Richards Seen Fleeing Probe Ties Footprints to Richards Home
Damaging testimony in the James Richards murder trial links footprints found near the crime scene to Richards. Prosecution details footprints leading from the scene to his home and back, including claims he slept in straw stacks and begged food from neighbors amid the investigation.
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Washington Post
James Richards
Maurice Francis
Richards
Munager
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Shaw Talks to University of Virginia Students in Charlottesville
Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M Shaw spoke to a large audience at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville delivering a nonpartisan address on success and opportunity. He urged preparedness as the key to progress and warned that failure stems from not taking advantage of opportunities. An evening political address at the opera house followed, with Charles Lee Moore in attendance.
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Charlottesville
Secretary of the Treasury
Leslie M Shaw
Washington
University of Virginia
Opera House
Charles Lee Moore
United States
Western District
Virgini
NAMES FULL TICKET Specialte The Washington Post
The Republicans of Prince George County opened their meeting in Upper Marlboro Md naming a full ticket headed by state senator Francis Carmody for Mant district and delegates Oliver Metzerott and Ernest Fingang Brardywine. Other picks include Sheriff James Sweeney and multiple county and road district commissioners with Edward Latimar as surveyor.
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Upper Marlboro
Prince George County
John T Fisher
Mollwood
Horace Crogier
Handy Attacks Rayner at Hagerstown Campaign Meet
Ex congressman Irving Mandy of Delaware and Al Goldsborough of Maryland addressed a Washington County mass meeting at Hose Opera House. Handy attacked Senator Raster and noted the grandfather clause would disfranchise about 210000 of Maryland’s 300000 white voters. Bonaparte to Speak at Rising Sun. Secretary Bonaparte heads to Maryland for a Rising Sun talk as Gov Dawson welcomes Presbyterians in Charleston. Ethel Ruth Thompson named SOV sponsor and Miss Adz Harrison Garrett maid of honor at Petersburg Confederate reunion. Brakeman F L Slater killed in Roanoke Yard wreck as two freight trains collided last night.
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Washington Post
Washington County
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al Goldsborough Paltmore
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Hayner
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Peoples’ National
Hank
E Lee Trinkle
Wytheville, Va
Sons of Veterans
Adz Harrison Garrett
Alexander
Petersburg
Obituary notices from Virginia dated Oct
Richmond and surrounding towns report multiple deaths. John Mallory of W O R Mallory & Son leaf tobacco dealers dies at home. he leaves wife and three children. William Musselman of Falmouth dies of consumption age 24, survived by several siblings. E A Porter of West Haven Conn aged 35, Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen member, dies of typhoid pneumonia at Martha Jefferson Sanitarium, widow and two children remain. John Ray, 63, prominent Winchester businessman and former city council member, dies suddenly of heart paralysis. he served in the war, owned farms, directed Union Bank, and served on school board and in Stonewall Brigade.
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John Mallory
W Or, Mallory & Son Leaf Tobacco
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Fredericksburg
William Musselman
Falmouth
Charlottescile
E A Porter
West Haven
Conn
Brotherhood of Raliwey Trathmen
Martha Jefferson Sanitarium
Winchester
John Ray
Ray
Shepherdstown
W Va
Coverel Farms
Wee
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Second
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Stonewall
Young Wife Deserted by Telegraph Operator in Cincinnati
A Cincinnati dispatch reports J K Williamson a Western Union operator deserted his eighteen year old Virginia bride after six weeks of marriage. He resigned and left a letter for his wife directing her to return to her Virginia parents. Her relatives and his are prominent in Virginia. She says she wed in a schoolgirl elopement and is left penniless.
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Cincinnati
J. K. Williamson
Western Union Telegraph Company
Williamson
Mra Williamson
Willameon
Simpers Hanged at Elkton for Murder Insistence Proclaimed
John M. Simpers was hanged in Elkton Me on October 2 for the murder of Albert Constable a Cecil County lawyer. He protested his innocence to the end and smiled as the drop released the rope. The condemned man refused to make a detailed statement and claimed he did not commit the crime.
