Fire Devastates Burke Virginia Town Leaving 40 Families Homeless
Special to The Washington Post Bluefield Virginia Nov 14 Fire wiped out the town of Burke early today causing an estimated 300000 in losses. Water tanks were empty and no effective means to fight the flames. Only four dwellings and one store remained after the blaze. The town likely will be rebuilt despite extensive destruction and some residents missing. An alleged thief was shot by an officer and the railroad halted traffic due to heat damage.
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Virginia
Washington Post
Bluefield
WoVu
Burke
Keystone
Farke
Ames
Steading
Hersfolk and
Western Railroad
Pat Atternant
Jure Harris
Gate City
Peters
Addington & Co
Quillin & Co
A. R. Kinser
Joseph Peters
W. 8. Cox
Washington
Norfolk
Norfolk County
Mhy
Warrenton
J. W. .Shirley
Arrowfield Methodist Church
Petersburg
Chesterfield County
Cape Charles
Independent Democrats From Queen Anne Spoil House Organization
The three independent delegates from Queen Anne announce they are Democrats and will not aid the Tremollicans in organizing the House. They backed a platform approving Warfield’s illustration and stand with the Governor, opposing the bosses who have overthrown the State machinery. Queen Anne delegates are likely to align with Gov Warfield.
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Queen Anne
Representa Ene
Guten Anne
Necaniy
Tarty
John
George Bor
Inmse
Gov. Warfield
Will Hear Grievances At Charleston Conference
Officials from New River and Kanawha districts and Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad meet in Charleston to discuss alleged inadequate coal car service. The conference follows complaints from operators amid a year’s low New River landings despite record coal demand. Leaders plan a banquet in Charleston and attendance by local business figures.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Noy M
Charleston
George WooSrevens
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Rairoad
Blair
New River
IMG
Steinns
Hamber
Charles Tus
Burns Fatal For Child At Hampton Readout
Fragmented local items report a child's fatal burn in Hampton near Norfolk with vague details about surrounding events and people. Mentions include Mrs Harry G. Reia and unidentified residents, plus a foreclosed sale in Whitewater and a Berkeley farm purchase by John J. Jarason from JHO Welsh. George Gould and Guy Glenn are noted in unrelated items from New York and North Carolina.
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Ewe Va
John J. Jarason
New York State
Berkeley Farm
Tustaric
James Fiver
Chartes City
JHO Welsh
Son Confesses Murder in Wheeling Feud Case
Sidney Woody Jr confessed to ambushing and killing Coon Conley in a feud in Wheeling West Virginia. He said his father Sidney Woody Sr was convicted earlier and may seek innocence. Judge Wilkinson will review the matter and consider pardoning the father if true.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Sidney Woody, Jr
Coon Conley
Wilkingon
Conley
Woody
Wilkinson
Secret marriage announced in Roanoke among fast courtship
Roanoke Virginia November 14 Miss Kate Rice daughter of B N Rice a Norfolk and Western Railway train dispatcher married Robert Sherwood of New York. The marriage was revealed to the bride's parents today and occurred five days ago after a ten day courtship and acquaintance. Mr Sherwood had been in Roanoke for four months prior to the wedding.
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Roanoke
New York
Washington Post
Kate Rice
B. N. Rice
Norfolk and Western Railway
Robert Sherwood
Mr. Sherwood
Chatham
Archibald Glenn
Peytonsburg
Halifax’ County
Heathsville
Robert Bartlett
Newland
Richmond County
Fredericksburg
Graves
WR. Graves
Orange County
Susan Grotz
John Grotz
Mary Washington Hospital
Leesborg
Mary Myers
James W. Myers
Leesburg
Myers
Wi Mam Havener
Charlottesville
James L. Justin
Culpeper
University of Virginia Hospital
Justin
Charlottesvie
Archibald Db. Frame
Chesapyeake and Ohio
Martha Jefferson
Frame
Norfolk
John W. Walton
Norfolk County
Beattaville
Portsmouth
Walton
Virginia
Monitor
Hampton
Black Hand Terror Strikes Maryland Farmstead
In Funkstown area near Hagerstown an anonymous warning amid a Black Hand arson plot preceded an assault on housekeeper Mrs Edward Kahlman. She was struck on the porch and left in critical condition after the attack. Police suspect the same assailant who tried to burn the Stonebraker house and barn.
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Washington Post
Hagerstown
John R. Stonebraker
Funkstown
Edward Kahlman
Attorney Intoxicated Sparks New Trial Bid in Burglary Case
Huntington West Virginia November 14 The courtroom sheriff judge Mathews ordered the defense attorney from the room stating he was intoxicated John Bayless charged with burgling the local militia arsenal represented himself pleading his case and moved jurors to tears The jury returned a guilty verdict but it was set aside because Bayless was not properly represented and a new trial will be granted by the court
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Huntington
Washington Post
W. Va
John Bayless
Joay
Mathews
Bayless
Train Saved From Disaster At Burning Bridge
Ohio division of the Baltimore and Ohio near Powhatan suffered fire damage, blocking traffic after a fire destroyed several bridge sections. A freight train was flagged in time to prevent disaster, with transfer operations causing travel delays.
