Trial over Old Nick case probes theft of records
The Washington Post reports the Old Nick Williams Distiller case where prosecutors seek to link defense with a burglary and sales scheme. Witnesses connect railroad record theft with the Kennedy distillery, claiming hundreds of gallons were diverted. The defense closes its case as prosecutors press for fraud charges tied to evading government taxes.
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Old Nick Company
Woshington Post
Nix Williams Distiller
Shagyl
Jar
Heteia
Det
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Boyd
Holton
Waile
Gvernment
den & Tending
Lates Natiger
Kennedy Distiller
Absiie
Jemmons Atfke
Yates
Tom Wirsto
Gover
Horka
Wil
Gary
Oriamente
Whiaky Vate
United States
Kennedy
Seo
Walliams
Arm Found Under Train Remains Mystery at Cumberland
Fragmented article reports a severed human arm found under a passenger train near Cumberland West of Wood, with mentions of a hand and crushed forearm. Court cases and local notices appear amid garbled text, including references to Maryland, Annapolis, and various judges, with wedding notices interwoven.
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Ghaet
Cumberland
Alta
Liepiar
Desgeuut
Benwoot
Wilson At Richmond Discusses Immigration In South
Secretary James Wilson visited Richmond to address the Southern States Association of Commissioners of Agriculture. He spoke on immigration benefits in the South and the fourth. Dr E J Watson argued for selective immigration and lamented unreliable labor. Dr Moyler outlined eradication plans for fever ticks. The convention will last several days.
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South
Washington Post
Richmond
James Wilson
Chamber of Commerce
Southern States Association of Commissioners of Agriculture
Wilson
E. J. Watson
South Carolina
Watson
John R Moyler
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Indicted for Murder in Spencer North Carolina
Special to The Washington Post from Salisbury North Carolina describes grand jury indictments in Rowan Superior Court. Kenneth McCormick of Spencer faces murder charges for the August 3 death of roommate John Faulconer. both teens lived together at McCormick's home. Also indicted for murder are William Whitman for Zeek Young, and T H Rafty for Engineer John M Connell, all case details noted.
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Spencer
N.C
Woshington
Salisbury
Rowan Superior Court
Kenneth McCormick
John Faulconer
Faulconer
McCormick
Grand Sry
William Whitman
Zeek Young
Vas Akewiss
T H. Rafty
John M. Connell
Buffaloes Elect Officers Convene in Cincinnati Next August
The first annual meeting of the Grand Herd Convention of the Benevolent Order of Buffaloes adjourned to meet in Cincinnati, Ohio next August. Officers elected include Grand bison Chara T Bland Portsmouth. John W Burnett Bluefield. Francis Wo Lloyd Suffolk. T oH Clay Huntington. A Romnbaum Newport News. J Hlontein Richmond. WB Savage Wilmington. Louis Bardes Christiana. Thomey A Greag Monacke. W W Gregg Clacknat. Dr J Tipton Roanoke. Frank J Corte Roanoke. J J Morgan Roanoke. A Rosenbaum Newport News.
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Cincinnati
Srecla
Washington
Richmond
The
Benevolent Order of Buffaloes
Ohio
Herd
Portsmouth
John W Burnett
Bluefield
Suffolk
Grand Scribe
Oh Clay
Huntington
Newport News
Grand Guide
Hlontein
Wilmington
Louis Bardes
Chrislanadl
Gregg Clacknat
Tipton Roanoke
Frank J Corte
Roanoke
Groom-Elect Cassard Found After Wedding Rehearsal Disruption
Laurence D Cassard, groom-elect and son of a farmer, disappeared last Wednesday amid a feud between Prince George County families. He was found tonight at Camden Station, leaving the wedding to Miss Mary Frederica Coffin, daughter of ex-Congressman Coffin, in doubt with 500 invitations sent and gifts received. Milas Coffin, distressed by the event, awaits outcome on the planned Saturday ceremony.
