Four Die At Sparrows Point Furnace Coolant Blast
Special to The Washington Post Baltimore Maryland reports four men killed instantly and several injured at Maryland Steel Company Sparrows Point when a tuyere cooler blew out during replacement of Tuyere No 7. Eight to ten carloads of coke heated to whiteness and a gas discharge engulfed workers. Dead include William Alexander Matt Trent Silas Street Benjamin Sooz. Injured named include Egbert Reds William Murphy George Werrington Johnson Andrew Ulty foreman James McNichols foreman Joseph Kelly Frederick Markel and Joseph Crowley. An inquest was held verdict an unavoidable accident.
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Baltimore
Maryland Steel Company
Sparrows Point
William Alexander
Mat Trent
Silas Street
Benjamin Sooz
Egbert
William Murphy
George Werrington Johnson
Andrew Ulty
James McNichols
James Johnnes
Josssh Kelly
Frederick Markel
Roward Crowley
Sparr Vows Point
Furnace C
Tuyere No. 7
Balam
Joseph Salt
Husband Has Protection in Maryland Marriage
Made M. Repp of Clear Spring and Charles Duval of Howard County were quietly wed at the Lutheran Parsonage in Clear Spring. The ceremony moved up a day due to threats by a jilted suitor. Constable Samuel Starlniper accompanied the groom for protection during the evening.
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Washington
Baxerstown
M. Repp
Clear Spring
Charles Duval
Howard County
G. A. Roy
Samuel Starlniper
B and C Machinists Agree on Apprentice Limit
Baltimore Md Oct 3 A conference between machinists committee and J E Muhffeld general superintendent motive power ends with an agreement to cut apprentice intake to not more than twenty five new apprentices in the coming year and to adjust the general schedule. the ratio will be about one apprentice to three machinists. The one year agreement becomes effective at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Baltimore and Tho Railroad
J. E. Muhffeld
Ram
Maryland Court of Appeals sessions in Annapolis
The Maryland Court of Appeals heard cases from Kent and Baltimore Counties with attorneys Hope H. Barrel James P. Gorter for Parsong et al and William H. Beck Richard D. Hynson for Urie. J L G Lee for Whiteford and John I Yellott for Yellott. A Virginia man receives sixteen years for murdering his son in a Suffolk circuit court. Mayor Douw presided when Officers Owings and Haon were tried for intoxication. Owings suspended ten days and Owings expelled after council meeting.
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Annapolis
Douw
Samuel F. Owings
KR G W Haon
Potles Forces
Oficer Wilson
Otheer Owings
Offerings Small at Tobacco Sale in Petersburg
Offerings of new crop tobacco from nearby counties opened at several Petersburg warehouses. Sales were light, likely due to bad weather, with prices ranging from 0.40 to 12.50 dollars per hundred pounds.
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Washington Foat
Petersburg
Maryland Weddings in Hagerstown and Boyds
In Hagerstown on Oct 2 Miss Caroline Neville and John Andrew Anderdoo both of Winchester wed at St Pauls Methodist Church with Rev Harbert Richardson presiding. In Boyds on Oct 3 Miss Mary Stones Gott, daughter of Mr and Mrs Gott of Poolesville, married Linwood Hayes of Barnesville at Mt Pateleh Church Washington Boy.
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Hagerstown
Caroline Neville
John Andrew Anderdoo
Winchester
St. Pauls
Harbert Richardson
Boyds
Mary Btoles Gott
B ON
Gott
Poolesville
Linwood Hayes
Barnesville
Med
Mt Pateleh’s
Washionton Boy
Thoman B. McQulgey
Miso Carsyo Gott
Leo Hayes
John Godline Dead In Maryland Obituary
John Godline aged twenty years died today at Western Maryland Hospital Cumberland. His home was Roanoke Virginia, and his father has come to claim the remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland Or
John Godline
Meryland
Roanoke Va
Asylum Grill Ends in Ongoing Investigation
Special to The Warnings reports a lengthy inquiry in Williamsburg involving Warren from the burg fire department and multiple disputed points about fire plug operation. Witnesses discuss smoking in the building, a mattress material, and concerns over the water system as investigators enter the thirty sixth day, with draft of final report expected next week and costs reaching about 2500 dollars daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EP. Warren
Burg Fire Department
Settle
Delegata Ould
Drewry
Petersburg Insane Asylum
Foster
Courthouse Burned in Wortworth Rockingham County North Carolina
Roldsville NC October 3 The Wortworth county courthouse was destroyed by fire last night at about 1 am in Withers and Co store. Citizens saved all records. Several stores including Withers and Co and law offices were destroyed with about 2000 dollars in losses. Insurance on the courthouse was
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roldsville
N. C
Wortworth
Rockingham County
Withers & Co
Negro in Her Mirror Trots Brutal Ring Theft
Miss Kidd, visiting a Tarboro merchant, was robbed of her diamond after a man demanded the ring from her in her room. He choked her until a crying child frightened him away. she fired at him from a pistol as he fled through a window. Bloodhounds and a posse failed to locate the attacker amid rain.
