Booker T. Washington Not Dined With Roosevelt at White House
General Marcus J. Wright recounts a Memphis visit detailing how President Roosevelt ordered lunch served in the executive office for Booker T. Washington during a conference on the negro. Washington did not dine at the White House table or share social equality with the Roosevelt family.
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Memphis
Tenn
Booker T. Washington
White Hole
Roosevelt
Marcus J. Wright
War Department
Washington
Wright
South
Hooker Washington
Capitol
Washington Cane
White House
Big Reward Offered for Rail Robbery Suspects
Chicago and railroad companies posted a reward of 5000 dollars for the arrests and conviction of the men who held up the Rock Island Express at Davenport Iowa last Saturday morning. The loot totals about 2500 dollars. Police are searching Chicago for the bandits and a copy of the robbed safe contents was released with the reward.
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Chicago
U. S. Express
Chicago, Rock Island & Prcific
Rock Island Express
Avenport
Iowa
Memphis Cotton Exchange Seeks Rail Car Relief
The Memphis cotton exchange decided to pursue legal action to compel railroads to supply enough cars to move cotton promptly. The move follows persistent delays on present rail lines as cotton is moved out of Memphis, creating an unusually clear urgency.
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Memphis
Tenn
Memphis Cotton Exchange
President Mitchell in talks at Willard hotel on miners deal
President Mitchell and advisers meet at the Willard hotel with Wayne McVeigh to discuss a possible agreement between miners and operators. The purpose of the meeting was not disclosed.
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Waanington
Mitchell
Attorney Darow
Henry Lloyd
Wayne McVeigh
Williard Hotel
Opera
Stoped Train Incident In Memphis Suburb
Stop occurred on a Memphis to Covington line when Mrs wells Fletcher seized her 10 year old son from a moving car near Memphis. While the guardian slept she pulled the bell and stopped the train taking the boy away. The mother later fled.
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Memphis
Tenn
Wells Fletcher
Covington
Usleep
Debts and Love End in Tragic Hotel Room Death
Racine Wisconsin reports traveling salesman WW Perking from Kalamazoo Michigan died by suicide in his hotel room. Financial troubles and love for a girl in Columbus are cited. A letter to his sweetheart found in his pocket explains motives and despair over debts and blocked marriage.
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Racine, Wis
T. Perking
Kalamanoo
Mich
Riome
Bunkesn
Solimbus
Senate subcommittee backs Oklahoma statehood bid
Guthrie Okla Nov 25 The Senate subcommittee on territories completed its tour of investigation and is expected to report in favor of statehood for Oklahoma while opposing statehood for New Mexico and Arizona The omnibus bill passed by the House would grant statehood to all three territories and allies of each seek passage The New Mexico visit included Spanish language groups and a 19 year old boy who cannot speak English raising concerns for the committee
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Guthrie
Okla
Senate
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Arizona
House
Bort
Yorkshire Wool Combers Suspend Payments Report
A Bradford England cable dispatch says directors of the Yorkshire Wool Combers Association announce a suspension of payment. The association, with capital of 810 00,000, attributes the suspension to recent bank actions affecting debts of about $300,000. The circle includes 41 firms.
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New York
New? York Confercial
Bradford
England
Yorkshire Wool Comber’ Association
Banka
I Adit
Wisocle
Passengers Erie to Get Thanksgiving Menu on Board
Erie passengers will enjoy a special Thanksgiving menu with a Vermont turkey and chestnut dressing. The menu features a verse from Burnt and closing lines praising health and good digestion for diners traveling on the holiday.
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Ie Erie
Kidnaping of Anna Berry Near St John Academy
Indianapolis November 25 during the noon recess at St John Academy women asked Anna Berry 12 daughter of Thomas Berry to carry a bundle to the union railroad station. She and the offered companion left together and no trace has been found. The police have no description beyond the kidnapper being well dressed and red headed. authorities pursue leads but identities remain uncertain.
