Chesapeake Steamsinp Company Advertises Service
Chesapeake Lire announces effective November 4 1907 elegant passenger steamers Columbia and Augusta for Old Point Comfort and Norfolk Virginia depart Baltimore daily except Sunday at 7 00 PM arrive Old Point Comfort 6 00 AM and Norfolk 7 30 AM with connections to rail lines to South and Southwest York River Line ships Charlotte and Ralti more run to West Point and Richmond VA depart Baltimore daily except Sunday at 6 00 PM arrive West Point 7 45 AM and Richmond 9 20 AM notes varying calls at Gloucester Point Clements and Almonds on specific weekdays lists ticket offices and key staff including Arthur W Robson Reuben Postre K J Chism TY McDannall Dr A M Marchant and dentist office hours.
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New York
Norfolk
Granby Street
Atlantic
Bing
B. L. Bugg
Norfolk, Va
Chesapeake Lire
Columbia
Augusta
Old Point Comfort
Baltimore
Charlotte
Baltimore Street
Light and Lee Streets
Reuben Postre
Ceneral
K. J. Chism
Attorney Leslie C. Garnett Opens Practice
Leslie C. Garnett, Attorney at Law, of Mathews Virginia, will practice in the courts of Mathews Middlesex and Gloucester counties.
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Leslie C. Garnett
Mathews
Middlesex
Gloucester
Miller and C H Mathews Photographing Sopot Spectacle
Theo Miller and Mathews C H enhance an Inday Pictures shot of a silver soldered spectacle in Sopot. The project highlights technical engraving, style refinement, and a showcase of intricate workmanship.
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F. Theo. Miller
Mathews C. H
Cowthorpe Oak of Yorkshire a 500 year old giant
A New York Sun report recounts the Cowthorpe oak near Wetherby, Yorkshire, a 500 year old tree. Measurements show a 54 foot girth, 11 by 9 foot cavity, 37 feet tall, with 25 props. Acorns appeared in 1901 and 1905 as the tree is memorialized.
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Cowthorpe
Wetherby
Yorkshire
New York Sun
Quotable Quip About Jones at Golf Club
A brief humorous exchange notes that Jones is the club's most prominent member but never plays golf. The comeback suggests he simply pays his dues, highlighting the social role over athletic participation.
Horses Stampede in Fire at Lassiter Stable
A large fire destroyed the Lassiter sale and livery stable near Richmond injuring three men and killing twenty five horses. About 250 horses stampeded from the burning building, with thirty horses later reported held for redemption ten miles below the city. Incendiary origin suspected. building and stock loss around 39000 dollars.
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Richmond
Joseph Lassiter
Ree
W. R. Crowder
Charles Randolph
G. H. Crowder
Judge Halts Prize Fight in Norfolk Court
In Norfolk, Judge Waddill issued an order prohibiting a proposed prize fight between Herman Miller of Baltimore and Gus Gardner of Philadelphia near Willoughby Spit. Gardner was arrested at a hotel while plans to move fighters aboard the steamer Rosedale and stage the bout in Chesapeake Bay were halted. Gardner faces charges of attempting to engage in an illegal prize fight. Miller reportedly remained aboard the Rosedale when the arrest occurred.
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Norfolk
Waddill
Herman Miller
Baltimore
Gus Gardner
Philadelphia
Willoughby Spit
Rosedale
Chesapeake
Gardner
Norfolk County Police
Miller
From Bridge to Death in James River Suicide
An unidentified man aged about 35 to 40 leapt from the Ninth Street Bridge into the James River. He removed his hat and umbrella, gripped a nearby telephone cable, swung for a minute, then fell. The river was dredged by boats with dynamite but no body or identifying clues was recovered.
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Lynchburg
Ninth Street
James River
Lynchburg Seeks Clearing House Scrip to Boost Local Trade
At a large joint meeting of the Board of Trade and the Retail Merchants Association, a resolution urged local banks to issue clearing house scrip to protect local circulation. Ninety business houses pledged to accept the certificates as legal tender, as banks face money shortages from New York.
