Democrats call for statewide convention open to all
Democrats discuss calling the State chairman to convene a statewide convention in Richmond to declare the party platform and principles. They argue the party must set standards, with attention to statewide prohibition and other major issues before candidates declare themselves. A January convention in Richmond is favored.
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Ghmond
Lee
Ees
Conlinen
Tima
City Democratic Committee
Anti-Saloon League
General Assembly
Anti- Saloon League
Auch
Anti-Saloom League
Bilgsom
Central Committee
The Right Number Instructs Hygiene Class On Soft Diet
A teacher lectures a junior hygiene class advising caution with hard foods. Students are warned against chewing nuts and hard candies to prevent dental or jaw injuries.
Taft Visits Panama City In Diplomatic Preparations
President Taft arrived by steamship in Panama City and was greeted with public interest. The visit aims to discuss negotiations between the United States and Colombia, with plans for palace preparations and city inspections underway. John Barrett will travel to Colombia to assist in renewed diplomatic efforts between Colombia and Panama.
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Colon
Baptist Missionary Union Meets in Culpeper
The Virginia Baptist Missionary Union held four days of sessions in Culpeper with about 200 delegates. Mrs W Va presided and Mrs Thomas served as secretary. Attendees voiced enthusiasm and voted to meet again next year in Richmond.
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Culpeper
M ! Baptist Church
Sess
W. Va
Richmon
Theirginia
Richmond
Thomas
Murder by Knife Ends Life in Richmond Tray
Lawrence Pitts dies after a stabbing by Gus Holland in a case heard by a coroner’s jury. Eye witnesses place Holland with a bottle in Cun ning Alley, Pitts sought a drink and was struck through the ribs near Seventeenth Street. Pitts died before medical help, Holland was captured and held for further action.
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Lawrence Pitts
Gus Holland
Pitts
Holland Oon
Seventeenth Streets
Hold
W. C. Tune
Hollands
Jenee Siege
Southern Railway
Gehring
Holland
Jane Meekins
Charles Harris
Lyman Haskins
Charles Bland
Joseph Ams
Henry Overton
Megre
Taylor
Young Massachusetts Senator-Elect Aims for Records
Iman Hoar, twenty, Middlesex District senator-elect and Harvard student, pursues law, writes to prove law value, runs a news agency, patents a waterproof blanket, and serves as Free State League secretary and Concord town treasurer. He is also Boy Scout master and Harvard Cavalry trumpeter, grandnephew of the late Senator Hoar. His father died in 1898.
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Hile
Harvard
Senate
Getti
Sage
Free State League
Concord Town Committee
Boy Scouts of Concord
Harvard Cavalry
Senator Hoar
Roanoke Times Attacks Rev James Cannon Jr
The Roanoke Times censures Rev James Cannon Jr accusing him of acting as a dictator among clergymen and misusing his Methodist Conference position to attack rivals and boost his own Richmond newspaper enterprise. The paper likens him to Theodore Roosevelt and deflates his influence.
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Richmond
Roanoke Times
James Cannons, Jr
Theodore Roosevelt
Virginia Methodist Church
Annanias Club
Virginia
Roosevelt
Methodist Church
James Cannon
Cannon
Marine Sausage Feat Ends With Dismissal
Annapolis marine Paul Lawton, claiming to be the champion sausage eater of the Marine Corps, devoured 36 hot dogs at Schonewell's saloon in Baltimore and drank one glass of beer. After attempting a 37th, a clash led to his arrest for disturbing the peace. Police Justice Loden dismissed the case.
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Baltimore
Schonewell
Paul Lawton
Annapolis
Lawton
Marine Corps
Loden
Democrats Plan to Clinch Victory in Congress
Washington special reports Democratic leaders prepare a strategy to solidify the next House majority to avoid bolters and ensure party cohesion. Rep James Hay of Virginia is named as a possible candidate, while Champ Clark’s Speakership bid hinges on support for a committee on committees from the caucus.
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Washington, D. C
Champ Clark
Missouri
Washington
Carlin
Virginia
Clark
House
James Hay
Resta
Hous
Keith
Democrats push reform on committees in Congress
A political debate asserts support for a committee on committees and reform measures. Democrats on the Eastern seaboard promise to back changes to balance House appointments, with Hay of Virginia as a potential challenger if Clark resists reform. The presidency is seen as the prize driving party unity and Jeffersonian governance.
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Hay
Virginia
Tr. Clark
Democratic Party
Three Jett family feud leaves three injured and one dead
In Bristol Tennessee a family feud over money ends with Scott Jett fatally shot. William Jett and Clarence Jett clash, Scott Jett opens fire, and the father wounds his other son. Police have not arrested anyone. The Jett family ranks among Scott County Virginia’s wealthiest.
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Bristol
Tenn
Jett
Scott County
Ehet
Scott Jett
William Jett
Clarence Jett
John W. Jett
Phonograph War Grinds On in Philadelphia Neighbors
In Philadelphia the Le Dana family at 1808 North Nineteenth Street and the Dummers at 1905 keep rival phonographs blasting for years. The Le Dana machine plays Has Anyone Here Seen Kelly for 170 hours, the Dummers’ a rendition of America. Neighbors threaten police action to halt the public nuisance.