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Washington
Tarboro
N. C
Miss Kidd
Virginia Weddings in Oct Across Roanoke and Frederickburg
Multiple wedding notices dated Oct 2 3 in Virginia detail marriages in Roanoke Frederickaburg Suffolk and Winchester. Couples include Gresham and Miss Fannie Jones Chilton Meadors Saunders Jones Belter Terrill Lightfoot King Morrison Page Spangler and Har rison Urquhart. Receptions and wedding trips to Washington Baltimore New York noted.
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Frederickaburg
Gresham
Fannie Jones Chilton
Jm RA
Chilton
Lancaster County
Torday
Bathel Methodist Church
Roanoke
Ruth Saunders
Edward Findley Jones
Ciforen
Walter U Southern
W H. Milton
Washington
Baltimore
Mias Fandte
W. Belter
C. Belter
Busines
Edwin A .Terrill
Norfolk and Western
Second Presbyterian Church
Arthur Robotham
Bob Tord
Jackson Boulware
Sée Turner Lightfoot
J T Lightfoot
Madtoon County
Elim
Locust Dale
Madiaon County
J. Horace Laccy
Winchester
Bristol
Qet
Mia
Willam Clyde Reber
Edward W King
Cochran
John NF. King
East Tennessee
Goom
Wrederickaburg
Henry L Land
Suffolk
Miles
Elam
Madison County
John P. Lightfoot
Mixa Sus ‘Turner
T. Jackson Boulware
Frederickeburg
J. Horace Lacey
Nora ‘Willis
Fichmond
Brown Boulware
Trip North
Eliza Harrison Urquhart
Mra
M Urquhart
Frank Alto Holladay
St. Paul's Evan Welical Church
Joseph Bo Duna
Mary Louise Delk
Johnn Holladay
W.M Urquhart
Richmond
TR. Urquhart
Portsmoud
Claude Howell
Holly Ridge
N. C
J. B. Holladay
J Thornton Withers
Herbert Hi Holland
John P. Lee
JE. Rawlea
A HL Hargrove
Cobham
Grace Church
Frances Campbell Page
Mea Fredericx W Page
Hugh Brockdell Morrison
Edward Valentine Jonas
Evelyn Mabroy Paxs
George Miner Meredith
Hackley Morrison
Brn
Morrison
Det
Grace Evangelical Lutheran Chorewan
Mary Edlaubeth Bragonier
D H Bragonier
Arthur Cox Spangler
Zanec- File
Henry M White
James R Graham
Presbyterian Church
Helen Spangler
Gister
Ae Proam
Mabel Rusk
Zanesvill
Clarence M Bulley
Zanesville
Bentman
Mr. Spangler
New York
Zancavtla
Boats Tied Up as Merchants Struggle Over Wages
Baltimore reports twenty one vessels tied up as licensed officers press demands for higher pay. Love Point ferry service halted after captain refused to sail. Freight backlog grows with heavy fertilizer shipments and rotting tomatoes on wharves. Managers fail to meet union leaders. Thomson remains unreachable. Local Marine Engineers' Benevolent Association offers support, up to a sympathy strike.
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Baltimore
Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic
Maryland, Delaware and Virginia
Love Point
United States
Thomson
Grand Harbor Association
Chesapeake
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association
Travelers and Merchants’ Association
Thomson Haas
The
Marine Engineers’ Benevollent Association
Lcensed
Veteran in Potter's Field Dies of Thirst in Virginia
Howard Forrester a 72 year old Civil War veteran was found near his Hampton home dying of thirst with a water bucket nearby. He had been begging for water since last Wednesday and died after being moved to Dixie Hospital. Local authorities refused to take charge or allow interment in the National Cemetery, leaving the veteran buried in the potter's field.
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The
Washington Post
Newport News
Howard Forrester
Montag
Hampton
National Soldiers’ Home
Forrester
Dixie Hospital
Hama
National Cemetery
Potter's Held
Jewels Story Highlights Roanoke Robbery Case
Roanoke news reports Marshall Parker colored and his mulatto wife arrested after stealing jewels valued at 10000 from Mrs. Mary Tatem of Philadelphia. They waived requisition to leave Pulaski for Philadelphia. Police found diamonds on the woman during a fight with another Negro.
