Shooting of Negro Boy Stirs Up Race Tension in Bristol
Marty L. Brady, hotel steward, shot and killed Robert Weaver, a bellboy, after an incident in the dining room of the Hotel Bristol. Brady seeks bail while facing preliminary hearing amid racial tensions. Witnesses recall the confrontation as the motive for the fatal shot
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Bristol
Marty L. Brady
Hotel
Robert Weaver
Divine Ag Ho
Grady Heepot
Brady
South
Wiht Weaver
Wilson Opposed to Governor Dix in Newark
New York special report states Senator OGorman, representing Governor Wilson, opposes renominating Governor Dix who is backed by Charles F. Murray. The National Committee faced a decision on whether to back a ticket opposed to the presidential nominee. The meeting opened at noon with Acting Chairman McAdoo presiding and members present from several states.
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New York
Dix
Newark
William G. McAdoo
Beldes
McAdoo
O'Gorman
Holla Wells
Missouri
Henry Morgenthau
Josephus Daniel
Robert Pudpeth
Newberey
Wilson
WIS
William F. McCombs
Democratic National Campaign Committee
Hotel Astor
Woodrow Wilson College Men's League
Fourth Class Postmasters On Civil Service List
About 100 delegates from the National League of Postmasters met President Taft at the White House led by Charles A. Stallings to urge placing third and fourth class postmasters on the civil service list to reduce political influence. Taft said he favored the measure but must confer with Postmaster General Hitchcock and Attorney General Wickersham before a final decision on legality.
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Washington, D. C
Charles A. Stallings
National League of Postmasters
Taft
White House
Civil Service
Hitchcock
Wickersham
Ministers Move To Ban Liquor At State Fair
Richmond ministers plan a united protest to bar liquor and off color shows from the State Fair. The Richmond Ministerial Union will meet with Baptist and other denomination leaders to urge exclusion and to organize pulpit action. The Rev B Lacy Hoge denounces liquor sales as harmful, calling for broad civic and religious cooperation to shut them out.
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Richmond
Richmond Ministerial Union
Baptist Ministers’ Association
James Buchanan
Ryland Knicht
W. C. Sale
State Fair liquor sale veto urged by citizens
Citizens urge fair directors to refuse liquor sales at the State Fair, arguing it blights lives and wrecks homes. They claim sales would bring trouble and injury to drinkers and families, stressing that directors should value citizen welfare over temporary dollars. The decision rests with Judge R Courter Scott of Henrico County Circuit Court.
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R. Courter Scott
Henrico County
Taft Opens International Hygiene Congress at Continental Hall
President Taft, honorary president, formally opened the Fifteenth International Congress of Hygiene and Demography at Continental Memorial Hall. Henry P. Walcott presided as delegates from 33 foreign nations gathered to hear his remarks on advances in sanitation, disease prevention, and the Panama Canal’s reliance on modern public health measures.
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Washington
PD. C
Taft
Continental Memorial Hall
Henry P. Walcott
Massachusetts
Tropics
Philippine Islands
Panama Canal
Sidney and Friel Will Learn Shoe Making in Prison
Friel Allen and Sidney Edwards, Carroll county outlaws, sentenced to fifteen and eighteen years, begin shoe cutting in the Richmond penitentiary shop. Major Wood, the superintendent, expects good conduct and discipline, noting Southwestern men adapt well to prison rules. The two will share a cell, aiding companionship but limiting conversation.
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Richmond
Friel Allen
Sidney Edwards
Carroll County
Major Wood
Virginia
Ile
Shiney
Friel
Actress Pat Campbell Improves After Peritonitis Illness
London report says Mrs Pat Campbell the actress, ill for a week with peritonitis, showed slight improvement today after a critical spell that required care at her Kensington Square home with street attention to her condition.
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London
Pat” Campbell
Campbell
Kensington Square
Detective agency recovers funds from express car theft
New Orleans officials report that a detective agency announced the recovery of $45,000 of the $70,000 stolen from a Louisville and Nashville express car last week. The announcement marks a partial return of the missing funds and ongoing investigation.
