Local merchants advertise cleaning shop and births in town
Mr. R Wesley Foster opens a clothing cleaning pressing and repair office over the bank. He also cleans and presses ladies garments and does dyeing. Mrs John W Jarvis has a baby boy at her father's residence near East River. Also notes on seeds sales farms and church events along with various local notices.
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R. Wesley Foster
Foster
John W. Jarvis
John T. Hodges
East River
Foley
Benton's shop visit improves horse and drive
The Hon. J. Boyd and Sears heads to Newport News for a Democratic District Committee meeting. Sears left on Wednesday to attend the gathering today as part of party business.
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Benton
J. Boyd. Sears
Democratic District Committee
Newport News
Kidney Cure Proved Safe by Evansville Patient
B Spiegel of Evansville Indiana chronicles a years long battle with kidney and bladder disease. after three doctors failed he found relief with Foley's Kidney Cure, noting improvement after one bottle and full recovery after the second. Sold by all druggists.
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B. Spiegel
Virginia St
Evansville
Ind
Foley
Fish season opens as New Point men outlay more traps
The fish season is now open and Miller and Diggs led the first shipment last Monday week. Local fishers expect a bountiful harvest as they have invested more in traps than before. Mr and Mrs John A Tenos welcome a baby boy born about 6 AM last Saturday. St Paul Sunday school plans entertainments at Odd Fellows Hall on Wednesday and Thursday the 18th and 16th with a full house expected. Admission 15 cents, 16 cents for children. Light refreshments will be served.
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Port Haywood
Lawfer
Norfolk
Sears & Walliams
Mathews Court House
Westville Baptist Church
Lucy Perry Banner
Virginia Browne
Miller & Diggs
New Point
John A. Tenos
March Opens Quietly as Farmers Improve and Peas Planted
The paragraph notes clearer March conditions with farmers improving and peas being planted. It mentions frogs croaking in pools and robins observed. On Sunday pastors Rev W L Ware and Rev W J Williams exchanged pulpits at Providenc Grace Emanuel Beulah Bethel Leumas.
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W. L. Ware
East Mathews
W. J.williams
West Mathews
Ware
Providenc Grace
Emanuel
An Williams
Beulah
Bethel iLeumas
Fisheries Commission Bill Passes Senate After Conference
The fisheries bill creating a state fisheries commission was referred to a conference committee after house passage. The report favored by four to three with nineteen votes reconsidered today. It sets a $2500 chair salary and $2000 secretary, requiring full-time service. Saunders Gunter Ward and Walker voted no.
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Sale
Norfolk
House
Fisheries Commission
Senate
Saunders
Gunter
Ward
Walker
Night Riders Soot Negroes in Birmingham Raid
In Paducah Kentucky on March 10 masked night riders struck Birmingham Marshall county. They shot six negroes including a likely fatally wounded man John Scruggs his wife and three children and a granddaughter were hit. Five other negroes were whipped then taken to the Tennessee banks and beaten. Twenty five more negroes were warned to flee. In Clarksville Tennessee near Woodford Brown Bennett a tobacco prize winner was found dying with a head wound and two dead horses nearby. Bennett is believed a night rider ally shot during a clash with rival parties.
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Paducah
Birmingham
Marshall County
John Scruggs
Scruggs
Tennessee
Warnlit Stout
Dormingham
Clarksville
Tenn
Woodford
Brown Bennett
Association Tobacco
Bennet
Miss Parrada Shelton Shoots Rival in Shelton County
Miss Parrada Shelton a member of the Shelton family shot Miss Ida Franklin in a jealous feud. Shelton fled to Tennessee but was captured for requisition and held. The bullet struck Franklin in the breast and may prove fatal. Former friends, the rivals quarrelled over gossip and a love affair.
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Miss Shelton
Wossip
Shelton
Fran
Rival shot as door bursts during confrontation
In a tense incident control bystanders report, a door burst open and a rival was struck by a stray bullet. Police are investigating the confrontation and reviewing security footage. No further details on injuries or identities are available.
Hatchet Men Found Guilty in Boston Murder Conspiracy
Boston jury convicts Watrry Charles and eight co defendants of first degree murder for four killings linked to a feud between Hip Sing Tong and On Leong Tong. The trial reveals Charles directed the attack to intimidate Chinese merchants, with over forty shots fired in August 1907. One defendant died in custody during proceedings. trial costs estimated at $20,000.
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Boston
Mass
Watrry Charles
Supreme Superior Court
Yee Watt
Chin Mong Quin
Wong Sichuchung
Chin Leet
Lee Ken
Warry Charles
Oxford Place
Shoy Tong
Hip Sing Tong
Charles
Purity and Quality Whiskey Advertisement
An advertisement offers Tyson branded bourbons and corn whiskies with up to 50 percent savings. It lists prices for several four-quart shipments prepaid and promises express shipping in plain packaging. Returns accepted at sender’s expense with money refunded. Albemarle Co. Norfolk, Va references Seaboard Bank.
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Tyson
Albemarle Club
Norfolk
North Carolina
Albemarle, 1St. Co
Brewer St. Norfolk
Seaboard Bank
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