Wife Innocence Acknowledged in Nighttime Slaying Case
A coroner jury heard that Frederick Easton found his wife asleep in Lorenzo Kline's room and that she claimed she was with Kline for medicine. Testimony described Easton shooting Kline in his bed after entering the room to confront him. The case centers on a fatal shooting with Easton charged for the death.
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Frederick Easton
Lorenzo Kline
Kline
Fredpoo
Hagerstown
Fes
Vis
Tims
Virginia and Southeastern Grading Grasped by Officials
A fragmentary report notes measures affecting Virginia and Southeastern regions including a charter grant and a Southern outlet plan. Colloquial references to Dr King's New Discovery appear as an advertisement claiming cure for colds and consumption with a money-back guarantee.
WRECKERS' SIXTH ATTEMPT TO derail train near Kernstown
Special to The Washington Post from Winchester Virginia reports the sixth attempt to derail the south bound Valley railroad passenger train occurred Monday night. A pile of railroad ties blocked the track but the train, traveling at reduced speed, was not derailed. Detectives on a hand car scanned the line fifteen minutes ahead of the train, Kernstown near Winchester. Bloodhounds failed to locate the scent. the force assigned to the case has doubled in recent days.
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Washington Post
Winchester
Baltimore
Kernstown
Trai
Speei
Taillo
Good Roads Address in Virginia Promotes State Plan
Gov J Montague spoke at the Loudoun Roadside Free Association in Tvesburg on Good Roads. He urged a legislative commission to oversee highway construction and favored convict labor for road work. Parsons and Overton Price gave planting and forestry talks, linking roads to school prospects and growth.
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Washington Post
Twesburg
J. Montague
Loudoun
Virginia
Montague
Parsons
Cerral Park
New York City
Overtomn Prive
Forestry Department
Uauita
Priory
David Pennant
Keasy
Halifax
Davis
Henry Harrison
Samuel Frye
E. O. Russell
Sural Yrecy
Association
W. C. Eustis W. J. King
Virginia Obituary Notice Highlights Departures Across Towns
A string of death notices from Virginia towns records sudden passes and long illnesses. Entries recount Keene Nov ft and W Mure dying after illness, plus multiple local figures including lawyers, merchants, and residents from Richmond to Winchester.
King Street Improvement Levy Declared Illegal Under State Constitution
The Alexandria city council report notes a demand for refund of pro rata costs paid by King Street property owners for improvements. Under the new state constitution the Court of Appeals ruled assessments illegal, listing refund amounts to numerous residents and entities. The election canvass shows Parker and Rixey leading in city votes. In Fairfax County, results show Parker and Roosevelt figures. Court proceedings discuss Leonard Brown vs Thomas H. Lyl regarding competency to sell property in Fairfax County. Corby Baking Company has options on several local bakeries indicating regional expansion.
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Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
Court of Appeals
Thomas Hoy
Charles Lennon
B. B. Smith
James H. Mansfield
B. H. Appich
Emma Hammerdinger
John G. Cookey
Donn McCuen
J. G Hudson
W. Entwisle
John H. Watkins
Sallie C. Watkins
Sallie Y McDaniel
William Rogers
William Demaine
Julia ©. Demaine
Carter Brothers
M. Schuler Beer Company
John Standiford
Ella
William H. Cox
Parker
Roosevelt
Swallow
Debs
Rixey
Howard
Alexandria County
Watson
Resterda
Nicol
Leonard Brown
Thomas H. Lyl
Taiifax
Sult
Brown
Wairfax
Ca Tt
Corby Baking Company
Washington
Futur
Lefew Dies Wound After Stabbing in Roanoke Affair
Dr. C Lefew, a young Roanoke physician, lies in dying condition after being stabbed by Charles R. Fishburn, a banker, following a quarrel over a stepson’s cry of ice. The incident occurred October 9 and Fishburn is jailed on bail pending Lefew’s death.
