New Road for Rogers Connects Roanoke to Mount Airy
Roanoke Virginia October 28 Oil magnate H H Rogers builder and owner of the Virginian Railway will build a new 25 mile railroad line from Roanoke to Floyd rights of way are being acquired Virginian engineers employed by Rogers are doing the work The line is planned to extend into Surrey County North Carolina and connect with the Southern Railway at Mount Airy
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Floyd
H. H. Rogers
Virginian Railway
West Virginia
Norfolk
Rogers
Surrey County
N. C
Southern Railway
Mount Airy
Mil ller Graf ton Starbuck Shot Dead in Ambush
Graf ton Starbuck a 45 year old prominent Gauley Bridge miller was shot and killed as he left his home in Charleston W V. by an unknown assassin in ambush nearby. He opposed saloons in Fayette county and claimed his life had been threatened over the dry county issue.
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Charleston
W. Va
Grafton Starbuck
Gauley Bridge
Starbuck
Fayette County
Democratic committee reports over 40 thousand dollars in contributions
The Democratic national committee announced today that contributions totaling over 40 thousand dollars were received at New York headquarters on October 27. The public list shows Herman Ridder contributing 3 thousand dollars as treasurer, with Michael Fogarty and Morgan J. O’Coen of New York also listed, and Edward F. Goltyn of Missouri contributing 8 thousand dollars.
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Herman Ridder
New York
Democratic National Committee
Anions Committee
Michael Fogarty
Morgan J. O'coen
Edward F. Goltyn
Missouri
Notable long distance auto race from Los Angeles to Phoenix
Los Angeles announces a major desert endurance race from downtown to Phoenix. Starting at the Holenberg hotel at midnight Thursday, cars depart at 30 minute intervals. The 25 hour run uses the Mission road route via several towns. A silver cup will be awarded to the winner.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Phoenix
Arizona
Hollenbeck Itotes
Mission Road
The Real Reason He Was Without Enemies
A quoted exchange from Puck contrasts claims of having no enemies with bold defense of standing up for the right Against wrong. A witty retort derides the idea of cowardice for avoiding conflict and obligation.
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Puck
Three kingdoms of the universe lesson sparks a child’s reply
A teacher classifies schoolroom items into the vegetable mineral and animal kingdoms. He then assigns Alice to the animal kingdom, prompting her tearful reply that she belongs to the kingdom of heaven per her mother’s saying.
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Alice
Kingdom of Heaven
Lippincott’s Magazine
Getting Even
A passenger asks how far the other is going and offers a seat in a crowded car. The exchange turns on a past courtesy with no thanks, highlighting a tiny grievance over a seat. The Philadelphia Ledger quotation captures social etiquette and petty retaliation in city life.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Venezuela observes Simon Bolivar birthday anniversary nationwide
Simon Bolivar’s birthday anniversary was marked across Venezuela with patriotic demonstrations and elaborate festivities. It is the republic’s only national holiday and is observed with nationwide celebrations.
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Carcas
Simon Bolivar
Venezuela
Republic
Five-pound Pawnee Oats deal at Echols Cash Store
A Friday sale at J M Echols Cash Store 281 South Bland street offers five pounds of Pawnee Oats and a piece of decorated china for only 24 cents. The note dates 10 29 21.
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J. M. Echols’ Cash Store
South Bland Street
First Love Reunites after Twenty Years in Spokane Wedding
In Spokane Washington on October 28 Miss Wary Oswalt of Chicago and L A Brockway of Rosalia were married at the groom s home. Brockway had met Miss Oswalt during a Yellow Fever era hospital assignment and later drifted apart before returning to her through friends in Vicksburg. The widow Mrs Brockway died two years earlier leaving a child.
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Wash
Wary Oswalt
Chicago
L. A. Brockway
Rosalia
F. N. Smith
Congregational Church
Brockway
Vicksburg
Miss
Miss Oswalt
Young Brockway
Here
Father and children clash with noisy upstairs commotion
A Baltimore American whimsy records a father apologizing for his loud family moving from the nursery. He jokes the house sounds suggest a whaling expedition as a friend descends to greet him, hinting at ongoing domestic turmoil.
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Baltimore
Traveler Quips Over Sand Wich Inventory in Punch Cartoon
A Punch cartoon features a traveler asking about sand wiches and a Refreshment Room Attendant replying he must sell them rather than eat. The humor centers on wartime snack scarcity and vending duties amid travel mess.
Thoughtful of Him a Compassionate Exchange
A character recalls giving medicine left by a doctor to a sick boy around the corner who had none, highlighting a moment of sympathy and aid in their neighborhood.
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Tommy
Kinzer Your Jeweler Offers Wide Selection of Jewelry
The ad promotes a large collection of lockets and neck chains at Kinzer Your Jeweler. It highlights Sauer flavoring extract as pure and not terpenless, and endorses DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve for piles available from all druggists.
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Kinzer
DeWitt
Champ Clark Likely to Succeed Williams as Minority Leader
Washington October 28 The coming session of the Sixtieth Congress will likely bring Champ Clark of Missouri as minority leader replacing John Sharp Williams of Mississippi Williams has chosen to pursue a Senate seat and no opposition to Clark for the post has appeared at this time.
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Washington, D. C
John Sharp Williams
Mississippi
Champ Clark
Missouri
Wiliams
Cham Clark
Roosevelt farmer uplift commission announces first hearings
Ithaca New York October 28 The itinerary for the first trip of President Roosevelts farmer uplift commission was announced by Chairman Dailey. The group will hold its first hearing November 6 at the Agricultural College of Maryland then travel south. The next ten days will include hearings in states south of Washington and east of the Mississippi with the delegation to split to cover the territory. About 600000 circular letters have been sent from Washington.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Roosevelt
Farmer's Uplift Commission
Dailey
Agricultural College of Maryland
Washington
Mississippi River
Rural betterment commission to add two new members
Daily about 2000 replies flood in as the commission expands outreach for rural improvements. Chairman Bailey says President Roosevelt will appoint two more members, bringing the board to seven.
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Bailey
Rosevelt
Virginian Killed in West Hot Springs
The body of Fred W. Kloeber, found about a mile from where Julius Kemle’s remains were located, was brought to Hot Springs amid evidence he was killed shortly after leaving his partner. Kloeber, born in Marion, Virginia, worked in newspapers and served as a Washington correspondent. his brother Charles Ke. Kloeber of New York is with the Associated Press.
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Hot Springs
Wash
Fred W. Kloeber
Julius Kemle
Kloeber
Marion
Washington
Charles Ke. Kloeber
New York
Associated Press
Ivy from General Lee's grave dedicated in Amoy grounds
An American resident of Amoy installed a bronze tablet beside a rock this afternoon marking that in 1898 ivy from General Robert E. Lee's grave was planted at the Amoy club by Vice Consul Carrington. The tablet carries the inscription citing the 1898 origin.
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Amoy
General Lee
Amoy Club
Robert E. Lee
Carrington
Battle between Papago and Yaqui Indians near Altar Sonora
News from several sources reports a battle north of Altar Sonora with forty Yaqui killed. Papagos allegedly armed by the Mexican government lured Yaquis into ambush and slaughtered them, but official confirmation is lacking.
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Tex
Altar
Sonora
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