Maryland Agricultural Showcase Scenes at State Palace
Readable captions describe two barns illustrating Western and Southern Maryland crops with a splendid corn exhibit and a tobacco display. The central space features Central Maryland products, a plaster dairy display with a springhouse, nest, churn, and milk equipment, highlighting Maryland dairy and crop exhibits.
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Western
Maryland
Frederick County
Maryland Dairyman
Western Brothers
Fourth District Primary Sees Little Voter Interest
Two candidates, Leonidas Yarrell and R. G. Southall, face off in Virginia's Fourth District primary with scant district turnout expected. Yarrell claims Petersburg and seven counties, while both candidates have canvassed thoroughly and debated, and local officials set Petersburg primary election standards.
Obituary notices from Virginia towns report several deaths
Richmond reports Robert B Maxwell aged ninety in Tazewell County and the oldest man there. Fredericksburg notes August Kurtz died at his Stafford County home. Richmont records James W Waymak s dying at seventy two and a Confederate veteran noted. The city mourns Reu Jen Snereitte, who died in Washington and was interred in Lorene Cemetery. Leerburg lists Daisy Ellmore, twenty two, daughter of John Ellmore, dead after typhoid fever. Thanville notes Nellie, wife of Col George G Cabell, died after ten days illness.
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Richmond
Robert B. Maxwell
Tazewell
Fredericksburg
August Kurtz
Jacob Kurtz
Stafford County
Richmont
James W. Way
Hoe
Prince George
Roanoke Red Sulphur Springs
Murdered on trolley car sparks mob threats in Huntington
Samison Damron, Eastern Kentucky liquor dealer, was shot and killed on a Kenova trolley car by Charles Smith. Smith fled toward Huntington, where police moved him as Catlettsburg residents threatened a lynching mob. Damron, 50, was active in Democratic politics and wealthy.
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Washington Post
Huntington
W. Va
Samison Damron
Kentucky
Catlettsburg
Charles Smith
Kenova
Big Sandy River Bedee
West Virginia
Smith
Damron
Big Handy
Mitch
Ceredo
Damion
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Fatally Cut Himself and Theater Circuit Reorganized
Special to The Washington Post Richmond Virginia September reports a 72 year old Chesterfield County man C E Walthall self harmed with a knife during a rupture saying he could not ax the thing and cut the whole business to pieces He is hospitalized likely to die Leath circuit theaters in Richmond Norfolk Newport News Petersburg Lynchburg Roanoke and Charlotte NC will be under Jake Wells management with T G Leath retiring as president The Leath Theatrical Company is the new organization Also noted were Society notes from Lynchburg Miss Catherine Willard Warner of Wheatland Loudoun County named sponsor for Eighth district Miss Elizabeth W Conrad Winchester sponsor and Miss Marian Potter Baltimore maid of honor for the Seventh district Grand Camp Sons of Veterans meets Sept 14 15 16 in Lynchburg In Charlottesville William P Michie and Mrs Agatha Maud Rode married at Westminster Presbyterian Church The Wise family Miss Jane C Powell daughter of William N Wise married Dr William Dunn Powell in Harrodsburg Kentucky Attended by Miss Helen Vandevanter Wise
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Richmond
C. E. Walthall
Chesterfield County
Walthall
Leath Circuit
T. G. Leath
Jake Wells
Leath
Norfolk
Newport News
Petersburg
Lynchburg
Roanoke
Charlotte
N. C
Leath Theatrical Company
Catherine Willard Warner
Wheatland
Loudoun County
Elizabeth W. Conrad
Winchester
Marian Potter
Baltimore
Sons of Veterans
William P. Michie
Charlottesville
Agatha Maud Rode
Campbell County
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Fleming
Leesburg
Jane C. Powell
William N. Wise
William Dunn Powell
Harrodsburg, Ky
Helen Vandevanter Wise
Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
George L. Simpson
F. J. Paff
