Well Jerry's phantom school of boy raisin g becomes a test of trust
Milsap’s weary friend Jerry pitches a bold idea a correspondence school to raise boys. The plan grows into a detective role for the narrator as Jerry hires him to monitor parental actions, then disappears on a Kansas case leaving the business to be settled by the narrator.
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William SH. Hamby
Jerry
Milsap
George
Music Trust
Menegan
U. S. Senate
Kansas
Tutt's Pills Promised Cure and Prevention
An advertisement touts Tutt's Pills as a remedy and preventive for sick headache biliousness constipation and related diseases. A Chicago fire at Bridewell required an investigation after a broom factory burned nearby cell houses housing about 1 000 prisoners. Authorities suspected arson or a plot to free inmates. The blaze endangered the prisoners but was contained before a forced transfer or escape could occur.
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Tutt
Chicago
Bridewell
Increase in Railway Mileage Boosts March Revenue
Washington special reports Ninety percent of the steam railway mileage shows an increase of 12,661,901 in March operating revenues over March 1911. Expenses rise 12,152,394, creating a net gain of 509,507, attributed entirely to mileage growth per the Bureau of Rail Economics from Interstate Commerce Commissionreturns.
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Washington, D. C
Bureau of Rail Economics
Interstate Commerce Commission
Plan to Fight Typhoid in Virginia
The Virginia State Health Department outlined a preventive typhoid campaign for the summer, with rapid investigation of outbreaks and expedient deployment of experts when multiple cases or common causes arise. A portable hypochlorite plant will be used in suspected waterborne epidemics, while epidemiologists under Assistant Commissioner A W Freeman and Dr Lumsden proceed with the ongoing epidemic study to solve rural cases lacking a common cause.
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Richmond
State Health Department
Ila
Department
A. W. Freeman
Virginia
Freeman
IL L Lumsden
United States Marine Hospital Service
Lumsden
Orange County
Blue
William
Illlams
Earth Department
Falling Beam Kills Workman at Lee Plant Corner
Floyd Hoagland, a 35 year old Philadelphia steamfitter, was struck by an eight foot timber at the Lee Plant of Tyler and Syler on Linden and Cary Streets. He died at Virginia Hospital after skull fracture. Iron workers L B Carson and G C Lawson were arrested on murder charges as of the day after the incident.
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Richmond
Lee
Tyler & Syler
Linden and
Cary Streets
Floyd Hoagland
Philadelphia
Virginia Hospital
Hoagland
South Fine Street
J. K. Petty & Co
L. B. Carson
G. C. Lawson
Napier
Tiller
Tolice Court
Mary Séth
Dealers to Fight State Line Bill
Lime dealers challenge the new time erinding bill seeking an injunction from the City Circuit Court alleging unconstitutional restraints on competition.
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Richmond
Dean's Kidney Pills Endorsed By Norfolk Man
An Norfolk resident Mr. E C Hampshire reports severe kidney colic eased after taking Dean's Kidney Pills, claiming total relief beyond morphine. The ad urges customers to ask for Dean's Kidney Pills 50c at all stores, produced by Foster Milburn Co in Buffalo New York.
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Dean
E. C. Hampshire
E. Brambleton St
Norfolk
Mr. Hampshire
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Virginia Lime Plant Bill Faces Court Battle Over Constitutionality
The act, to be effective June 11, faces injunctions as Attorney General prepares response. Judge Scott may restrain state payments for grinding plants until constitutional questions are resolved. The Virginia Farmers Institute presses for state operated lime plants to aid farmers at reduced cost, while lime manufacturers challenge state commercial involvement. Named defendants include Governor Mann and officials, with numerous lime companies named in the action.
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Convict Lime Board
Scott
Circuit Court
State Supreme Court
Virginia Farmers’ Institute
Mann
Wood
Agriculture Konner
Moore
Harman
Shenandoah Lime Company
L. P. Dillon
Edward Dillon
Eagle Rock Lime Company
Warner Moore Lime
Marines Ordered From League Island To Guantanamo Cuba
Five hundred marines are commanded to sail from Philadelphia's League Island Navy Yard to join forces at Guantanamo Bay. Colonel F J Moses leads the U S Marine Corps unit as Secretary Meyer and the State Department push to protect American lives and property amid reports of armed groups approaching the naval station. The Cuban response risks broader intervention and potential annexation, with the Guantanamo base established after the 1902 occupation.