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Lynchburg
Lergely
Board of Trade
Retail Merchants’ Association
New York
Wright pleads guilty to mail fraud in insurance scheme
Danville Virginia article reports Angnatus Wright a black man pleaded guilty to fraudulent use of the mails. He ran the Consolidated Order of Friendship insurance scheme swindling many African Americans in Virginia and Tennessee and received a one year sentence at the Atlanta penitentiary. The grand jury investigated the alleged frauds by large bonded distillers but has not reported yet.
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Danville
Angnatus Wright
Wright
Consolidated Order of Friendship
Virginia
Tennessee
Atlanta
Free Port Found During Dredging Yields Cash Prize
Fredericksburg special report notes two King George County youths named Wirolm Frank and Francis Miller discovered a fin box while oyster dredging in the Potomac near Colonial Peach. Opening it revealed 800 dollars, consisting of 400 in paper currency and 400 in silver.
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Fredericksburg
Wirolm Frank
Francis Miller
King George County
Potomac River
Woodstock Declares Dry After County Election
Shenandoah County Circuit Court rules the August 12 Woodstock local option vote legally conducted with the dry side winning by one. The ruling closes the county’s last two saloons which had each paid a $500 Veenke to the town two years ago when the town had gone wet.
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Woodstock
Circuit Court of
Shenandoah County
Langhorne Brother of Mrs Gibson Dies in Mountain Home
Harry Langhorne son of Chiswell D Langhorne of Mirador Virginia died at his Blue Ridge Mountain home near Greenwood after a fortnight of lung trouble. He married Genevieve Peyton on November 20 1903 and is survived by five sisters and two brothers including Mrs T Moncure Perkins and Mrs William Waldorf Astor.
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Charlottesville
Har Langhorne
Chiswell D. Langhorne
Mirador
Blue Ridge Mountains
Langhorne
Greenwood
Genevieve Peyton
Bradley Peyton
Rocky
Redinald’ Brooks
Boston
William Waldorf Astor
Cliveden
England
Charles ‘Pana Gibson
New York
Nora Langhorne
F. Woaene
William HA. Langhorne
New York Man Dies After Law Declared Defunct
Robert Foran of New York City, once declared dead while a ward of the Little Sisters of the Fourt, died days ago. His wife Mrs Margaret Foran had letters of administration and the estate was divided among the children. He left two brownstone houses on West Forty-fourth Street and two large mansions on the East Side, valued around forty thousand dollars. The case arose when he tried to cash a life insurance policy before death.
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Richmond
Spe Ja
Robert Foran
Es Little Sisters of the
Fourt
Mra
Margaret Foran
Hai
New York
Wer
Forty-fourth Street
Friven Ream
Steamer Dr. W. J. Newbill Burns at Charters Creek
The steamer Dr W J Newbill belonging to Capt Hansford C Bayton of Whitestone burned at the Charters Creek dock Sunday night about eight. Fire origin unknown. the boat was totally destroyed and partly insured. Built at Urbanna with Baltimore machinery installed two years ago costing 16000 dollars. Used for summer excursions and winter mail service between Urbana and Irvington.
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Irvington
W. J. Newbill
Hansford C. Bayton
Whitestone
Charters Creek
Newbill
Urbanna
Baltimore
Urbana
Mysterious Handbag Exchange With Jewel Loss
Woman Marker loses jewels and silver plate valued at 1,000 in a station handbag swap with a stranger who swapped back a bag matching hers. A Farmville man’s name was found inside the seized grip, sending authorities to Farmville. Also from Charlottesville a University of Virginia staffer was injured by a yard engine at Union Station. Several foreigners in Bristol reportedly died after consuming poisoned wine. Respite for Pinkton is sought from multon’s adviser amid Fulton case.