Price
Simpson
Finance Committee of Council
Justice Beach
Justice Caton
Fairfax & Co
Kidwell
Randolph Davis
C. C. Carlin
Alexandria Light Infantry
Thomas B. Cochran
Frank N. Slaymaker
Charles Pierpont
Southern Railway
Seventieth Virginia Regiment
Manassas
South Henry Street
Christ Church
W. J. Morton
St. Paul's Church
Thomas Duncan
Presbyterian
J. HE. Brown
Fairfax County
Southern Railway Company
Old Fair Grounds
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Alhambras
Washington
Hayden
Ansley
Dean Davis
Myra Davis
J. W. Davis
New Brighton
Samuel Leck
Cora Crawley
the Baptist Church
J. A. Wray
Louis C. Barley
Blue Ridge Summit
Walter G. Rodgers
H. EB. Demarest
Mamie B. Agnew
Henry F. Robertson
Powell Couple to Reside in Kentucky After West Tour
Dr J W Lupton pastor of the Presbyterian Church officiates as the Powells conclude a West tour and plan to reside in Harrodsburg Kentucky with Mrs Powell joining after travel, detailing a relocation to a southern state.
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J. W. Lupton
The
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Port Norfolk Post Office Robbery Suspect Charged
John McBride a Baltimore machinist was brought before U S Commissioner Bartlett Roper Jr on a warrant accusing him of breaking into the Port Norfolk post office on June 16. The raid allegedly netted stamps worth 100 dollars jewelry 200 dollars and cash 225 dollars. McBride pleaded not guilty and was sent for trial in Richmond next October. Two others linked to the crime remain jailed in Norfolk.
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Petersburg
John McBride
Baltimore
United States
Bartlett Roper, Jr
Port Norfolk
McBride
F. A. Barcly
W. ©. Brinkley
Suffolk
Ragland
Magee
United States District Court
Richmond
Norfolk
Washington Negro Released After Refusing Jim Crow Car
Whitam H Hart a negro lawyer from Washington was taken off a train at Elkton on August 31 for refusing to ride in the Jim Crow car. He was held on $200 bail for the September term but has now been released and returned home. Hart's friends posted security through a local attorney. He said he would walk to Washington rather than ride in the Jim Crow car. The Washington Post notes Gov Montamic refused to commute the sentence of James Caul, colored, condemned to hang in Nelson County on September 16 for the murder of Sally Thompson.
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Elkton
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H. H. Hart
Biddle
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Jim Craw
Washington Post
Richmond
Montamic
James Caul
Nelson County
Sally Thompson
Swamp Root Praise Letter From Melrose Reader
A reader from Melrose Massachusetts writes that after suffering kidney trouble since army days Swamp-Root Dr Kilmer's remedy brought full recovery. The letter claims a doctor confirmed the current water sample is normal and urges others to try Swamp-Root with sample bottles and store purchases noted.
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Cottage St
Melrose
Mass
Sam
C. Richardson
Light Infantry Joins Seventieth Virginia Regiment at Manassas
Alexandria brief notes: Fairfax liquor case retrial ends with dismissal after new evidence. Local militia unit departs to join maneuvers near Manassas. church services canceled or altered. blue laws rumored in Fairfax County enforcement. Local society updates include marriages, visits, and residents attending army maneuvers.
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Light Infantry
Seventieth Virginia Regiment
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Fairfax
Family tragedy as stepfather kills stepson in North Carolina
In Lagrange North Carolina on September 3 William Exum shot and killed his step-son Guy Walstin at their home near Institute on John H Daw son farm. After a quarrel Exum retrieved a pistol from a bureau drawer and shot Walstin in the head blowing out his brains. Exum is at large. he and Walstin's mother married about last Christmas.
