Baseball Scores From Virginia League and National League
Roanoke defeats Lynchburg 5 4, Richmond beats Danville 7 5, Norfolk over Portsmouth 5 1. National League results show Chicago 2 Cincinnati 1, Pittsburg 1 St. Louis 0, Boston 9 Philadelphia 0, New York 1 Brooklyn 4. American League Detroit 5 St. Louis 2, Cleveland 5 Chicago 0, Washington 6 Boston 4, Philadelphia 8 New York 5.
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Roanoke
Lynchburg
Richmond
Danville
Norfolk
Portsmouth
National
Chicago
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
St. Louis
Boston
Philadelphia
New York
Brooklyn
American
Detroit
Cleveland
Washington
Central League Opens Season With Promising Improvement
Terre Haute Indiana April 23 The Central League begins its season with an improved circuit and stronger clubs, promising a successful year. Opening games include Grand Rapids at Evansville Fort Wayne at Wheeling Dayton at Zanesville and South Bend at Terre Haute.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Grand Rapids
Evansville
Fort Wayne
Wheeling
Dayton
Zanesville
South Bend
Club House Robbery in Hot Springs Targets Indiana Club
Four masked men armed with revolvers rob the Indiana club on Central Avenue Hot Springs looting club funds and locking occupants in a room. Amount stolen not confirmed but estimated between 5000 and 106000 dollars. Robbers fled as a resident freed others after escaping via a transom and triggering police.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Indiana Club
Central Avenue
Richmond Social Wedding in St Pauls Church
A wedding of social note took place at St Pauls Church in Richmond Virginia on April 23. Miss Elizabeth Price of Richmond married Charles Frederick Houston of Covington Kentucky. The bride is the daughter of Dr Thomas Randolph Price of the University of Virginia and Columbia College.
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Richmond
St. Paul's Church
Elizabeth Price
Charles Frederick Houston
Covington
Thomas Randolph Price
University of Virginia
Columbia College
10000 Back to Work Restart Ordered in Coal Region
General Manager Malone of the Fairmont Coal Company ordered supervisors to resume operations in full by May 15. The action affects more than 10,000 miners across the region as of April 23 from Baltimore headquarters.
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Fairmont Company
Clarksburg
W. Va
Malone
Fairmont Coal Company
Baltimore
Tornado Sweeps Nebraska Town Killing Three
A tornado roared through Cummings county into Thurston county at noon today. Three people are known dead and several injured as homes were destroyed and communications were cut, slowing reports from Bancroft Nebraska.
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Bancroft
Neb
Cummings
Thurston County
Twenty Year Health Sentence Reported by Woolever
O S Woolever of Le Raysville New York says Bucklens Arnica Salve cured his bleeding piles twenty years ago and praises its healing for sores boils burns wounds and cuts. The product costs 25 cents at drug stores.
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Bucklén
O. S. Woolever
le Raysville
New York
Bucklen
Last Day of Great Conference of Laymen in Chattanooga
The final day of the Southern Methodist laymen conference in Chattanooga Tennessee featured an attractive program with speakers on topics including The Challenge of the City by Josiah Strong The Plan Purpose and Need of the Laymen's Missionary Movement by Dr Samuel P Capen and The Work of the Conference Lay Leader by T B King Others in attendance included Bishop Hendrix of Kansas City and J Campbell White of New York who delivered addresses tonight.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Southern Methodist Church
Josiah Strong
New York
Samuel P. Capen
Boston
T. B. King
Memphis
L. M. Pennington
Eatonton, Ga
Bishop Hendrix
Kansas City
J. Campbell White
Brilliant wedding at All Souls Church Biltmore scene
Miss Elizabeth Baxter Rees of New York became the bride of Augustus Dennis Shepard Jr at All Souls Church Biltmore Asheville. The ceremony drew a large party from New York society and notable connections to the Vanderbilts and Elliott F. Shepard.
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Asheville
N. C
All Souls Church
Biltmore
Elizabeth Baxter Rees
Arthur F. Rees
New York
Augustus Dennis Shepard, Jr
Elliott F. Shepard
Vanderbilts
New York City
General Linevitch Dies in St Petersburg at 68
Lieutenant General Linevitch aide de camp to the Emperor and commander of the first Manchurian army died in St. Petersburg from pneumonia this evening at age sixty eight.
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St. Petersburg
Linevitch
Emperor Nicholas
Virginia Commission Allows Wise Terminal Rail Passenger Fare Increase
After a conference, the Virginia Corporation Commission granted Wise Terminal Railway permission to raise passenger rates on its Norton to Glamorgan line. The six mile Wise county route serves coal and lumber shipments. passenger service was minimal and previously cut from 35 cents single trip and 60 cents round trip to about 8 1 2 cents per mile.
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Virginia Corporation Commission
Wise Terminal Railway
Wise County
Norton
Glamorgan
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Richlands Brick Co
J. N. Harman
Trustee
Richlands
Virginia
Ulloch
Fat Tod Insurance
Agigy, General Insurance
Bluefield, W. VA
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Nebraska
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Elks Building
Lampeck
Acme
White Lead & Color Works
Detroit, Mich
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Follansbee
Bland Street
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Tse
China
Samuel Turk
West Va
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