1 10 1724 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Student Name Emma Alvarez Summary At Music Hall in Chicago, Eugene Chafin accepts his presidential nomination from the Prohibition party and delivers a speech that receives enthusiastic applause. Item Type Article Image No URL https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RP19080822&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Topic Government and Politics Times Repeated Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound Chicago, Aug. 19. - At Music Hall, in the presence of a large and enthusiastic audience, Eugene W. Chafin, of Chicago, accepted by the nomination for the presidency by the Prohibition party. The address formally notifying Mr. Chafin of his selection as the head of the Prohibition ticket was made by Professor Charles Scanlon, of Pittsburg on behalf of the committee on notification appointed at the national convention in Columbus, O., July 16. Leading members of the party from Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, and other states attended. Seated on the platform were the national executive committeemen, chairmen of the various state committees, the committee on notification and several prominent Prohibitionists. Charles R. Jones, chairman of the national committee, called the meeting to order, and announced the selection of Samuel Dickie, president of Albion college, Albion, Mich., as chairman of the gathering. Mr. Dickie delivered a brief address and then introduced Mr. Scanlon. He was greeted with applause as he began his notifying address, and throughout his speech was interrupted by evidence of approval of his remarks. “You are not asked,” said Mr. Scanlon, turning to Mr. Chafin, who occupied a seat on the platform, ‘to lead a forlorn hope. The final issue of this struggle is not now or nor ever had been in doubt. The principles adopted by the Prohibition party are as certain to prevail as time is to continue.” Mr. Scanlon continued amid an outburst of cheering. When it had subsided he handed Mr. CHafin an elaborately engrossed copy of the Prohibition party platform adopted at Columbus, and signed by the chairman of the national committee. Prolonged applause greeted Mr. Chafin as he accepted the honor of the nomination. It was some minutes before he was able to continue his speech of acceptance. Mr. Chafin, in beginning, dwelt on the party strifed over false issues for the sake of obtaining office. Location Upper Left Quadrant Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Aug12 1908 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <i>Richmond Planet</i> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1980-08-22 Title A name given to the resource Prohibition Notification Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Student Name Emma Alvarez Summary After being named the next President of the United States, William H. Taft delivers a speech to the North Carolina Society of New York at Hotel Astor. The Planet says it is “one of the most remarkable that he has as yet delivered, and all things considered, one of the best.” Item Type Article Image No URL https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RP19081212&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Topic Government and Politics Times Repeated Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound Hon. William H, Taft, who has been recently chosen as the statesman to succeed President Roosevelt in the White House delivered an address last Monday night before the North Carolina Society of New York at Hotel Astor. His address was one of the most remarkable that he has as yet delivered, and all things considered, one of the best. He showed more skill in dealing with a delicate and embarrassing subject than he has shown on several similar occasions. He is quoted as follows: “Prosperity in the North is accompanied by prosperity in the South, and a halt one means a halt in the other. Northern people meet Southern people and find them friendly and charming and full of graceful and grateful companionship. What is it that set the South apart, and takes from the Southern people the responsibilities which the members of a republican ought to share in respect to the conduct of the national government? Why is it that what is done at Washington seems to be the work of the North and the West and not of the South? Should this state of affairs continue? These are the questions that force themselves on those of us concerned with the government who are most anxious to have a solid, united country, of whose will the course of the government shall be an intelligent interpretation and expression.” This then was the sum and substance of what he desired to discuss. He said further: I come at once to the present condition of things, stated from a constitutional and political standpoint. And that is this. That in all the Southern states it is possible by election laws prescribing proper qualifications for the suffrage, which square with the Fifteenth Amendment and which shall be equally administered as between the black and white races to prevent entirely the possibility of a domination of Southern State, county or municipal governments by an ignorant electorate, white or black. It is further true that the sooner such laws when adopted are applied with exact equality and justice to the two races the better for the moral tone of state and community concerned.” The above is admirably stated. It is spoken in a way and manner that can certainly give no offense to an intelligent colored man, who has the welfare of the country at heart. He says: “Negroes should be given an opportunity equally with whites by education and thrift to meet the requirements of eligibility which the state legislatures in their wisdom shall lay down in order to secure the safe exercise of the electoral franchise. The Negro should ask nothing other than equal chance to qualify himself for the franchise, and when that is granted by law and not denied by executive discrimination he has nothing to complain of. Mr. Taft stated the situation exactly and we heartily agree with him. We should have equal opportunities with the whites in the matter of education and we hope some day to get it. Here in Richmond, we have two school buildings closed to the children and the pupils are now being taught in a limited time and no arrangements have been made for the betterment of their condition. The City Council has just appropriated $200.00 per annum for the colored children to play and absolutely nothing for the children to