Chesapeake Line Passenger Steamers Serve Virginia Ports
The Chesapeake Steamship Company touts elegant liners Columbia and Augusta for Old Point Comfort and Norfolk, Baltimore departures daily at 7 PM except Sundays, with 6 AM arrival at Old Point Comfort and 7:30 AM at Norfolk, enabling connections further south.
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Chesapeake Line
Columbia
Augusta
Old Point Comfort
Norfolk
Baltimore
Rall
York River
EL Gantassenger
Atlanta
West Point
Richmond
Balimore
Richmon
Gloucester Point
Clemets
Clay Bank
Allmond
Wether
Light Street
Baltimore Street
Arthur W. Robson
E. Baltimore Street
Light and Lee Streets
Reuben Foster
E. J. Chism
T. H. McDaniel
Man Twice Plunges to Save Boy on Erie Trestle
Twelve year old Edward Berger fell from the Riverside trestle into icy Passaic River. Chris Naumann and Peter Brueck witnessed the danger. Naumann crawled to the base, rescued the boy, and carried him to safety as an express train roared by. Brueck aided in the escape, then both carried Berger home.
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Erie Railroad
Riverside
N. J
Passaic
Edward Berger
Chris Naumann
Main Street
Peter Brueck
Hawthorne
Paterson
Naumann
Brueck
Express
Berger
River Street
Almanac Church at St Botolphs Boston England
In the tower of St Botolphs Church Boston England there are 365 ateps for the year, twelve pillars, fifty two windows and seven doors symbolizing months weeks and days. In the west porch Heleetic shows twenty four steps to the library representing day hours. Each side of the choir has sixty steps to the roof denoting minutes and seconds of the hour.
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St. Botolph’s Church
Boston
England
Heleetic
Pa What Is The Weaker Sex Question In Reply
A fragment shows a male speaker questioning why women are labeled the weaker sex and laments not having learned the answer, reflecting an exchange or joke context from a bygone era.
Valentines Novelties for February Celebrations
A feature on charming valentines and novelties for mid February festivities. It describes candy box keepsakes with Cupid motifs in red and white, homemade craft ideas using crepe paper and pasteboard, heart and arrow ice cream boxes, and table decorations. It also recounts the historical shift from Roman Lupercalia to Christian Saint Valentine observances and offers practical party tips and "Don'ts" for Valentine gatherings.
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Cupid
McCall's Magazine
Pan
Juno
Valentine
Heart and Arrow
Valentine gifts in nineteenth century social manners
The passage notes how men send valentines as courtly tokens of social favors and appreciation. It lists gifts like growling flowers, bound volumes, baskets of fruit and bon-bbons in satin, porcelain or crystal receptacles as typical, reflecting polite courtship norms of the era.
Early Valentine greeting custom sparks playful courtship
In Shakespearean era youths used salutes like Good morning, tis Valentine’s Day, with the first greeter earning a claim to courtship. The scene blends choice and chance as young people arranged to meet before others at dawn, initiating romantic chatter.
Immortality Debate Draws Support From Scientists
The piece surveys views on immortality from scientists and thinkers. It notes that science has not proved or disproved life after death, while figures like Huxley Lodge Fiske James and M vard offer sympathetic positions. The North American Review is cited as a source.
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Sié
Huxley
Oliver Lodge
John Fiske
James and
M Vard
North American Review
Richmond Senate Debates RF&P Repeal Substitute Plan
Senator Halsey of Lynchburg argues for a substitute to RF&P repeal requiring any rival to pay 2,000,000 to cover stock and dividends or to build two separate lines from Richmond to Tappahannock and from Richmond to Massas. He warns unconditioned repeal could enable Goulds to force tracking privileges for the Wabash on the RF&P roadbed.
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Richmond
Makassas
Halsey
Goulds
Richmond, Fredericksburg and
Potomac
Thurman Resentenced to Hang for Murder in Norfolk
Leo C Thurman convicted of murdering Walter P Delsen was brought before Judge Hanckel and sentenced to be hanged on Friday March 13 This is his second death sentence after the first was halted by a State Supreme Court appeal The prisoner remained stoically indifferent as the date was set to allow him time to finish writing work whose nature was not disclosed.
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Norfolk
Leo C. Thurman
Walter P. Delsen
Hanckel
Thurman
State Supreme Court
Cashier Butt Indicted in Hawt Portmouth Bank Case
In Hastings Court Norfolk Special twenty two indictments were returned against Alexander B Butt cashier of the defunct People's Bank. Ten counts accuse grand larceny five embezzlement four fraudulent entries and two false statements about the bank condition. Commonwealth's Attorney Stewart aims to push the case to the bottom of the failure. The bank suspended in October and its collapse surprised many as one of the Souths strongest institutions. Expert examiners found insolvency and falsified ledgers.
