Veterans at bivouac Rice-Neff camp reunion
Woodstock Va August 31 Old soldiers gather for the seventh annual Rice-Neff Camp Confederate Veterans reunion near New Market. Veterans including George W Koontz John L Schaeffer and Dr W C Cine are named as speakers and participants with reports of battle service from Price's Battery and Rosser's Brigade.
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Imite Confederate Veterans
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Lee
Woodstock
Ition No. 4
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Rice-Neff
Reunion of Confederate veterans grows each year in grove
Seven years after Rice-Neffimp organized reunion the grove event draws veterans and families with many camping on grounds all night. Special railroad arrangements planned to handle crowds as attendance nears seventy, with veterans swapping war stories and meeting comrades.
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Army Officer Sued for Absolute Divorce in Virginia Case
Newport News Virginia August 31 The September term of the Circuit Court in Elizabeth City County will be marked by a wave of divorces Judge W G Blackstone is to hear twelve absolute divorce petitions The most notable is Grace K Payne suing Capt Brooke Payne a tutor at Fort Monroe For his part Payne will contest the decree A unusual court week in the region as high profile divorce action sweeps the docket Potentially landmark case unfolds with capt Brooke Payne the target of the petition
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Washington Post
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Elizabeth City
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Alexandria News
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House of Delegates
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Corporation Court
Mosby Survivors Meet at Fredericksburg Reunion
The twelfth annual reunion of Col. John Mosby’s Confederate scouts was held in Fredericksburg with about 360 claiming allegiance, 75 attending. Officers were elected at a secret session, a luncheon served by local ladies, and speeches followed. Richmond will host next, and a monument at Marshall is planned for $8,000 with a granite base and bronze statue.
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Workington Post
Fredericksburg
John Mosby
Mr Bryan
John Foster
J. O. Mason
Edward Thompson
F. H. Rahm
H. 3. Ashby
John Castleman
Opera House
Mesdames W. 8
White
W. H Richards
J. G King
D. C. Bowman
R. Lee Stoffregen
Maurice Hirsh
Josephine Wallace
W. E. Bradley
H. J. Smaith
Wiliam
Brannan
C. C. Rowlett
J. B. Mickien
B. B. Montgomery
Henry Dannehl
George R. Richerson
Nannie Barney
J. T. Godrick
E. D Cole
Mosby
John T. Godrick
Representative Lamb
Virginia
J. Horace Lacy
J. W. Foster
Gen
Stith Boiling
Petersburg
Joseph Bryan
Richmond
Marshall
Reunion at Dry Run and Virginia Confederate reunion
Reports from August 31 describe a large Confederate veterans reunion at Dry Run near Burlington West Virginia with about two thousand attendees and several deaths in the past year. Addresses were delivered by Col S Monroe Rev A D Washburn JM Pownall Col Robert White and Rev Mr Joyce. The gathering traces its roots to a first meeting in 1883.
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Dry Run
Burlington
S. Monroe
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JM Pownall
Robert White
Wheeling
Mr Joyce
Elopement and two Virginia weddings reported
William Humphries and Helen Poindexter of Louisa County eloped to Gordonsville and wed in a stormy era twenty years old. Rush Walker Chamblin of Bloomfield, Loudoun County, married Maria Myrtle Monroe of Unison, Va., at the Unison Methodist Church and plans a brief bridal tour before making their home near Bloomfield.
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Louisa County
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J. O. Babcock
Leesburg
Methodist Episcopal Church
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Mr. Chamblin
Bloomfield
Railroad Wins Suit Over Southern Tracks In Alexandria
Judge Nicol in Alexandria rules Southern Railway may keep its Wolfe street tracks and engine facilities but that the complainant Mrs Catherine Makely may seek relief for excess or improper use. The case hinges on property damage and prescribes limits on maintenance, with negligence to be decided at a later trial. Alexandria News briefs note ferry improvements, school start, court terms and local incidents.
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King Street
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Southern Railway Company
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Catherine Makely
Wolfe Street
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Manassas
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Edmund Burke
Eriven
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Nave
Fajad
Wolte Street
Gottlob Appich
Tre Orange and Alexandria Railroad Company
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Isher
A. L Railway Co
Wife dies of pistol shot in Virginia tragedy near Buried
Emma Bond wife of Pleasant Bond wholesale grocer dies from a pistol shot fired near her heart this morning. Coroners verdict split between accident and self inflicted. She leaves two children, was 28, formerly Imma Nance of Bedford County, burial at Bedford. Other dispatches note regional deaths and a narrow horse attack on Gibson Baker of Shenandoah Valley National Bank.
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Bedford County
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Winchester
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Goodwin G. Baker
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Loudoun County
Baker
Wound causes paralysis in tobacco firm vice president
Danville Virginia born tobacco firm vice president 49 year old Mr Spencer was shot during a burglary at his brother’s house. He was treated at Danville General Hospital then moved to Baltimore where Dr Harvey Cushing operated. Paralysis followed the operation and his condition is described as extremely critical. The burglar remains at large.
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Martinsville
Mrs Mix's trained spider prints initials in web
In Cumberland Maryland at Wrights Crossing a large gray spider weaves a web while also acting as a printer artfully forming initials like H B D W on the strands. The spider is tame and its keeper Mrs Mix prevents any disturbance to the pet. Special to sue weemingis over Frederick Maryland.
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Washington Post
Cumberland
Joseph Mix
Wrights Crossing
Frostburg
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Mother Burned to Death in Salisbury Fire Explosion
Mrs Alfred Leonard aged twenty eight met a horrible death from burning at her home five miles east of Salisbury after four hours of intense suffering. The house and effects were destroyed by the flames started by an oil stove explosion. She poured oil to rekindle the fire and the can exploded enveloping her in flames. She was found unconscious in the yard and revived briefly but her pain was intense and she begged the physician to end her life. Her husband and four children survived.
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Washington
Blix
Varble to Stand Trial for Virginia Murder
Pearl Varble, who confessed to the January murder of Joseph Gentry in Gate City Va, faces delivery to Deputy Sheriff J D Broadwater of Scott County under a Richmond requisition. Varble, now jailed in Woodbury N J, fled after the crime and confessed to a New Jersey farmer.
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J. D. Broadwater
Scott County
Varble
Joseph Gentry
Gate City
Woodbury
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Fire destroys Marillo store in Chatham area
A fire swept through the store and stock of Charles W. Marillo of Sheva Pittsylvania County destroying merchandise. The blaze, suspected to be incendiary, occurred Wednesday night causing about $2,000 in losses with $760 covered by insurance.
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Chatham
Charles W. Marillo
Sheva
Pittsylvania County
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