Williams Receives Loving Cup at Westmoreland Club
Richmond editor Alfred B. Williams, retiring from the News Leader, is honored with a massive silver loving cup presented by friends led by Judge R. Carter Scott. The event marks his upcoming move to Roanoke to helm the Morning Times and Evening News.
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Richmond
Westmoreland
Alfred B. Williams
News Leader
RK. Carter Scott
Richhmond
Roasoke
Williams
Roanoke
Morning Times
Fpvening News
Scott
J. Ki. Ingram
W. Gordoe McCabe
John L. Willams
Boepesker
Alfred Brocken- Brough Williams
Gioe
New York
South Carolina
Atlantic
Africa
A. B
Women fight police at gallery portrait session in New York
Sa die Stah! of Brooklyn and Jennie Katz of Manhattan, both twenty, fought Central office police during a portrait session at police headquarters. Arrested for jewelry theft in Stamford, Conn., they were released after detectives said Mrs Mitch did not identify them. They had been held in Brooklyn on Christmas Eve as suspicious persons.
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New York
Sadie Stah
Lafayette Avenue
Brooklyn
Jennie Katz
East Twelfth Street
Manhattan
Skett
McCafferty
Central Office
Mary Sullivan
Macdougal Direct
Sullivan
Duan
Adams Street
General Office
Albert E. Mitch
Stamford
Conn
Tombs
Brown
Mitcheld
Manchester Makes Good Year’s Exhibit
Manchester Virginia reports a prosperous year across the Southside with flourishing business houses and growing banks. The narrative highlights progress and regional improvements amid a broad positive assessment of 12 months.
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Manchester
Riehmond
Slater Eity
Southside
Conom
Bosthetas Chey
Handsome New Post Office Aims for South Status
Manchester sees strong postal receipts and a crime-free year under Chief Lipscomb as it debates consolidating with the city across the river. A joint committee meeting is set for next Tuesday to decide if a vote on consolidation should proceed before the census starting April 15.
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Re St
Sorthwest
Seventh
Manchester
James A. Lipscomb
Acros
Holland Fire Destroys Most of Suffolk Town
A weekend blaze in Holland Suffolk swept the town, destroying the Majestic Theatre post office and 26 businesses, leaving about 200 residents homeless. Fire spread from Main Street to nearby homes, with damage estimated at 115000 dollars. Only one business remains open, run by Joseph G. Holland family heirs.
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Suffolk
Majestic
Hamet
Holland
Virginia
Main Street
Band of Holland
Railroad Avenue
Southern Railroad
Sam Hardy
Tiberius Gracchus Jones
State Supreme Court
Joseph G. Holland
Zachary T. Holland
J. A. Luke
Wilson J. Holland
Joe Hazelett
Holland Shoe and Clothing Company
J. T. Rawles & Co
J. T. Cutchins
J. K. P. Daughtrey
B. W. Council
Willis T. Howell
J. Edward Holland
E. G. Howell
J. H. Britts
J. G. Holland
Franklin Pierce and Edwards &Co
Reed
Butler
I. A. Luke
W. J. Holland
S. W. Holland
Dr. Holland
B. G. Porter
H. H. Holland
Lucile Holland
G. T. Winborne
P. O. Johnson
J. R. Davidson
J. Richard Holland
Lizzie A. Holland
Sallie C. Joyner
B. R. Daughtrey
W. Hi. Holland
G. Howell
Plan for 1910 Eastern States War Game At Washington
Maryland Virginia or Pennsylvania will host July maneuvers involving the War Department, National Guard units from Eastern States, and regular forces. Fifteen infantry companies, three cavalry troops, artillery, engineers, signals, and hospital elements announced. location and attack details remain unconfirmed. Colonel Charles A. Little recommends Rev. P. J. Tyler of Hagerstown as chaplain of the regiment with rank of captain.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Virginia
Pennsylvania
War Department
National Guard
Adjutant General's Office
Department
Regular Army
Engineers
Signal Corps
Hospital Corps
Washington
Charles A. Little
P. J. Tyler
Hagerstown
Abstaining President Deliberates on Whiskey Question
A president who abstains from alcohol weighs the question of whiskey without consulting Kentucky senators, highlighting a stance of restraint amid national debate on liquor policy.
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Kentucky
Travels De Luxe Sketch Wonders of World Travel
A humorous sketch envisions future travel and wireless telegrams enabling globe circling journeys from home. Two men, Mike and Tim, imagine flying machines making world travel easy before old age.
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Mike
Tim
International marriage bureau nets vast rake-offs warned
Special dispatch from London reports secret service investigations into an international marriage bureau based in London that arranges matches between impoverished nobles and American heiresses. The outfit purportedly earns 5 000 to 100 000 dollars per match, with a potential 300 000 dollar fee for a single union. It operates European branches and a US inquiry department, advertising noble lineage, securing dowries, and supplying wardrobes and social introductions. Critics fear blackmail over pasts or fortunes, though victims tolerate extortion to protect social standing.
