Virginia State Fair Promises Largest Attendance Yet
Broad Rock notes forecast of record crowds for the Virginia State Fair opening October 3 in Richmond. Prizes total 50000 dollars with extensive livestock and horse exhibits led by show horses, hackneys and trotters. Porters, Bryan and Nelson stables send multiple top trotters and run at the meet, while steeplechases and harness events promise spectator appeal across a week of events.
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Broad Rock
Richmond
Virginia
R. W. Spillman
Virginia State Fair Grounds
John W. Porter
Walter Porter
James Fletcher
Thomas Anderson
W. G. Bryan
H. ©. Nelson
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Braymare
Ella van
Mc“urdy
Hambertonian
Dr. Peter
Peter the Great
Jenny T
Dr. Sparks
Porter
Peter
W. H. Nelson
Lam
Norfolk
Nutwood
Joan
Lady Hannis
Hannis
Bryan
Senator Hale
Bingen
Distracted by His Great Love Drives Minister to Library Job
Special to The World reports Rev. George Brodthage, once pastor of St. John's Lutheran in New York, quit his clerical post and now works in the Congressional Library to support his seventeen year old son studying toward a Berlin university. His wife, who fled to Reno for divorce, declined American life, preferring Berlin society and art, though Brodthage asserts her fidelity and nobility and hopes she may find happiness back in Germany.
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Washington
Congressional Library
George Brodthage
Reno
Germany
New York
Brodthage
St. John’s Lutheran
Berlin
America
Marie
Ger
Son to Live in Berlin with Mother as Father Maintains Supervision
In a custody statement, a father confirms his son will reside with his mother in Berlin, with the Nevada court's consent. He will not interfere, will provide nominal supervision, and will continue support. The boy currently lives with the paternal grandfather in Berlin. Mrs. Brodthage is described as the daughter of the German architect Schuler, designer of government buildings and the Apollo Theater.
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Berlin
Nevada Cewt
Brodthage
Schuler
Apollo Theater
Lift the lid on Second District politics in Norfolk
A Norfolk Democrat urges the State Committee to order an investigation of the Second District primary. He says the lid must come off and the district’s methods opened to public gaze. He warns Maynard and Young would be eliminated and a new deal is needed.
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Norfolk
State Committee
State Democratic Committee
Maynard
Young
Congress
Atlantic Fleet Fights Night Battle Off Cape Henry
The United States steamship Vermont and the Atlantic fleet engaged in a night battle fifty miles off Cape Henry Light. Four divisions attacked separate targets in heavy seas, firing broadside salvos at ranges of 2300 to 2800 yards. The clash featured three and seven inch guns with illuminated tracers as torpedo boats were repulsed and sunk. Connecticut Virginia Kansas Minnesota contributed to noon firing before a German bark caused a brief delay.
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United States Steamship
Vermont
Portsmouth
Atlantic
Cape Henry
Connecticut
Virginia
Kansas
Minnesota
Hat smashing at Pittsburg poor farm inspection
At Marshalsea poor farm in Pittsburg 700 people including council members and city workers visited for annual inspection. About 100 wore Panama or straw hats. inside they were ripped to bits. Mayor Magee arrived, his Panama taken as a football by the frenzied crowd.
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Pittsburg
Marshalsea
Magee
Panama
Mayor Magee
Priceless Guido Reni Paintings Stolen From Villa Tonota
An international search is underway for thieves who entered Villa Tonota and stole two priceless Guido Reni paintings. The canvases were cut from frames and the culprits left no trace. Authorities fear the works may be moved to the United States for disposal and have alerted international police to monitor for sightings.
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Bologna
Villa
Tonota
Guido Reni
United States
Girl Fights Police to Die Before Train on Staten Island
A slender, well dressed young woman, about nineteen, fought off Detectives Ginn and Hall as they dragged her from the tracks of the Staten Island Rapid Transit mere feet from a 9:30 P. M. westbound train. She refused to identify herself, then became hysterical, later moved to New Brighton Police Station for care.
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Staten Island Rapid Transit Company
Ginnand Hall
West Brighton
Westervelt Avenue
New Brighton
Those Amendments Oppose Longer Treasurer Office Term
The Star voices strong opposition to a proposed amendment permitting treasurers to hold office indefinitely. It argues that passage would establish an unprecedented officeholding trust in Virginia, creating a power structure unequaled in state history.
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The
Star
Virginia
Death by own action ends elopement tragedy in Chester
In Alexandria Virginia a fifteen year old girl Ethel May Pierce who eloped with William Firth Jr. shot herself after police found them in a hotel room. Firth was jailed on abduction charges as the coroner ruled the girl's death a suicide.
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William Firth, Jr
Ethel May Pierce
Alexandria
City Hall
Pierce
Eloper
Firth
Stockman
William Firth, Sr
Upland
Young Firth
Mia
William W. Pierce
Bribe Attempt Aimed at City Inspectors In Richmond
William E. Johnson, about forty, a Cleveland electrical contractor rep, was arrested Tuesday at Murphys Hotel on charges of trying to bribe City Electrical Inspectors A. A. Apperson and J. Leroy Speights. He sought access to QO J. Sands, head of American National Bank where his firm installs equipment. Johnson was taken to police HQ and met with Attorney H. M. Smith and Major Werner as bail talks proceed. The bribe reportedly included suits of clothes and other items for a “clean bill.”
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Richmond
William E. Johnson
Cleveland
Murphy’s Hotel
A. A. Apperson
J. Leroy
Quinze dress to replace hobble skirt in London fashion
London dressmaker C Poindexter Redfern arrives aboard the Adriatic and predicts a new Louis XV or Quinze dress will supplant the hobble skirt. He says the hobble is doomed and cites fashion authorities. Sir William Crispoor, former Lord Mayor of London, tours American charity sites and plans a Pittsburgh visit to study conditions.
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C. Poindexter Redfern
London
Nner
Mr. Redfern
Redfern
St. Loui End
Iris
Sir William Creloar
England
William
Pittsburg
Pastor and Girl Missing in Elopement Fear at Ithaca
The Rev. E. Bradburn, 32, Methodist pastor from Spencer, disappears after traveling to Nichols to preach. Miss Marian White, 23, granddaughter of Luther White, a millionaire, also missing. The pastor’s wife and mother-in-law fear an elopement as details of the pair’s movements remain unclear.
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Spencer
Breaveit
Nichols
Marian White
Luther White
Mr. Bradburn
Miss White
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