Veteran Huddleston Drowns Self in Richmond Lake
John Huddleston old soldier and resident of Lee Camp Soldiers Home was found dead in a lake at William Byrd Park near the boathouse at 1 PM. A rope and three 20 pound quoits were tied to his neck and arm as he sank in four and a half feet of water. Coroner notified, funeral planned from the Soldiers Home, with inmates to identify him.
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Richmond
John Huddleston
Lee Camp Soliders
William Byrd Park
Journal
Wiley
Huddleston
Chesterfield County
Virginian Infantry
County
Ectty
Medals awarded to Indian and colonial troops at coronation
Special Indian and colonial troops arriving for the coronation were decorated by King George at Buckingham Palace. The King pinned medals on the uniforms. In a separate event, King George and Queen Mary entertained 100000 children at Crystal Palace.
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London
England
George
Buckingham Palace
Crystal Palace
Mary
Palace
Woman as chief witness named in New York jewel smuggling case
New York special report says Helen Dwelle Jenkins, pressured by secret service threats, will be the chief witness against Nathan Allen of Kenosha and John R. Collins of Nashville in a jewel smuggling inquiry. Declared that Richard Parr offered a $300,000 bribe to drop the case, with Jenkins portrayed as an unwilling participant.
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New York
Loeb
Customs Service
New Yorker
Helen Dwelle Jenkins
Secret Service
Nathan Allen
Kenosha
Wis
John R. Collins
Nashville
Mrs. Jenkins
Richard Parr
Lorraine
Parr
Allen
Chicago
Bastar
Sarah
Negro kills servant girl in Lynchburg basement death
Maesie Jennings, colored, found shot in her basement room in Lynchburg. Jim Marshall, also colored, arrested and charged with the murder after his cap and his revolver were found in the room. Shell casing disproves theory of self inflicted death.
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Lynchburg
Maesie Jennings
Jim Marshall
Colered
Marshall
Political Activity Cost Collector's Job in New Orleans
Special Collector Edwin Seyburn has forwarded his restoration to the Secretary of the Treasury on orders of President Taft. Politics activity is understood to be the cause.
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New Orleans
Internal Revenue
Edwin Seyburn
Secretary of the Treasury
Taft
Robbery Hits Wheeling Hotel Clerk Held Up
Two masked men robbed Marty Tidhnall, night clerk at the Pai ley Hotel in Wheeling, as part of a surge of daytime thefts in the city. A separate report from New York notes the destroyer Ammen colliding with an unknown schooner near Sandy Hook.
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Wheeling
W. VA
Marty Tidhnall
Pailey Hotel
New York
Ammen
Sandy Hook
Philadelphia
Friday Stops Startled Plan with Superstition
The speaker hesitates to begin a task on Friday due to superstition, noting an intention to start earlier but being deterred by the omen. The exchange frames Friday as a barrier to action and reflects common beliefs about the day.
Davis Trial Set for July in Petersburg Court
In Hastings Court the trial date of President Chariss Hall Davis of the Old Apnocatox Trust Company is set for July 24. She is indicted as an accessory in Carter K Histmop’s alleged false returns to the State Corporation Commission.
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Petersburg
Mullen
Hastings Court
Chariss Hall Davis
Apnocatox Trust Company
Lightning Flash Restores Girl's Speech in New Orleans
In New Orleans a two year speech loss due to illness abruptly ends when Miss Jessie Fisher regains her speech after a vivid lightning flash and loud thunder. Medical notes attribute her sudden recovery to fear-induced excitement. The incident occurred yesterday in the city, drawing attention from local physicians.
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New Orleans
Jessie Fisher
Staunton to Vote on Liquor Question August 1
Special Judge H. W. Holt ruled the wets petition had sufficient signatures and ordered a local liquor election to be held on August 1 in Staunton Virginia.
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Staunton
H. W. Holt
Pension Street Car Men in Lynchburg
Beginning tomorrow the local traction company will implement a pension system for veteran employees who can retire at age sixty five on half pay. At seventy they will be forced to retire at that pay.
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Lynchburg
Woman Held for Robbing Mail in Washington D C
A 24 year old blonde woman using the name May J Goodwin but real name May J Wilson confessed to multiple mail thefts and was arrested for opening two registered letters and embezzling post office funds at branch post office 56 in Campbell drug store 4203 Georgia Ave Washington D C She faces 1500 bail and has a history of thefts in New York and Washington with prior federal indictments and forgery charges.
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Washington, D. C
Washington
May J. Goodwin
May J. Wilson
Post Office
Carter B. Keene
Postoffice No
F. B. Campbell
Georgia Avenue
Postoffice
Wilson
Keene
United States
Anson H. Taylor
New York City
Maf
Federal Court
New York
Campbell
George N. Duveey
Street
Nan
Goodwin
Removal of Troops From Texas State Area
Following a cabinet meeting Major General Wood announces four regiments at San Antonio will be ordered home and the remaining maneuver division will move to stations as rapidly as possible. Proverbial poems and fables accompany the brief dispatch.
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Texas
Washington, D. C
Wood
Etaly
San Antonio
Lown
Man Struck by Chesapeake and Ohio Train Near Goshen
A white painter named A. T. Steele, 31, of Alexandria Va, was hit by Chesapeake and Ohio train 46 near Goshen Clifton Forge Va. He slept on the track, woke too late for the whistle, fractured his back, and is not expected to recover. He was conscious and described his home as Alexandria.
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Clifton Forge
A. T. Steele
Chesapeake and Ohio
Goshen
Alexandria, Va
Bristol On Verge Of Liquor Famine
Special report from Bristol Tennessee notes 10 000 barrels of spirits tied up at a local distillery due to a tax dispute with the Government. The city, a key supplier for Southern prohibition states, faces shortages as agencies enforce the hold. Four revenue men led by Deputy David Bowers oversee the case.
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Bristol, Tenn
Bristol
Lquor
E. Geuge & Co
Federal
David Bowers
Dalrymple Seeks Divorce in Reno Adamiless Eden
Joseph R. Dalrymple Percival, millionaire president of the Amalgamated Paint Company, seeks a divorce from Ethel M. Percival. He has moved to Reno, once called an Adamiless Eden, while Mrs. Percival reportedly leaves the Hotel Grenoble to join him there.
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New York
Joseph R. Dalrymple Percival
Amalgamated Paint Company
Ethel M. Percival
Reno
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Lawson & Newton
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V.pres
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Gloucester
Mathews
C. D. Clinton
Bumbing
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Sibley Broad
Mathet
Lesie C. Garnett
Mathews, VA
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Frank T. Clark
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N. C
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Mrs Jenkins
United States District Attorney
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