study. Judge Taft continues: The proposal to repeal the Fifteenth Amendment is utterly impracticable and should be relegated to the limbo of forgotten issues. It is very certain that any party founded on the proposition would utterly fail in a national canvass and that the hope is futile... Location Upper Left Quadrant Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Dec3 1908 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <i>Richmond Planet</i> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1909-12-12 Title A name given to the resource Mr. Taft and the Race Question Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Student Name Alan Banuchi Summary A new cult “Sect of the Crimson God” is investigated by police, and accused of practicing human sacrifices following “repeated disappearances of persons in the region where the sect is active.” Item Type Article Image No URL https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RP19090619&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Topic Church, School, and Organizations Times Repeated Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound St. Petersburg, June 16. – Dispatches from Perm, European Russia, say the police have begun an investigation into the “Sect of the Crimson God,” the members of which are accused of human sacrifices and other horrible practices. Repeated disappearances of persons in the region where the sect is active drew suspicion to the organization, which worships a red wooden idol, colored with human blood. The police have found a secret grave, containing the mutilated body of a man supposed to have been sacrificed, and they expect to find others. The Ural region, of which Perm is the center, is the breeding ground for many fanatical cults. It is a meeting place of the pagan tribes of Asia, as well as persons who flee from Russia on account of religious persecution. Location Lower Right Quadrant Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context May - 1909 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <i>Richmond Planet</i> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1909-06-19 Title A name given to the resource Accuse New Cult Of Human Sacrifices Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Student Name Alan Banuchi Summary A near fatal brawl between two men for possession of a cigarette is instigated by an argument over who should smoke it. Item Type Article Image No URL https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RP19090612&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Topic Crime and Justice Times Repeated Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound Chicago, June 9. – Two men fought with meat cleavers for the possession of a cigarette, and Gustavus Vlockas, twenty seven year old, is in a hospital with several cuts in the head, and John Arahontis, twenty-six year old, is under arrest. Vlockas has one cigarette, and in a dispute over which one should smoke it Arahontis seized a meat cleaver and started after Vlockas. The owner of the cigarette seized a similar weapon. When the police arrived Arahontis was taking the cigarette out of the prostrate Vlockas’ pocket, but the cigarette was found to be crushed beyond usefulness. Location Lower Left Quadrant Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context May 1909 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <i>Richmond Planet</i> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1909-06-12 Title A name given to the resource Desperate Fight for A Cigarette Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Student Name Alan Banuchi Summary Philanthropist Andrew Carnegie is credited with founding 1800 public libraries, his donations “aggregating $51,596,963.” Item Type Article Image No URL https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RP19090612&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Topic Church, School, and Organizations Times Repeated Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound New York, June 9. – Andrew Carnegie has founded 1800 public libraries, representing donations aggregating $51,596,963, according to his own statement in the current number of Collier’s weekly. Up to Dec. 31, 1908, the philanthropist says he erected in the United States 956 library buildings with branches at a cost of $34,870,745. England and Wales came second in the list, with 329 buildings and fifty-nine branches, at a cost of $7,859,550. Location Lower Left Quadrant Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context May - 1909 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <i>Richmond Planet</i> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1909-06-12 Title A name given to the resource Founded 1800 Libraries Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Student Name Alan Banuchi Summary A Polish miner is found slain on the Lackawanna railroad tracks with egregious injuries including a fractured skull, bullet holes in his kidneys, and knife wounds on his face. Item Type Article Image No URL https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RP19090612&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Topic Crime and Justice Times Repeated Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound Peter Rodobskie, a Polish miner, living in a settlement of his countrymen in West Scranton, Pa., was found slain upon the tracks of the Lackawanna railroad by a trackwalker. Rodobskie left his home on Saturday evening after drawing his pay and was not seen again by his wife and family until the body was discovered. Rodobskie’s killing was a most brutal crime. His skull was fractured, he had two knife wounds on the right side of his face, and he was shot through his kidneys. A part of one of his suspenders was found twisted around his neck, so that strangulation would have resulted in a short time, while a beam of heavy oak was let fall in him from a height, the man’s breast being literally caved in. He had also a knife wound on the right hand. The county detective is of the opinion that the man was running away when the shot was fired, and that the other injuries were inflicted after he fell from the bullet wound. Location Upper Right Quadrant Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context May - 1909 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <i>Richmond Planet</i> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1909-06-12 Title A name given to the resource Polish Miner Brutally Slain Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Student Name Alan Banuchi Summary An agreement