Governor Frees Alleged Forger in Roanoke Case
J Irvine East, 22, inmate of the State Penitentiary, freed by Governor Mann after pardon. East had pleaded guilty to three counts of forgery tied to checks signed in the name of P Dillard, with checks totaling under $20. Dillard had always honored the checks, and East served about two years. East's release follows evidence of a miscarriage and mounting support from Roanoke residents and a local businessman.
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Richmond
J. Irvine East
Roanokeunty
Mann
Roanoke
East
Triad
Young East
P. Dillard
Dillard
Ditard
Est
Mulicy
Two Years in Prison for Rifling Mails
Nanville Virginia Special. Thomas Grant, a negro mail messenger at Roanoke, was convicted of rifling mails and sentenced to two years in Atlanta prison Wednesday. Ten indictments were returned for violating revenue laws and seven persons were convicted of minor liquor offenses with fines and jail terms of three months.
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Nanville
Thomas Grant
Roanoke
Atlanta
Balkans Inspire Powers Abroad Fill Time in European Vaudeville
In a curious note the Balkans draw attention from distant powers as their influence colors European vaudeville scenes. The passage suggests foreign interests meddle in cultural currents shaping performances and public taste across the region.
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Balkans
Staunton Man Killed in New York Explosion
Staunton Virginia report says Charles Key of near Staunton was killed in New York Tuesday when nitroglycerine exploded during an oil well shooting. He was twenty six years old.
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Staunton
New York
Charles Key
Key
Boys Study Bomb With Hammer In East New York
An innocent looking bomb used in Italian celebrations was found Tuesday evening by nine and five year old Martin and Joseph Dunn at 252 Elton Street. They carried it to their yard and examined it with a hammer. the blast hurled them into a fence, shook the house, and left both in serious condition with eye injuries. Their father suspects enemies, but police accept the boys found the explosive.
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New York
Martin
Joseph Dunn
Elton Street
Gradford Street
Martin Dunn
Dental Robbery Strikes Charlotte Dental Office
The Charlotte branch of the George T. Vose Dental Company was robbed Monday night, losing about 1200 dollars in platinum facing and crown materials. Manager Margaret Rust reported no gold was taken, noting thieves targeted platinum for easier disposal, amid a suspected national ring of dental shop thieves.
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Richmond
Charlotte, N. C
George T. Vose Dental Comany
Margaret Rust
Falls Church
Focal
Vose
Malin Street
Holden Manufacturing Company
Providence
R. I
Charlotte
Mr. Vose
Ladies' Day in Bankruptcy Court Relieves New York Women
In a special Bankruptcy Court session labeled ladies day United States Judge Hand discharged multiple women including Mrs Anne Hatch of 40 Central Park South who had risen from wealth to bankruptcy. Debtors listed range from vaudeville performer Catherine Hayes to dressmakers Ella Mortensen Anna Collins and milliners Helene de Foreest and Ella C Tompkins with liabilities from $256 to $5,273 and few assets to offset them.
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New York
Thayer
United States
Hand
Anne D. Hateh
Central Park South
Wishom Potter
St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church
Westinghouse
London
Waldorf-Astoria
Catherine Hayes
West One Hundred and Eighth Street
Miss Hayes
Ella Mortensen
Anha Collins
East Forty-sixth Street
Helene de Foreest
Kingston
N. Y
Ella C. Tompkins
Poughkeepsie
Not Unusual Quarrels From Two Made One
A Yonkers Statesman discussion notes that quarrels can arise when two individuals are treated as one, illustrating how partnership with fused identities can lead to conflict. The exchange contrasts patience with shared perception in interpersonal disputes.
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Patrice
Yonkers
Vatican Roars Over Roosevelt Tour King Fling Controversy
Vatican statement splits monarchist camp as supporters and enemies clash over Rome stance on King Victor Emmanuel and other rulers. The note questions Father Janssen's initiative and hints the Pope may curb Roosevelt’s European tour while no curtailment is officially planned.
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Rome
Vatican
Victor Emmanuel
Mr. Roosevelt
Europe
Roosevelt
Father Janssen
Holy Father
Roosevelt Ends Honeymoon With Vatican Row
In Porto Maurizio on the last day of a renewed honeymoon Theodore Roosevelt refused to discuss the Vatican statement or any conditions for an audience with the Pope. He neither affirmed nor denied a later formal statement and has favored letting the matter drop.
