Jamestown Jockey Club Fall Meet Opens in Norfolk
Norfolk crowds pack the Jamestown Jockey Club opening day as a soggy fall meet kicks off with favorites winning and a mix of longshots in six races. Ancon sheds farm players' breath by slipping under the wire in the third race as Water Welles outruns Begum in Merchants' selling stakes. Big Dipper upsets My Cenae by a head in race five while Col Ashmeade triumphs in the sixth race over Tactics and Grainger.
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Washington Post
Norfolk
Jamestown
Ancon
Water Welles
Begum
Merchants’ Selling
Essom
Big Dipper
Mycenae
Maxim's Choice
Orpen
Neylon
High Priest
Flatbush
Gallant Boy
Jongs Supreme
Buxton
Thelma
Shuttinger
Galaxy
Burny
Harvest Queer
Huda
el Mahdi
Alice
Billy Stuart
Mordecai
Bulgar
Eye Arcade
Ward Anoon
Ward
Capt
Flot
Burwett
Fred Levy
Arran
Jessup Burs
mcKinogg
Vates
Warbler
the ‘Gardener
Scarlet Pimpernel
Billie Hibbs
Merchants
Nathan
Bosom
McTagwart
Tima
Yallow Eyes
Rwood
Prograssvs
Feather Duster
Mila
Cates
Mrcsnaett
Wilson
Venetage
MecIntyre
Clem Beachly
Yarl
Richmond
Miss Jonah
Cockspur
Harcourt
Col
Ashmeste
Ice Card
Tactics
Thing
Grainger
Racing Entries From Jamestown Meet Keep Fast Pace
Today's racing entries show a jammed Jamestown program with six races listed for two year olds through older horses. Notable runners include Lady Grant Lowise Travers Captain Barna Suwanee Water Lady Selon Executer Beconé and Golden Prime with various weights and distances across the card.
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Jamestown
Lady Grant
Lowise Travers
Capt
Barna
Suwanee
Water Lady
Selon
Executer
Poree
Golden Prime
Ben Quince
Ray of Light
Violet May
Ruby
Hyanss
Capt. Burns
Lancewood
Valkyrie
John F. Nixon
Mater
Armament
Sealing
Delicious M. Manheimer
Inferno Queen
Brynery
Anavri
Little Engsend
Smirk
M. Jonqall
Silas Grump
Rod and Gun
Black Chief
Fawn
Rye Straw
Horace H
Hens Creek
the Squire
Kinmundy
Agnar
Unclear racing entrants listed for Philadelphia event
A fragmented race card lists numerous horse names and handlers including Captain Burns Black Chief Tartar Louise Travers Sunsenes Mater Ben Quince and others. The source presents a garbled roster with multiple repetitions and nonstandard spellings, resembling a race program draft from Cincinnati Enquirer Morning Telegraph and related papers.
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Jamestown
Cmagg
Philadelphia Inquirer
Captain Burns
Tartar
Louise Travers
Sunsenes
Barna
Mater
Ben Quince
Gmirk
Rod and Gun
Rickie
Carlton
First Aid
Troy Weight
Incistan
Beach Sami
the Squire
Hans Creek
Cincinnati Enquirer
Lady Grant
Lady Grant ; ‘Mater, John P. Nixon, Valkyrie, Silas Grump, Red and Gun
Black Chis
Carlton G
Guy Fisher
Sickie
Venetian
Horace B
Outlaw
Kingmead
Mimesis
Morning Telegraph
Water Lady
Lady Grant Mater
Valkyrie Jongell
Anarri
Black Chie
Terror
Rye Straw
Incision
Beech Sand
Hans Cresk
President Wilson's Emoluments Exemption in Tax Law
The Income tax exemption for the President and for Supreme and inferior court judges was written into the Democratic tariff amendment to respect constitutional provisions. The text notes that the President's and judges' compensation cannot be reduced during the term, and clarifies exemptions stem from constitutional constraints, not political maneuvering.
