American flag floats over school in East Atlee
A East Atlee High School held a flag raising with a ceremony and a new flag atop the school. Speaker Rosewell Page of Hanover described the event and George Haw Hanover Commonwealth's Attorney spoke of reverence for the Stars and Stripes and the Confederate flag, stressing respect for both meanings. A large crowd attended the exercises.
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East Atlee
Rosewell Page
Hanover
George Haw
Commonwealth
Haw
Clean Bill for Dr Barringer
The Virginia Polytechnic Institute board will meet to review a committee report on charges leveled by the Alumni Association against Dr Paul Barringer. The expected result is a clean bill for Barringer and dismissal of charges as trivial, though a minority report may urge resignation and Barringer’s retirement.
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Board of Visitors
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
State Department of Public Instruction
L. E. Johnson
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Harry M. Smith
Charles G. Kizer
Norfolk
Paul B. Barringer
Dr. Barringer
Evening Journal
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R. J. Noel
Barringer
Lawrence Priddy
New York
Surface
Yale
Alumni Association
Attorney General in Debt Case at Supreme Court
Attorney General Williams visits Washington to urge the Virginia versus West Virginia state debt case proceed to trial. West Virginia may seek extra testimony before Special Master Charles E. Littlefield, a request Williams deems unusual. The court is expected to rule on the motion and press for trial to continue.
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Washington, D. C
Williams
Supreme Court
Aground In Roads Near Newport News Harbor
The large British steamer Manhattan went ashore in Hampton Roads yesterday afternoon and remains stuck in the mud at the mouth of the channel to the harbor. It carries 11,601 tons of government coal valued at 34,000 dollars and is bound for Mare Island, California. Three tugs are trying to float her, with a lightening of cargo possible if needed.
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Newport News
Manhattan
Hampton Road
Mare Island
Cal
Jail Delivery at Pine Beach Escapes Seamen
Two seamen named Jacobs and Fay escaped from Pine Beach jail delivery Friday morning after using seat pieces to pry open bars. They had been fined $2.50 and costs for trespassing on Virginian Railway property.
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Norfolk
Pine Beach
Jacobs
Fay
Virginian Railway
Parrish Divorce Suit Filed in Suffolk Virginia
Mrs Annie May Parrish seeks a divorce from James Shepherd Parrish. Proceedings began Thursday with counsel for the wife presenting an affidavit stating the husband is not in Virginia.
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Suffolk
Annie May Parrish
James Shepherd Parrish
Virginia
Jackson Sinks Under Cyclone Destruction
Special report from New Orleans notes Jackson, Mississippi, cut off by Friday's cyclone. Efforts to reach the city have failed and grave fears grow for widespread destruction to roads, rail and telephone lines.
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New Orleans
Jackson
Missisnippi
Severe storm floods wreck towns and ruins in several states
Widespread downpours flood rivers and wash out bridges. One death is reported in Columbia Tennessee. An estimated 25 000 dollars in damage occurs as cattle perish and agricultural land suffered extensive ruin. Elkton Kentucky is reportedly wrecked and homes damaged in Marigold Como and Jonestown Mississippi.
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Columbia
Tenn
Elkton
Marigold
Como
Jonestown
Miss
Tennessee
Vardaman Replies to Percy Hear In Mississippi
The Senate and Assembly held a joint session in Jackson to hear ex-Governor James K. Vardaman respond to a Friday attack by United States Senator Percy. The event marks a high profile political exchange in the state with notable figures present.
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Jackson, Miss
Senate
Assembly
James K. Vardaman
United States
Percy
Cates and Woody Delegates to Labor Convention
R Leon Woody and Sidney Cates were elected by Richmond Typographical Union No. 90 as delegates to the State Federation of Labor convention in Portsmouth on the first Tuesday in June. M R Pace and George M Young named alternates. International Typographical Union teams will visit Richmond after the tournament in Washington September 14 to 16. Teams from Chicago New York Boston Baltimore and Washington will participate, with about one hundred attendees. The visitors will stay at the Jefferson Hotel and a smoker is planned in their honor, with arrival expected September 17.
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Sidney Cates
Richmond Typographical Union
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Portsmouth
M. R. Pace
George M. Young
Washington
Chicago
New York
Boston
Baltimore
Jefferson Hotel
Hen circus stunts as live wire injures fowl in Noroton Heights
Stamford reports say W. Frankenburg of Noroton Heights kept a henry that caught fire from an incubator. Insulation burned off an electric wire touched chicken wire, shocking hens and causing dramatic stunts while fire crews battled the blaze. A Newark man, Philip Donahue, died after trying to break up a Market Street fight. he collapsed from injuries and died at City Hospital.
