Alexandria News in Brief on Dogs, Schools and Local Events
26 owners cited in Alexandria for unlicensed dogs. Twelve appear in police court to pay taxes and fines. unlicensed dogs may be destroyed. Also reports on school expansion, thrift banks in schools, YMCA dressmaking class, and the funeral of G Raymond Acton. Fusible local items include Liberty-era civic updates and Camp Humphreys personnel news.
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Mary D. Pierce
Alexandria
Banke
Committee On
Caméron Street
Lee School
West Street
King
Cameron
Alexandria Kiwanis Club
Mary D Pierce
W H. Sweeney
J. Randall Caton
H Noel Garner
Ladies’ Auxiliary
YMCA
Chamber of Commerce
Grace Bernard
School of Domestic Science and Art of
Washington
Jail s zealous day off officer in prohibition case
Petersburg Virginia October 13 D L McCollim a six month police officer was arraigned in police court on a prohibition violation charge. He was arrested at the fair grounds by a fellow officer who found a pint of liquor in his possession. Justice Clements sentenced him to sixty days in jail and a $100 fine. McCollim had recently been active in clamping down on bootleggers.
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Washington Post
Petersburg
D. L. McCellim
Fair Grounds
Clements
McCollim
Trio Escapes Doomed Blimp Wreck in Hampton
A pony blimp from Lengley field wrecked in Hampton Roads due to engine trouble was towed back to the field as a total loss. Maj Fisher and two enlisted men jumped before landing. Fisher sustained three broken ribs while the others were uninjured.
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Hampton
Lengley Field
Hampton Roads
Fisher
Frosts Damage Maryland Truck Losses Hit Western Maryland
Frosts across western Maryland damaged crops including lettuce beans tomatoes and late sweet corn. Truckers reported heavy losses of produce and totes in the impacted region around Hagerstown on October 13.
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Hagerstown
Maé
Maryland
Baltimore Executive Found Dead at Belvedere Hotel
Harry C. Hassett, president of the Harry C. Hassett Company in Toledo, was found dead in his hotel bathroom with a revolver in each hand. He left notes including let the Elks take care of me and I am as crazy as a bedbug. A detective found him after receiving a telegram from Frank H. Lutz about his intent to end his life.
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Baltimore
Harry c. Hassett
Harry C. Hassett Company
Toledo, Ohio
Belvedere Hotel
The
Elks
Hassett
Frank H. Lutz
Hassett Company
Virginia Illiteracy Tallied in 1920 Census
The 1920 census reports 195159 illiterates aged ten and over in Virginia with 122322 Black residents unable to write and rural areas showing higher rates. Native whites and mixed origins total 70081 and 394 foreign or mixed birth categories. City literacy varies with Lynchburg 73 and Roanoke 4%.
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Virginia
Buchanan County
Arlington County
Lynchburg
Newport Newa
Norfolk
Petersburg
Portsmouth
Richmond
Roanoke
Quarry Blast Kills Two In West Virginia
Two men died in a quarry explosion near Romney West Virginia yesterday. Frank Davis 21 of Augusta West Virginia and John Streets 45 colored of Romney were killed. Foreman Carter Inskeep and Clark Hopp were seriously injured and Inskeep taken to Allegany hospital. The blasts were to be set off by electricity. one exploded and a second failed to fire prompting workers to return for an arrangement when the fatal blast occurred.
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Washington Post
Cumberland
Frank Davis
Augusta
W Va
John Streets
Romney
W. Va
Carter Inskeep
Foreman
Clark Hopp
Allegany Hospital
Republicans Attack Montgomery County Platform At Convention
Montgomery county Republicans adopted a platform at Seco hall Rockville motioned by a committee of candidates and party officers. It denounces Democratic control cites waste tax increases and poor road maintenance while calling for contracting public work and improved schools and roads. Speakers included Edward L Stock State Senator Willis B Burdette Mortimer Stabler Wellington Boyer and others.
