Licenses Granted by State Board of Examiners in Roanoke
The State Board of Examiners completed its report on law licensure with 101 applicants. 69 received certificates. Names include Hartwell Stansbury Adkins in Lexin, Richard Allen Ammons in Richmond, William Forman Clark in Lexington, John K. Hutton in Roanoke, James G. Martin Jr in Norfolk, and many others from Virginia and nearby states. A separate incident mentions a man named Gibson and Superintendent White with a plan to transfer him to Steubenville after a brief term.
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Roanoke
State Board of Examiners
Hartwell Stansbury Adkins
Lexinth
Richard Allen Ammons
Richmond
W. le Arnold
Waverly
William Frank Bilantof
Miami
Rand J. Stewart
Washington
D, DC
Wiling Bowie
Mica
Jesse Louketroudy
Norfolk
John Friuli Brown
Lexington
W. Duvall Brown
Arlington
Walter Moscoe Burnett
PF Burton
Stuart
Lylle Kepiton Buskle
University of Virginia
John Lyle Campbell, Jr
Roy FF. Carter
Orange
William Forman Clark
Dewaldi Lee Cole
Frederick G. Duvall
William Leonard Freeland
Roland Garrett
Raymond Wilkill Gill
Petersburg
Herbert Brags Gilliam
Charles S. Irrant
Page Keen Grabely
Rocky Mount
N. Cc
Herbert Kailey Gregory
D. A. Harrison, Jr
Disputanta
John K. Hutton
John Ll. Ingram
J. T. Irving
Howardsyville
Allen Carter Jones, Jr
Newport News
Alfred J. Kish
Georgie Thurman Knote
James G. Martin, Jr
Irving May
Cary
Mills
Fredericksburg
William F. Moffett
John Crouse Moomar
Cloverdale
Daniel Walker McNeil
Merle Francis Nellist
Chula
Joseph Courtney Nunnally
Joseph Nicholson
R. J. B. Page
Vincent L. Parker
Portsmouth
Lewis Smith Pendleton
Cuckwowe
W. Phipps
University of Vimn
Roy H Pickford
Leonard Forster Pierson
Univer of Virginia
K. Putnam
Griffith
Clenton Edward Rabey
Deanes
Henry Smith Reid
Oriskany
John S& Rixey
Charlottesville
Wooster Dudley Rucker
R. R. Ruoff
Robert Achilles Russell
Rountburg
Thomas J. Watson
Danville
James Houston Willis
Roger Merrifeld Winborne
Lonn
Robert Archer Wilson
L. W. Wood
Express train hold up at Five Mile Curve by six masked bandits
Six masked bandits robbed express train No. 41 on the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad at Five Mile Curve near Erie, $45,000 in company funds. Hart and Conductor Roney fought the robbers from the rear as Block and crew sheltered the mail car. Hart was wounded and Block was hit in the leg. A search by a posse continued through Friday night with no capture.
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Erie
Philadelphia and Erie
H. D. Hart
Express Messenger
Roney
Hart
C. H. Block
Charles Remis
G. E. Brubaker
Marine National Bank
Jailer Refuses Flight as Steubenville Warrants Prisoner
John Gibson, a trusty at the workhouse, reported a telegram from the Steubenville Chief of Police asking to hold a workhouse prisoner. The message cites a $10,000 jewelry robbery and requests detention pending transfer.
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Louis
John Gibson
Workhouse
White
Gibson
Steubenville
Fatally injured in political quarrel in Clarksburg
In Clarksburg West Virginia a traveling salesman from Baltimore Méd and another salesman from Lynchburg Va fought over politics in a local hotel. One man Harless is dying from a fractured skull and broken jaw while Mackine lies in county jail awaiting the outcome of the injuries. In London a Rhodes scholar at Oxford won the hammer with 147 feet 7.5 inches at the Amateur Athletic Association championship and Ramsdell won the 100 yard dash.
