Noted Virginian dies. state honors memory in Richmond
The obituary chronicles the death of Col Charles T O Ferrall a former Virginia governor congressman and Confederate veteran after a year of failing health. It details his long public career from the Civil War through Congress and as governor his military service and family survivors and notes Virginia officials ordered flags at half mast and planned the funeral at Second Presbyterian Church with interment at Hollywood Cemetery.
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H. Co. Dinforth
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Cyrus H Clyne
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Gov Montague
Second Presbyterian Church
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Richmond
Copeland
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R. Carter Scott
James N. Boyd
H. W. Rountree
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Palmer and Buckner
Dundee
Forest Hill Park
O'Ferrall & Regester
W. ©. Cameron
Petersburg
J. Hoge Tyler
Radford
Richmond man faces hearing after street shooting
In Richmond Virginia special to The Washington Port, J B Wood Jr. refused guilty plea for firing a gun on a crowded street. Bail set at 3500 for September 29. Earlier fight with Robert Bunce over Wood's wife led to a knife attack on bystander Michaux Harvey and three gunshots fired. none struck Bunce.
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Crutchfield
J. B. Wood, Jr
Wifth
Wood
Robert Bunce
Norfolk
Bunce
Michaux Harvey
Obituaries From Virginia Toll With Typhoid Fevers
Winchester reports Katharine Ritter age twenty five dies at home after a week with typhoid fever. James T Ritter’s daughter survives. other notices from Warsaw Leesburg Tazewell Newport News Danville Yazewell and Leesburg list deaths of Ernest Harding Lewis Macky James T Ryan Augustus Peery Caroline Moore and Willam Ayers Jr plus J J Shannon and Hattie Leith among others. A Richmond item notes Dr E R Baughan jailed for a year for stealing a gold watch and chain once a Newport News dentist.
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Katharine Ritter
Jemes T Ritter
Warsaw
Ernest Harding
John H Harding
Wicombo Church
Northumberland County
Lewis Macky
Milwood
Clarke County
Pennsylvania
Buchanan Mechy
Leesburg
James T. Ryan
Loudoun County
Heridan
Fairfax County
Eighth
Virginia Regiment
Confederite
Tazewell
Augustus Peery
Tazewell County
Bright
Peery
Newport News
York County
Caroline Moore
L P Moore
Sheri
Lena Riggens
Carie Lawson
Nia M . Moore
Columbia M. Wobite
A J Moore
Danville
Willam Avera, Jr
Baptist Valley
F Shannon
McDowell County
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Bliss Hattie Leith
Lawrence Leith
I Ajuries
Miss Leith Waas
Miss Leith
Afss Leith
Peabody Institute
Baltimore
Washington Post
Richmond
E. R. Baughan
Rink
Drum declines honor in Maryland state senate race
Francis J. Drum, nominated by the Democratic county committee for state senator, will refuse the renomination and send a letter to chairman John B. Shannon. Drum, allied with Senator Lewis, plans to stay as United Mine Workers official, says his friends gained a victory over the Willison organization. Ex-sheriff Fuller Barnard may be appointed to fill the vacancy as the party contemplates future nominations.
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Washington Post
Cumberland
Francis J. Drum
Democratic County Committee
John B. Shannon
Baltimore
Gov. Warfield
Lewis
David B. Dick
Georges Creek Meyersdale
United Mine Workers of America
Rayner
United States
Meyerdale
Somerset
Drums
Annapoli
John D. Shannon
Register of Wills
State Cental Committee
Charles 8. Hamilton
House of Delegates
Horace R. Hamilton
Frostburg
Democratic Committee
George A. Pearce
Republicn Party
Pearce
Republicans Open Campaign For State Officers In Winchester
The Republican campaign for state officers opened at courthouse hall in Winchester Virginia. Capt William P Kent candidate for lieutenant governor and US District Attorney Hebert W Blair spoke to a large enthusiastic audience. They assailed the Democratic party as graft ridden and urged free school books and other Republican planks.
