Big Stone Gap notes hotel project roads and social events
Charles Johnson, prominent contractor and bidder for the Home Building Corporation hotel and office block, finishes debris removal and flags rock quarrying for foundation work. J A L Minor starts excavation for a three story Wood avenue building slated for August occupancy. Big Stone Gap plans new roads toward Appalachia and through Wise county, with prisoner labor and county jail reforms. Jewelry firm builds a two story block on Wood avenue. Miss Laura Kelly wed Dr. W G Painter in a Methodist ceremony. Dedication of East Stone Gap Southern Methodist Church set for Sunday. Odd Fellows host a successful box supper, proceeds aid Rebekahs. Reports reach of a fatal poker game shooting near Dorchester. Doc Hinz arrested and jailed in Wise.
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Big Stone Gap
Charles Johnson
Home Building Corporation
J. A. L. Minor
Wood Avenue
Wise County
Appalachia
Corporation Line
Wise
Baseball scores from Roanoke and five other games
Roanoke 7 Norfolk 2 Denville 9 Portsmouth 4 Richmond 7 Lynchburg 1 Detroit 4 Chicago 2 Philadelphia 5 Boston 4 Eleven innings Washington 4 New York 9.
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Roanoke
Norfolk
Denville
Portsmouth
Richmond
Lynchburg
Detroit
Chicago
Philadelphia
Boston
Washington
New York
Robbery on New York St Louis Express near Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Railroad and Adams Express officials probe a walkers mills theft on the fast New York to St Louis express. Detectives and Pinkerton agents search the area for robbers who escaped with about 600 dollars, mostly currency, plus small packages likely jewelry. Messenger Noah Roshen, questioned but cleared, returned to Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Adams Express Company
Express
Walker's Mills
Steubenville
Pinkerton
Secret Service
Noah Roshen
Columbus
Chicago Wizard Promises $100 Million Gold Output
Rudolph M. Hunter, a Chicago figure, declares that in about eighteen months he will produce 24 carat gold worth $100 million annually in Chicago. He asserts a breakthrough process will enable large scale gold output for manufacturers and investors.
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Chicago, Ill
Rudolph M. Hunter
Modern wizard promises huge gold production plant
A Chicago visitor describes a man claiming to transmute silver and baser metals into gold at $100 million annually. He says he can beat government tests of origin and supply the Philadelphia mint year round. Hunter works on finalizing a large Philadelphia plant to operate. The claim is presented as a world changing gold revolution.
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Philadelphia
Mr. Hunter
Chicago
Society Plunderer Goelet Jailed for Berkeley Oakland Burglary
Doctor W. W. Goelet a Columbia College graduate and four month Oakland bride is in Berkeley City prison charged with eight burglaries in Berkeley and Oakland. He used aliases D F Wythe and checked into luxury hotels to commit thefts. He once traveled with lecturer Benjamin Pay Mills as Mills private secretary.
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San Francisco
W. W. Goelet
Columbia College
Oakland
Berkeley City
Berkeley
D. F. Wythe
Goelet
Benjamin Pay Mills
Mills
Los Angeles
Virginia
Washington
Cube
Newspaper publishers testify on wood pulp prices in Congress
John Norris of the American Newspaper Publishers Association pressed that evidence on wood pulp and print paper largely sits with the attorney general and may not reach the Justice Department. Medill McCormick disclosed a five year contract with International Paper at 2204 dollars per hundred, with one year left and prices rising from 85 cents. He said Chicago Tribune and related papers pay similar rates, while Hearst papers pay slightly less than 200 dollars.
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Washington
John Norris
American Newspaper Publisher's Association
Committee of the House
Department of Justice
Medill McCormick
Chicago Tribune
McCormick
Chicago Record Herald
The
News
Tribune
Hearst
Journa
Paper Duties and Contract Strain Highlight McCormick Testimony
McCormick testified he paid over 2.30 for paper while most paper came from the International Company. He admitted buying from a Watertown mill and switching contracts under pressure from the Watertown firm and an International agent. He warned that higher paper costs add about 100000 dollars yearly and urged duty relief on wood pulp and print paper.
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Journal
International Company
McCormick
Watertown
N. Y
Watertown Company
New York
Waltertown Company
Chicago
First American Play The Prince of Parthia Traces
The Philadelphia Public Ledger cites Thomas Godfrey's The Prince of Parthia as the first American written play produced in the United States. It opened at Southwark Theater in Philadelphia in April 1767 with Lewis Hallam's company, marking the first visiting troupe in the city. Godfrey, an ambitious young poet, died young, and his work appeared in a 1765 volume.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Thomas Godfrey
Southwark Theater
Quaker City
Lewis Hallam
Philadelphia
Godfrew
A Use For His Obituary
A conscientious editor apologizes for falsely reporting the death of a commandant and offers a correction. The man declares it better to let the obituary stand, joking he will show it to friends when they borrow money.
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Perhays
Painful Etiquette in Louis XIV Court
A London Telegraph note recalls how Louis XIV endured a cold when the lord of the chamber was absent and no courtier dared to break etiquette by giving the king his shirt. The tale highlights rigid court ritual and stubborn propriety.
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France
Louis XIV
London
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Bluefield Book Telephone
Elk’s Building
Big Stone Gap Jewelry Corporation
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J. F. Bullitt
Collier Hall
Laura Kelly
W. G. Painter
Southern Methodist Church
East Stone Gap
Ek. H. Cassiday
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Chas. F. Budatn
Tracy
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Virginia League
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Manhattan
Keiser Gravats
Nettleton Shoes
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Neal
Interior Enamel
Acme
White Lead & Color Works
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Samuel Turk
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