Miners Help Dick in State Senate Contest
Complete returns from Maryland Republicans place David E. Dick as state senator with 2,137 votes and J. Henry Holzshu as treasurer with 1,878. The ticket, led by miners like Horace Hamilton and William Hutcheson, shows strong regional balance and broad support in Allegany County amid a tight county sheriff race and close countywide contests.
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Bome
Washington Post
Cumberland
David E. Dick
Lonaconing
Shorif
Horace R. Hamilton
Frostburg
Angus Ireland
House of Delegates
James Campbell, Jr
Allegany Mines
John Mackle
Westernport
William Mol
Somerville
John J. Stump
Robert M. Hutcheson
Lonac
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Drum
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Hamilton
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Webster
Williamson
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Thomas M. Campbell
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Foole
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Phillips
Allegany County
Pex
Wellington
William Bone
Deten
Sherif
Pearre Organization
Bon
Bone
Mr. Welington
Holushu
Bachman Valley Extension Reported To Ten Miles
Rail circles say the Bachman Valley Railroad will extend ten miles from Ebbvale to Westminster. The line, run by Mason and Dixon Mining Co, serves iron ore regions near Ebbvale and Melrose. Contracts demand completion in two years amid right of way secured and mining rights optioned.
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Hagerstown
Bachman Valley Railroad
Ebbwaie
Westminster
Mason and Dixon Mining Company
Shrewsbury
Ebbvale
Melrose
Cardroll County
Gettysburg
Western Maryland Railroad
Betwreen Hanover and
Hampstead
Mason and Dixon Line
BD. Collins
C. H W. Gerry
W. F. Meyers
John Walse
W.G. Allen
WH. Meyers
Shrewsbury Company
Puzzle for illiterates imperils Anne Arundel ballot
Annapolis Md Sept 3 The official ballot in Anne Arundel County this fall will puzzle illiterate voters with fifteen county officer nominations and four full tickets two Democratic one Republican and one Prohibition making sixty names on the ticket plus three state comptroller nominations and a vote on a constitutional amendment about suffrage limits and roads There will be no party designation after candidates names increasing the chance of misreads and both Wells and anti Wells factions claim ballots may decide the election Two years ago fewer than 6000 ballots were counted here though more than 9000 voters were qualified Democrats say 1600 to 1800 votes could elect the ticket if Republicans cannot muster enough properly marked ballots
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Anne Arundel County
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Lee Will Name Delegates Comptroller Atkinson Named
Baltimore September 3 Dr Gordon T Atkinson state comptroller of Maryland has been asked to name the Democratic delegates to the state convention in Montgomery County The county uses direct voting with no county convention and outsiders normally do not name delegates Atkinson a friend of Col Spencer C Jones must balance fairness to the victor Blair Lee s attitude on the amendment and the franchisement stance influence the selection The Montgomery slate will consist of four delegates named by Lee based on the county political frame
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Gordon T. Atkinson
Maryland
Montgomery County
Montgomery
Crawford County
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Ife
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Lee
Sammons Charged With Arson In Cambridge Store Fire
James E Sammons, a Cambridge merchant, is arrested on arson charges after Fire at Parker Moore store on Water Street. Witnesses allege Sammons started a second blaze at 2 am while he was seen in the act. He is about sixty five and has a history of prior fires linked to his stores.
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James E. Sammons
Parker & Moore
Water Street
Sammons
Schooner J. C. Wainwright Burns at Portsmouth Wharf
The auxiliary schooner J. C. Wainwright was badly damaged by fire at the Wainwright & Co. wharf in Portsmouth. A crew member lit a cigarette and overturned a match starting the blaze. The ship was scuttled and sank at the dock, with an estimated loss around $5,000. a black crew member suffered severe arm burns.
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Norfolk
Wainwright & Co
Portsmouth
J. C. Wainwright
Train hits farmer crossing rails near Ikenwood
Richmond report says Henry Dugenfield, farmer and huckster living near Farrington post office, Hanover County, was struck and killed by a Seaboard Air Line train while crossing the Washington and Southern Railway near Ikenwood. His horse died and wagon demolished in the accident.
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Police Charges And Political Candidacy In Warrenton
City notes report Chief Webster charging Policeman Herbert Knight with insubordination and possible liquor testimony. In Warrenton James R. Caton, Democratic nominee for the house of delegates, will not seek speakership after pledging support to another candidate. Also: obituary notes, Labor Day excursion planned to Marshall Hall, and local incidents including a stolen bicycle recovered by police.
