Richmond to Get New Theater Open Door Fight Looms
Jake Wells plans a $100,000 1,400 seat theater at Third and Broad in Richmond to lure top acts and pry open the Academy. Open-door backers promise modern design and major attractions, while Klaw Erlanger and Shubert links spark a tense battle with trustees over access.
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Curtiss Sets Albany to New York Aviation Record
Glenn Curtiss flew from Albany to New York in two hours forty six minutes setting a new aviation record. He received a royal welcome in New York as Hamilton proposals for a New York to Chicago race emerged, offering a purse of 2000 and a thirty six hour target with allowances for stops. Curtiss praised by aviation leaders for handling tough wind and crowds, crediting the U.S. Weather Bureau for weather guidance. flight cost under two cents per mile.
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German Synod Holds Memorial for Pastor at Richmond Church
In Richmond Virginia the German Evangelical Synod of North America held memorial services Sunday over the grave of Rev. the former pastor of St John s German Lutheran Church. The ceremony honored the pastor s long service and faith.
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Synod Honors at St John Evangelical Church Services
Dr Menzel and Rev Schmidt lead a Sunday program at St John Evangelical Lutheran Church with English and German talks on Our Sunday School and home missions. Music by Prof Moercher and organist Leslie Watson accompanies hymns, Stab at Mendelssohn and St Paul pieces. A $60 India leper colony collection supported by the German Church. officers reinstalled. Rev Essmann and President Reller praised hospitality.
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Dapple Gray Horse Run Amok In Downtown Collision
A sprightly dapple gray horse pulling a grocery wagon frightened near Fifth and Main. Wiley Carter left the wagon to deliver groceries, triggering a runaway that toppled a National Cash Register Co wagon and a Sutherland buggy. The horse dashed past an automobile carrying Mrs Nolting and others before stumbling and ending at the Chamber of Commerce Building as mud coated the animal. The driver turned pale, but no serious injuries were reported to people or vehicles.
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Elegant Chesapeake steamship lines to South via Baltimore
Chesapeake Steamship Company advertises elegant passenger steamers Columbia Augusta and Atlanta sailing from Baltimore at 6 20 P M daily except Sunday with connections at Norfolk and Old Point Comfort to rail lines for all South points. Atlanta departs Baltimore Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays at 5 P M arriving West Point at 7 45 A M and Richmond at 9 20 A M calling at Gloucester Point Clement s Clay Bank and Allmond s. Tickets and baggage handling offered from City Ticket Offices and agents across Baltimore.
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Rushing Crowd Deter Handful Thieves in Busy Street
A tense scene formed as a swift stalled pursuit failed to halt a few thieves in a crowded area. Police and bystanders scrambled to intercept, but the offenders regained their pace and vanished into the bustle.
Careless of Life in Civil War Era Commentary
A Philadelphia Inquirer editorial laments high annual deaths and injuries from employer carelessness, noting about 506000 yearly incidents in ordinary business and criticizing Truman life as poorly safeguarded among civilized nations, portraying it as a harsh indictment.
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Alma Kellner’s body found in school cellar
The body of Alma Kellner was found in a school house cellar here today ending a sensational disappearance case. After her disappearance letters demanded a 5,000 dollar ransom sent to relatives who offered to pay but did not regain possession of the girl.
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Expulsion of Jews from Caucasus health baths reported
Special dispatch notes that Jews were summarily expelled from health resorts in the Caucasus. M Friedman, the Jewish Duma member, reports the issue as he campaigns for Jews banished from the base. The law forbids residence there but permits visits to baths in 1909 and a petition for 1910 is awaiting action.
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Falls From Roof Prove Fatal For New York Child
Morris Fishman six year old of 250 Christopher Avenue East New York fell from the roof of his four story building during play with other children. He struck concrete pavement after slipping from his mother Mrs Mary Fishman arms and died an hour later at St Marys Hospital.
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