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Washington Post
Roanoke
Commonwealth
Fishburn
Lefew
Frederick
Boy Not Guilty in Mail Robbery Case at Norfolk
Raymond Joe, son of Sewalls Point’s former postmaster, was acquitted in the Norfolk U S court of robbing the mail schooner. The captain gave the postmaster a letter to register it. the boy later confessed lifting its contents. Judge Waddill ruled no offense against the United States government occurred. Webb Named to Superior Court as W A Poke resigns in Raleigh.
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Waddill
Norfolk
Jip
Washington Post
Newport
Nova
Raymond Joe
JM. Joe
Sewalls Point
United States Court
United States Mail
United States
Cured by Cuticura Remediea on a Cured Five-Year-Old Case
A Chicago boy aged five suffered an extreme rash. After four Cuticura ointment applications his sores dried and skin peeled. Using Cuticura Resolvent for his blood, the child fully recovered, with letters from Robert Wattam and others praising the treatment.
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Robert Wattam
Center Ave
Chicago
Ill
Wattam
Tobacco Growers Meet Form National Equity Body
Tobacco growers from Virginia and Kentucky convened in Lynchburg to form a national body under the American Society of Equity. W. A. Good was elected chairman and C. E H. Faylor secretary. A committee of Virginia and Kentucky members was named to draft price recommendations.
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Washington Post
Lynchburg
Virginia
Kentucky
American Society of Equity
W. A. Good
Bedford County
C. E H. Faylor
Bedford City
Campbell County
George N. Parker
Pittylvania
W. W. Hobson
Powhatan
H. F. Merenson
Brunswick County
E. T. Bondurant
Prince Edward County
W. J. Elam
Amelia County
R. Elam
Cumberland County
W D. Rice
Charlotte County
Kentuck
S. VT. Baker
Hancock County
Sharpe
Ohio County
M._ Shrewsbure
Breckenridge
W. N. Short
McClean
M. Robertson
Davis County
J. L. Davenport
Muhlenburg
Negro boy kills sister in Caroline County quarrel
In Caroline County Virginia a fourteen year old colored boy shot his twelve year old sister in the face with his father’s gun after a quarrel. The girl died instantly and the boy was arrested and jailed.
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Washington Post
Fredericksburg
Caroline County
Lyon Lucas
Fatal Fall From Train Near Gwynns Falls
James McGinley forty five years old of Philadelphia a brakeman on the Pennsylvania Railroad express train leaving Washington at six thirty five p m is dying at a Baltimore hospital from injuries after losing balance on a lurch and falling ninety five feet down an embankment at Gwynns Falls beyond Baltimore where he was found by a railroad employee and a search was underway for the missing conductor his head crushed and body mangled
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Washington Post
Baltimore
James McGinley
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Washington
Gwynns Falls
Death of Dyonisius T Sheriff chief judge of Prince George Orphans Court
Dyonisius Thaddeus Sheriff longtime public official and chief judge of Prince George County Orphans Court died at 63 at his home near Landover. A Democrat and Mason, he served as county commissioner and was elected to the Orphans Court in 1891 and again last fall as chief judge. Survived by four sons and a daughter, services held at his Hyattsville home with Masonic rites. burial in London Park Cemetery, Baltimore, cremation.
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Prince Willa County
Tetas
Mure
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Netlie
Parker An
HL Parsons
Ufhe
Belde
Chatham
T&—P
FL Gafford
Bitteytvanix County
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Richimond
Nav
George A. Hanson
Richmond
Elien J. Shaughnessy
H. M Shaughnesey
Leesburg
Charles D. Kint
Baltimore
Fredericksburg
Nev
Mary Franklin
Thomas Franklin
Beatst Church
Franklin
Siven
Winchester
James Polk Smith
Prederick County
Round Hill
Danville
John W. Scott
Kinefield
Kate Coughlin
Watheville
Coughlin
Tys
Curda
Wytheville
A Bryarly
Bright
Harriet Bryarly
Holan T. Bryarly
Prince George
Pinkney Memorial Church
Hyattsville
London Park Cemetery
Messrs
J. C. Sheriff
Landover
Parkersburg
W. Va
C. O
Benning
D. C
Kenry P
Tandover
Orphans’ Court
Kent
Matilda Magruder Phillips
Maryland
D. H. Hayne
Mount Hermon Lodge
A. F
A. M
Bicentennary of Hyattsville Church Celebration Planned
Hyattsville Md November 10 The two hundredth anniversary of the Hyattsville Presbyterian Church will be celebrated November 20 to 23 with an elaborate program including visiting ministers from other churches. The church on Maryland Avenue dates from 1704 when deeded by Col N Ian Beall and sealed at Upper Marlboro. Local interest centers on the Washington Presbytery oversight.
