Fight HWY Actors Fragilism or a Play
New York special recounts a Harlem event where a vaudeville contest by the First Separate Company incites a police raid. Detectives arrest listed youths aged four to sixteen as spectators. a planned bout between Kid White and White’s sparring partner collapses amid the disruption. The episode centers on claims their maiden show was a cover for prize fighting.
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New York
Harlem
New Fork
Seven Car S
Bauschs
Lawrence
Werdic
Risco
White
Eiaxz
Kid Slick
Mariem
Etseg-In
Finan
Charles Siegelman
East One Hundred
Lawrence Lindner
East Second Street
Tom McGovern
Arthur McGow
Joseph Katz
Sterling
Brooklyn
E. Steiner
East Hundred
Benjamin Katz
East One and Twenty- Third Street
Seigel
Fen P
Breen
Kid White
Erier
Jck
Pamrarate
Ting
Bernard H. Sandroadway
Not to Be Blamed in a Brief Scolding Row
A terse denunciation targets a man named Un as a scoundrel and liar. The speaker scoffs at his “Bre faise Life” while dismissing responsibility. The fragmentread as a personal quarrel shows harsh judgment without broader context.
Unclear fragment on houseflies and reproduction
Fragmentary notes describe houseflies producing progeny and hibernation patterns. Details are garbled, but reference includes numbers and survival notes.
Bomb explosion at First Avenue sparks panic in Manhattan
A Black Hand bomb exploded in a tenement at 1143 First Avenue New York throwing 176 people into a panic. Occupants fled to fire escapes but two flights of stairs were destroyed. Firemen rescued them. The blast followed threats to extort $5,000 from Frank Fassett and his family, who were shaken from bed. the building’s lower section was wrecked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
First Avenue
Frank Fassett
Boy Flies Half Mile in Dirigible Balloon in Ohio News
Cromwell Dixon of Columbus owned a dirigible that broke free in Chillicothe carrying ten year old Freddie Meyers. The balloon soared to about half a mile, then descended as gas weakened. Crowds watched as the boy balanced the car and rode the tethered craft through high winds until a rope broke and it carried them five miles outward. Meyers landed unharmed in street neighbors aided by motorists. His mother Mary Meyers retrieved him.
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Columbus
Cromwell Dixon
Chillicothe
Freddie Meyers
Sixon
Wie
Yootange Park
Mary Meyers
Great Floods Hit Southern Europe Across Regions
Reports from London describe catastrophic floods in Austria, the Balkans, and Armenia with 800 to 1,000 deaths and over 20,000 homeless. Valleys have become lakes as villages are wiped out, and damage exceeds $2,500,000. Roads, railways, and telegraph lines are severed, hampering relief efforts amid ongoing rains.
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London
Europe
Austria
Balkans
Armenia
King Peter Urges Prayer Over Morava Flood Aid
Belgrade special dispatch reports King Peter of Servia leading relief efforts in the Morava Valley. The situation, while not as bad as first feared, remains serious and the king asks nationwide prayers for the afflicted.
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Belgrade
Peter of
Servia
Morava
Relief efforts begin in flooded European and Anatolian districts
Constantinople reports the government launches relief work in flood struck areas of Europe and Asia Minor. Authorities fear up to 500 killed in Armenia as the Western Euphrates and Pasin Aras rivers surge. Bridges have been swept away and the situation is described as nearly unprecedented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinoplis
European
Atliatlhe Turkey
Armenia
Euphrates
Pasin Aras
Floods in Switzerland and Bavaria threaten towns
Geneva dispatches report melting snows worsen floods across Switzerland and Bavaria. Four towns by Lake Constance, Nomashorn Rolitschach Lindau and Friederickshafen, are underwater with hundreds marooned. Orbe valley and Neuchatel to Lake Geneva area inundated with bridges swept away and crops destroyed. Zurich and Altenrhein areas also reported inundated.
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Lake Constance
Nomashorn
Rolitschach
Lindau
Friederickshafen
Switzerland
Orbe
Neuchatel
Lake Geneva
Yvernon
Viens
Bussigny Amt
Floods in Hungary and Russia Leave Thousands Homeless
Budapest reports a dozen towns flooded, 5000 homeless, 75 dead, Titel and Opova under water, railway destroyed and Danube valleys flooded. Lithuania and Little Russia also hit as Dneiper Bug Lavran Slutch rivers flood villages, causing immense property loss and deaths.
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Budapest
Hungary
Titel
Opova
Tizza
Tempes
Danube
Little Russia
Poltava
Dneiper
Bug Lavran
Slutch
Mount Holly Bank Safe Opened. $18,000 Missing
Mount Holly New Jersey bank safe opened after two days of expert work revealing a $18,000 shortage. Cashier F H Lee issued a warrant for assistant cashier Gif ford Heller, last seen Sunday, who lived adjacent to the bank and had access at all times. Police suspect Heller timed the Sunday release and altered the combination to require experts.
