Veterans at bivouac Rice-Neff camp reunion
Woodstock Va August 31 the seventh annual Rice-Neff Camp Confederate Veterans reunion will be held tomorrow on the grounds north of New Market Road. Prominent veterans including George W Koontz John L Schaeffer W C Cine Harvey lemming Abram Zirkle and Iliam H Ollinger will address attendees and join in campfire festivities.
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Spetta
Washington Post
Imite Confederate Veterans
New Mar- Peted
Nymm
Christopher Shirler
New
George W. Koontz
Woddeteck
Price
McIntosh
Artiery
Carricks Ford
Cheat River
W. Va
Appomattox
Lee
Woodstock
Ition No. 4
Harvey Lemming
Rice-Neff
Reunion brings veterans to grove for seventh gathering
Before the reunion seven years ago an inaugural Teumion was held in the grove with small attendance. Each year the turnout grew until last year about 70 people including veterans, wives, and children attended. Special railroad arrangements were made to handle the crowds as many Confederates and AAGHIVE members gathered and shared war stories overnight.
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ING
Rai Road
Aaghive
Army Officer Sued for Absolute Divorce in Virginia
Newport News Virginia August 31 twelve absolute divorce petitions were expected at the September term of circuit court in Elizabeth City County Judge W G Blackstone to hear the cases. The leading case involves Mrs Grace K Payne suing Capt Brooke Payne tutor at Fort Monroe Artillery School for an absolute divorce Capt Payne to oppose the decree.
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Brooke Payne
Washington Post
Newport News
Elizabeth City
W. G. Blackstone
Grace K. Payne
Fort Monroe
Payne
Mosby Survivors Meet at Fredericksburg Reunion
The twelfth annual gathering of Col John Mosbys Confederate scouts drew about 360 claimants of the band with fewer than 75 present including Col Mosby who was absent. Officials elected at a secret session included John Foster as commander and J O Mason as first lieutenant commander. a luncheon followed, with speakers Judge John T Godrick Representative Lamb Maj J Horace Lacy Capt J W Foster Gen Stith Boiling and Joseph Bryan among the participants. Richmond was chosen as next meeting site and a monument to Col John St Mosby was planned at Marshall with an 8000 construction cost and a granite base eight feet high topped by a 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 near Burlington Confederate gathering
The ex Confederate Association held a reunion at Dry Run near Burlington,WV Aug 81 drawing about two thousand veterans from Mineral and Tucker counties. Three members died in the past year. Speakers included Col S Monroe Chaplain A D Washburn JM Pownall Col Robert White and Rev Mr Joyce. The first meeting of the organization was Sept 5 1883.
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Washington
W. Va
Dry Run
Burlington
S. Monroe
A.D. Wash-burn
JM Pownall
Robert White
Wheeling
Mr Joyce
Elopement and two Virginia wedding announcements
Fredericksburg date notes William Humphries and Miss Helen Poindexter of Louisa County eloped to Gordonsville and wed in a stormy affair led by Rev. J. O. Babcock. In Leesburg Rush Walker Chambrin and Maria Myrtle Monroe wed at Unison Methodist Church and plan a short bridal tour before settling near Bloomfield.
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Fredericksburg
Jne
William Humphries
Helen Poindexter
Louisa County
Gordonsville
J. O. Babcock
Leesburg
Methodist Episcopal Church
J. L. Kibler
Mr. Chamblin
Bloomfield
Railroad Wins Suit Over Southern Right to Tracks
Virginia judge sides with Mrs Catherine Makely as the Southern Railway is allowed to continue operating tracks and related facilities on Wolfe Street Alexandria, while complainants may seek relief for excess or negligent use. The decision notes estoppel against the complainant, with further trials on negligence to follow. Alexandria News in Brief reports local transit and civic updates, including dock and pier work, school year begins, and a neighborhood car collision court action.