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Porto Maurizio
Theodore Roosevelt
Vatican
Firet
Roonvelt
Two Hundred Miners Entombed in Manifold Mine No 1
Washington Pennsylvania report of an explosion at Manifold Mine No 1 of Yougshiogheny and Obie Coal Company two miles north of town trapping 200 miners and injuring ten. Rescue efforts faced intense flames and smoke as workers hauled survivors to the surface through the shaft amid shifting coal and shattered braces. Officials offered no clear cause beyond a sudden fright preceding the collapse of supports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Manifold
Yougshiogheny and Obie Coal Company
Here
Veterans Give Receptions to Confederate Daughters
In Washington DC a Confederate Veterans Association reception for the Daughters of the Confederacy in Confederate Memorial Hall featured Holmes Conrad condemning what he called attempts to sugarcoat the Confederacy and vowing to defend the cause. Representative John Lamb praised General Lee and shared anecdotes about enslaved people, while Mrs. P. Fr. Gill sang solos and Mrs. Rh. F. Carroll recited negro dialect tales.
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Washington, D. C
Confederate Veterans’ Association
Daughters of the Confederacy
Confederate Memorial Hall
Holmes Conrad
John Lamb
Virginia
Lee
P. Fr. Gill
Rh. FP. Carroll
Autograph Craze Hits New York Dining Table
Richard Le wainenne, a poet, entertains a group in New York. He recalls a boy asking for his autograph yesterday and another man presenting himself at breakfast seeking the signature. The youth claimed to have swapped the autograph for Jim Jeffries’s.
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Richard le Wainenne
Teres
New York
Lis
le Caisiennhe
Toragi
Jim Jeffries
Washington Star
Judge and Chief Fight at City Police Court
In Atlanta, Special Judge Nash Broyles left the bench and fought with Sanitary Corps Chief John Jentzen on Wednesday morning. Both were bruised before they were separated.
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Atlanta
Nash Broyles
John Jentzen
Sanitary Corps
Mysterious Ailments Prompt Doan's Kidney Pills Ad
A Virginia woman testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills cured years of kidney troubles and relief from backache dizziness and languor. The ad notes the product costs 50 cents a box and can be mailed from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York.
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Dean
T. Woolton
Fifth St
West Point
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Thief Steals Vases From St Bernard’s Church
Felix Grote, a bookkeeper out of work, was caught in St Bernard’s Church West Fourteenth Street trying to steal two flower vases from the middle altar. He claimed hunger and said he planned to sell them for food. He was held in $500 for trial in Special Sessions after a pursuit by William Rigsley the engineer and police intervention. Authorities note renewed theft complaints at the church.
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New York
St. Bernard's
West Fourteenth Street
Felix Grote
William Rigsley
Rigsley
Grote
West Twentieth Street
Thompson Street
Jefferson Market
Herman
Manassas Man Faces Postal Law Charge
John H. Craven of Manassas Virginia is charged with violating postal laws by possessing an official traveling commission issued by the Post Office Department. He is to have a preliminary hearing before U S Commissioner R P W Garnett Saturday at 1 PM after bonds set at 1560 dollars. Craven was arrested yesterday by postal inspector F R Barclay and detective M L Pankey on a warrant. The alleged offense occurred around December 8 on the Southern Railway between Marshall and Manassas Virginia.
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Washington, D. C
John HH. Craven
Manassas
Railway Mall Service
Post Office Department
United States
R. PP. W. Garnett
Welock
Craven
Postoffice
F .R. Barclay
M. L. Pankey
Southern Railway
Rush begins for new gold field in Louisiana Texas
Lake Charles La Special A rush has begun for a newly found gold field spanning Calcasien and Vernon parishes with a 62 percent pay dirt vein through Southwest Louisiana and Eastern Texas. Prospector Tate calls the field the richest south of Alaska while Gov rhimont affirms his claims.
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Lake Charles
Calcasien
Vernon Parishes
Louisiana
Texas
Tate
Alaska
Govrhimont Aseny
Postal savings bank bill readied for full committee report
Washington DPD. Special. The postal savings bank bill, under review by the Subcommittee on F Postofficers and Postroutes for weeks, will be reported to the full committee tomorrow. Amendments added by the subcommittee promise lively discussion. The bill is expected to be reported to the House later this month.
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Washington
Dpd. C
Postal Savings Bank
Loase
F Postofficer
Postrouads
Woman Sold Whiskey in Patrick County Court
Dolly Spangler a white mother of three from Patrick county was convicted of retailing liquor in U S district court. She received a 2100 fine and thirty days imprisonment, suspended until November 15 to allow provision for her children while she serves the sentence, with a baby in arms during the hearing.
