Defense eyes unknown strategy in Beattie murder case
The Commonwealth rests its case against Henry Clay Beattie for the Louise Beattie killing. Defense lawyers Smith and Carter plan to attack Paul Beattie statements and show Beattie had no motive, while seeking to cast doubt on the gun’s transfer and Beattie’s alibi. Evidence includes Beattie’s changing stories, Beulah Binford ties, and threats allegedly aimed at witnesses. The jury weighs whether Beattie will face the electric chair or mount a successful insanity plea.
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Chhesterfield
C. H
Commonwealth
Henry Clay Beattie
Attornessa Smith
Carter
Paul Beattie
Menry
Harry M. Smith
Henry
The
Hagard
Louise Beattie
Beulah Binford
Louise
Henry Clay
Paul
Wein- Stein’s Pawshop
Talley
Robert V. Owen
Beulat Binford
Lienry Beattie, Jr
Heulah Binford
Paul Beatties
Soue
Exlain
The Hoodoo and the Colonel and a Seat Thirteen
Cuno H. Rudolph a District of Columbia commissioner, a successful businessman, refuses to ride in seat thirteen on Theodore Roosevelt's train to Washington. The ticket agent notes Hoogevelt is in seat fifteen nearby, and Rudolph insists on a different seat despite the captain’s praise of the colonel.
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Cuno H. Rudolph
District of Columbia
Theodore Roosevelt
Washington
Africa
Rudolph
New York
Hoogevelt
Outbreaks Spark Labor Action Across French Towns
The Paris dispatch reports food riots and strikes spreading from Lille Douai and Arras to Orléans as labor groups and civilians press for lower living costs. Gendarmes confront crowds while workers from textiles to universities join protests alarmed by government inaction.
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Paris
Orleans
Department
Loiret
Republic
Lille
Dou
Nord
Douai
Department of
Aisne
St. Quentin
Arras
Fallieres
The Fate of the Family Decline in American Divorces
The article notes a rising divorce trend in America with 1885 showing 23,000 divorces and implies a growing pattern in marital separations across the nation. It frames the divorce habit as an influential social issue of the era.
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America
Doomed Monogamy Debated In Economic Frame
A Louisville Herald excerpt critiques professor Ellwood’s claim that monogamy will end in the United States. It argues divorce rates reflect economic strains and suggests reforming economic conditions could stabilize marriages, warning against tying family fate to financial interests.
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C.A. Ellwood
Missouri University
United States
Louisville Herald
Casey Jones Knocks Out New York Policeman
Joseph Richards a mounted policeman with the Coney Island Station on leave after illness blamed on continuous music from hand organs and bands at amusement places. The tune Casey Jones reportedly affected his health and even influenced his sleep as it enjoyed early season popularity.
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New York
Joseph Richards
Coney Island
Richards
Casey Jones
Inventors Claim Ice Cream Soda Pioneers Across the States
A New Jersey man and a California woman claim credit for inventing ice cream soda. The piece traces soda fountain progress from crude mixes to the iceless fountain, noting rising soft drink sales, the jerker’s status, and shifts away from alcohol toward non alcoholic beverages amid temperance trends.
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New Jersey
California
America
Frederic J. Haskin
Boston
Atlanta
Courier-Journal
Street Panic Over a Five-Spot Loan in St Louis
A seedy middle aged man outside a St Louis newspaper building asks a young man named Dick for half a dollar to buy food. Dick, about to pawn his watch for a five dollar loan, promises to lend once he returns. The moment captures the mugging ease of lending among newspaper men and the precarious hunger of the city.
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St. Louis
Barney
Anid Barney
Atlantic fleet begins two week summer exercises off Chesapeake
In Washington on September 1 Rear Admiral Hugo Osterhaus led the Atlantic fleet at dawn for a two week summer drills off the Chesapeake Capes. The fleet will train at ranges up to 16 000 yards with tests using box kites as aeroplane proxies and experiments in night torpedo and submarine defense.
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Washington, D. C
Hugo Osterhaus
Chesapeake Capes
Water department chief injured in streetcar accident
LYNCHBURG VA Special WwW Co N Randolph superintendent of the city water works is at St Andrew s Hospital with a fractured leg and a scalp wound after stepping from a street car and being run over by an automobile.
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Lynchburg
N. Randolph
City Water Works
St. Andrew's Hospital
Virginia Anthracite Railway Sold to Norfolk and Western Founder
Christiansburg Virginia buyers say the Virginia Anthracite Railway linking Christiansburg to Blackstone through the Virginian coal field has been purchased at a receiver sale by L E Johnson president of the Norfolk and Western Railway who plans future operation of the line.
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Christiansburg
Virginia Anthracite Railway
Blackstone
Virginianthracite Coalfeld
L. E. Johnson
Norfolk and Western Railway
Not Only the President Captain Rutt Faces Fat Fears
An excerpt notes Captain Archibald Willingham Rutt, military aide to the President, worrying about weight and choosing a single soft boiled egg for breakfast as a personal quirk.
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Archibald Willingham Rutt
Popular
Vague aphorisms mix with cautionary adages
A string of short, folksy maxims discusses hoodoo luck and safety, a mother guarding her son in a tub, wealth bringing trouble, public interest in spending money, and the lesson to seize opportunity before it fades. The piece reads like a collection of contemporary proverbs without a single clear incident.
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Ceme
Tery
Norfolk
Lawson & Newton
11Th Street
William Ave
Pine Beach
L. E. Mumford
Pres
J. P Nottingham
V.pres
Cashier
Gloucester-Mathews
Mathews
C. D. Clinton
AXP
Sabie
Dixnendale, Va
M. S. Foster
Sibley Bros
Lesie C. Garnett
Mathews, VA
Middlesex
Goucester
OLD Dominion Steamship CO
Mobjack
Norfolk, Mathews and
Gloucester
O. D
Portemouth
North St
Bay Lins
Old Point
Philpot’s
East River
Williams
Hast River
Diggs
Reane
Ware River
Bailey
Hockley
Auburn Wharf
North River
Severn Wharf
Severn River
Government Wharf
Portsmouth
Hick’s
Dizendale
Severn
Co. A. Earnest
W. H. Landon
James RI — Night Sin
Richmond
Bereley
Brandon
MAIN
Main Street
Atlantic Hotel
B. B&b Bugg
GL. Hall Optical Co., Ina
Roanoke
Granby St
Clark Sash & Door Corporation
Frank T. Clark
Dr. A. M. Marchant
C. H. Hawes
Wide World
Athens
Isle
Edward Ryan
Swansboro
Nash’ Linknent
Martha A. Lea
Richmond, Va
B &T
George W. Smith
Abbevile
AL Whittaker
Holly Street
R Va
Noah
Chesapeake Line
New Queens of the Chesapeake
City OF
Baltimore
Old Point Comfort
York River Line
York River Landings
West Point Richmond
Points Beyond
Baltimore St
Wating Room
Pier 19
South
Coofer Marble Works
Bank St
Norfolk Va
Brooke Ave
Norfolk Building Supplies Corp
Norfolk, VA
Tazewell St
C. A. Mitchell
Mc Vicker
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