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Clarksburg
W. VA
Lawrence Meekins
Baltimore
Méd
Kiarless
Lynchburg
Kessler Fospital
Mackine
Harless
London
Americans Stranded in Liverpool by Ship Strike During Coronation
Hundreds of American tourists in Liverpool cannot sail home as Cunard liners Carmania Arabic and Empress of Britain tied up at piers by a shipping strike. Canada’s Premier Sir Wilfrid Laurier among those delayed. Tugboat workers join strike, affecting twenty three ships including the Lusitania. Police guard harbor amid tensions with White Star Line.
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Liverpool
Home
England
Cunard
United States
Canada
Wilfred Laurier
Ottawa
White Star
Uncle Davey and Avis Axworthy Impress at Virginia meets
Uncle Davey the bay gelding by Charley Herr won the 2:27 trot at Fairmont West Virginia equal to his 2:26 1-4 record and trained by Edward Hay Wood. Avis Axworthy a yearling filly by Bow Axworthy bred by Henry Bear shows speed in Gordonville Virginia. Gladys G a sister to May Earl wins at Baltimore meeting before breaks. Akar from Acca Farm, a top Aquilin pacer, is tipped for the Chamber of Commerce Stakes guiding by Ed Geers. Samuel E Karing suffers rheumatism limiting training. Lucius Todd, star 1910 horse, trained in 2:04.
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Uncle Davey
Charley Herr
Baltimore
Fairmont
W. Va
Uncle Davy
David Cahill
Lexington
Alre
Jessie G
Ninus
Imp
King Ernest
John Fraser
Edward Hay Wood
North Randall, C
Richmond
Haywood
Davey
American Trotting Register
Avis Axworthy
Bow Axworthy
Avis
Lyndle
Stranger
Henry Bear
Gordonsville
A. Randulph Howard
Fredericksburg
Virginia
Axworthy
Hambure Belle
General Watts
Mystic
Fred Kohl
Nutwood
General Washington
Gladys G
San Mateo
Annie Earl
Earlmont
May Earl
Edward Haywood
Thomas Frager
Charles McLeod
Lynchburg
Acca
Akar
Aquilin
Chamber of Commerce
Ed Geers
Alar
Geers
Anthony T. Griffith
Grimsby Dock Strikers Return After Wage Win
Grimsby PNG report that striking dock laborers went back to work after companies conceded the wage increase the men demanded.
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Grimsby
Png
Trusts Kill Rival Sugar Deals Revealed in Hearings
Washington D C Special witness Davis S Stetson a Philadelphia broker testified before the Sugar Trust investigating committee about negotiations between the Segal Sugar Company and the American Sugar Refining Company. He said he worked for the American company on the Camden plant in 1896 and in 1903 sought to sell the Segal plant to the American firm, receiving commissions from neither side. He noted he was asked by Washington B Thomas to investigate the Camden plant and claimed he helped to dump it to the American company through his own broker’s role.
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Washington, D. C
Davis S. Stetson
Philadelphia
Suear Trust
Segal Sugar Company
American Sugar Refining Company
Stetson
American
Caumden
Segal
W. B. Thomas
Thomas
Camilen
N. J. Stetson
Angrican
Madison
Concenn
Washington B. Thomas
Sesul
Camden
Anerican
Aviator Atwood Follows New London to New York Flight
Harry M. Atwood and mechanic Fred Fleet soared from New London to New York in 3 hours 20 minutes covering about 140 miles after leaving Squantum. The flight drew massive crowds, halted traffic, and closed roofs as Atwood looped over the Singer Building and landed at Governor's Island.
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New York
Harry M. Atwood
Squantum
Mass
New London
Fleet
Atwood
Singer
Governor's Island
Financial District
Fulton Street
Cleles R
Mechanician
North River
Journal
Conn
Harry N. Atwood
Mineola
T. 1
Fred Fleet
Armstrong Park
Boston
New Haven
Bridgeport
Sound Shore
Saybrook
East River
Sound
Guilford
Shore Line
Search for Survivors of Lost Steamship Eclipse
Two vessels were sent from Hammerfest to seek survivors of the Norwegian steamer Eclipse, which sank off Iceland with fifty six aboard. Initial reports came from Rolfsøhaven but details are sparse.