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Philadelphia
Harry le Dana
Nineteenth Street
Pletcher Dummer
le Dana
Kely
Amerca
Yard of Pork Joke Tells Welsh Humor Tale
Rev Jeunes humorous tale from Yeungsatown Telegram features Rev Jones running a store in his hometown. A resident asks for a yard of pork for six shillings, pays, then receives three pigs feet to complete the yard. The joke highlights the clever shopkeeper and amused customer.
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Robert B Humphreys
Jeunes
Mr. Jones
Jones
Bontom
Ile
Yeungsatown
Champ Clark Likely Next Speaker In House
St Louis reports Congressman Champ Clark traveling to Washington to work on the forthcoming session. He declares belief he will be elected speaker with no other member having announced candidacy. He attributes Democratic success to opposition to House rules and tariff law and pledges a reasonable cautious revision.
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Louis
Champ Clark
Washington
Congress
House
Clark
Alleged Poisoner Begins Defense in Wheeling Case
In Wheeling West Virginia Mrs Laura F Schenck is held without bail amid a murder inquiry into millionaire John O Schenck arsenic poisoning. Prosecutor Handlan expects further arrests while defense lawyers confer with Mrs Schenck who remains under guard and calm through custody.
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Defauls
John ©. Schenck
Laura F. Schenck
Pittsburg
Schenck
Handian
Gregory Ackerman
Ackerman
Chicago
A Lesson to English a Lesson on Encroached Time
In a London Tit-Bits note a humorous scene unfolds at the foreign office where Lady Landsdowne guides a Japanese visitor. She corrects his English misstep with a punning example about encroached and hencroached, eliciting a realization from the guest as he learns proper usage.
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Lord Lansdowne
London
Tablet to mark grave of Edward S. Brown in Richmond
State Law Librarian Scott drafts a tablet inscription honoring Edward S. Brown for forty years as a faithful assistant in the State Law Library. He seeks suggestions to improve the text and expects to raise funds soon for the marker.
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Richmond
W. Scott Bee
Edward S. Brown
Brown
Scott
Bench and
Bar of
Virginia
Edwards
State Law Library
Variations of Love in an Eastern Telegraph Office
An agitated young woman disrupted a telegraph office by tearing three blanks into halves and presenting them each in turn, the fragments suggesting a distressed attempt to convey a message before the scene ends.
Harsh farewell notes read by anxious operator
A distressed caller hands an operator torn messages. The first says All is over I never wish to see you again The second Do not write or try to see me at present The third asks Can you take the next train Lip Pincott's reports a tense exchange between lovers and a hurried request.
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Feauesting
Boy Accused Of Pouring Oil On Victim And Fire Ordeal
Special- Philip Seckler, fifteen, is accused of pouring kerosene on Flore Banardo and throwing him into a bonfire on a Bronx street. Banardo, teen master, suffered severe burns to head, neck, shoulders and chest and was hospitalized in critical condition. Seckler, recently released from the Catholic Protectory, was nabbed by detectives after returning to his home for Sunday dinner. He claims he was only pouring water on Banardo.
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New York
Philip Seckler
Flore Banardo
East Two Hundred and Fourteenth Street
Seckler
White Plains Road
Carpenter Avenue
Bronx
Flore
Banardos
Harlem Detective Bureau
Remy and
Brown
Remy
Children’s Society
Children’s Court
Lore
Trousers Play Important Part In Virginia Appeal
In Richmond Virginia the fate of Charles Fountain, a convicted murderer, hinges on an appellate ruling after a prior ten year sentence. An exhibit from Fountain’s trousers was once sent to Richmond, but the court refused a rehearing and upheld prior decisions.
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Charles Fountain
Louisa County
Virginia Court of Appeals
Fountain
Burney Bunch
Richmond
Fur Court
Washington, Alexandria and Mt. Vernon Railway Company
Alfred S. Mason
Corporation Court of
Alexandria
Mason
Pyaar
William Phillipa
Dryden
Negroes to Aid Two Negro Reform Organizations
A mass meeting in Richmond discussed supporting the True Reformers and the Mechanics Savings Bank crisis. John Mitchell Jr. urged a permanent chairman and an extraordinary session to address liabilities, with Grand Worthy Master A Holmes speaking. Attendees favored guaranteeing the defunct bank's debts and creating an advisory white and black commission to restore confidence and ensure orderly support.
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Richmond
John Mitchell, Jr
Mechanics’ Savings Bank
Delix
A. Holmes
Holmes
Order
Savings Bank
Buckwheat Demand Slips Amid New Jersey Overproduction
In New Jersey overproduction hits buckwheat mills as consumers shift away from buckwheat cakes. A Allamuchy miller notes Americans imitate European habits and prefer American grub, while buckwheat intake declines from daily tallies of up to forty-two to around twenty.
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New York
Theer
New Jersey
Allamuchy
Port Colden
Navy Yard Estimate Cut By 800000
Secretary Meyer will cut 300000 from navy yard estimates after an inspection trip. Charleston yard may be kept as a torpedo boat station as experts say it would cost more than 2,000,000 to open up to modern heavy draft battleships. Portsmouth, Puget Sound, and Mare Island yards are not to be interfered with.
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Washington, D. C
Meyer
Navy Yards
Charleston
D. C
Portsmouth
N. B
Puget Sound
Mara Island
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