Fusion Faction Wins Knockout Nomination in Virginia Primary
Special to The Washington Post from Richmond on Sept 8 reports the State Democratic committee largely backed Fusion forces, nominating Worfolk County push candidates and declaring the Straightouts defeated. Nominees include J Cdermeyer for senate Parker and Owen for house Dudley for county clerk amid charges of straw man tactics and a contested speakership for the House of Delegates with Cardwell favored over Churchman Lee Jr. and Echols comment. The note covers party votes, speaker prospects, and Republican nominates in Fredericksburg and Lexington districts as the party contest reshapes Virginia politics.
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Richmond
State Democratic Committee
Worfolk County
J. N. Sebrell
Senate
J Cdermeyer
House of Delegates
Parker and Owen
Dudley
Sebrell
Alval H. Martin
Messrs.sears, Downing
Wiliams
Martin
Montague
Swanson
Mann
Willard
CBS
Ellysork
Cabell
Anderson
Wilaud
Public Instruction
Eggleston
Harvey
Democratic Party
John F. Ryan
Roudoun County
Edward Echols
John W. Churchman
Augusta
Churchman
W. D. Cardwell
Hanover
Supreme Bench
Robert E. Lee, Jr
Wairiak County
Payne
Fredericheburg
Stafford
King George
Caxs Store
Stafford County
FW. Posyne
J. N Hoge
Hoge
R. L. Moncure
Lexington Va
Lou Funkhouser
Cty
S. S. Brooke
James Biehm
T R Willer
A L Sibert
R H Angell
John E. Boehm
L. 8. Davis
Royall calls for new primary in Richmond politics
William I Royall, chairman of a Citizens committee, petitions the Richmond Democratic City Committee for a new primary, alleging electoral fraud in the last month’s vote. He cites City Board control by F Cabell and Samuel Cohen and notes Clyde W Saunders prominent in local politics.
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Richmond
Democratic City Committee
Spevia
Mght
City Democratic Committee
William I. Royall
Capitol Square
F. Cabell
Samuel Cohen
Clyde W Saunders
Tunstall Election Contest Filed By Drys
The drys of Tunstall district filed notice of contest over the August 1 local option election claiming the petition had fewer qualified voters and some election judges were not qualified voters. Fraud allegations span several precincts and the case will be heard at the October circuit term. Judge George E. Cassell, longtime Hastings judge, is mentioned for the upcoming vacancy.
Norfolk fusionists and Republicans in county win bid for power
Veteran leaders accept the Norfolk County decision as fair, backing Fusionists and Republicans. The vote confirms Martin as state senator and Owens and Parker as house nominees. Portlock likely secure circuit judge seat. Cromwell faces defeat for county clerk. Alvah H. Martin, longtime Republican, expected to win reelection as district referee.
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Washington Post
Norfolk
Norfolk County
J. Nash Bilsoly
Deep Creek
Biksoly
Montague
Martin
Swenson
John ©. Neimeyer
E. W. Owens
George W. Parker
House of Delegates
Nionists
J. N. Portlock
Br. Hinley Cromwell
Alvah H. Martin
Tobacco Factories Burned in Danville Fire
A morning blaze in Danville Virginia destroyed two brick tobacco factories operated by John B Anderson & Company and joint owners Chalmers Patterson. Loss nears 100000 with only partial insurance. J B Anderson & Company suffered the heaviest losses including tobacco valued at 7540 and 69000 of coverage. Union Warehouse and George E Coleman & Company were damaged. most other nearby buildings were saved.
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Waenington Ros
Danville
John B. Anderson & Company
Chalmers Patterson
Union Warehouse
George E. Cole- Man & Company
J. B Anderson & Company
J. Alien Patton
Missing Daughter Married in Maryland Case
Baltimore mother Annie B Coleman reports her daughter Jessie Coleman ran away and may be staying with friends near Hockville. Deputy Mullican finds Jessie wed William Roberson of Great Falls a few days ago in a ceremony by Rev Si R White. The license lists Jessie as eighteen though the mother asserts she is fourteen.
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Rockvide
George Mullican
Annie B. Coleman
Baltimore
Jessie Coleman
Hockville
Zim
William Roferson
Great Falls
Si R. White
Mullicam
Eyjomar
Assaulted Telegraphist at Cumberland Station
A bold but unsuccessful attempt to rob Joseph Wheat, veteran telegrapher at the West Virginia Central Railway station, ended with Wheat injured above the eye and beaten before rescuers arrived. Two assailants fled after the assault near Cumberland Maryland. Officer Goss aided in the response.