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New Orleans
Louisville and Nashville
Quips and quirks from old editorials and jokes
A collage of vintage newspaper quips and commentary cites politicians, public figures, dances, and social quirks. It pokes fun at Roosevelt Wilson Taft and others, notes a dry August, jokes about laws in Switzerland, and quotes remarks from various regional papers with playful, satirical tone.
Trusts and politics in a waning sugar season
The letter discusses sugar prices, trust influence, and campaign contributions in a presidential year. It cites Taft, predicts Wilson as next president, and questions trust tactics while urging mercy in justice. It mentions Victor Allen’s acquittal at Wytheville and hopes for clemency for Floyd and Claude to favor the law’s reverence.
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Taft
Wilson
Charlottesville
Sidna and Wesley Get Change of Venue
Sidna Allen and Wesley Barwards of the Carroll county outlaws were arraigned in Hillsville court where they pleaded not guilty. A change of venue was granted, trial set for Wytheville on October 28, and they will be returned to Hillsville until then. The Allen family reunion at jail drew emotional scenes as Sidna wept. Counsel for the defense includes Judge N. H. Oglesby and C. F. Cocke. John L. Lee had considered joining but declined.
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Aml
Brady
Intene
Dora Smith
Biody
Eliza Barker
Deristol
Roanoke
Liina Allen
Wesley Barwards
Carroll County
Hillsville
Waller Staples
Commonwealth
Wytheville
Sidna Allen
Hillisville
Allen
Sidna
N. H. Oglesby
Bristol
C. F. Cocke
John L. Lee
Lynchburg
Piano Makers Strike in New York Over 15 Percent Hike
Several thousand piano makers walk out in New York after firms refuse a 15 percent raise. Steinway and other large firms largely avoid disruption through open shop policies. Union leaders predict up to 10,000 workers idle in time.
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New York
Steinway & Co
Piano, Organ and Musical Instrument Makers’ Union
Makings of a Pugilist
Washington Herald notes a boy showing promise as a future prizefighter. The excerpt stresses his certainty in victory and reluctance to fight anyone he doubts he can overpower, signaling early signs of a champion mindset.
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Washington Herald
Directors Seek Reopening of Standard Oil Dissolution Case
Attorneys for Waters-Pierce Oil ask Missouri courts to reopen the dissolution case and jail John D Rockefeller and other Standard Oil leaders for contempt. They contend the Standard Oil trust still operates, with the New Jersey parent controlling all subsidiaries. About 5,000 deposition pages support their claim, with 3,000 more to be introduced as mandamus proceedings continue.
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New York
Waters-Pierce O1l Company
Department of Justice
Missouri
John D. Rockefeller
John D. Archbold
Standard Oi Company
New Jersey
Dissolution claim over Standard questioned in hearing
Attorneys argue the Utaxolution of the Standard was a sham as executives of Standard Oil and its subsidiaries retain control. They note informal luncheon meetings in the Standard 71 building and allege Rockefeller and associates defied the dissolution order. DOJ readiness to reopen the case hinges on new evidence as hearings resume. October 5 set for mandamus case in Toul.
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Standard
Hronadway
New Jersey
Rockefeller
Archbold
Rockefeler
Geuilty
Misses Wilson On Vacation In Boston Visit
Misses Jessie and Eleanor Wilson daughters of Woodrow Wilson left the Copley Plaza Hotel for a Boston shopping tour before resuming their automobile trip with Mr and Mrs John C Wilson early next week The sisters joked about being the daughter of a presidential candidate and said they were on a vacation while Jessie did settlement work in Philadelphia and Eleanor is an artist.
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Boston
Mass
Jessie
Eleanor Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
Copley Plaza
John C. Wilson
Wilson
Philadelphia
Eleanor
Railroad wage dispute settled after looming three-way strike
Norfolk Virginia reports an official notice that a settlement has been reached on wage and related questions threatening a strike by trainmen on the Chesapeake and Ohio, Virginian, and Norfolk and Western railroads. Details to be released once all signatures are obtained. Labor Commissioner Neill to return to Washington.
