Riots At St Petersburg University Rock Russia As Students Strike
Students riot at St Petersburg University as authorities report mass arrests and resignations by the rector and pro rector. Police guard campus while professors fear to lecture and threats against staff rise. Tomsk and St Petersburg universities face nationwide student upheaval with calls to rally support against authorities.
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ST. Petersburg
University of St. Peters- Wes
Rus
University of
Count Tolstoi
Ihal- Baldiera
Russia
Tomsk University
Empire
Audubon Leader Urges Women to Drop Bird Feathers
Richmond speech by VT Gilbert Pearson, secretary of the National Audubon Society, denounces slaughter for hat trims. He urges women to refuse feathers and aigrettes, cites cruelty to snow heron and seagull, and calls for wildlife protection over fashion. He praises true sportsmanship and the value of living birds.
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Richmond
Gilbert Pearson
New York
National Audubon Society
John Marshall High School
Virginia Audubon Society
Paris
Pearson
Jennings C. Wise
Naime
Audubon Society
WICT AMUCK IS FATALLY SHOT AT RICHMOND PENITENTIARY
Jéase Hilton a colored convict at the Richmond penitentiary was shot in the abdomen by a guard while advancing on an officer. He then cut his throat nearly severing his head. surgeons fear death within hours. Hilton, 35, previously imprisoned for cocaine peddling, had served twelve years prior.
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Richmond
Jéase Hilton
Ward W Harshbarger
Hilton
Miller
Ngucon
Warshbarger
Corporation Court of Ersich
Manchester
Griscom to Wed Lost Heiress at RadnorPA
Griscom to wed the missing heiress at Radnor Pennsylvania. The reported engagement centers on Dor a notable social figure, with whom the heiress reportedly developed an infatuation. The announcement notes plans for a formal ceremony in the Radnor area and identifies key parties involved.
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Radnor
pSenz
Griscom m
the . R
Dora
City guest stays with father at Atlantic City hotel
Early morning telephone from Radnor Pa informs that the visitor remains at the Hotel Chalfonte in Atlantic City where he is staying with his father. The note places the stay in a fashionable suburban area near Bryn Mawr.
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Chalfonte
Atlantic City
Radnor, Pa
Bryn Mawr
Shops and barns for new R. and H. Co Richmond Va
A deed transfers about six acres of ground in Richmond to the Richmond and Henrico Railway Company for shops and barns. The land lies at Thirty-fifth Second Marshall Streets and extends to Government Road on the east. Estimated cost at not less than $20,000.
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Richmond
Richmond and Henrico Railway Company
Louis G. Miles
2Nd Marshall Streets
Government Road
3000 English Miners Strike Paralyzes Sunderland Mines
Three thousand miners at Wear mouth Collieries struck without notice in Sunderland England. Pickets block mine mouths and transport along the Wear river and rail lines are paralyzed. Labor leaders held a council and posted a notice declaring no man may work until further notice, risking wider coal district disruption.
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Sunderland
Eng
Wearmouth
Canall Trafic
York
Northumberland Counties
Dying lover marries boyhood sweetheart in final hours
Emil T Heyl on his deathbed in Somerville New Jersey sent for his longtime partner Wilhelmina Gans to marry him. Justice of the Peace William Sutphen married them as Heyl's condition worsened. Gans stood by him at his side in East New York and Brooklyn, recalling fifteen years of courtship and a lifelong wish to wed before death.
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New York
Emil
T. Heyl
Somerville
N. J
Mies Wilhelmina Gans
Liberty Avenue
East
Edward Hawkenbere
Heyl
Manhattan
East New York
Mrs. Gans
Farewell Dinner for Eight Ex-Girlfriends in New Theater
A New York man bought nine box seats for a party of eight former fiancées to mark his planned marriage within the month. Box 6 was reserved with extra chairs, and a Cupid themed luncheon in the tea room featured a small wedding cake centerpiece and satin slipper candy boxes.
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New York
New Theater
Jed Shaw
Mires Lowe
Shaw
Taken Back 10 Answer Charge in Ohio Requisition
Charles Johnson and J J Clarke, held on charges of possessing stolen goods and housebreaking, were brought to the city by J K Rice from Ironton on a requisition from Ohio. Detective John F Wiley traced robbery to West Virginia and Ironton, locating goods bearing an Ironton firm name. The raid on a leading Ironton merchant’s store yielded over 100 dollars worth of assorted stolen items.
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Clarke
Johnson
Ait Heep
J. KB. Rice
Irenton O
Ohio
Charles Johnson
J. J. Clarke
John F. Wiley
West Virginia
Ironton
Ke Johnson
Bible Defends Against Spiritism In Brooklyn Lecture
Pastor Russell at Brooklyn Academy of Music argues modern telegraph and telephone do not contradict Bible on spirit phenomena. He warns of spiritism and mediums misrepresenting dead, cites Paul and Jesus casting out demons, and notes fallen angels' sin of leaving their habitation.
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Trenton
N. J
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Russell
America
Great Britain
Tonch
Pastor Russell
China
St. Paul
Jesus
Paul
Silas
rAoud
Holy Angels
Satan
Abraham
Mamre
Tartarus
Apostle
Penn Faculty Objects to Posters for Architectural Play
University of Pennsylvania architectural faculty oppose undraped student posters for the campus play The Sacred Scow set for March. Professors argue posters and plaster models reflect poorly on the college and could shock outsiders, prompting students to paint drapery on images and casts displayed in College Hall.
