Fusion Faction Wins Knockout for Straightouts Nominees
In Richmond Sept 8 the State Democratic committee backed Fusion forces and nominated all Push candidates. Senate nominee J Cdermeyer. House Parker and Owen. county clerk Dudley. J N Sebrell accused Dudley of being a straw man tied to Alval H Martin. Swanson and Mann figures listed with large vote totals, and Cardwell seen as likely House speaker choice while Echols backs Churchman. Republican nominees named in several counties. متعدد races continue.
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Washington Post
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
House
Isotetuurt
Carroll, Wise
Dickenson
Floyd
Franklin
Montgomery
Radford
Diatrick Rockingham
Hassell
Scott
Slrandoah
Smyth
Washington
Brisvol
Treasure
Wines WM Walker
Commonwealth
Archibald D Dabney
Flogers
Www Fowler
OW Dube
LE. Jeffries
Sam Burnley
Royall Asks New Primary in Richmond Politics
William I. Royall, chairman of a fifty member committee for pure politics, files a petition with the Richmond Democratic City Committee, calling for a new primary due to alleged fraud in last month’s election. He accuses the electoral board of control by F Cabell and Samuel Cohen and highlights Clyde W Saunders as a prominent local politician.
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Royall
Richmond Democratic City Committee
Spevia
Richmond
Mght
City Democratic Committee
William I. Royall
Capitol Square
F. Cabell
Samuel Cohen
Clyde W Saunders
Tunstall Election Contest Claims Frauds Irregularities
Drys in Tunstall district filed a contest against the August local option citing insufficient qualified voters on the petition and alleged improper voter qualification and fraud in several precincts. The case will be heard at the October circuit court term. Judge George E L Causell, longtime Hastings judge, is mentioned for the forthcoming vacancy created by Judge Blair's resignation.
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Washington
East Hadford
George EL Causell
Hastings Court
Radsford
Blair
Cass
Norfolk Fusionists and Republicans Endure Ballot Battle
Veteran Norfolk leaders express that the State committee decision justifies the Fusionists Republican alliance. The outcome preserves incumbents like Judge J N Portlock and Alvah H Martin, while signaling possible defeat for Clerk hopeful Cromwell. Dual voting in key precincts had tested party control of local electoral machinery.
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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 Virginia blaze
A morning fire in Danville Virginia destroyed two brick tobacco factories operated by John B. Anderson & Company and partners. Loss may reach 100000 with only partial insurance. Anderson & Company were the heaviest losers. The Union Warehouse and other firms were damaged but largely insured. some nearby structures saved by firefighters.
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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, believed to be fourteen, has run away and may be with friends near Hockville. Deputy Sheriff George Mullican found Jessie married to William Roferson of Great Falls, a ceremony performed by Rev Si R. White. license lists age eighteen, prompting further inquiry.
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Baltimor
Washington Post
Rockvide
George Mullican
Annie B. Coleman
Baltimore
Jessie Coleman
Hockville
Zim
William Roferson
Great Falls
Si R. White
Mullicam
Eyjomar
Assaulted Telegraph Operator Fends Off Robbers
A bold hold up attempt at the West Virginia Central Railway station in Cumberland failed after Joseph Wheat, veteran night operator, was attacked from behind and struck with a beer bottle. He defended himself and officers arrived. Wheat sustained a cut above the left eye and arm bruises. Nearby, Virginia Supreme Court proceedings adjourned with cases set for later hearing and Goshen Baptists adjourned in Orange County after a three day session at Rhoadesville.
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Washington
Cumberland
Joseph Wheat
West Virginia Central
Coompany
Goss
Mr Wheat
Goshen Baptists
Weshington
Fredericksburg
Goshen Baptist Association
Rhoadesville Baptist Church
Orange County
Capt C YT Smith
Caroline County
A. A. Smith
Bethany Church
Caroupe County
W.W. R. Flyannagan
Vote to Hold Cotton Better Harbors for South
The Southern Cotton Association held its first annual convention in Asheville North Carolina with banquets and resolutions. Members pushed for higher dues and broader publicity, urged government harbor improvements, and proposed marketing cotton slowly to spread sales over the year. Wice President Peters of Texas plans to resign and be replaced by the president.