between United Hatters of North America and the manufacturers is reached after a strike that “has closed twenty-two hat factories.” Item Type Article Image No URL https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RP19090612&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Topic Business and Industry Times Repeated Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound Danbury, Conn., June 9. – The strike that has closed twenty-two hat factories in this city, Bethel and New Milford for the past five months has practically ended. It was announced that an agreement had been reached between about fifteen of the manufacturing concerns and the national executive and advisory boards of the United Hatters of North America upon a plan settlement. The terms of settlement include an agreement on the part of the manufacturers to withdraw from the National Association of Hat Manufacturers, which can be done on ninety days’ notice. At present the members of the national association are under bonds of $25,000 not to use the union label of the United States. According to the terms of agreement the union employees are to return to work as individuals for ninety days in the factories entering into the settlement and after the withdrawal of the manufacturers from their national associations becomes effective all matters in dispute in the local factories will be arbitrated and the use of the union label will be resumed. Location Upper Right Quadrant Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context May - 1909 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <i>Richmond Planet</i> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1909-06-12 Title A name given to the resource Hatters’ Strike Ends At Last Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Student Name Alan Banuchi Summary An ocean pier near Cape May, N. J. is nearly demolished by a barge carrying “210 tons of stone” propelled by the tide “for a distance of two miles” before it struck. Item Type Article Image No URL https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RP19090605&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Topic Church, School, and Organizations Times Repeated Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound The ocean pier in front of Cape May, N. J., was almost totally demolished in sight of hundreds of people, who lined the boardwalk and beach strand. The barge Robert Campbell, belonging to the Breakwater Construction Company, of New York, loaded with 210 tons of stone for the Cape May harbor entrance, being built by the government, broke away from her moorings and before the strong northeast wind and high running tide was driven along the beach for a distance of two miles until it struck the pier. Piling after piling was battered sown by the action of the wind and wave surging the barge. The damage will amount to about $25,000.The opera house on the pier was nearly the first part of it to drop into the surf. Location Upper Left Quadrant Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context May -1909 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <i>Richmond Planet</i> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1909-06-05 Title A name given to the resource Cape May Pier Smashed Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Student Name Alan Banuchi Summary A new daylight savings bill is introduced by Representative Peters, which “provides the arrangement of time shall be known as universal time.” Item Type Article Image No URL https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RP19090605&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Topic Government and Politics Times Repeated Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound Washington, May 26. – A daylight saving bill has been introduced by Representative Peters, of Massachusetts. The measure provides for “four April small hours” and “four September long hours.” The plan is to shorten the hour between 2 and 3 o’clock on the morning of each of the first four Sundays in April to forty minutes and to make the hour between 2 and 3 o’clock in the morning of each of the first four Sundays in September consist of 80 minutes. The measure provides the arrangement of time shall be known as universal time, and shall not affect Greenwich time as used for the purpose of astronomy and navigation. Location Upper Left Quadrant Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context May - 1909 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <i>Richmond Planet</i> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1909-06-05 Title A name given to the resource New Hour Of 40 Minutes Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Student Name Alan Banuchi Summary President Taft is the “central figure” in the service commemoration for the Gettysburg fighting of June and July 1863, where his daughter will “unveil the monument” for the soldiers. Item Type Article Image No URL https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RP19090605&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Topic Government and Politics Times Repeated Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound Gettysburg, Pa., May 26. – Arrangements have been completed for the dedication on the battlefield here on Monday afternoon of the monument erected by congress to commemorate the services of the regular army of the United States in the Gettysburg fighting of June and July 1863. President Taft will be the central figure in the ceremonies and will deliver the oration. Miss Helen H. Taft, the president’s daughter will unveil the monument. Secretary of War Dickinson will deliver an address and will transfer the monument to the Gettysburg National Park commission. The memorial will be accepted by Lieutenant Colonel John P. Nicholson, chairman of the commission. Following the placing of laurel wreaths at the base of the monument by the oldest regimental or battery commander in the Gettysburg campaign attending the dedication, President Taft will review the troops on the field. The monument is a beautiful shaft eighty-five feet high, surrounded at the base by a broad granite terrace and stands on Hancock Avenue, a short distance south of the high water mark of the battle of Gettysburg. Location Lower Left Quadrant Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context May - 1909 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <i>Richmond Planet</i> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1909-06-05 Title A name given to the resource President Taft At Gettysburg