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William P. Kent
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Hebert W. Blair
Virginia
Man shot Italian burglar in Morgantown
John Perri a seventeen year old Italian was shot and killed by George Weinig after burglarizing a home in Deliston Monongah County Morgantown W V The magistrate later ordered a grand jury to consider involuntary manslaughter charges against Weinig while the incident is reviewed.
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Morgantown
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John Perri
Deliston
Monongah County
George Weinig
Weinig
Perri Stone
Grand Jury
Premiere of The Clansman Thrills Norfolk Audience
Special to The Washington Post Norfolk Sept 22 One of the most brilliant audiences in the Academy of Music witnessed the debut of The Clansman Rev Thomas Dixon dramatization of his Southern novel The play tells the strange story of the Ku Klux Klan and Dixon’s dramatization is praised as the Souths answer to Uncle Tom’s Cabin Dixon, well known in Norfolk, acknowledged curtain calls with a brief speech.
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Norfolk
Academy of Music
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Inevitable Tragedy As Meroney Ends Life At Surf
William V. Meroney, a well known figure in Norfolk sporting circles, shot himself in Virginia Beach at about 130 AM after playing dominoes at the Raleigh Club. He left his companions, walked into the surf, and died from a self inflicted gunshot. A coroner's jury returned a verdict of death by own action.
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Norfolk
William V. Meroney
Virginia Beach
Meroney
Raleigh
Surfowan
Equity Life Insurance Association Fails in Staunton
In Staunton Virginia the Equity Life Insurance Association announced it can no longer continue business and has paid out all assets to policy holders. Causes cited include heavy death losses and trouble in related firms. Policyholders in several counties will pursue civil action for restitution. criminal action possible.
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Portrait of Gen Payne presented to Fauquier County
Washington artist Richard N. Brook completed a portrait of the late Gen William H Payne at Corcoran Art Gallery. It will be presented by the Payne family to Fauquier County next Wednesday with Capt John H Alexander of Leesburg delivering the address and Judge C E Nicol accepting for the county.
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C. E. Nicol
Maryland Obituary Notices from Westminster and Cumberland
George Mihm of Silver Run aged 1 years is dead becoming Carroll County's oldest resident. He leaves his second wife whom he wed at age ninety nine. Felix Barets died in Cumberland after a lingering illness aged seventy native of Germany came to America fifty four years ago and later worked as a boat builder and dock supervisor. He survived by a widow and four children.
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George Mihm
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Aimie
Fire destroyed historic Spottsylvania hotel in Virginia
Fredericksburg Virginia Sept 22 fire last night burned the Colonial Hotel at Spottsylvania Court House a Civil War landmark built in 1838 with seven guests inside all belongings saved. Shells once struck the building during war and nine explosions drove firefighters to safety. No insurance on the hotel. Harris and Frazier stock saved. property valued at 10000. owner H A Carner plans to rebuild.
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Carner
Auto trip from Newport News to Kentucky
Lieut Guy A Bissett and Mrs Bissett depart Newport News aboard the Old Dominion steamer heading to Richmond then travel by buckboard to Harrison Ky aiming for about 160 miles daily along the Chesapeake and Ohio line. The auto shipped to Richmond tonight is a high speed model capable of around 35 miles an hour and the voyage should take about a week with the car returned by freight after arrival.
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CANNING PLANT PLANNED FOR LURAY AREA
A large meeting in Luray Virginia and Page County discussed organizing a canning factory to salvage thousands of bushels of fruit and vegetables left to rot. Er McKenne of Philadelphia outlined goals and a stock subscription of 32,100 was raised. The plant is expected to cost about 12,000 and provide many jobs for men women and youth with further plans set for October.