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New York
Mount Holly
N. J
Heller
Hampden-Sydney College Grants Degrees in Final Exercises
Hampden Sydney College in Virginia conferred degrees on a list of graduates including J. W. Linton of Richmond who earned the M A. Others named include W. B. Blanton R. F. Graven K. V. Brugh A. C. Buchanan J. M. Cecil J. H. Paconian Springs J. B. Fitts W. P. Gilmer R. Ss. Johnson E. C. Lacy J. T. Lacy Jr. J. M. Millard W. V. Moore C. V. Morton R L. Morton YW Co Osborne T. A. Painter George Richardson Jr. E. L. Walker C. S. Wilton and more. Buchanan won second honor, Curry and Richardson third honors. Sophomore scholarship went to Hunter Barksdale, freshman scholarship to A P Zehmer, magazine medal to G L Walker. The final change of the German was held last night.
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Hampden-Sidney
Hampden-Sidney College
J. W. Linton
Richmond
W. B. Blanton
R. F. Graven
Paeonian Springs
K. V. Brugh
Troutville
A. C. Buchanan
Tazewell
J. M. Cecil
J. H
A. P. Zehmer
Dinwiddie
G. L. Walker
Blacksburg
Commencement at Washington and Lee University Holds 119 Graduates
One hundred nineteen graduates, the largest class in the history of Washington and Lee University, received degrees in a ceremony led by former Governor Claude A. Swanson. President Denny announced honorary degrees for William Meade Clark, E. R. Leyburn, H. T. Graham, and Harry B. Lewis, with valedictory by Charles Edward Harris.
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Lexington
Washington and Lee University
Claude A. Swanson
Virginia
Charles Edward Harris
A. T
Ackerman
Miss
Denny
William Meade Clark
Richmond
E. R. Leyburn
Durham
N. C
H. T. Graham
Hampden-Sidney College
Harry B. Lewis
Lancaster
W. A. Hensel
George E. Chamberlain
Oregon
Rayford Wardlaw Alley
Muskogee
Okla
Guard Hutton Anderson
Richard Henry Anderson
Lynchburg
Jesse Garfield Arnold
San Antonio
Tex
Robert Paul Ashley
Baltimore
Maiden
Bernard McDowell Krug
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Karl Meyer Leith
Meyersdale
Harry Wood Pippincott
Albany
N. Y
Robin Blackwell Lievd
Suffolk
Lawrence Moore Lynch
Chattanooga
Penn
Albert Smith McComb
Max Meadors
Sliomer
James Lelson Montgomery
Birmingham
Ala
Philip W. Murray
Newbert News
William Fort Pipes
Clinton
Law
Edward Lee Potter
Haymakertown
Ferdinand Vaughan Puliz
Joseph Gilpin Pyle
Philadelphia
Gilbert Wilson Holston
Henry Knoxmartz
Chattanooza
Tenn
Raymond Magnus Strassel
Louisville
Vergil Preston Sydenstrucker
Corinth
Robert Gordon Thach
Flurry St. George Fuck
James Hamilton Bunch
Fort White
Fla
James Milton Carson
Kissimee
Thomas Russell Cather
Chambersville
William Lee Casort
Lamar
Ark
John Reaves Coates
Bolivar
Harry Bohlman Cornell
Aay Eertes
WN. M
James Blaine Denny
New Hampton
Robert James Denny
Fredericksburg
John William Regleston
Charlotte Courthouse
Russell Levin Frink
Jasper
Clarence Harmon Hagan
Mannington
W. Va
Hugh Robert Hawthorne
Waterford
Charles Ernest Heaton
New York
Albert Staley Holtz
Frederick
Walter Manly Hood
John Izard
Roanoke
Otho Charlton Jackson
Park Berlin
Lamberton
Zelionople
Harry Jacob Lemley
Opperele
Samuel Martin Mathews
Jacksonville
Joseph Patrick McCarron
Laynchburg
William Goshorn McCorkle
Charleston
Walter Andrew McDonald
Cincinnati
Richard D. Morales
Tampa
Robert Quarles Mosby
Bedford City
Winhard Harris Myerson
Samuel Gordon North
Clayton
N. M
Gilbert Eugene Pence
Forestville
Judge Tightens Danville Saloon License Scrutiny
Special Judge A M Aiken of Danville Corporation Court tightens license standards for saloon applicants. He will not issue licenses to drinking men as testimony on fitness and prior records is presented. City Attorney Walton Brown cross examines for the city. Tong firms have been turned down.
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Danville
A. M. Aiken
Corporation Court
Walton Brown
Negro pickpocket heavily punished in Richmond court
In Richmond a colored woman known as Charity was convicted in Police Court on two petty larceny charges and received six months on each. Two additional similar charges were continued to June 24. She was accused of lifting wallets from Mrs. B. M. Robertson and Mrs. J. Wallace Snellings on the Southside, taking $1.50 and $1.75 respectively. Additional thefts of $15 from Miss Grace Hawley and $22.50 from Mrs. Maria Petrochil and Miss Estelle Petrochil were adjourned. Much of the stolen property was recovered and returned to owners after a house search, per a prior Journal summary.
