Memorial Windows Unveiled At Blandford Church Petersburg
Memorial windows placed by Alabama Arkansas Mississippi Tennessee and South Carolina were unveiled at Blandford Church Petersburg under the Ladies Memorial Association. Windows honor Confederate soldiers with inscriptions and were supplied by Tiffany. The event drew the state delegations and local chapters with Governor Mann receiving the windows.
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Petersburg
Old Blandford
Alabama
Arkansas
Mississippi
Tennessee
South Carolina
Ladies Memorial Association
Memorial Association
Daughters of the Confederacy
A. BP. Hill
Ansel
Ladies Momorial Association
General Jones
Francis W. Wesson
Palmetto State
C. Irvin Walker
Charles Brown
J. W. Collier
Lou Clark
Benjamin Humphrey
Miss Hume
Mary Harwood
Fannie Constable
Ladies’ Memorial Association
Governor Mann
Confederacy
Earth
Teo
Maryland
Herwine
Missouri
Confederate Memorial Societies of
Louisiana
Washington Artillery
New Orleans
North Corellas
North Carolina
R. E. Lee
Virginia
Ladies* Memorial Association
Wvwi
Tiffany
New York
Blandford Church
United States
Lady Cook fights habeas corpus bid over her liberty
New York special report details suffragist Lady Cook once Tennessee Claflin facing a writ of habeas corpus issued by Justice McCall at the request of her widowed sister Mary Sparr. The petition alleged plans to separate her from family and seize her estate, drawing swift denials from Mr and Mrs Floyd Hume and Lady Cook herself.
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New York
Lady Cook
hLady Cook
Tennessee Claflin
England
Mary Sparr
Hancock Street
Brooklyn
Supreme Court
McCall
John Floyd Hume
Humes
Pasadena
Sixty-first Street
Broadway
Claftin-Cook
Lady Claflin
Laws Cook
Cook
Arvonia Slate Workers Strike Over Agreement
Arvonia Virginia sees a long slatefield strike as Slatemakers' Union members walk off the job until both sides sign a previously offered agreement. Operators refuse, strikers, many Welsh and homeowners, consider leaving town. Buckingham county slatefield remains a key regional resource.
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Arvonia
Ferneliffe
Penlan
Buckingham County
Mason and Dixon
All Will Be Crazy Inside 256 Years
Boston mass special reports Dr J H Kellogg warns that insanity and physical degeneracy are rising worldwide. He cites 136 percent increase in heart Hearst disease and 167 percent rise in kidney disease in Massachusetts. Insanity up 100 percent in fifty years with 24 000 idiots per million. He links living habits and infant feeding to degeneration and high infant mortality.
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Boston
Mass
J. H. Kellogg
Batte Creek
Mich
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Kellogg
Hearst
Massachusetts
Woman Found After Two Years in West Virginia Mountains
In Fayette County specialists discovered the body of Mrs. Rachel Carter Martin who vanished during a visit to her brother in 1908. Teeth filling identified her. Though her death's exact cause could not be determined the circumstances suggest suicide rather than murder. Her husband Charles Martin had reported her missing after she left to help prepare breakfast. A weeks long search failed to reveal her fate.
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Charleston
W. VA
Fayette County
Rachel Carter Martin
Park Row Sinks As Municipal Building Cave-In Hits Five
Park Row New York shows sudden sinking after a massive cave-in at the site of the new 5 million Municipal building. Five workmen were buried alive, two missing presumed under tons of earth and rock. Pedestrian traffic was halted and the elevated Third Avenue line braced as the street slumped four inches and deepened.
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New York
Park Row
Third Avenue
Teme
Boite Fd
Smith Executed in Virginia for Murder of Walter Schultze
Henry Smith negro was electrocuted in Richmond for the murder of Walter Schultze, an artist from Chicago. He insisted he and his alleged partners were not guilty as he faced the chair, while witnesses noted the method’s swift finality. The case tied to Alexandria events from March last year, with co-defendants Pines Dorsey and Johnson facing death sentences after appeals and near-alibi proof.
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Richmond
Henry Smith
Walter Schultze
Chicago
Smith
Alexandria
Walter Schultwe
Washington
Schultze
Richard Pines
Calvin Johnson
Eugene Dorsey
Pines
Dorsey
Johnson
Wood
Thomas Noel
Norfolk
Abell Buys The Norfolk Landmark Newspaper
Norfolk Virginia special edition reports Charles S Abell former Baltimore Sun manager has purchased the Norfolk Landmark. Abell becomes president of the Norfolk Landmark Publishing Company and takes control with today’s issue. S. S. Nottingham remains as secretary and treasurer. K Foster Murray continues as editorial writer.
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Norfolk
Norfolk Landmark
Charles 8 S. Abell
Baltimore Sun
Abell
Norfolk Landmark Publishing Company
S. S. Nottingham
K. Foster Murray
Unveil Tablet Honors Jack Jowett in Charlottesville
A bronze tablet from the Virginia Antiquities Society honors Jack Jowett for his ride from Louisa Courthouse to warn Governor Jefferson and the Assembly of Tarleton’s approach. It was unveiled at Red Lands Club with Professor Dabney presenting and Judge Duke accepting. Attendees included Edward Jouett and Mrs. J Taylor Ellyson of Richmond.
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Charlottesville
Virginia Antiquities Society
Jack Jowett
Louisa
Jefferson
Virginia Assembly
Tarleton
Red Lands Club
Richard Heath Dabney
University of Virginian
R. T. W. Duke
Jefferson Randolph
William M. Randolph
Edward Stockton Jouett
Jack Jouett
J. Taylor Ellyson
Richmond
Monticello
The
Antiquities Society
Albemarle
Daughters of the American Revolution
Birthday observance unites Blue and Gray veterans
Jefferson Davis birthday celebrated at R. E B Lee Camp with Eighth New York Heavy Artillery members invited. Union veterans attend Federal Cemetery monument dedication for Major J Hemphill and James Hudnutte. Chorus of seventy five schoolchildren sings Confederate songs. Crosses of honor presented by Mrs Chapman and Mrs L C Johnson with local Daughters of the Confederacy aides.