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Montgomery County
Seco Hall
Rockville
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Willis B. Burdette
Paul Sleman
State Central Committee
Edward L. Stock
Willis B. Barrette
Mortimer O. Stabler
J Wellington Boyer
Walter P. Plumsley
Harry L. Wierd
J. William Garrett
Alfred
Warthen
Surprises in Hagerstown Fair Races Captivate Crowd
Thirty thousand attended the Hagerstown Interstate fair where Legal Bey led the 2:16 trot to a major front run. Multiple harness and running events offered purses up to 409, with winners including Zombro Jr, Idol Bergen, and Pomerene. A large poultry exhibitor banquet followed, with toastmaster George H. Howard and speeches by several officials.
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Washington Post
Hagerstown
Legal Bey
Judge Moore
A. W. Kline
Wor Howard
M. B. Schuyler
Lingie W
Harry McHenry
Moore
W. P. Dickerson
William McHenry
Howard
WW. P. Dickerson
Billy Patch
Brancher
Linden C
t—Zombro, Jr
Idol Bergen
J. H. Moore
Crystal Evelyn
William Philburn
Legal Boy
Crystal Onward
J. J. Ryan
Peter Prodigal
Birard
M. R. Schuyler
J. D. Moore
Zombro Jo
Pomerene
Ryan
Lenora P
Movie
Tuscarora
Madeira
Bay Leaf
Ares
Sweep Up
Sughes
Regular
Hames
Hohokusa
Primitive
James
Hughes
Sabretash
Scotch
Kiss
Walcott
Boston
Versailles
No Trump
Pagebook
Lodge
Hindu Maid
Trapnell
Dune
Norman
Helen F
Merry Widow
Skip
J. D. Baker
Mutt
Jeff
Cushwa
C. B. Cushwa
Shine
the Fair Association
George H. Howard
Washington
Herry
Baker
Harry Lamon
Washington, D. C
Charles Nixon
Washington, N J
Anne Ritchie
Altoona
John Brumbaugh
Reading
William G. Minnick
S W Kline
Allentown
John Kriner
Stettleraville
TT W. Delaney
York
Bail pleas filed in Boone Leogan county disturbances case
Eighteen defendants indicted in the Boone Leogan county disturbances seek bail in Logan circuit court. Proceedings, plus 13 others, were continued to the January term as the prosecution opposes bond. Witness M D Shirley estimated 3000 to 5000 marchers crossed toward Mingo, with Logan and Spruce Fork ridge sites noted for security by citizens, deputies, and state troopers.
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Prosegutor
Logan
W. Va
Boone-Leogan
M D Shirley
Greenview
Mingo
Mingo County
Spruce Fork Ridge
Petersburg Day At Fair Draws Thousands Of Women
Petersburg Virginia October 13 crowds across Petersburg fair for Petersburg day with 200 purse races led by None Such Bill Simmons Uncle Band All There and Ann Excellence in feature races while Rep C Bascom Slemp and Col Henry W Anderson attend. Danville day reports show wireless concert and tobacco ribbons favor Roxboro exhibitors.
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Washington Post
Petersburg
Naina
C. Bascom Slemp
Henry W. Anderson
Dr. Ridgely
Lady Freeman
Bill Simmons
Wanseake
Tosca
Uncle Band
Trapping
Sir Adsum
Trofer
Ann Excellence
Jack Hanover
Nibs
Danville
Merchants Building
Pittsburgh
Roxboro
Negro autoist shoots girl and flees in car
Special to The Washington Post Baltimore October 13 a 21 year old Bloomfield New Jersey woman Martha Lyons was shot in the head by a colored man who offered a ride then drove off into the woods near Rogers station Baltimore county She was taken to Maryland General Hospital where doctors described multiple wounds and expect her to recover while police investigate the attack.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Martha Lyons
Bloomfield
N. J
Rogers Station
Baltimore County
Miss Lyons
Maryland General Hospital
Wilhiam B Dorsey
Rosewood Training School
William Coleman
German mark hits record low in foreign exchange
New York report notes the German mark fell to 70 percent of its value in a daily exchange. The decline follows a prior low of 78 cents and brief rally above 82 cents, driven by worsening political tensions over the Upper Silesian dispute affecting British and French remittances.
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New York
Germany
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