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Asheville
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 By Baltimore Syndicate
Baltimore syndicate buys John F. Waggaman holdings at Ocean City Md. including Atlantic Hotel and Casino Beaside Hotel electric light plant and 4 400 building lots with Pennsylvania Railroad prominent in new interests. Also local notices list marriages and a rail accident and death of John Davis of Frostburg.
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John F. Waggaman
Baltimore Syndicate
Baltimore
Thomas EE. Waggaman
Washington, DC
Ocean City
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Atlantic
Boy Wanders Twenty Miles in Mountains Near Oakland
Special to The Washington Fest from Oakland reports a seven year old son of A Lincan Lines went missing while berry picking yesterday. He wandered about twenty miles through the mountains and was found hours later near Aurora, W. Ia.
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Oakland
Aurora
W. i
Virginia Weddings Chronicle a County Ties Across State Lines
Fredericksburg reports multiple marriages across Stafford King George and surrounding counties. Edward Cooper weds May Ballard at bride’s home near Hartwood with Rev C W Brooks officiating. J H Parks and Gera Lee Smith wed in Washington and will live in King George. G W Gaines and Florence Mountjoy married at the bride’s home with Rev W S Jackson officiating in Fredericksburg region. Charles E Hansco and Lucy E Buracker tied the knot at the bride’s father’s home with Rev B W Whits presiding. couple to reside in Philadelphia. Robert C Trevillian and Mamie A Perry wed in Charlottesville with Rev Barry B Lee officiating. Trevillian party to Atlantic City and New York after. Agnes Louise Shuey and James Keith Summers married in Charlottesville at Christ Episcopal Church. many UVA affiliates attend as ushers and bridal party. couple plans Canada honeymoon.
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Fredericksburg
Edward Cooper
May Ballard
Stafford County
Hartwood
C W Brooks
J H Parks
King George
Gera Lee Smith
Prince William County
Washington
G W Gaines
Kentuck
Florence Mountjoy
Lower Faulner County
Mamie A. Perry
Charles Perry
East Market Street
Barry B. Lee
Christ Bpiscopal Church
Wallace Trevillian
Patline Blackford
Albemerle
Trevillian
Atlantic City
New York
Charlottesville
Agnes Louise Shuey
Martha Shuey
University of Virginia
James Keith Summers
Columbia
New York City
Christ Episcopal Cauren
City
Harry B Lee
Gabrielle Martin
Canada
Democrats Lag in Allegany County Gearing for Primary Nominations
Cumberland Md Sept 8 Democrats in Allegany County have five days to file nominations under the new primary law. Only three candidates have announced runs for office Arthur Warfield for register of wills Harry J Schley for house of delegates and William E Hodel for sheriff. With fifteen offices to fill the county committee may nominate. Republicans set two road director nominations James Findley and Philip R Fletcher though four are required. Republicans previously had fifty four candidates on their primary ticket.
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Washington Post
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 Hair Dressing Parlor
Miss Annie Dixon escaped death after an alcohol stove ignited in her fifth floor Law Building parlor. The flames spread as she ran to a toilet, then back to her room where two men wrapped her in a tug and extinguished the fire. she was seriously burned but not fatally.
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Washington Post
Lynchburg
Annie Dixon
Mise Pixel
Reynolds Tobacco merges Rucker & Witten assets in Virginia
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company purchases the Rucker & Witten Tobacco Company, absorbing Martinsville and Richmond branches and the Mount Airy factory. Pannill Rucker remains general manager of the Martinsville operation. Output expected to triple, reaching about three million pounds annually.
