Scrap Material Prices and Hair Goods Ad in Richmond VA
An old classified page offers prices for brass, copper, lead, zinc, auto tires, rubber boots and shoes, bones, rags, and TM. It also advertises hair goods from Paris fashion trends, on hand or made to order, plus combings made into switches and pompadours. Also promotes Frayser's Great Nerve and Bone Liniment. Wages for families with teens at Rocky Mount Mills in Rocky Mount NC are listed.
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Paris
Frayser
J. W. Frayser & CO
Richmond
Collier collector struck by train in Roanoke
Roanoke Virginia Special. R Walter Johnson collector for Colliers was run down by a Norfolk and Western passenger train in the city limits at noon today. His skull was crushed and he was injured. He was sixty six years old and a native of Mecklenburg county.
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Roanoke
R. Walter Johnson
Colliers
Norfolk and Western
Mecklenburg County
Socialist Orators Arrested After Chicago Street Meeting
Twelve Socialist speakers were arrested after an attempt to hold a street meeting at Thirty first Street and Calumet Avenue without a license. A crowd of about twelve hundred tried to block police, denouncing city officials as officers moved to clear a speakers’ stand. The disruption followed a Sunday night disturbance and included chants to "throw out the policemen" as speakers alternated in giving addresses.
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Chicago
Ili
Thirty-first Street
Calumet Avenue
Man with license to wed housekeeper sparks mystery
New York report: H Kropp, a retired Brooklyn broker of 240 Carlton Avenue, holds a marriage license to wed his housekeeper Miss Helen Bull Winkel amid hints of obstacles and doubts about the first Mrs Kropp's death. Neighbors question the sequence as Kropp and Winkel privately weigh the risks and talk of possible cancellation.
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New York
Herman H. Kropp
Carlton Avenue
Brooklyn
Helen Bull Winkel
Miss Hullwinkel
Mr. Kropp
Alt
Tyro Development Company Forms to Exploit Nelson County Lands
A new Tyro Development Company with 300000 capital plans 10000 acres of Nelson county Virginia timber and mineral lands. The syndicate owns half the tract and holds timber rights on the rest. A sixteen mile rail link from Tye River on the Southern Railway is planned. R G Leftwich of Lynchburg serves as president. A cruiser's report estimates 101,839,000 feet of timber.
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Lynchburg
Tyro Development Company
Virginia Timber
Nelson County
Tye River
Southern Railway
R. G. Leftwich
Gifford Pinchot Narrow Escape in Kansas City
Special report: Gifford Pinchot former chief forester of the United States had a narrow escape from death near Kansas City last night when his automobile, carrying two companions, was demolished in a collision with an interurban electric car. Police and witnesses describe the crash and Pinchot’s condition as not seriously injured.
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Kansas City
Kan
Giford Pinchot
Chilef Forester
United States
Ea Sepetta
Wik Tinchot
Oliver. S
Pinchot Riera
Atae
Waggener’s $10,000 birthday picnic in Atchison
Special trains carried thousands of Northwestern Kansas children to Atchison as Special-B. P. Wag generator and Missouri Pacific general solicitor, aged sixty six, hosted a daylong birthday picnic. He funded four circus acts, aviator flights, cavalry from Fort Leavenworth, bands, and vaudeville. Children under sixteen got streetcar passes, whistles, flags, and rattlers. A parade honored winners of decorations, floats, costumes, and savings over the past year. prizes totaling $500 went to top savers. The event evolved from a family birthday to a citywide annual celebration replacing the Fourth.
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Atchison
B. P. Waggener
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Kansas
Northwestern
Paul Studensky
Fort Leavenworth
Waggener
Forest Park
Louise Waggener
Insane Man Sent to Asylum in Pine Box
A twenty year inmate from Indiana county, chained by his parents, was shipped to Dixmont Asylum in a rough pine box. He arrived with a county official and a physician, nearly exhausted, hair and beard over a foot long, clothing absent, resembling a wild animal. The family kept the secret until the father’s death, prompting county authorities to move him to the asylum.
