Beattie Case Witness Sydnor Amuses Jury In Beattie Trial
Chesterfield dairyman Roland Sydnor testified in the Commonwealth vs Henry C. Beattie Jr. about a yellow top four seat car near the crime scene. His remarks amused judge and jurors while prosecutors pressed for glove evidence and blood on the gun.
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Chesterfield C. H
Sam Weller
Bardell Vs. Pickwick
Cairyman
Roland Sydnor
Chesterfield
Commonwealth Va
Henry C. Beattie, Jr
Sydnor
Watson
Marty Smith
Smith
Beattie
Lydfreor
W. A. Jacob
Jarrell
Douglas Beattie
Gary Gauntlet
Mr. Smith
Wendenburg
Jacob
James PD. Patton
Montague Declines Joint Debate Offer in Virginia Turmoil
At Virginia Democratic League HQ in Richmond C B Garnett says Montague will not join Byrd in a joint Orange debate without guarantees that Martin Swanson will debate Jones Glass. Byrd seeks terms from the 1905 King George exchange, but Montague and supporters reject conditional participation and push front‑line issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia Democratic League
C. B. Garnett
Montague
R. EB. Byrd
Orange
Byrd
Martin
Swanson
Jones
Glass
Gyrd
Mr. Jones
Mr. Glass
Swansen
Glass and Jones
Richard E. Byrd
Winchester
King George
Martin and
Gliss
Death exposes a liquor joint in Alonday investigation
Police arrested A Sipranti, his son, and a clerk at 1825 East Franklin Street after a search found wine and whiskey barrels, crates, and bottles. The arrest followed the apparent suicide of Minnie Sims on Mayo Street, linked to Sipranti as a source of liquor. Authorities seized whiskey, beer, and wine. 72 gallons remained.
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Richmond
Alonday
Gary, Gentry and
Tucker
A. Sipranti
East Franklin Street
Siprant
Sipranti
Mayo Street
Minnie Sims
Huleher
Margaret Scott
Fast Durham
N. C
Sims
Hushaby Awfu Tired Baby In Bed
A fragment from Harper's Bazar War era verse by Ethel M. Kelley depicts a tired baby awaiting a mother’s hushaby. The poem blends lullaby imagery with anxious longing and a distant war context.
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Hushaby
Ethel M. Kelley
Summer Fashion Notes Feature Embroidery Trim
Embroidery dominates the summer dress scene with detailed decorative work. Suede shoes with tiny instep straps gain popularity among shoppers, completing the season’s style essentials.
Beattie Courtroom Drama Tests Beattie’s Case
Chesterfield reporter notes heat strapped the courtroom as Henry C. Beattie Jr and his lawyers faced damning testimony. Witnesses place Beattie's motives and alibis under scrutiny while defense probes detectives and rival narratives, with trial expected to run days longer.
Catawba Sanatorium Faces Housing Challenge
State Health Department and Anti-Tuberculosis Association confront difficulty housing patients leaving Catawba Sanatorium under the six months rule. Catawba Relief Association seeks funds to build treatment facilities with a shortfall of about 4 000 dollars. New patients arrive daily as the waiting list shrinks and applications are encouraged to be filed with the resident physician.
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Catawba
Commonwealth
State Health Department
State Anti-Tuberculosis Association
State Board of Health
Catawba Kelief Association
Health Department
Catawba Relief Association
Agre
Calawba Sanatorium
Embezzler From Harris Bros. Faces Sentence In Tombs
Richard Pacharz a 38 year old bookkeeper at Harris Bros. & Barnett stole $6200 over four to five years and gave most to charity. Indicted in General Sessions he pleaded madness to gain social standing. Judge Swann sentenced him to one month in the Tombs after firm offered partial restitution of $800 and urged leniency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Richard Peachars
Jude Swann
Pacharz
Harris Bros. & Barnett
Broadway
Swann
Cour
Jude
Mammoth Fleet maneuvers near Virginia capes announced
The Atlantic fleet plans maneuvers at Tangier Sound off the Virginia capes. Connecticut Delaware North Dakota Vermont Kansas New Hampshire South Carolina Idaho Maine Mississippi Missouri Virginia Nebraska Ohio Washington North Carolina ships and cruisers Cheater Sohire and Panther participate. The fleet recently conducted evolutions off Cape Cod.
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Washington
Atlantc
Tangier Sound
Virginia Capes
Navy Department
Connecticut
Delaware
North Dakota
Vermont
Kansas
New Hampshir
South Carolina
Idaho
Maine
Misasssippi
Missouri
Virginia
Nebraska
Ohio
North Carolina
Cheater
Sohire
Panther
Cape Cod
Mark Twain Study Unveiled by Archibald Henderson
Archibald Henderson finds illuminating material in the British Museum for his new book on Mark Twain. The library’s intensely British atmosphere shapes his research approach as he gathers sources and insights.