Rev T M Henderson Dead in Baltimore Discovery Claim
Baltimore, Md Sept Rev Thomas M Henderson aged eighty four died today. He was a scientist and clergyman who claimed to invent a perpetual motion machine using a pendulum and magnets. He observed the device day and night seeking commercial value and was also a noted biblical scholar.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Thomas M. Henderson
Henderson
Actresses Alarmed by Peeping Toms at Richmond Bijou
The Bijou Theater actresses complain of nightly peeping from a nearby building. To stop the nuisance they used projectiles, one intruder reportedly struck by a bottle from a dressing room window, authorities say. Elsewhere in Virginia reports detail a white baby found on Stephen City porch, an escaped prisoner shot in Danville, a late-life marriage in Luray, and a fatal shooting near Natural Bridge with two Black men involved.
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Richmond
Washington Po
Bijou
Danville
Lee Barksdale
Alfred Henderson
Barkedale
Virginia obituary notices from Roanohs to Woodstock
Obituaries from Roanohs Leesburg Luray Fredericksburg and Woodstock list Miss Masato Eliiott of Windfall Campbell County aged about. Albert R Dowdell of Leesburg died after short cancer illness at fifty five. John W Miller near Slate Mills aged about ninety eight. Elizabeth Egerton of Wakefield Westmoreland County widow of Samuel Egerton aged fifty five. Benjamin Priest of Woodstock aged about twenty three who died after surgery in Strasburg Hospital. multiple survivors noted including sons daughters and siblings.
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Roanohs
Masato Eliiott
Windfall
Campbell County
Wiley
Leesburg
Albert R. Dowdell
Ple Heme
Luray
John W. Miller
Rappahannock County
Slate Mills
Fredericksburg
Wizabeth Egerton
Wakefeld
Westmore- °Land County
J. E. Wil Ron
Anne Arundel County
Samuel Egerton
Tipton
Ind
Mageagpution Cemetery
Woodstock
Tragic drowning of Burns child near Flintstone Md
Special to the Washington Post Cumberland Md Sept 8 John Burns two year old son of Harry Burns resident several miles north of Flintstone drowned in a fish pond near his home yesterday evening The child was momentarily out of his mother's sight before his body was found floating in the pond.
Norfolk and Western Train Fatally Strikes Merchant at Crossing
Suffolk Virginia September 8 J H Fanny a well known merchant of Waverly Va was run over by a Norfolk and Western passenger train about o clock this evening and crushed to death He was crossing the tracks when struck by the engine.
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Suffolk
J. H. Fanny
Waverly
Norfolk and Western
Miss Haws Wins Heaviest Damages in Alexandria Rail Case
In Alexandria County Circuit Court the largest jury award to date against the Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Railway Company goes to Miss Haws for 8500 dollars. Attorneys for the plaintiff were John M. Johnson. the company was represented by R. Walton Moore and J. R. Caton. Several other claims were settled for sums including 250, 175, 1500, and 1200 dollars. The court expects to remain in session into next week, with more cases unresolved.
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Washington Post Bureau
King Street
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
Mr. Johnson
C Company
Messrs. Machen
Moncure
C. H. Madella
Colored
Frank Lucas
Miss May Hammersley
Norton & Boothe
Minnie Thaler
Margaret Germond
Grant
J. Matthews
Tensy
Titchmond
Post
State Central Committee
James E. Clements
Richmond
Yates
Mary Hockman
Michael Hockman
Hagerstown
Samuel M. Hockman, Jr
Elgin
Joseph Jenkins
Oronoco Street
St. Mary's
R. B. Grover
City School Board
H. D. Luckett
Southern Railway
Asheville
M. C
Roger Moore
Hollis R. Cooke
Wilmington
Del
Alexandria Merchants Restock City During Late Summer
A collage of local business notices shows William S. Moore advertising machinery and metal work, Bromilaw Brick Co promoting common brick, Alexandria Steam Laundry and merchants like Smoot & Co and J. C. Milburn detailing goods and services. Several residents travel or return from trips, with bank, railroad, and telegraph notices interspersed among community updates.
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Perk Agnew
Prop
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South Pitt Street
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Moosehead Lake
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