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Pittsburgh, Special
Dixmont
Indiana
Indiana County
H. A. Hutchinson
Water flood smashes pane on Pittsfield express in Norwalk
South Norwalk tale recounts the Pittsfield express near Winnipauk struck a torrent that shattered windows and drenched riders. An engineer Harbison barely halted the train and, with crew, found the deluge traced to an insurance inspector testing Norwalk mills water pressure with a hose aimed from a fence.
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South Norwalk
Conn
Pittsfield
Winnipauk
Harbison
Norwalk
Conductor detains suspected killers after train incident
In Pittsburgh three Italian men Coffurn Costino Gustavo Parise and John Helianista were detained on arrival of the New York Limited amid suspicions they may be linked to James Varrella’s death tied to pressuring Rosenthal case figures. The conductor alerted officers as the trio displayed conflicting stories and carried money.
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Pittsburgh
James Varrella
New York
Dago Frank
Rosenthal Menler
Coffurn Costino
Gustavo Parise
John Helianista
Philadelphia
New York Limited
Amulet Theft Trial Uses Fingerprint Evidence
John Hart was tried in Judge Kers tel's court on charges of stealing a golden amulet claimed to be 6,300 years old and once owned by King Menes. The relic, allegedly from the Has kell Oriental Museum at the University of Chicago, is central to the State's fingerprint evidence theory. Becker, an uncle of the defendant, is mentioned in connection with the case.
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Chicago
John Hart
Is Shot While Cleaning Pistol in Richmond
Robert D. Smith of 2003 West Main Street was accidentally shot while cleaning a 32 caliber revolver shortly before 6 am. He was taken to St Luke s Hospital and is paralyzed below the waist with hope of recovery fading. Family details note no known worries and an hour before incident routine at the East Cary Street firm with Aubrey Smith.
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Richmond
Robert D. Smith
West Main Street
Robert M. Smith
St. Luke's Hospital
Aubrey Smith
East Cary Street
Smith
Mr. Smith
Stuart McGuire
Mystery of Missing Tug Nina Deepens Near Virginia Coast
Divers will probe the sunken hulk reported by Revenue Cutter Unalga off the Virginia coast to determine if it is the Nina. The Nina, sailing from Newport News February 6, 1910, disappeared after heavy seas. no formal Navy report confirms the wreck’s identity as of now.
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Washington, D. C
Virginia
United States Revenue
Nina
Babe
Newport Mews
Washington
Navy Department
Bureau of Navigation
Revenue Cutter Service Office
Treasury Department
Crisp
Unalga
Winter Quarters
Leuffenbach
Onondaga
John S. Croghan
C. 3. Fowler
Boston
Croghan
Atlantic
Navy
Ash Chief Boatswain
Records of Lost Party Recovered in Greenland Return
Captain Einar Mikklesen and Engineer Iverson arrived in Copenhagen from Aalesund after recovering the Loverichsen expedition records and traversing Greenland. They were welcomed by the King who praised their heroism and safe return.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Einar Mikklesen
Iverson
Greenland
Loverichsen
Aalesund
House Reps Reply to Judge Archbald Impeachment Papers
Washington special report on the House replying to Judge Robert W. Archbald’s impeachment answers. The House managers recount that the articles allege high crimes and impeachable offenses by Archbald, and affirm the House is ready to prove the charges before the Senate court of impeachment.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Robert W. Archbald
Commerce Court
House
House of Representatives
United States of America
Robert W. Archbala
United States
Third Judicial Circuit
United States Commerce Court
Obert W. Archbald
New Clue in Snodgrass Case Shocks Catskill Community
In Catskill New York a potential lead in the Dorcas I. Snodgrass death case emerges as George Lewis recounts seeing a well dressed man flee the creek site at 5 am on July 22. The stranger checked the victim’s stopped watch and inquired about a train. Local police pursue the possible suspect.
