Notices offer help and jobs from Richmond firms in garbled ad text
A mix of classified notices from Richmond area firms offering worker recruitment insurance farm opportunities hair goods and typewriters. Includes MARTIN COMPANY 818 East Broad Street and SUPT. MU TUAL INSURANCE references, plus HAIR GOODS from HUGHES 205 North Third Street and AMERICAN MACHINE CO 606 East Farm Street.
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Martin Company
East Broad Street
Richmond
Mutual Insurance
6Th & Broad Strets
M. Davidson
Chamber of Commerce
Paris
Hughes
Thir Hird St
American Machine CO
East Farm Street
Virginia
Frayser’s Liniment Advertised for Pain Relief
An 1900s style ad promotes Frayser’s Great Nerve and Bone Liniment to cure stiffness and soreness in muscles and joints for humans and animals. It claims rapid relief with two bottles at retailers and lists J W Frayser & Co Richmond VA as manufacturers. Also contains recruitment notices urging applicants for real estate and office management via The Nation and Home Purchasing Assn Inc with local contact details.
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Frayser
Raggists
J. W. Frayser & CO
Richmond
THE
Nationand Home Purchasing Assn., Inc
Pax
Virginia
Poultry Yard Hatches Barred Plymouth Rock Eggs
For sale thoroughbred Barred Plymouth Rock and JM Orpington eggs for hatching. Ten dollars per fifteen eggs. A. W. Johns' POULTRY YARD Stop 24 1-2, Seven Pine Trolley, Rural No. 3, Richmond, Va.
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Plymouth Rock
A. W. Johns’ Poultry Yard
Seven Pine
Richmond
For Sale Save Money on Used Bags and Covers
FOR SALE. SAVE MONEY by buying second hand bags and barrel covers from us. We handle every kind for every purpose. Write us your needs. RICHMOND BAG CO INC.
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Richmond, Va
Guests Escaped As Fire Wrecks New York Hotel
More than 100 guests were evacuated from the Hotel Churchill at 14th Street and Broadway after a blaze swept through the basement before 8 am. The fire spread to the Gophir Diamond Company store, Schloss jewelry, and Truly Warner Hat Co. Six firefighters were overcome, including Captain Knessy of Engine Company No. 14, but all guests were rescued with prompt hotel staff actions. Formerly the Mayor Ton House, the Churchill faced a dangerous early call with several stores involved.
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New York
Fourteenst Street
Broadway
Gophir Diamond Company
Schloss
Warner Hat Company
Churchill
Knnsey
Engine Company
Muorton
Richmond Council weighs jail for speed violators
The Editors discuss an ordinance planned for Richmond City Council to replace fines with jail for speed law violators. They warn it would produce few convictions since automobile owners are typically affluent, while workers may be more likely to serve jail time.
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Richmond
Petersburg
Taft diplomacy and local quips across Virginia papers
The Petersburg Progress notes Taft’s diplomatic stance while a district’s good representative is kept in place. The Index Appeal comments on Congress members’ cordial stance toward the President. The Accomac News jokes about a harem skirt fooling a mouse. The Ledger-Dispatch recalls a revived town council in Danville Arkansas. The Petersburg Record imagines Southside Virginia would benefit if hookworm research were as advertised.
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Taft
Congress
Petersburg
Priest dives and saves man from drowning near Liberty Island
Special by New York report tells how Rev. Father Richard E. Ryan chaplain of City Hospital jumped into the bay at Battery Park to rescue Peter Verian and another man from attempted suicide. Police Launch No. 5 arrived to aid. both survivors were taken to hospital. Verian, a Brooklyn woodworker, was later taken under arrest for attempted death by own action. Father Ryan returned to duty in wet clothes.
