Public welfare notes and regional enterprise mix
A Virginia tuberculosis warning urges jail reform as key to eradicating the disease. Plans for a new public school oriented to trade work surface, while Harrisonburg forms a $50,000 stock company to develop Massanutta Springs and a 100 room hotel for winter use. Petersburg endures a large downtown fire causing about three quarters of a million dollars in losses, with Richmond fire crews aiding.
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Washington
Virginia
J. T. Mastin
State Board of Charities and Corrections
Richmond
Harrisonburg
Massanutta Springs
Harrionburg
Petersburg
Girl 12 Travels Alone From Calcutta Aboard California
Gladys Amy Graham of Calcutta India, 12, arrived alone on the Anchor liner California to join her father James Graham in Canada. She crossed from India to England, then Glasgow, and boarded California. She passed customs easily, proudly showing her doll. She said she was not afraid and found the journey interesting.
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California
Gladys Amy Graham
Calcutta
India
James Graham
McCloud
Alberta
Canada
England
Southampton
Glasgow
Scotland
Gladys Amy
Mosby to be greeted by Yale students before lecture
Col John S Mosby, famed Confederate leader, sails into Connecticut with distinguished citizens planning a cordial greeting. In New Haven he will be received Monday evening December 6 at the Grand Opera House after the University Club prepares a separate student welcome from 150 Yale Southern students.
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Connecticut
John S. Mosby
New Haven
Col. Mosby
Grand Opera House
Yale
University Club
New Haven Journal Courier
Buckner Warmly Prizes Hart County Home and Mint Juleps
Civil War era hero Geo. Simon Bolivar Buckner, 88, honored by Kentucky governors in Louisville, says he cannot leave politics, cherishes his Hart County log cabin, mint bed, and spring water. He would refuse Vanderbilt and Rockefeller riches for his home, garden, and dog.
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Geo
Simon Bolivar Buckner
Kentucky
Louisville
Hart County
Old
Vanderbilt
Rockefeller
Body found in Richmond Reservoir mystery widens
The body of 23 year old Mrs. Jeanette Brown was recovered Thursday in the East basin of the Richmond reservoir at William Byrd Park. Her disappearance on Monday November 28 remained a mystery as investigators consider death by own action while some friends suspect foul play. Brown ran a small grocery in Richmond. Earlier, about 26 years ago, Fannie Lillian Madison was found in the old basin leading to a later court case.
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Jeanette Brown
H. B. Brown
Richmond City
William Byrd Park
Brown
Bertie J. Garfield
Norfolk
Old Basin
Thomas Judson Cleverius
Keezel Named Rockingham County Treasurer
Senator Geo B Keezel appointed county treasurer of Rockingham to fill the remainder of I W Carpenter’s term starting January 1. The Circuit Court judge T N Hass made the appointment, and Keezel will resign from the Senate after twenty years of service to take the new duties. The text includes unrelated dramatic lines about a woman and eggs, which do not pertain to the appointment.
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Geo. B. Keezel
Rockingham
I. W. Carpenter
T. N. Hass
Circuit Court
Keezer
Senate
All the World Will Soon Fly
A historical look at aerial navigation as air travel expands worldwide. The piece notes faster progress in Germany and France, ongoing dirigible experiments, and rising interest in aviation. It cites Berlin to Düsseldorf or Frankfurt routes at about two hundred marks per trip, and predicts widespread flying by age twenty.
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Germany
France
Berlin
Dusseldorf
Frankfort
Inoculation Against Typhoid Fears for Denny Stay in Virginia
The Richmond Howitzers and others may all be vaccinated against typhoid as outbreaks press in Lexington. A rumor links Dr. George S. Denny of Washington and Lee University to Princeton's presidency, but Virginians urge him to stay in Virginia to lead education and the university.
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Denny
Virginia
Richmond Howitzers
Lexington
United States Army
George S. Denny
Washington and Lee University
Princeton University
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Old Dominion
Washington and Lee
Princeton
Ciii- Ton Forge Review
24 Fingers on Four Hands in Larceny Case
Atlanta dispatch reports a larceny trial where a suspect and a witness are said to have 12 fingers each, totaling 24. Uncle's pawned suit tied to Charles Tanner, whose 12 fingers matched a witness’s alibi. the jury returned not guilty after a dramatic courtroom exchange involving Solicitor General Dorsey and defense lawyers.
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Atlanta
Criminal Division
Superior Court
Charles Tanner
Uncle
Dorsey
Roy Dorsey
Carl Guess
Cass Jones
Cass
Flood Helped in Other Districts Campaign Spending Revealed
Representative H B Flood of the Tenth District filed statements showing he spent more to support rivals Henry Stuart in the Ninth and Judge EK W Saunders in the Fifth than for his own bid. Total expenditures for his campaigns and related sums reach 56950, including postal cards stumps traveling costs and a state committee remittance. The report notes broader campaign activity in multiple districts. Also reported are hunting season deaths and injuries with 113 deaths this season, higher than prior years, according to Chicago dispatches via the Alexandria Gazette.
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H. B. Flood
Henry ©. Stuart
EK. W. Saunder
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Flood
Frank Moore
Lexington
State Democratic Committee
Ellyson
Chicago
Renson
Alexandria Gazette
Death of Rev Dr H M White in Winchester 1910
Obituary notes the death of Rev Dr Henry Martyn White at Winchester Memorial Hospital after pneumonia. Born in Richmond July 19 1836, he served as pastor in Big Lick Roanoke Glade Springs Winchester and led a 50 year ministry. Survived by wife Blanche McClanahan and two sons, with several brothers and relatives mentioned. Funeral held with multiple ministers in attendance. Winchester stores closed in tribute.
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H. M. White
Winchester
Henry Martyn White
Opequon
Richmond
William S White
Virginia
Scotland
Ireland
White
Blanche McClanahan
Roanoke
William McC. White
Raleigh
N. C
Hugh W. White
Presbyterian Church
China
Thomas 5S, White
Lexington
Washton College
Lexington Presbyterian Church
Mary Myers
John H. Myers
Thomas S. White
Hugh A. White
J. H. Lacy
J. R. Graham
A. C. Hopkins
Charlestown
W. Va
F. M. Woods
Martinesburg
Chas.Ghiselin
Shepherdstown
Monumental Fakir Is Dr. F A Cook
Dr Frederick A Cook, the polar claimant known for years as a possible fraud, reveals in Hampton Magazine that he may not know if he reached the North Pole. He plans to return to the United States December 22 to publish his life story and defend his claim. Capitan Robert E Peary dismisses the magazine confession, offering no further comment.
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Frederick A. Cook
Crooklyn
Hampton
North Pole
Cook
United
New York
Dr. Cook
North
Poe
Pole
Robert E. Peary
What Is His Environment The Democratic Party
The Commoner argues the Democratic party risks defeat by nominating men who serve special interests rather than the people. It urges examining every presidential aspirant’s record and stance on public questions, especially whether they support initiative and referendum. It questions if leaders trust the people with government.
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Democratic Party
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