Aged Loan Ads Offer Cash for Old Materials
Local notices advertise turning in old materials such as tires boots brass copper lead zinc bones and bags for cash via L Rose & Co in Richmond Virginia. Separate ad offers home ownership loans and mortgages from The Ward Home Company in Norfolk with payments of seven dollars and fifty cents monthly per thousand dollars and five percent interest, with early payoff options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Rose &Co
Brook Ave
Richmond
Ward Home Company
Norfolk
Farm for sale with 5 percent financing in Richmond area
Special notice offers long term 5 percent interest only financing for a farm and a country home. Contact M. Davidson at 326 W Main Street Richmond VA. Also ad for latest Paris fashions in hair dressing offerings and Frayser's Great Nerve and Bone Liniment advertised with price and supplier in Richmond VA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Davidson
W. Main
Richmond
Paris
Oraay Hughes
Berth
Third St
Frayser
Ruggists
J. W. Wrayler &Co
For Sale Chickens From Rhode Island Strains
For sale at one to two dollars each 20 pullets and 5 cockerels White Plymouth Rocks Pishe strain 20 pullets and 3 cockerels Rose Comb Rhode Island Reds birds from proven breeder strains inquiries solicited J E Rhode myre Virginia City Va
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island
J. E. Rhodemyre
Virginia City
Glad Its Over Says Mrs Phelps After Execution
Boston Jan 27 The body of Sites N Phelps, the murderer electrocuted yesterday in Charlestown State Prison, will be committed to an grave in the State grounds at reformatory Mrs Phelps declared she is glad all over and cannot undertake to bury the body in Monroe Cemetery without help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
N. Phelps
Charlestown
Emmett
Reformatory
Georgee Arrives After Sailors Hurt In Atlantic Gale
The British tank steamer Georgee arrived from London after a severe gale on January 14 lasting two days. Officers Johnson and Reid were washed from the bridge and badly hurt. Johnson may be fatally injured as the vessel faced tremendous seas and occasional submersion.
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New York
Georgee
London
Jane
Johnson
Reid
Socialist leader wins in Berlin Reichstag race
Berlin special reports the rebal loting in Reichstag elections results in Potsdam returning a Socialist, Dr Karl Expunectit, an eminent lawyer. The Socialists claim about a hundred members in the ar Lietmecht. He recently clashed with Prussian and Hessian authorities during the Czar's visit to Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Potsdam
Frederick the Great
Karl
Ar Lietmecht
Prus
Germany
Morse Removed From Hospital
Ex convict Morse, once at Fort McPherson post hospital, was secretly moved to a Piedmont Hotel suite in Atlanta at dawn. Dr. A I Fowler arranged the transfer to spare crowds as Morse, fatigued, plans a future trip to Europe while awaiting strength.
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Atlanta
Charles
W. Morse
Taft
Post Hospital
Fort McPherson
Piedmont Hotel
A. I. Fowler
Marge
Fowler
Morse
Europe
Educational Meetings In Halifax Virginia Special
Professor J H Binford of Richmond closed a series of good roads meetings in the county at Turbeville High School. The High School chorus sang patriotic songs and speakers included W W Wilkins, Percy Wilkins, W H Barksdale and D H Winslow. In South Boston High School a citizens meeting formed an education association with officers Mrs R S Barbour president Rev H G Lane, Mrs Aaron Vaughn and J G Patterson vice presidents, Mrs A P Gilbert secretary, Mrs R H Dowdy treasurer. Mrs L R Dashiell spoke for the Cooperative Education Association of Virginia and gave an address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
Boston
J. H. Binford
Richmond
Turbeville High School
W. W. Wilkins
Percy Wilkins
Mt. Carmel
W. H. Barksdale
D. H. Winslow
United States Department of Public Roads
South Boston High School
R. S. Barbour
H. G. Lane
Aaron Vaughn
J. G. Patterson
A. P. Gilbert
R. H. Dowdy
L. R. Dashiell
Co-operative Education Association of Virginia
Catfish Sting Fatal for ex Reading official Isac Sweigard
PHILADELPHIA PA Special word reached here of the death at St Lucie Florida Thursday of Isac H Sweigard former general superintendent of the Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company and a well known railroad figure. He had been in Florida for some time and a fish sting led to blood poisoning. He retired from the Reading company in 1901 to promote trolley ventures and was sixty eight years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
