The Secret of Long Life and How to Overcome Waste
Promote self knowledge as defense against disease and aging. Advocates Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a non alcoholic herb based remedy and cites letters praising its effects on cough digestion and vitality. Recommends Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Pellets for stomach issues and constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Tran
Dr. Pierce
John E. Suitt
Registrar of Deeds
Court House
Durham
Bettie Mill
Cotton
N.C
Virginia Weather Report Says Rain Tonight
A brief weather note indicates rain is expected in Virginia tonight with light snow possible later. The forecast mentions rain mainly for Wednesday, detailing unsettled conditions and lingering showers through the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Girl Murders Sweetheart in Wichita Staircase Tragedy
Corinne Miller aged nineteen shot and killed her sweetheart William Morrow aged twenty four in Wichita Kansas on March 12. The confrontation occurred on a stairway where Morrow stood when shot. The body rolled down stairs into the street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Corinne Miller
William Morrow
Morrow
Personal notes and local society mentions
Mrs. W. P. Drewry has returned from New York. City Sergeant Evans is confined at home on High Street with gout. W. E. Wallace of Dispatch, spent yesterday in Petersburg. Petersburg Aerie F C contemplates first May memorial service. R. B. Lunsford and Chas Luneford and daughter trip to New York. Y M C A committee prefers privacy and will report within 30 days. Body of late Charles Williams disinterred from Crane and buried in Blandford. Rev Fathers Collins O Farrell and Coleman visiting local clergy. Dora Thorne dramatization praised despite small audience. Bible presentation to orthodox Jewish congregation at Library Hall. Morris Levy spoke, Bible accepted by Rabbi Kantor. Purim ball followed. Harrison & Co selling out sale advertises coats at No 19 Bank Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Drewry
New York
Evans
High Street
W. EL. Wallace
Petsieburg
Petersburg
Y. M
Charles Williams
Crane
Blandford
Father Collins
Hareper’s Ferry
Richmond Hospital
O’farrell
Father Coleman
Frederickeburg
Father O’farrell
Dora Thorne
Academy
Library Hall
Morris Levy
Kantor
Sale for the Benefit Home for the Sick at The Palma
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Home for the Sick hosts a sale at The Palma beginning tomorrow at 10 am and running through the week. House furnishings and wearing apparel donated by city merchants will be sold at reasonable prices. The Pro Gress is thanked for use of Mr F E Clements storeroom.
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Home For
Harrison & Co selling out sale at five to ten cents
Bargain event announced by Harrison and Co. offering goods priced at five to ten cents in a selling out sale. The item list is readable but fragmentary, focusing on deep discounts and quick clearance opportunities. Purchase details and dates are not provided in the available text.
Madeline Summerville Dies at Central State Hospital
Madeline Summerville, a colored resident, died at Central State Hospital yesterday. Sergeant Evans was notified by Dr. Drewry. The deceased was sent from this city on April 9, 1891. If unclaimed within 48 hours, the body will be buried in the hospital cemetery. Ad notes Boys' Suite 85 cents at Hartison & Co's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sergeant Evans
Drewry
Madeline Summerville
Central State Hospital
Dex
Mrs Standifer Out On Bail In Sister’s Killing
Mrs Willie Standifer charged with killing her sister Miss Chappell Whisenant was released on 5000 dollar bond in Atlasta Georgia. At her preliminary hearing she was committed to jail before the cafe took the case to Superior Court. The committing magistrate’s decision was reversed after it was represented that she is a tuberculosis patient with a young child needing care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlasta
Willie Standifer
Chappell Whisenant
Last Evening's Meeting of Board of Aldermen
The Board of Aldermen held its regular monthly meeting with Vice President Jones presiding. They concurred in a $1,000 appropriation to the Mahone Monument Association and the balance fund for stamping out smallpox, approved $2,000 for legal fees to Meckwaine and Davis over the Gaton rolling stock bill, and allocated $100 to Battlefield Park Association. Alderman Moore opposed the $2,000 payment, suggesting $200 instead. Vice President Jones appointed Alderman Saal to the Finance Committee. The board supported other council actions and related appropriations. Also advertised a boys suit sale at Harrison & Co's selling out bale.
