Fauquier Coroner Styles Death Self Inflicted In Thompson Case
Fauquier County coroner asserts Shadrack Thompson who attacked Mr and Mrs Henry Bassey died by his own action not by lynching. He describes the scene in an orchard on the Miller Place with a tree and slip noose and rejects rumors of mob violence as false. The body was found by farm hand Kinney and later confirmed by Deputy Sheriff Pearson after examination.
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Br. Gear Oat
H.davis
Fauquier
Front Royal
Shadrack Thompson
Henry Bassey
Sr. Oorss
Dr. Davis
Miller Place
Brecingts Rattlesnake Mountain
Thompson
Davis
Tode Kinney
Kenney
Kinney
Conference of Lutherans Held In Old Church
Hebron Lutheran Church in Madison county hosts the Winchester Conference of the Lutheran Synod of Virginia meeting on Tuesday. Notables include Rev. C K Rhodes and several pastors as discussions span all church work. The 1729 Hebron edifice features engraved inscriptions from 1730 and a 1734 organ built by David Tanneberg, historic moves noted with Indians and organ transport by ox team.
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Conference of
Old Church
Hebron
C. J. Rice
L. A. Thomas
D. D
F. B. Lingle
H. L. Snyder
D. A. Hatcher
R. H. Anderson
J. H. Fray
J. P. Derrick
J. P. Derrick, 5S. 8. Alleman
A. R. Shumate
E. Seastrunk
Thomas Gifford
London
T. H. Gifford
England
David Tanneberg
Lititz
Pennsylvania
Funeral Rites Held for Miss Eagle in Winchester
Miss Eagle death from a hemorrhage of the lung prompted funeral services at Market Street Church with Rev. Wallace M. Brashears and Rev. Dr. S. L. Flickinger officiating. Interment followed in Mount Hebron Cemetery with pallbearers named. mourners came from Adlie Purcellville Leesburg and Washington DC.
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Wrenshe
Tee
Virginia Pass
Sheeze Oe Coees
H. Eagle
Winchester
Wallace M. Brashears
8. L. Flickinger
Centenary Reformed Church
Miss Eagle
Market Street Church
Mount Hebron
Harry Willis
Stewart Fawcett
Wilbur Johnston
William Massie
Samuel L. Laren, Jr
Ryland
Painful Piles Quick-Acting Internal Remedy Promoted
An advertisement touts a medical claim by Dr J S Leon Hardt for a tablet named HEMROID to treat piles by addressing circulation and blood impurities. It asserts internal medicine works while salves fail and promises a money back guarantee through Baker's Drug Store and other druggists.
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J S Leonhardt
Baker’s
Conditions In Country Before It Became Dry
Harper’s Weekly 1853 excerpt notes rising crime reports, mob behavior, and public hostility to law amid immigration fears. It cites murders in New York, arsons, and burglaries as signs of social unrest, blaming inadequate courts and politics before Prohibition era.
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Fillmore
Harper's Weekly
New York
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