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Cumberland
Joseph Wheat
West Virginia Central
Coompany
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Mr Wheat
Southern Cotton Association Holds Asheville Convention
The first annual Southern Cotton Association convention in Asheville concluded with a banquet and votes on dues rising to 14 a year. Resolutions urged better harbors and publishing Article 1, Section 1 to show the alliance of growers and manufacturers. A plan urged marketing cotton gradually to spread sales over the year to maximize prices. A winter meeting was set for Hot Springs, while Asheville hosts the summer session. Vice President Peters of Texas will likely resign. a successor will be named by President Jordan. The group may address national audiences on agricultural policy tomorrow.
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Peters
Texas
North Carolina
N. C
Southern Cotton Association
Col. J. McMartin
Southern Cotton Associaion
McCon
E. D. Smith
South Carolina
Association
Hot Springs
Ai K
Wice
Jordan
Cheatham
Southland
Montgomery
Ala
Montgomery County
Charlotte
Newbern
Craven County
Ocean City Sold Out to Baltimore Syndicate
Valuable property holdings of John F. Waggaman at Ocean City Maryland have been bought by a Baltimore syndicate with plans for large improvements. The purchase includes the Atlantic Hotel and Casino the Beaside Hotel the electric light plant and 4400 building lots. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company is linked with the new interests dominating the resort. Rockville Maryland licenses to marry were issued for several couples across Washington Baltimore and surrounding areas. In Salisbury North Carolina detectives recovered 1200 pounds of brass stolen from the Southern Railway Company. Three Negroes were jailed, with others believed to have aided the theft. In Hagerstown Maryland Joseph C Elbert of Washington struck by a Baltimore and Ohio engine near Stony Run, injuries not fatal. Death of John Davis of Frostburg noted, former postmaster and longtime Borden Mining boss, aged 76.
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Baltimore Syndicate
Baltimore
Thomas EE. Waggaman
Washington, DC
Ocean City
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Atlantic
Washington Post
Salisbury
N. C
Suthern Halfway
Burton
Cornelsen
Jeréan
Southern Railway Company
Asheville
Cleveand
Ime Wasuingwe Ross
Hagerstown
Joseph C Elbert
Washington, D. C
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Engineering Corps
Baltimore and Ohio
Stony Run
Hancocl
John Davis
Frostburg
Cumberland
McKurley
Davis
Borden Mining Company
Boy Wandered Twenty Miles in Mountain Search
A seven year old boy, son of A Lincan Lines of Oakland, wandered away from his family while picking berries. He traversed about twenty miles through the mountains and was found several hours later near Aurora, W. Va. authorities reported no serious injuries.
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Aurora
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Virginia Weddings Roundup in Fredericksburg and Nearby
Virginia wedding notices from Fredericksburg Luray Charlottesville and Charlottesville recount ceremonies. Edwand Cooper and May Ballard wed near Hartwood with Rev C W Brooks officiating. J H Parks and Gera Lee Smith marry in Washington and will reside in King George. Florence Mountjoy and G W Gaines wed near Faulkner County. Charles E Hansco and Lucy E Buracker married at the bride’s father’s home. they will live in Philadelphia. Robert C Trevillian and Mamie A Perry wed in Charlottesville with family present. honeymoon to Atlantic City and New York. Agnes Louise Shuey and James Keith Summers marry in Charlottesville. many Virginia alumni attend. honeymoon planned in Canada.
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Edwand Cooper
May Ballard
Stafford County
Hartwood
C W Brooks
J H Parks
King George Count
Gera Lee Smith
Prince William County
Washington
King George
G W Gaines
Kentuck
Florence Mountjoy
Lower Faulner County
W S Jackson
Luray
Charles E Hansco
Philadelphia
Lucy E Buracker
Marksville
A. Buracker
B. B Whites
Methodist Church
Charlottesville
Robert C Trevillian
Mamie A. Perry
Charles Perry
East Market Street
Barry B. Lee
Christ Bpiscopal Church
Wallace Trevillian
Patline Blackford
Albemerle
Trevillian
Atlantic City
New York
Agnes Louise Shuey
Martha Shuey
University of Virginia
James Keith Summers
Columbia
New York City
Christ Episcopal Cauren
Canada
Democrats Hang Back in Allegany County Primary
Cumberland Md Sept 8 Democrats have five days to file nominating announcements for county offices under the new primary law. Only three filings so far Arthur Warfield for register of wills Harry J Schley for house of delegates and William E Hodel for sheriff. Republicans nominate two road directors James Findley Mount Savage and Philip R Fletcher Orleans though four are required.
