Cobarth to be tried in Germantown assault case
Miss Rose L Holly testified she remembered little during the encounter with Cobarth at Germantown two weeks earlier. Police say Cobarth pushed her into a room and she later recovered at Dr Rome's home. The hearing before Justice Reading concluded with Cobarth jailed without bail awaiting November term.
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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
Beeiie New Life Pills Promoted In Ailing Ad
An old advertisement urges readers to cure ailments including constipation and peritonitis with Beeiie New Life Pills. The quirky promo uses sensational language and outdated medical claims common in period drug ads.
Teachers at Rockville Institute Open Season for County Schools
Nearly all of the over one hundred public school teachers in the county attended the opening session of the annual public school institute in Rockville Maryland. County Superintendent R White presided as John T Baker led a round table on Individual Notions. Prof Charles H Albert spoke on A Quartet of Fundamentals and Obedience. Mrs Clara V Mace led a composition work round table. Dr M Bates Stephens delivered an address on Type of Paper, with Prof Albert Greenhalph guiding music. Miss Bertha Frances Wolfe performed recitations as officials and superintendents from St. Mary, Calvert, and other counties observed.
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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 Charge
Rockville Maryland September 4 Mayor Joan A Garrett accuses Bethesda constable Edward Bradley and deputized officers of disorderly conduct. Visit to Walter C Carroll home at Glen Echo aimed to search for Charles Diggs. Garrett, related to the Carrolls, prevented entry and warrants issued. Bradley plans to swear out a warrant against Garrett for interfering with an officer.
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Washington Post
Rockville
Edward Bradley
Bethesda
Glen Echo
Joan A. Garrett
Bradley
Walter C. Carroll
Charles Diggs
Carroll
Garrett
Sudden Death From Self-Administered Laudanum
James Edward Dennett of McGaheysville Va died after taking about four and a half ounces of laudanum in a personal crisis. His brother found him as he drank the poison and summoned aid, but doctors could not save him. He had suffered months of melancholia worsened by a recent love disappointment.
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Washington Post
Harrisonburg
James Edard Dennett
McGaheysville
Survey for the Wabash Reaches Frederick City
A Wabash engineering corps begins surveying from the east toward Frederick County Maryland. Starting near Westminster the team works along Linganore Creek toward Frederick to connect with another Wabash survey and extend westward.
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Corps of Engineers
Frederick
Washington Post
Wabash Engineering Corps
Frederick County
Western Maryland Railroad
Westminster
Linganore Creek
Lunatic shooter jailed after farm assault in Farmington
Henry Pyles, declared insane, is held in the county jail after terrorizing nearby residents in Farmington West Virginia and shooting at men, wounding two slightly. He previously shot Howard Moore in the leg four months ago and escaped arrest until Constable Toothman tracked him down. Pyles drew a pistol but was tackled before firing.
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Farmington
W. Va
Washington Post
Fairmont
Henry Pyles
Pyles
Howard Moore
Toothman
Delegations Split as Pearre Backers Dominate Maryland Primary
Republican primaries in Allegany and Somerset counties produced Pearre strength with little opposition. In District No 6 the Pearre ticket carried by about four votes, while Somerset delegates bolted amid friction over the State central committee and Crisfield post. The Somerset convention adjourned to September 19 to name a 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
Poison tragedy claims two in Lynchburg home
George W. Arnold and his wife are found dead at their Lynchburg residence, likely from poison. Mrs. Arnold died last night and Mr. Arnold followed minutes after discovery this morning. A bottle of hedbug poison was found. a three-year-old boy wandered outside as a neighbor investigated groans.
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Lynchburg
George W. Arnold
Typhoid and Diphtheria Spread Stir Richmond
In Richmond a growing unease over typhoid fever and diphtheria outbreaks sparks concern. President W. Oppenhimer of the board of health denies newspapers access to records, calling publication a bad city advertisement while insisting there is no cause for alarm and that dangerous diseases are not in decline.