Mark Twain Viewed as World Author by British Scholar
Professor Henderson studied Mark Twain at the British Museum and argues Twain is a world author. He notes early British criticism mocked the American, while French and German readers grew to see Twain’s depth as both philosopher and humorist. He positions himself as the interpreter of Twain in his authoritative criticism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
British Museum
Mark Twain
Henderson
Mark
Terrific Storm Sweeps Coast
Savannah special reports a hurricane cut Charleston off for fifteen hours. Winds near forty to sixty mph battered harbor islands and uprooted trees while telegraph lines fell. Ships and excursion boats at sea faced danger as the storm moved south at about a mile per minute.
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Savannah
Charleston
D. C
Atlantic
Weather Bureau
Record set for small claims in interstate rail case
A record sum of eleven cents was demanded for reparation in a complaint against the Southern Railway Company filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission by Mark-Jey Hardware Company of Greenville DC. In a separate Vancouver BC case, a lumber firm asked 1,468 dollars as overcharge relief from railroads operating between British Columbia and Washington State.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Mark- Jey Hardware Company
Greenville
D. C
Southern Railway Compaany
Interstate Commerce Commission
Vancouver
Washington
Commission
British Columbia
Washington State
Josiah Allen's Wife and the Origins of a Pen Name
Marietta Hotvy reflects in Harper's Magazine on adopting the pen name Josiah Allen's Wife to soften argumentative impact for women’s suffrage. She explains Samantha and Betsy Bobbett as two sides of the debate, one seeking rights within home life and the other preferring dependence, shaping her early fiction.
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Josiah Allens
Thackeray
Becky Sharp
Vanity Fair
Josiah Allen
Samantha
Betsy Bobbett
Althoug
Marietta Hotvy
Harper's Pagar
Woman Seeks Law License In North Carolina History
A woman applicant, Mrs. AM Prye of Bresen City, appears before the Supreme Court to obtain a license to practice law. She studied law with her husband at the University of North Carolina and would be among the first generations of female lawyers in the state. The first woman licensed in 1875 was Miss Tabitha Anne Horton of Guilford County.
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J. Lt. Scherer
Beattie
Fast
Beulah Binford
Bert
Beulah
Smith
Carter
Drainty
Midlothian
Raleigh
N. J
North Carolina
AM. Prye
Bresen City
Stet Ssntor
Supreme Court
Sie
University of North Caroina
Misa Tabiths
Anne Horton
Guilford
A. E. Horton
Winston-Salem
United States
North Wrough
Bertime
Womin
Mise Holton
Fifty Hurt In Fearful Wreck Near Middletown
A passenger train on the New Haven Road derailed two miles below Middletown after spikes were removed from the rail. Fifty passengers were seriously hurt and Abraham F. Brown of Hartford died later at Middlesex Hospital. Rescue efforts involved Drs. Fisher Kunde and Thomas and staff from the Connecticut Hospital for the Insane.
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Middletown
Conn
Lert G. Thompson
Middlesex County
Valley Division
New Haven Road
Pollice
Uma
Abraham F. Brown
Fton Avenue
Hartford
Middlesex Hospital
Samuel Freend
James E. Finley
Connecticut Hospital
Fisher
Kunde
Thomas
Saybrook
Teeman
Officials Charge Wreckers In Middletown Derailment
New Haven officials allege the Middletown wreck was caused by pulling every spike on both sides of the curve and removing angle bars. Spike holes in the ties show deliberate work, with evidence pointing to malice.
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New Haven
Conn
Middletown
New Disease Warns Of Telephony Strain In Menace To Marriages
A review notes a fictitious “teleritis” in Susan Glaspell's new novel The Wie ening and cites an official medical committee in London. It highlights severe nervous debility among telephone girls, work-hour reforms by telephone companies, and the lure of the wire as a perilous pleasure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Glaspell
London
Protest Against Van Schaick Parol
The General Sio cum Survivors will meet tonight to protest Captain William H. Van Schaick's parole from Sing Sing after serving three of nine years for the Slocum disaster. Charles Dersch, president, calls the parole unjust to victims and says the survivors' letter to the Federal Board of Parole was ignored. The group cites trial testimony and the judge's words as evidence of his blame.
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New York
Special
General Siocum Survivors
William H. van Schaick
Sing Sine
Charles Dersch
Survivors’ Organization
Federal Board of Parole
Washington
van Schaick
Liberty
Petition to Remove Judge Hanford Sent to Taft
Thousands sign petitions to remove Judge Hanford of the U S District Court as Renton residents protest state court orders in the Renton Seattle and Southern Interurban Railway case. Judge Hanford had restrained the city and riders from interfering with line operation and issued transfers and fare receipts rulings. Patrons ignored the injunctions and rode for free, prompting further legal action and public controversy.
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Taft
Hanford
United States District Court
Renton
Renton, Seattle and Southern Interurban
Hne
Seattle
Rentom
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Harry Smith
Himelf
Hill Carter
Messrs. Smith
Peattie
Luther L. Scherer
Sturers
Railroad Secret Service
Beatie
Scherer
Lederer
Chesapeake and Ohio
Mr. Scherer
Messrs
Smith Anet Carter
Paul
Henry
Beattie, Jr
Penattic
Beelinning
Paul Beattie
Henry C. Beattie
Mammoth
Capes
Commerce Commission
Wessel
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