Race and Place Newspapers

Richmond Planet

Newspaper Information
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Date of Publication: February 10, 1906 (Wednesday)
Frequency: weekly
Article Transcripts

Page 01

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Lincoln, Our Saint of Liberty

Summary of Article
Praises Lincoln as a defender of liberty, lover of justice, and well-remembered martyr.

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Dividing the School Fund

Summary of Article
Disparages a plan to fund black schools with only black taxes. Says that this is not legislation designed for all, it is not charitable, and given the centuries of uncompensated slavery, it is not equitable.

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Horribly Injured

Summary of Article
A white teenage boy was killed when he fell beneath the wheels of a train.

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Emancipation Notes

Summary of Article
Announces a special meeting of the Afro-American Emancipation Association to discuss organization.

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Risked His Life For Them

Summary of Article
A black man in Macon, Georgia managed to stop horses that had runaway with a buggy, and thereby saved two white ladies from serious injury or death. He was rewarded with thanks and applause and a large sum of money.

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Removing a Negro Office Holder

Summary of Article
New information was obtained in the case of a young black mail carrier who was killed while on his route.

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Her Dear Valentine

Summary of Article
Article consists of a love poem.

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From Plainfield, N.J.

Summary of Article
Informs the Planet of local church news, including a debate on whether "color instead of conditions impeded the progress of the Afro-American."

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Summary of Article
Relates improvement in the condition of a local man.

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Anniversary of Bands No. 10 and 12

Summary of Article
Tells of an anniversary celebrations two of the "Bands of Calanthe," a secret social and benevolent society.

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Dr. Graham Assumes Charge of Fifth Baptist Church

Summary of Article
Announces the first Sunday in which the Rev. W.F. Graham preached. Suggests that the day was a great success and that the church is well-headed for a return to prosperity.

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New Postmaster for Richmond

Summary of Article
Relates the nomination of a new Postmaster for Richmond and the resulting dissatisfaction, both with the new choice and the abandonment of the old.

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Pythians Enter Tom's Creek

Summary of Article
Tells of the opening of a new lodge of the Knights of Pythias, a secret fraternal and benevolent society, in Tom's Creek, Va.

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$150.00 Endowment Paid

Summary of Article
Certifies that the widow of a deceased Knight of Pythias received payment on her death claim.Signed:--Nancy McCloud. Beneficiary.

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$150.00 Endowment Paid

Summary of Article
Certifies that the beneficiary of a deceased Knight of Pythias received payment on his death claim.Signed:--William Toland. Beneficiary.

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Honor Pupils--Baker School

Summary of Article
Gives a long list of students who have achieved first and second honors.

Page 04

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Summary of Article
Counsels readers not to be down trodden, as African-Americans are making true progress in spite of obstacles.

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Summary of Article
Opines that Rev. Dr. W.F. Graham is well-qualified for his role as the new pastor of the struggling Fifth Baptist Church.

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Refers to Professor William H. Richards as "that most estimable gentleman."Summary of Article
Reproduces the words of a man in Washington endorsing Professor William H. Richards of Howard Law School.

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Colored Folks Active

Summary of Article
Applauds the efforts of notable northern black persons, including Dr. W.E.B. DuBois, Mrs. Mary Church Terrel. Disparages the rulings and attitudes of the Supreme Court, and endorses a state's rights attitude for southern blacks. Says that if deference to southern ways and legal propositions do not secure justice, southern blacks are content to wait for divine equity.

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Criminal Suits Up To Governor

Summary of Article
Details the results of an insurance investigation prosecuted by the Pennsylvania legislature. Says that improper fees were taken, wages were paid, and oversight was virtually non-existent.

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Divorce Suit Filed

Summary of Article
Says that the Countess Boni de Castellane (formerly Anna Gould) has prosecuted divorce proceedings against her husband. Reports that attempts at reconciliation have failed, suggesting that this may be due to sensational reports about the Count's infidelity.

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Jail for Poor Directors

Summary of Article
Two men were convicted of embezzling over $1500 from county fund's intended for the poor house which they directed. Their appeal was denied, and they had to pay $50 and spend one year in jail.

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Penn's Power House Damaged by Fire

Summary of Article
The power house for the University of Pennsylvania was extensively damaged by fire.

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550,000 Miners May Strike

Summary of Article
Reports that a large-scale mining strike seems imminent, as miners refused to relax their demand for wage increases, and the companies refused to agree to any raises. Miners began to look to increasing the size of their defense fund in case of strike.

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Collieries on Full Time

Summary of Article
The colleries throughout the anthracite region of Pennsylvania began operating at full capacity in order to swell the amount of coal in the companies' storage stock.

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Against Public Ownership

Summary of Article
A legislative commission discovered that municipal control of public utility plants, especially trolley lines, was impracticable because they often extended over municipal lines. The commission suggested limiting stock and bond issues and instead gradually increasing taxes.

