Mystery Deepens Over Man Whytehall Death Case
Richmond police pursue a tangle of aliases after a man found dead on Grove Avenue is linked to Whytehall and Norwood papers. Mrs Benjamin and New Haven connections surface along with a Will and valuables. Authorities probe New Jersey and Brooklyn links and seek the man’s true identity through clippings, watches, and forged certificates.
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Boston
Howard Watch Company
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Eno Whrytehall
Hamburg
Germany
Vallse
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A Norwood
Philadelphia
Wes
Thomas Walton
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No Intoxicants in Governor's Home
Mrs. William Hodges Mann declared in a Broad Street Methodist Church session that no intoxicants have entered the Executive Mansion since she became its mistress and that none will while she presides. She warned whiskey harms families and jails, and cited Maynsion entertainments as equally open to wine and liquor. The event opened with prayer by Rev. Dr. D. Hatcher as the Temperance League pressed its slogan The Saloon Must Go and urged saving the girl alongside the boys.
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T. J. Mastn
State Board of Charities
Weart Debacle Over Lost Package Ends in Death
In 1903 postmaster George W. Weart paid $10 to cover a missing package loss. Discovery years later showed no arrival at Deal New Jersey and Weart was not responsible. He died as heirs were traced, one in Bakersfield California and the other in Butte Montana where a mailed check to him was returned unopened.
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Bakersville
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George 8. Weart
Butte
Mont
Mexican regulars sent to fight rebels in Chihuahua and Sonora
Two more regiments of Mexican regulars are dispatched from Mexico City to confront rebel forces in Chihuahua and Sonora. Disaffection within the Rurales grows as Lieutenant Pedro deserts with several men to join the rebels. Rebels are now estimated at 4,000 armed men, with cold Sierra Madre conditions favoring them.
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Tex
Mexico City
Chihuahua
Sonora
Rureales
Pedro
Sierra Madre
Bribery Offer Made To Editorial Endorse Subsidy
Alfred Warren Dodsworth of the New York Journal of Commerce testified before the Olcott special committee on the ship subsidy scandal. He said a man offered $100,000 to publish an article favorable to subsidy legislation and to distribute 1,000,000 copies with a certified $10,000 advance to seal the deal. The briber’s identity was not disclosed despite attempts to learn who he represented. Dodsworth recalled a prior offer of $15,000 two years earlier for favorable coverage.
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Alfred Warren Dodsworth
New York Journal of Commerce
Olcott Special
Dodsworth
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John Dodsworth
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Mexican Revolt Spreads as Casas Grandes Falls
El Paso reports Casas Grandes captured by Mexican revolutionists three miles from Nueva Casas Grandes. Chihuahua authorities say about 1200 insurrectos gather in surrounding mountains and plan an assault on the city within ten days. Revolt appears to spread across Chihuahua.
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Woman Mayors in England and Kansas Towns
Oldham England elects a woman mayor the third English town to break tradition at a large hall installation. Mrs Lees the new mayor spoke to a cheering crowd praised as a mother of a great family. A tall blenimed figure with white hair and a humorous face is described. In Kansas many towns report women mayors with several re-elected. Atlanta aviator R C Miller departs for Panama to fly from coast to coast using a Bleriot monoplane.
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Mayers
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Highway Plan for Newport News Richmond Link Promoted
A large Newport News rally formed the Virginia Peninsula Good Roads Association to push a sand clay highway from Newport News to Richmond before summer and to explore a ferry cross Hampton Roads. The group, with about sixty members from Richmond Williamsburg Newport News Hampton Old Point and nearby counties, named L B Manville as general working director and outlined a sixty mile stretch of unimproved road to be upgraded.
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Jamestown Boulevard
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Virginia Peninsula Good Roads Association
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Highway Project Aims At 60 Miles Of Sandy Clay Road
Mr Manville outlines an average outlay of 260 dollars per mile for constructing sixty miles of road. The plan envisions 25000 dollars to cover building the through highway and improvements between Williamsburg Jamestown Williamsburg and Yorktown with aid from Richmond and cities at the lower end. County boards pledge support to raise funds and provide backing to the project. The goal is to raise the 25000 dollars immediately. Mother Dies With Baby in Virginia: Seddie Heas burned to death at her home near Card Buchanan county while attempting to save her child whose clothes caught fire from a fireplace.
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Police Search For Careless Driver In Norfolk Case
Norfolk detectives seek a negro driver believed responsible for the death of Julia Katherine Phillips 60 after a wagon struck her Wednesday night. She died at home hours later, found in a gutter with a head wound and severed vein in the right arm. The report references Rev. De and a female institute at Union, with unclear details remaining.
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Julia Katherine Phillips
Aviator McCurdy Cuba Flight Delayed by Weather
For the third straight day the attempt of aviator McCurdy to reach Cuba was postponed this morning due to unfavorable weather in Key West Florida.
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Key West
Fla
McCurdy
Homeric Battle at a Feline Show
The Pittsburg Cat Club annual show closed after a chaotic night as Diamond a large stray cat slipped into Old City Hall above the market during the event. The disturbance disrupted the late proceedings and drew attention from attendees and organizers.
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