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Christiana
Hammerfest
Eclipse
Iceland
Rolfseehaven
Striking Dock Laborers End Strike Victory Declared
Havelock Wilson general secretary of the International Seamen's Union said the shipping strike had ended and some strikers returned to work in various ports today while others would come back tonight. Wilson calls the strike a victory for the men.
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London
Havelock Wilson
International Seamen's Union
Wilson
Gregory Returns to Richmond in Extradition Case
Louis L. Gregory the absconding Atlantic Coast Line cashier was arrested in Denver last week on theft charges. He will be sent to Virginia Sunday under Detective McMahon with a daytime travel plan to guard him. The trip goes via Chicago Cincinnati and the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway to Richmond.
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Denver
Col
Louis L. Gregory
Atlantic Coast Line
Virginia
McMahon
Richmond
Gregory
Chicago
Cincinnati
Chesapeake and Ohia Railway
Quash Indictments Against Bankers in Appomattox Case
Special Judge Mullen in Hastings Court considered Commonwealth's motion to nol pross old indictments against Davis and Bishop in the Appomattox Trust Company cases. Defense countered with dismissal citing the statute of limitations as four terms without trial.
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Petersburg
Mullen
Hastings
Commonwealth
Mann
Nolle Prasse
Davis
Bishop
Appomattox Trust Company
James Mann
Cupid Uses a Ladder to Steal Miss Mattie Cheek
A group led by Mr. Porter Arnold abducted Miss Mattie Jane Cheek from her home near Lady Camp. They carried a ladder hidden in sacks, moved quietly at night, and fled to Bedford City for a 2 AM train to Bristol. The family learned of the disappearance only the next morning as excitement rose.
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Cupid
Porter Arnold
Wesley Cheek
Lady Camp
Mattie Jane
Bedford City
Bristol
Miss Cheek
Bedford Bulletin
Farmer Edmund Sutton Found Dead In North Fork Farm
The body of Edmund A. Sutton farm supervisor, 29, was brought from North Fork Loudoun County Virginia to Washington. Bruises and cuts on the face and a disfigured body raise suspicions of foul play despite officials citing heart failure. Relatives urge an immediate Loudoun County inquiry while letters and telegrams to Sutton’s sister fuel murder suspicions.
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Washington
D. C
Gruises
Edmund A. Sutton
North Fork
Loudoun County
Sutton
Fourth Street
Wise
Fifth Precinct
Robert Boardman
Buta
J. F. Carruthers
Cora Sutton
Edmund
Leesburg
J. B. Carruther
Miss Sutton
Edmund Sutton
Purcellsville
Porcellaville
J. E. Carruthers
The Best You Can Do Is Buy Our Wurst Ad
A German Brooklynn delicatessen owner markets his wares with a punny sign in English. The window display reads The Best You Can Do Is Buy Our Wurst as cited by a New York Sun writer via Youth's Companion.
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Brooklyn
New York Sun
Preparations for Culpeper encampment for Virginia troops
Contracts awarded to G A Walter for Culpeper camp buildings to house Virginia troops in July and August. Plans include screened dining rooms, baths, stables, electric street lighting, telephones, and reading writing and recreation rooms. Camps open July 70th through August 6th with multiple regiments arriving.
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Richmond
Culpeper
Virginia
G. A. Walter
Front Royal
Manassas
Mann
Taft
Famous Flyers After Speed Records Monday
Clifton Forge Virginia report notes over eighty cars entered for two days of Brighton Beach auto races. Speed kings from America and Europe opened the event with 7 am practice and safety preparations. Featured drivers include De Palma Tetzlaff Knipper Patschelke Disbrow Cobe Beardsley Pay Sheetz. Main event is the 2 pm free-for-all, with the 200 horsepower Benz as heavy favorite.