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Board of Aldermen
Jones
Mahone Monument Association
W. B. Meckwaine
R. B. Davis
Gaton
Mason
Petersburg
Alderman Moore
Moore
Bishop
Battlefield Park Association
Alderman Saal
Georgia Bishop Williams to Preach in Petersburg
Bishop Williams of Augusta Georgia will preach at the Union Station Colored Methodist Episcopal church corner Halifax and Harding streets Thursday evening at o clock. The Oak street church choir will render music and Rev J E B Garrett the pastor has prepared for the visit inviting all to hear him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R .S. Williams
Augusta
Third Episcopal District
Union Station
Colored Methodist Episcopal Church
Halifax and
Harding Streets
Oak Street
J. EB. Garrett
Williams
Police Officer Payne Resigns from the Corps
Officer W.T. Payne submitted his resignation to Chief Ragland effective immediately. A first class bricklayer by trade, Payne has returned to his former work. The vacancy will likely be filled by promoting a substitute officer.
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Payne
W.T. Payne
Ragland
Mayors Court rulings on city ordinance and peace warrants
John Smith faces continued violation of a city ordinance. Harvey White, charged with assault and battery, has his case continued. George Brown, labeled colored, granted discharge on a peace warrant.
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John Smith
Harvey White
Geo. Brown
Town Topics editor indicted for perjury in Ward letter case
New York March 12 Col William D Mann editor of Town Topics was indicted for perjury by the grand jury over his denial of writing the letters O K W D M on a Count Reginald Ward letter The editor was released on 1500 bail and plead not guilty to be heard March 20 Manns counsel plans a habeas corpus challenge in the Supreme Court to test the indictment as District Attorney Jerome had acted before Justice McAvoy announced a decision last week
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New York
Col
Wm. D. Mann
Town Topics
Norman Hapgood
Collier’s Weekly
Col. Mann
O. K
Reginald Ward
Col Mann
Jerome
Justice McAvoy
McAvoy
Littleton
Mann
Bathing arrest sparks damages suit in Lynchburg
In Lynchburg Virginia March 12 the corporation court saw eleven suits each for five thousand dollars filed against Norfolk and Western Railroad by the heirs of eleven plaintiffs led by John D Christian and Charles L Christian The suits allege railroad agents stopped a creek bathing party last summer at gunpoint and marched the youths to the police station in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynchburg
Norfolk and Western Railroad
John D. Christian
Charles L. Christian
Alias Baker
F. C. Cuthrie
M. Bannister Slaughter
Robert Slaughter
G. Linden Burnham
A.M. Allen
Diax Callahan
Tyler M. Clauham
William M. Allen
Wood Telegram Criticised Senate May Debate Roosevelt Message
President Roosevelts congratulatory cables to Maj Gen Leonard Wood praise his troops for the killing of 900 Moro men women and children with only 15 American casualties. Senate opposition argues the slaughter is a deplorable necessity and not a cause for pride. A senator plans to comment in the Senate when opportunity offers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Leonard Wood
Senate
Wood
Death at Crewe of Worthy Young Man
Mr. J. E McGee of Dinwiddie county died at Crane Sunday night about 7 45 oclock. An N and W railroad employee he had been ill for months. Body brought to Petersburg and forwarded to Carson for interment in the family burying ground. An exemplary man with many Petersburg friends he was a member of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. A committee of sixteen from the order accompanied the body. Survived by a wife and four children.
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J. E McGee
Dinwiddie County
Crane
N. & W. Railroad
Carson
Petersburg
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Death in Pinehurst of Former Petersburger
Mr. W. L. Olivier of Staunton died yesterday at a Pinehurst sanitarium aged 64. A former well known Petersburger, he was brother to F. L. Olivier of this city and George W. Olivier of Charlottesville, and a member of Pegram's Battery in the war. He leaves four children, three sons and a daughter.
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W. L. Olivier
Staunpton
Pinehurst
N. Y
F. L. Olivier
George W. Olivier
Charlottesville
Pegram’s Battery
Shaw Astor wedding in London postponed to March 24
Mrs Nannie Langhorne Shaw, the American beauty, is in Paris buying the trousseau for her marriage with Waldorf Astor. The wedding will take place in London now on March 24, after an earlier fixed date of March 24 was postponed.
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London
Nannie Langhorne Shaw
Paris
Trousseau
Waldorf Astor
Magistrate's Death Under Scrutiny In Nanchang
Private advices from Kiuklang Kuangxi confirm the Nanchang magistrate who died March 1 died of a stab wound. The wound was linked to personal safety issues or alleged conflict with a Catholic missionary and the magistrate reportedly committed suicide.
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Shanghai
Kiuklang
Kuangxi
Nanchang
Hamilton will not talk in New York visit
Judge Andrew Hamilton arrived in New York on March 12 and refused to discuss New York Life Insurance Company affairs. He spent most of the day at the New York Life Building in his former eleventh floor offices and told reporters he would not engage in any publication during his two day stay. He also declined to meet District Attorney Jerome, saying there is nothing in that talk.