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Richmond
Jefferson Davis
R. E B. Lee
Eighth New York Heavy Artillery
Federal Cemetery
J. (. Hemphill
James Hudnutte
New York
G. A. R. Post
Westminster School Grants Ten Diplomas at Annual Commencement
Four graduates with first honors received diplomas at Westminster School's tenth annual commencement in the First Presbyterian Chapel, Richmond. Valedictorian Maury Friend and salutatorian Virginia Lee Miller addressed the crowd. honors were also awarded across sophomore, freshman and lower grades to numerous students.
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Richmond
Westminster School
First Presbyterian Church
Mary Tatum Friend
Chester
Virginia Lee Miller
Bon Air
Katherine Sabina Frauermin
Christine von N. Kosenegk
Maury Friend
Miller
Sarah Taylor
North Carolina
Natalie McFaden
Louise Kellogg
Alice Angell
Helen Whitlock
Edith Bratton
Mary Cole
Elizabeth Brockenbrough
Ida Saunders
Bessie Straus
Mary Bugg
Annie Scott
Mary Kirsh
Margarite Ward
Lucille Jenks
Bettie Perdue
Emma Cooper
George Thomas Seized Over Baggage Robbery Ties
Special Deputy J W King brought George Thomas to Richmond in custody for alleged involvement with baggage robberies across multiple counties. Thomas is held in Henrico County jail alongside Eddie Pay, near Martin Jacobosky, whose alias is Martin Jackson. Jacobosky, brother of a Chicago merchant, faces his own case and is weighing a fight or confession. The Miller gang has deep city links and ample funds to defend members, including a wife who brought New York money to support Jacobosky’s counsel.
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New York
Thomas
Virginia
Jacobosky
Miller
Rogers
Chicago
Mr. Scherer
Richmond
J. W. King
George Thomas
Henarico County
Eddie Pay
Martin Jacobsky
Charlie Miller
Kinston
N. Y
Martin Jackson
Martin Jacobosky
Jaacobosky
Miller Gang
Jacoboski
Newspaper Man Finds Lost Woman
Richmond Virginia report on Mrs Mary Donnini who disappeared after alleging years of abusive treatment by husband Charles Donnini. A reporter found her at sister’s home and she described nervous condition and desire for rest. Husband denied mistreatment and sought her location amid police uncertainty.
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Richmond
Mary Donnini
Peyton Johnston
South
Harrison Street
Donnini
Mat
Rolls Crosses English Channel In Wright Monoplane
London dispatch details Charles Stewart Rolls crossing from Dover to France and back in a French built Wright biplane. He carried a message with ribbons, passed Sangatte on the outbound, then returned toward England, landing about ninety minutes after departure amid calm seas and variable upper winds. He navigated by sun and faced hazy conditions on the return trip.
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London
Charles Stewart Rolls
Dover
English Channel
England
Sangatte
Lttle
Calais
Bleriot
de Lesseps
Aero Club of France
Wright
France
Rolls
Short Brothers
Mr. Rolls
Aviator Killed in Budapest Mystery Flight
Budapest dispatch reports Special Zeally, a Hungarian ace who won a major aviation prize, died in a fatal aerial incident while flying above the city. Details remain unclear as investigators cordon off the crash site and examine the wreckage for cause.
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Budapest
Zeally
Steen
Lawy er in prison wife sues to annul marriage in Brooklyn
Mrs Margaret Whittaker O Connell Price seeks to nullify her 1908 marriage to Richard F Price now in prison. She testified he lied about wealth and faced jail over a $1000 embezzlement-like demand. He has prior larceny convictions, was disbarred, and faces further suits including alienation of affection. Justice Blackmar signaled likely annulment.
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New York
Margaret Whittaker O'Connell Price
Richard F. Price
Justice Blackmar
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Fawcetts
Foster
Manhattan
Newburger
Sing Sing
Ludlow Street
Pryor
Phoebe Dunsberry
Appellate Division
First Department
Price
Sixth Street
Church of Our Lady of
Wedded secrecy surrounds Yonkers death inquiry
Coroner Alfred H. Iles to hold an inquest into Edward F. Hollister of 4079 Fulton Avenue Tremont who died at St Johns Hospital Yonkers after a mysterious illness. Hollister’s wife Mrs. Hollister 23 married Hollister in 1908 for companionship and claimed she did not live with him. The private marriage to Alea Knickerbocker Raymond daughter of Willis Knickerbocker and granddaughter of sculptor Wilson D MacDonald was kept secret. Autopsy by Dr Barnes found death from natural causes but coroner will continue inquiry public and private the two families remained unaware of the union.
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New York World
Alfred H. Iles
Yonkers
Edward F. Hollister
Fulton Avenue
Tremont
St. John's Hospital
Hollister
Alea the Knickerbocker Raymond
Willis W. Knickerbocker
Hawthorne Avenue
Wilson D. MacDonald
Iles
Barnes
Wes
West Point
George Raymond
Eee Wee
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Westminister
By T. E. Powers
Whee
Youlu
Deomint
Charles Donnini
Johnston
Mr. Domini
Lewis Marchetti
Domnini
Mr. Donnini
Mary Lombardy
English
Charles Rolls
Mons Louis Bleriot
Henry Farman
Monsieur Louis Paulhan
Manchester
Glenn H. Curtiss
Ray
C. S. Rolls
Richard Price
F. Hollister
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