King Thanks President After Felicitations From United States
King George V sent a telegram to President Taft expressing gratitude for congratulations on the coronation and best wishes for friendship between the two nations. The message from London dated June 22 emphasizes continued cordial relations and mutual welfare. The report also details the London coronation procession with British and colonial troops, notable arrivals, weather, and ceremonial steps through central streets.
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Lonnon
United States of America
Washington
United States
George, BR. L
Lost dog Shep nabbed for unlicensed canine in Richmond
Richmond special reports a North Park Street woman reported her collie Shey missing and detective Krengle cited her for owning an unlicensed dog. The dog, now charged with vagrancy, could be sent to the pound or euthanized if the tax remains unpaid. Detective Krengle sought the animal, but the chase yielded little beyond a stray dog case in progress.
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Richmond
North Park Street
Shey
Krengle
Shep
Mysterious Trunks Hold $500000 After Denver Wreck
Horace Granfield of Mount Vernon New York was killed in a Colorado auto crash. In two shabby trunks found at a Denver hotel lay government and railway bonds currency jewels and mining assets valued at $500000 prompting the Public Administrator to assess potential inheritance taxes and distribute the estate to his widow and daughter.
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Denver
Horace Granfeld
Mount Vernon
N. Y
Granfield
New York
Euet Vporty
Second Street
Colorado
Richardson
Uranfield
Southern Commences Work on Lynchburg Station
Lynchburg Virginia Special report notes Southern Railway begins excavation for a $50,000 passenger station on its new city route. Officials aim to have the facility ready before cold weather returns.
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Lynchburg
Southern Railway
Monarchs See Naval Review Off Spithead In Portsmouth
King George and Queen Mary reviewed the international coronation fleet in the Solent off Spithead aboard the Victoria and Albert. The Delaware, the largest battleship in displacement and armament, led a multinational line of ships from sixteen nations, with guests including John Hays Hammond and Ambassador Whitelaw Reid aboard for the Royal procession. The vast pageant featured 26 battleships and 25 armored cruisers, among other ships, as admirals and officers observed from flagships during the eight-square-mile review area.
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Ortsmouth
England
George
Queen Mary
Solent
Spithead
Victoria and Albert
United States
Delaware
John Hays Hammond
London
Am Bneswelor
Albert
Victoria
Arthur Moore
BK. N. BR
Neet
Fortemouth Navy Yard
Otter
Neptune
St. Vincent
Collingwood
Vanguard
Temeraire
Germany
France
Canton
Japan
Kurama
Austria
Radetzeky
Italy
San Marco
Russia
Rossiya
Spain
Reina Regente
Argentina
Buenoa Ayres
Chile
Chinabase
Sweden
Fylgia
Turkey
Hamididh
China
Denmark
Irolland
Norway
Spit Fort
Mramble Bank
Isle of Wight
G. A. Callaghan
Louis
Battenders
J. R. Jellicoe
Louis Bayley
George Arrender
Edward
Farmers Union Debates Product Disposition in Houston
An enthusiastic meeting of the Farmers' Union in Houston discusses how to handle surplus products and determine disposition strategies. Attendees consider market options, pricing, and distribution plans to aid farmers.
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Farmers’ Union
Houston
Educational Co operative Union Meeting at Houston Courthouse
The Educational Co operative Union of America met at the Houston courthouse on Saturday. A B Thornhill of App CraAdox county and Mr Underwood of North Carolina spoke on farmer cooperation. T M Dickerson of Halifax County presided as president of the county branch.
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Educational Co-operative Union of America
Houston
A. B. Thornhill
App craAdox
Underwood
North Carolina
America
T. M. Dickerson
Halifax County
Duel over sweetheart ends in deaths in Chicago
Special report: Harry Doake and Thomas Erickson die in a fatal duel over Miss Jena Wierkan. Erickson killed Doake, then died in a police chase through downtown streets after Doake’s defense of the rejected suit. Wierkan had rejected Erickson and pledged to Doake.