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Wilson
United States
the Post
Congress
Supreme
Inferior Courts
Father Slain by Son in Virginia Home
A dairyman Jerome O. Wells 45 was shot and killed by his 17-year-old son Robert at about 8 pm in Big Stone Gap Virginia. The alleged quarrel with his wife preceded the shooting as Wells leveled a double-barreled shotgun then his son fired a revolver striking him in the jaw and head. Wells leaves a wife and six children.
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Big Stone Gap
Jerome O. Wells
Robert
Wells
Sea board Air Line reelected directors at Petersburg meeting
The annual Sea board Air Line Railway stockholders meeting in Petersburg Virginia reelected the current board of directors without opposition. Judge L R Watts presided in the absence of President W J Harahan who is in New York. The meeting was held at the Bendai offices in the city.
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Petersburg
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Bendrai
L. R. Watts
W. J. Harahan
New York
Police News Notes and Incidents in Washington
Police headquarters received a child’s urgent call on Marion street asking for a policeman. William R Killman coordinated two officers. James W Ballinger, a Navy Department draftsman, suffered acute indigestion en route to work and was treated at the naval dispensary then Emergency Hospital. Mary Sesso reported a fraud by a hooded woman involving 40 dollars via a handkerchief trick. A girl named Annie fell on Nichola avenue southeast and was badly hurt sent to Casualty Hospital.
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Marion Street
William R Killman
Kiliman
James W. Ballinger
Navy Department
Seventeenth Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Naval Dispensary
F Street
Annie
Him Calmaed
Nichola Avenue
Court Fight Over Pink Pearl Worth $16000
New York court heard Mrs Jules Vatable and jeweler Ludwig Wissen dispute ownership of a pink pearl valued from 10000 to 18251.2 as of today. Witness Nathan Weil said the pearl in Mrs Vatables possession differs from the one he sold in 1907 and claimed by Nissen. Edward Beech stole a pink pearl and faced luckless travels before prison. Mrs Vatable testified briefly, stating she bought the pearl in good faith.
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New York
Jules Vatable
Elizabeth Stokes
Ludwig Wissen
Supreme Court
Rotlin Monroe
Fifth Avenue
Nathan J. Weil
Mrs. Vatable
Nissen
Vatable
Edward J. Beech
China
San Francisco
World Happenings Notes From Around The Globe
A string of brief reports from Philadelphia Seattle Freedom New Hampshire Boston Loula and Paris detail incidents from beriberi aboard a British steamer measles in Alaska volcano activity in Cook Inlet a murder indictment in Freedom New Hampshire opium seizures in Boston a theater manager’s death in Loula and a deadly mystery at a wedding in Cholet France The items read like a digest of isolated events with names places and dates.
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Seattle
Wash
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
MacArthur
Alaska
Cook Inlet
Yismna
Avsusting
Katmai
Mount Douglas
Backers Full of Shot Walk From North Carolina
Three laborers at a North Carolina sawmill camp were peppered with birdshot, carrying almost a quart of pellets. Doctors at Emergency Hospital began removal, with estimates of 2.5 hours per surgeon to extract shots. 160 shot removed from one man and others cupped out in teams. They walked to Washington seeking treatment after failing to find care in Norfolk and Elizabeth City.
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North Carolina
Harry 8. Lewis
John Krasnahoe
Anthony Kruewiski
Stephen Kvaspko
Cow gore tragedy near Durham kills Mrs Fletcher
In Raleigh North Carolina on November 12 a cow fatally gored Mrs J D Fletcher to death at her home six miles from Durham. The 6 year old widow, wife of a United States farm demonstrator, was found in the stable doorway by her son and nephew as they stopped by en route home. Her husband was away from home and the motive remains uncertain.
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Raleigh
N. C
J. D. Fletcher
Durham
Metcher
Fletcher
Habana Students Riot Over Police Clash
In bana on November 13 students clashed with police at the university. They smeared trolley tracks on University Hill causing dangerous trolley descents and a fight with motormen. Police intervened as students pelted officers and later filed complaints with the interior secretary. A riot on Obispo Street left several students clubbed.