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Washington
Baltimore
Prince George County
Laurence D Cnsaard
Camden Station
Mary Frederica Coffn
Coffin
MuiriKirk
Cassard
Mina Coffin
Milas Coffa
Aged pair to marry in Thanksgiving ceremony
Frank A Vogel aged seventy six and Mrs Katherine Sehmelzer aged seventy one, both of South Baltimore, plan a Holy Cross Church wedding on Thanksgiving morning followed by a reception at an undertaking establishment. The bridal party includes Mrs Konig and Joseph Wagner as attendants. Five generations of the Vogel family will attend the ceremony.
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Petal O
Ty Washington Po
Baltimore
Frank A Vogel
South Baltimore
Katherine Sehmelzer
Holy Cross Catholic Church
Konig
Joseph Wagner
Vogel
Another Cure by Cuticura Letter from Mia Cable
A reader from Waupace, Caroline Cable, writes of her husband suffering with salt rheum on his head. She says after trying many remedies with no relief, Cuticura Ointment and Pills cured him, leaving his hands smooth. She hopes the letter helps others.
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Cuticura
Mia
Caroline Cable
Waupace
Whitecaps Terrorize Winchester Farm Family
Robert Lowry, on Frank Huck’s farm near Winchester, appeals to police after a mob in white gowns and masks bombs his house with rocks and gunfire. His daughter is wounded as more than a dozen attackers threaten tar and feathers and eviction by May Day. Police pursue a dozen to fifteen suspects terrorizing the county.
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Winchester
Washington Port
Robert Lowry
Frank Huck
Winchesett
Lowry
Mey Daye
O Donoghue Mahoney Wedding in Portsmouth Church
Miss Agatha Teresa Mahoney wed Daniel O Donoghue an attorney of Washington D C in St Paul s Catholic Church Portsmouth. The ceremony was first in the church with only maid of honor Katherine Eugene Mahoney and best man Dr John O Donoghue. After a family breakfast the couple left for New York then Havana and will reside in Washington. They plan visits to Palm Beach Miami Jacksonville and other Southern cities.
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St. Paul’e
Portsmouth
Washington Post
Norfolk
St Paul's Catholic Church
Agatha Teresa
Mahoney
Daniel O'Donoghue
Washington, D. C
St. Paul's Church
Misa Katherine Eugene Mahoney
John O'Donoghue
Warner Martin O'Donoghue
Thomas J. Brady
Felix Kaup
Michael Irwin
Paul Reynolds
U.N
John Mahoney
Parkview
Mr. O'Donoghue
New York
Havana
Palm Beach
Miami
Jacksonville
Fla
Two Men Under Arrest for Jonesboro Burglary Looting Stores
Frank Crumley and James Morrell are jailed in Jonesboro Tennessee charged with burglarizing six business houses after citizens halted the looting. Homes searched reveal property believed stolen from Jonesboro. A separate Montgomery County fire damage totaled about 8000 dollars, originated by a defective flue in a Vaughan residence.
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Bristol
Frank Crumley
James Morrell
Washington County
Montgomery County
Washington
Roanoke
John L Vaughan
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Geashed Under Traction Engine Tragedy in Virginia
Ben Armel, sixteen, son of Jesse Armel of White Post Clarke County, fell from a traction engine in a field accident and was run over by the wheels likely fatally injuring him. The incident occurred near Winchester Virginia as the engine was moved across a field.
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Ben Armel
Jesse Armel
White Post
Clarke County
Virginia Obituary Digest From Early November News
Virginia notices report Thomas C Callahan of Whealton Lancaster County dying at about seventy. Nora C Noot a Winchester teacher for years dies aged 46 leaving two brothers. Flora Taylor of Grimes Os county dies after long illness leaving her father and two brothers. Lavinia Gibbons Lee dies at 84 in Fulton at her son in law Capt George M Rogers home. widow of Rev Robert F. Lee. Selman of Leesburg dies age 67, civil war veteran with White's Battalion. survived by widow and one daughter. Stephen Putney Richmond shoe house heir dies at night after long heart illness. survived by two children and second wife Elie Withers.