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Philadelphia
Monument to Jefferson Bronze Statue Planned in Richmond
A bronze statue of the late Joseph Jefferson is to be erected in Richmond, honoring the actor's early career. The project is led by an association chaired by Governor Montague with vice presidents including Grover Cleveland Melville Stone Richard Watson Glider and Daniel Frohman.
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Joseph Jefferson
Joe Jefferson
Gov. Montague
Grover Cleveland
Melville Stone
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Daniel Froh- Man
Injured in C&O Freight Crash at Kingmont
On September 22 two freight trains collided near Kingmont West Virginia at twenty miles per hour, blocking tracks for five hours. Injured include C E Smith engineer R Rohrerbaugh fireman E Howard conductor L H Dobbs engineer and E A Anderson brakeman Rohrerbaugh lost a foot with arm and head injuries. recovery unlikely.
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L. H. Dobbs
E. A. Anderson
Rohrerbaugh
Italian man shoots wife in Fairmont amid desertion case
Angered by family troubles George Cuccareese shot his wife Mary late last night in a Fairmont residence. The couple’s previously separated wife had been arrested in Connellsville Pa for desertion but was released for lack of evidence. The bullet struck her right breast and she remains in a hospital in critical condition while Cuccareese fled the scene.
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Oldest Navy veteran William Mackabee turns 102
Baltimore native William Mackabee known as Old Bill marks his 102nd birthday at the United States Naval Home in Philadelphia. He enlisted at age twelve on the Constitution and served ninety continuous years in the Navy, later retiring in 1874 to the naval home. He served on vessels including the Delaware Ohio Connecticut and Congress and fought at Hampton Roads aboard the Congress. He remains sharp, with only slight deafness, and shares memories of naval history.
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Monitor
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Fire destroys six story building in Charleston business district
A blaze in Charleston started on the fourth floor of a six story building housing Eskew Smith and Cannon, spreading to adjacent structures including the Charleston Natural Gas Supply Company. Moyes china store and Charleston Cut Flower Company also burned. Four firefighters were injured when wreckage toppled, though all were saved. Total losses reported at 266000 dollars with many workers hurt.
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Eskew, Smith & Cannon
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Banner Typewriter Agency
Christian Science Hall
Moyes’ China
Charleston Cut Flower Company
Two Men Killed By Train Near Greensboro Yard
Walter Craven aged seventeen a carpenter and Leslie Gerringer telegraph operator for the Southern Railroad were found dead beside the track near the new shifting yards a mile from the passenger station at 9 oclock. A southbound passenger train No 35 passed while the men were on the track and after the engine moved on the observer heard groans and located the two men badly mangled. One man had a crushed head the other died minutes later after his leg and arms were severed. Both men were connected and the bodies sent to an undertaker. The city has made walking on the tracks a misdemeanor and recently fined several trespassers.
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Walter Craven
Leslie H Gerringer
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Interstate Tobacco Growers Session Sets Dual Virginia North Carolina Jurisdiction
Danville Virginia September 22 annual convention of the Interstate Tobacco Growers Protective Association ends with routine business and a plan to maintain two state associations one for Virginia and one for North Carolina with continued joint jurisdiction. Officers retained. meeting marked by reorganization and standard proceedings.
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Virginia
North Carolina
Washington Post
Danville
Interstate Tobacco Growers’ Protective Association
Samuel C. Adams
Local ads and notices pepper 7th street listings
The page lists tradesmen and services on 7th Street Northwest including harness maker E A Weaver guest of Mr Boss, painters Lerch & Littleton, Jewelers Hillyard, and refinishing by Mohler Co. Also noted are ship movements with schooners Erwin and Dixon, grocery and market ad for Excelsior Market, and several residents returning from Atlantic City or visiting relatives.
Disease forces clearing of 1800 peach trees in region
The report states a spreading disease has necessitated destroying 1800 peach trees. Other orchards suffer as the condition spreads. The article notes a county area in the wake of the outbreak and the impact on local agriculture.
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