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Ashington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
C Carlin
Southern Railway Company
C. E. Nicol
Catherine Makely
Wolfe Street
Wiedl
Nicol
Chambers
Manassas
Carlin and Tunstall
Makely
F. L. Smith
Edmund Burke
Eriven
Anaiher
Nave
Fajad
Wolte Street
Gottlob Appich
Tre Orange and Alexandria Railroad Company
T.hat
Isher
A. L Railway Co
Alexandria News
Mugat
Union
Alexandria Fertilizer and Chemical Company
Union Street
St. Mary's Academy
St Mary's Academy
Notre Dame
Indiana
Alexandria County
Washington
James R. Caton
House of Delegates
Caton
Corporation Court
Wife dies of pistol shot in Virginia tragedy
Mrs Emma Bond wife of Pleasant Bond a wholesale grocer died from a pistol shot fired near her heart this morning in Radford Virginia coroner’s jury suggests death by self inflicted act or accident the couple’s life described as happy she left two children and was formerly Miss Imma Nance of Bedford County aged twenty eight. Also brief local notices report several deaths and an accident involving Gibson Baker in Loudoun County near Shenandoah Valley National Bank.
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Mast Radford
Emma Bond
Pleasant Bond
Bond
Imma Nance
Bedford County
Bedford
Cumberland
Winchester
Catherine Rogers
Vancluse
This County
Warners Ferry
W. Va
Abner Crowel
Adoun County
Norfolk
Crowel
Loudoun
Richmond
Libbey Prison
Wasiaugivu Soo
Gibson Baker
Goodwin G. Baker
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Loudoun County
Baker
Washington Post
N. C
A. Hinson
B. W. Floyd
Rebeckah Jackson
South Carolina
Emme Gellers
North Carolina
Dunn
Whiteville
Misa Jackson
Dillon
Hinson
Ployd
Miss Sellers
Wound in Danville Man Paralyzed in Baltimore
Danville Virginia tobacco firm vice president 49 year old Mr Spencer was shot by an intruder at his brother’s house in Martinsville and transported to Baltimore for surgery. Dr Harvey Cushing performed operations but paralysis followed the procedure and the patient remains in critical condition with burglar still at large.
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Danville
Baltinere Hospital
Baltace
Ave
Ville
Bulle
Cat da Martinavilis
Walle
Spencer
Mr. Spencer
Danville General Hospital
Baltimore
Harvey Cushing
D. H. Spencer & Sons, Tobacco Manufacturers
Martinsville
Mrs Miks Trained Spider Prints Initials in Web
A Cumberland Maryland yard hosts a gray spotted spider that spins a large web and also prints letters on the web at night. The pet is tame and its owner Mrs Mix keeps it safe from harm. Special to the Frederick Gazette. A separate report from Frederick notes a baby carnival at the city hospital fairgrounds benefiting the children's free beds, with over 300 babies and around 4,000 attendees.
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Washington Post
Cumberland
Deetz Rhind
Wiliam H. C. Rhind
Baltimore and Ohio
Western Maryland Hospital
Nho
Joseph Mix
Wrights Crossing
Frostburg
H. B
D. W
Mrs
Sue Weemingis
Frederick, Md
Frederick City Hospital
Fair Grounds
Woman dies in home fire after oil stove blast
Mrs Alfred Leonard twenty eight dies after an oil can explosion flames engulf her as she tries to rekindle the kitchen stove. The house and contents are destroyed. neighbors save only outbuildings. Leonard and four children and her husband survive the blaze.
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Speulat
Washington
Blix
Varble to Stand Trial in Virginia Murder Case
Pearl Varble, who confessed to the January murder of Joseph Gentry at Gate City, Va., is to be delivered to Deputy Sheriff J. D. Broadwater of Scott County after a Richmond requisition. Varble, now jailed in Woodbury, N J, fled the scene following his confession to a New Jersey farmer.
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Virginia
Bristol
Richmond
New Jersey
Pearl Varble
J. D. Broadwater
Scott County
Varble
Joseph Gentry
Gate City
Woodbury
N. 3
Store and stock burned in Chatham Va fire
In Chatham Virginia on a Wednesday night the store and stock of merchandise belonging to Charles W. Marillo of Sheva Pittsylvania County were burned. The fire is believed to have been incendiary in origin with an estimated loss of 2000 dollars and 760 dollars covered by insurance.
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Washington Post
Chatham
Charles W. Marillo
Sheva
Pittsylvania County
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