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London
Secret Service
United States
England
France
Germany
Italy
America
Atlantic
Moonshiners Thrive in the Dark Corner Region
New report from Greenville notes a surge in illicit distilling along the Dark Corner in the Carolinas. In the last year 200 distilleries were destroyed and 200000 gallons of beer, plus several thousand gallons of whiskey, were seized. Raids averaged twenty distilleries monthly, peaking at thirty-one in December, with shortages driven by prohibitions and rising whiskey prices. Moonshiners now target Federal prisons, returning to business after short Atlanta sentences.
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Greenville
N. C
Carolinas
South
Revenue Office
North Carolina
South Carolina
Atlanta
Murray saloon license approved at Parkotel hearing
Richmond report states P. P. Murray was granted a license to run a saloon at the Parkotel after a lengthy hearing. Numerous witnesses testified but much of the anticipated opposition did not appear, with only an unusual moment arising during the evidence of James W. Anderson.
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Richmond
P. P. Murray
Ed James W. Anderson Doom
Prohibition Era License Granted With Interior Revisions
Judge Wella granted a saloon license after agreeing to personal supervision by the proprietor and interior changes to meet law requirements. The bond was provided by N.W. Bo licensee, with a potential revocation if conditions fail. The bar was to have no direct Capitol Street entrance and be ready for business by Tuesday night.
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Capitol Street
Rey
N.W. Bo
Joéxe Wells
Atlantic Ice and Coal forms Richmond charter amid tax costs
The Atlantic Ice and Coal Corporation sought a Virginia charter, accepting a $925 additional tax by filing early. Led by Ernest Woodruff, the Georgia backed firm plans ice coal and cold storage operations with up to $8 million capital and offices in Richmond and Atlanta. Directors include T. K. Scott and H. Woodruff among others. The Virginia Corporation Commission will tax 1909 incorporations starting January 1 1910.
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Richmond
Atlantic Ice and Coal Corporation
State Corporation Commission
James W. Gordon
Georgia Money
Old Dominion
Ernest Woodruff
Atlan
J. C. Gentry
W. J. Rushton
Birmingham
W. E. Chapin
Atlanta
Mr. In
T. K. Scott
Augusta
H. Woodruff
Columbus
H. T. Inman
F. O. Rettig
Chattanooga
J. Carroll Payne
Charles T. Walters
Frank Hawkins
Thomas B. Paine
J. S. Davis
Albany
Clifford L. Anderson
George C. Walters
J. B. Wheat
Virginia Corporation
Corporation Commission
New Ice and Coal Company
Officers Elected by Emporia Company
M. M. Goodwyn, sergeant major of the Third Battalion, Fourth Regiment, elected first lieutenant of Company M, Fourth Virginian Regiment. Corporal A. T. Lehister, of the company, named second lieutenant.
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Emporia Company
Richmond
M. M. Goodwyn
Fourth Virginian Regiment
A. T. Lehister
Miss Rogers Picture Captures Angelic Beauty
Brooklyn Life notes a playful exchange where Miss Rogers asks how the image could be so beautiful while an artist reveals he enlisted an engaged man to charm his fiancée through the depiction.
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Miss Rogers
Brooklyn
Mrs Atkinson Denies Prohibition Fund Testimony
Mrs A D Atkinson of the Richmond Hotel refutes Mrs James W Anderson’s Hastings Court testimony claiming she offered $100 to Smithdeal if he dropped objections to Park Hotel liquor license. Smithdeal produces his letter denying any such agreement while confirming support for prohibition in general.
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Richmond
A. D. Atkinson
James W. Anderson
Hastings Court
Atkinson
George M. Smithdeal
Smithdeal Business College
Park Hotel
Jae
D. Atkinson
Hotel Richmond
City of
P Psurray
Times-Dispatch
James . Anderson
Meetee M. Smithdeal
Smithdeal Busines College
Antii-Saloon League
Smithdeal
Prohibition Fund
G. M. Smithdratl
District Attorney Tate Faces Special Charges in Atlanta
The Department of Justice has filed special charges against United States District Attorney Tate of Atlanta as he seeks another term. Special Examiner W. H. Ramsey arrives in Atlanta to review Tate’s office records while officials refuse to disclose the charges or their nature. Attorney General Wickersham oversees all such district attorney matters.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Justice
United States
Tate
Atlanta
W. H. Ramsey
Department
Wickersham
Hungry bear killed near Newmarket in Shenandoah
A hungry bear approached Newmarket in Shenandoah and was killed by W. A. Price and huntsmen after tracking Bruin. The dressed carcass weighed 137 pounds.
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Newmarket
W. A. Price
Bruin
Morgan to Aid Harriman Park Plan in New York
Newberg New York special report says J P Morgan plans to assist Mrs Mary W Harriman in realizing the late E H Harriman's goal of creating a large public park, following his death and public-spirited philanthropy.
