Boy Scouts Grip on Richmond Aims to Shape Local Youth
Richmond leaders form the local executive committee to promote the Boy Scout movement in the city. Major Sel Cutching chairs, with S. K. McKee as secretary and John C. Hagen as treasurer. The group plans literature from the national headquarters and a possible visit by the national field secretary. The movement emphasizes outdoor life, self reliance, and charitable acts among boys aged fourteen to eighteen, using scoutcraft, first aid, life saving, and nature study.
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Yoxtian Association
Virginia
Hichmond
America
Ocean
Richmond
New York
Sel Cutching
S. K. McKee
John C. Hagen
E. C. Massie
D. ©. Richardson
R. L. Straus
James C. Harwood
HH. D. C. Maclachlan
Frank I. Bates
P. G. Orwig
Boy Scout Movement
Boy Scouts of America
Young Men’s Christian Association
Young Men's Hebrew Association
Young Men's Catholic Association
Boys’ Brigade
John Smith
Taft 1912 Boom Opens at Republican League Convention
The 1912 campaign kickoff unfolds in New York as the Republican National League opens two days of sessions Carnegie Hall hosts Georgia delegates led by Henry M Jackson aiming to boost Taft. North Carolina also backs Taft while Roosevelt avoids attendance. President Taft plans remarks on progressives and tariff. A Hotel Astor banquet for Taft hosts 2100 invitations. Hammond outlines party guidance.
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New York
Republican National League
Roosevelt
United States
New York City
Taft
Carnegie Hall
Georgia
Henry &. Jackson
Atlanta
Saft
League
Sherman
Maine
Oregon
John Hays Hammond
Moujik Reshapes Night Patrol In Bawdy Cafe Scene
In a KRossian cafe a moujik intervenes with a sharp thump after a drunken officer clatters through a risqué tableau. The officer’s crew fall silent as the moujik demands decorum and orders the woman removed, altering the tense dynamic at the table.
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Pascholsk
Viator Dismissed Scene From Only a Clown Variant
An excerpt from Harper's Weekly recounts a chaotic hall scene where a mojik kills a officer, drops a severed ear among champagne bottles, and escapes as others, intoxicated and stunned, struggle to respond. The vivid tableau preserves the period’s sensational tone with stark violence.
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Viator
Harper's Weekly
Reward Offered for Horse Thief in Charlottesville
In Charlottesville Virginia Special James S Harris of South Alabama offered 100 reward for the capture of a robber who entered his Green Mountain place and stole a valuable horse a gold Masonic pin a suit of clothes a Winchester rifle four pistols shoes and loose money The thief tried to poison Harris cider with carbolic acid but Harris detected the odor The robber left a note Black Hand boys of the West Look antl Harris suspects a former ward from the Oxford Maryland orphan asylum who twice ran away and quit
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Charlottesville
James S. Harris
South Albemaine
Green Mountain
Harris
Black Hand Boys
West
Warris
Oxford
M. C
Checking Names in Election Fraud Norfolk Primary Probe
The Norfolk investigation into illegal voting faces scrutiny as Maynard's supplemental list yields testimony from William Young and Gray Tunstall. Witnesses challenge names and initials on voter lists while affirming most had paid poll taxes, with a handful needing further accounting.现场 details reveal conflicts over list accuracy and eligibility.
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Norfolk
H. J. Maynard
Wiliam A. Young
Gray Tunstall
Maynard
Norfolk City
Young
Tunstall
K. L. Hudgins
Portsmouth
Noralk
Layward A
Citizens Counsel
Roweve
Citene
Q. T. McCoy
Rehoise
Hicks
McIntyre
Allsworth Acr
Echols
Mr. McCoy
McCoy
Heath
J. E. Barry
Couthhouse
J. E. Barry, Sr
J. E. Barry, Jr
Young Today
John E. Barry
A. &. Morris
Virginia State Fair Harness Meet Opens With Noted Grooms
Broad Rock reports on the Virginia State Fair opening with trotting pacing and running events. Prominent officials include Ss. Foman as presiding judge and Fred A. Upton starter. Gen William Townes to judge running races. Entries feature Kushay, Sir Thomas Lipton, Red Prodigal, Alto Dewey, Manuella and more, with Walton Farm trainers shipping six trotters and pacers to Richmond.
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Virginia
Ss. & Foman
Trotter and
Pacer
New York
Fred. A. Upton
Foman
Empire City Park
New York City
Upton
William T. Townes
Afton Green Stud
Phil McGinness
Kushay
Krimlin
Thomas Lipton
Letcher
Lynchburg
Red Prodigal
Vite
Walton
Alto Dewey
Admiral Dewey
E. F. Hall
Washington, D. C
Seminary cornerstone laid in Yorktown ceremony turnout
Archbishop Count Alexander Shepty sky of the Ruthernian Church of Galicia and several ministers attended the cornerstone laying of a seminary planned for Yorktown Virginia. The event highlighted ties between a Polish province in Austria and church leadership in this country.