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Norfolk
Hastings Court
Portsmouth
Alexander B. Butt
People’s Bank
Commonwealth
Stewart
People's Bank
South
Kinckle Shoots Himself in Local Crisis
John OD Kinckle aged 31 a leading society figure and secretary treasurer of the Kinckle Shoe Company shot himself three times in the temple on the third floor of the store. One shot passed through the head and two caused a single wound. He is in a local hospital with no known motive for the act.
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Lynchburg
John OD. Kinckle
Kinckle Shoe Company
Kinckle
Hale jury convicts in second degree murder verdict
The jury in Jonesboro finds Roy Hale guilty of murder in the second degree for the killing of Itby Davis. Hale is sentenced to twenty years in the penitentiary, with self defense rejected after wounds show Davis was shot from behind. The case foreshadows further trials in the Davis family tragedy at the May circuit term.
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Bristol
Roy Hale
Jonesboro
Hale
Itby Davis
Hala
Davis
East Tenessee
Hales
Ack Hale
Lille Davis
Virginia Obituaries Highlight Local Deaths Across Counties
Tappahannock Mrs Francis Scott of Dunnsville died suddenly of apoplexy at her mother’s home and is survived by four children. Winchester Mrs Harriet Brent widow of George W Brent died at her nephew’s home aged ninety with three nephews five great nephews and one great niece surviving. Suffolk Zachary T Holland a farmer and money lender of Holland died aged seventy two with four nieces and five nephews as kin. Purcellville John T Hirst prominent Purcellville banker and former miller died suddenly of heart disease aged 58 leaving widow two sons and one daughter.
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Tappahannock
Francis Scott
Dunnsville
R. L. Ware
Winchester
Harriet Brent
George W. Brent
M. P. Brent
Suffolk
Zachary T. Holland
Holland
John T.hirst
Purcellville
That Place
Purcellville National Bank
John R. Smith Milling Company
Murder charge against Archer dismissed for lack of evidence
Norfolk special report says Thomas Archer, charged with the murder of Mrs Mary Lawless Rorschach, was dismissed by the Portsmouth grand jury after the Commonwealth failed to produce sufficient evidence for indictment. Archer had stayed jailed several weeks before bail.
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Norfolk
Thomas Archer
Mary Lawless Rorschach
Portsmouth
Gsrand
Commonwealth
Archer
Bollesters
Iay Tutte
Sal i
Immigration Trends Shift Across Atlantic Ports in 1906
Data from the Bureau of Immigration shows 1,200,000 entered Ellis Island in 1906, with about thirty percent settling in New York state and most heading to metropolitan areas. Significant shares moved to Pennsylvania Illinois New Jersey and Ohio. The record notes congestion and growing overland routes to Texas and the Southwest mills railroads and wheat fields.
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Texas
New York
Galveston
Bureau of Immigration
Ellis Island
New York State
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Ohio
National Magazine
How to Keep a Cook
After a dinner at his friend's house he praises the meal and asks how it is made. The host, Mr Jones, replies that he kisses the cook before dinner and holds her on his knee after dinner. The punchline implies the cook does not cook.
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Jones
Mr. Jones
Saat Coset
Sethe
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OLD Dominion Line
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Mathews
Wortsmouth
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Old Point
Philpot
East River
Williams
Hicks
Diges
Roane
Ware River
Smith’s
Hockley
Auburn
North River
Dixondale
Severn
Severn River
Government Wharf
A. M
Night Line
Sleamers Berkley
Brandon
7TOHOP
Granby Street
Atlantic
B.L. Bugg
Norfolk, Va
Chesapeake Steamship Company
M. S. Foster
Sibley Bros
Matthews
A. M. Marchant
Jocenal Bulding
Leslie C Garnett
Mathewa
Middlesex
Gloucester
F. Theo. Miller
Mathews C. H
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Thought
Eros
Dove Fairy
Limite Cape Caren
Donald Sage Mackay
News of Virginia
Butt
Virginia
Gilbert School of Shorthand
Cilbert School OF Shorthand
Calvin L. Fleet
N. Fremont St
C. S. Schi Receivers
ermerhorn @ Sons SHIPPERS, DEALERS
Purina
Cheapside
Neer Pratt
John Westey Hill
New York City
Carlyle Ellis
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