Norfolk Second District congressional inquiry opens in hotel parlor
Norfolk investigators convene at the Monticello Hotel as the Second District Democratic primary inquiry begins to probe fraud allegations and irregularities tied to Maynard and Young. Committee members from Warrenton Staunton Lynchburg and Riverton arrive as money and legal counsel assemble for potential grand jury action.
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Norfolk
Hemera" Gommison
Congressional
W. A. Yo
Maynard
Hall's Corner
Young
Portsmouth
Mr. Young
Academy of Music
F Ur
KR. A. McIntyre
Warrenton
Edward Echols
Staunton
BP. Adams
Lynchburg
W. E. Carson
Riverton
Monticello Hotel
W. H. Venable
Inquiry progresses as Norfolk fund reaches $1000 target
An Academy Music Meeting raised a thousand dollars to cover inquiry expenses. Speakers include candidates Maynard and Young with counsel from Norfolk and Portsmouth. Citizens protesting the primary’s handling push for a thorough fraud review as investigators arrive in Greenville and Norfolk.
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Academy Music
Venable
Portsmouth
Prenty Council
Maynard
R. W. Shuttice
J. N.aheon
Norfolk
T. J. Wood
Rismouth
W. A. Young
Congress
N. T. Greene
James Heath
Eugene A. Bilosoly
L. Shackleford
Young
Mr. Heath
Greenville
Bilisoly
Heath
R. L. Alleworth
Astville, and Co. W. Saunders
Richmond
Sugar Trust Employee Sentenced to Eight Months
New York special Charles R Hetke former secretary of the American Sugar Refining Co was sentenced to eight months imprisonment and fined 5000 by Judge Martin in the United States Circuit Court for conspiring to defraud the government on sugar import duties. A stay of sentence was granted pending appeal and bail of 25000 continued. Heike appeared with counsel who sought a new trial and a stay arguing immunity for grand jury testimony. the court overruled the motion but granted the stay pending appeal due to differing counts among convicted associates.
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New York
Charles R. Hetke
American Sugar Refining Company
Martin
United States
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Dispute Over High School Books Settles Amicably
In Richmond Virginia the Department of Public Instruction reports that only about three publishers lagged in sending signed contracts. Attorney General Williams predicted all would sign and submit, and the books are now in hand. No shortages are expected when schools open next week.
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Richmond
Department of Public Instruction
Williams
Sig
Apd Ily
Investigate The Public Cries For Scrutiny And Reform
A satirical verse laments widespread calls to investigate public figures and institutions. It parodies endless probes into policemen, soldiers, and politics, warning the public that investigative zeal breeds fear and uncertainty for everyone, including ordinary citizens.
Naval drills resume as gale subsides off Virginia coast
Norfolk dispatch describes Atlantic fleet ships at Virginia Beach and Cape Henry resuming target practice after a week of heavy northeast winds. Weather remains favorable for drills, with wary officials aiming to test gunnery under challenging conditions. Also noted is a cautionary tale from the Kansas after a shipwide bathing order and a light disciplinary exchange aboard the vessel.
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Norfolk
Virginia Beach
Cape Henry
Navy Department
Decny
Hampton Reeds
Celtic
Kaneas
New York
Morgan Line
United States
Kansas
Portsmouth
Connecticut
Whist and Temper in a National Hotel Whist Game
Col onel Franklin P Morgan recalls a sharp temper flare during a Washington National Hotel whist game. Alexander Stephens played opposite Angrum of Arkansas in a match where Ungrum urged spades while his partner ignored signals, ending with anger and the game halted.
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Franklin P. Morgan
Washington
New York
Old National
Capital City
Alexander Stephens
Representative Angrum
Arkansas
Ungrum
Ungerum
Stephens
Angrum
Waiting to wed in press stalemate in Cleveland
The leading man urged the star to marry him while she kept her queenly outfits aside. She declared that marriage would be folly and that the drummer's press coverage would likely stay a four line item with a one line head. Both sides agree to wait for a more favorable story.
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George
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Getting Back at Papa Hat Incident at Church
In a humorous exchange the Reverend criticizes his daughter Florence for a gaudy church hat. Florence, twelve, replies that her father goes to church to be heard, sparking a witty family moment captured in Chicago.
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Florence
Miss Florence
Chicago
Persistent Pennsylvanian to wed California girl
Dr Joseph Atkinson Wilkinson of Northeast Pennsylvania and Shirley Close daughter of Mrs Ernest Pickering of West Adams Los Angeles will marry at Christ Church in Los Angeles. They met four years ago in Philadelphia when Wilkinson studied medicine and Close was at Darlington Seminary near Philadelphia.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Joseph Atkinson Wilkinson
Northeast
Shirley
Elle Close
Ernest Pickering
West Adams
Christ's Church
Miss Close
Wilkinson
Philadelphia
Dr. Wilkinson
Darlimeton Seminary
Love at first sight ends in wedding vows at home
A man known as Medic wooed a girl who initially declined marriage. She spent a year at Vassar, then returned home. Dr. Wilkinson persisted and ultimately won her consent to marry, traveling across the continent last week for the wedding.
