Martin and Swanson Rally Democrats in Virginia Tour
Senator Thomas S Martin and Congressman Claude A Swanson defended Democratic record on free schools and voter inclusion while rallying supporters in Spotsylvania and surrounding counties. Republicans countered with criticism as campaigns in Charlottesville Isle of Wight and Rocky Mount highlighted party contrasts.
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Swanson
Charlottesville
Albemarle
Francis Io Lassiter
Pererburg
Lassiter
Republican Party
Island
Judge Lewis
Ott Bet
Bs Record
Kirge Bufloelk
Lawrence Gromr
Kfolk
Isle of Wight
Republicam Party
Virginia
Democratic Party
Grover
Congress
Rocky Mount
S. H. Hoge
GL Gleaves
Sowder
Ceruldate
Commonwealth
Soawder
Demerats
Swansen
J D Eggleston
D. F. Pincd
Appomattox
Flood
Eggleston
Virginia Seventy-third Regiment Brings Brigadier General Claim
The Washington Post reports the formation of the Seventy-third Virginia Volunteers may entitle Col A M Higgins of Norfolk to the rank of brigadier general as the top officer in the state. The timing of any election remains unclear. Separately Abe Schull, a Main Street merchant, was indicted for possessing $600 worth of shoes stolen from Stephen Patne Company after being bound over in Poltes Court. A Mr Palmer of Henrico County attempted suicide by laudanum, drinking a pint of whisky found nearby. In Winchester, Carson Farmer from Fairfax County pleaded guilty to stealing a horse from George W Marple and was sentenced to three years in state prison.
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Washington
Richmond
Seventy-third Regiment
Virginia, Volunteers
Virginia
A. M. Higgins
Norfolk
Seventy-first Regiment
Washington Post
Abe Schull
Main Street
Poltes Court
Stephen Patne: Company
Hastings Court
Palmer
Henrico County
Washington Pont
Winchester
Col. Kellogg
Sheridan
Charles King
Ottawa
Caught With The Goods In Huntington Counterfeit Ring
George Olerstead was arrested in Huntington on October 2 with a large sum of counterfeit money on his person. He confessed locating the counterfeiters’ headquarters under the Ohio River bank below Central City. Metal molds and coin making gear were recovered. Olerstead’s confession named three others, now being sought. The gang operated mainly around Charleston and Huntington, with five members already sent to the penitentiary and four others arrested. They produced dollars halves and nickels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
George Olerstead
Olenstead
Ohio River
Central City
Charleston
Four Negroes Indicted for Murder in Suffolk Dance Tragedy
A Suffolk grand jury indicted John Henry Taylor George Coleman Thomas Bley and Max Pretlow for the murder of John Peter Urquhart a colored man. A negress testified she saw Urquhart strangled and the body hidden in a fence corner then thrown into Black Water River where it was found days later. The killing followed a dance and the four returned to the festivities afterward.
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Washington Post
Suffolk
Isle of Wight Court House
John Henry Taylor
George Coleman
Thomas Bley
Max Pretlow
John Peter Urquhart
Urquhart
Black Water River
Magistrate 10. Be Tried For Annulling Warrants
Special to The Washington Post Norfolk Virginia October 2 Justice John J Blick a police magistrate is to appear in Police Court to explain his role in a letter to Franke Singleton urging withdrawal of two warrants. The grand jury was shown the letter and a $5 receipt for withdrawing the warrants signed by Blick. A warrant was urged against Blick after the letter and receipt were submitted. Bel Singleton’s husband Frank was involved and Taige Hanckel ordered Keeling to swear out a warrant for Blick’s arrest.
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Sprotal
Washington Post
Norfolk
B. W. Jones
Seventy-First Regiment
Maude Cameron Robertson
Jones
Fast Council
John J. Blick
Franke Singleton
Blick
Singleton
Frank Singleton
Buck
J P Singleton
Sick
Frank Keeling
Justice Blick
Mr Keeling
Bel} Singleton
Y BP
Grand
Taige Hanckel
Mr. Keeling
Tie
Washington
Petersburg
Chas. Wells
Idnwiddie County
Wells
Dead man found in Chesapeake and Ohio Canal near Great Falls
Unknown colored man about fifty years old was found dead in the C and O Canal two miles below Great Falls after preaching from a canal boat earlier. A coroner's inquest ruled accidental drowning with no identification found in his clothing. he is believed to have come from Washington.