Mass meeting reorganizes Democrats in Fredericksburg turmoil
Fredericksburg Virginia Sept 3 large Democratic mass meeting at the courthouse resolved to reorganize the party with United States Senatorial competition between United States Senator Martin and Gov A J Montague. Martin faction held the majority as M W Wallace named temporary chairman and W Smith elected chairman with G R Swift chosen secretary. The city executive committee was listed, largely favoring Senator Martin, and will elect the city chairman. In Salisbury North Carolina on Sept 3 burglars attempted robbery of L L Crawford’s home. Crawford fired at one intruder wounding him, the suspect escaped. Governor Aycock in Raleigh accepted Judge George H Brown Jr’s resignation appointing George W Ward to the vacancy and H T Ward as solicitor. In Fairmont, Robert Kep ler arrested on charge of attempted criminal assault on the eleven year old daughter of B W Giles and held on bond.
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Fredericksburg
United States
Martin
A. J. Montague
Friends
Jf M. Larkin
E. A. Brulle
James B. Colbert
Maurice Hirsh
Er. Bode
Ek. D. Cole
G. R. Swift
H. W. Wallace
Henry Danashi
W. D. Scott
W. E Price
A. P Rowe
W. H. Hurkamp
W. I Watson
T. McCracken
W. Embre
G. H. Brown, Jr
Raleigh
N. C
Aycock
George H. Brown, Jr
Superior Court
George W. Ward
Ward
H. T. Ward
Sperial
Fairmont
W. Va
Robert Kepler
B W. Giles
Explosion kills contractor in Elizabethton area
A telephone message from Elizabethton reports a dynamite blast on a public road near Bristol Fenn that killed contractor Powell Bowers and injured Thomas Widder and James Newton, injuries possibly fatal. A girl in Ohio reportedly married Missouri Arkansas, four hundred miles below the mouth of the Omо Absher, a claim the license clerk doubted until her father affirmed it.
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Powell Bowers
Thomas Widdifer
James Newton
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Omo Absher
Bethesda Democrats Organize Bethesda District Club
In Rockville Maryland the Bethesda district Democrats formed a club with Alfred Wilson as president and a large slate of officers and an executive committee. A mass meeting is planned for Bethesda next Wednesday with prominent speakers to kick off a live campaign for local party interests. The Kensington Democratic Club also elected officers led by Walter A Johnston and plans a mass meeting next Thursday in Jennington with Han Tsaae Lube of Baltimore among speakers.
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Rockville
Democrats
Bethesda
Parker and Davis Club
Alfred Wilson
John A Garrett
Ninian M Perry
John M. C Wdhams
Hamilton A
Loughborough
Vinson Magruder
James T. Bean
William Hoyles
John W Stohlman
Leroy Lochte
Emory H
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Welly
George Wi Uhamberlaine
Joe Surbbs
George T. Abraham
George W. Heatt
James P Raney
William H. Maniaker
George Bish Brown
Samuel D Waters
Oliver H. P Clark
Richard T Ray
Eenes C. Keys
James T. Ford
G.o B
Augustus C Flack
Elcazar Ray
Thomas Founter
Hazel W
Rhodesia Bans Sorcery Proclamation Cites Conjuring Practices
A Rhodesian proclamation bans sorcery including bone throwing charms and trial by ordeal. The text condemns occult rites as dangerous and urges adherence to rational truth beyond worldly beliefs. The document frames sorcery as a threat to moral order and public safety.
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Rhodesia
Lunar Vegetation and Moon Spot Observations Amid Tides of Vatican Finances
The article describes professor Witham Prokevung’s lunar drawings near Pesatiepalas revealing changing albedo patterns on the Moon’s surface, noting dark spots brighten at sunrise and fade at sunset. It also mentions the Vatican’s financial measures, the amalgamation of papers, and Pope Pius IX’s involvement in church savings and funding.
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Witham Mo Prokevung
Parva
Lowe
Pesatiepalas
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Pda
Moter Observatory
Abeqinpe
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Pope Piug
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