What We Were Doing What We Were Doing Twenty Years Ago Today
Mr and Mrs Walter Perkins returned from Roanoke to make their home in Bluefield Ben Gray was arrested charged with the murder of Lizzie Perkins and Josie Billups The fan house of the Empire Coal Coke Company was destroyed by fire TEN YEARS AGO TODAY W N Grove former Bluefielder died at New York The new Lutheran church of this city was opened Rev Bittle Spracher formerly of the Virginia Side died at Chattanooga Tenn
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Walter Perkins
Roanoke
Bluefield
Ben Gray
Lizzie Perkins
Josie Billups
Empire Coalee Coke Company
W. N. Grove
Diary of a Pacific Coast crime and Slemp resignation noted
The article discusses Dorothy Ellingson’s murder case in California and questions of remorse versus punishment, arguing for a strong sentence to deter others from similar acts. It also bids farewell to Bascomb Slemp, praising his decency, integrity, and political service, and expressing hope for his continued success.
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Bascomb Slemp
Virginia
Republican Party
Babies with Beards and the Charleston Senate Tie
The Charleston exhibition of politics shows a stalled Senate due to absent members and a deadlock between Republicans and Democrats. On fifty ballots White and Coffman split eight votes each, then Coffman led with nine on ballot fifty-one, though eight senators later signed for White. White and Highland then missed the next session, with a smear of betrayal aimed at uncovering who switched votes. The Daily Telegraph backs White amid claims of a Judas-like betrayal and ongoing political strife.
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Senate
M. Z. White
Mingo
C. J. Coffman
Harrison
White
Coffman
Cecil B. Highland
Messrs. White
Highland
Sorrow Over Lenient Fate For San Francisco 16 Year Old
The article protests that California law bars hanging Dorothy Ellingson a sixteen year old who confessed to killing her mother after being reproved for late night roaming. It argues youth should not shield her from the sentence though the mother’s life was worth the ultimate penalty.
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Dorothy
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Dorothy Ellingson
California
I Am My Housemaid by Mary Brent Whiteside
A reflective verse in which the speaker proclaims servant roles within a grand cosmic feast. The voice shifts through servant, master, and poet, claiming dominion over celestial wonders and gathered stars as part of a personal, intimate mansion.
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Heaven
Mary Brent Whiteside
Reformers push for tougher marriage rules and uniform divorce laws
Editorials urge reducing marriages and harmonizing divorce statutes across states. Baylor University head proposes waiting a year after publication before marriage and banning marriages for those under 22 or women under 19. The piece weighs whether legislation can truly ease marital unhappiness or merely address tempers.
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Baylor University
Waco
Tex
Chicago Herald Examiner
Samuel Gompers a Valient Knight in Labor’s Cause
A tribute recalling Samuel Gompers as a courageous leader of the labor movement. The piece acknowledges his vanity and flaws but credits him with steadfastly defending workers’ claims to greater share of wealth, fighting relentlessly against wage-system opponents, and never asking for quarter.
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Samuel Gompers
Samuel Gomperg
Funeral Sermon Honors Samuel Gompers In New York
Funeral services in New York paid high respect to Samuel Gompers with praise for his lifelong fight for workers. The Typographical Journal notes that those who battled for the House of Want are better valued than harsh critics suggest, and that his earthly rest is secure while his cause endures.
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New York
House of Want
Samuel Gompers
Typographical Journal
France
Cathedral of St John the Divine to unite arts in project
Bishop Manning advocates a holistic plan for the Cathedral of St John the Divine inviting all professions to contribute to its construction. Committees across arts and crafts form, signaling broad support to integrate creativity with divine purpose and offer periods of calm amid modern toil. Philadelphia Public Ledger.
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Manning
St. John the Divine
Philadelphia Public Ledger
SHORT CUTS From Exchanges
A compilation of quips and witticisms from various papers. The snippets poke fun at prunes, bond ties, hot baths, sketch books, evils, aging, Shakespeare, family nations, gas lighting, and the Rhine watch.
Last Nights Mail on Tyler and Taft Rumors
News recounts Dr Lyon G Tyler becoming a father at 72, comparing his era to President Tyler’s exit from office. A mocking boat farewell underscores political divides, while rumors swirl about Taft quitting due to health, with suggestions of Huces gaining a future State Department post.
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Harry & Hunt Ashington
Lyon G. Tyler
John Tyler
Washington
Eel 6
Tyler
James K. Polk
Daniel Webster
Congress
Polk
Potomac
Virginia
President Tyler
Justice McKenna
Charles Evans Huces
State Department
Fables on Health and Earache Remedies
Mrs Mann treats her husband’s earache with hot water bags and flannel applied to the ear. Heat and ear syringing offer relief when remedies fail. The piece advises seeking an ear specialist for babies and careful ear examination.
Cleverness and quips from a bustling social page
A collage of jokes and pointed witticisms about courtship, marriage, parenting, and daily life. The bits feature a visiting bachelor, mistaken identity with a couple, parental humor about income, and schoolroom banter. Regional humor centers on light domestic scenes and social missteps.
Fragmented quips and wry proverbs across a dated column
A string of dated one liners and social observations. Some lines parody court suits and promises while others mock modern life and manners. The collection mentions a New York apartment with many families, a voyage by Columbus, and cautions about honesty, money, and speech in a light, opinionated tone.
Regulation by self restraint across radio climate and football
A long column argues that regulation is shifting from imposed rules to self restraint by industries and publics. It contrasts self policing in utilities and radio with war era control, then surveys climate, football stadiums, and German politics, ending with reflections on bootleggers and enforcement.
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Pomie
Calfornia
Hoover
Kent Hall
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Tilenen
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Postoffice
Slemp
Ezek
Charleston
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Young Statesman
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Asheville
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Rhine
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William and Mary College
White House
Lyof
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New Hemenshire
Els
MR. Mann
Toire
Mabel
John
Harold
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Bobby
Jim
Alberta
Tom
Gladys
Ole
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Panhandler
Tomkeins’ Telegraph
St. Louis
Chris Columbus
Chester H. Rowell
Fifth Avenue
Yosemite
EAD
Germany
America
Dawes
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