Goun gilmen 10 Be Investigated Goun gilmen 10 Be Investigated
The Richmond Common Council votes to investigate charges that Councilmen George E. Wise and Gilbert K. Pollock received $500 for aiding an ordinance amendment to allow feeding distillery by products to dairymen. Mayor Richardson urges a full inquiry, listing witnesses and dairy fund contributors.
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George EB. Wise
Messrs. Pollock
Wise
Board of Aldermen
John Dietrick
Messrs
Pollock
Common Council
BE. CG. Levy
B.C. Levy
F. M. Reade
James K. Gordon
Jacob Amiauf
E. M. Noble
KR. H. Curtis
H. M. Moore
V. IL. Lipard
George Drinker
J.L. Shurm
L. H. Kemp, Jr
RE. C. Levy
George E. Wise
Gilbert K. Pollock
Richmond Council Debate Over Inquiry Into Conduct
In a session lasting under an hour, Dr. F M Reade moved for an investigation into alleged improper conduct by Richmond Common Council members George E Wise and Gilbert K Pollock. A five member special committee was authorized to collect witnesses and documents, with a list of potential witnesses and stipulated donations noted.
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Gilbert K. Pollock
Mr. Wise
Wise
August
Mr. Pollock
Pollock
Peters
Lynch
Fergusson
Frank M. Reade
Mr. Amiauf
Dr. Reade
Messrs. Polflock
President Peters
Umlauf
Pollard
Umisauf
Reade
Cutechins
Levy
City of
Richmond
Messrs
George E Wise
Common Council
George FB. Wise
City of Richmond
Drinker Brothers
J. I. Shurm & Brother
L. H. Kemp, Jr
W. T. Taylor
J. W. Barnes
Thomas Deane
W. L. Brittle
J. L. and
A. C. Miller
J. H. Deitrick
T. H. Farrand
Potent Slang and the Cryptic Code of O Henry
The Cleveland Plain Dealer discusses slang as a vital tool for expression and cites O Henry using a slang code in a story. It describes two Americans in a censored Central American setting transmitting messages in a cryptic native patois to evade detection.
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O. Henry
Cleveland Plain
Norfolk Traction Favours Franiched City Privileges
The Norfolk and Portsmouth Traction Company submitted an ordinance outline seeking broad city concessions. It asks four percent gross receipts tax cap, relief from four cent book tickets, two and a half cent Bay Shore tickets, six for a quarter transfers, and a thirty year franchise with new street privileges. In return it offers to build and operate cross town lines but may discontinue if unprofitable in six months. The Norfolk Virginian-Pilot describes the measure as excessive and improperly framed for public benefit.
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Norfolk and Portsmouth Traction Company
Bay Shore
Traction Corporation
Traction Company
Norfolk
Pays $3 for 10 Cent Fare on East Orange Stop
George Booth a Lackawanna rail conductor collected $3 from Harry V. Grant of Newark after Grant protested a 10 cent fare. Grant claimed Grove Street East Orange was not the intended stop and wanted Newark service. Grant, an artist for a printing firm, was arrested at East Orange after dispute over fare and station.
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New York
George Booth
Lackawanna
Harry V. Grant
Newark
N. J
East Orange
Grant
Booth
Hoboken
Grove Street
East O Range
Found Dead In Road Near Broadway
Harrisonburg va special Newton Whitmire aged thirty four was found dead in the road near Broadway Tuesday. He had started to Broadway from this place. A milk woman found him half an hour later. The coroner's verdict was death from indigestion. He was a strong healthy man and in good spirits.
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Harrisonburg
Newton Whitmire
Broadway
Roosevelt Entertained by Danish Royalty in Copenhagen
Theodore Roosevelt, visiting Copenhagen, will be hosted by King Frederick at the Christian VII Palace with a banquet planned for tonight after his arrival. The stay extends beyond the planned thirty hours as the Crown Prince leads ceremonies and Minister Egan handles arrangements. The welcome reflects improved U.S.-Denmark ties after past tensions from the Dr Cook episode.
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Copenhagen
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Frederick
Christian VII
Denmark
Egan
Dr. Cook
Degrees of Advertising Gaffe Attributed to College Degrees
A Kansas City Journal quip notes a man who claimed vast funds and, after several colleges reportedly conferred degrees on him, built a glue factory. The anecdote mocks self seeking diploma inflation and pretentious posturing.
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Kansas City Journal
Good Old Irish Woman Weeps Over World Trip Son
William M. Fogarty recounts a tale of an Irish mother who prays for her son as he prepares to circumnavigate the world. She fears peril and mourns the unknown, yet finds solace only when the voyage begins amid hopeful pride.
