Strang Retires From Fast Auto Race After Tire Burst
Atlanta Ga race reaches climax as Serge Robertson drives a six horse power entry setting a track record for 30 miles in 4 minutes 7 seconds. Strang loses tire explosion forces retirement after ten miles. Several crashes and near escapes mar the event, with Harding Lorimer Stdlman Ding and Dishrow among those affected.
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Atlanta
Serge H Roberton
Johr Ken
Allee
Wnanahe
Maruo Bot
Aiken
Newan Besbi
Ani
Strang
Tar Heels Edge Pirates In Open Season Tennis Clash
North Carolina Wing at Tenma 103 reports a college tennis showdown featuring University of North Carolina and Wisconsin at Vanesagtan Post this afternoon. Burns 6 B 1-8 Veralle beat Potts b-1-4 as Tar Heels claim the victory behind superior serving and steady play from Croghan and Gosanant.
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North Carolina
Tenma
Vanesagtan
Unitersity
Narll Carolina
University of
Betwen
Potts
Automobile World notes and automotive claims in 1910 era
The piece references EW Wagner named superintendent at Ireland garage replacing Mr Cunningham the salesman. It mentions Mrs P Young buying a 1910 Woods electric and Bayne planning a visit to Baltimore in a Washington car. It includes advertising claims about catarrh cures and medical remedies, a Henry Southern analysis on tire slip at Brooklands, and AA rules defining an amateur racer with criteria for professional status.
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P OM Young
Woods Electric
Gritty East clash. Pennsylvanias and Michigans big test
Philadelphia reports confidence as Penn State prepares on Winslow Junction before the Franklin field showdown with Michigan. Key players suffer injuries, while Michigan relies on team resolve and signals strength to counter Pennsylvanias home advantage.
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Philadelphia
East
University of Pennsylvania
University of Michigan
Franklin Field
Elevers
Pennsylvania
Marks
Wip
Lamberton
Hutchinson
Michigan
League Island
Bet on Johnson draws crowds as odds flip in title clash
A flood of wagers poured in as Johnson’s backers laid even money on a December 1 title bout. Early bets neared 10 000 with 19 000 potential gains if Wilkins accepted larger sums. Meanwhile Syracuse baseball talks and a Staunton military win provided regional sports notes alongside a murder arrest report from Gate City.
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Mhe Sen Lork
Asprania
Jeffries
New York
Bariot D Woking
Stanca
Johnson
Dreem Ber
Wittin
Wilkins
Wikins
Jon
Frisco Promoters Quiet on Bid in Florida Race Track Row
A Frisco promoter group maintains silence as the successful bidder faces no obligation to reveal sensational details. Reportedly, disreputable bidders have surfaced with vague schemes to patch over disputes with Pockowm Service amid a tense Florida race track controversy.
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Florida
Groundbreaking Promoters Stall Boxing Deals in New York
In a tense boxing scene, promoters scramble over purses and bids as December 3 looms for accepting offers on a major mill project. Figures from Jeffries, Johnson, Gleason, Kaufman, and O Brien surface amid talk of Paris cash offers and Nevada guarantees. A Florida betting-race track clash and duck flock near Newport News add to a day of dramatic industry chatter.
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New York
Jeffies
Johnson
Tle
Gleason
Alta Li Graney
McCarey
Qoffroth
Lexan
Ballterine
Broadway
Kid McCoy
Paris
Able Boxing Club
Nelson
Nevada
Kaufman
Jeftings
Jack O Brien
Philadephia
Brien
O'Brien
Florida
St Tous
Jacksonville
Prorida
Richmond Suffragists Act in Virginia Petition Drive
From Richmond Virginia November presses report a well defined movement for woman suffrage with petitions in hundreds of signatures. The petition asks the U S Senate and House to submit to state legislatures for ratification a national constitutional amendment enabling women to vote. Noted signers include Sharon Bosher Mrs Dabney Crenshaw Miss Elen Glasgow and Miss Mary Johnston, with a Richmond meeting planned to organize and map the campaign.