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Chicago
Ill
Harry Doake
Thomas Erickson
Jena Wierkan
Erickson
Dooke
Treeta
Ghost of Gashier and Bank Failure Stir Nelson County Race
In Lovingston Nelson County Virginia a local election for Treasurer is heated by the former cashier RK. Lee Camden of the Lovingston Bank facing controversy over a 1910 bank failure. Camden recounts that a bank officer pressured him to cash a wife’s certificate and a clerk’s withdrawal, while he kept most of his own funds and salary.
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Myndus
Virginia Safe Deposit and Trust Corporation
Alexandria
Jovingston
Campflen
Nelson County
Lovingston Bank
Lee Camden
Lovingston
Camden
Shipman
Kidd
S. B. Whitehead
Whitehead
Orphan Teenager Elopes to Circus in Alexandria
Viola Sherman an eighteen year old Culpeper Virginia girl ran away with a tent show arriving in Alexandria to fund a building project for the Alexandria Light Infantry. Special Agent Supplee of the Southern Railway questioned her and she was detained at police headquarters awaiting Culpeper officials. The girl says she is an orphan.
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Alexandria
Viola Sherman
Culpeper
Alexandria Light Infantry
Supplee
Southern Railway Company
Police
Protest against Mattie Lomax hanging in capital
A speaker at Third and L Streets NW urges stopping the hanging of Mattie Lomax in Washington. He cites circumstantial evidence and defends Lomax while promising to push a federal bill to end hangings of women. He recalls cases and appeals to President Taft for clemency.
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Episcopal Church
Third
L Streets
Mattie E. Lomax
Neero
Surratt
Lincoln
Powers
Mattie Lomax
Coneress
Taft
Dr. Drew
Kentuckian
Kentucky
Trent
Chacernier
Mormon Church Involved in Sugar Trust Probe
Ches ter S. Morey, president of Great Western Sugar Refining Company, resumes testimony as investigators seek details on church involvement. Apostle Joseph F. Smith Read and Mormon Bishop W Nibley expected to arrive Monday to discuss church interests in the sugar trust. Alfred Harrison and John D Spreckles also to be examined early next week.
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Washington, D. C
Great Western Sugar Refining Company
Chester S. Morey
Sopar Trust
Joseph i. Smith
Mormon Church
W. Nibley
Harrison and
Alfred Harrison, orMchais
The
Franklin Super Rhefinine Company
Philadelphia
John LD. Spreckles
Battle of Words at the Dinner Table
The tale centers on Bildad and Dubblewhead in a quarrel over power and pride, with Tompkins at the club asking who restrained Bildad during a heated exchange. Pubbleich is named as the person who grabbed him from behind to prevent further violence.
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Pildad
Dubblewhead
Tompkins
Hidad
Debbleigh
Teally
Pubbleich
Bildad
Harper's Weekly
Now Rastus Seeks Opinion on a Bold Lie
The Major challenges Rastus as Frastux admits he wants Henry's opinion before deciding if he is lying for Marie Henry. The exchange reveals a tense social scene with claims of truth and deception in a domestic dispute setting.
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Rastus
Frastux
Marse Henry
Marie Henry
Harper's Weekly
When Duty Calls and Presidential Hopefuls
The Cleveland Leader notes that both Colonel Roosevelt and Colonel Bryan forego a presidential bid, believing Congress will provide national excitement. One might still accept if urged.
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Roosevelt
Bryan
Congress
Cleveland
Harper's Weekly
Burglar steals clothes in broad daylight home intrusion
In Richmond Virginia a tall man burglar entered the Toon home at night taking two suits and other items including a nine pound ham and tomatoes while leaving muddy footprints. The family reported a barefoot intruder previously in Newport News and authorities pursue leads as they investigate the break in.
