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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1921
Page
5
A Washington clerk named Col Bill handles five letters from women seeking a husband under 35. Each plea describes loneliness and a wish for a man with a stable home and good character. The spree ends with a mysterious male applicant not responding since Saturday.
Plans at the University of Virginia call for unveiling the George Rogers Clark Statue in November. The bronze group by sculptor Robert Aitken of New York honors Clark’s Northwest Territory exploration, funded by Paul Goodloe McIntire and placed near West Main Street. Archibald Henderson of the University of North Carolina was the principal speaker.
Republican candidate Henry W Anderson met Democratic nominee Senator Trinkle in an onstage discussion on the race issue. He claimed Trinkle dragged the topic into the campaign and said he authorized mandamus actions to purge about 32 polling places of Negro election judges. He complained about failed efforts to remove the seated Negroes at Charlottesville and said they were reappointed for the fall. An audience of around 990 white attendees, many women, heard the speech.
Richmond Va Oct 25 no investigation is expected to be made by the circuit court of Orange county as a result of the killing Saturday afternoon of Sheriff W C Bond and J F Boyer town sergeant of Orange who were slain by Walter Ware alleged bootlegger who after being trapped in a barn killed himself with a shotgun according to information from Orange today.
The thirty-first annual UCV reunion began in Chattanooga Tennessee with Gov Alf A Taylor and Senator James B Frazier delivering keynote remarks. Taylor praised national unity after the Spanish American War and led a fiddle number as Johnny Bass played piano. The program included poetry readings and speeches urging disarmament and unity with references to Lee Foch and the World War record.
Frank Durst 26 longtime cashier of the First National Bank Grantsville was found dead by hanging in a stable behind his home. He had tied his hands behind him and reportedly acted oddly the day before. Durst served in France during the war and is survived by his wife parents two brothers and two sisters. A coroner’s inquest was deemed unnecessary.
Richmond reports the Hadley murder trial records an alleged confession by Dr Wilmer Amos Hadley. The body of Mrs Sue Kathleen Tinsley Hadley was found in the James River December 30, 1918 with wire around the corpse. A coroner testifies death as drowning and letters reference the case.
Alexandria common council debates holding a joint session with the board of aldermen to elect four city school board members and two fire chiefs, vacancies since September. Aldermen again decline. resignations and budget items are discussed amid routine committee referrals. Albert Lee dies. city events include sign changes and civic meetings.
William Gower, a 62 year old county commissioner nominee, died suddenly on a street in Hagerstown from heart disease. He ran grain elevators at Williamsport and Smel Mans and served as a director of Second National Bankerstown. his son Michael F Gower is mayor of Williamsport.
Gov Albert C Ritchie and Democrat William S Gordy campaigned in Montgomery County with large audiences at Rockville Bethesda and Silver Spring. Rockville saw a substantial turnout while Bethesda and Silver Spring also drew significant crowds chaired by Blair Lee at Rockville and Emory H Bagley and Herbert Cissel at the other two venues.
An unidentified Black man was shot dead by a Baltimore officer in Pumphrey after police surrounded a shack where armed suspects barricaded themselves amid unrest following an alleged attack on a 12 year old girl. Police and county authorities sought to quell the scene and protect Mr and Mrs McClure.
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