Hair Goods and Other Classified Ads in Richmond
Classified items include hair goods and wigs from Third Street in Richmond Virginia as well as liniment and nerve bone remedies. Also listed are motion picture school admissions automotive trade training cabbage plants and shorthand and banking course offers with locations in North and South Carolina and Lynchburg Virginia.
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Associated Motion Picture Schools
Sheridan Road
Chicago
Carolina Auto School
Charlotte
N. C
Petitioners Seek Commution for Claude Allen Before Governor Mann
A broad committee led by Dr George W M Daniel and involving Judge N H Hairston and Roanoke lawyer R H Willis presented a large petition to Governor Mann asking clemency for Claude Allen. The governor scheduled a further session for Friday at noon to hear more petitions, with railroad representatives urging life imprisonment rather than execution. The case remains under a final hearing with no further discussions until that date.
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Richmond
George W. M. Daniel
First Baptist Church
N. H. Hairston
R. H. Willis
Roanoke
Allens
W. 5S. Forbes
Olk Miller
Mann
Claude Allen
McDaniel
C. 5. Smithson
W. A. Jenkins
Crewe
Norfolk and Western
Governor Mann
Aint
Mr. Jenkins
Tme
Denial Issued On Abeahead Departure Rumor
In Washington yesterday officials denied the report that Corporation Commissioner William F. Abeahead left for the capital. Clerk Wilson of the Corporation Commission echoed the denial. Judge Rheald Washington noted the matter as official business.
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Washington
William F. Abea
Virginia Senanrs
Claude Allen
Clerk Wilson
Corporation Commission
Rheald Washington
Claude Allen Faces Death Row In Virginia Prison
Claude Allen sits in the county jail awaiting execution with Floyd Allen and other relatives in Hillsville Virginia. Judge N H Hairston and attorney N H Willis seek to delay the sentence while public interest and petitions surge. The condemned men express resolve and concern for their families as the legal process unfolds.
Many Official Changes In N And W Rail System
The Norfolk and Western announces a series of promotions and transfers. Needles becomes general superintendent, V A Rios moves to succeed Needles in Crewe, and B E Blake advances to Shenandoah division. Heston and Jenks receive top posts with several trainmasters reassigned across divisions.
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Ihe
Opaerating
Needles
Rient
Hinges V. A. Rios
Norfolk
Crewe
Mir
Genewel
Bkasieran
BE. A. Blake
Suoh
Shenandoah
Mitun
Heston
Hacdford
Mr. Blake
J. Re. Keonts
Norfolk Division
Hi¢eston
W. J. Jenks
Pocahontas Division
Western General Division
Woman Strangled to Death Case Dr A P Baskin Testifies
Medical examiner Dr A P Baskin testified under oath that the countess died by strangulation rather than drowning noting external pressure on the throat and mouth. Coroner Dr Schultze supported the finding as lawyers clashed over autopsy photos and bank account evidence in the Gibson case.
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Wan
A. P. Basking
Weistant
Plehysi
V. Haskhig
Schultze
Pagatciank 7 Tek
York Cea
Gibson
Tompkins
Ing
Gilson
Hasking
Ephottts
Elder
Stabo
Lynchburg Man Commits Suicide in Greensboro Hotel
Special-Wil ton KR. Dillard of Lynchburg, a Carroll-Adams Shoe Co. traveler, died by drinking carbolic acid in a Greensboro hotel. He leaves a wife and three children, was well connected locally, and was brother to Samuel Billard who died after a Richmond hotel skylight fall.
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Lynchburg
Wilton KR. Dillard
Greensboro
Carroll-Adams Shoe Company
Baltimore
Samuel Billard
Richmond
Catapult Aeroplane Test Marks Aviation Milestone
Naval aviation experts hailed Tuesday’s test of a catapult device for launching aeroplanes from battleships. Captain Washington I Chambers led the project. the system uses a thirty foot steel plank and compressed air to push a car-mounted aeroplane. Lieutenant T G Ellyson reached about forty miles per hour on the plank before launch as the hydrofoil aircraft rose off the platform. Eugene B Ely.
