Bride of a Chinaman. Factory Falls, Man Killed
Miss N C Rathell and William Wen of Interstate Evaporating Plant were wed at Rockville Virginia. Inwood Maryland. The couple’s ceremony after a tragedy followed by a fatal accident at a plant in Larrrowville with a $10,000 loss. A workman, young Fortes, died in the collapse and fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N C. Rathell
William Wen
Inwood
Baltimore
Re Kville
Speaat
Mittuishure
Wo Wa
Laiwooiwl
Tooson Fortes
Furies
White Shoots and Kills Tom Payne in Lynchburg
In Lynchburg Virginia a man named Tom Payne was shot and killed by White over a dispute reportedly involving 30 cents. The incident occurred late at night near a balloon venue. Payne died before medical help arrived as police investigated the case and White was taken into custody.
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Tom Payne
Lynchburg. Va
Worthington
Lynchburg
Moab Laedag
Paene
Noted Resident Dies After Stroke at Home near Leeland
A 64 year old man died Friday night at his home near Leeland after suffering a stroke of paralysis on Thursday morning. He leaves three daughters and one son. Also mentioned is the death of Mrs Henrietta W. Merchant at age 66, widow of Rufus B. Merchant, who died suddenly at her home last night of heart failure. She is survived by six children, fourteen grandchildren, and one sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County
Leeland
Brooke
Henrietta W. Merchant
Rufus B. Merchant
Escaped convict moonshiner captured in West Virginia raid
A U S marshal posse raided a moonlight still in McDowell county six miles from Kimball last night and captured operator Thomas Lawson an escaped convict who fled a Richmond Va penitentiary sentence for bigamy. The 23 gallon still was built of zinc with two small zinc tubs riveted and soldered together, unlike other West Virginia stills in raids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Pineville
W. Va
United States
McDowell County
Kimball
Thomas Lawson
Lawson
Richmond
West Virginia
Memorial Exercises Honor Creed Fulton Founder at Emory and Henry
Memorial services at Emory and Henry College in Bristol honoring Creed Fulton founder of the historic Methodist institution. The day featured dedication of a new administration building and the laying of the cornerstone for the Creed Fulton astronomical observatory and physical laboratory. Bishops R G Waterhouse and E E Hoss, Rev J Stuart French, and Capt D D Hulk spoke of the school’s history and future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emory
Washington Post
Bristol
Creed Fulton
Mory and Henry College
Creed Fulton Astronomical Observatory
R. G. Waterhouse
Los Angeles
E. E. Hoss
J. Stuart French
D. D. Hulk
Missing Pocahontas man found safe at hotel in Tennessee
Bristol reports that T. N. Levering, prominent Pocahontas businessman, was located by a detective in an Elizabethton hotel, ending the mystery of his disappearance. Levering reportedly left a note indicating thoughts of self harm and was brought home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
T. N. Levering
Pocahontas
Elizabethton
Mail robber confessed. Lancaster nabbed in Rockville
Farm laborer Jesse Lancaster, colored, 46, was arrested in Wheaton and confessed to stealing five United States mail pouches from the Baltimore and Ohio station in Rockville and robbing Porter Ward's Hunting Hill store. Officers recovered pouches, checks, and money orders. Lancaster admitted burning some letters and said he earned only small cash sums. Authorities consider state and federal charges.
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U. S
Rockville
United States
Baltimore and Ohio
Jesse Lancaster
Perton Whalen
William FE. Yviett
Saffen
Selby
Lancaster
Viett
Terminal Company
Washington
Saffell
Ford
Graham
Wheaton
Porter Ward
Hunting Hill
Ward
Montgomery County
Convict McCusker Found Guilty of Second Degree Murder
In Washington County Maryland Claude McCusker was convicted of second degree murder for killing Justus Roman in the mountains near Hancock during a feud four years earlier. The jury reached its verdict after hours of deliberation and McCusker faces up to eighteen years in prison. His mother, present at the trial with his fiancée, fainted when the verdict was read.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ex Soldier Killed in Mine at Chaffee Maryland
Special to The Washington Fest reports Orley Conners 21, a discharged U.S. Army veteran who served in Texas during the Mexican trouble, was killed by a roof fall in a coal mine at Chaffee near Piedmont late yesterday after entering despite warnings. He leaves a bride of three months. The item also notes Virginia society weddings in Harrisonburg and other local nuptials including Miss Lena Effinger and A Harris Browning, with several other marriages listed in Fredericksburg, Gordonsville, Heathsville, and nearby areas on and around Nov. 28.
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Lancaster
Washington
Rockville
Cumberland
Orley Conners
United States
Texas
Chaffee
Piedmont
Conners
Harrisonburg
Lena M. Effinger
M. H Effinger
A. Harris Browning
Laramie
Wyo
Culpeper
J. R.ils
Yancey
Ricard Purcell, Jr
E. Purcell
Misa Katte Baugh
W. H. Baugh
Keezletown
Staunton
T. Crowe
Fredericksburg
C. C. Swift
Misa Lily Herndon
Fraser Herndon
Orange County
Baptist Parsonage
Madison Mills
Alexander Marmaduke
St. Marys County
Garnette KE. Puller
King George County
A. W. Graves
T. Parks
Spotsylvania County
Eliza Jenkins
Stafford County
W. H.urka
A.T. Lynn
Gordonsville
Christine Mundy
George Mundy
Barboursville
Kenneth Williams
J. H. Williams
Geer
Greene County
Williamsburg
Anita Hancock
Philp Hancock
Keswick
James Lynwood Bat
Fire destroys two Hagerstown homes in $19,000 loss
Cumberland Md Nov 28 Two houses owned by Mrs Michael Morgan were destroyed by fire early this morning, the loss totaling $19,000. Traffic on the main line of the Baltimore and Onlo Railroad Way was blocked for an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Cumberland
Michael Morgan
Baltimore and Onlo
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Cens
F Street
Stor
Sey Ea] Rae
Washington, D.C
Hop
Virginia
Newspape
Sarerive
Honor School
Creed Ful
J. Lancaster
Rockville, Md
Claude McCusker
Chaffee, Md
Hagerstown
18Th St
N. W
Kilbourne and
Kenyon
Conn
Randolph St. N. W
Bet
Kentucky Ave. S. E
Lincoln Park
A. C. Moses Co., Inc
New York Avenue
Lhe New ShLitt
Crystal
Rakemann
Crystal Room
G. F. Schutt
Bryant, Mesers
Shubert
Keyport
Bond
Colonial Wine CO
9Th and
D Sts
the Society Clothes Shop
Fashive
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