Richmond's oldest family found amid census effort
Richmond officials report a six member family averaging about eighty years per person, ages ranging from seventy to ninety-two, all observed by the census enumerator. Officials emphasize city cooperation and that census work should finish by Saturday night, with schools aiding in filling omitted homes.
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Jeffries Training Camp Progress Amid Sore Back
Special report from Rowardennan California notes James J Jeffries horseing toward readiness as a sore back heals but no hard work is yet advised. Training camp cadence aims for a Sunday start on the regular program while Bob Armstrong keeps Jeffries jovial and farmer Burns reads letters from Omaha about the Johnson fight influence.
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Ufe
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Omaha
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Bob
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Burns
Ex-President Roosevelt Welcomed by Dutch in The Hague
Theodore Roosevelt awoke to thousands of cheering locals who filled streets around the Hotel des Indes to sing a morning carol. The Roosevelt visit drew strong enthusiasm as he received the Dowager Queen Emma, with royal processions and honors accorded as in past meetings with Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Henry at Het Loo.
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Emma
Roosevelt
Queen Wilhelmina
Prince Henry
Het Loo
Trial of Dr Hyde Hears Noted Poison Experts Testify
In Kansas City Missouri experts Ludwig Hekton Walter Hains and Victor Vaughan testified on poisons affecting the human body during the murder trial of Dr B Clark Hyde for Colonel Thomas H Swope's death. Mrs Florence Hyde appeared in court as costs to the Swope family mount with experts billing about 100 dollars daily totaling over fifteen thousand dollars already paid.
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Chicago
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Millionaire Wellington Smith killed by folding bed in New York boarding house
Wellington Smith of Lee Massachusetts, a 68 year old paper maker and former president of the American Paper Makers Association, died when a folding bed collapsed in a West Twenty third Street boarding house. A woman posing as his wife, about sixty, fled the scene. authorities and relatives sought to protect her identity while identifying the victim.
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Wellington Smith
Lee, Mass
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Berkshire County
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Washington
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Ruth Tracy
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Almon C. Barrell
Levon T. Stowe
West Fifty-first Street
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Dr. Weston
West Twenty-second Street
Emily Smith
Anna Smallwood
Miss Smallwood
Miss Smith
Weston
Elegant Chesapeake steamers serve Old Point Comfort routes
The Chesapeake steamship line advertises passenger steamers Columbia and Augusta from Baltimore daily except Sunday at 6 30 P M arriving Old Point Comfort at 6 00 A M and Norfolk at 7 00 A M with rail connections to the South through tickets and baggage handling from several Baltimore offices and the Atlanta steamer offering through tickets and reservations at city ticket offices and agencies in Baltimore.
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J. Bi Eager
N. Charlee Street
Light and
Les Streets
Rooster Kidnaps Plymouth Rock Brood on New Jersey Farm
A bantam rooster on George Hills's Ledgewood farm abducted a Plymouth Rock hen's chicks. The rogue rooster herded the brood to a new area and tried to rear them, clucking motherly while the original hen fretted. Neighbors mocked his efforts as the flock faced nightly shelter challenges. By yesterday the bantam faced scorn from other roosters and pecks from hens.
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George Hills
Ledgewood
N. J
Plymouth Rocks
Alghe
Morgan Offers 3.1 Billion for Subway Build in New York
A broker notes J Pierpont Morgan's vast wealth after his 3.1 billion proffer to expand New York subways. The statement underscores Morgan's financial influence and intent to back large public works.
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New York
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Stop Waste in Education Commission Formed in Virginia
A Virginia commission to prevent educational waste met at the Capitol and elected Charles G. Maphis of Charlottesville as secretary. The group aims to coordinate curricula across public schools, consider adoption of a mill system for school appropriations, and may have Peabody funds of 3000 dollars to cover secretary pay.
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30 000 to Strike at Schenectady
Schenectady New York Special Thirty thousand General Electric Company workers plan to strike Monday if wage demands are not met. General Manager Emmons began negotiations to avert the strike while workers’ leaders say no compromise will be accepted. Emmons is in touch with President Coffin as the situation rests largely in his hands.
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