Eighty Virginia counties share state good roads funds
State Highway Commissioner P. St. Julien Wilson announces a $200,000 distribution to eighty counties under the new act. Seven counties did not apply. thirteen choose convict labor instead of cash. Each county’s share is listed, with notable amounts to Henrico, Loudoun, Southampton, and Fairfax.
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Richmond
P. St. Julien Wilson
Virginia
Buchanan
Gloucester
Greene
Mathew
Middlesex
Nelson
Prince George
Good Roads Fund
Accomac
Albemarle
Alexandria
Alleghany
Amelia
Appomattox
Bath
Crale
Cumberland
Dickenson
Elizabeth City
Essex
Fairfax
Floyd
Fluvanna
Franklin
Frederick
Giles
Goochland
Grayson
Greenesville
Halifax
Hanover
Henrico
Henry
Highland
Isle of Wight
James City
King George
King and Queen
King William
Lancaster
Lee
Loudoun
Louisa
Lunenburg
Madison
Montgomery
Nansemond
New Kent
Norfolk
Northampton
Northumberland
Nottoway
Page
Patrick
Powhatan
Prince Edward
Princess Anne
Prince William
Pulaski
Rappahannock
Rockbridge
Rockingham
Scott
Shenandoah
Smyth
Southampton
Spotsylvania
Stafford
Surry
Sussex
Tazewell
Warren
Warwick
Westmoreland
Wise
Wythe
York
Roosevelt Polar Bear Hunt Reported for Next Summer
Captain Bartlett of the Peary Polar Expedition says Colonel Theodore Roosevelt plans to travel to Greenland next year and may reach the pole before the 1912 Republican convention. Bartlett claims Roosevelt agreed to join Harry Whitney’s polar bear expedition if invited. A telegram from Albany supporter William Barnes Jr. cites Roosevelt’s possible polar voyage amid mixed attempts to confirm from Oyster Bay.
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New York
Bob” Bartlett
Theodore Roosevelt
Greenland
North Pole
Taft
Bartlett
Roosevelt
Harry Whitney
William Barnes, Jr
Albany
Barnes
Cook
Oyster Bay
Held Prisoner in Own Home in Atlanta Case
Mrs. Georgia Crouch obtained a temporary injunction against C. L. Adams & Bros. over a house being built for her. She alleges she was nailed in her room and barred from the rest of the home, denying access to the leased occupant and even her clothing as dispute over payment for work.
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Atlanta
Georgia Crouch
C. L. Adams & Bros
Farmer A Victim Of New Disease In Virginia
Public health officials in Washington and physicians treat E M C Combs, a Stafford county farmer, after he was taken to a District quarantine station with glanders. His wife, a trained nurse, remains with him in quarantine. Dr. Francis of the public health service tests blood samples while seeking a cure, noting glanders is typically a horse disease and rarely seen in humans.
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Washington, Special
Public Health Service
Washington
Combs
Stafford
Doctor discusses glanders history and treatment notes
Dr Flynn delivered a lecture on the glanders case at Georgetown University Medical Society. He notes that through 1890 only about 400 world cases had been reported and most victims died. Fowler applies strong antiseptics to the ulcers.
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Fowler
Flynn
Georgetown University Medical Society
Belmonts Pig’s Feet Death Ended Quietly Under Acre
A pig once prize at a Belmont suffragist event was executed after a veterinary exam found chronic rheumatic arthritis. Ruth Pearsall and family attended the barnyard vigil as U.S. Westerveld read the death warrant and a single calm shot ended the animal’s suffering. No representative from Mrs. Belmont appeared.
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New York
H. P. Belmont
Freeport S.t
Ruth Pearsall
Baldwin L IL
Tola
T. Webster Pearsall
Westerveld
Successful Appendectomy on Lady Decies in London
Lady Decies formerly Miss Vivien Gould underwent a routine appendectomy at her London home 4 Hereford Gardens. Dr Mayo Collier, senior surgeon at Northwest London Hospital, performed the operation with Dr Scott assisting. The patient was in good health prior and faced the procedure calmly.
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London
Lady Decies
Vivien Gould
Mayo Collier
Devries
Hereford Gardens
Collier
Scott
Decies
Emperor Franz Joseph Suffering Indisposition Again
Reports from Vienna state Emperor Franz Joseph of Austro Hungary is again weakened by an indisposition due to old age and a recent influenza attack. The condition is described as a general weakness and not a specific illness.
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Paris
Vienna
Franz Joseph
Austro-Hungary
Fire devastates Woodstock town as blaze rages through eight buildings
A major fire swept Woodstock Virginia last night consuming eight buildings and damaging many more. Firefighters and residents battled the flames in a race to save the core of town after a stable fire at C. W. Burner's property ignited the blaze. The disaster followed the town’s waterworks installation which aided firefighting efforts. The cause remains undetermined.
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Woodstock
James
C. W
Farmer in Heflin faces murder charge in infant death
Heflin Alabama special reports farmer Monroe is jailed for killing his eight month old son by clipping the infant’s tongue. He intended to bury the child in Georgia after returning from Har rison county. Neighbors alerted the Sheriff who found Monroe unaware of his crime.