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New York
Richard E. Ryan
Blackwell's Island
Battery Park
Liberty Island
Pather Ryan
Hix
Beth
Pier A
James Donoghue
William McSweeney
McSweeney
William Nelson
Ryan
Peter Verian
Warren Street
Brooklyn
Verian
Blackwell’s Island
Woman Wins Right Over Her Picture in Adverts
The U S Supreme Court ruled that no one may use a woman’s photograph or name for advertising or trade without consent. The New York statute was upheld in favor of Alda T Rhodes of Brooklyn whose wedding portrait appeared in a stamp store window. Her suit against Sol Young Co and others, pursued since 1905, secured $1,000 damages in lower courts and was affirmed on appeal up to the Supreme Court.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
New York
Alda T. Rhodes
McDoonough Street
Brooklyn
N. Y
Sperry& Hutchinson
Sol Young Company
Mire
Rhodes
Wey
Free List Bill Debate Resumes in House
Washington D C special report notes no early vote on the farmers free list bill as debate continues into the week. Representative Underwood leads, with Dalzell and Clayton among members asking for time and a conclusion hoped for today but unlikely before early next week.
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Washington
D. C
House
Underwood
Dalzell
Clayton
Alabam
Buying a Suit Mismatch Compliment
A shopper requests a suit that better matches a bull pup’s complexion, while the salesperson notes the current fit is acceptable. The brief exchange centers on color harmony and suitability in a fashion purchase.
Checkmated. Fond Grandmother-Whom do you think the Snaby pets Its
The passage presents a fragmented dialogue about a grandmother and a mother in law one asserting affection and appearance while another declines to judge, noting an observer’s hesitation to state facts about a mother’s traits.
Harrisburg WHee Varmne on Public Improvements
Harrisonburg Virginia voters will decide on May 23 whether to spend 245000 dollars on the public park and the approach to the new depot. Death of J. J. Armentrout reported.
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Harrisovborg Whee
Varmne
Harrisonburg
Marrisonburg
Dovel Hoa Beer
Cief
Polten
J. J. Armentrout
Murderer Nash Executed for Double Tragedy at Auburn
Joseph Nash, who killed his son in law Thomas Delmonth at Waterloo on February 7, 1910, then shot Patrolman Litsenberger, was electrocuted at 6 o'clock in Auburn prison. He was captured at Seneca Falls after the crime.
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Uburn
Joseph Nash
Thomas Delmonth
Waterloo
Litsenberger
Ned
Seneca Falls
Auburn Prison
Marine Eye Remedy Adverts Ned’s Watery Eyes
An advertisement promotes Marine Eye Remedy for Ned to treat watery eyes and granulated lids. It claims quick comfort and highlights a new container size and improved formula.
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Ned
Comfort
Marine
Mass Troops Massed on Mexican Border at Douglas
Fear of a general attack on border towns brings swift U S troop buildup across the line. Colonel O Conner commands a cavalry force at the customs house while another unit patrols four miles from the border. Insurgent general Jose Sanches is said to be wounded in a six hour battle near Ojinaga.
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Douglas
Ariz
Special
iIn
United States
O'Conner
United States Cavalry
Arnia
Agua Pricia
Expect Early Interference in Mexico Feared by Wheat Taft
Washington dispatch reports that intervention in Mexico is near as Taft faces pressure from Germany England France and U.S. citizens with property in the republic. Wall Street interests seek protection of investments as bandits threaten foreigners. Northern Mexico wields influence, and remote reports cite brutal treatment of federal prisoners by Insurrectos in Lower California.
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Washington, D. C
Mexico
Taft
Germany
England
France
Menxico
Republic
Wall Street
White House
Madero
Germany and Spot Make Cherosmeda
Special Ambassador Wilson in Mexico City telegraphs the State Department detailing altaires around the capital. German and Spanish ministers demand Diaz protect investments and subjects. Rebels operate near the city as Americans flee, fearing massacre amid rumored U.S. intervention.
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Germany
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Mexico City
State Department
Mr. Witton
Diaz
United States
Must Ask American to Intervene in Mexico Crisis
In Mexico City Berlin Madrid demand immediate protection for their nationals as insurrection spreads toward the capital. Diaz faces a choice between seeking Taft's aid to restore order with U S troops or ceding government to rebels. Foreign powers fear clashes and warn of possible imperial intervention to safeguard lives and interests.
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Mexico City
Berlin
Madrid
Diaz
Taft
Exica
America
Germany
Spam
England
Mexico
Monroe Doctrine Intervention Looms in Mexico
Dispatches from various sources in Mexico report widespread fighting and bloodshed as revolutions surge in nearly every state. Foreign colonies near Juarez face risk. Guatemalan troops influence the south. Washington foresees US troops may be sent to restore order and arbitrate amid Monroe Doctrine tensions. The San Antonio army can be ready to cross the border within twelve hours.