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Warsaw
Thomas C Callahan
Whealton
Lancaster County
Winchester
Nora C Noot
Flora Taylor
James L. Taylor
Weda
Grimes
Os County
Richmond
Lavinia Gibbons Lee
George M. Rogers
Fulton
Lee
Robert FR. Lee
Leedburg
Sellman
Leesburg
Selman
Mary Jang
White
Stephen Putney
Stephen Putney & Co
He le
Misa Elie Withers
Robert H Withers
United States
Hongkong
Presiden Cleveland
Murder Not Proved In Isle of Wight Ax Death
In Isle of Wight County Virginia coroners ruled William Duck died of natural causes hastened by a quarrel with James Spivey, who was exonerated. Testimony showed no abrasions and Duck’s son said he was driven away as the altercation began. Duck’s daughter claimed he was struck thrice with an ax, but the coroner’s jury found no homicide.
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Washington
Suffolk
William Duck
James Spivey
Isle of Wight County
Gavin Rawles
Claude J. Bradshaw
Duck
Boykin
Gored to Death by Bull in Maryland Pasture
Laurel Maryland November 23 aging farmer Masom BH Allen aged 70 was gored to death by a vicious bull on his estate three miles from town after the animal attacked him despite earlier confrontations Mrs Allen and a hired man aided his attempt to rescue him Jabs with a fork failed and the bull was driven off leaving Allen fatally wounded His widow survives him He had moved to Maryland from Minnesota two years ago.
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Washington
Laurel
Masom
Allen
Mr. Allen
Allen Wes
New Chef Appointed at Virginia Military Institute
After a board of visitors meeting in Richmond Virginia the Virginia Military Institute appointed H A Palmer as steward to reform the commissary department Palmer comes with relevant experience and will assume duties on December 1 following a threat by cadets to leave over food conditions and delays in reform.
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Pecal
Washington Post
Richmond
Virgina Military Institute Board of Visitors
Cadeta
H A Palmer
Falmer
Virginia Military Institute
Palmer
Appeal From Strike Order Reinstates Injunction Status
Richmond printers in Chancery Court granted twenty days to file an appeal from Judge Grinnan’s dissolution of the injunction. The original injunction remains in effect for now, while a state printing move to own and operate its own press gains support. A broad committee studies cost reductions and budgets to compare public pricing with private rates.
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Richmond
Washington Post
Typographical Union
Mmto
War Declared On Hawks to Save Virginia Quail
Richmond Va Nov 28 The scarcity of quail in Virginia spurs sportsmen to fund a hawk crusade. A hawk fund will buy traps and distribute them from county seats to curb predation on bobwhite quail. Messrs MD Hart and L D Christian lead the Virginia Game Protective Association effort.
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Virginia
Richmond
Bob White
Messrs. MD. Hart
L. D Christian
Virginia Gains Protective Association
Alexandria News In Brief
James Gallagher dies in hospital after railway project work. Free Methodist Church may buy bank property. aldermen to fill vacancy from Samuel Fisher’s resignation. Candidates Bryant Boothe Simpson discussed. Bryant declines. Deed recorded by clerk Hattie Whitehead conveying property. Old passenger station at Cameron Fayette to be remodeled for temporary use. Education: St George’s Frederickburg records five generations of vestrymen.
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Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
Sts
Samuel P. Fisher
Third Ward
George J. Ehmpaon
Herbert Bryant
Gardger L. Boothe
Bryant
Board of Aldermen
Board of Police Commissioners
Capt Bryant
Messrs. Simpson
Boothe
John W Herndon
St George's Iscopal Church
Frederickeburg
Ae Merving
Edward Herder
Ward Herndon
Joseph Herndon
Dab
Ney Hernton
Brodie Strachan Hern
Don
St. George's Church
Fredericksburg
James Gallagher
Dourington
Alexander Atphal
Pennsylvania
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Hattie W.hiechet
Harvey Creighton
Patrick and
Gear
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Soldier and veteran arrested for lottery tickets in Newport News
Newport News veteran Sylvester A. Wood of the Soldiers' Home was arrested on a lottery ticket selling charge. He admitted selling at Hampton, Phoebus, and Old Point but denied selling in Newport News since last spring. Tickets and money orders were found on his person along with papers showing payments to a firm in Covington Kentucky.