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Conn
W. Frankenburg
New York
Noroton Heights
Darien
Philip Donahue
Ward Street
Newark
N. J
Market Street
Donahue
City Hospital
William T. Rondinson Dies in Portsmouth Fire Chief
William T. Robinson, aged sixty nine, longtime chief of Portsmouth Virginia fire department, died April 18 after a career as an active politician and later leading the city fire service.
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Portsmouth
William T. Robinson
Southern completes Holston River line to Wise and Lee counties
The last rail on the Holston River Railroad, a branch of the Southern, was laid Friday, finishing the line between Morricon Gap, Va., and Bull's Gap, Tenn. The completed railroad gives the Southern a direct link into west coal operations of Wise and Lee counties, Va., challenging the Norfolk and Western.
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Bristol
Holston River
Southern
Morricon Gap
Bull's Gap
Tenn
West Coal
Wise and
Lee Counties
Norfolk and Western
Mark Twain Gravely Ill in Recovery Not Promised
Samuel L. Clemens Mark Twain remains in a serious condition after a restful night with little chance of full recovery as reports from Redding Connecticut and Bristol Virginia detail his fragile state amid a busy series of forest fires across the Appalachian Mountains.
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Redding
Conn
Samuel L. Clemens
Mark Twain
Solar storm around the sun disrupts telegraph service
Reports from Chicago describe a massive solar storm causing widespread telegraph trouble. Professors Frost and Slocum at Yerkes Observatory note electric disturbances linked to the sun and a jet of calcium vapor 240,000 miles long, signaling remarkable solar activity. Separately, a National American Woman Suffrage Association delegation thanks President Taft for his welcome at the forty second annual convention.
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Ill
Edwin R. Frost
Yerkes Observatory
Frederick Slocum
Slocum
Letter of apology to President Taft in Washington
A Washington gathering of the Association held its annual convention. They adopted a letter of apology to President Taft after a street meeting by suffragists in the national capital. Harriet Stanton Blatch spoke passionately about suffrage, noting that women would be peaceful only when enfranchised, while planning to make their voices heard otherwise.
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National American Suffrage Association
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Washington, D. C
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Seventh Street
England
Harriet Stanton Blatch
Taft
Asociation
Washington
Chesapeake Steamship Company Advertises Elegant Passenger Steamers
The Chesapeake Steamship Company promotes elegant passenger steamers Columbia Augusta and Atlanta for Old Point Comfort Norfolk and West Point Richmond. Daily Baltimore departures with rail connections, Gloucester Point and Clement’s Clay Bank calls, through tickets and reservations via multiple Baltimore offices and agents.
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Augusta
Old Point Comfort
Norfolk, VA
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Norfolk
West Point
Richmond
Gloucester Point
Clement's Clay Bank
Allanond’s
Yorick Hamm Faces Vaudeville Monologue Struggle
Yorick Hamm confronts society drama as he works to shape a collection of epigrams into a cohesive vaudeville monologue. The process highlights creative tension between witty lines and stage unity.
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Yorick Hamm
Demand ends strike threat for C. and C. Trainmen
Richmond Virginia report says Cheap Peak and Ohio trainmen averted strike after President George W. Stevens pledged wage and working condition increases. The company promises about a four percent raise and better terms, larger than recent Middle West concessions. Officials expect eight months to fully implement new rules.
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Richmond
Ohio
George W. Stevens
Middle West
Roanoke Cotton Mills Sold in Local Syndicate
Roanoke Virginia April 13 The Roanoke cotton mills have been sold by a syndicate of Roanoke and other cotton mill capitalists who purchased $50 000 in outstanding bonds The Twine Mills Corporation is already formed with T T Fishburn president and W J Ruffin of Mayodan NC as general manager A charter will be obtained after foreclosure of the old plant which has not operated for three years Ample capital and experience will be invested to reopen the mills at an early date
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Roanoke Cotton Mills
Roanoke and
Orthe Cotton Mill
Twine Mills Corporation
T. T. Fishburn
W. J. Ruffin
Mayodan
N. C
Prominent Citizen's Decline Cited in Brief Remark
A terse remark notes a respected local figure once ran a good business but faced loss. The inquiry hints at drinking but stresses the man stayed busy with public duties as a prominent citizen, implying no other distractions affected him.
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