Parcel Post To Aid Get No Part Of 50 Million
Charles J Brand of the Department of Agriculture told the Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations that parcel post could aid farmers by delivering eggs butter and vegetables directly. He noted small cotton growers in Arkansas could not access government crop moving funds amounting to 50 million while banks held loans to buyers and commission men leaving farmers unable to obtain credit.
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Charles J Brand
Office of Markets
Department of Agriculture
Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations
Willard Brand
Post Office Department
Brané
Arkansas
Lind Arrives at Vera Cruz Amid Exodus Rumor
John Lind and Capt Burnside arrived at Vera Cruz and took quarters at the U S consul. Lind avoided details about his stay or the rumor of a Saturday exodus from Mexico City. The cruiser Chester arrived from Philadelphia and over 10 American refugees reached Vera Cruz, with several boarding the Sugaranca for Havana.
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Vera Cruz
John Lind
William A. Burnside
United States Consulte
Lind
Vera Crag
United States
Chester
Monument to Arthur Fergusson to be unveiled in Manila Plaza Fergusson
A memorial monument to Arthur W. Fergusson, former secretary to the Philippine Commission and Washington resident, will be unveiled in Plaza Fergusson, Manila, tomorrow. The bronze bust by Mariano Benlliure honors a key Pan American figure who served eight years in the islands and died there in January 198. Funds were raised by the Fergusson Memorial Association.
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Washingtonian
Philippine Commission
Arthur W. Fergusson
Washington
Plaza Fergusson
Manila
Philippine Islands
Aite
Mariano Benleure
Henry ©. Ide
The
Philippines
United States
Spain
Ide
Fergusson
Fergusson Memorial Association
Taft
Islands
Voice of the People on Porto Rico and US policy
A reader argues that Puerto Rico's grievances stem from lacking citizenship and autonomous status. The piece notes wage and living-cost parity, high rents, and widespread poverty, urging US-posed governance be reconsidered to grant status akin to a territory on a path to statehood.
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Canada
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Wilson
Philppine
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Renta
San Juan
Hia
Porto Hico
Madrid
EL. BE. Woods
Ulster Enlists Against Home Rule as Asquith Threats Rise
A reader praises editorials confirming that Ulster unionists will fight to defend civil and religious liberties if Home Rule is imposed. The letter recalls ancestral defiance, notes armed resistance as a rational response, and lists alleged funds and political pressures shaping the dispute.
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the Sunday Post
Ulster
Ireland
Ufe
Liste
Galleriee
Vic
Tes
Amelia
Prem Australia
Une
Jhouse of Commons
Bridah
Parliamimnt Nevir
Portrait of Commodore Barry in Franklin Park
The article describes Barry portrait lore tied to Gilbert Stuart and a copy hanging in Independence Hall. It notes Stuart's Barry resides with Mrs Horace Hepburn in Philadelphia, and recounts Barry’s Navy rank, service under Adams and Jefferson, and death in 1803.
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Barry
Franklin Park
Commodore Barry
Gilbert Stuart
Statehouse
Philadelphia
Independence Hall
Commodore John Barry
Horace Hepburn
Washington
United Stated
Adams
Jefferson
William Barry Meany
M.D
D. C
Activist Militant Debate Sparks Women Suffrage Row
An unsigned Post editorial rails against militancy in national suffrage fights, citing Mrs Dodge and Dr Anna Howard Shaw. It contrasts fears of militant tactics with calls for free speech, duty to vote, and civic pride while deriding opponents as irrational critics in a periodical voice.
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Eitor Post
Sch
Arthur M Dodge
National Association
England
Dodge
Tcaring
United States
Mealls
Freight Steamer Grounds Near Norfolk VA
In a Norfolk harbor incident a freight steamer ran aground near the wharves. Efforts underway to lighten the vessel by pumping ballast tanks and offload cargo to refloat her. No injuries reported, authorities monitoring the situation as diversInspect hull for damage and assess dredging need.
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Ihe Lao
Jane Fright
Ilears
London
Antwerp
Hampton
Newport
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