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Newberg
N. Y
J. P. Morgan
Mary W. Harriman
E. H. Harriman
The Old Year’s Last Laugh At 1909
A light verse survey of 1909 politics and society. It notes tariffs, fines, Roosevelt, poetry, vaudeville, polar ventures, financial intrigues, oil prices, suffrage, and trust promises as the year closes. It mocks liars and hype while bidding farewell to the year.
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C. P
Park plan eyed along the Hudson Palisades reach to Manhattan
Mr Harriman offers 16840 acres for a vast park stretching beside the Hudson River and the Palisades. A strip between the river and park is owned by other interests including Mr Morgan. Marri man’s wishes will be pursued with adjacent landowners cooperation as the first step toward a park extending into New Jersey opposite 130th Street Manhattan with the upper end near West Point.
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Harriman
Hudson River
Morcan
Marriman
Eald
Hudson's Banks
Palisades
New
Sells 44000 Acres of Dismal Swamp near Suffolk VA
Forty four thousand acres of Dismal Swamp land were sold Friday by William N. Camp and wife of Deeley Mieke to the Camp Manufacturing Company of Franklin Virginia. The deed mentions a consideration of six dollars. the tract was granted to Nathaniel and William Nelson by the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1784. The property is valued for timber and historic associations, with wildlife including snakes deer bears and wildcats present.
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Suffolk
William N. Camp
Deeley
Mieke
Camp Manufacturinmpany
Franklin
Nathaniel
William Nelson
Commonwealth of Virginia
Morse hails from New York to begin 15 year sentence
Charles W. Morse left New York for the Atlanta Federal prison after a lengthy ordeal tied to banking law violations. He apologized to family and supporters, calling his sentence brutal and pledging to endure while urging right minded citizens to appeal for clemency.
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New York
Charles W. Morse
Atlanta
Morse
Jersey City
Birmingham
Southerea
United States
Washington
C. W. Morse
Public Eats Uninspected Meat Warns Official Report
Washington reports that half the meat consumed in the United States may be uninspected and poses danger to the public. Dr. A D Melvin, head of the Bureau of Animal Industry, cites government inspection limits and urges State and municipal checks to supplement federal scrutiny. He notes diseased animals diverted to uninspected establishments for local markets.
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Washington, D. C
United States
A. D. Melvin
United States Bureau of Animal Industry
Secretary of Agriculture
Six Suspects Arrested in Baltimore Labor Strike Inquiry
Baltimore detectives and railroad investigators pursue a wide conspiracy theory tied to an assault on the railroad's property. Walter Ames and three others remain jailed on ten thousand bail as probes extend to Ohio and other states. Ames, seventh vice president of the International Association of Machinists, draws labor-wide attention.
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Baltimore
Baltimore and Obie Railroad
Walter Ames
William B. Emlipley
Hamilton W. Leighter
William Zimmerman
Ames
International Association of Machinists
Baltimore and Ohio
Maryland
Ohio
Aegan
Kings Son Like American Maids
Washington special reports on European royalty aiming to wed into money in the United States. Counts Mysky and Treskaya travel to America to gauge alliances with American heiresses as King Peter’s sons consider marriages for fortune.
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King’s Son
Washington
Pablo Mysky
Karilei
Chicago
Newark City
Karageorgevitch
Peter
United States
Count Treskaya
Riia
Treskaya
House of Morgan, Harjes & Co
Paris
J. P. Morgan & Co
Judge Phlegar in Snead Case Heads to Newark
In Newark the case against Mia Ocey W. L. Snead’s three Wardlaw relatives charged with murder proceeds. Prosecutor Mott learns Snead is alive from Detective Hargan in Ontario, complicating efforts as defense attorney Fort seeks separate trials. Trial likely after March with Virginia and Tennessee bar members aiding, including ex Judge Phlegar.
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New York
Newark
Fletcher W. Snead
Mia
Ocey W. L. Snead
East Orange
Wilbur A. Mott
Alfred H. Hargan
Snead
St. Catherine’s
Ontario
Hargan
Canada
Caroline B. Martin
Mary W. Snead
Virginia Wardlaw
Essex County
Franklin W. Fort
New Jersey
New Year Cannon Misfire Shakes Charlottesville
In Charlottesville on New Year’s Day J. B. Goodwin fired a Civil War era cannon at the Confederate Monument, shattering windows and causing property damage. A horse panic and drugstore bromide run followed as residents fled. appraisers assess the damage and a local lawyer and former Confederate are said to cover bills.
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Charlottesville
Goodwin
Court Square
Fes
Mr. Goodwin
Buckingham
Peary Adverts Boost North Pole Fortune
The current Popular magazine features eighteen full page ads by Peary praising items he used during his polar expedition. He endorses a watch rifle ammunition a vacuum bottle safety razor and other articles. The ads include letters to companies praising the gear and urging readers to buy.
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Peary
North Pole
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