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Washington Post
Richmond
Oppenhimer
Early Board of Health
Republican and Democratic Rallies Across Virginia Region
In Rocky Mount Judge L L Lewis and Congressman Slemp addressed several hundred Republicans and Democrats at the Opera House. Fredericksburg hosted a Republican district nominating convention while Orange County sees Marshall Decker enter the race for the legislature. J N Stubbs reportedly withdraws from the State Senate contest. Warsaw and Martinsville featured joint debates and a Democrat nomination for the legislature respectively.
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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 Newport News Wins Banner
The eighth annual convocation day of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows colored lodge was held in Norfolk. Representatives came from Baltimore Washington Newport News Hampton and more as officers were elected and business transacted. A competitive drill awarded the banner to Newport News for beating the Washington DC company for the second year, with Col. O C Barnes commanding 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 Musicians
In Raleigh 1000 people watched fourteen old-time fiddlers compete for the North Carolina championship. E MecCullers of Clayton won best fiddler and R C Page of Raleigh was named second.
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North Carolina
Washington Post
Raleigh
N. C
Agricultural and Mechanical College
E. MecCullers
Clayton
R. C. Page
Arrests District Negro in Richmond Police Court
Special to The Washington Post Richmond Sept 4 A man who gave the name W M Minor of Washington DC and claimed to be an officer of Washington Patriarchs No 13 was fined for drunkenness disorder and resisting an officer Minor accompanied a negro excursion through Richmond on its way to Hampton Police captured ten drunken men Minor wore regalia and allegedly urged defiance against arrest He was beaten into submission while the others were fined $50 each Minor was fined ten times that amount and telegraphed for money to secure release from jail
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Washington Post
Richmond
W. M. Minor
Washington
D. C
Washington Patriarchs
Minor
Hampton
Rice
Jie
On Trial for Assault in Spottsylvania Court
Fredericksburg Sept 4 A special term of the Spottsylvania Circuit Court is hearing the case of Overton Collins charged with attempted criminal assault on Mrs Alexander Ely. A grand jury was summoned and an indictment quickly returned. The panel includes eight Commonwealth witnesses and thirty defense witnesses to testify to Collins past good character. Judge J E Mason presiding with Commonwealth's Attorney Lee Graves prosecuting. L Stockley Coleman and S P Powell defend Collins. A large crowd attends.
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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 Robbery In Richmond Seeks Suspects
Richmond Va Sept 1 Late last night street car crew was held up and conductor robbed of 15 dollars in small change by several highwaymen. The robbers fled after a police chase through the city. Also in Virginia news a sailor Eli Day, eighteen, drowned when a sailboat capsized on the Great Wicomico River near Mila. Four youths were aboard and Day remained missing. Nearby a ginseng digger found a roll of bank notes thought to be thousands of dollars left by thieves in New Creek Mountain West Virginia. In Maryland Miss Elizabeth Haydon wed Homer Williams of New York at St. Johns Church in Frederick. In Fredericksburg Samuel Weinkrantz assigns his Royal Clothing Company business to A T Embrey for creditors with liabilities listed at 851 dollars.
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Richmond
Washington Post
Warsaw
Mila
Reedvilla
Eli Day
Wellford Day
Wicomico River
Frank Walters
Young Day
Keyser
W. V
Bop Richmond
New Creek Mountain
H. I. Williams
E. G. Haydon
Frederick
Elizabeth Gertrude Haydon
John A. Haydon
James McSherry
St. John’s Catholic Church
W. J. Kane
Homer S. Williams
New York
Fredericksburg
Samuel Weinkrantz
Royal Clothingmpany
Dey
A. T. Embrey
Virginia Weddings Reported in New York and Luray
Virginia notices detail two marriages: Elizabeth Butz, daughter of Mrs. E J Cartright of Brederickaburg, wed George P Oiman of New York in the city last week. In Luray Elder John C Lanehan, a German Baptist minister, married Miss Lexie A Stout of Shenandoah County at the officiating minister’s 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 8 T. Ramsay during a hunting meeting in a mountain valley. Ramsay died this morning from a close range abdominal wound. The uncle fled and remains at large amid reports of a long standing feud.