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Washington Post
Rockville
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Great Falls
Justice of the Peace
George R. Bell
Washington
Fredericksburg
Samuel J .Carneal
FOUND RIGHT PATH After a False Start
In 1890 I began to drink coffee healthy and enjoyed life. Over time heart palpitations nervous headaches kidney troubles and stomach derangement followed. I gave up coffee tried Postum Food Coffee and within ten days nerves steadied head cleared kidneys improved heart action better appetite returned and digestion normalized without drugs. Read The Road to Wellville in each package.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
S. S
S.S. S
Alexandria Daily News Notes and Local Notices
J. Stanley Neale, veteran Alexandria journalist, dies at 61 after long illness. Helen Vincent Wood marries R Maurice Wilkins in a quiet Columbus Street ceremony. Womans Foreign Missionary Society holds sessions. police investigate a shooting on Washington Street. Water Company buys North St Asaph lot. Gray Manufacturing to sell Quybon formula. Railway signals explode on King Street. gate removals at Cameron and Fayette. deaths, marriages, and local business notes fill the page.
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Mias
Helen Vincent Wood
R. Maurice Wilkins
Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society
Washington
Dunkway
J. Milton Hopkins
Bell
Day
Washington Street
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Baltimore
Methodist Episcopal Church South
A. W. Wilson
Melissa Hill
Tarrant
China
Alexandria Water Company
Citizens’ “National Bank
North St. Asaph Street
Bank
St. Asaph Street
Water Company
Gray Manufacture Company
Quybon
Quybon Medicine Manufacturing Company
Fireman a Deserter in Richmond
Special to The Washington Fest Richmond Va Oct 2 H B Grady ladderman of Truck Company No 1 sleeping at Broad arrest engine house recorded as a deserter missing two weeks believed to have gone to Chicago Special to The Washington roa Richmond Va Oct 2 The Right Rev A Van de Wyer bishop of Richmond arrived in the city from Europe Catholics of Richmond have prepared for several days for a reception to the beloved prelate to be given Thursday night
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Washington
Richmond
H. B. Grady
Broad Arrest
Chicago
A. van de Wyer
Europe
Washington Fort
Magnus L. Robinson
Industrial Advocate of
Alexandria
Atlanta
South
Hagerstown
Annie R Printz
Bronyman
Joseph YT. Campbell
Luray
W. E L. Lilley
Norfolk and Western
George B. Oswald
Division debate in Virginia Methodist Conference urged
Richmond Va Oct 2 The Virginia Conference of the Methodist Church is the subject of renewed division debate in Christian periodicals led by the Danville Methodist editor Rev J H Amiss The piece argues the conference spans 60 miles and covers the state’s far ends and is too large to transact business efficiently It suggests division would allow annual sessions in more towns and reduce preacher travel burdens.
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Washington
Richmond
Virginia Conference of Methodist Church
Danville
Rage Issue in Maryland and the Republican Race Truths
Secretary Bonaparte defends Maryland Republican actions amid a race prejudice campaign. He says false rumors about compulsory mixed schooling and widespread colored appointments were spread to scare voters. He notes he did not chair or influence the resolution and speaks for himself, not the convention.
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Baltimore
Bonaparte
Maryland
Lloyd Lowndes
Mazland
Frederick and Middletown Electric Railway Reorganized
Frederick Maryland October 2 The Frederick and Middletown Electric Railway passes under new control of promoters of the Baltimore and Frederick trolley line. Officers elected President James HE Ingram Jr Vice President J Roger Mcbherry Secretary Hmary bL Coblentz Treasurer Thomas H Haller Directors Frank H Galloway James E Ingram sr George William Smith John C Motter Robert P Graham Superintendent Charles Oursler formerly with United Railway of Baltimore installed to run the road.
