Gardner Encourages Boy After Fielding Flub at Capitol
Senator Obadiah Gardner Maine reformer with Mark Hanna features paused in Ashington to watch boys play. A batter muffed a pop fly. Gardner recalled a past game where a misplay led to praise after a clutch hit. He advised the youngster not to fear critics and to keep playing with confidence.
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Obadiah Gardner
Maine
Mark Hanna
Ashington
Gardner
Senate
Capitol
Cenas
The Widow Marries Her Manager Named John Jinx
A buxom widow takes over her late husband’s wholesale meat business and marries her trusted manager John Jinx who could not read. She teaches him to write and he signs the marriage entry with the words Settled John Jinx.
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John Jinx
John
Happy John
Synthetic Diamonds Lie Hidden in Paris Market
Fake diamonds surfaced in Paris offered to dealers at low prices. Experts testing them found slight differences from natural stones, yet some said they were genuine, suggesting the secret of making diamonds is being solved. The report links this to a growing market for synthetic gems like rubies and sapphires produced in electric furnaces.
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Paris
Exchange
Symmetry in Classroom Desks Questioned by Chicago Supervisor
Chicago schools superintendent Mrs Ella Flags Young urges abandoning desk symmetry for child health. She notes many children develop rounded shoulders after entering primary grades due to improper desk height. She argues comfort and health should guide desk arrangement rather than symmetry.
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Ella Flags Young
Chicago
Young
Peats
Kinder Skittish in a Shoe Store Exchange
A Chicago Post item describes a mammy of ante bellum Gays entering a shoe shop and asking for overday shoes small tens. The clerk selects heavy plow shoes and stands while she tries them. She jokes about etan’ and the clerk offers to move. She adds she is raised white folks and is a bit cross.
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Bho
Chicago Post
Penny’s Power and Limits Describe a Penny’s Worth
A humorous column discusses what a penny can and cannot buy, listing practical and whimsical examples. The tone is light and observational as Mrs Exe muses on small purchases and the limits of a single cent.
Baltimore Plans to Hear Contests for Seats at Convention
Baltimore reports plans to hear rival delegations for seats at the Democratic national convention as June 22 progresses. The article notes discussions among party members and the potential seating of contested delegates.
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Ady
Baltimore
Roosevelt movement consolidates at orchestra hall meeting
The Democratic National Committee reports contests affecting delegates from districts including Vermont Philippines and Illinois. Roosevelt receives informal endorsement from a morning conference with leaders and plans to nominate him with pledges from electors in states opposing Roosevelt to form a nationwide organization. Evening crowd densifies around Orchestra Hall as Roosevelt meeting begins.
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Coumbing Porta Ries
Vermont
Philippines
Masaka
Nlon
Roosevelt
Alock
Orchestra Hall
Roosevelt Breaks With Republican National Committee
Chicago June 22. After planning for a new party Col Roosevelt severed relations with the Republican national committee. He said delegates deemed fraudulent should not vote, and if they did he could not free them from their obligation to support him. Roosevelt delegates invited to a mass meeting at Orchestra hall to organize an independent party.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Republican National Committee
Olo
Orchestra Hall
Moon Struck Proposal Amid Falling Moon
A romantic scene unfolds as a couple stands by a lake under a moon that keeps falling. He attempts a proposal as the moon descends, the woman sighs, and they decide to go home while a distant splash marks the surreal moment.
Mourning Etiquette May Change With Sanitary Insight
The Baltimore American notes that the young widow of Col. John Jacob Astor will wear white for mourning instead of black, signaling a potential shift in customs. It argues sanitary science will influence future mourning styles, criticizing current practices as harmful to health and urging sensible expressions of sorrow.
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John Jacob Astor
Baltimore American
Thelma Smith Questions Sharing Personal Hygiene Tools
Thelma Smith, a young girl, fears catching diseases from shared articles. She has been taught not to use others brushes and combs. She was found using her father's shaving brush and asked what she might catch.
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Thelma Smith
East Side
Thelma
Welch News Notes Highlights Local Social and Regional Visitations
A roundup of residents visiting friends and relatives across Bramwell Eckman Huntington and Cincinnati. Mentions include H B Brown, Ward Blue, G W Howard, Marvin Taylor at the Baltimore Democratic convention, Mrs Hastings and children in Saeger, Clea Beard with J S Whitt, Elm Hatcher taking a civil engineer post in Bedford City, and J F Johnson with family in Cincinnati. Also notes Stokes Sale Henderson Mitchell attend the Baltimore convention, Speery recovering after appendicitis, and coal and oil operators staying at the Stag Hotel. A Welch Hemphill baseball game is scheduled for today.
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Thomas Curd
Elm Hatcher
Bedford City
J. M. West
J. F. Johnson
Cincinnati
W. H. Stokes
J. Graham Sale
J. Henderson Mitchell
Baltimore
JL. J. Rhodes
Fails Mills
W. I. Speery
McDowell
W. E. Deegans
J. B. Hopmeier
William Brown
Glen Jean
H. Feinstone
Longdale
Stag Hotel
Vetween Welch
Hemphill
Tennis club standings and match results in Southern West Virginia
Gary team played two tennis matches in Pocahontas and Graham, with Gary securing wins and losses. Scores from Pocahontas were 6 2, 3 6, 4 3, 6 2, 7 5 and from Graham 6 3, 6 2, 4 6, 8 6, 4 6. Club standings show Bramwell Welch Graham Bluefield Pocahontas Northfork Eckman with varying records in the Southern West Virginia Tennis Association.
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Gary
Pocahontas
Graham
Warenson
Perrin
Drs. J. M. Smith
G. H. Zimmerman
Acahontas
Ravenson
Fisher
Baylor
Southern West Virginia Tennis Association
P.C. Bramwell
Welch
Gary Cdies Kol Leche He
Bluefield
Northfork
j/Eckman
Forty Nine Shots Fired at Honaker in Vengeful Attack
Hotel proprietor Bone Honaker, about fifty, was wounded when Taylor fired five pistol shots then a shotgun blast as Honaker walked to his car patch. A second assailant also fired. Taylor escaped. Motive cited as revenge for alleged relations with Honaker’s wife, a twenty three year old. Reports vary on number of shots, and details of the incident remain unclear.
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Honaker
Clinch Valley
West Virginia
Bone
Taylor
Wisse
Yaylor
Kentucky
Tennessee
Mr. Hongker
Floraker
Moon Blindness Reported by Sailors in Tropics and Med
A London Standard naval correspondent from Port of Spain Trinidad describes moon blindness caused by moonlit exposure. A New Zealand correspondent recalls Langdale crewmen moon blind after sleeping on deck between St Helena and the line. They could see in daylight but not at dusk and needed guiding by ropes.
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London Standard
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Tropics
Mediterranean
Elgie
New Zealand
Toa Weekly Scientific Journal
Liverpool
Langdale
St. Helena
Jed Relief Fund receives additional contributions
Secretary of the committee acknowledges new payments totaling 316266.64 after prior receipt of 16191.45. Recent donors include S. D. Warriner of Wilkes-Barre PA with 50.00 and F. M. Chase of Wilkes-Barre PA with 25.00, bringing the overall total to 16266.64.
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S. D. Warriner
Wilkes-Barre
F. M. Chase
Wilkes Barre
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