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Washington, D. C
League Island Navy Yard
Philadelphia
United States Naval Station
Guantanamoo
Cuba
F. J. Moses
Meyer
State Department
Atlantic
Key West
Nashville
Paducah
Dow
Guantanamo
United States
Santiago
Department
Gomez
Beupre
Wanta
Paduesh
Attempted assassination of Chinese premier at government house
In Pekin President Yuan Shi Kai and Premier Tang Shao Yi met with officials when Chang Ting Ling, a former official ousted from his post, burst into the room and fired five shots at the premier. All bullets missed. Chang was overpowered and arrested.
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PEKIN
Yuan Shi Kai
Tang Shao Yi
Chang Ting Ling
Chang
Roosevelt Wins in New Jersey Campaign Tour Entry
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt arrived in New Jersey from New York to open his Jersey campaign at the Outlook Office then proceed to Paterson for a Thursday speech. He showed jovial spirits and avoided predictions of Jersey results while hinting at another victory. Roosevelt did not comment on Senator La Follette, who entered the Jersey race early and spoke in Jersey City the previous night.
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Outlook Office
Jersey
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Ysterday
Gomme
New Jersey
Paterson
N. J
la Follette
Sroosevelt
Jersey City
Marion Byrd Rearrested in Hillsville Courtroom Shooting
Wytheville report: Marion Byrd, freed after a $1,000 recognition, rearrested in Pulaski for alleged participation in the Hillsville courthouse shooting. Prosecution cites new evidence. trial of Claude Allen continues with witnesses and planned read testimony from Floyd Allen case.
Trial updates on Allen and Massie shooting case
Details from court reveal weak links to Marion Allen while Floyd Allen faces murder charges. Witness testimony questions who fired first at Judge Massie as Claude Allen’s role is scrutinized. Prosecutors seek release of Marion with his own surety as July 8 court date approaches.
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Allen
Floyd
Floyd Alen
Marion
Joseph
Wyser
Baldwin
Wythe Court
Claude Allen
Thornton L. Massie
D. W. Bolen
Floyd Allen
Massie
W. D. Tompkins
Carroll
March Tith
Sidna Allen
Mussic
Roosevelt Likely Nominee Amid GOP Fears
Clinch Valley News notes the famous Lincoln saying may be unfounded and suggests Roosevelt will be nominated. It criticizes the Republican Party as prone to making a foolhardy move at the expected moment.
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Lincoln
Roosevelt
Clinch Valley News
Doctors Adviser Endorses Dana in Hospital Fear
Mrs Mary Herberge of St Louis Missouri says she suffered ten weeks with worn troubles and four doctors planned surgery. She avoided operation after using Cardus from Chattanooga Medicine Co. The ad claims rapid improvement, weight gain, and renewed strength, with a request to write for instructions and a home treatment booklet.
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St. Louis
Mary Herbergeer
N. B
Chattanooga Medicine Co
Chattanooga, Tenn
Woman's Department Fashions and Fads of the Season
The piece surveys current fashion trends with Venetian lace trims, fine net jabots, flowered satin ribbons, and new glove shades in gray tan and castor. It notes Rembrandt hats, shadow lace millinery, and sashes matching parasols, stockings, or millinery. Also describes lace, nets, and buttoned Louie XII style dresses, plus new corsage fastenings and front bodicedetails.
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Paris
Doctor Hill the Exile in Ohio Politics
Dr John Wesley Hill a New York divine and Taft ally claims strong political success in Ohio after meeting President Taft in Cincinnati. He boasts of delivering ninety four speeches there and predicts favorable outcomes, challenging skeptical reporter Gus Karger on the political mood.
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United States
Ohio
Zeeger
Cincinnati
Dr. Hill
Karger
Hill
John Wesley Hill
New York
Taft
Gus Karger
The
The Germs Downfall and the Dread Bacilli
A verse on microbes and the rise of medical science against unseen foes. It notes how doctors use toxin, serum, and serum to combat infection, ends with a doubt and a call to action.
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Dot
Bacili
Albanians Rebel as Turkish Forces Brace for Action
Hundreds of Albanians concentrate at Malissori to oppose Turkish rule. General Levy is proclaimed commander in chief of the insurgents as Turkish authorities hold troop trains in readiness for soldiers.
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Salonika
Turkey
Malissori
Levy
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