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Gets Four Years for Robbing Mails

Summary of Article
A postal carrier was convicted of stealing money from the mail and was sentenced to four years in prison, all within 36 hours of his arrest.

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Big Colliery Closed

Summary of Article
Five hundred men and boys lost their jobs when a large colliery closed down in prospect of its purchase.

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$20,000 for Randolph Macon College

Summary of Article
Andrew Carnegie gave the woman's college $20,000 conditional on the same amount being raised. The improvements the gifts should result are claimed to make the college one of the five largest female colleges "of Grade A" in the U.S.

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1,000,000 Bushels of Wheat Burned

Summary of Article
A large fire destroyed a grain elevator and wheat, causing damage in excess of one million dollars. Stables, two hundred wagons, and two hundred horses were also destroyed.

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Rufus Johnson Indicted

Summary of Article
The murderer of a woman of Moorestown, NJ began his trial under a formal plea of not-guilty, though he admitted to the murder.

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Found His Family Dead

Summary of Article
A woman killed herself and her four children and was discovered by her husband when he returned home from work.

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Convict Eins $25,000 Prize

Summary of Article
A man with a year remaining on his imprisonment for embezzlement guessed the attendance at the St. Louis exposition in 1904 and thereby won twenty-five thousand dollars. He gave his lawyer half for securing the money while he was in prison.

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New York's Great Business

Summary of Article
Gives some facts from a report detailing the value of commerce coming and going through New Yorkl's ports. The value of the imports passing through New York's imports exceeded that of all other U.S. ports combined, and the value of the exports was approximately two-thirds that of all other ports combined.

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Nine Burned to Death

Summary of Article
Nine African-Americans died in a fire suspected of being purposeful. The one person who escaped was thought to have started the fire because two men in the house intended to testify against her sweetheart.

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Damages for Lost Eyesight

Summary of Article
A teenage boy received fifteen thousand dollars for the loss of his eyesight in an accident involving dynamite when he was fourteen. His father received twenty-five hundred for the loss of his son's earnings and medical expenses.

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Wants New Hazing Law

Summary of Article
The President and others feel that dismissal for hazing is too harsh a punishment. Because the current law would demand the dismissal of over thirty midshipmen from the naval academy, President Roosevelt urged Congress to speedily adopt a new, more lenient law.

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Public School Burned

Summary of Article
A large brick schoolhouse was destroyed by fire, but all two hundred students escaped safely.

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A Week's News Condensed: Thursday, February 1

Summary of Article
Executors of Marshall's Fields esate estimated the value of his Illinois estate at $75,000,000; A young woman from New York died after three weeks in a trance; The New York legislature authorized the printing of five thousand companies of insurance testimony; One worker and two passengers were killed in a New York Railroad collision.

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A Week's News Condensed: Friday, February 2

Summary of Article
A North Carolina man committed suicide; The home of a Pennsylvania postmaster was burglarized, causing the loss of over $500 in cash, stamps, and registered letters; The father-in-law of a black man who killed a Mississippi sheriff was put in jail to protect him from a mob that had formed to lynch him; A Naval ensign, injured in an explosion, will marry a nurse who tended him during his injury.

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A Week's News Condensed: Saturday, February 3

Summary of Article
A black man was hanged in D.C. for the murder of his common law wife; The temperature in New York's Adirondacks was 29 degrees below zero, a season low; The man who was postmaster of La Crescent, Minnesota for forty consecutive years, diesd at the age of 82; President Roosevelt pardoned a Midshipman convicted of hazing at the Annapolis naval acadamey.

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A Week's News Condensed: Monday, February 5

Summary of Article
The Navy Dept. accepted the resignation of a Midshipman from Georgia; Two were killed and thirteen injured when a train derailed in New Mexico; A woman, reputedly the oldest in Pennsylvania, died at the age of 108; A ten-year old boy saved his little sister by wrapping his coat around her when her dress was on fire; Va. manufacturers of fruit baskets, packages, and barrels will be hurt by the new increase in lumber prices.

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A Week's News Condensed: Tuesday, February 6

Summary of Article
A man called "New York Red" was sentenced to nineteen years for murder; One thousand mounted men from Fort Sill, OK to participate in three-day hunt to rid the national game preserve of wolves; A former insurance agent and "absconder" committed suicide in Massachusettes; A national convention for Presbyterian laymen intending to discuss Christian work to take place in Pittsburg starting February 13.

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A Week's News Condensed: Wednesday, February 7: Nuggets of News

Summary of Article
A man was found in the road frozen to death near Milton, Pa.; The South Carolina legislature passed a bill to abolish the dispensary; The funeral for the later King Christian of Denmark to take place on February 18; James B. Doherty reappointed Virginia commissioner of labor; Three Montana girls died in a fire that destroyed their home; A 65year old man in Pennsylvania died of cramps on the way to theospital.

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