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William M. Fogarty
Indianapolias Star
Last Year s Literary Vintage Recall of Best Sellers
A fragment discusses past best sellers and fading fame. It contrasts 1909 credits of Davis and Chambers with earlier years 1905 and 1907. It praises William Allen White as a genuine American artist whose fiction reveals life and art, per Papago Evening Post.
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Richard Harding Davis
Robert W. Chambers
William Allen White
Papieago Evening Post
The Rhymesters Compensation Poem Fragment
A poet laments poets pay and fame while noting his letters reach no one but sweethearts. He observes dead writers once had golden loves exposed publicly, and he clarifies he seeks no newspaper fame. Elizabeth Newport Hepburn references.
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Elizabeth Newport Hepburn
Ith’s Magazine
Seismic Wave Strikes Coast of Central America
Special reports that a seismic wave swept the Atlantic coast of the Isthmus of Panama and Costa Rica reaching Port Sim on Tuesday. Inhabits here are in panic as earthquake shocks continue in the interior.
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Panama
Costa Rica
Port Simon
Pannama
Sing Old Song at Confederate Reunion in Mobile
Mrs J Griff Edwards led the Confederate Choirs of America at the Mobile reunion performing an anti Union era tune. Veterans cheered and sang along the parade line praising leaders like Jeff Davis Lee Johnston Hood and Beauregard while noting Southern women and a pledge to meet in heaven.
Med College Commencement Week Attracts Notables
Beginning Sunday night the Med ical College of Virginia holds its commencement through Wednesday with addresses by Dr. Lyon G. Tyler of William and Mary College and Dr. Simon Baruch of New York. A sermon will be given at Second Presbyterian Church, and clinics at Memorial Hospital follow. Alumni events include a 4 PM meeting Tuesday and a smoker that night. Wednesday witnesses anatomy professor elections and the final exercises at the Academy of Music. The leather invitations feature an embossed miniature of the main building. A full class list follows, naming dozens of medical students with their hometowns and initials.
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Richmond
Medical College of Virginia
Lyon G. Tyler
William and Mary College
Simon Baruch
New York
Second Presbyterian Church
Russell Cecil
Memorial Hospital
Richmond Hotel
Alumni Society
Old College
J. Fulmer Bright
Academy of Music
Max John Alexander
Darlington
Notable Names and Officers Listed for Class Group
The text lists numerous individuals by name and location including Charles Milton Clark Abingdon John Kent Dickinson Cartersville Joseph Atchison Florence Jr Manassae Richard Edward Floyd Jr Nassawaddox Lycurgus Sherwood H Mollowell Selwin NC Murray Balwin Floltzclaw Casanova Oscar Lee Wardle Norfolk Edward Butte Kilby Newport News Lester Newman Koontn Woodstock Louis Myer London Richmond Reginald Lee Ogg White Sulphur Springs Va John Clancy Parish Smith Held Lewis Green Smith Oxford James Albert Thompson Jr Abingdon plus officers Broders president C J D'Alton first vice president C C Vaughan Jr second vice president BR E Floyd Jr secretary with committees Invitates J C Bell chairman M J Alexander H G Tarter R D Stout W Ward Reception A A Burke chairman H Fowlkes E L Blankenbaker W P Thompson K B Talbot A M Sneed J W Clarkson Jr Cap and gown Ward Harshbarger chairman A G Opinmnsky P B Walton.
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Charles Milton Clark
Abingdon
John Kent Dickinson
Cartersville
Joseph Atchison Florence, Jr
Manassae
Richard Edward Floyd, Jr
Nassawaddox
Lycurgus Sherwood H Mollowell
Selwin
N.C
Murray Balwin Floltzclaw
Casanova
Oscar Lee Wardle
Norfolk
Edward Butte Kilby
Newport News
Lester Newman Koontn
Woodstock
Louis Myer London
Richmond
Reginald Lee Ogg
White Sulphur Springs
John Clancy Parish
Smith Held
Lewis Green Smith
Oxford
James Albert Thompson, Jr
Claws Ofeers
A. ©. Broders
C. J. D’alton
C. C. Vaughan
H. G. Tarter
R. D. Stout
Richmond and Henrico Railways Select Site for Power Plant
The Richmond and Henrico Railway Company has an option on a power plant site at the foot of Louisiana Street facing the river. Engineer FE W Trafford drafts building plans, steam power is planned, and the firm aims to supply power to local industries once operational. Officials cannot say when work starts until property is acquired, but progress is expected swiftly. A Phoenix Pa. visitor noted large quantities of structural iron, marked 240, for a local viaduct, with steel frames weighing over eighty tons used in its completion.
