Harriet Lake Indolence Meets a Golfing Rendezvous
Harriet Lake, a 24 year old rising to fitness, stumbles into a trio of men during a storm while golfing. She shares a barn lunch with Billy Burch and a married friend, and a spark grows as Harriet confesses she struck Billy’s hand with her ball. Harriet and Billy pledge eventual love as the stormy, comic tale builds to a hopeful romance.
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Harriet
Mr. Burch
Ralston
Billy
Miss Lake
Bill
Violet
Williamses
Mrs. Williams
Billy Burch
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co Meet at Richmond Hotel
About seventy-five division managers and subsidiary executives of the Virginia Carolina Chemical Co and the Southern Cotton Oil Co meet in room 630 at the Jefferson Hotel Richmond. The annual business session discusses past year results and future plans with delegates from multiple southern states. A banquet will follow at the Jefferson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company
Southern Cotton Oil Company
Jefferson Hotel
Jefferson
Delaware
Maryland
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Tennessee
Virginia
New York
Back Pain Relief Claim by Mrs Chloe Page
Mrs Chloe Page of 510 Pitt Street Alexandria Virginia states she suffered severe back pain with shooting pains, swelling in feet and ankles, and digestion issues. She credits Dean's Kidney Pills with curing five troubles in 1902 and has had no return for five years. Sold at dealers for 50c a box or by mail from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chloe Page
Pitt St. Alexandria
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Christy and Wife May End Separation
In Zanesville Ohio special Howard Chandler Christy faces a day of messages as Mrs Christy and her daughter Natalie visit. A report circulating today says the artist and his wife may end their separation following yesterday’s visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zanesville, O
Howard Chandler Christy
Christy
Boys Abandoned After Ride Make Fifty Mile Walk Home
Three Jamaica youths ages eight, ten, and twelve recount a ride with a tall dark driver in a red touring car that ended fifty miles from home in Central Park. Lacking money they walked back, sleeping in a barn and begging milk. Police and searchers scoured Jamaica as worried parents alerted authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Queens
John
Francis
Jacob Gumprecht
Brown Avenue
Cumberland Street
Jamaica
William
Henry J. Colson
Norris Avenue
Fulton Street
Gould Sans To Europe With Wife
Frank J. Gould sails to Europe with Edith Kelly Gould aboard the Mauretania after divorce from Helen Margaret Kelly Gould. He boasts of Paris racing success with six horses, plans to grow his stable to forty, and says he saw daughters Helen and Dorothy at Irvington-on-the-Hudson while avoiding past marital questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frank J. Gould
Helen Margaret Kelly Gould
Edith Kelly
Mauretania
Gould
Paris
Mr. Gould
Johnny Reiff
Ralph Thomas
Pocahontas Coal Co Sues For Excess Tax
Po ca hontas Consolidated Colliers seeks transcript of suit against Commonwealth of Virginia and Morton Marye State Auditor for 153,295.64 claiming excess taxation. Case stems from mortgage deed taxed in Tazewell County at 0.1 percent. company argues two thirds of property lies in West Virginia and is exempt from Virginia tax. Judge Scott ruled against the claim. transcript sought to appeal to the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
E. M. Rowelle
Pocahontas Consolidated Colliers
Commonwealth of Virginia
Morton Marye
Scott
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Virginia
West Virginia
Circuit Court
Tazewej
Tazewell
Fire in Kratz Box Plant at Second and Decatur
A blaze broke out at Kratz Box Company, located at Second and Decatur Streets, seriously endangering the factory for a prolonged period. Fire crews fought the flames as residents watched from nearby streets, with property damage estimated but not yet determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Kratz Box Company
Second and
Decatur Streets
Gas Fire Threat Quelled at Oil Plant
An ignition scare occurred when gas escaped from a tube across a steam pipe at a Standard Oil plant. Southside Fire Department arrived after Watchman Wood sounded the alarm. A door was broken in to shut off the valve and the blaze was extinguished with no material damage reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southside Fire Department
Watchman Wood
Standard Oil Company
Bid for Remarkable Coin by Overbaugh Engraver
NEW YORK special reports high bids for a gold dollar minted in 1853 by A W Overbaugh. The coin bears the Lord's Prayer in a small circle and the engraver's name at the bottom. William A Wilkes of Tompkinsville owns it after finding the relic while curios hunting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William A. Wilkes
Washington Street
Tompkinsville
A. W. Overbaugh
Rutherford
N. J
Overbaugh
Capture Postoffice Robbery Suspects in Bristol Route
Bristol Tenn special McCohen Moore and Walker Hayes, charged with robbing the North Holston Virginia post office, were arrested near Charleston North Carolina. Deputy Marshal J L Adams delivered them to Bristol and they were sent to Abingdon jail to await Federal custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brstols
Gore Makes Stump Speech in North Carolina
U S Senator T P Gore of Oklahoma tours North Carolina districts delivering stump speeches in Reidsville Greensboro Salisbury and Charlotte mass meetings. State chairman says Democrats will defeat all three GOP congressmen and send ten North Carolina reps to the next Congress amid Republican disaffection in the Fifth District.