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Catskill
Dorcas I. Snodgrass
Mount Vernon
Finlay
George Lewis
Lewis
Miss Snodarass
Hair Puller At Work On Fifth Avenue New York
Patrolman Hubner investigated after four young girls aged under sixteen reported a man grabbed their hair and stole ribbons along Nineteenth to Fifth Avenues. Helen Wilkins described a man tearing her hat and hair on West Nineteenth Street. Arthur Cook, aged twenty seven, Lexington Avenue, denied motives but matched descriptions. He was arrested.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Hubner
East Twenty-second Street
Hebner
Twenty-third Street
Nineteenth Street
Eighteenth Street
Helen Wilkins
West Nineteenth Street
Miss Wilkins
Arthur Cook
Lexington Avenue
Cook
Introduction Letters in Grace Case Surfaces in Atlanta
Prosecution in the Daisy Opie Grace murder case reveals two letters claimed to be from Eugene Grace but allegedly written by Mrs. Grace or under her direction. The letters were accidentally delivered to Mrs. Cleveland Orr in Newman and sent to Grace’s mother, becoming central to the case.
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Atlanta
Daisy Opie Grace
Eugene Grace
Sellester
Cleveland Orr
Newman
Grace
Mra. Grace
France Expels Shrewd Yankees in Casino Scheme
Paris reports two Americans, Walter Thornton Lewis and Frederick M. Sibley, expelled for alleged dishonest intent to fix roulette wheels at major French watering places. Police found a modified wheel. plan allegedly aimed to fix multiple casinos through summer. The decree stresses prompt enforcement and aims to deter future attempts.
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Paris
Special
Ministry of the Interior
France
Walter Thornton Lewis
Shelbyville
Lil
Frederick M. Sibley
Peoria
Lewis
Sibley
Nice
Dinard
Biarritz
St. Malo
Havre
Trouville
Deauville
Troyville
Bland
Lewis and Sibley
Bull Moose support split in Congress as Rooseveltians weigh party loyalty
A Washington canvass shows five Republicans in Congress ready to join Roosevelt’s Bull Moose. Senate and House members split on backing Taft, with Clapp Poindexter Lafferty Curry and Dixon among the names leaning toward Roosevelt, while many remain undecided or seek to stay within the regular Republican fold.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Republican Party
Roosevelt
Hail Moose
Moses E. Clapp
Minnesota
Miles Poindexter
Washington
Joseph M. Dixon
Montana
George Curry
New Mexico
A. W. Lafferty
Oregon
Taft
Senate
Borah
Idaho
Bourne
Brown
Nebraska
Nelson
Crawford
South Dakota
Stoosevelt
Cummins
Iowa
Kenyon
Iowna
Grenna
North Dakota
Clapp
Poindexter
la Follette
Wisconsin
Works
California
Arene
Rooseas
Republicans Split Over Taft Roosevelt Rift In Congress
Roosevelt loyalists are few in the House as 53 of 162 Republicans stay silent or hedge between Taft and Roosevelt. Many represent states from Connecticut to Wyoming, including Langley Kentucky and Wilson Illinois wavering, while party regulars circle the ticket. Names listed show broad geographic support for or against the Taft regular nominees.
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Roosevelt
Kansas
Henry Cabot Lodge
Taft
Sherman
House of Representatives
Congress
Wilson
Copley
Illinois
Chicago
Langley
Kentucky
Connecticut
Henry
Higgins
Delaware
Heald
Idaho
French
Dllinois
Madden
Mann
Foss
Fuller
McKenzie
McKinney
Prince
Sterling
Cannon
McKin
Bartholdt
Catlin
Dyer
Nevada
Roberts
New Hampshire
Sulloway
Currier
New Jersey
Gardner
Browning
Wood
New York
Calder
Annee Bradley
Draper
de Forest
Fairchild
Mott
Michael 6
Driscol
Dwight
Payne
Danforth
Simmons and Vreeland
North Dakota
Hanna
Ohio
Wills
Switzer
Taylor and Howland
Oklahoma
McGuire and
Storgan
Oregon
Hawley
Pennsylvania
Ware
Reyburn
Moore
Moon
McCreary
Hutier
Griest
Farr
Bowman
Focht
Olmsted
Hartman
Lafean
Patton
Crago
Matthews
Bates
Langham
Speer
Burke
Barchfeld
Dalzell
Rhode Island
Utter
South Dakota
Martin
Tennessee
Sells
Austin
Utah
Howell
Vermont
Plumley
Virginia
Sleep
Washington
Humphreys
West Virginia
Hughes
Wyoming
Mondell
Anthony
Campbell
Recs
Grace case: husband shot by himself in scuffle claim
In opening the defense for Mrs. Grace, Eugene H. Grace allegedly shot himself during a bed room struggle at their West Eleventh Street home. The defense contends Mrs. Grace provided funds and support, while Grace abused her and a former Philadelphia sweetheart sparked the fatal incident.