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Frederick
Frederick and Middletown
Baltimore and Frederick
James HE. Ingram, Jr
J Roger McBherry
Hmary Bl. Coblentz
Thomas H. Haller
Frank H. Galloway
James E Ingram, Sr
George William Smith
John C. Motter
Robert P. Graham
Charles Oursler
United Railway of Baltimore
Cure by Cuticura Remedies Promised Fast Relief
An eczema sufferer describes severe rashes covering head to foot, hair loss, and bleeding sores. After trying doctors with no help, Cuticura Ointment provided relief, soothing bleeding, stopping oozing, aiding healing, and restoring sleep. Letter from Mrs Wim Hunt Newark NJ asks others to write for proof of cure.
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Wim
Hunt
Thomas St
Newark
N. J
Sir Maladire
Grand Jury Charged in Prince George Gambling Cases
Upper Marlboro Oct 2 The fall term of the Circuit Court for Prince George County convened with Judges Brisco and Merrick. The crowded courtroom drew Washington sporting gentry as several gambling and mayoralty related cases will be heard. Henry Armstrong presides as grand jury foreman among a list of 20 jurors. Brisco urged the panel to present if warranted. Court hours are 10 to 3 with 50 witnesses summoned and 19 prisoners in jail on various charges.
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Prince George County
Washington
Upper Marlboro
Circuit Court
John P. Brisco
George C. Merrick
Henry Armstrong
Mellwood
Henry B. Orme
Richard H. Hall
Robert M. Thompson
Rice H. Hope
Albert F. Jenkins
Samuel Demarco
Fred A. Connick
James W. Rowles
George A. Rist
Edmund B. Carr
James F. Walters
Hamilton Hall
William H. Hillary
John Vermillion
William J. Hatterly
Henry E. Sheriff
William D. Barry
Thomas Soper
Benjamin F. Dixon
Simon
Adams
Charles A. Ryan
Joseph C.trueman
Brisco
Attempted death by own action woman stopped by officer at Fairmont
Mrs Mary Simmons attempted suicide at Fairmont West Virginia by firing a revolver toward her breast. An officer arriving near the Monongahela River wrested the weapon from her and she was locked up for examination after the first bullet missed.
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Fairmont
Washington Post
W. Va
Mary Simmons
Monongahela River
Multiple Virginia Obituaries Highlight Regional Losses
Obituary notices from Roanoke and nearby Virginia towns report the deaths of Mary J. Overstreet aged seventy four in Roanoke, Rev. William Whitmer near Calverton, Mrs. W. B. King in Orange County, Ada Leatherman in Winchester, Mrs Panle Rodgers in Stanleyton, Bird Br Mausey in Staunton, and A Bodmer in Leesburg. Ages range from nineteen to eighty one, with survivors including spouses, children, and siblings.
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Roanoke
Mary J. Overstreet
Mm. R. P. Page
Bedford County
Fredericksburg
William Whitmer
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Calverton
Fauquier County
Frederickaborg
Mra
W. B. King
Orange County
Winchewtar
Mim Ada Leatherman
R. B. Leatherman
Gho
Episcopal Female Institute
Larey
Paanle Rodgers
Geud
Stanleyton
Bis
Staunton
Bird
Mausey
Thomas Mausey
Momie
A. Roller
Erima D. Roller
Leesburg
A. Bodmer
George Bodmer
Aldle
Loddoun County
Plessant Valley
Raturday
Mins
Hutchinson
Champ
Firvie
Madison County Hangs Man for Assault After Postponed Execution
Peter Smith of Madison County was hanged in the prison yard after a long stay of execution orders. He was condemned for criminal assault on sixteen year old Eva Suttles. He declared his innocence to about 1,200 spectators as the first Madison County hanging in thirty years.
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Marshall, N
Baltimore mother charged with murder of daughter
Mrs. Mary C. Baum, an elderly Baltimore woman, was arraigned in Criminal Court before Judge Phelps on charges of murdering her daughter Mary Catherine Raum. She pleaded not guilty. A July 22 death in her home prompted a grand jury indictment after a witness reported Baum with a revolver at the bed foot and shouting a question as the body was found. Penrose and Stanton represent Mrs. Raum.
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Baltimore
Washington Post
Mary C. Baum
Phelps
Mary Catherine Raum
Jones
Frank Grown
Intoxicated Man Stabs In Lynchburg Saloon Incident
John Johnson from Campbell, drunk in a Lynchburg saloon quarrel, stabbed a colored man named Bill Smith in the mouth and throat, then attacked a woman on Twelfth street, knocking her down and stabbing her throat. He waved a knife, was arrested by police, with two liquor bottles found on him.