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Norfolk
West
Chesapeake and Ohio
Virginian
Norfolk and Western
Neill
Washington
Walked on wager ends with dead man in New Orleans
In New Orleans on September 24 R. Clair Cann and Hawthorne Ellis towed a wheel to the city from Toledo to settle a bet. The other end was held by a man who is dead, leaving the wager unresolved. The piece also notes Roosevelt and Perkins with some political jibes about Bull Moosers and law-made millionaires.
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New Orleans
R. Clair Cann
Hawthorne Ellis
Toledo
Murderer Charlton Faces U S Supreme Court Rift
Porter Charlton, jailed in New Jersey, awaits the U S Supreme Court term opening October 11 to decide if he must be surrendered to Italy for the murder of his wife in Lake Como. The case involves U S Italian diplomatic disputes and questions of extradition authority.
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Queen
Jersey City
N. J
Supreme Court
Petersburg
Wshington
D. C
Porter Charlton
New Jersey
Italy
Lake Don
Charlton
Europe
America
United States
Foulece Chariton
Porto Rico
Selection of good parents keynote of prosperity
Washington D C Special three per cent of the human race is linked to pauper, feeble minded, insane, criminal and other traits. Dr Woods Hutchinson argues heredity dominates but critics dispute the extent. He urges negative eugenics and selective breeding to curb reproduction in deemed unfit.
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Washington, D. C
Woods Hutchinson
New York
American Public Health Association
New Willard
Hutchinson
S. Adolphus Knopf
P. H. Bryce
Ottawa
Canada
Hhastehinson
Hutchinsen
Mutchinsen
Hresa
Weper
Nerves of Tombs fugitive recaptured in Philadelphia chase
George Witcon escaped from the Tombs July and was arrested at West Philadelphia station after robbing Miss Price in Atlantic City. He admitted the escape plan while police noted his daring tale and photographed him. The capture followed a made-over escape route using a manhole and a keeper’s revolver.
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New York
George Witcon
Tombs
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
West Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Rrailroad
Wilson
Raymond Forsbrey
Dougherty
Miss Price
Nevada
Véetina
Misa Price
George Wilson
Haines
Mcdowell
Witson
Geores Witson
Kheld
Athantic City
George Witson
Tescape
Keynes’ Gallery
William Houlihan
Houlihan
Alarm Over Marines Safe Passage In Nicaragua Battle
Washington reports a tense crisis as 900 Marines marching from Managua toward Granada face a possibly superior rebel force led by Zeledon. Rear Admiral Southerland commands about 2000 troops inland, with ships blocked at Corinto, while officials fear heavy rebel casualties and disrupted communications.
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Washington
D. C
Granada
State Department
Tenth Infantry
Panama
Nicaragua
Managua
Wasilington
General Zeledon
Barrancas
State
Navy Department
Southerland
Corinto
Admiral Southerland
Washington, D. C
Pampasanto
Menarod Zeledon
Weitzel
United States
San Jorge
Rivas
Zeladon
Jinotpe
Macis
Ding
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B. Lacy Hoge
Hoge
Timor
Sidney and
State Prison
Mrs. Campbell Better
Danville Register
Roosevelt
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Hanover Herald
Sandy Valley News
Reublican Convention
J. Slemp
Roanoke Times
Cliftton Forge Review
Warren Sentinel
Covington Dispatch
Switzerland
Bristol Herald-Courier
Washington Society
Narragansett
Roanoke News
Albany Journal
Denver
Weather Bureau
Mr. Ervan
Sisera
Ereet
Pryan
Banquo
Norfolk Virginian-Pilot
Victor Allen
Floyd
Claude
Valley Virginian
Wesley
Misses Wilson
Gow
James Whitcomb Riley
Philip Gibbs
Mr. Slemp
Bull
Gate City Herald
Perkins
Bill Flinn
Ledger-Dispatch
U. . Court
Hoboken
Lake Como
Mary
Tally
Mans
Pune
Laly
Knox
Drone du Vice Beetes Carps
Nemps Charlton
United States Supreme Court
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