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City
Vassar
Wilkinson
Continent
The Dragon Fly Arvelous Aviator
A vivid Victorian riff on dragonflies and their aerial prowess. Dragonflies outshine butterflies in color and speed, hawking tiny insects with ferocious jaws. The piece quotes Ward from Strand Magazine, noting dragonflies capture moths and butterflies midflight and swallow many prey items in rapid strikes.
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Professor Ward
Strand
Incident at the Penitentiary Sparks Disorder
Assistant Keeper Payne attempted to move a reluctant convict at the penitentiary. The revolver dropped, two convicts seized it, then returned it and subdued the offender. Rewards and punishment followed, with Major Wood launching a full investigation of the incident.
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Payne
Bfe
Wood
Gasoline stove explodes killing 5 in Chicago Lawn home
Mrs Annie Belien and her four children died in a fire that destroyed their Chicago Lawn residence Monday morning. While preparing breakfast she ignited fumes from a gasoline stove and an explosion wrecked the kitchen. Belien, clad in flames, tried to save her children but perished with them. Her husband Joseph Bellies carried wife and children from the blaze. The dead include Annie Belien and four Belien children, ages three to eight months. The last two died en route to St Bernard's Hospital.
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Chicago
Ill
Annie Belien
Chicago Lawn
Frances Belien
Joseph
Stephen
St. Bernard's Hospital
Tramp Casualty On Fredericksburg Line Ends In Amputation
Walter Toney twenty from 1108 Hull Street Richmond fell under a northbound train at Fredericksburg while playing tramp. One leg was completely severed and the other crushed requiring amputation. He was found unconscious and rushed to Mary Washington Hospital where recovery remains uncertain. His mother Mrs Ellen Crostie is anxious as details stay unclear.
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Richmond
Walter Toney
Ellen Crostie
Hull Street
Fredericksburg
Mary Washington
A Business Woman in Love with Systematic Habits
A business woman is described as devoted to order and efficiency. She uses a neat cardIndex to track the contents of her purse and cherishes the system she keeps. The piece hints at hobbies that might be considered less ideal but frames her diligence as a virtue.
Northwestern to bar hobble skirts this fall
Chicago special reports that Northwestern University faculty reportedly plans an edict against hobble skirts on campus. Registrars and deans deny formal orders while acknowledging no hobble skirts will be seen, as students resist any restriction on fashion.
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Chicago
Ill
Northwestern University
Northwestern
David H. Stevers
Thomas F. Holgate
Mary Rose Potter
Willard Hall
Infantile paralysis reaches poultry near Washington
Infantile paralysis, the disease sweeping humans, is now traced to poultry along the Washington Rockville turnpike near Bethesda Maryland. More than 100 fowls died in the last two weeks showing paralysis at death as physicians monitor the spread of the epidemic.
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Washington, D. C
Bethesda
Washington-Rockville
Playmates See Child Die After Window Fall
Philadelphia, Sept 21 Two year old Elmer Quinn fell from a second story window at 1024 Fairmount Avenue while awaiting a portrait. He died later at Jefferson Hospital from a fractured skull. His mother fainted and remains in serious condition as neighbors recall the missed Saturday photo appointment.
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Philadelphia
Elmer Quinn
Fairmount Avenue
Jefferson Hospital
Elmer
Mimer
Kier
Two Men Pound Hanged in Tampa Incident
In Tampa Florida on September 21 the warm bodies of Castengo and Liabella, noted Italian citizens, were found hanging from a tree on Grand Central Avenue at 10:30pm. Chief of Police Woodward discovered the scene.
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Tampa
Fla
Castengo
Icarrotta
Liabella
Grand Central Avenue
Woodward
Apple Buyers Try To Force Prices Down
Richmond Virginia special reports buyers in New York markets attempting to pressure Virginia growers by offering high prices and then dropping quotes. Growers resist, predicting sales will surge before month end with prices above three dollars a barrel for good apples. Virginia harvest exceeds demand elsewhere, prompting warehousers to urge packing and holding for a stronger market.
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APPLE
Richmond
New York
Uam
Virginia
Virgina
Department of Agriculture
Express Concerns to Pay Increased Bath Express Concerns to Pay
Virginia state officials report express companies in Virginia plan to raise payments by about 100 percent. Companies now pay roughly $15,000 yearly and will face about double on the next settlement. The mileage tax remains the sole method forcing higher payments by carriers.
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Richmond
Virginia
Tax battle shapes state business holdings debate
The passage notes that firms earn large profits yet own little property in the state. A 150 percent tax increase was reduced to 100 percent after a heated fight in the General Assembly, with Senator bullies pushing for the larger levy.