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Indianapolis
St. John Academy
Anna Berry
Thomas Berry
Union
Anba
la Beling
Polles
Berry
Potato Express Package For King Brings Curiosity
At Troy depot a unique express package destined for a royal recipient attracted attention. An enormous several pound potato inside a four box labeled To His Majesty the King of England was consigned by N. P. Husett of Pawtucket and shipped toward New York with prepaid expressage, destined for England.
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Troy
Maj‘esty
House of Parliament
London
England
N. P. Husett
Paw- Jett
New York
Famous beauty about to marry in Kentucky home
Abigail Rowan Gillian of Owensboro Kentucky to wed George Sulvin Zolnay, famed New York sculptor. The couple to marry at the bride’s home on Wednesday. Zolnay, known for the Winnie Davis memorial and Edgar Allan Poe statue, is described as a popular artist.
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Abigail Rowan Gillian
Thin City
Kentucky
George Sulvin Zolnay
New York
Accident in Newberry Ends in Fatality near Gladwin
In Newberry Michigan on November 20 Foun Sc Cormick of Gladwin was accidentally shot and killed by Bert Bosign of Gladwin during a daytime hunting trip for dw er. Cormick was unseen by Bosign and died from a bullet fired from the gun.
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Newberry
Mich
Foun ScCormick
Gladwin
Bert Bosign
Dwer
McCormick
Wadign
Busign
Escaped tonkeye troupe raids Kokomo store
A group of educated pranksters escaped from a local office in Kokomo Indiana on Monday and disrupted a drugstore at the M1 Hotel. They shouted slogans tied to Carrie Nation and Valgro Gayro while fleeing the scene. Police arrived as the group attempted entry and carried items as they fled. Carrie Nation was reported among the crowd amid the commotion.
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Kokomo
Ind
Salvion
Carrie Nation
M1 Hotel Deog
Carrie
Carrie Om
Code Held To Be a Legal Law in Cinemeatl
Judge Murphy ruled that the municipal code attacking redistricting was properly passed and remains a valid law. Attorney Kinkead argued irregular passage since the Ohio Senate and House merely concurred in the conference committee report, not the full enactment process.
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Cinemeatl
Murphy
Guy Te Kinkead
Kinkead
Ohio
House of Representatives
Code Conference Committee
Fire Chief Mertz Seeks End to Call Men System
Fire Chief Mertz criticizes the call men system saying volunteers seldom respond timely and proposing to reallocate the $2000 yearly to regular paid firefighters. He expects 16 to 20 new firemen needed by station openings 5 and 7 and adds new horses will be required.
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Mertz
Chio
Trial of William S. West Begins in Courtroom Two
Indicted by the Grand Jury on a charge of procuring a fraudulent check maker, William S. West waived indictment reading and pleaded guilty. The case centered on West representing himself as a company agent, with printer Geo Jackson testifying he had forged checks. West was examined, bound over to appear before the proper court for further action.
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William S. Went
Court House
West
Geo. Jackson
Wert
Pollew Court
Odin Yon
Bud Howard Reports Rock Thrown Through Window
Bud Howard, a colored man with long familiarity with police, visited the station Monday with a grievance. He claims during Sunday morning prayer there was a rock thrown through his window while he rested, scattering grime across the room, and produced a large fork as evidence. Police seek the assailant who hurled the rock.
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Bud Howard
Bud
Bonday
Chicago Musicians Target Sunday Dances in Purity Crusade
Union musicians in Chicago have joined a social purity drive criticizing Sunday dances held citywide with 10 to 15 cent admittances attended by many young girls. They warn such events fuel vice and undermine legitimate balls, with a federation committee to draft resolutions denouncing the dances and urge clergy support.
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Chicago
Social Purity Crusade
Federation of Musicians
Franchise sought for street railway rights outside city
G F Kaxch and Judge W Stuart representing West Hill Land Co applied to the County Commissioners for a franchise to lay street railway tracks on Rose iv. Several hundred yards of the territory where tracks are desired lie outside city limits, so separate county authorization is needed to complete the west loop of the N C TCo ines.
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G. F. Kaxch
Judge &. W. Stuart
West Hill
Settlement reached between United Mine Workers and anthracite operators
Washington reports an amicable agreement after talks at Metho. Attorney MacVeagh left the conference and will issue the formal terms. Miners will receive a 10 percent wage increase and a six hour work day.