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Mkton
John M. Simpers
Albert Constable
George C. Biddle
J. Wesley McAllister
Simpers
Mr. Conatable
Rophery
Char
Royal Flush Ends Life of Stock Dealer in Poker Game
Hauntington W V Oct 20 Special to The Washington Post Col William Simms a noted stock dealer collapsed and died at the Little Queen Club during a draw poker game with friends A large stake was on the table when he died and a royal flush lay in his clenched hand ace king queen jack and ten of diamonds Doctors ruled death due to overexcitement with Simms having held the winning hand at the moment of collapse
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Hauntington
W. Va
Col
William Simms
Little Queen Club
Col. Simms
Cruelty in Almshouse Rocks Yadkin County Court
Special to The Washington Post from Winston Salem N C Oct 20 M H Bryant superintendent of the county home was arrested and bonded for trial on charges of cruel treatment of inmates The State board of charities sparked the case alleging he whipped an old woman and had her committed to a madhouse Another charge claims illegitimate births occurred at the home during his administration.
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N. C
Yadkin County
M. H. Bryant
Soldier Hammer
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State Board of Charities
Special Train Wreck Near Portsmouth Station Injures Several
A special charter carrying Suffolk society attendees to a Norfolk horse show collided head on with a shifting engine one mile from Portsmouth station. Nearly twenty people, including several ladies, were injured as both locomotives wrecked. John A. Gaum suffered internal injuries and head and leg harm. William M. Atkinson sustained neck and internal injuries. The crash was caused by a misreading of orders.
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Portsmouth
John A. Gaum
William M Atkinson
Heatherbloom Sets World High Jump Mark at Norfolk Show
Heatherbloom with Dick Donnelly aboard broke the world high jump record at the Norfolk horse show, leaping 7 feet 10 inches on the first attempt. C. W. Watson of Baltimore claimed two ribbons and a championship, with top placements across multiple divisions including horses in harness and saddle champions.
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Dick Donnelly
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C. W. Watson
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David Dunlop
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Buckeye
J F. Carlisle
Nancy Lee
Jack Frost
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Westchester Farm
Howard Willets
Remove
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Court Refused Divorce Over Dowie Belief in Baltimore
Baltimore October 20 Judge Dennis dismissed August Lemmert's suit for absolute divorce from Barbara M Lemmert citing a separation agreement as a bar. Lemmert alleges John Alexander Dowie caused his marital troubles and may appeal to the Court of Appeals through his lawyer Forbes after the ruling.
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Baltimore
Washington Man Jumps at Winchester Glass Bottles
Charles Cooper of Washington DC, employed at a Winchester galoon, leaped into a pile of bottles in an apparent hallucination. An artery in his neck was severed and he suffered deep head and face wounds. A physician swiftly sutured the injuries, and Cooper remained in critical condition.
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Washington
Winchester
Washington Post
Charles Cooper
Auto kills woman in Paris crash injures two titled women
An automobile driven by Lieut Royon struck a woman near Annecy today, killing her and ejecting the occupants. Baroness de Portel and Countess de Bonnemain were seriously injured in the crash reported from Paris dated October 20.
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Paris
Lieut Royon
Annecy
I Dine with My Mother by Decourcelle in English
Public notices praise Evelyn Clark Morgan for translating the one act play I Dine with My Mother from Pierre-Henri Adrien Decourcelle. Critics in Washington New Orleans and The Delineator commend the charming, lightly dramatic piece suitable for reading or amateur production. Neale Publishing Co. lists handsome editions in New York and Washington addresses.
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Evelyn Clark Morgan
Philadelphia
Pierre-Henri- Adrien Decourcelle
Mra. Morgan
Washington Post
New Orleans
New Officers Elected at Virginia Missionary Convention
Virginia convention of Women's Foreign Missionary Societies of the Methodist Church adjourned after electing officers. President Mrs W Ivey Lynchburg and district secretaries across Richmond Charlottesville Danville Norfolk and other districts. Also plans to seek $20000 state appropriation for feeble minded children noted.
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Washington Post
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Women's Foreign Missionary Societies
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Mra
W. Ivey
Richard Bagby
Petersburg
A W Nowlin
Leo Britt
Buffolk
Bircknouse
Norfolk
Richmond
C H Hosker
West Richmond
A L. West
Charlottesville
NM. B Carter
Eastern Story
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Fannie Robinson
Danville
R W Peatross
R Ho Sharp
King’s Daughters
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Lula McPhail
Hattie Johnson
Virginia Weddings Highlight Early 1900s Local Bonds
Virginia society notes several weddings in Orange and nearby counties. Roland Clarke wed Mise Waugh in Frederickeburg with Rev. Bledsoe officiating. Lewis Paulett married Mise Janie Jones Wed at the bride’s father’s home with Rev. Homer Welch presiding. and Herry Mahon wed Mise Hoeay at Stephen City with Rev. W R Berry.