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Washington Post
Hyattsville
Hyattsvile Presbyterian Church
Washington
Ayattsville
N. Ian Beall
Upper Marlboro
Virginia Weddings From Petersburg to Leesburg
Petersburg couples Allen Brockwell and Bertie L Matthews wed at Second Baptists Church with Rev F W Moore officiating. In Leesburg William A Woolf and Margaret EF Smith marry at 11 am by Rev W Dolly as they plan to reside near Blanemont. George Bailey and Charlotte Frere marry at Mount Gilead with pastor Rev W B Hajslip. they will reside at Mount Gilead.
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Leesburg
Woolf
Blanemont
George Bailey
Charlotte Frere
Mount Gilead
Hov
W. B. Hajslip
The
Baptist Church
Missionary fund boosted by Methodist church
The general mission committee of the Methodist Episcopal Church voted to appropriate 1,220,000 for missionary work next year with 618,500 for domestic work. Home mission totals reached 125,000, with Special Consideration for New England rural areas Michigan mines Oklahoma settlements and other western regions. Debate favored maintaining a large Arizona grant despite questions on fruitfulness.
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Hoston
General
Uii
Methodist Ep
Newengland
Michigan
trans-Missipi States
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Rocky Mountains
Arizona
New Willard Hosts Unschuld Quartet in Season Opener
A large audience welcomed the new Anschuld Unschuld Quartet at the Willard Hotel ballroom. The group opened with Brahms G minor, performed Schubert Trout-inspired Forelien quartet, and featured notable players including Miss Maria von Unschuld and court musicians.
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Willard Hotel
Anschuld
Joseph Haydn
Brahms Quartet
Haydn
Franz Schubert
Ebert
Aul Pfarr
Unschuld
Unsehuld
Johannes Miersch
Greece
Maria von Unschuld
Notable deaths across cities from November reports
Rosalie Montmas son widow of the late Italian premier Crispi dies in Rome after a life of exile and wartime activity. In Southington Mrs. Pickett, wife of Col. Pickett, dies of heart disease during a DAR meeting. In San Francisco Mathew Spencer, cousin of Herbert Spencer, dies of heart disease at 72. In New York Charles Schmacher Sr. and Mrs. Wil Carleton die on November 10.
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Rome
Rosalie Montma
Crispi
Two Sicilies
Rosalie Montmagson
Garibaldi
Southington
Conn
Charles Whittlesey Pickett
Col
Charlies W. Pickett
New Haven
San Francisco
Moira
Mathew Spencer
Herbert Spencer
Treath
England
New York
Wil Carleton
WH Carleton
Brooklyn
Western North Carolina Conference Considers Divorce Evil
The fifteenth annual Western North Carolina Methodist Conference opened in Tryon with Bishop Duncan presiding. Reports were heard, committees named, and Rev W Oda Sherrill re elected secretary. A motion to study the divorce issue drew attention, with Bishop Duncan arguing elimination rather than defining the evil. Bishop Cheshire will address the conference on the topic tomorrow. About four hundred ministers attend.
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Washington Post
Charlotte
N. C
Western North Carolina
Harold Turner
Seretary
J. W. Clegg
North Carolina
Duncan
Cheshire
Eyat Hirhoy
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