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Washington
Washington I. Chambers
Navy
T. G. Ellyson
Eugene B. Ely
Overshore Professor Rears Seventy Chickens At Home
A local science instructor, Professor Kroen, houses seventy hens in a home henhouse on Death Hill. He tests every two days with rotary nests to monitor laying and welfare. Each morning he visits the henery with a sick chicken and applies a cure. Over the last eleven months his flock produced 10,000 eggs with few losses.
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Uehl Bo
PB. Kroen
Rotary
Embattled cashier indicted for bank embezzlement
A. Randolph Howard, once a leading figure in Conway, was indicted for embezzling 14 000 dollars from the bank where he worked. He was bailed at 4 000 dollars for a December 5 court appearance. Attorneys Carter and Godlrich advised him as bank officers investigated and a deed of trust allegedly covered the shortage.
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Carter and
Godlrich
Ti Ih
CC O'Connor Goolrich
Comptroller’s Office
Henry Sink Bail Bond Raised to Twenty Thousand
Henry Sink the slayer of Major Board had bail raised from 10000 to 20000 by Judge Campbell. His case is set for the February term and promises a hard fought legal battle with H N Dillard for the Commonwealth and Link defended by Dillard Lee Hughes Dillard and Pittsylvania County’s Commonwealth's Attorney.
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Ocky Mount
Va— Special
Henry Sink
Major Board
Campbell
H. N. Dillard
The
Commonwealth
H. D. Dillard
Hairston
Link
Dillard and
Lee
Hughes Dillard
Pittsylvania County
Negro Offers Skin For White Girl In Philadelphia
Seven men appeared at St. Agnes Hospital on Thursday offering to donate skin to heal six year old Mary Farrara. Doctors refused due to risk after the death of Billy Rugh from a skin graft. The father consents to his skin donation if the operation occurs on Sunday and does not disrupt his work as a cigarmaker.
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Philadelphia
St. Agnes Hospital
Mary Farrara Wasa Negro
Mary
Billy
Rugh
Gary
Tnd
Newsie
Moonshine Raid Proves Successful in Franklin County
Special Deputy Collector R F Henry returned from a raid on moonshine stills near Madicott Franklin county. He reports stills destroyed beer and apple pomace poured out. News of the approach prompted operators to hide fermenters and copper stills. Fires burned as liquor flowed and operators barely escaped.
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Roanoke
R. F. Henry
Madicott
Franklin County
Henry
Bryan as Ambassador Nominated by Courier Journal
A Louisville editorial proposes William Jennings Bryan as ambassador to the court of St James. It argues the move would avert friction between Bryan and President Wilson and ease political tensions with Champ Clark and Oscar Underwood.
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TY Westevaui
Ve oriei-Journal
William J.gi
Bizguu Ioes
Thassauor
England
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Mr. Bryan
Wilson
Nebraskan
Champ Clark
Oscar Underwood
Courier-Journal
Champ
O&scar
White House
Capitol
Mr. Hreem
Judge Bolen appeals for Claude Allen commute to life
A Virginia judge D W Bolen sends a letter to Governor Mann urging commutation of Claude Allen’s death sentence to life in prison. He argues youth surroundings matter and cites Claude’s behavior and his father Floyd Allen’s temper as factors. He says Claude acted under emotion during the courthouse shooting and lacks proof of premeditation or conspiracy by Claude alone.
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Richmown D
Claude Allen
Carroll
Coe
N. H. Hairston
Penitentia
N. H. Willis
Hairston
A . Claude
Floyd Allen
Father
Man
Hillsville
Claude
Friel Allen
Floyd
Jasper
Ng Edwards
Alberta Edwards
the of Ficer
Sidney Edwarda
Witss
Ps Npho
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Virginia
Richmond
D. W. Bolen
Carroll County
Mann
Bolen
Allen
W. H. Mann
Samuels
Roosevelt splits Republican party amid defeat and taft's farewell
Rhetorical excerpts from Abingdon and nearby papers comment on Roosevelt splitting the GOP, Taft's defeat, Wilson's rise, and political fortune. Quotes note Uncle Joe Cannon and Wickersham remarks about cabinet rooms and future lessons amid a shifting political landscape.