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Richmond
Richmond and Henrico Railway Company
FE. W. Trafford
Louisiana Street
Phoenix
Defender in pulpit rails at city officials over Yoder trial
Rev W R Burrell of Fairmount Baptist Church condemns Justice Crutchfield Chief of Police Werner Commonwealth's Attorney Folkes and police commissioners in a Sunday sermon calling the Yoder obscenity case a travesty on justice and urging united action for honest law enforcement. He cites Newark’s 1908 1909 reforms as a warning and claims broad ministerial support for reform.
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Richmond
W. R. Burrell
Fairmount Baptist Church
Justice Crutchfield
Werner
Commonwealth
Folkes
Yoder
Justice John
Folles
Newark
Monument to Mark King's Mountain Battle at Sycamore Shoals Unveiling
A monument marking the spot at Sycamore Shoals thirty miles south of Bristol will be unveiled June 14. Erected by the Bristol chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the unveiling address will be delivered by United States Senator Robert Love Taylor of Tennessee. Two excursion trains will be run for the occasion, expected to draw a large crowd.
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Bristol
Sycamore Shoals
King’s Mountain
Daughters of the American Revolution
United States
Robert Love Taylor
Tennesse
Bob Taylor
Lodger Taunts Bacon in Humorous Exchange at Inn
A landlady tells the lodger not to fear the bacon, who replies he has eaten larger portions before and was not frightened. The exchange appears in The Sacred Heart Review as a light anecdote.
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Jenkins
The
Sacred Heart Review
Richmond Vaudeville Craze Hits Four Theatres
Richmond fans packed Broad Street vaudeville houses in a springtime frenzy. The Bijou opened with record crowds while Colonial, Lubin, and Theate enjoyed capacity shows across five performances. Managers tout steady growth, claiming 15 000 paid admissions and up to 20 000 weekly theatergoers, with strong demand at the Academy of Music Rex Lyric and other venues.
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Richmond
Richmon
Broad Street
Fifth
Sixth Streets
Seventh
Ninth Streets
Bijou
Colonial
Ed Lyers
William T. Kirby
Galeski
Welch
Lubin
Gpeera
Lyons
Kirby
The
Theate
Academy of Music
Benjamin Players
Nat Goodwin
Maxine Elliott
Rex Theater
Seventh and Broad Streets
Lyric
Main Street
Giche
Dixie
North First
West Broad Streets
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Messrs. Pollock and Wise
Dietrick
Hastings
Board of Health
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Cutchins
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Health Office
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Cutchine
Huber
Taylor
Pellock
John KK
Coi
Ares
Hiustings Court
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Council
Norfolk Traction CO
Jeff. Davis
Lee
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Bragg
Beauregard
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Hood
Gordon
Longstreet
Polk
Cleburne
Ewell
Hill
Hardee
Stuart
Hampton
Fitz Lee
Duke
Morgan
Forrest
Joe Wheeler
Medical College
George Bruce Barrow
Danville
Pi Cleveland Bell
Potlocksville
Charles Elmore Bowles
Albert Compton Broders
Alexanrra
Antonio Austin Burke
Petersburg
William Raby Caffee
Allisonia
Benjamin Leo Carleton
Lane View
Randolph Litrell Collins
Baywood
Jesse Hill Crouch
Eens
Ranbury Crowgey
Wytheville
Clarence Joseph Dalton
Raymond Hanger Dunn
Clifton Forge
William Harman Evans
Concord
Luthes Inde
Ferebee
Carroll Florris Powlkes
Emmette Trible Gatewood
Asa Wesley Graves
Wolftown
Joshua Wright Griggs
Mathias Grove-Hagen
Norway
Lewis Clay Haley
Axton
Ward Harshbarger
Weyer's Cave
George Withy Hayes
Franklin
Claudius Simuel Lawson
Flemington
W. Va
Lunsford Hoxsey Lewis
Harrisonbure
George Reuben Hunter Long
Spurgeon John Bailey
Como
N. C
Alfred Thomas Sheffield
Franklin Turner Southall Shelton
Atlee
Ee Harman Simmerman
Wythee
Walter Simmerman
Speedwell
Rezin Dever Stout
Herman Gose Tarter
Lomax Plater Tayloe
Orange
Yao Welch Taylor, Godfrey
W ‘A
Edward Holland Trower
Eastville
Walter Otis Tune
Vernon Hill
Francis Aloysius Wade
Paterson
Oscar Wilde Ward
Gliden
John Straub Weltsel
Addison Elliott Wylie
Union
Dental Alpheus James Adams
Cary
Capital City
King's Mountain
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