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Washington Post
Rocky Mount
Willard Ramsay
T. Ramsay
Railroad Shops Burned at Danville and Western
Danville Virginia September 4 fire destroyed the Danville and Western Railroad machine and repair shops on the city outskirts. The woolen building was lost with partial insurance covering about 1500 dollars for the structure. Machinery and appliances suffered greater losses with no estimate yet. Fire started at the rear and origin is unknown.
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Danville and Western
Washington Post
Danville
Danville and Western Railroad
Danville Tobacco Association elects officers for year
Danville Virginia September 4. The Danville Tobacco Association met at the Commercial Association rooms to hear committee reports and business. E W Dixon was elected president for the ensuing year with John B Rison as vice president and J S Bendall as secretary and treasurer.
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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 Roundup From Richmond to Winchester
A Virginia obituary roundup notes multiple deaths on Sept 4 across cities including Richmond Fredericksburg and Suffolk. B Petty of Mecklen burg County aged about 60 leaves a widow and several children. Others include Mrs Jackson Grinnan of Stafford aged 43, William L Crittenden of Lower Fauquier County aged 36, Joseph W Moon prominent Richmond businessman, James Coleman Orange County prominent citizen aged 77, Joseph King founder Suffolk Military Academy aged 70, Capt James Peery of Tazewell County aged 65 with six sons and three daughters, John Morton Confederate veteran aged 86, Lemuel Aven a Loudoun native died in Pekin Illinois aged 87, Cinton Elleworth Stottlemyer of Winchester aged 22, Mrs Elizabeth Pence widow of David Pence aged 79, Thomas J Mee Washington town council member aged 57, and Ann Meem mother of Mr Mee who died recently. Many are survived by spouses and children.
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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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Ome
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Alleg Holly
William Lantmann
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Thomas Johnson
Rome
John W. Willams
Co . Barth
Montgomery County Institute
Insane Man
Samuel L. Rissler
Charlestown
Kabletown
Jefferson County
Rissler
Stonewall Brigade
Waellington Rest
Staunton
RF. Thomason
Fishersville
Augusta County
Bluefield
B. Q. Lester
Giotto
Lester
Petersburg
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
Sky Pilot
Thirteenth District
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Wolfville Nights
Dorothy Vernon
Senator North
Knight of Columbia
Paul Kelver
Dexter
Tommy
Manders
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Ereus
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Ward White
Init
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Autie ‘Hewlett
Eay Leon Vale
I de Reed
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Lng
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Igdder
Bert Parker
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Ieee
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Frank H. Spearman
Cap'n Simeon's
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Wasson
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Basil King
Breras
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Ardin Davis
Power and Rivileges
Alpert Boston
Seria
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Roberts
Willis
J Abbot
E Sweetheare
Rosseter Witara
Eleventh Streets
J. A. Lisner
Lewis
Winston-Salem Tobacco Sales
Winston-Salem
Winston-Salem Tobacco Company Association
Smith
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James Holmes
Baltimore and Ohio Crossing
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
Louris James
Ingemar
Richelieu
Chase
Cecilia Loftus
Sarah Bernhardt
Pat, Campbell
Ethel Barrymore
May Irwin
Harry Butger
Barte
Lafayette Opera House
Elsie Janis
Reginald de Kove
Hook
H. G. Smith
Mason and Mazon
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Ball
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Florida Ava
J. T. Walker Sons
10Th Street
N. W
Academy
WEPE
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HER
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Sishor
Wood
Kernan
Imperial Burlesquers
Lillian Washburn
Pauline Moran
Carl Rity
WM Evans Crawford
Massing
Lew Palver
Clii
Comeby
Ame
Cusse Lake
U. S. Marine Band
Anne
New Willard Hotel
Charles C. Lancaster
Herbert B. Smirm
Desde Far
Fulton
Ninth Street
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