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Raleigh
N. c
United States
T. P. Gore
Oklahoma
North Carolina
Fifth Aid Fighth
Reidsville
Whatham
Greensboro
Salisbury
Charlotte
North Carooina
Morehead
Offending Pill Roller May Lose License Over Habits
The State Board of Pharmacy meets by October 4 to hear a druggist’s show cause why his license should be revoked due to personal habits. The defendant’s name is withheld. outsiders do not know his city residence. Warriner is not charged with any law infraction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
State Board of Pharmacy
Warriner
Wilbon
Insurance agent sues railroad for false arrest
Suffolk Virginia report: F Whikinson Jones, an insurance agent, filed a 5001 damage suit against the Norfolk and Western Railroad for false arrest after being detained when he could not get a seat on a train and refused to surrender his ticket. Detective Baldwin of Roanoke arrested him. he was prosecuted by the company and acquitted. The court upheld the claim that destruction was the railroad remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suffolk
F. Whikinson Jones
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Jones
Baldwin
Roanoke
Swan's chase ends in comic scramble at Mineola fair
At the Nassau County Fair in Mineola, secretary Lott Van De Water freed a large black swan. The bird escaped, a dog intervened, and a chaotic chase ensued with spectators, ending when a small girl lured the swan toward the poultry house.
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New York
Mineola
Lott van de Water
Association
van de Water
Murdered Man's Body Taken Over Wild Lands
In Luray Virginia Hugh Curtis of Rappahannock County, murdered Saturday night in Boyce, set out Monday in an old fashioned country ambulance for burial in his youth home. Relatives from Rappahannock joined the journey across the Blue Ridge. Former companions aided in digging the grave. Curtis was fearless and well liked in his community.
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Luray
Hugh Curtis
Rappahannock County
Boyce
Feltner
Blue Ridge
Dine Ridge
Rappahannock
Curtis
Spotsylvania Republicans Elect County Officers
In Fredericksburg Virginia the Spotsylvania county mass meeting at Spotsylvania Courthouse re-elected Col. B. C. Blaydes as county chair and chose S. Peter Powell as secretary. Additional committeemen named were Charles Andrews E. M. Thompson C. B. R. McKenny and R. H. Prumbre y. Delegates to the First District convention were elected: J. W. Pagett R. D. MecWhirt F. L. Lewis John H. Dunavant Absalom Waller James P. Turnley W. M. Washington W. P. Brooks S. P. Powell and E. W. Brooks.
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Spotsylvania
Fredericksburg
Spotsylvania County
BR. C. Blaydes
S. Peter Powell
Charles Andrews
E. M. Thompson
C. BR. McKenny
R. H. Prumbrey
Congress
J. W. Pagett
R. D. MecWhirt
F. L. Lewis
John H. Dunavant
Absalom Waller
James P. Turnley
W. M. Washington
W. P. Brooks
S. P. Powell
E. W. Brooks
Postmistress shortage at Substation Post Office opens probe
Miss Rena B Askew, cashier at the Substation Post Office on First and Broad Streets, is accused of a long running shortage now pegged around 1911.56 dollars. Inspectors report she confessed to seven to eight months of peculations spent on herself while Mr Childrey, in charge of the drug store, has repaid the loss and no arrest is yet planned.
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Oe . Va
Rena B. Askew
First
Broad Streets
Children Drug Company
Miss Askew
North Twenty-ninth Street
Childrey
Postoffice
Edward C. Saffel
Mr. Childrey
Mr. Saffel
L. L. Lewis
South Fourth Street
Children
Arrests of Calvary followers in Virginia race tension
In Charlottesville area, Sheriff Watts and Louisa County officials arrested two followers of Calvary the negro religious fanatic John Locker and John Carter as they searched for Calvary near the Albemarle Louisa county line. Locker allegedly threatened deadly harm if officers entered his upstairs search area. The race unrest linked to Calvary’s teaching remains high as Calvary eluded capture last Sunday.
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Washington
Lindsays
Stenger
Calvary
Charlottesville
Commonwealth
John
Sherif Lucian Watts
Albemaine
Louisa County
John Locker
John Carter
Louisa
Locker
Albemarle
Printers from four unions visit Norfolk
More than 200 members of the New York Chicago Boston and Newark typographical unions arrived in Norfolk as guests of the local union. They spent the day sightseeing and departed last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
New York
Chicago
Boston
Newark
Cardui advertised by Mrs Viola Baker in society notes
In a society column Mrs Viola Baker of Floral Ark describes poor health and reliance on Cardus to restore strength for housework. She claims Cardus helped three friends and urges nervous weak women to try it. The ad promotes the Chattanooga Medicine Co and a free 4 page booklet for women.
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Ark
Viola Baker
Cardal
Cardus
Cardut
N. B
Chattanooga Medicine Co
Chattanooga
Tenn
Woman's Department Health Advice on Rain and Skin Care
The column warns rain and cold are not the direct illness cause. Keep moving to stay warm, dry clothing indoors, and avoid sitting damp. It advises a home skin remedy, laundry care hints, and stressing early mending to extend garment life.
Red Noses and Hands Health Note
Advice on red hands caused by diet and soaps, and red nose remedies. Excerpts discuss collar stud discomfort and neck marks, sick headache causes linked to stomach overwork, and various home remedies including a honey glycerin paste with citric acid and rose essence.
Modern fashion note on skirt hang and fit
The piece praises high hung skirts for flattering figures and urges a straight line from the belt. It warns against any inward curve at the natural waist, advising careful, even draping for a modern silhouette.
Murine Eye Remedies Promised in Free 48 Page Book
Free to Our Readers Murine Eye Remedy Co offers a 48 page illustrated Eye Book. Readers submit eye trouble and get advice on proper use of Murine Eye Remedies for their cases. Druggist sells Murine for 50c and claims it relieves soreness strengthens weak eyes soothes pain. Used for babies eyes and scaly eye lids and granulation.
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Murine Eye Remedy Co
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