Cobarth to be tried for assault on Miss Holly in Germantown
George Cobarth a Germantown blacksmith charged with criminal assault on Miss Rose L Holly Washington at Germantown was committed to jail without bail for the November term. The hearing before Justice Joseph Reading drew a large Germantown and Boyds crowd. Miss Holly testified she remembered little and described being led into a room by Cobarth.
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Washington Post
Rockville
George Cobarth
Germantown
Rose L. Holly
Washington
Justice of the Peace
Joseph Reading
Grand Jury
Boyds
Cobarth
Edward C. Peter
Robert B. Peter
Miss Holly
Mamie Mansfield
James Downs
Georgetown
Baltimore and Ohio
John W. Willams
Peter
Co . Barth
Beeiie New Life Pills Advertises Quick Relief
An aged advertisement extols Beeiie New Life Pills as a cure all for constipation and related issues. The copy uses sensational phrasing to promise rapid relief and urges readers to purchase the 6c. remedy through local drug channels.
Teachers at Rockville Institute Open Session
Nearly all of Rockville county's public school teachers gather for the opening of the annual institute. County Superintendent R White leads exercises followed by music and talks by John T. Baker and Prof Charles H Albert on fundamentals and obedience. Dr M Bates Stephens delivers the featured address on Type of Paper. Attending officials include County Superintendents George W Joy and J Briscoe Bunting with local board members Hice Farquhar and King.
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Washington Post
Rockville
R. White
John T. Baker
Charles H. Albert
Albert
Clara V. Mace
M. Bates Stephens
State Institute
Albert B Greenhalph
Pennsylvania
Bertha Frances Wolfe
Washington
Board of
George Hice
Roger B. Farquhar
Crittenden King
Institute
George W. Joy
St. Mary County
J. Briscoe Bunting
Calvert County
Constable Accused in Glen Echo Disorder Case
Rockville Md Sept 4 Constable Edward Bradley of Bethesda is charged with disorderly conduct after an arrest attempt at Walter Carrolls Glen Echo home to search for a Diggs suspect Mayor Joan Garrett relates to the Carrolls and sought to bar entry warning Bradley and deputized officers he had no search warrant Garrett pressed charges of disorderly conduct against Bradley and Mosby Butt warrant issued Bradley plans to retaliate by swearing out a warrant against Garrett for interfering with an officer in the discharge of duties
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Washington Post
Rockville
Edward Bradley
Bethesda
Glen Echo
Joan A. Garrett
Bradley
Walter C. Carroll
Charles Diggs
Carroll
Garrett
Rejected Suitor Dies by Own Action in Va
James Edward Dennett of McGaheysville died after taking four and a half ounces of laudanum in a personal crisis. His brother found him and summoned aid, but physicians failed to save him. He had suffered months of melancholia, worsened recently by a love affair disappointment.
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Washington Post
Harrisonburg
James Edard Dennett
McGaheysville
Survey for the Wabash Heads Toward Frederick
A Corps of Engineers surveying for the Wabash railroad’s proposed line through Frederick County advances from the east, starting near Westminster on the Western Maryland Railway. The work runs along Linganore Creek east of Frederick, joining a parallel survey at Frederick and extending westward with another Wabash unit.
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Corps of Engineers
Frederick
Washington Post
Wabash Engineering Corps
Frederick County
Western Maryland Railroad
Westminster
Linganore Creek
Insane man shoots. Lunatic arrested at Farmington
Henry Pyles, deemed insane, was arrested in Farmington after terrorizing locals and shooting at several men, wounding two. He had previously shot Howard Moore in a separate incident. constable Toothman captured him after Pyles drew a pistol but was tackled.
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Farmington
W. Va
Washington Post
Fairmont
Henry Pyles
Pyles
Howard Moore
Toothman
Delegations in Somerset County GOP Meet for State Convention
Republican primaries across Allegany and Somerset counties produced Pearre gains, with District No 6 voting strongly for Wellington Pearre. In Princess Anne, a delayed convention failed to name a ticket amid central committee friction. Crisfield delegates bolted, prompting adjournment to September 19 to reassemble and name a four-county ticket.
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Washington Post
Cumberland
Allegany County
Baltimore
Friends
George A. Pearce
Pearre
Wellington
Princess Anne
Somerset County
A. Lincoln Dryden
Central Committee
Gorton
Dryden
Samuel I. Dryden
James C. Tawes
Custom House
Crisfield
Oliver T. Beauchamp
Henry EB. Phoebus
George H. Ford
John Uock
Benson Dennis
W. Jerome Sterling
Augustus Ward
John Bowman
George Tyler
John Palmer
Samuel Hudgins
Two Dead From Poison In Lynchburg Case Failsafe
George W. Arnold a well known merchant and his wife are found dead at their Lynchburg home probably from poison. Mrs Arnold died last night and Arnold shortly after discovery this morning. A bottle of hedbug poison was on the table. Their three year old son was found wandering in the street as neighbors investigated groaning from the house.