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Waatington Post
Richmond
Beniateghd
House of Representatives
United States
Sharnes @ Bosher
Mra
Dabney Crenshaw
Elen Glasgow
Mary Johnston
Virginia
Richmond delegates elect officers at Yong Womens Christian Association convention
A territorial convention session in Richmond elected officers including President Mrs Calvin Stewart of Richmond and Vice Presidents Mrs Woodbury Poulter of Washington and Elizabeth A Jones of Charlotte. Secretaries Aless Corde Hudson of Weston Salem and Miss Grambling of Richmond. Delegates discussed work of the past year in Virginia and the Carolinas, noting industrial mill village programs, student associations, and aid for unprotected girls.
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Richmond
Yong ‘Womens Christian Association
Tony
Icers
Calvin Stewmrt
Fachmond
Woodbury Puleter
Washington
Elizabeth A Tones
Charette
Aless Corde Hudson
Wheston Salem
N.C
Miss Grambling
Young Womens Christan Assention
Virginia
Carolinas
Girla
Virginia Briefs Mixed Virginia News Snapshots
Norfolk farmer fell into a Roanoke basement drainage near New First National Barn and nearly drowned, fined for drunkenness in police court. In Dismal Swamp a Suffolk Deer Club party returned with a 310 pound buck and a 195 pound deer. Suffolk warehouse fire destroyed over 500000 empty strawberry crates at Virginia Manufacturing. Internal Revenue official LP Summers denies plans to become federal district attorney and confirms continuing as collector of internal revenue. Roanoke area home move delayed by residents after fire, prompting relocation discussion in Vinton suburb.
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Norwich
First National
Roanoke
Sufolk Deer Club
Virginia Manufacturing Company
Suffolk
Summers
Abingdon
Does
Thomas Moore
Internal Revenue
Tragic death in Wheeling discusses a four-year-old suffocated by carbolic ingestion
The report notes Henry Vasser stogia maker aged four ended Inside by swallowing carbolic and was found dead by his wife. In Huntington anti bridge supporters raise funds to fight Huntington Northern Railway project along Seventeenth Street with property values at stake. Also updates on Midshipman Bearl D Wilson recovering from illness with slow but steady progress at Annapolis.
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Wheeling
Henry Vasser
Ainer
Ts Table
Huntington
Antibridge
Huntington Northern Railway
Orige
Seventeenth Street
Clemency Appeals Seek Delays in Executions
Alexandria petitions circulate to Gov Swanson asking clemency for Calvin Johnson Richard Pines and Eugene Dorsey who face the electric chair on November 1 9 November 38 and December ? for murder of Walter F Schultz. Attorneys Machen Caton Jr and Nicol push two options to commute to life or delay until Henry Smyth trial. Commonwealth's Attorney Brent met Gov Swanson and discussed reasons to avoid disturbing verdicts.
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Calvin Johnson
Richard Pines
Eugene Dorsey
Walter F Schultz
Lewis FH Machen
J R Caton Jr
Arlett B Nicol
Gov Swanson
Alexandria
Machen
Henry Smith
Smyth
Commonwealth
S G Brent
Richmond
Court of Appenly
Brent
Father ILL Son Ends Life Beeler Suicide in Hagerstown Md
Nay 12 Gun Beeler aged 20 a junior member of Beeler Son dealers in plumbing supplies shot himself through the heart at his office in Hagerstown driven to despondency by his father Frank Beeler’s slow decline from cancer He left four letters last night two to his father one to his mother and one to his sister the contents not made public
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Waehington Prat
Rockville
Elias Lillie F Drown
Frank Brown
Purdum
Hig
Edward L Mullineaux
Isount Alro
Carcoll Cowty
Hloward Okee
Mountain View
Duncan Cameron
New Your City
Elizabeth Welsh
Washington
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Second
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Edith Rheabeth Sposeard
Benjamin T Spoavard
Chewaville
Toba
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Alexandria
Greater
Pat
Ais Bogteard
Biz Mfe
Muffinburg
SH Snell
Lie
Prince William Counts
United Brethren Church
Tattson
J Fred Birrel
Edwin I Birrell
Artivan
Maryland Wedds and ferry plan to Alexandria scene
A movement to organize a company to build and operate a ferry tour between Alexandria and points on the Maryland side is noted, with possible dredging of a channel opposite Toxs Fens Rockville. Several marriages are reported, including Elias Lillie F Drown’s daughter and others, plus local officials and clergy involved.
