Woman Shot in Feud Near Yorkville WV Ends in Mob Violence
Huntington reports a feud between the Wallace family and the Curry brothers across the Big Sandy from Arkville. Ten people wounded as the mob ransacked Wallace’s saloon and home. Mrs Wallace shot Thomas Curry and a boy nearly decapitated before Wallace fired. About 660 shots fired. Wallace escaped to Yorkville, livestock killed, and a $1000 reward offered for mob members.
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Wallace
Curryspear
Louisa
Yorkville
Murder notes spur Richmond police probe on Turpin street
Richmond detectives hunted a reported murder after several imposterious notes signed by Mrs Sharp claimed a man was killed and hidden in a Turpin Street house and later to be placed on nearby railroad tracks. Police found no evidence of the crime after thorough inspection of the locality.
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Richmond
Washington Post
Missing Girl Found After Week With Nomads
Daisy Dillon, thirteen, of Manchete near Petersburg, Virginia, was found by detectives after a week with nomads who took her when her guardians moved. She returned to her parents in Richmond as warrants were issued for the group involved.
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Washington
Richmond
Daisy Dillon
Manchete
Petersburg
Virginia Weddings and Local Notices in Suffolk and Newport News
Multiple wedding notices from Morchester to Engleman detail ceremonies, attendants, and locations including sacred church services and home celebrations. Also reported are a professor’s release in a theft case, a house fire in Stanley, bankrupt consumer news, and a wrecked yawl found near Newport News with a crew noted.
McCue suits reach Virginia court over wife murder case
Governor Montague uses 797.31 from the contingent fund for McCue trial costs, saying no precedent is set. J Samuel McCue, already sentenced to death for wife murder, is deemed incompetent to defend suits totaling about 15000 led by Jefferson National Bank for 5000. Proceedings suspended until competence returns. Other obituaries and notices follow including Parker, Thompson, Wilken Link, Tough, Powell, Forbes, Mattocks, and Livingston figures.
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Washington Post
Charlottesville
Corporation Court
J. Samuel McCue
Jefferson National Bank
Morris
McCue
Montague
Commonwealth
Gilmer
Virginia
I. I. D Confessed to Murder in Bakersfield Telegraph
Winston-Salem N C May 22 Sheriff Alspaugh received a telegram from Bakersfield Cal stating that Charles Crutchfield surrendered there and confessed involvement in the 1889 double murder at the home of Henry Goins the colored man and wife Smith. Crutchfield had been tried and acquitted, later missing. Grand jury indicted in 1890 but he could not be found. Sheriff seeks confirmation of health and sufficiency of the confession to convict and may dispatch officers if proved correct.
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Washington Post
Winston-Salem
N. C
Alspaugh
Bakersfield
Cal
Charles Crutchfield
Smith
Henry Goins
Goins
Young Crutchfield
Grand Jury
Superior Court
Crutehfeld
Crutehfield
Girl Ends Life in Ocean Aboard Princess Anne
Elizabeth Henkel a sixteen or twenty year old from Wakefield Mass and Bridgeport Conn leaped from the Old Dominion steamer Princess Anne en route to Norfolk. A note asked that her parents be notified and a Bible was found in her stateroom. Authorities notified the Henkel family of her death.
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Washington Post
Norfolk
Elizabeth Henkel
Old Dominion
New York
Princess Anne
Miss Henkel
Prospect Street
Bridgeport
Conn
Clinton Street
Wakefield
Mass
F. J. Henkel
Bessie Henkel
Wakefield High School
Henkel
Edgar Allan's Will Sets Estate For Children In Trust
Samuel Edgar Allan, former U S district attorney, left an estate valued at 20600 to his three children Edgar Allan Edith Allan Cramp and Lola Land Allan with life interest for his widow. The widow may receive one third of net income if unmarried and one fourth if remarried. Executors named are the widow and Edgar Allan Jr. Furnishings of his Washington residence and its Glenwood Cemetery lot go to the widow. The will expresses a modest burial wish and a desire to support the living over display.
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Washington Post
Richmond
Samuel Edgar Allan
United States
Gen
Allan
Ildren
Edgar Allan
Edith Allan Cramp
Lola Land Allan
Edgar Allan, Jr
Gen. Allan
Washington
Glenwood Cemetery
Father's vain pursuit ends in elopement with elderly lover
In Parkersburg West Virginia on November 22 a 18 year old girl Luellan Lantz eloped with her 75 year old lover Thomas Heatherly. A chase by the girl's furious father ended after the couple wed at St Paul's M E Church in Grafton. The ceremony completed, the newly weds headed home under guardless arrival.
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Washington
Parkersburg
WooVa
Luellan Lantz
Barbour County
Thomas Heatherly
Grafton
G. W. Bent
St Paul's M. EB. Church
Obituary notices from Rockville and Laurel
John McCullough longtime Rockville resident dies in Baltimore at about seventy after a week with pneumonia leaving three children Laurel Mia Evamond McCubbin wife of Howard McCubbin of Laurel dies at Maryland University Hospital Baltimore aged twenty three daughter of Carl and Mary Hond survived by husband.
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Rockvills
John McCullough
Baltimore
Laurel
Mia
Evamond McCubbin
Howard McCubbin
Maryland University Hospital
Carl
Mary
McCubbin
Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills Offer Quick Relief
Doctor Miles claims his Anti Pain Pills soothe nerves and stimulate action to relieve headache nervousness indigestion dizziness and rheumatic pains. Advert promises a money back guarantee if not benefited and notes price per package with a patient testimonial from Mrs G H Danks Moorestown New Jersey.