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General Assembly
Bullies
Lynchburg Elks Launch Campaign For 100 New Members
The LynChburg Lodge of Elks, with a membership over 500, begins a push to recruit 100 new members during the autumn. Exalted ruler R Chess McGhee is noted as possibly the youngest to hold the position in Elkdom.
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Lynchburg
LynChburg Lodge of Elks
R. Chess McGhee
Negro Held To Answer For Selling Liquor Without License
In Richmond Police Court Thomas Cheatham, a colored man, was found guilty of selling liquor without a license after Krengle and Stockmar conducted a raid. He denied the charge as Justice Crutchfield ordered a $100 fine, days in jail, and a 12 month bond of $500.
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Richmond
Thomas Cheatham
Krengle
Stockmar
Justice Crutchfeld
Cheatham
Anonymous author of Too Slang Women revealed
In Het Frederick A Stokes Co publishers of Too Slang Women the author remains unnamed. Public knowledge describes him as educated at Eton and Oxford, athletic, ex sub-editor of the London Star and Evening News, a barrister who has never practiced, and a Liberal MP who recently won a large majority in a long Conservative seat. He is well known in London society.
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Het Frederick A. Stokes Co
Eton
Oxford
London Star and Evening News
London
Too Many Women A Bachelor’s Story to be Published
A novel titled Too Many Women A Bachelor’s Story will be published anonymously in September by Frederick A Stokes Company. Said to be written by a young London bachelor member of Parliament, the book presents an entertaining view of women and society through civet humor and speculative events, with fictional character names and a blend of high society and press worlds.
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Frederick A Stoken Company
London
Shaw
Tlandon
Journallers
Tria
Maviah
Iieadillv
Auater
Alfthench
Porthand Ore Owner Refuses Gown in State Court Case
W W Medre, owner of the Porthand Ore baseball team, claims he was elected to Congress from Washington state while on the bench. He refused to wear a judicial gown, as other judges did after the law passed. He argued the constitution did not require him to buy one if the state treasury wouldn’t. His gown stance cited by reformers and linked to his Republican nomination win after Cushman’s seat.
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W. W. Medredie
Congress
Washington
Superior Court
McCrerie
Representative Cushman
Popular Magazine
What We Need Hope and the Doctor's Wise Note
In a dialogue from Harper's Weekly three self styled ladies seek medical wisdom. The Doctor insists true hope is essential to happiness and that what a Doctor suggests often shapes feelings more than services. He warns against dispensing with hope and notes happiness as life’s central aim.
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Dector
Hippocrates
Galen
A Clean Sheet for Every Hotel Guest in Virginia
Virginia enforces a new hotel law effective today requiring clean sheets for every bed and eight foot long sheets. The statute, promoted by hotel and consumer groups, aims to reduce infections and improve guest comfort. State Health Commissioner Enmon G. Williams will oversee inspections across the Commonwealth. Additional laws take effect, including seed inspections and stock and food condiment controls.
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Richmond
Sioner
Enmon G. Williams
Hia
Commonwealth
Ginia Travelers’ Association
Elers’ Protective Association
United Commercial Travelers Ner
John S. Harwood
Ajax
Company Postpones Choice of Lieutenant
The weekly drill saw low turnout as Company First Regiment postponed electing a second Lieutenant. Several recruits were reported at the meeting and other applications were still under consideration.
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Inetnight
Spelling and Predestina In the before the way tale
A fragmented excerpt describes Marion and children in a school spelling scene. Teachers and pupils debate pronunciations and moral instruction as a column features notes on religious phrases like Heaven and Hell, with reactions from multiple girls and an exhorting teacher.
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Marion
Marlton Harland
Virginia
Anne Carus
Mira
Bass
Tiel
Witiel
Joan
Betty
Irish Emigration Figures Show Increase in July Departures
Washington reports 1,861 Irish left Ireland in July, up from 1,602 last year, with total emigration for the first seven months of 1910 at 20,816. The year’s total may approach 25,677 if the pace continues, marking a noted rise over 1909 and a low historic comparison.
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Washington
Tfoo
Ireland
Armatrong, Jr
Cork
Save
Privilege of Man Anecdote: Yoakum on Marriage Costs
In a tale from The Popular Magazine, 8B F Yoakum, head of the Frisco rail executive board, scolds a young employee marrying on a small salary. He argues men have a right to starve a wife into hardship, asserting his own harsh standard of need.
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F. Yoakum
Frisco Oer
Snall
Yoakum
Bees and Honey Expected After Church Steeple Bees
BEVERLY NS Sept 21 painters atop Stephen s Church encountered a swarm pouring from a high opening in the steeple. Bees linger around the weather vane as workers shoo them with palette brushes and the site may yield a large honey store. Nearby, Nashville bank news reports Joseph T named president of Carnegie Trust New York and Howell leaving Nashville in mid October.
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Beverly
NS. J
3. Stephen's Church
Nashville
Tenn
Joseph T
Fourth Bank
City
Carnegie Trust of New York
Howell
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