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Alexandria
Glendore Point
Fox S Ferry
Fort Foote
Carlin
Congress
Toxs Fens
Prohibition Report at Newport News Meeting Urges Statewide Vote
A temperance report from the Methodist conference at Newport News endorses licensing a statewide prohibition vote and urges the Anti Saloon League to seek a state wide measure. It also advocates preaching against liquor, condemns newspaper attitudes toward prohibition, and notes conference actions including elections and clergy admissions.
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Newport News
Washington
Allisation League of
Virginia
Methodist
James Cannon, Jr
Antisatoon League
Nervine Restores Nervous Energy Says Patient Viola Baker
Misery in head and body eased after using Dr Miles Nervine a druggist returns money if not satisfied Viola Baker of Orange Texas reports rapid relief from headaches backaches and neuralgia by restoring nerve energy and improving organ function The first bottle is guaranteed.
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Miles
Nervine
Agua
Viola Baker
Orange
Texas
North Carolina Drainage Conference Elects Officers
At the NC Drainage Conference in Newbern on November 12 officers were elected from all three counties. J A Brown of Chadbone was chosen president. Pratt was named secretary-treasurer. Willington selected as next meeting site. date to be decided.
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Psdy
Thore
Lipscomb
Duthman
Christian
Richmond
J Young
Danville
Bernet Landhurs
Bernet Landhurs J C Reed, Petersburg Lay Delagate— John P Branch Rewnard
Norfolk
HF Warrenfara
Aia
Trinity Chur
Brown
Chadbone
Ep Oernor Pratt
Norfolk and Southern Receivership Appoints Special Master
Federal Judge Waddell appoints a special master to probe Norfolk and Southern Railway receivership actions in New York and Norfolk. The inquiry covers alleged improper payments and commissions tied to underwriting and intercompany dealings, and seeks clarity on ownership and propriety of funds and securities linked to the railroad and its subsidiaries.
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Newkein
Norfolk and Southern Railway
Waddlll
New York
Mergus ‘Rela
Norfolk and Southern Railway Company
Ats
Edward Goweet & Co
Norfolk and Southern
Eweet & Co
Norfak
Southern
Therm
T Rust Company of America
Fergus Reid
Tootey
Heatman Brothers Abandon Baltimore Pike Road Contract
Hootman Brothers of Washington Pa abruptly quit a road contract from Cumberland suburbs to the Baltimore pike area. They left creditors unpaid and filed an involuntary bankruptcy petition in U S district court. About $200 in property remained. wage claims near $2,000 cited. Maryland may adjust claims to resume work quickly.
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Cumberland
Hootman Brothers
Washington Pa
State Road
SaaYe House
Baltimore P
Gilles
United States District Court
Heatman | Brothers
Heatmans
Mervland
Jail Delivery Prevented in Mercer County Prison Break
Special to The Weaklystooast Princeton West Virginia November 12 Twenty two prisoners confined in Mercer county jail tried to break out this afternoon Their planned delivery was foiled by the sheriff and deputy who noted suspicious actions and found inmates using iron bars to prise a way to rivers and the outer walls They waited for night to dash to freedom This marks the third escape attempt in a month and several prisoners will be moved to the Moundsville penitentiary
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Princeton
Mercer County
Moundeville
Roanoke Mountain Pleasure Park Plan
A Roanoke intitiative seeks to build a rail line from Roanoke River to Mt Mountain top to create a pleasure park with summer cottages. Engin ers begin surveying today as stock subscriptions total 19,000 with A B Hammond president Charles Sieo vice president O T Bottomley treasurer.
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Mil Mountain
Washington Post
Roanoke River
Moi Mountain
Hammond
Charneles Sieo
O T. Bottomley
Techetar
Supreme Court actions and crimes in Virginia cases
The Richmond driven Nov 1 reports the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals granting a writ of error in a Richmond suit and detailing arguments for the plaintiff and defendant in error. Nearby, Kinnard Breeden was arrested in Luray for attempted assault on a preacher’s 12 year old daughter and placed in custody amid local outrage. Richmond also notes the Virginia Anti Tuberculosis Association selecting Dr T A Parker as executive secretary and plans state travel to organize anti tuberculosis work.
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Yana
Mallat
Chésapeake
Ghee
Atlantic Coset Line
Jaalel
Lipmomh Wwauningtontung
Fara Company
Geourise
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Blancan
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Virginia Anti- Tuberculosis Association
Publile
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Jim Richmond
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