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Richmond
Charlottesville
J. M. Gallale
Portsmouth
University of Virginia
Southern
Union Station
Ettoevedt
Ahy Ja University
Mospitah
Court records reveal murder case details in Stafford County
Fragmentary OCR notes show a murder case involving Raleigh Cogpér in the Church Court of Stafford County with Commonwealth's Attorney Lin Walker and Ballard mentioned. A dying declaration and discharge of a defendant are referenced amid unclear dates and terms from 1820 era language.
Virginia Weddings In Lynchburg And Suffolk Reported
Miss Fannie J. Caskie wed Donald G. Moore at First Presbyterian Church with a full wedding party. Also in Suffolk, Lillie Carroll Brinkley married Hirash Ralph Artman of Birmingham Abs. y Rev Dr W W Staley. Attendants included Julia Brinkley and George Artman. The couple plan a trip to Chicago Yellowstone Portland San Francisco before settling in Birmingham. Also Blanche Evaline Dixon married Frank Ernest Murrie at the Dixon home with Rev H H Rawlings officiating. The groom works at Riverside cotton mills and they will reside locally after a northern honeymoon.
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Lynchburg
Fannie J. Caskie
George B. Caskie
Donald G. Moore
First Presbyterian Church
James Dunlo Om
Paul C. Edmunds
James R Caskie
W. S. Caskie
N.C. Manson, Jr
Jellis’ Nicholas
Peter Williams Mosby Ryland
W.W. L
Main Street ‘Methodist Church
Riverside Cotton Mills
Murrie
Campbell Kin of Luray and Noted Roanoke Elder Pass Away
Samuel A. Campbell formerly of Luray and brother of Sheriff Illiam Campbell ex mayor Thomas R. Campbell and A J Campbell, aged 82, died in Washington leaving several children. Also noted are the deaths of Mrs Maude Pierce Smithson of Danville at 36 and Thomas A Jennings of Roanoke aged 81.
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Luray
Samuel A. Campbell
Illiam Campbell
Page County
Thomas R. Campbell
Washington
A. J. Campbell
Luray Caverns
Danville
Maude Pierce Smithson
Charles C. Smithson
Durgan jailed for theft of mispaired shoes
John Durgan received thirty days in jail after stealing two shoes from a local merchant. He later returned seeking an exchange, which led to his arrest.
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Roanoke
John Durgan
Richmond (Special) Merchant Tailor Files Bankruptsy Petition
Henry Schuurman a merchant tailor petitions in voluntary bankruptcy. Schedules show assets of 12072.25 dollars and liabilities of 21169440 dollars.
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Richmond
Henry Schuurman
Fragmented world notes touch on public servants and global trivia
A garbled miscellany cites New York public servant density, Swiss scale weights, Beira's metal town, whale sleep conjecture, meat portions, and various oddities. It mentions Tokyo figures, Carnegie hero fund, medals as of 1907, and other scattered notes on industry, religion, and history.
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New York City
Switzerland
Beira
Africa
Ambition Versus Love in History and Law of Influence
A fragment reflective piece contrasts ambition and love as driving forces in history. It cites Caesar and Pompey, Napoleon, and Cleopatra, pondering whether education and science eclipse Cupid. The author argues the tension between spiritual ennoblement and material progress shapes humanity.
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Alexander
Pompey
Napoleon
Julius Caesar
Swetonius
Cleopatra
Euncepe
Epopey
Gxbintus
Cassius
Cito
Cupid
Photographing Invisible Objects by Invisible Light
A historical note discusses using visible light and ultraviolet methods to photograph wholly invisible specimens. It highlights microscopes capable of viewing with special light, noting Carl Zeiss equipment and potential to revolutionize microscopy with higher magnifications and new insights into biology and cellular structure.
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E.G. Canin
Oba
Im HitheFto
Antiyia
Carl Zpiss
Optisete
Werkstatte
Frarmany
Maplov
Harper's Magazing
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Tokio
Andrew Carnegie
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Roegle Sen Ittsbung
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