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Roland M. Clarke
Mise Lurie Waugh
Orange County
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That County
W. J. Bledpoe
Mise Blanche Gardner
Frederickeburg
Lewis Paulett
Farmville
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T. T Janes
Morrisville
Homer Welch
Mies Grace Jones
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Archie Wade
Winchester
Herry Mahon
Capon Bridge
W. Ve
Migg Hoeay
Robert Hosey
Sigunion
Winchester Fair Ends With Baby Show Highlight
The thirty sixth Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Association fair closed in Winchester Virginia with a large finish crowd. The day’s feature was the baby show awarding prizes for fattest and prettiest infants. Pickpockets operated on the grounds, and a wheel of fortune loss of 250 dollars was reported to police. The fair’s attendance set a yearly high. Race results included Trotting class purses of 125 dollars with horses Miss White Frank and Washington and Dandy Rickard. novelty races won by Nancy Ordway. Little Fleet in the Frenk Jackson event. and other show divisions won by BI Capitane and Perfection in various classes.
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Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Associaton
Wheel of Fortune
Miss White
Frank
Washington
Dandy Rickard
H. Hodgaon
Frederick Couney
Wnevelty Raes
Nancy Ordway
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Lindsey
Clarke County
Huntera
Murder at Omega Farm Leaves Survivor Recalling Tragedy
Mrs Mar tin Ingerick, sole survivor of the Omega farm attack, was told of the deaths of her daughter Alice and the Olney brothers two weeks after the crime. She remains unable to recall any details of the murder. Charles M Rogers remains at large, having vanished the day after the tragedy.
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Murdered and robbed near Salisbury with unknown assailants
A man identified as J. C. Baird of Pittsburg Pennsylvania was found beaten to death by the roadside near Salisbury North Carolina. A coroner's jury ruled death caused by unknown party action. The victim, about forty, showed pockets rifled of valuables and a bloodied club nearby. No clew to the killer.
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J. C. Baird
Pittsburg
Plot in Perkins case bogged by threats from women
Richmond Va Oct 20 no arrests yet in alleged poisoning of two Perkins children. Mrs Perkins received anonymous letters and a postal card claiming help to find the woman who poisoned the children. The girl's body was exhumed and the stomach and liver removed for coroner Taylor.
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Race clash at Annapolis pits St Johns students against residents
In Annapolis Maryland on October 2 a race clash erupted as St Johns College students battled with local Black residents. Faculty forbids trespassing while students try to bar the negroes from college grounds. Eugene Magruder, son of ex Judge Magruder, was badly cut in the face and three teeth knocked out when a brick was thrown by a Black man who was arrested.
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St. John's College
Eugene Magruder
Daniel R. Magruder
Missing husband case tied to Stonewall cousin reward
Los Angeles report notes Mrs Hey France wife of a former Pacific Electric motorman offers 2000 for information to locate her missing husband France who disappeared last August after taking 2000 from home His claim of first cousin relation to Gen Stonewall Jackson accompanies the tale Mrs France recently inherited 4000 in cash and property from an Alabama uncle is mentioned in the city notices.
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Three men fined and jailed for false primary return
In Wilmington on October 20, Albert F. Matlack James M Watson and John M Donohue faced trial in General Sessions Court for making a false return of the regular Republican primary election to Sheilpot district in 1904. Matlack and Watson were convicted and Donohue acquitted. The two convicted men received a $600 fine and one year in prison.
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Growler trade crackdown sparks capital wide debate
District authorities Brewers and the Anti Saloon League unite to curb cheap beer and tighten growler sales amid rising disorder. Officials cite river of cheap beer fueling noise and arrests. brewers back modest limits, while advocates urge licensing restrictions to end undercutting and public nuisance. Passaic bank closes on state examiner order.
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Lujanovits Liabilities Estimated at 125000
The examiner stated that Lujanovits' liabilities were about 125000 dollars, and that he could pay between 70 cents and 8 cents per dollar of the amount. This suggests a possible settlement range based on the debtor's ability to meet obligations.
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Prince and Princess of Wales Sail for India from Genoa
The Prince and Princess of Wales arrived in Genoa today and boarded the British battleship Renown for a six months tour in India. They sent telegrams to King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena praising friendship between Britain and Italy while the princess noted the queen’s illness. A prince and princess are to sail on the Renown tomorrow morning.
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Mad King Ludwig Jewelry Sells at London Auction
A London auction of the Mad King Ludwig collection realized 3705 dollars. The sale included a bracelet in memory of Wagner featuring four miniature scenes from Ludwig's favorite opera set in sapphires and brilliants. A neck set, brooch, and bracelet were valued in gold for 000.
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