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Wheeling
Ohio Division
Baltimore and Ohio
Powhatan
Trafic
Read Russell’s series in Everybody’s Magazine 15 adie
New publication note praises Russell’s prose in Everybody’s Magazine 15 as timely and powerful. It suggests the Amer icans will find cures for social evils as in past struggles against monarchy and slavery, urging readers to engage with the magazine’s content.
Self-Defense Shot Kills Cabin John Man in Maryland
James A. Whalen of Cabin John Bridge was shot by Deputy Sheriff William R. Embrey after a confrontation that followed Whalen’s intoxicated disturbance. Embrey, who called he acted in self defense, turned himself in and was jailed. Whalen, about 25, had Navy service and was to wed Embrey’s daughter. He lay near Georgetown University Hospital with a grave prognosis as physicians could not probe for the bullet.
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James A. Whalen
Cabin John Bridge
William R. Embrey
Washington
Rockville
Williams
Justice of the Peace Reading
Embrey
Whalen
Bridge
Whelen
Benson
Georgetown University Hospital
Wen
United States Navy
Manila Bay
Butt
Freedom Won by Song in West Virginia Burglar Charge
Rastay Robinson, a young colored boy from Cumberland Maryland, sang for freedom after being arraigned for burglariously entering Adams' cigar store in Grafton West Virginia. Half the lawyers offered to defend him, the State offered no opposition, and the boy sang My Lindy Lou to the judge, winning applause and release on his own recognizance.
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Washington Post
Cumberland
Rastay Robison
Grafton
W. Va
Adams
Holt
Lindy Lou
Virginia Weddings Include Many Local Couples
Virginia wedding notices from Nov 14 chronicle numerous marriages across towns such as Chatham Winchester Heathsville Saluda Suffolk Middletown and Cape Charles. Couples include Nannie Meyera and James Nichols Susie Belle Jones Julia Clare Irene Brothers Jane Stith Henton and Pearson Loose Sali Spady and George Kirwan Ralph Huberty Iberry and Roberta Hyslop Ridgood Sinter. A Chesterfield church fire destroys Arrowfield Methodist Church near Petersburg.
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Chatham
Nannie G. Meyera
James Lee Nichols
Banfater
R. E Taylor
Chatham Baptist Church
Winchester
Benjamin Franklin Walters
Susie Belle Jones
Middletown
John Jones
Heathsville
Samuel W. Warren
Millenbeck
Julia B. Clare
Lower Middlesex
Baptist Parsonage
J. P Essex
Saluda
Suffolk
Nansemond County
Wilbur Ernest MacClenny
Irene Brothers
William Brothers
W. W. Staley
Petersburg
Jane Stith Henton
Pearson Loose
Philadelphia
Bollingbrook Street
Drury A. Henton
Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia
Mr. Loose
Maryland
Philadelpha
Cape Charles
Bay View
George Kirwan
Sali
Spady
Tus Delmar
New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad Company
Northampton County
Norfolk
Ralph Huberty Iberry
Birreingham
Alk
Roberta Eva Hyslop
B. P. Barrett
Covington
Edna McLaurine
Richmond
G. 3. Raines
Portsmouth
Harry
W. ¥. Bavage
Manita Bidgood
H. H. Hunter
Princeton
George Whitley
Pexton Turner
Smithfield
Gary Blood
Is Deane
Churchland
Body found in Roanoke River clues violence death
The body of J Hume, missing for nearly three weeks, was recovered from the Roanoke River about half a mile from Roanoke. Officials report signs of violence. he had sold a business for about 1600 dollars and left 80 dollars and a gold watch. Coroner's inquest underway.
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Roanoke
J. Hi Muge
Graves
Chevy Chase Club Faces Indictment Jurisdiction Ruling
Judge Henderson of Montgomery County Circuit Court rules that a foreign corporation doing business in Maryland is subject to state police regulations and can be indicted for local option violations. The Chevy Chase Club, based in Chevy Chase, will stand trial on the March indictment after deputies seized liquor in March and the case proceeds in Rockville.
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Montgomery
Washington Post
Rockville
Henderson
Chevy Chase Club
Chevy Chase
Mullican and
Cradley
Norfolk Court Dismisses Demurrer in Atlantic Terminal Suit
Norfolk Va November 14 Circuit Judge Prentis sustains demurrer in the Sanford & Brooks claim for 102000 against Norfolk and Atlantic Terminal Company and others. Court holds plaintiffs contracted to build and deliver railway free of liens estopped from claim. Also rules Sanford & Brooks’ law not filed within statutory time.
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Norfolk
Atlantic Terminal
Prentis
Sanford & Brooks
Baltimore
Norfolk and Atlantic Terminal Company
Worfelk
Sewells Point
Bigamist in custody after WV transfer and wife’s refusal
A man held as B. G Hroneon, alias H. G. Mason, was turned over to Sheriff McGee of Elizabethtown after bigamy arrest in Hagerstown, as he urged his young wife to accompany him. She refused, saying she could not return under the circumstances.