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Lynchburg
Washington Post
John Johnson
Campbell
Bill Smith
Twelfth Street
Johnson
Norfolk Man Charged With Forgery In Certified Check Case
In Norfolk Virginia on October 2 a chancery suit by D. P. Blount led to an indictment charging Co W Teabault with forgery. Blount alleges the defendant erased Judge W N Portlock from a $1000 certified check and inserted his own name. Teabault to be arraigned for trial Thursday this week. the two were former business partners.
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Norfolk
Washington Post
Chancery Court
Co. W. Teabault
D. P. ‘Blount
Blount
Teabault
Mr. Tenbault
Replacing Negro Labor on Tidewater Road
In Suffolk Virginia on October 2 1930 Tidewater Railway contractors are replacing Black workers with Italian German and Irish laborers. About 100 arrived Sunday and today with 800 more expected this week. One contractor said many Black workers would quit after earning a few dollars and not return until spent. The project has a time limit and unreliability of Black labor has become a handicap.
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Tidewater Road
Washington Post
Suffolk
Tidewater Railway
Grant strikers terms checked at two hour’s halt
Norfolk dispatch reports longshoremen at Merchants and Miners Transportation Company docks returned to work after a two hour stoppage. Of 160 men involved, 110 have resumed duties, with others expected to report within a day or two.
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Spectal
Washington Post
Norfolk
Merchants and Miners' Transportation Company
Virginia Weddings Report From Frederickaburg and Petersburg
In Frederickaburg October 8 O W Vetter wed Miss Barbara Nalln daughter of Mr and Mrs A B Nalin of Prince William County at the bride’s home with Rev C Y Hildebrand officiating In Petersburg October 2 James Pettit and Miss Kitty Byger left for Washington DC where they were married today The bride is the widow of Mrs J R Dean of Petersburg The groom is a clerical worker at the Virginia National Bank Petersburg
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Alexandria
William D. Wood
Columbus Street
Helen Vincent Wood
R. Maurice Wilkins
William J. Morton
Christ Episcopal Church
Florence R. Eichberg
0. F. Carter
Ll. M. Steiner
Blanche M. Putman
Frederickaburg
O. W. Vetter
Barbara Nalln
A. B. Nalin
Princs William County
Her. C. Y. Hildebrand oMfolating
Petersburg
Jamen Pettit
Kitty Bydger
Thin City
Washington, D. C
J. R. Dean
Virginia National Bank
Petaraburs
Indicted for Assault in Henrico County Trial Set
Henrico County grand jury indicts W. W. Patterson for alleged assault on Miss Cora Crittenden three years ago. Patterson, bailed at 1500 dollars, faces trial on the 30th after the witness testimony. Also reported runaway accident injuring William Benson near Seneca with multiple injuries. Virginia Christian Missionary Society holds its thirtieth annual state convention in Norfolk with addresses by Rev. Adkins and Rev. Atkinagon. Judge Ewell recommends Miss Jennie Ball as sponsor and Miss Laura Chilton as maid of honor for Confederate Veterans event in Petersburg. Joseph Williams in Rockville accused of jumping his board bill. Aaron Hewitt filed warrant for arrest.
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Henrico County
Washington Post
Richmond
W. W. Patterson
Cora Crittenden
David Crittenden
Crittenden
Patterson
Washington
Rockville
William Benson
Seneca
Senéca
Ruse
Norfolk
Virginia Christian Missionary Society
Disciples’ Church
H. P. Adkins
Society
Rita Atkinagon
Newport News
Fredericksburg
Ewell
Jennie Ball
Northumberland County
Laura J. Chilton
Lancaster County
Petersburg
Joseph Williams
Aaron Hewitt
Willams
Horse and buggy collision injures S. M. Stump
A horse and buggy driven by R. B. Connors of 1706 Twenty third street northwest ran away after being frightened by a passing auto at Sixth Street and Avenue northwest. The runaway collided with a carriage owned by S. M. Stump of 416 N street northwest, throwing Mr. Stump to the ground.
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Sixth Street
R. 8. Connors
Twenty-third Street
S. M. Stump
N Street
Mr. Stump
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Pittsylvania County
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