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Heflin
Ala
Buchanan Monroe
Harrison County
Georgia
Monroe
Train wreck near Minturn leaves two dead
Two killed and twenty five injured, several seriously, in a Denver & Rio Grande derailment last Thursday night near Minturn, thirty miles west of Leadville. The dead include Miss Katherine Martin of Albany New York and an unidentified child. The engine and baggage car passed before the rails gave way, and the weight of the Pullman caused the day coach and tourist sleeper to buckle and roll down a fifteen foot embankment into Eagle River.
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Denver
Denver & Rio Grande
Minturnan
Leadville
Katherine Martin
Albany
XN. Y
Eagle River
Revenue Cutter Sails for Abandoned Schooner Colin
The Onondaga is hunting the waterlogged schooner Colin of Bangor Maine after reports placed it sixty miles northeast of Cape Henry Virginia. The Colin, sailing from Darien Georgia to Bridgeport Connecticut, carried six crew members.
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Washington
Onondaga
Colin
Bangor
Cape Henry
Darien
Bridgeport
Aviation Pupil Killed in Berlin Plane Crash
Berlin reports an aviation pupil, Herr Bekemuller, died when his aeroplane crashed into a building at Johannisthal during morning maneuvers in heavy mist. The aircraft was wrecked and the accident ended a military field flight.
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Berlin
Herr Bekemuller
Johannisthal
Boy Scouts Protect Birds Campaign Taught by Baynes
Ernest Harold Baynes, a Meriden New Hampshire naturalist, urges Boy Scouts to conserve birds. He lectures on birds usefulness to farms, warns against hunting for pleasure, and asks scouts to feed birds in winter and discourage others from shooting them. He also appeals to avoid wearing feathers.
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Boy Scouts
Boy Scouts of America
Ernest Harold Baynes
Meriden
Thrilling Court Scene in Camorra Trial Unfolds in Italy
Enrico Alfano the Camorra head faces informer Abatemaggio in a crowded Viterbo courtroom. The betrayer testified about Alfano and the double murder of Genarro and Maria Cuoccolo as guards cleared corridors and the president warned against disruptions.
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Viterbo
Camorrist
Enrico Alfano
Neapolitan
Gencaro
Alfano
Ericone
Assize Court Room
Bianchi
Camorra
Genarro
Maria Cuoccolo
Rane
robbers threaten store clerk during armed hold up in Richmond
Moses Leverman of 2100 Jefferson Avenue is robbed at gunpoint after being ordered to raise his hands during an evening sale. Two armed men smash the cash register, take about seven dollars, and demand more bills and checks as the store is left defiled and the robber count continues.
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Richmond
Moses Leverman
Jefferson Avenue
Leverman
Aso
Cianer
Lovermand
Alfred
guiIing
Fast Road Street
Foorth
Museu Leverman
Heoth
Robbery at Leverman store ends with escape through alley window
Leverman faced two white male robbers aged about 20 to 22 in a Richmond store. After locking the front door and dimming the lights, the thieves forced him to reveal the location of a tin box. He leaped through a window to escape and raise alarm, but police found no trace of the culprits.
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Leverman
Leverman Brothers
Richmond and Henrico
Jack Wiltshire
Posse Seeks Negro Man After Chesterfield Assault
Chesterfield county authorities search for an unidentified black male believed to have indecently assaulted twelve year old Irene Bishop as she walked with sisters and friends from school. A partial description includes worn torn oil stained trousers a tan shirt and a dark hat. An armed posse and Richmond police are aiding the hunt as public ire grows.
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Richmond
Chesterfield County
Irene Bishop
Truman P. Bishop
Chester
Mary
Alice Boyd
Eva Webber
Bishop
Chesterfield
Banner year for entire South
President W. W. Finley of the Southern Railway reports from Washington on an optimistic agricultural outlook for the Southeastern states. He notes favorable conditions with only localized cotton planting delays due to rains, limited need for replanting, and a larger overall cotton acreage than last year as farmers shift some effort to corn and other crops.
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Washington, D. C
W. W. Finley
Southern Railway Company
Southern Prosperity Outlook Promises Increased Yields and Rail Capacity
The article notes unusually good planting and better farming across the South with higher expected yields per acre. Farmers financed operations themselves after a prosperous 1910 season, while conditions in cotton manufacturing show mixed results and lumber demand improves modestly. The Iron and Steel industry remains comparable to national trends, and Southern Railway plans expand motive power and passenger equipment, adding lapSidings to enable future double tracking as traffic grows without straining finances.
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South
Southern Railway Company
The Poor Farmer Again in Hutchinson Automobile Sale
A Kansas farmer hardship note appears in the Kansas City Star with a report that last week’s Auto mobile sales at Hutchinson totaled 103000 dollars, illustrating continuing financial strain among farming communities.
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Kansas
Hutchinson
Kansas City Star
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