Street in Petersburg. The girl used a brass trombone to strike him, causing a bloody wound, as he demanded Captain Otis and threatened to return. The suspect claimed to be a gas company worker and then fled.
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Specini
Washington Post
Petersburg
Grace Sorrell
iSalvation Army
Henry Street
Otis
Capt. Otis
Grace
New York Politician Fined Under Dry Law
Thomas F. Duffy a New York Democratic power was fined 10 by Judge Rose in a U S court for violating Volstead laws after Prohibition Agents stopped his car on Maryland roads. The vehicle valued at 1200 was seized though evidence suggested Duffy was not a bootlegger. His chauffeur William Beisler was arrested with him. The car contained nine quarts Benedictine twelve quarts champagne three quarts Vermouth seven quarts gin and six quarts whisky. Duffy said he was bound for Washington for a party with national prominence.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Thomas F. Duffy
New York
Washington
Maryland
Rose
United States Court
George Lindsay
Duffy
William T. Beisler
Ford
Davidson
Belair Road
Prisoner Leonard Campbell Dies by Self Destruction in County Jail
Leonard P Campbell 25 a former tool dresser in Smithfield oil fields died in Clarksburg West Virginia county jail likely by poison after leaving a note of self destruction He was a Federal prisoner awaiting transfer to St Louis to face an antinarcotics indictment A widow survives He was a son of Palmer Campbell of Sunbury Pennsylvania
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Washington Post
Clarksburg
W. Va
Leonard P. Campbell
Smithfield
Campbell
St. Louis
Palmer Campbell
Sunbury
Alexandria Man Held For Embezzlement In Police Court
ALEXANDRIA MAN HELD. D McDonald 35 of 305 North Washington Alexandria Va arrested by Detectives Springman and Darnell on embezzlement charges held at First precinct station The complainant James L Perry 1836 L Street NW says he gave McDonald tires valued at 206 dollars and McDonald used the money from sale for his own use McDonald to have a police court hearing today
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North
Washington Street
Alexandria
Springman and
Darnell
First Precinct
James L. Perry
L Street Northwest
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Fall Fatal to Woman in Parsons West Virginia
Mrs Elizabeth Skidmore aged 92 died at her son Charles Skidmore home in Parsons after a fall. She sustained injuries from the incident and passed away at the residence on October 31.
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Washington Post
Parsons
W. Va
Elizabeth Skidmore
Charles Skidmore
Missing Akron man searched for in Maryland case
Mrs Myrtle Gallagher of Akron Ohio reports her husband Lewis G Gallagher aged 30 missing near Hancock Maryland after a car breakdown on the North Mountain trip to Washington. She and C Kyles sought help from Hagerstown police fearing foul play as the man of the couple vanished Wednesday after leaving for an oil stop.
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Hagerstown
Lewis G. Gallagher
Akron
Ohio
Myrtle
Gallagher
Agers
North Mountain
Hancock
Washington
Raincoat Theft Leads to Missing Car in Lynchburg
E Baldwin, 4 resident of Roanoke here for the Virginia Tech game, reported a theft of a raincoat from his car at the Bell Grounds. He found his car missing after returning to park in front of the Trenton Theater, with police still searching for both items.
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Washington Post
Lynchburg
E. Baldwin
Roanoke
Virginia Tech
Washington and Lee
Bell Grounds
Trenton Theater
Death of W H Hunter in Grafton West Virginia
W H Hunter aged 78 and a veteran of the Union army in Company E First West Virginia infantry died last night at his daughter Mrs Hawkins home in Davis Run. He leaves wife five sons and two daughters.
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Grafton
W. Va
W. H. Hunter
First West Virginia Infantry
H. Hawkins
Davis Run
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