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Barnard
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
College Hall
Donald Kirkpatrick
Old Time Feuds of Capital Gangs in Richmond
A reader in Roanoke recalls Richmond's old time gangs the Church Hill cats and Rocketts cats and Bloody Run Gulley battles from the late sixties. The piece notes scarce local written records, recounts games like playing horse and fox and hounds, and mentions Chinquepin woods in Capitol Square, with memories from Pension Clerk Scott and others about boyhood pranks and schoolyard customs.
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Richmond
Roanoke
Oldtine Boys
Church Hill
Rocketts
Carlton McCarthy
Samuel Modecai
Mordecai
Capitol Square
Jimson
Ura
BE. L. C. Scott
Bella
Scott
Barton Grundy
Tattooing Fever Among Richmond Youths Declines
In Richmond a fad of youth tattooing faded as many boys sought permanent marks using improvised Indian ink and stolen needles. Parents warned against self decoration as boys endured pain to imitate circuses and sailors, with fading ink reducing the appeal of the practice.
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Richmond
India
Barnum
Premier Canalejas Hurt At Ball In Alicante
Premier Canalejas suffered a bruised leg after slipping on a waxed floor at a ball during the Spanish regatta in Alcant, as King Alfonso laughed at the mishap. A deputation later urged the king for success against Moroccan Rif tribesmen.
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Alicant
Epain
Canalejas
Alfonso
Morocco
Body of Young Man Found Near Elkton Likely Self-Inflicted
The corpse of John Gilmer aged twenty one was found in a remote hollow three miles from Elkton toward the Hire Ridge Mountains. An open knife in the ground and items in his pockets identify him. authorities believe death by own action after an estimated two weeks. Gilmer had checked in at the Virginia Hotel in Elkton on January 28 leaving his overcoat and suitcase.
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Harrisonburg
John Gilmer
Elkton
Hire Ridge
Bedy
Gilmer
Virginia
Quarrel Over Money Ends in Double Tragedy
In Buffalo a quarrel over money led to a fatal shooting at Frank Caronaga’s saloon. Loreto Lobue, 47, died, his brother Vincenzo and Lamarto Cucco were hospitalized with severe wounds. Cucco is charged with Lobue’s murder and is believed fatally wounded by a near heart bullet.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Loreto Lobue
Vincenzo
Lamarto Cucco
Cucco
Lobue
Frank Caronaga
Bad Negro Caught in North Carolina Murder Case
Dave Young, last of the negro gang linked to Deputy Sheriff Mumford murder and Chief Glover shooting in Wilson, was arrested Monday in Rocky Mount. He confessed to the crime details but denied being at the scene. Abbott implicated by Lewis Weat’s confession as gang leader.
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Charlotte
N. C
Dave Young
Mumford
Glover
Wilson
Rocky Mount
Lewis Weat
William Taylor Burned at Grandmother's Home
Nine year old William Taylor, son of Mrs Meta B Taylor of Ginter Park, was badly burned yesterday afternoon at his grandmother Mrs Celeste M Taylor's home on North Avenue.
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Richmond
William Taylor
Meta B. Taylor
Ginter Park
Celeste M. Taylor
North Avenue
Boy Burned by Gasoline Explosion During Backyard Fire
Barton Heights poured gasoline from a nearly empty can onto a backyard fire when the can exploded. The blast scorched the lad’s legs but quick action by Austin W. Martenstein Jr. extinguished the flames and the boy’s condition is not alarming.
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Barton Heights
Austin W. Martenstein
$300 Fine For His Valentine In Madison Club Case
Alexander Donald, president of the Madison Social Club, was fined $300 by Justice Crutchfield for operating a gambling den at Seventh and Franklin Streets. Officers raided the club on February 1 and charged Donald, with two others dismissed after the president pleaded technical guilt. The club, largely composed of local business men, had no liquor license and funded refreshments via dues rather than game proceeds. bond posted by C. Reed, with an appeal noted to the Mustings Court.
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Richmond
Valentine
Alexander Donald
Madison
Justice Crutchfield
Commonwealth
Folkes
Crutchfield
Donald
Seventh
Franklin Streets
Gentry
Griffith
McGowan
Gilbert Pollock
Mustings Court
Bond
Coffyn breaks night altitude record in airship flight
In Savannah Georgia Frank Coffyn a Wright aviator climbed to 800 feet breaking the world night altitude record. His earlier flight with passenger George H Manor of Baltimore lasted thirteen minutes and his second flight eighteen minutes. Arch Hoxsey former record holder had recently died in a Los Angeles crash.
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Savannah
Frank Coffyn
Wright
Arch Hoxsey
Los Angeles
Coffyn
George H. Manor
Baltimore
Valentines Rules For Valentines From A Political View
The verse warns against political valentines tied to elections and public figures. It rejects sending pictures of political figures like Taft or the Colonel, or promotional images about teams and heroes. Instead it suggests sticking to neutral subjects such as modern schools and avoiding gifts that imply partisan triumphs or ridicule.
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NEW R. & H, CO
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San Diego Bay
California
Curtiss
Earl Grey
Canada
United States
Grey
Ottawa
Ont
Glans
R. A. Hudes
Vaniahea
Kaiser Wilhelm
Germany
Valentines
Manuel
C. B
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