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Atlanta
Grace
Eugene H. Grace
West Eleventh Street
Philadelphia
Saloon Wrecked by Dynamite at West Twenty-Eighth Street
Four families living above Emmanuel Abrahams saloon at 921 West Twenty-eighth Street faced danger when a dynamite bomb exploded against the inner door. The building shook, doors blew off, and residents were awakened as police investigate an electric-triggered blast.
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Chicago
Ill
Emmanuel Abrahams
West Twenty-eighth Street
Mosquito Bite and Baseball Pitch Fatalities in New Jersey
A high school student Thomas De Voe of New York died at his home in Kearny New Jersey from blood poisoning after a mosquito bite. Six year old George Campbell died from blood poisoning after being struck on the foot by a wild baseball during a Riverside Avenue game.
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New York
Thomas de- Voe
Kearny, N. J
Oakwood Avenue
Kearny
George Campbell
Riverside Avenue
Arrest Police Chief Wouldn t Move On
Woonsocket Rhode Island police locked Milford Massachusetts police chief Jeremiah J. O Neill in a cell for an hour after he and twenty five Milford Elka members in farmer costumes clashed with a traffic officer at Depot Square. O Neill refused to move on and was jailed until Boston’s chief arrived.
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Woonsocket
R. I. Spe
Jeremiah J. O'Neill
Milford
Mass
Elka
Rocky Point
Depot Square
Providence
O'Connor
O'Neill
Boston
Mexican rebels hang Americans near Sonora
Two Americans identified as S. H. Shubert of Douglas Arizona and N Bartling were hanged by Mexican rebels in Sonora. Refugees report worsening conditions south of the border as U S intervention demands grow.
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San Antonio
Texas
Sonora
Mexico
S. H. Shubert
Douglas, Ariz
N. Bartling
EL Paso
Tex
United States
Washington
Madero
Canada
Sone
Pacheco
Eee
Garza
Wacens
Inat Pleht
Pearson
Madera
Genera Blanco
Ojites
Chihuabos
Sanjines
Bianco
Casens Grandes
Lynchburg Doctor Treats Paralyzed Bank President in New York
Dr John W Dillard, from Lynchburg Virginia, returned from Lake George New York where he attended James R Gillam president of the National Exchange Bank who was paralyzed Sunday. Gillam’s left side is involved but he is conscious. Doctor Dillard does not know when the patient can be brought home.
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Lynchburg
John W. Dillard
Lake George
N. Y
James R. Gillam
The
National Exchange Bank
Gilliam
Zangwill Adopts Puzzling Self-Introductory Note
Israel Zangwill, the noted writer, signs as I Zanewill after a concert reception an elderly lady asks his Christian name. He replies gravely that he has none, a quip recorded by Lippincott’s.
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Zangwill
Israel Zangwilll
I. Zanewill
Mr. Zangwill
Lippincott
High Grade Paints How is the Tim Buy
Tim Buy engages in high grade paint deals as Teached Prin Vizei outlines pricing and procurement options. The piece notes supplier names and potential discounts while highlighting market terms and consumer guidance.
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Tim
Mark Reports Wholesale Quotations on Richmond Exchange
Mark delivers a roundup of wholesale quotations from the Richmond Virginia exchange showing current bid and ask figures for key commodities. The update highlights price levels for staples and industrial inputs impacting merchants and brokers.
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Richmond, Va
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Hved
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Archbald
Yankees
Bull Moose Party
Carburo
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Sauver
SAUER
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