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Yorktown
Count Alexander Sheptysky
Galicia
Austria
Gambling at Hot Springs VA drives residents away
Residents of the villa colony near Hot Springs Virginia fled amid subpoenas in an anti gambling case. The Woodland Club once housed broker J Weintyre of New York and is now run by Thomas OBrien who is bonded at 1000 dollars for funding a faro bank and roulette wheel. Roswell som and Colonel Samuel P Colt are among those who left Narra Sansett Newport and other resorts. Others served subpoenas include judge W H Jackson Freeman A Smith M W Esler and Eugene Perry.
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Hot Springs
Narragansett Pier
Woodland Club
J. Weintyre
New York
Thomas Obrien Obrien
Faro
Narra- Sansett
Newport
Roswell T Som
Samuel P. Colt
tKubber Trust
Ethel Barrymore
W. H. Jackson
Freeman A. Smith
M. W. Esler
Eugene Perry
Man Charged With Fire Setting After Non Support Case
Richmond Virginia state report says Charles Payne colored, 35, faced police court for non support when his home in Jackson Ward burned on July 12 to collect insurance. He was rearrested on a fire setting charge and jailed to await next court hearing. Insurance company will be advised. House fire alleged by wife and mother in law.
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Richmond
Charles Payne
Payne
Jackson Ward
Trainer Aitkens on Blood Lines and Track Plans
The article profiles trainer and driver Aitknson, famed for deep bloodline knowledge, likely wintering at the State Fair Grounds track. It notes William Chatman, a trained driver for M. HM. White, with Colonel Patrick and other horses, and Charley Barkis, a five year old by Charley Herr, developing speed at 2 16 pace. Charley Barkis is entered in the 2 27 trot race with noted speed.
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Frank
Sidney Prince
Bessie Gentry
John R. Gentry
Elio
Edith Hungate
Miss Hobson
Manuella
Columbus
Our State Fair
Mary Ann
Alonzo Corbin
Charles Atkinson
Corbin
Atkinson
Richmond
Atkingon
Thinhails
Iowa
Judge Yeoman
Sioux City
Aitknson
State Fair Grounds
William Chatman
M. HM. White
Colonel Patrick
Hartford
N. C
Charley Barkis
Charley Herr
George D. Bennett
L. Banks Holt
Chatman
Runaway Mules Strike Down Main Street Scene
Two mules drawing a wagon loaded with heavy beams belonging to Sitterding Carneal Davis contractor company bolted yesterday at Seventh and Main Streets. They sped down a hill for two blocks before turning up Ninth Street where the animals halted unable to ascend the steep grade. No injuries reported.
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Sitterding, Carneal & Davis
Seventh
Main Streets
Ninth Street
Merritt Named Washington Postmaster by Taft
President Taft signed the commission of Norman A. Merritt to be postmaster of Washington D C. He is the son of John A. Merritt of Niagara Falls New York a former collector of customs and former congressman and former Washington postmaster.
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Washington, D. C
Taft
Norman A. Merritt
John A. Merritt
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Congress
Bandits Kidnap Rich Chinese Merchants on Raid
Victoria B C Oct 1 Fifteen Chinese merchants were seized by 300 Manchurian brigands in a Newchwang raid aboard the steamship Sado and carried to a mountain stronghold near Au tanshien. They stole $30000 from a bank and seized arms and ammunition. The brigands hoard food in temple buildings and await a siege as 600 Chinese troops and Haicheng Liaoyang police prepare to strike. Operations began Sept 6 with pickets and two entrenchments captured. Artillery from Mukden was en route and a Japanese frontier guard unit aiding the Chinese was ordered back.
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Victoria
B. C
Newchwang
Sado
Autanshien
Japan
Baudita
Haicheng
Liaoyang
Dbrigandy
Mukden
Train Murdered and Robbed Husband Identified
Mrs. M. Kelly received word from Wayne West Virginia that her husband, a locomotive engineer, was taken from a train, murdered and robbed two weeks after leaving for a run to West Virginia. The message provides only minimal details of the tragedy.
Will Ruin Planters in Lexington Kentucky
Special reports that hundreds of tobacco planters in Kentucky face ruin as the American Tobacco Company refuses to bid on 120 million pounds of the Burley Society 1909 pool. D R Toe Water, vice president, announced the company will pay from to 10 cents for the 1910 crop but will not bid on the 1909 pool.
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Lexington
Kentucky
American Tobacco Company
Burley Society
D. R. Toe- Water
Teewater
Eeeae
Market Reports Poultry and Meats Prices in Country Markets
Market notes list live hens at 14 cents per pound and poultry counts with chickens at 18 to 19 cents. Product groups include butter and dairy packed at 21 to 26 cents, eggs crates active at 26 cents, and various smoked country meats with hams and sides priced in the high teens. Hides, lard, linseed oil, beeswax, walnuts, and kernels appear with unit prices across several entries.
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C.scceseess
Season ends on peas amid unclear report
Brief fragment notes season over on peas with unclear figures 5.00 6.90 and no further details.
Rich Girl Separates From Husband in Chicago Suit
Mrs Myrtle M Shiell, a St Louis heiress formerly Miss Myrtle Erskine, married Andrew Shiell a coffee wagon driver on September 16. The couple split soon after and he filed for divorce. Her father Clyde Erskine, a wealthy real estate owner, reportedly opposed the match.
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Chicago
Ill
Myrtle M. Shiell
St. Louis
Andrew Shiell
Shiell
Erskine
Harry Gray
Canada
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