St. Lucie
Fla
Isac H. Sweigard
Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company
Sweigard
Florida
Schemgard
Reading Company
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Two Murderers Hanged For Riverfront Murders
Two white men were hanged here yesterday afternoon for murder. John Meclwain, condemned for killing his employer Jacob Thomas, a farmer of Warden, and Henry Coates, who murdered Deputy Sheriff Ferguson during an attempted arrest tied to an illicit liquor trade along the Arkansas bank of the Mississippi River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Meclwain
Jacob Thomas
Henry Coates
Ferguson
Coates
Arkansas
Mississippi River
In and Out of Boxton Sign on Washing and Ironing
A Boston sign reads Washing and Ironing and going out to work taken In here February Woman's Home Companion notes the era's domestic labor dynamics and moral expectations reflected in a public notice from a February issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boxton
Boston
Woman's Home Companion
Abingdon High Principal almost cremated in dorm bed fire
Special from Big Stone Gap reports Professor R M Daugherty principal of Abingdon High School escaped a fire that started when he tried to warm his feet with an electric light in bed. He was awakened and firefighters stopped the blaze before it fully spread to the mattress and clothing. He sustained burns to hands and feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Stone Gap
R. M. Daugherty
Abingdon High School
Engine Hits Street Car in Chicago Collision
A Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul switch engine crashed into a North Avenue street car at an grade crossing. One man was fatally hurt and twenty others injured this morning. Police say the accident was caused by the failure of an automatic switch to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Kentucky county unit liquor bill passes Senate
The county unit bill described as the most drastic anti liquor legislation ever enacted in Kentucky passed the State Senate yesterday afternoon by a 2 to 14 vote. The measure, already approved by the lower house, now goes to Governor Mc Creary who is expected to sign it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Kentucky
State Senate
McCreary
Starving Woman Dies After Diet in Omaha Story
Mrs. Stouse Zechau of Omaha Nebraska died yesterday after six months on a dieting regime to regain health. She grew weaker despite friends' advice to eat and ultimately starved.
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Omaha
Neb
Stouse Zechau
Locomotive Explodes on Westbound Boston and Chicago Special
Utica N Y Special. The locomotive of westbound train No 49 on the New York Central exploded at Oneida twenty eight miles west of Utica at 6 30 am while the train was running at high speed. The engineer and fireman were killed and two cars derailed. A number of passengers were injured but not fatally.
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Utica
N. Y
Boston
Chicago
New York Central
Oneida
Here
Argentinian and Paraguayan War Tension Escalates
Buenos Ayres special reports the war between Argentina and Paraguay hangs in the balance after Paraguay refuses to halt fire on Argentine gunboats. President reserves, Senor Martinez Campos is recalled as four Argentine warships cruise Paraguayan waters awaiting orders to open hostilities.
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Buenos Ayres
Argentine Republic
Paraguay
Argentina
Senor Martinez Campos
Asuncion
New York Convict Cain Sentenced to Electric Chair
John Cain a Black ex convict was sentenced to death in the electric chair in the Court of General Sessions. He attacked three passersby and injured six others on Co Avenue on May 17 in a drunken frenzy. Judge Warren W. Foster called the crime one of the most heinous in New York criminal history.
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New York
John Cain
Co- Avenue
Soro
Warren W. Foster
Island trial recounts deadly assault three days long
A three day trial described a suspect who killed three men and wounded six others, acting like a Malay running amuck rather than a civilized person. The proceedings highlighted the violent nature of the incident and the defendant's behavior during the case.