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Washington, D. C
Mexico
Mexico City
United States
Juarez
Popu
Rebef
Tres Marelos
Washington
Congress
San Antonio
War Department
Todny
Negotiations Seen Limiting War End in Juarez Talks
Ambassador Wilson in Mexico City telegraphs that Foreign Minister De La Barra says peace talks at Juarez should end today or tomorrow. De La Barra adds the government will soon open negotiations with revolutionists in several other states.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Mexico City
State Department
de la Barra
Juarez
Gan
Diaz
Chapultepec
Cosio
BUTLER KILLS HIS CHILDREN IN Back Bay Tragedy
Boston special report details Thomas Hageerty a former Back Bay family man who killed his three daughters aged ten seven and five by turning on the gas as they slept. Police say his confession claim that he had “led my family” is contradicted by evidence as investigators describe the grim act and the suspect's deteriorating mental state following his wife’s death three years earlier.
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Boston
Mass
Thomas Hageerty
O Rmerler
Meg
Togerty
Kageery
Government to Preserve Calaveras Grove of Big Trees
Special Chief Forester Graves with Representative Baker urged Taft to press Congress to purchase the Calaveras Grove in California. They warned the ancient redwoods risk destruction if not acquired by the government. The President pledged to use his influence to buy the entire grove.
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Washington, D. C
Forester Graves
Baker
California
Taft
Congress
Calaveras Grove
New Haven Railroads Clerical Workers Seek 10 Percent Pay Rise
In New Haven Boston and area union officials threaten a strike by 13,650 employees if the New Haven Railroad does not grant a 10 percent wage increase for clerical and mechanical staff. The allied trades pledge action after a meeting with 230 officials. The demand is to base the raise on current ratings and rates.
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Boston
Mass
New Haven Railroad
Allied Trades
Ce Ued
Noy Slayer of Colored Man Freed
Martinsburg West Virginia special report: first Ber ke ley county case where a white person was tried for murdering a black man ended with seventeen year old James Myers acquitted by a circuit court jury after he shot Walter Rideout during a saloon quarrel.
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Noy
Martinsburg
W. VA
Berkeley County
James Myers
Walter Rideout
Myers
Seaboard Line Awards $2,000,000 EquipmentContracts
Seaboard Air Line Railway in Norfolk Virginia awarded equipment contracts totaling two million dollars. The orders include one thousand box cars two hundred gondolas thirty six caboose cars ten Pacific type locomotives ten heavy combination locomotives and five yard engines.
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Seaboard Line
Norfolk
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Opening of Norse Show Draws Taft Diplomatic Crowd
A grand parade opened Washington's largest ever Norse horse show this morning. President Taft and Mrs Taft attended along with the diplomatic corps, many officials, and members of Congress.
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Washington, D. C
Washington
Taft
Congress
Sheriff Guards Alleged Slayer Under Heavy Guard
Fifty deputy sheriffs camped around the jail to prevent mob violence as John Poole, confessed killer of farm hand Joseph Kemper, faced possible lynching. Police and interns patrolled the farm seeking buried bodies, amid rumors of additional vanishings connected to Poole.
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Belle Gunness
LaPorte
Kemper
Poole
Rebels Executed as Canton Repression Tightens
Canton reports say six internationales ships patrol the river while justice proceeds against uprising ring leaders. The viceroy is back in control and missionaries are being protected as naval forces bolster Canton. Over 300 rebels captured and harmed outside the city, with the backbone of the rebellion deemed crushed.
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Hong Kong
Canton
Cantonese
Washington, D. C
Bergholtz
China
State Department
United States
Wimnington
West River
Kwang- Tung
Navy Department
Hubbard
Asiatic Squadron
Nagasaki
Japan
Calhoun
Pekin
Navy shoe contract inquiry agreed by House
In Washington the House postponed debate on the free list bill to consider the Naval Affairs Committee resolution directing Secretary Meyer to provide information on Navy shoe contracts. The move responds to charges by Representative Difendeffer that Hermann and Company of Boston hold a monopoly with the Navy.