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Danville
United States District Court
Dolly Spangler
Patrick County
Prisoners Panic as Jail Fire Strikes New Haven
Three hundred prisoners, including seventy five women, panic when Names destroy a four story block adjoining the county jail in New Haven. Fire spreads through the jail workshop, injuring a firefighter and prompting militia and police to move prisoners to temporary enclosures and the lockup amid a crowd of over twenty thousand.
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New Haven
Conn
Jt Guneer
Taven Thuys
Thie Cits
Ted
Rush
Segernd Rexgi- Tient Armory
Aivery
Neers
Verdict Tech in Mary Thaw Case Denies Hartridge Claim
New York verdict finds Mrs Mary C Thaw not liable for attorney fees in the Hartridge suit over services on the Thaw White murder trials. Judge Holt orders papers impounded and urges Bar Grievance action against Hartridge for possible perjury and professional misconduct. Abram Rose appointed to present misconduct concerns to the Grievance Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mary Copley Thaw
Clifford W. Hartridge
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Holt
Hartridge
United States
Bar Association of New York
Abram Rose
Thaw
Food Storage Subject Is Up In Washington
Sen Lodge submitted the report of Dr Harvey Wiley on food storage. The document notes that cold storage increases value for cheese ham bacon wine and similar items while eggs milk vegetables and butter are better fresh. It urges storing surplus products only out of season and not beyond nine months.
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Washington
D. C
Sen. Lodge
Massachusetts
Senate
Harvey Wiley
Department of Agriculture
Wiley
Try to See Comet
CHICAGO ILL Special Efforts were made at Yerkes Observatory Wednesday to photograph Halley's comet as it became visible over the horizon to the astronomers who watched through their powerful telescopes. The fall was not seen and the comet is yet too far away for much to be learned of it. The spectrum was attached to the telescope when the comet was found but the impression was too feeble to be of any scientific value. The scientists are anxious to obtain a Picture of the comet as it appears during our perihelion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
Yerkes Observatory
Cadets Rally After Parade Denied Permission
Staunton Va cadets at Staunton Military Academy revolted Monday when the faculty barred a victory parade over Augusta Military Academy. The unsanctioned celebration led to expulsions and the departure of four captains eight lieutenants and others while school officers vow strict discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staunton
Staunton Military Academy
Augusta Military Academy
New Evidence Emerges in Wolter Case Trial
New autopsy findings exhumed the body of Ruth Wheeler reveal evidence against Albert Wolter in the 15 year old’s murder. Prosecution prepares for trial, venue change denied, special juror panel summoned, and the case expected to run three to four days. Wolter’s mother is among witnesses asserting his innocence.
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New York
Albert Wolter
Ruth Wheeler
Wallace Dr. Scott
Walter
Justine Greenbaum
Woalter
Final decree in Brokaw separation suit filed in Mineola
The divorce decree in Mrs. Mary Blhir Brokaw versus W. Gould Brokaw was filed in Mineola. Justice Harrington Putnam awarded alimony of 15.60 a year, denied most of Brokaw’s requests, and found in Mrs. Brokaw’s favor on findings of fact. It noted an unmarries man occupied Brokaw’s Great Neck bedroom briefly, but found no proof the bachelor quarters were prepared or that Brokaw knew the man.
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New York
Mary Blhir Brokaw
W. Gould Brokaw
Mineola
Harrington Putnam
Putnam
Mrs. Brokaw
Brokaw
High Point
N. c
Heres
Great Neck
Estate value and income facts cited in divorce case
The article notes an estate valued at 1.46 percent and incomes of 71 111.25 gross and 46 705.25 net per year. It describes Bre kaw findings aimed at refuting the wife’s case, but the judge ruled the wife could obtain a decree due to her husband’s conduct making cohabitation unsafe. Mrs Brokaw is to testify in Mineola about a hotel debt dispute with Henry S Wilder over 1 000.
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Brekaw
Cardus claimed to ease woman's chronic weakness
A Lake Charles reader reports severe monthly suffering with backache headaches heart palpitations chills fainting and nausea. After using Cardus she says pain disappeared and she can walk freely. The ad urges other women with similar symptoms to try Cardus and contact Chattanooga Medicine Co for guidance and a home treatment book.