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Washington
United Mine Workers’ Union
Anthracite
MacVeagh
Meth
Bennett Sentenced to Year in Penitentiary
John C Bennett was taken to Columbus's penitentiary Tuesday morning by Sheriff Frank Kelly. He will serve a year for a case sentenced by Judge Hayden on Monday. Bennett is 52 years old.
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John C. Bennett
Columbus
Sherif Frank Kelly
Hayden
Bennett
Ruling on city council redistricting notice period
Columbus Ohio November 25 Smith W F Bennett special counsel in the Attorney General's offices has drafted an opinion stating that under the new code a city council cannot redistrict until three weeks have elapsed since publication notice was given.
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Columbus
Smith WF. Bennett
Attorney General
Ciy
Wilhelm Committee Reorganization Meeting Held
On Monday evening the special committee appointed by Connell 10 held a brief session and appointed A. J. Wilhelm secretary. The panel agreed to reconvene Friday evening and discussed matters informally with no major actions taken.
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Connell
A. J. Wilhelm
Akron firms back Roosevelt on permanent nonpartisan tariff stance
A nationwide push supports President Roosevelt to stand firm on a permanent nonpartisan tariff policy. Akron petitioners include Summit King Co. salesman T Lane, bookkeeper George Miley, and manufacturer J K Foree, with Akron Mire Brick Co representative B M Allison and Paul Clay Co also backing the plan.
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Roosevelt
Akron
Summit Ching Co
T. Lane
George Miley
J. K. Foree
Akron Mire Brick Co
B. M. Allison
Paul Clay Co
Danced to Death by Overexertion at Dance
Kathyrine Rub 11, daughter of John Ruhl of 09 Hanover St, died after a heavy cold and dancing fatigue. She collapsed while dancing with a youth named Lorie, and despite a physician's rush, died of congestive lung issues in his presence. The incident left the crowd in mourning as they dispersed home.
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Hamilton
Navy
Kathyrine
John Ruhl
Hanover St
Hermain Lobe
Lorie
Turkeys Cause Stir at Union Depot
A carload of gobblers wandered from a Union depot car, resembling a farm yard in feeding time just before Thanksgiving. Expressmen quickly halted the birds and returned them to the car, ending the brief but noisy escape.
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Union Depot
Indictment Against W B Conkey Co Over Pence Officers
Lake County grand jury returns indictment accusing W B Conkey Company of Hammond Indiana of importing Pence officers into Indiova. Company president W B Conkey denounces the charge as legally defective due to lack of penalty. The case ties to a fatal shooting near the Conkey printing plant last Tuesday during a labor strike at the plant involving a 11 year old striker Arthur Inseh.
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Chicago
W. B. Conkey Company
Hammond
Ind
Indiova
Lake Equnty
W. B. Conkey
Conksey
Arthur Inseh
Ime
Rusch
Smoking at New York banquet prompts resignation risk
Mrs Sage may drop from the New York Society of Martioner Descendants after men smoke at the annual banquet. She will not resign publicly. instead her dues will lapse and she will skip future meetings. The move reflects her view that smoking by men in a women’s event is unseemly and rude. The Isabella club donated a Shakespeare home landscape to Buchtel College, accepted by Dr. Church at chapel after a club gathering.
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Isabella
Buchtel
Banquets College
New York
New York Society of Martioner Descendants
Russell Sige Haw
Sage
Isabella Club
Shakespeare
Stratford-on-Avon
Buchtel College
Charelotte Trowbridge
BW. Parshall
Rubber deal notice stirs concerns over control
Attorney Geo C Koller, general counsel for People's Hard Rubber, said no transfer of stock appears on the books. He noted vermin stockholders have disposed of holdings but could not identify buyers. He believed American Hard Rubber Co has not acquired a controlling interest.
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Geo. C. Koller
The
People’s Hard Rubber
Theeday
Stork
Aner
Vermin
American Hard Rubber Co
Cholera Epidemic Rages in Philippine Provinces
New Marine Hospital Service reports show cholera nearly under control in some areas, while provinces continue to suffer severe outbreaks with thousands of deaths weekly. Local authorities warn the epidemic remains a grave public health threat across exposed regions.
