Dick Dickey and Attacks at Frostburg Campaign Meeting
Republican State senate nominee David E. Dick faced heckling at a Frostburg mass meeting attended by about 1,500 voters. Police arrested several disruptors as Wardson and Wellington faction tensions flared, with fears of a planned knife attack and strong union opposition affecting the ticket. Dick urged labor cooperation while Wellington associates opposed him.
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Voters Hear Shaw and Candidates In Loud Campaign
Fredericksburg Virginia October 24 The political campaign this year is lively. Secretary of the Treasury Shaw will speak Monday night and Senator John W Daniel will address voters the night before the election. Democratic candidates include Judge F W Sims for State Senate and J R Swift for House of Delegates who toured Stafford and Spottsylvania counties. R C L Moncure and F W Payne campaign actively for the House seat. A. Bryan Republican faces 72 BE Duval Democrat for clerk in Stafford County.
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Montague Urges VA Voters to Stand by Party
Gov Montague in Louisa last night urged voters to back the party in the upcoming election. He said he was neither a sulker nor a kicker and asked the people to follow his example. He noted this could be his last chance to address Virginians in a political campaign.
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Danville Theater Fire Destroys Academy of Music
Destructive early morning blaze in Danville Virginia destroys the Academy of Music with no entertainment present. Fire department saves adjacent property. insurance coverage estimated at about ten thousand dollars.
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Academy of Music
Killed by a Street Car in Winston-Salem
Monroe Shipley a 37 year old Blacksmith was fatally struck by a city street car last night as he walked on the tracks. The motorman braked but Shipley was killed instantly. he left a widow and several children. The coroner's jury ruled accidental run over.
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Wounding in Huntington fight leaves one dying
William Lemley of Central City is dying in City Hospital after a morning fight with three men. Lon Frampton, a pilot on the steam ferryboat City of Huntington, was critically stabbed. The other two men fled the scene. cause of the trouble remains unknown.
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Market Street Church Dedicates Fifty Years in Winchester
Winchester Va Oct 28 The Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church marks its semi centennial with a week long celebration led by Rev C T Weer pastor. The Baltimore conference Virginia church is the largest in Winchester and hosts large crowds for opening sermons by Rev Dr Harry S France and Rev Dr G T Wilerman with an elaborate musical program.
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Western District Baptist Ministers Meet Opens in Upper Seneca Church
Rockville Md Oct 29 The fourth session of the Western District Baptist Ministers Association of Maryland opened at Upper Seneca Baptist Church and will run two days. Devotional exercises were led by Rev J G Slughes and Rev KR Weaver preached a sermon. Lectures on The Scriptures and The Way of Salvation followed by a paper on Maryland Baptists. Delegates represent Western Maryland Montgomery County and most Baltimore City churches.
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Charmain Store at Charmain Station Burns Down
The Charmain Station store and dwelling of Clarence Martin burned to the ground early yesterday. Furniture and merchandise were lost, about $10.00 in damage, with Mrs. Martin and two children and Martin’s sister barely escaping. Fire started from an overheated stove-pipe. post office and railroad ticket office were in the building. loss partly covered by insurance.
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Tug Britannia Attacked. Damages Sought in Dredging Case
Norfolk Va Oct 29 United States marshal attached the ocean going tug Britannia in a libel suit for 22000 filed by Standard Dredging Company of Delaware. The suit seeks damages for the loss of two scows during a storm last August when the Britannias hawser parted and the barges wrecked off Currituck on the Carolina coast. The Britannia will give the band tomorrow and sail for Portland Me with the leaking schooner Jennie Potter in tow.
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Boy Fell From Train in Cumberland Fatally Injured
Alvey Turner eight, son of J C Turner a Prohibitionist candidate for the house of delegates, fell fifteen feet from a Baltimore and Ohio train at the viaduct in Cumberland. He landed on his head and has been unconscious since from concussion of the brain. Cadet James Derickson of Maryland Agricultural College was rushed to George Washington Hospital fearing appendicitis after a special car was chartered to take him to Washington. He is son of Dr J Derickson of Berlin Maryland.