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Boston
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North Washington Street
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Southern Railway
Tennessee
Norfolk Youth Skull Fracture Case Leads to Hearing
Arthur Paine a twelve year old Black boy was severely injured when Bernard Bell a well known youth fractured his skull. An operation was performed at St Vincent de Paul Hospital to remove part of the skull. Bell has been released on bail and will face a preliminary hearing Tuesday. Paine’s skull was crushed but surgeons expect recovery after the head injury from a row between boys. Traffic on the Atlantic Terminal line was halted for four hours due to heavy rain and high tide flooding tracks. A statue of St Anthony de Padua was dedicated at the Italian Catholic Church in Norfolk presented by Anthony Laglilia with Father Guizzardi delivering an address. Labor Day activities in Newport News include speeches by Senator Thomas S Martin and Gov. Montague may attend with Claude A Swanson as a candidate for governor. Many children were rescued by Dr. New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds advertised to go to druggists.
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Newport News
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Ufe
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Guizzardi
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Martin
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Virginia Contractors Relieved. Pittsburg Firm Takes Over
Rail workers announce Sands and Oliver of Roanoke Va have relinquished part of the Tidewater Railroad contract for the first 100 miles. McArthur Brothers of Pittsburgh will assume control tomorrow and expand crews, mules, and shovels to complete work to Kilby by November 1. The shift is said to be friendly and does not affect subcontractors.
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Spectal
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Roanoke
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Oliver
Kilby
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Sewells Point
Despondent man dies via self inflicted train impact
George Bartlett aged about fifty eight committed death by own action at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad station in Laurel Maryland. Despondent over unpaid wages and fearing his children would care for him in old age he sat on the tracks awaiting a fast freight and was struck. He died about an hour later. Survived by one son and three daughters all residing in Laurel. An inquest by Warry Frost returned a verdict of death by own action exonerating the railroad.
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Laurel
George Bartlett
Baltimore and Ohio
Bartlett
Warry Frost
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
McCown Pleads Ignorance In Contempt Case
Special to The Washington rem Raleigh N C Sept 2 Counsel for ex Mayor Moses McCown in jail for contempt of court because of his assault at Durham on Judge Ward came here today and secured a writ of habeas corpus from Associate Justice Walker of the Supreme Court returnable here tomorrow The entire Supreme Court will sit on the case and Attorney General Gilmer will represent Judge Ward McCowns assault is the first of its kind on a North Carolina judge in more than thirty years and his counsel contend he did not know he was in contempt
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Grand Jury in Greensboro Probes Revenue Frauds
Greensboro. More than 100 witnesses from across the revenue district are summoned to a special Federal court grand jury session Monday. One hundred fifty more are to arrive. The probe targets alleged frauds by revenue officials and liquor distillers, with department detectives and officials from Washington aiding in case preparation.
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Dickenson for State Senate in Virginia GOP convention
Republicans in Virginia s Third senatorial district met at Richlands and nominated R Walter Dickenson of Russell County for the State Senate. The district GOP also nominated J Powell Royall of Tazewell for the House of Delegates. In Newport News an Elizabeth City County Circuit Court suit contests title to Hampton property tied to Julius Lansburg. Petty dies in Greensboro father-in-law of Winston District Attorney Holton.
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Tazewell County
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Lansburg
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Gloucester County
Beauchamp Obituary in Lancaster Area Dies at 78
Virginia obituary notes B. Beauchamp of Lancaster County dies suddenly at home at 7 p m He leaves four children B Beauchamp of the Merediet Charan J D Beauchamp and rant of Wilming Del and eauchamp of Whitestone Suffolk Also Nannie Lassiter dies at 32 in Portsmouth from ptomaire Polson daughter of former Suffolk mayor Columbus W Lassiter and Treasury Department employee Rains Lassiter is critically ill at Norfolk hospital.
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Nannie Lassiter
Portsmouth
Gate City prisoner Pearl Varbel in murder case
Deputy Sheriff John D Broadwater returned to Gate City with Pearl Varbel the confessed killer from Bristol by freight train. Varbel, 22, irritable and nervous, spoke little of the crime as his wife, now working as a servant, described their strained situation. The circuit court opens soon and four witnesses are present for September 11 trial.
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John D. Broadwater
Pearl Varbel
Bristol
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Gentry
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Groom Shot At Wedding In Richmond Night Incident
At La Crosse tonight John Kinker was shot and wounded by W D Mason during a planned marriage to Lula A Harria. Mason fired twice with a shotgun, one load striking Kinker on the shoulder. The marriage later occurred at a neighbor’s home. Mason and Christiana Bates and Robert Bates were arrested in connection with the incident.
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la Crosse
John Kinker
W. D. Mason
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Lula A. Harria
Tim
Remarkable fruits and vegetables produced by a New York banker
John Crosby Brown, a New York banker, has raised remarkable produce at Brighhurst on the Orange Mountain in Orange New Jersey. This summer his garden yielded peaches the size of muskmelons and eggplants weighing ten pounds each. The peaches were juicy and luscious and the large eggplants as tasty as smaller varieties.
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Washington Post
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N. J
John Crosby Brown
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