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Clifton Forge
Brighton Beach
Speed Kings
America
Europe
Ralph de Palma
Tetzlaff
Knipper
Patschelke
Disbrow
Cobe
Beardsley
Pay Sheetz
Power Benz
Rhinehart and Spessard Named Party Nominees in New York
The Democratic Executive Committee declared W. A. Rhinehart of Covington the nominee for Senator and N. E. Spessard of Craig County the candidate for the House after a Saturday meeting in New York. Rhinehart is expected to succeed the current officeholder if elected.
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New York
Democratic Executive Committee
W. A. Rhinehart
Covington
Craig County
Rhinehart
Two Candidates Vie for District Senate Seat in Local Election
Yoyd Ww. King, former district senator and past House member Spessard, both with voting records in state expenditures, face uncertain opposition as neither has Republican challengers in the race. The note references committee reports and statewide scrutiny of expenditures.
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King
Spessard
Comitee
Firey Car Trek Injures Dozens in City Crash
A fiery street car crash on 34th Street near 23rd Street and See Avenue injured Fifteen people and hurled others into the air when a ferry jump caused a collision with a parallel car of the same line. The derailment knocked the car part from the trucks.
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York
Twenty-third Street
See
Wealthy man killed in Kentucky quarrel
London born John R. Boreily killed by ex County Judge D W White in a Manchester quarrel. Both men described as prominent politicians and wealthy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leniigton
John R. Boreily
London
D. W. White
Manchester
Rockefeller Son-in-Law Flies Own Designed Aeroplane
Harold McCormick son-in-law of John D Rockefeller has succeeded in flying an aeroplane he designed and built under his direction. He avoided publicity visiting the aviation field at odd hours and conducted short hops at the grounds early in the morning to tune his engine.
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Rockefeller
Chicago
Ill
Harold McCormick
John D. Rockefeller
MeCormick
Aeronautical
McCormick
From Ploodh Rey to Speaker Induction in Washington
A recent induction places a Kentucky born, long-serving member into the U S House of Representatives speakership. The report notes party unity support and hints at a dictatorial style during a shifting postwar era, with references to veterans and Confederate memories shaping political attitudes.
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Ploodh Rey
Oenet
House
Washington
H. H. To Sul At Wa Host Of An Washington
Fragmentary note mentions H H and a planned event in Plains New Jersey with references to France and the United States. No clear date or outcome is readable.
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H. H. Tosul
Washington
Plains
N. J
France
States
Negroes Act Harri Two Negroes Involved In Hotel Theft
Two Black men were involved in a robbery at a storage hotel. The incident occurred recently and investigations are ongoing as authorities pursue leads.
Railroad Pay to the Heavie Road Incident
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a railroad payment or toll dispute dated July 1. The text mentions Balti and heavie road, indicating a financial transaction or duty during a heavy traffic period, with unclear specifics. Further readable names or places are not determined.
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Balti
Heavie Road
Durin
Heat Wave Grips Nation Across July Heat
Washington D C reports 94 in shade at nine am and 107 record July heat yesterday while Baltimore endures oppressive humidity and heat with one death and five prostrations as a holiday relief options drift. Weather Bureau says no relief for next twenty four hours with possible late showers.
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Washington, D. C
Michigan
Mississippi Valley
Atlantic Seaboard
Washington
Baltimore
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Wnhtil Steubenville
Richmond Trotter
W. J. Carter
Samuel E. Karing
Montezeuma Farm
Karing
Lucius Todd
Handsome Bay
Broker
Nathan Allen
Kenosha
Wisconsin
Helen Dwelle Jenkins
J. R. Collins
Memphis
Tenn
Sleuth
Farmer
Firry
Kentucky
Alb
Rafe
Dedleton
Union
Coeral Gordon
Harri
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