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Roanoke
Marshall Parker
Putuskd
Mary Tatem
Philadelphia
Pulaski
Parker
Tatem
Fulaski
Rowan County considers canal to drain Grants Creek
Salisbury N C October 3 Rowan County commissioners moved to dig a canal several miles below Salisbury and Spencer to drain Grants Creek a stagnant, sickening stream Doctors in the area condemn its condition. Cumberland Md October 8 Charles P Hall of Baltimore named auditor for Cumberland by Mayor King with council approval under recent legislative act.
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Salisbury
N.,c
Rowan County Commissioners
Salisbury and
Spencer
Grants Creek
Cumberland
Washington Port
Charles P. Hall
Baltimore
City of
King
Virginia Obituary Notices From Danville Area
Obituaries from Danville and nearby towns report deaths including Mrs Selle B Ward widow of John A Ward in Lynchburg with son Lynch Ward, Mrs Eliza T Hancock widow of W W Hancock in Caroline County, Robert Lee Gwine longtime Southern Railway worker aged 36, W R Linkens engine inspector found dead on a bluefield engine, William H Caywood of King George County interred after funeral, and other brief notices of deaths and interments across Frederickburg and nearby locales.
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Danville
Frederickeburg
Eliza T Hencock
W. W. Hancock
Caroling County
Danvine
Robert Lee Gwyne
Southern Railway
Brotherhood of Railway
Oder
Spencer
N.C
Bluegelg
W. Va
W. R. Linkens
Cosburn
Pepper
Willam H. Caywood
Ming George County
Weetloyton
Sburg
Ratilitte
Racliffe
King George County
Prt
Rapsanannoc
Waeri
Bishop Tucker Consecrated in Roanoke Episcopal Ceremony
Rev Beverly Dandridge Tucker was consecrated as bishop at St Pauls Episcopal Church Roanoke with about sixty bishops and clergy in attendance. Bishop Randolph of Southern Virginia presided. consecrators were Bishops Gibson and Peterkle, with Satterlee and Cheshire presenters. The sermon was by Bishop Peterkin. Tucker will share jurisdiction with Randolph, focusing western Virginia and Roanoke assignments.
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St. Pauls Episcopal Church
Neapon
Randolph
Virginia
Gibson
Peterkle
West Virginia
Satterlee
Washington
Cheshire
North Carolina
Dallas Tucker
Bedford City
Luke M . White
Pulaski
Barr
Norfolk
C. Be, Woodson
Psterkin
Roanoke
Attack on Husband's Slayer Ends in Tragedy Near Raleigh
A quarrel over obedience led Charles Layton to strike Andrew Mooneyham with a shovel, crushing his skull. Mooneyham's wife rushed in and was struck, left in serious condition. Layton is jailed awaiting murder trial, both men about forty five.
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Raleigh, N
Nct
Charles Layton
Andrew Mooneyham
Layton
Mooneyham
Moonsyham
Thornton Sells Estate Near Port Conway in Virginia
Special to The Washington Pest Fredericksburg Virginia reports that T Thornton of King George County sold his estate Hella Grove near Port Conway on the Rappahannock River with crops to J T Jack of Los Angeles California for 22000 dollars cash. Jack had previously purchased Wel singham adjoining farm, creating a 1400 acre estate.
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Washington
Fredericksburg
T. Thornton
King George County
Hella Grove
Port Conway
Rappahannock River
J. T. Jack
Los Angeles
Cal
Jack
Welsingham
First peanuts arrive raised in Prince George County
Petersburg Virginia October 3 The first shipment of this year s span high peanuts was received today and sold at one dollar per bushel The nuts were dry in excellent condition for shelling They were raised in Prince George County near Petersburg It is estimated that 73 percent of the crop will be raised in Virginia s southern counties
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Prince George County
Washington Post
Petersburg
Virginie
Death of H. J. Jerome Dhad at Fort McHenry
Harry Jerome, general manager of the Union Steamship Company and Eastern agent for Union, died at Fort McHenry Army Hospital in Baltimore after convulsions. He was 29. His father, James Jerome, a retired capitalist, lives in New York.
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Baltimore
Harry J. Jerome
Union B Steamship Company
San Francisco
Union OU Company
Army Hospital
Fort McHenry
Je Toms
Fort Avenue
Jerome
James Jerome
New York
Mi Ona stomach tablets touted as health revival in Washington
An article promotes Mi Ona tablets as a health revival in Washington. It claims the remedy cures indigestion stomach weakness and related ailments. Advertisers offer a three box package for 50 cents with a money back guarantee and sample purchases encouraged.