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Cumberland
Allegany County
Arthur Warfield
Register of Wills
Harry J. Schley
House of Delegates
William E. Hodel
Republican Committee
James Findley
Mount Savage
Philip R. Fletcher
Orleans
Woman in Flames in Lynchburg Hairdressers Fire
Miss Annie Dixon narrowly escaped death from flames at her fifth floor Law Building parlor in Lynchburg Virginia after an alcohol stove spilled flammable liquid on her dress. She ran to the toilet room for water but could not extinguish the blaze until two men wrapped her in a tug and they succeeded in putting out the fire. She was seriously burned but not fatally.
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Washington Post
Lynchburg
Annie Dixon
Mise Pixel
Tobacco firms merged in Reynolds purchase of Rucker & Witten assets
R J Reynolds Tobacco Company of Winston-Salem completed the purchase of Rucker & Witten Tobacco Company assets including Martinsville and Richmond branches. President Pannill Rucker remains general manager of the Martinsville operations. Output expected to rise to as much as three million pounds annually.
Rev T M Henderson Dead Baltimore Scientist Clergyman
Baltimore, Sept. Rev Thomas M Henderson a Baltimorean scientist and clergyman died at eighty four. He claimed a perpetual motion machine using a pendulum and magnets. He watched the device day and night seeking commercial value. Henderson was also a noted biblical scholar.
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Baltimore
Thomas M. Henderson
Henderson
Threw Bottle at Peepers Angers Richmond Actresses
Actresses at the Bijou Theater in Richmond were disturbed by peeping Toms observing their dressing rooms. They used missiles from a dressing room window, injuring one intruder with a bottle. Special to The Washington Post.
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Washington Po
Bijou
Virginia Obituary Notices From Roanoke and Surrounding Towns
Obituaries from Roanoke Leesburg Luray Fredericksburg and Woodstock report deaths of Masato Eliott Albert R Dowdell John W Miller Mirabeth Egerton and Benjamin Priest. Eliott died in Windfall Campbell County while visiting a residence in Roanoke. Dowdell died in Leesburg after a brief illness at fifty five. Miller aged about ninety eight near Slate Mills leaves several children. Egerton died suddenly at Wakefield aged fifty five, widow of Samuel Egerton, survived by four sons and two daughters. Priest aged about twenty three underwent surgery at Strasburg Hospital and died Wednesday evening, buried at Mascoutain Cemetery Woodstock.
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Masato Eliiott
Windfall
Campbell County
Wiley
Leesburg
Albert R. Dowdell
Burvivs
Luray
John W. Miller
Rappahannock County
Slate Mills
Fredericksburg
Mirabeth Egerton
Wakefeld
Westmoreland County
J. E. Wil Ron
Anne Arundel County
Samuel Egerton
Tipton
Ind
Woodstock
Drowned Child Near Flintstone Near Cumberland Md
The two year old son of Harry Burns residing near Flintstone Cumberland Md was found drowned in a fish pond yesterday evening. He had been out of his mother's sight for only a few moments before the body was discovered in the pond.
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Wasmington Fox
Cumberland
John
Harry Burns
Flintstone
Merchant J H Fanny Killed Crossing Tracks in Suffolk
In Suffolk Virginia on September 8 J H Fanny a well known merchant of Waverly was struck by a Norfolk and Western passenger train as he walked across the tracks. He died from injuries sustained in the collision this evening.
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J. H. Fanny
Waverly
Norfolk and Western
Miss Haws Wins $8500 In Mount Vernon Railway Suit
In Alexandria County Circuit Court the largest award to date against the Washington Alexandria and Mount Vernon Railway Company went to Miss Haws, awarding she $8,500 for injuries. Other settled cases ranged from $125 to $1,500. The court may sit next week if remaining suits are not compromised. several litigants have already settled.
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Alexandria
Alexandria ‘County
Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Railway Company
Miss Haws
Alexandria County
John M. Johnson
R. Walton Moore
James R. & H. B. Caton
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C Company
Messrs. Machen
Moncure
C. H. Madella
Colored
Frank Lucas
Miss May Hammersley
Norton & Boothe
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Grant
J. Matthews
Tensy
Titchmond
Post
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Richmond
Yates
Mary Hockman
Michael Hockman
Hagerstown
Samuel M. Hockman, Jr
Elgin
Joseph Jenkins
Oronoco Street
St. Mary's
R. B. Grover
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H. D. Luckett
Southern Railway
Asheville
M. C
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Hollis R. Cooke
Wilmington
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Alexandria Trade Advertisements and Local Notices
Local business listings and notices from Alexandria include William S. Moore and partner services for machinists and metalwork, Bromilaw Brick Co advertising building materials, Alexandria Steam Laundry, Smoot & Co lumber and mill work, Bohmau’s Cafe, and the Maryland Delaware Virginia Rail Way schedule. Also active are bank ads, hotel notices, and various residents’ travel updates and returns from trips.
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Goodloe Dry Goods Company
Laurence Stabler
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Moosehead Lake
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