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Judge
Drunken Mate Reports Missing Seamen in Harbor Mystery
In New Haven two Grace Seymour crew members were believed drowned after attempting to reach the schooner at night. Mate Herbert J Walsh admitted intoxication from a shore party and could not recall details. A fish was recovered when Walsh broke through ice while trying to reach the vessel before midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
Grace Seymour
Herbert J. Walsh
Flsh
Longworth in conference with Taft after Oyster Bay visit
Representative Nicholas Longworth the son in law of Theodore Roosevelt travels from Oyster Bay to Washington to confer with President Taft amid shifting political alignments before the new session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Longworth
Taft
Washington, D. C
Nicholas Longworth
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Salt Lake City Fire Injures Three Firemen in Downtown Blaze
Salt Lake City Utah fire today seriously injured three firefighters and caused about 60000 dollars in property loss threatening the entire business district. The blaze prompted extensive emergency response and firefighting efforts in the downtown area.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Mrs Chalkley Requires Care At Stockton Street
Mrs Martha Chalkley is critically ill at Stockton Street in South Richmond, with her condition prompting local attention and needs for care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chalkley
Martha Chalkley
Stockton Street
South
Richmond
May Force Sun to Resign Post
In Nanking friction between President Sun Yat Sen and the republican military assembly could force Sun Yat Sen to resign. The dispute stems from Sun's proposal to resign in favor of Premier Yuan Shikai. Reports from Pekin say Yuan is made a marquis, signaling loyalty to the imperial family as troops mass and a fight may follow the truce expiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Sun Yat Sen
Nanking
Roosevelt boom being pushed in campaign by Roosevelt committee
Chicago news outlines a push to organize delegates for Theodore Roosevelt with state and local leaders active. Governor Osborn accepts a place on the committee in Michigan and meets President Revell in Chicago. Chauncey Dewey seeks Illinois delegates as Roosevelt sentiment expands in western states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Michigan
Osborn
Revell
Illinois
Chauncey Dewey
Arson Charge in Richmond County Court Case
William Wilkins, a Black man, faces a grand jury in King’s County for arson after a barn fire destroyed the constable’s barn and property following a debt collection dispute over a horse valued at about $20. Investigators found oil traces. a colored detective aided the inquiry and Wilkins was held for preliminary trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
William Wilkins
TA Dear + avete
Kungswick
Creuit
Wilkins
J. W. Elmore
Bureau of Insurance
Grand
Warrant issued for Broad Rock distillery fraud
A federal warrant is issued for the Broad Rock Distillery storekeeper on charges of passing unstamped whiskey. An officer was dispatched to arrest him. no word by 2 p.m. The case stems from statements by bookkeeper Ellmore alleging months of unstamped whiskey and a $2 per barrel kickback. Estimated tax loss totals at least $6,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Broad Rock Distilling Company
E!more
Broad Rock
United States Court
Arrows
Indiana
Civil Service
Revenue Service
President Lowell drenched during Cambridge fire scare
Boston Massachusetts Special President A Lawrence Lowell of Harvard nursed a cold after being drenched while helping volunteers combat a fire on Bow Street and Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge. He rushed into what he believed was Hampden Hall Dormitory but the blaze was in the adjacent building. Water soaked him as someone triggered the sprinklers and his gray Fedora narrowly escaped destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
A. Lawrence Lowell
Har University
Bow Street
Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge
Lowell
Hampden Hall
Harvard
Life sentence for Gillette in bigamy murder case
Jury finds George A. Gillette alias Edward J. MacDonald guilty of killing his bigamous wife Gertrude Shaw MacDonald last May. Justice Barnard imposes life imprisonment without capital punishment.
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Gillette
Washington, D. C
George A. Gillette
Edward J. MacDonald
Gertrude Shaw MacDonald
Retiring Hall stable to disperse top trotters and brood mares
Bealeton Virginia owner BE. F. Hall plans to dispose of his Washington DC stable, including 2:07 mares Manuella and Miss Kushan, and fast sires like Kushan and Alto Dewey, due to growing business demands and training access limits. Notable horses include Country Boy, Keenworthy praised as his best, Von March, Winni fed, and Peppina line broodmares. Hall will retain select mares at Bealeton and mate them with approved sires, while George T. Finney brings King Redwood to Onancock for winter quarters.