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Washington Post
Shelton
Sylvester A. Wood
Soldiers’ Home
Wood
Hampton
Phoebus
Old Point
Embrey Indicted for Murder in Rockville Maryland
Montgomery Deputy Sheriff William R Embrey faces a murder indictment for killing James A Whalen near Cabin John Bridge on November six. The grand jury, in session ten days, has returned over sixty indictments and the term of court is expected to be lengthy.
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Cesalon
Daughters Suit Over Nursing Services Fails
In Boonsboro Maryland on November 23 the jury ruled for Benjamin Thomas the father of Mia Bolinger who sued for fifty six days of nursing services at six dollars daily during her mother's illness The elder Thomas aged seventy wept in court and denied any payment obligation while his daughter had claimed the promise was made during the mother's illness and the trial concluded with a verdict for the father.
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Washington Post
Town
Mra Almira C. Bolinger
Boonsboro
Benjamin Thomas
Mia Bolinger
Thomas
Child Burned to Death in Yard Fire
Child Eleanor Custis Peter nine killed by clothes on fire while cooking on a fire furnace built in yard. She died hours later as flames could not be extinguished. Multiple brief items from Washington area and other regions follow on unrelated notices.
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Washington
Ord
Eleanor
J. Custis Peter
TRUST COMPANY LOOTED IN LANCASTER SCANDAL
In Lancaster a receiver filed a detailed expert report on City Trust and Sav ings Fund Company showing that the Locher family and directors owed 6020000.97, over half of the firm's losses, with purchases of bonds at one price then charged to estates at a higher price, and a claim that only 1 percent of capital stock had been paid in.
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Lancaster
J. Harry Bathson
City Trust and Savines Fund Company
Publi
C. H. Locher
Locher
Tobacco Growers Defeated In Bid To Control Leaf Trade
The Kentucky and Ohio Burley Tobacco Growers Association has abandoned its effort to dominate the leaf tobacco market against the American Tobacco Company and will disband. A circular will be issued from headquarters in Cincinnati. Factors cited include growers’ distrust and apathy, capital shortfalls, and a record crop peak of about 195,000,000 pounds across Ohio Indiana and Kentucky. Archibald Stuart admitted that all deals are off.
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Ancinnati
Kentucky
Ohio
Burley Tobacco Growers’ Association
American Tobacco Company
Rcorcs
Rio
Indiana
Archibald Stuart
Mercantile Company Files Voluntary Bankruptcy
The Theo pold Mercantile Company of Faribault Minnesota filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in U S Court. Francis A Theopold liabilities 262013 assets 12644 Herbert S Theopold liabilities 345276 assets 26250 follow involuntary petition two years earlier. Also reports on power company sales and assorted commodity prices and market notes from New York and London.
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St. Paul
Minn
Francis A. Theopold
Herbert Theopold
Faribault
Theopold Mercantile Company
United States
Francia A
Churchmen at Banquet in Maryland Diocese Meeting
A church banquet followed a brief business session of the Churchmen's Club of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Maryland. Notables at the head table included Bishop Paret, Bishop Satterlee, Judge Harlan, Rev. De John G Murray, Dr Thomas Fell, Irvine Keyser, and Henry Willams. Short addresses praised the church's role in family life and civil society.
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Maryland
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Bishop Satterlee
Judge Harlan
de John G Murray
Thomas Fell
St John's College
Irvine Keyser
Henry Willams
Bishope Satterlee
Paret
Harlan
Church of Land
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