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Roosevelt
Abingdon
Political quips from papers on Wilson and 1916
A collage of brief quotations from various newspapers commenting on Wilson, Roosevelt, and party politics. The items joke about cabinet prospects, campaigns, suffrage, and public figures, with light satire on 1916 elections and wartime era concerns.
Strikers Renew Their Violence in Little Falls
Violence erupted as strikers attacked Special Policeman Jeremiah Garrnett while escorting a mill worker home. Police arrested two women for eye injuries from pepper throwing, and three men from Seeley Island faced charges after threatening workers with death amid I W W activity.
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Little Falls
Jeremiah F. Garrnett
Strcikers
Seeley Island
Escaped Negro Robert Cartright Returns to North Carolina
Robert Cartright, a Norfolk county Negro, escaped twice from state custody and now is back in North Carolina. He had been sent to the penitentiary from Norfolk county and transferred to Edford roads before his first escape. After a second escape months ago he fled to North Carolina where he violated laws and faced an alleged two year sentence. An officer says Cartright will be pursued by an agent of the state penitentiary.
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Richmond
Robert Cartright
Norfolk County
North Carolina
Sterate
Cartright
Edford
Gothend
Ledvek
Trains Delayed By Cows After Stock Car Incident
A Chicago to St Louis route was halted Sunday as two cows escaped a damaged stock car and caused a tunnel disruption. Police and railroad crews attended the scene with minor injuries reported. Authorities investigated the door collapse that allowed the animals to escape.
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T. Louis
Ads Bridge
Whhich
Whitman Opens Hyde Bribery Trial in New York Case
District Attorney Whitman opened the bribery trial of Charlies M. Hyde, former New York City chamberlain, detailing alleged schemes to misuse city funds through the Carnegie Trust Company. He outlined promises of increased city deposits and a $130,000 loan, with a broader claim of over $1,000,000 in misused funds and a $650,000 loss from the Carnegie Trust failure.
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New York
de- Phumg Te Uetendant
Whitman
Charlies MH. Hyde
Ena
Gayner
Wth
Hyde
City of
Joseph G. Robin
Northern Bank
City
Robin
Carncgie
Willem J. Cummings
New York City
Carnegie Trust Company
Trust
Train wreck in Virginia kills pay train porter
In Suffolk near Kelford a Atlantic Coast Line pay train crashed into freight train 501 at a 72 mile siding killing Porter Harrison Uryant instantly and injuring Engineer Weathers of Wilmington likely fatally. Fireman John Samuels perished crushed beneath wreckage as wreck crews secured money. Pay master A Ed Lynch unhurt.
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Suffolk
Kelford
N. C
Harrison Uryant
Engineer Weathers
Wilmington
John Samuels
Union Men Defeat Move for New Party at AFL Convention
In Rochester New York Socialist voters failed to push for a National Union Laborarty at the American Federation of Labor convention. After a bitter debate the amendment was rejected by 165 to 43 as Delegate Thomas Rowe cited the Federation Constitution forbidding partisan politics. The chair sustained the ruling 161 to 9.
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Rochester
N.Y
American Federation of Labor
National Union Laborarty
Thomas Rowe
Flint Glass Workers' Union
Rowe
Bandits Rob Train Between Mystic and Ottumwa
A Southwestern Lintel on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railroad was held up Tuesday by masked men between Mystic Iowa and Ottumwa Iowa. The bandits boarded at Mystic and robbed passengers then forced them to raise hands before pulling away at Ottumwa. Police arrested five suspects within hours.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Mystic
Mystle
Earthquake Devastation Reported in Mexican City
Delayed wires from the quake indicate a heavy loss of life in the Mexican capital area. Early counts suggest around one hundred people were killed as tremors struck Tuesday. Rescue teams race to reach collapsed structures amid continuing aftershocks.
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Mexico City
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