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Lake Cahries
Cardus
N. B
Ladies’ Advisory’ Dept
Chattanooga Medicine Co
Chattanooga, Tenn
Fleets Waiting for Steel Targets
Norfolk special reports the Atlantic battleship fleet returning to Hampton Roads after gunnery drills off the Virginia Capes. The fleet will stay at the roadstead into the week while steel targets are completed at the Norfolk navy yard for heavy record gunnery. One target, just launched, will be ready soon. a second target will launch by week’s end.
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Norfolk
Hampton Roads
Virginia Capes
Roadstead
Norfolk Navy Yard
One-armed Scorcher Caught in Hot Chase
New York report details Hudson Maxim, noted inventor, appearing before Judge Kerr in Newark for speeding. A motorcycle officer testified Maxim drove with one hand while controlling speed levers and wheel, having an artificial arm. Maxim recounted past accidents and a history of safe motoring. Judge Kerr suspended the sentence.
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New York
Hudson Maxim
Newark
Kerr
Second Criminal Court of
New Jersey
Rank
Maxim
Oneiower
Rerch
Hopatcong
Thieving Trust Uncovered Across European Cities
Authorities in Berlin and major European cities reveal a thieves trust that has stolen over 30000 dollars, with Americans among many victims. One victim, French jeweler M. Poyrenuse, lost 12000 dollars in jewels at Genoa's Grand Hotel in July 1908 as arrests are announced.
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Berlin
M. Poyrenuse
Genoa
Demons Scarcity and Expensive Habits Spark Gossip
Fragmentary dialogue hints at financial strain and social judgments. A speaker questions why someone needs large sums of money citing a large family. The other suggests the person maintains costly habits tied to sport or leisure.
Experience skirt finisher seeks job in tailoring firm
An applicant tells the head of a ladies tailoring firm that he wants an experienced skirt finisher job. He asserts his claim by saying he has been riding crowded street cars every night for five years, indicating a long period of active work.
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St. Louis Star
Mrs Hyde and Her Mother Reunite in Court in Hyde Trial
In Kansas City a dramatic courtroom scene unfolds as Mrs Florence Hyde and her mother Mrs Logan Swope meet during Dr B C Hyde's murder trial of Colonel Thomas H Swope. Mira Hyde, pale and nervous, signals possible reconciliation while Mrs Swope appears moved. Hyde vows to stand by her husband and fund his defense, as the State signals potential leniency and a verdict doubt.
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Kansas City
Florence Hyde
Logan Swope
Latshaw
B. C. Hyde
Thomas H. Swope
Mira
Hyde
Mrs. Hyde
Kidnapped Girl Found With Uncle in New Jersey Cabin
In Port Jervis New York a posse led by Rev Edward I Campbell and Mrs John McCrimmon found 14 year old Asenath Cooper asleep in a cabin seven miles from town. Her uncle William Sperry who had vanished with her confessed love before remaining silent. A search tied Sperry to the disappearance and they were traced to Stephen McBride, a distant relative.
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Port Jervis
N. J
Delaware River
Asenath Cooper
Newbure
Edward I. Campbell
John McCrimmon
Cooper
William Sperry
Asenath
Sperry
Stephen McBride
Wilkins
Gould Drexel Marriage License Issued in New York
Miss Marjorie Gwynne Gould and Anthony Joseph Drexel Jr secured their marriage license at City Hall. The couple, to wed April 1, provided full application details and paid the fee in front of Chief Clerk Selly. Drexel, son of Anthony Joan Drexel and Marjorie Armstrong Drexel, gave his Philadelphia address at 3812 Walnut Street.
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New York
Marjorie Gwynne Gould
George Jay Gould
Anthony Joseph Drexel, Jr
City Hall
Selly
Retary
Drexel
Torpedo Boat Rambled Incident Kills Two Engineers
Special dispatch states that the cruiser Muencher rammed Torpedo Boat 3, 132 while maneuvering Thursday night, killing two engineers and injuring several others. The torpedo boat sank after being rammed near Sassam Island off Rugen in the Baltic.
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Govenor
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Moo
Mir
Wyose
Harbhemptocy Court
Emmanual
Rivninsevell
B. M. Tipple
Vienna
Savings Bank
Mary Thaw
Senator Lodge
Wolter
Grand Rapids
Sydnor & Hundley
Home Beautiful
Broad St
Hancock
Hancock Liquid Sulphur CO
Baltimore
Mall
Expres
Jersey Woods
Gould-Drexel
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