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Washington
Burglary Conviction Highlighted in City Court Session
The Alexandria Corporation Court and grand jury, led by foreman Lawrence Stabler, returned true bills against Temple Houser, William J. Cheakalos, John Ennis, and Jack Smith for burglary, with Ennis pleading guilty to a two year penitentiary sentence. Bail and fines were addressed for related cases as well as administrative actions and a large flower carnival netting about 7,084 dollars.
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Washington Fost Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
Corporation Court
L. C. Barley
Laurence Stabler
Temple Houser
William J. Cheakalos
John Ennis
Jack Smith
Waverly Lucan
Ennis
Hugh L. Strider
Pollca
Robert H. Knight
Knight
Aml Strider
Bowers
Jury gets Fischer's case in West Virginia trial
Parkersburg West Virginia October three after a two week legal battle J H Fischer faced charges of embezzling funds as treasurer of the defunct Homestead Building and Loan Association The jury was out two hours then sent for by Judge Showalter amid expectations of a possible disagreement in a case that drew wide local attention due to many investors losing savings when the association closed.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
J. H. Fischer
Homestead Building and Loan Association
Fudge C. M
Virginia
Albert Morgan Dead in Pensacola Storm Sailor Baseball Linked Death
Richmond dispatch reports Albert Morgan former Virginia and Eastern league baseball player died in Pensacola Florida during a deadly storm. Police notified his mother Mrs Elizabeth Morgan of the loss this afternoon. A friend informed Chief Warner by letter as inquiries for Morgan’s relatives continued.
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Richmond
Albert Morgan
Virginia
Elizabeth Morgan
Albert Morgen
Pensacola
Fla
Florida
Morgen
Warner
Morgan
Assailant Sentenced in Culpeper Court
George Griffin, a mulatto, was sentenced to fifteen years in the penitentiary for attempted assault on a young white county girl. The trial in Culpeper Circuit Court lasted two days. Griffin has been held in Alexandria jail for safety and guarded by the Culpeper Minutemen under Captain LE Slaughter. The jury deliberated for only a few minutes.
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Waptlington Post
Culpeper
George Griffin
Griffin
Alexandria
LE. Slaughter
Revenue Collector Duncan Freed in Contempt Case
Raleigh October 3 The contempt of court case against Revenue Collector Duncan was dismissed at New Bern by Judge Shaw who ruled the evidence immaterial and ordered his release. District Attorney Harry Skinner came to adjust the matter but his aid proved unnecessary.
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Raleigh
N. C
U. 3
Inter
Duncan
Newbern
N.C
Shaw
Tistrict
Harry Skinner
Mish Esther Lewis Weds in Winchester Church Ceremony
Mish Esther Lewis daughter of the late Col Daingerfield Lewis wed Dr Alexander Wiley Moore in Christ Protestant Episcopal Church Winchester. Rev Parker Phillips and Rev Willian Smith officiated with sisters Carter Penn and Margaret Byrd Lewis as maids of honor and Dr Baxter Moore as best man. The reception followed at the home of Nancy Lee Coble. Moore will reside in New York.
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Washington Post
Winchester
Mike Bather Lewis
Daingerfield Lewis
Audley
Clarke County
Gen
Washington
Nellie Park Cus
Christ Protestant Episcopal Church
Alexander Wiley Moore
New York City
Parker Philipps
Alexandria
Willian D. Smith
Christ Church
Society of
Baltimore
New York
Carter, Penn
Margaret Byrd Lewis
Baxter Moore
Charlotte
M. D
Mia
Nancy Lee Coble
Dry
Mira
Moore
Wets Win Suffolk Local Option Vote By Eleven Votes
Suffolk voters chose the wets over the drys by eleven in the October local option election totaling 704 ballots. Debates, preachers at polling sites, and exhortations from wets headquarters influenced some votes as the tally showed 440 wets to 429 drys with 35 blanks. A possible contest looms amid charges of campaigning and irregularities.
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Suffolk
Primaters
Women Stone Nonunion Linemen in Wichita Fight
Eleven wives of striking linemen attacked nonunion workers with clubs and stones in Wichita as company officials fled. L. F. Duggan, district manager, was struck several times. one worker was knocked down. The women pursued the men to the stockade before retreating once the workers hid behind locked doors at the Missouri and Kansas Telephone Company office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kans
Oct
Missouri and Kansas Telephone Company
Fied
L. F. Duggan
Telephone Company
Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges Promise Fresh Breath
An old style advertisement touts Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges as a quick remedy for bad breath and indigestion. It claims charcoal absorbs gases, purifies the stomach, and freshens breath, urging readers to request a free sample by mailing their name and address to Stuart Co. Marshall, Mich.
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Stuart
Beelden
Tegan
F. A. Snare Co
Marshall, Ich
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