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Richmond
Donna Toon
Toon
Woodland Heights
Forest Hil
Doris
Mr.Toon
Mr. Toon
Tom
Newport News
Oueth
Citizen
Hileiversary
Noel
Labor Leaders For Contempt In Civil Proceedings
Special committee appointed by Justice Daniel Thew Wright finds Samuel Gompers and Frank Morrison in contempt of court. They face potential trial again and possible jail sentences after the Supreme Court ruling that the district court erred in treating the matter as criminal, instead of civil.
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Washington, D. C
Samuel Empers
Frank Morrison del “Ao Motebedi
American Federation of Labor
Reopeurt
Thiet
Tonduay
Speci Committee
Daniel Thew Wright
United States Supreme Court
Luclding
District Court
Back Again After Three Years Absent in Amherst County
Charles FF Woodson, once of Clifton Forge, returns to Virginia after nearly three years away. A white man, he served a year on the roads in 1908 for robbing Chesapeake and Ohio cars, escaped, and was recaptured last Friday night. He is reassigned to his Amherst County road work amid an unfolding tale of deceit by accomplices who pledged to shield his family.
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Jas
Wwe
Woodson
Commonwealth
Richmond
Charles FF. Woodson
Cliffton Forge
Virginia
Amherst
Ile
Cilften Forge
Ashland
Lexington
Indianapolis
Woodaon
Ketling
Editor hatches turkeys with electric light at hotel
Cumberland county editor Robert Lee Blanton of the Vir ginia Journal of Education hatched two wild turkey poults in his Murphy hotel room using a sixteen candlepower electric light bulb. He plans further experiments blending wild and domesticated birds and raising more turkeys near Richmond.
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Richmond
Robert Lee Blanton
Cumberland County
Virginia Journal of Education
Murphy's Hotel
Blanton
Chesterfield County
Mr. Blanton
Mr. Clanton
Robbery at West Virginia Church During Sermon
Bandit robs church treasurer in Wheeling as Rev W T Fields preaches on the duty of God and man in a 400 member congregation. The masked robber, holding a large pistol, forced Adams to surrender the collection of about $20 from a side room near the altar and fled through an alley. Panic followed the announced theft.
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Wheeling
W. V
Hlordiy
W. T. Fields
First
Christian Science Church
Lrook Hk
Adama
Mr. Wields
Adams
J. A. Monroe
Monument to John W. Daniel Planned in Lynchburg
Citizens announce a campaign to raise ten thousand dollars to fund an over life sized monument for Senator John W. Daniel in Lynchburg. Moses Ezekiel of Rome has agreed to design the statue, with city government providing site and base. Contributions limited to one hundred dollars per person.
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Lynchburg
John W. Daniel
Moses Exzektel
Rome
Italy
Moses Ezekiel
Randolph Harrison
Alaska coal lands cancelled in Cunningham case
The General Land Office canceled the Cunningham coal lands in Alaska’s Kayak district near Controller Bay after evidence of an unlawful pre-entry agreement. The action bars 33 entries, worth millions, and targets a scheme to prevent mining to keep coal prices high. The decision signals further cancellations as the government acts to curb monopolistic exploitation.
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Washington, D. C
General Land Office
Department of the Interior
Cunningham Coal Dlams
Ballinger-Pinchot
Alaska
Bay
Seattle
Cunningham
Guggenheim
Louis R. Glhvis
Filsher
DC Ammles
Clarence Cunningham
Gugeenheims
Earch
Katalla
Katalla Bay
Controller Bay
Guggesheims
Northern Pacific
Guegenheim
J. B Morgan
Engelish Capital
Scout Car Accident Injures Georgia Officials Near Gordonsville
Judge J Lester of the Georgia State Chamber of Commerce sustained a fractured wrist while Willam Wakefield and K A Stafford were bruised when the scout car skidded into a ditch near Gordonsville Grange county. The party had been in New York for a royal entertainment and returned to discuss highways with Governor Mann.
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J. Lester
Richmond
Georgia State Chamber of Commerce
Willam Wakefield
K. A. Stafford
Grange County
Gordonsville
Georgia
New York
Mann
Wakefield
State Chamber of Commerce
Barnesville
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Ghost OF Gashier
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