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Washington
Marine Hospital Sage Vice
Philippines
Rich Haul of Jewels
New York police report burglars entered lawyer Paul De Fores Brooklyn home at 86 St Mark Place last night and stole jewelry valued at 5 000 dollars.
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New York
Police Today
Paul de Fore
St. Marke Place
Brooklyn
Editor L Hirsch Visits Akron After 20 Years
L Hirsch editor of the Daily Express spent Monday in Akron as a guest of City Commissioner Seybold. He recalled living in Akron about 40 years ago and noted it was his first return since departing. He mentioned familiar memories from the Empire hotel and times there 20 years ago.
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Fr. L. Hirsch
Daily Express
Columbia
Akron
Seybold
Mr. Hirsch
Empire Hotel
Charity group seeks winter homes for needy families
The Union Charity association plans to place destitute people into decent well ventilated houses for health and ease of care. Over the past year many used the Penny Provident fund giving them substantial bank balances to start the winter.
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The
Union Charity Association
Penny Provident Fund
Formal Reorganization Plans for Northern Ohio Traction
The XN. O. T. Co. reorganizes as Northern Ohio Traction and Light Co with stockholder ratification pending. A Dec 29 meeting will ratify plans and begin operation, expanding lines from Akron to Cleveland including Doylestown and Wadsworth. New capital set at 7.5 million dollars with bonds issued and stock divisions outlined for common and preferred holders. The expansion aims to add 70 thousand dollars in annual fixed charges and extend lines to Wadsworth by spring.
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XN. O. T. Co
Hlo Traction
J. R Nutt
Columba
J. R. Nutt
W. B Whitney
H. J. Crawford
C. %. Sanders
J. Terrell
Akron
Barberton
Cuyahoga Fally
Doylestown
Wadeworth
Ravenna
Cleveland
Honda
Northern Ohio Traction Company
Northern Ohio Traction and Company
Ohio Traction Company
Treasury
Wadsworth Rads
Thrashing Count Pupekler Fined for Incitement in Berlin
Berlin reports that Count Pupekler, famed as the "Thrashing Count," was fined 1000 marks for violent speeches and inciting violence against Jews. After payment, the attorney general moved to rearrest him pending further action next Saturday on charges of abusing the Hermin court.
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Berlin
Pupekler
Hermin Court
Youthful Murderers Brought Back for Trial in Lexington
Lexington Ky Nov 25 Earl Whitney and Claude O Brien two young murderers of merchant A B Chinn who were spirited away about a month ago to escape mob violence were brought back here late last night to be ready for trial next week Officials foresee crowds around the jail but are prepared for any emergency
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Earl Whitney
Claude O'Brien
A. B. Chinn
City franchise approved for street piping and heating plant
The Board of City Commissioners on Tuesday approved the franchise sought by John Lamparter and Eleworth R. Bathrick to pipe Akron streets and operate a steam heating plant. The matter will come before Council next Monday evening.
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Board of City Commissioners
Messrs
John Lamparter
Eleworth R. Bathrick
Akron
Flood Swamps Chickasaw Nation Areas Rains Persist
Heavy floods sweep the Werxhita and Blue Valleys in the Chickasaw nation with four days of continuous rain. Rivers overflow and extensive areas remain under water near Ardmore as rescue efforts begin and residents brace for rising waters.
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Ardmore
Werxhita
Blue Valleys
Chickasaw
Emigration Lecture Advocates Women to Detention Colonies
In Edinburgh Mrs Boomer leads a movement urging women to emigrate to the Detention of Onnadte citing ample work there. A recent lecture claimed colonies lack female workers with ten thousand more men than women awaiting wives and labor.
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Edinburgh
Boomer
Onnadte
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Cotton Growers
Wrather
Wrally Pair
Coon
Erie
Edward
John McCormick
Call Men
William S. West
Rose Ave
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Tariff Commission
Conkey Co
Mrs. Sage
N.O. T
Wadsworth
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