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Miles
G. H. Danks
Moorestown
N. J
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets claim digestion proof via egg in water
An advertisement describes a 98 degree water test with hard boiled eggs and Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets to show digestion. It asserts the tablets digest foods fully, aid weak stomachs, and cure indigestion. The product is said to be vegan essence based with pepsin and Golden Seal, sold for 60 cents in US, Canada, and Europe.
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Questum
Stuart
United States
Canada
Euro
Alexandria News in Brief Arrests and Labor Riot at Four Mile Run
The Alexandria city council last night discussed tax refunds for King Street assessments, sewer permits, and fire hose purchases. Rioting suspects from a Four Mile Run disturbance were tried. several were fined or jailed for assault and theft amid wage and labor tensions.
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Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
Committee On Finance
Royal
Fayette Streets
Court of Appeals
Ellen Nugent
Council
Uhler
Committee On
Point Committee
Siuvia
Four Mile Run
Yesaterday
Isaac Burrell
J. W. Haney
Jefferson District
Commonwealth
Crandall Mackey
S. G. Brent
Reiter, Curtis & Hull
Purcell
Steve Yellens
Larra Dezats
Jait
Reiter, Curtis & Hill
Washington
Roberts
Alien
Nicholson
Henderson
Knight
Alexandria County
Frank Baker
John Baker
Thomas Fairfax
Chancellor Christmas
John Carson
Emanuel Holmes
Andrew Smith
Mollie Keys
George W. Keys
MEA
Messrs. Stump
Regester
Duffey
Brooke
Wiliam M. Smith
Messrs
J. Ei. Alexander
R.W. Arnold
Thomasb. Cochran
H. K. Wield
John Wilkins
George W. Mayo
Whham Campbell
Supreme Court Grants Writ in Stokes Railway Fatality
Special to The Washington Post from Richmond Virginia reports the State Supreme Court issued a writ of error in the case of C B Stokes administrator of W H Stokes versus Southern Railway. Stokes was killed by a Southern train near Meherrin and his suit for damages failed in lower court. Also from Grafton West Virginia two men Boliver and Kent were arrested at Kingwood for dynamiting the residence of Superintendent S W Horchler of Austen mines at Austen last August. Detected by Charles Messenger after detective work.
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Washington Post
Suffolk
James W Wilson
Suffolk Banking and Trust Company
Wilson
J. Cc. S. Noye
Richmond
Hot Springs
Jack Haroult
Bernsville
Bath County
State Supreme Court
Stokes
W. H. Stokes
SouthernRailway
Southern
Meherrin
Grafton
W. Va
Boliver
Kent
Kingwood
Sunt
W. Horchler
Austen Mines
Austen
Charles Messenger
Celebration Marks Hyattaville Presbyterian 200th Anniversary
Hyattsville Nov 22 large crowd at the Hyattaville Presbyterian Church 200th anniversary events. Rev Donald C McLeod of First Presbyterian Washington gave the main address while Rev Tennis S Hamlin of Church of the Covenant Washington preached. Mrs EB Vogts sang Like a Cradle Rock and the choir conducted by George S Britt performed anthems. The program closes tomorrow with a public reception and a viewed historic communion service on display, said to be the oldest in use in American Presbyterian churches.
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Hyattsville
Washington Post
Hyattaville Presbyterian Church
Donald C. McLeod
D. D
First Presbyterian Church
Washington
District of Columbia
Hyattsville Church
Tennis S. Hamlin
Church of the Covenant
EB. A. Vogts
George S. Britt
Righter
Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Ton
United States
Drink Garrett’s Wines With Your Dinner Tomorrow
An advertisement extols Garrett’s Wines as healthful and invigorating made from American grapes. It claims wine aids digestion and increases blood supply and urges tasting Virginia Care or Escaperong at luncheon and dinner to note health improvements.
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Garrett
Virginia
Garretts American Wines Advertises Escapemong and More
Garretts American Wines promotes drinks such as Escapemong Virginia Dare Minnehaha and Paul Garretts Champagne. Sold by grocers and wine merchants with a guaranteed money refund if not pleased. Bottles and labels bear the Garretts name and trade mark. Served at leading restaurants. ask the waiter.
Rates Help New York Defends The Differential
Philadelphia hearings continue into Washington on the grain freight differential case before the Interstate Commerce Commission. Frank L. Neal of Peter Wright & Sons testified on why rates favor New York and how Philadelphia is disadvantaged by export facilities. The Erie Canal, shipper costs, and Harbor barge rates were discussed as part of the commission’s continued inquiry.
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Philadelphia
Interstate Commerce Commission
Knapp
Washington
Baltimore
Boston
Frank L. Neal
Peter Wright & Sons
Big City
New York
Mr. Neall
Hnera
Fairchild
Neale
Ilnera
Cross-examination on 2004 export trends in New York port
The witness Mr Neall faces questions on a 2004 export decline in New York with figures showing New York down 25 percent, Philadelphia down 5 percent, and Baltimore up 47 percent. He defends differential pricing as stabilizing trade and denies bias against New York while noting Boston’s larger tonnage and different conditions.
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Child
Mr. Neall
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Fairchild
Charles Hamm
Mrs Laydon Praises Deans Kidney Pills For Back Pain
Mrs Annie Laydon of 1101 224 says Dean's Kidney Pills cured her severe backache and constant pain. She notes initial skepticism from her family at Stevens Pharmacy, but claims the pills restored strength and eliminated backache. A free trial offer via Faster-BMil Co. Buffalo N Y is extended.
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Annie Laydon
Dean
West
Stevens’ Pharmacy
Bmil .Co
Buffalo
N. Y
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Washington Pastors Tale
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Escapemong
Virginia Dare
Minnehaha
Paul Garrett
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