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Lynchburg
George W. Arnold
Typhoid in Richmond Raises Public Alarm
In Richmond on September 4 uneasiness grows over rising typhoid fever and diphtheria cases. President W Oppenhimer of the early board of health denies newspapers access to board records, calling such reports a bad advertisement. He insists there is no alarm and that dangerous diseases are not in retreat, while records stay closed.
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Washington Post
Richmond
Oppenhimer
Early Board of Health
Republican campaign scenes across Virginia and nearby states
Reports from several Virginia towns on September 4 show Republican and Democrat speakers addressing crowds in venues like Opera House and city halls. Notable items include L L Lewis and Campbell Slemp campaigning in Rocky Mount, Marshall Decker entering Orange County races, J N Stubbs reportedly withdrawing from the State senate contest, and J Monroe Barker nominated by Democrats in Martinsville.
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Washington Post
Rocky Mount
Ll. L. Lewis
Campbell Slemp
Opera House
Har- Maonbure
Fredericksburg
Frederickeburg
Spottsylvania
Louisa
Statford
Marshall Decker
Orange County
Capt. C. C. Taliaferro
Richmond
J. N. Stubbs
Gloucester
State Senate
J. Boyd Sears
State Committee
Warsaw
Robert W. Blair
Wytheville
Hte
Weast- Mmdxlind County
Martinsville
J. Monroe Aurker
Negro Odd Fellows Meet in Norfolk Vote Wins Banner
The eighth annual convocation of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows colored group met in Norfolk with representation from Baltimore Washington D C Wilmington Newark Philadelphia Richmond Newport News Hampton and Norfolk. The day included a parade banquet and a competitive drill. The Newport News company won a ten percent sub badge emblem, taking the banner from Washington D C for the first time in two years. Col. O C Barnes of Shoebus Va led the parade.
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Newport News Company
Washington
Washington Post
Norfolk
United Order of Odd Fellows
England
Odd Fellowship
Baltimore
D. C
Wilmington
Del
Newark
N. J
Philadelphia
Richmond
Newport News
Hampton
Col
O. C. Barnes
S'hoebus, Va
Fiddler Championship Draws North Carolina Fiddlers
In Raleigh an audience of about 1,000 watched fourteen old-time fiddlers compete for the North Carolina championship. E MecCullers of Clayton won first place and R C Page of Raleigh took second. Winston-Salem meeting saw officers reelected and a strong lead output of 17,493,850 pounds of lead sold for 1,292,426 dollars. James Holmes, 55, a Baltimore and Ohio watchman, killed in West Cumberland yards while attempting to board a moving train. both legs severed, died en route to hospital.
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North Carolina
Washington Post
Raleigh
N. C
Agricultural and Mechanical College
E. MecCullers
Clayton
R. C. Page
Winston-Salem
Winston-Salem Tobacco Company Association
Smith
Washington West Cumberland
James Holmes
Baltimore and Ohio Crossing
Arrests in Richmond as drunken negroes are fined
A Washington Negro who called himself W. M. Minor and claimed to be an officer of Washington Patriarchs No 13 was fined in Richmond Police Court for drunkenness disorder and resisting an officer. Minor led a negro excursion train through Richmond and urged defiance of arrest. ten others were fined 50 each while Minor was fined 500. He sought funds to post bail.
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Washington Post
Richmond
W. M. Minor
Washington
D. C
Washington Patriarchs
Minor
Hampton
Rice
Jie
Trial of Overton Collins On Circuit Court Docket
Fredericksburg Virginia September 4 spottsylvania circuit court held a special term to try Overton Collins charged with attempted criminal assault on Mrs Alexander Ely A grand jury returned an indictment and a jury was impaneled with eight Commonwealth witnesses and thirty defense witnesses expected as to Collins prior good character The proceedings attract a large crowd with Commonwealths Attorney Lee Graves prosecuting and L Stockley Coleman and S P Powell defending Collins expected to extend over two days
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Washington Post
Fredericksburg
Spottsylvania
J. E. Mason
Overton Collins
Alexander Ely
Commonwealth
Collins
Lee Graves
L. Stockley Coleman
8. P. Powell
Colling
STREET CAR HELD UP IN RICHMOND CAUGHT BY HIGHWAYMEN
Richmond Sept 1 late last night the street car crew was assaulted and the conductor robbed of $15 in small coins by several highwaymen. The robbers fled after a police chase.
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Richmond
Washington Post
Elizabeth Butz and George P. Oiman wed in New York
Virginia weddings report Miss Elizabeth Butz daughter of Mrs. E J Cartwright of this city married George P Oiman of New York last week in New York. In Luray Elder John C Lanehan a German Baptist minister and Miss Lexie A Stout of Shenandoah County wed at officiating Elder Walter Strickler home.
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Brederickaburg
Elizabeth Butz
E. J. Cartright
New York
George P. Oiman
Luray
John C. Lanehan
Shenandarh
Lexie A. Stout
Walter Strickler
Laray
SLAIN BY HIS UNCLE IN MOUNTAIN FEUD
Willard Ramsay was fatally shot by his uncle T. Ramsay during a hunting encounter in a Virginia mountain valley. Ramsay died early Monday morning after being wounded at close range, following an old feud. The uncle fled and remains at large.