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Maryland Agricultural College
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Washington
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George M Dobyns Confederate veteran dies at 71
Roanoke Oct 299 Without warning George M Dobyns a well known citizen and gallant Confederate veteran died of heart failure at his home last night He was seventy one years old and leaves a widow He was a native of Floyd County and had been in the harness business here a number of years
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Knife for Red Tape Wallace Sparks Government Reform
Wallace criticizes department red tape slowing supplies at the Isthmian Canal project prompting investigators to seek businesslike reforms. Taft tours the Isthmus. Keen urges uniform methods and reducing duplications, with commission recommendations aimed at executive action to streamline government processes.
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Oyster Bill Indorsed by Pomona Grange No 7
Hyattsville Oct 29 Pomona Grange No 7 unites Prince George Montgomery and Howard counties to back the Oyster bill. Members pledge effort in support and a committee will push measures in the legislature including abolishing the grand jury system regulating witness attendance and expanding magistrate and state attorney powers.
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Virginia School System Defended Against Republican Attacks
Richmond editor defends Democratic Virginia school policy post Civil War, noting equal facilities for colored and white children, praising W H Ruffner as first superintendent, then claims Republicans replaced him with a partisan, endorses use of black trustees in Richmond, and cautions against attacking Democrats over education policy.
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TOGO PRAISES NAVAL DEAD AT AOYAMA CEMETERY
Tokyo October 2 The Shinto rites for naval dead were held at Aoyama Cemetery. Admiral Togo spoke of their noble deeds and sacrifices in war thanking them for victory over a powerful foe. He showed emotion while delivering the address as thousands of sailors marched with music to the cemetery and Naval Club.
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Monarchist debate on constitution stirs Norway officials
The Storthing debated a constitution with leaders arguing over a plebiscite while Norway, already a constitutional monarchy, would need generations to build republican institutions. C. Hauge, former secretary of legation, slated for ministerial post abroad as Loerland and Arctander weigh policy and resignations. The foreign office advances a stronger consular service.
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Rouvier cabinet secure amid church separation debate
Paris reports the reopening of parliament signals the renewal of the fight for church and state separation. The Senate plans to take up the bill with a favorable committee report 10 to 2 and a minority warning of social upset, debates start November 11, with elections January 7 and Rouvier likely to keep a strong majority while considering relinquishing the foreign affairs post to focus on finance.
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CANNOT SAVE CRUISER
Ferrol Spain Oct 26 Naval authorities say the armored cruiser Cardinal Cisneros sank after striking an uncharted rock near Muros. The ship went down in under forty minutes with 540 aboard, eight boats launched, survivors rescued by a trawler and fishing smacks in eighty feet of water.
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Treaty with San Marino Represented Here
Rome reports American Ambassador Henry White has sent an extradition treaty with San Marino to Washington for Senate approval. If approved San Marino will open a consulate general in Washington. San Marino, the world’s smallest republic, spans 23 square miles.
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Desertion Debate Shapes Army Policy and Public Sentiment
Major-General F. C. Ainsworth argues deserters do not lose caste and can find sympathizers, urging a shift in public view to treat desertion as a crime. He details army strength, losses, and flags returned to states, recommending Union flags to the U.S. Military Academy and Confederate flags to memorial groups in the South.
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Navy Yard expands with new land strip and docks
The Washington Navy Yard has acquired a substantial strip of land along its northern border. Work to remove the old wall and construct a new one will begin soon, enclosing the tract. Plans include several new buildings, docks, and a brick stone guard house with a telephone station, already about half completed.
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Virginia Official Trial Set For November 21 and 22
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co recommends to the Navy Department that the battleship Virginia undergo her official government trial on November 21 and 22. The first day covers screws standardization, the second a four hour sea run under forced draught. Cmdr. W. G. Melvin leads the voyage with a crew of shipyard mechanics aboard.
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