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BE. F. Hall
Washington
D. C
Bealeton
Manuella
Kushan
Kremlin
Miss Kushan
Hall
Burke
Mars
Prince Orlof
County Jake
Prince George
Tria
von March
Red Medium
Della McKlowell
Aleymont
Keenworthy
Baleworthy
Axworthy
Hirse
Donegan
Richmond
Winnifred
Anna B
Guardsman
Alto Dewey
Admiral Dewey
Avena P
Palto Alto
Bingen
Nancy Hanks
Avenae
Palo Alto
High Admiral
Dewey
Bealeton Farm
Peppina
Sugar
George Wilk
Austral
Bow Bells
J. Hallam
Nora Belle
Miss Shan
Dundes
Emiruxton
Country Boy
Country Jake
Truxton
Belle Truxton
Wash Naflor
Ora Belle
Emily Truxton
George T. Finney
King Redwood
Bart” Io
Giosiatan
Mloks
Ward Ax
Virginian’s Two-Lap Race Noted For Winning Performers
The Virginian has developed and raced several notable winners on the two-lap course across different seasons in this region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pre
Virginia Attorney General Denies Paper Report On Book Contracts
Special memorandum from Virginia Attorney General Williams states he has no authority to sue book publishers on bonds to the State Board of Education without formal direction. He argues jurisdiction for such suits is unclear and only applicable when the Commonwealth is a party, not a board. He asserts contracts require bond payments for failed delivery, and vows to act if authorized, reaffirming his constitutional role as ex officio member of the State Board of Education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
State Board of Educaion
Circuit Court
City of
Richmond
Legislative Committee
Circuit Court of
The
Commonwealth
State Board of Education
Board of Agriculture
City of Richmond
Mabia
State Room of Education
Rival Continental Railroad plans to outplay widow in finance
New York specials report rival transcontinental railroad plans amid Hill Gould lines uniting against Harriman. Joint ownership of Denver and Rio Grande, Missouri Pacific, and Chicago Burlington and Quincy could form a Chicago to coast line. Blair & Co. rumored to back coalition after Harriman’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hill-Gould
Wall Street
B. H. Harriman
H. C. Frick
Union Pacific Group
Denver and
Rio Grande
Missouri Pacific
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Hill Lines
Chicago
Great Banking House
Blair & Co
Gould
Western Pacific
E. H. Harriman
Conference between Mila owner and employes raises hope
Lawrence, Mass Special. A move to extend the Lawrence strike statewide began as a subcommittee met in Plymouth to urge Puritan Mills workers of the American Woolen Company to join the strike led by Ettor. William M Wood met with the strike leader amid cold, empty streets while Haywood left for Toledo then planned early return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mila
Lawrence
Mass
Plymouth
Puritan
American Woolen Company
William M. Wood
William D. Haywood
Toledo
Ettor
Fanatics Seek Taft Interview at White House
A man identified as Patrick ret, ponta arrived at the White House entrances today insisting on a talk with President Taft about religion. Secret Service agents refused and escorted him to police headquarters for examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick
Ponta’ Te
Ater
White House
Bird
Jesus Christ
Secret Service
Showalter Sues Paper Over Auto Prize Fraud
W A Showalter, a Harrisonburg merchant, sues the Record newspaper for 800 dollars claiming he was defrauded of a prize automobile in a subscription contest. His daughter was a contestant. R D VanAlstin of Petersburg is listed as manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisonburg
W. A. Showalter
Record
Keezell
New Daily Paper
R. D. VanAlstin
Petersburg
Fearful debate on co education at University of Virginia
In Richmond Virginia the Senate committee on public institutions held a meeting to weigh a co education measure. Henry H Downing opposed the bill, while Eppa Hunton urged defeating it citing tradition and risks to male students. Local figures like Steele Harman and University supporters argued the case amid campus and alumni tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Committee On Public Institutions of the
Senate
Steele
Farmers’ Cooperative and Educational Union
Rosewell Page
Mr. Steele
Mr. Hunton
Henry H. Downing
Front Royal
Hunton
University of Virginia
McNiell
Richmond College
Alderman
Daughters of the Confederacy
Fauquier
Loudoun
Daniel Harmon
Charlottesville
Harmon
Harman
Jefferson
Alumni Association of
Ae Jefferson
Mr. Harman
Electrocution of Silas North Phelps at Charlestown State Prison
Silas North Phelps was executed by electric chair at Charlestown State Prison shortly after midnight. He walked to the chair calmly, with an erect posture, as guards signaled. Three physicians pronounced him dead at 12 28, with chaplain Stebbins remaining by his side throughout the process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
University of Virginia
Mu M. McQgui
Richmond
Hayman
Silas North Phelps
Charlestown
Phelps
Bridges
Stebbins
Meneve Bridge
Franklin County
Phelpe
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Richmond Brag CO. Inc
Richmond, Va
Mrs. Phelps
Noah
Hans
Argentine
Sun
China
NEW Republic
E. F
We D Pacers
Continental Railroad
Tanner Paint & Oil Co
BROWN
Sree
Eevesas
Pearse
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