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Bigamist
Washington Post
Hagerstown
B. G Hroneon
Wirt County
W. Va
Sheriff McGee
Elizabeth
Bronson
H. G. Mason
Urinary gravel symptoms noted in historic medical text
The excerpt describes uric acid urine being scanty and forming brick dust sediment, with advanced cases showing fine sand or large crystals. It links gravel passage to kidney and urinary tract inflammation, sour stomach, indigestion, heartburn, gout, and rheumatism.
Cured by Warner's Safe Cure testimonial from Tennessee
Mrs. M. Bl Dean of Chatta nod, Tenn, claims Safe Cure cured chills from uric acid and malaria affecting kidneys. She says doctors should prescribe Safe Cure instead of quinine to remove disease germs, adding a general laxative note about Bare Pills.
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South
M. BL Dean
Treas
Lotus Club
Chattanoord
Tenn
Safe Cure Promises Kidney Disease Cure
Test describes urine analysis as a gauge of kidney and bladder disease and touts Safe Cure as the only safe vegetable remedy. Claims it prevents Bright's Disease diabetes rheumatism gout and other urinary disorders, sold at drug stores or direct for one dollar per bottle.
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Bright
Analysis Free Urine Test Offer From Warner Safe Care Co
An ad invites readers to send a urine sample to Warner Safe Care Co in Rochester New York for analysis and a free medical booklet. It promises a report with advice and cautions against substitutes and imitations. The offer frames disease development as a concern and invites mail testing with no fee for the booklet.
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Warner Safe Care Co
Rochester
N. Y
Bank Arrests Expected as Moxey Returns to Pittsburg
Pittsburg November 14 E P Moxey special government examiner investigating Enterprise National Bank of Allegheny will arrive from Washington Thursday morning and initiate criminal action against certain persons in connection with the bank s failure United States District Attorney Dunkie declines to name suspects Appraisers appointed to value the estate of the late cashier T Lee Clark begin a week long review of the bank s books papers and accounts
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Moxey
Pittsburg
E. P. Moxey
Natonal Bank of Allegheny
Washington
United States
Dunkie
T. Lee Clark
Evidence mounts in Pierson death case bound to track
Mount Vernon Ohio November 4 Prosecutor Stillwell and Coroner Scarborough report further evidence that Kenyon College student Stuart Pierson was bound to a railroad track. They examined his underclothes and found about 109 rope fiber particles embedded in fabric and socks, with fibers deeply ground in and not on the outer surface. The coroner says the microscope confirmed rope fibers, and the material will be submitted to the grand jury when it begins Friday.
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Mount Vernon
Ohio
Stuart Pierson
Kenyon College
Stillwell
Scarborough
Pierson
Insane mother hurls son from window in Chicago
Mrs. Benjamin Giest of 113 Wells Street turned a moment of insanity into a tragedy. She chased landlady Mrs. Lilian Barton with a loaded revolver, tossed her five year old son Lucas from a third story window, then attempted suicide. The boy survived after hospital care. Giest was restrained and sent to an insane asylum.
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Chicago
Benjamin Giest
Wells Street
Lucas
Mrs. Giest
Mrs Barton
Mrs. Barton
Mrs.Giest
Lole
Woods
Odell Accused by James H Hyde in Equitable hearings
Testimony details Hyde’s claim that the investigation into the Equitable Society was biased and that Harriman menaced stock control. He describes a $2.6 million Union Pacific pool, a holding syndicate aimed at market influence, and insistence on secrecy. Hyde cites letters and inducements, including a personal loan saga and rate changes, as factors in the controversy.
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Mr. Hyde
Mr. Frick
Equitable
Mr. Hughes
Mr.Hyde
Hyde
Harriman
Union Pacific
Equitable Society
Jacob H. Schiff
Hughes
Mr. Harriman
Harman
Union Pacific Road
Alexander
Schiff
Kuhn, Loeb, & Co
Hendricks
Mr. T Hughes
Tarrman
Harnman
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Union Pacific Common
Williams for Equitable Board Seat Urged in Richmond
Movement launched in Richmond to elect John Skelton Williams of Mississippi to the Equitable Life Assurance Society board. Petitions circulate among business leaders and will extend to other Southern cities. Joseph Bryan already named a director.
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Williams
Equitable
Wassington
Richmond
John Skelton Williams
Mississippi
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Joseph Bryan
Editor Propretor’s Death Marks Century of Tattered History
Dr Minor, aged eighty six, recently died. He was the sole survivor when the book was written and, with a lifetime in the tatters world, produced a history that adds to national and Southern literature.
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Dr Minor
Thoreoughly
Development of Early American History in North Carolina Book
Notes comment on North Carolina’s first English settlement and early independence history, plus discussion of a 13mo illustrated volume priced at $2. The text shifts to a financial dispute involving Mr. Hyde and the Equitable society, detailing loan securities, compensation, and indemnification actions tied to Mercantile Trust Company, with figures around $193,000 to $213.
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North Carolina
America
Hyde
Mercantile Trust Company
Equitable
James W. Alexander
Thomas D. Jordan
Mr. Hyde
Mr. Alexander
Mr. Jordan
Alexander
Jordan
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