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Washington Post
Rocky Mount
Willard Ramsay
T. Ramsay
Railroad Shops Burned near Danville in West Virginia
Danville and Western Railroad machine and repair shops on the city outskirts were destroyed by fire early today. The woolen building burnt completely, the fire department unable to halt the blaze. Building loss is about 1500 dollars with machinery and appliances losses to follow. origin of the fire is unknown.
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Danville and Western
Washington Post
Danville
Danville and Western Railroad
Danville Tobacco Association elects new officers
In Danville Virginia on September 4 the Danville Tobacco Association met at the Commercial Association rooms. E W Dixon was chosen president for the ensuing year with John B Rison as vice president and J S Bendall as secretary and treasurer. Reports of committees were presented and business conducted.
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E. W. Dixon
Association
Washington Post
Danville
Danville Tobacco Association
The
Commercial Association
E.G. Mosely
EL. W. Dixon
John B. Rison
J. 8. Bendall
Virginia Obituary Notices Across The State
Richmond reports B Petty of Mecklenburg County died at sixty years leaving a widow and several children. Fredericksburg notes the sudden death of Mrs Jackson Grinnan of Stafford County at forty three, survived by husband and one child. Willam L Crittenden of Lower Fauquier County died after a brief illness aged thirty six, survived by widow and five children. Joseph W Moon of Richmond, a long prominent businessman in the commission trade, died leaving a widow and several children. James Coleman of Orange County died after a brief illness at seventy seven, survived by relatives. Joseph King, founder of the Suffolk Military Academy, died aged seventy, survived by a daughter. Capt James Peery of Tazewell County died after months of illness at about sixty five, leaving six sons three daughters and a widow. John Morton, Confederate veteran, died at eighty six after weeks of paralysis, native of Prince Edward County, survived by wife Miss Todd. Lemuel Aven of Loudoun County died in Pekin Illinois at eighty seven, remembered as educator and native of Loudoun. Clinton Elleworth Stottlemyer of Winchester died after consumptive illness at twenty two, leaving parents siblings. Mrs Elizabeth Pence of Harrisonburg died at seventy nine from consumption, survived by two sons and four daughters. Thomas J Mee of Washington, Rappahannock County, aged fifty seven, council member, son of late Dr Gilbert Mee and Mrs Ann Mee who died recently.
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Richmond
B. Petty
Mecktenburg
Fredericksburg
Mra Jackson Grinnan
Stafford County
Hartwood
Willam L. Crittenden
Lower Fauguler
Grove Church
Coleman
Suffolk
Joseph King
Suffolk Military Academy
King
James
Peery
Tazewell County
Here
Eest Radford
John Morton
Morton
Prince Edward County
Montgomery
Todd
Montgomery County
Leesbore
Loudoun County
Lemuel Aven
I Pekin
Tumpia
Winchester
Rept
Cinton Elleworth Stottlemeyer
CG. C. Ritter
James W. Stottlemeyer
Thin County
McKeesport
Harrisonburg
Myrs
Elizabeth Pency
David Pence
Cross Keys
Luray
Thomas J. Mee
Washington
Rappahannock County
Mr. Meem
Gilbert Meem
Meam Bottoms
Shengadoah Couunty
Ann Meem
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William Lantmann
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Thomas Johnson
Rome
Montgomery County Institute
Insane Man
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Jefferson County
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Waellington Rest
Staunton
RF. Thomason
Fishersville
Augusta County
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B. Q. Lester
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Lennie Harper
Norfolk and Western Railroad Company
Tidewater Survey
Lunenburg
Washington Pom
Bolt
Somerset
W. B. Moses & Sons
F St., Cor
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Peter Stirling
Virginian
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Thirteenth District
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Wolfville Nights
Dorothy Vernon
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Power and Rivileges
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Wicomico River
Frank Walters
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E. G. Haydon
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John A. Haydon
James McSherry
St. John’s Catholic Church
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Homer S. Williams
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Royal Clothingmpany
Dey
A. T. Embrey
Virginia Weddings
Franklin County
Danville Tobacco
Olumbia
Henry W. Savage
George Ade
Richard "Golden
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Simple Simon Simple
Chas H. Brown
Otis F. Wood
Richard Carle
National
Tokio
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Ingemar
Richelieu
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Sarah Bernhardt
Pat, Campbell
Ethel Barrymore
May Irwin
Harry Butger
Barte
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Elsie Janis
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Hook
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Mason and Mazon
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Ball
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Florida Ava
J. T. Walker Sons
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HER
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Sishor
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Imperial Burlesquers
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Pauline Moran
Carl Rity
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Massing
Lew Palver
Clii
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Ame
Cusse Lake
U. S. Marine Band
Anne
New Willard Hotel
Charles C. Lancaster
Herbert B. Smirm
Desde Far
Fulton
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