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New York
Andrew Hamilton
New York Life Insurance Company
New York Life Building
Hamilton
Jerome
Scarhero Roaraths Tha Kind You Tilia Always Bought Signature
The fragment presents a garbled line likely from a public notice or personal signature. No clear entities or events are readable to identify a topic, people, places, dates, or organizations for a meaningful summary.
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Scarheto
Tilia
Beating Charge After Preliminary Trial in Chatham
James Dooley of Beavers Pittsylvania county faced a preliminary trial before Justice Hurt in Chatham on March 12 for allegedly cruelly beating his invalid mother. Dooley was remanded to jail awaiting grand jury action. The mother is not expected to live.
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Chatham
James Dooley
Beavers
Pittsylvania County
Justice Hurt
Dooley
Bride to Be Nora Wellman Suicide Before Wedding
Miss Nora Wellman an 18 year old Concord resident in Kentucky ingested arsenic while traveling with the man she planned to marry on the way to Falmouth for the ceremony. She died at 11 o'clock last night.
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Falmouth
Nora Wellman
Concord
Blackmail Threats End in Shooting at Italian Printer
Domenico Mollica, owner of Il Massagiero Echo at 415 East Fourteenth Street in New York, was shot in the abdomen after receiving three black hand letters demanding 500 then 1000 dollars. He refused, feared for his life, and expected further violence near East Twenty second Street and East River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Domenico Mollica
East Fourteenth Street
Mollica
Il Massagiero Echo
Greenstein to Plead Guilty in Bankruptcy Case
Sol Greenstein, charged with perjury in the Peyser Abraham bankruptcy case, will plead guilty. He forfeited his bond after being captured in New York and escaping during a jail fire in Norfolk, was recaptured in Richmond, and will be returned for trial. Abraham will be released after arranging to reimburse half of the alleged embezzled funds to creditors.
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Norfolk
Sol Greenstein
Peyser- Abraham
New York
Richmond
Abraham
Russia's War Losses Reported by The Invalid
The Invalid in St. Petersburg reports daily Japanese war losses, with 151000 killed wounded or missing overall, excluding Port Arthur. Lists from Mukden battles are just starting to appear and many soldiers’ fates remain unknown. Relatives flood the staff with inquiries the paper cannot answer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Invalid
Japan
Port Arthur
Mukden
Color Line Protest Strikes New Haven YMCA Branch
Color line policy in New Haven YMCA draws strong opposition from leading Black residents including ministers physicians and business leaders. The Goffe Street branch has broken ties with the parent organization over the gymnasium and swimming pool arrangements.
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New Haven
Conn
Young Men’s Christian Association
Goffe Street
Tenyearold shoots father during hold up in Florida
In Branchton Tampa on March 12, ten year old Charles Ryals shouted Hands up and fired a shotgun at his father J O Ryals. The gun, believed to be unloaded by the boy, discharged and killed the elder Ryals within minutes. Ryals was a prominent local farmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampa
Fla
Charles Ryals
J. 0
Ryals
Branchton
Ryall
Sale on Val Lace and Embroideries
A textile sale offers Irish Point Lace, Val. Lace, and Embroideries at deep discounts. Prices range from 5c to 39c per yard or per dozen, with lots of insertions, edgings, and fine hand-made Torchon. The assortment totals about 2,000 yards of Val lace and 1,600 yards of Embroideries, all marketed as special sale items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Val
Yerdon
Point de Paris
New Silk Kimonas in Japanese Designs Arrive
New stock of Silk Kimonas showcased in Japanese designs with price range from 2.60 to 9 dollars each. Cheaper grades also available at 1, 1.25, 1.48, and 1.75 dollars.
Hosiery Stock Display in Large Import Line
A store advertises 60 dozen full regular made imported hosiery at 26 cents per pair or three pairs for 60 cents. It notes a very large stock of other hosiery grades available in all prices.
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Weather Report
the Bakery
W. N. Skelton
Halifax
Sycamore and
Washington Sts
Harlow, Bailey & CO
Sycamore ST
N. Sycasmore St
Washington St
Harrison & Co
Bankstreet
Hartison & Co
Bignature
Sister
Harrison & Co’s
Bishop Williams
Georgia
Mayor’s Court
THE
Norfolk and Western
Crewe
Dale
Priest
Russia
Salem Maaska
COR
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