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Richmond
Charity
Jou Charity
Cohen Comany
B. M. Robertson
Southside
J. Wallace Snellings
Robertson
Snellings
Grace Hawley
Maria Petrochil
Eistelle Petrochili
Market Report Food Prices and Goods List
Market lists prices for meats dairy fruit and vegetables with many items like hams sides and shoulders smoked and country goods. Includes flaxseed beeswax walnuts chicken coops turkey coops and seeds plus dried fruits beans and roots with unit prices and ranges.
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Daes Co Anc Ascewen
Richmond Grain Market Wholesale Quotations on
Richmond Virginia wholesale quotations on grain prices and market activity listed for buyers and sellers. The brief notice notes current values, supply levels, and standard trading terms observed by local brokers and merchants. Local exchange sentiment signals potential price movements for nearby contracts.
Hen Is Raising Wild Turkeys near Spout Spring
Jas per Rosser of Spout Spring in Appomattox county hatched twelve wild turkey eggs after moving them under a setting hen. The old turkey hen, chased off the nest, left the eggs, and four to five days later the youngsters hatched and appear content with their domestic mother despite being raised away from the forest.
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Lynchburg
Jasper Rosser
Spout Spring
Appomattox County
Rosser
Witnesses Testify in Newport News Insurance Case
In Newport News Virginia Specialil R Bryarly of Winchester Charles Bugg Farmville J W Crowel Staunton and H M Jefferson Danville testified for the Commonwealth in the case of twenty three Southeastern Underwriters Assn members charged with alleged conspiracy to fix insurance rates The morning session focused on a comparison of rates between Winchester a 7000 population city with one reman and first class status and Newport News a 20000 plus city with three fire engines and second class rating The defense objected to the rate comparisons and a heated exchange followed
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Newpor News
R. Bryarly
Winchester
Charles Bugg
Farmville
J. W. Crowel
Staunton
H. M. Jefferson
Danville
Commonwealth
Southeastern
Newportons
Newport News
Geined Rr Voater
Death of Brooklyn music director sparks estate dispute
Professor Albert S. Caswell of Brooklyn, 67, died at his Echo Lake New Jersey summer home. He had two marriages, the first ending in divorce after a daughter was born and widowed, the second ending in separation. The death may trigger a complex property fight as mourners recall his long career in public school music.
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New York
Echo Lake
N. J
Alberts
Caswell
Public Schools of
Brooklyn
Cas
Hiden Gains Ledger Stock and Editorship in Birmingham
Robert G. Hiden, former Richmond journalist and Birmingham News associate editor, buys one tenth of Ledger Publishing Company stock for 25000 and is elected director and vice president while becoming associate editor of the Birmingham Ledger. Thomas B. Smith and Anthony A. Smith acquire another tenth of stock. The Ledger, a leading Birmingham daily, extends its progressive stance.
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Richmond
Robert G. Hiden
South
Birmingham News
Birmingham Ledger
James J. Smith
George M. Cruikshank
Ledger Publishing Company
Hiden
Thomas B. Smith
Anthony A. Smith
The
Ledger
Ledger Company
Birmingham
Alabama
R. N. Rhodes
Chapman Manor and Mountain House at Blue Ridge Summit
Beautifully situated at the highest point on the Western Maryland Railway in Blue Ridge Summit Pennsylvania the Chapman Manor and Mountain House offer comfortable rooms excellent dining from own garden and dairy. Both stone houses open all year and managed by John v Welsh or at The Newell Washington DC address for the same management.
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Maryland
R. R
John v. Welsh
the Newell
N. W
Washington, D. C
Noted Brooklyn Professor Caswell Dies in Echo Lake Summer Home
The Revived public school educator and organist Professor Caswell died at his Echo Lake summer home. His son J Paul Caswell, manager of a Mexico trust, arrived to arrange interment at New York Bay Cemetery and to safeguard his mother’s interests amid possible litigation over Echo Lake property.
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Well
Montague Street
Brooklyn
Professor Caswell
Young Men's Christian Association
Caswell
New York Bay Cemetery
Echo Lake
Horatio C. King
Echoke
Mill Destroyed at The Cliff in Charlottesville VA
Fire of unknown origin Thursday morning destroyed the flour corn and sawmill at The Cliff near Crozet. The loss, about 3500 with no insurance, affected the Laferty property legacy. Owned by Hugh Antrim of Richmond and operated by H L Jocelyn, the mill once produced a famous patent flour.
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Charlottesville
John J. Lafferty
Crozet
Dr. Lafferty
Hugh Antrim
Richmond
H. L. Jocelyn
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