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Washington, D. C
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Meyer
Navy Department
Difendeffer
Pennsylvania
Hermann and Company
Boston
Miss Lepley to operate typewriter in airplane flight
Miss Annie I Lepley a Washington stenographer will attempt to operate a type writer in an aeroplane mid air during the aviation meet at Benning. A I McCurdy for Glenn Curtiss plans to fly five or six machines to the event.
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Washington, D. C
Annie I. Lepley
Washington
McCurdy
Glenn Curtiss
Benning
Lepley
British polo team hiding ability shocks Lakewood crowd
In Lakewood New Jersey Special Edition reports say the British Magick polo team is not showing full form or pushing ponies to limit. American polo experts study the English squad and predict a surprise when the international trophy event opens on May 1.
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Te Inks
Lakewood
N. J
The Wrong Calling Across a Parodic Note
A fragment from Cassell's Saturday lampoons a young Smithson, criticizing his supposed lack of industry in his calling and referencing a seven ee in the wanks in a quip about his path.
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Smithson
Paughter
Cassell
Monroe Doctrine Called No Longer Sacred Policy
Baltimore special report notes that the Monroe Doctrine could be cast aside at any time. Texas Congressman James L. Slayden delivered a strong address at the third annual Peace Congress in McCoy Hall. Assistant Secretary Huntington Wilson opened the session and endorsed Knox's dollar diplomacy.
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Baltimore
James L. Slayden
Texas
McCoy Hall
Huntington Wilson
Knox
Explosion on Steamer State of Ohio Injures Ten in Cleveland
Ten persons were injured on the steamship State of Ohio when a steam pipe exploded today in Cleveland Ohio. Several victims are likely fatally injured and rushed to nearby hospitals for treatment.
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Cleveland, O
Special
State of Ohio
Baltimore railroads face ICC complaint over charges
Washington special reports the Merchants and Manufacturers Association of Baltimore filed a complaint with the Interstate Commerce Commission against the Baltimore and Ohio and the Pennsylvania Railroads. It accuses the roads of excessive elevator siding and switching charges throttling Baltimore’s development.
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Washington, D. C
Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Association of
Baltimore
Interstate Commerce Commission
Baltimore and Ohio
Pennsylvania Railroads
Not going to Alice's luncheon sacred word joke
A brief Harper's item notes a playful exchange about promises and a dress delayed in delivery, centering on a character refusing to attend Alice's luncheon until her dress arrives. The fragment hints at social etiquette and humor within a fashionable domestic scene of the period.
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Harper’s
Suspect Captured in Bomb Outrage Case in Los Angeles
A man identified as Joseph Carter was arrested here today as a suspect in the Times bomb outrage in Los Angeles. He was caught while attempting to rob a grocery store and found with nitroglycerine in his pocket. Two bullet wounds were discovered on his back. He carried a card issued by the Western Federation of Miners to Thomas Kelly of El Centro, California.
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Grand Junction
Iowa
Joseph Carter
Times
Los Angeles
Carter
Western Federation of Miners
Thomas Kelly
el Centro
Cal
Steamer Claremont Driven Ashore in Wallapa Harbor
Special: The steamer Claremont bound from San Francisco to Hoquiam went ashore on rocks in a gale last night at Wallapa harbor. The fate of the crew and passengers is unknown. Assistance has been sent.
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Hoquiam
Wash
Claremont
San Francisco
Wallapa Harbor
Mexico City Riots Darken Capital Amid Rebel Advance
Rioting grips Mexico City with police and troops restoring order as rebels approach the capital. President Diaz resists resignation amid unrest. Ambassador Wilson reports continued clashes across districts. Telegraph lines across six states disrupted, with foreigners reportedly untouched.
Riot subsides as troops patrol city streets at night
After a fierce confrontation the rioters are dispersed and sent home. By midnight normal conditions return though soldiers guard streets. Rumor spreads that General Miranda’s rebel army is marching toward the capital from Ajusco with fighting reported at Tacubaya on the city’s outskirts.
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Miranda
Ajusco
Tacubsaya
Patient Recovery Uncertain for Mr Rich Says Doctor
In a Brooklyn Life item a doctor remarks that Mr Rich remains the only patient and he cannot forecast recovery time. The exchange highlights the uncertain course of his illness and the medical staff’s current limited caseload.
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Frienae
Mr. Rich
Brooklyn
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