Mob murders Black man in Guthrie Kentucky
January 24 Guthrie Kentucky mob attacks Lewis Radford a Black man jailed after a reported incident. A mob of about thirty to forty demanded keys from jailer John Dock who was struck. Radford was dragged to a tree near the jail and fatally shot eight times before dying. Priscilla Frozell, also Black, was linked to the night’s events.
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Guthrie, Ky
Lewis Radford
Radford
Priscilla Frozell
Frozell
Stanara ‘Oil Company
Radfora
Marshal Burries
John Dock
Dock
Catt Nabbed But Got Away
Willard Catt alleged ringleader of a crowd that attacked Mrs. Lafe Dedman was arrested at Pete Gradish's home near Petersburg Indiana. He broke away from Marshal Watson after a preliminary hearing and fled. Dedman suffered sixteen injuries and remains in serious condition. Authorities doubt a violent citizen uprising will occur.
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Petersburg
Ind
Willard Catt
Ruffana
Lafe Dedmen
Pete Gradish
Catt
Marshal Watson
Iberty
Dedman
Jury to Probe Dickerson Case in Savannah
Savannah Georgia January 24 Special Tomorrow the coroner will hold an inquest into the death of Mrs Elizabeth Dickerson found dead at her daughter's house one mile from the city. Benjamin Dickerson her husband admits striking her with a switch claiming it could not cause her death or the broken ribs and injuries she sustained. Authorities hold the switch he says he used.
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Savannah
Elizabeth Dickerson
Benjamin Dickerson
Wilster to argue Philippine constitutional cases before U S Supreme Court
San Francisco January 24 RB Wilster Philippine attorney general arrived en route to Washington to argue cases before the U S Supreme Court on Philippine constitutional questions. One case concerns trial by jury on the islands and whether congress can extend jury rights to the archipelago. Another addresses double jeopardy and the Spanish law allowing appeals from acquittals, with the Philippine government contending congress did not repeal that old law.
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San Francisco
Wilster
The
Philppines
Washington
Supreme Court
Supreme Court of
Philippine Island
Congress
Philippines
Government of
Supreme Court of the Philippines
Act of Congress
Schafer Murder Yet Unsolved in Bedford
In Bedford Indiana on January 24 the unsolved murder of Miss Sarah Schafer draws police interest. A Bloomington student linked to the case explains his whereabouts. a Chicago letter reveals alleged coercive conduct by him. Parents reject lovers’ quarrel theory, while a Louisville tip arrives and officials head that way. A red haired man, later identified as Tom Boyd, is arrested in Bloomington on unrelated robbery suspicions and questioned about the Bedford murder.
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Bedford
Ind
Sarah Schafer
Clana
State University At
Bloomington
Halpin
Chicago
Chief Johns
Hugh Hinkle
Tom Boyd
Hedford
Suit Grows From Old Alaska Claim Dispute in Chicago
Three lawsuits totaling 530000 filed in the circuit court against P H Anderson of Chicago. Nelson Hultberg, Dora Adams and Hanna Hultberg seek damages over alleged wrongful handling of a White Star Mining claim begun during the Alaska rush. The plaintiffs claim original ownership of the White Star mines and that Anderson filed the claim in Nome after prospecting in 1898. Anderson allegedly incorporated the White Star Mining Co, sold holdings in 1900, and returned to the United States.
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Alaska
Yuko
Anderson
Nome
White Star
White Star Mining Company
United States
Nelson Q Hulberg
Miss Adama
Hultberg
Negro tries safe blowing at London ticket office
January 24 London Kentucky Sam Baughman colored was detected blowing a safe in the ticket office of the Louisville and Nashville railway He demolished desks scattered tickets and papers and placed blasting powder in the safe West the ticket agent fired at him Baughman leaped through a window police captured him The machinist who opened the safe warned the entire buildings would have been demolished if the fuse had been sighted.
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London
Sam Baughman
Loulaville and Nashville Railway
J W West
Baughman
West
Schwab Compromise Plan Reported by Bondholders
New York January 24 Samuel Unter Myer declined to publicly reply for the bondholders committee to Schwab plan for a compromise. An opposing bondholder demands three terms: invalidate about ten million in Schwab holdings, elect a new board unaffiliated with Schwab for three years, and issue 3 million in bonds at par. If these are not met, no compromise is possible. Schwab has considered it but given no answer.
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New York
Samuel Unter Myer
Schwabz
Prison Escape Attack at Montgomery County Jail Leaves Warden and Guard Injured
Two New York prisoners Fred Bond and George Cornwallis assaulted Warden Abraham Gotwals and Night Watchman Beckwith during an attempted escape at the Montgomery County jail in Norristown. Beckwith suffered severe scalp wounds. Gotwals had multiple head injuries but was not seriously hurt. The assailants, captured after a standoff with Chief Rodenbaugh, were jailed in separate dungeons with irons.
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Norristown
Abraham Gotwals
Beckwith
Montgomery County
Charity Hospital
Fred Bond
George Cornwallis
New York
Cornwallia
Bond
Gatwall
Cornwallis
Hos
May Accept Last Year Scale For Miners In Indiana
The Minera scale committee seeks a wage rise but may accept last year’s terms under pressure from conditions in Colorado Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The United Mine Workers executive board met with President Mitchell to decide action, possibly approving per capita taxation despite hardships. The convention may hear the scale report tomorrow and the dues stamp system is expected to be approved with no major constitution changes.
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Minera
Indianapolis
United Mine Workers’ Association
Mitchell
Collorado
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Constitution Committee
Grave of Bill Nye to get memorial in Fletcher NC
Literary circles in Boston react to reports that the grave of humorist Bill Nye in Fletcher North Carolina lies neglected with no headstone. A subscription is planned to fund a proper memorial for the famed writer.
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Boston
Mass
Bill Nye
Fletcher
Special Grand Jury To Reopen Iroquois Theater Inquiry
Chicago January 24 a special grand jury will be called next Saturday to continue the coroner investigation of the Iroquois theater disaster. The coroner's verdict is expected tomorrow night and will be referred to the state's attorney for action. Nearly a hundred witnesses will be heard as the grand jury restarts the case from the beginning after the coroner's thorough inquiry.
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Chicago
Sir Henry Irving on Skates at Trout Lake
Sir Henry Irving wore a gaudy peaked cap and finicky reefer as he skated on Trout Lake at Seneca Park Rochester after a matinee of The Merchant of Venice. The tragedian impressed observers with grace and humor feeding his company, while guiding ladies through the ice show and later charming guests at a luncheon.
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Sir Henry Irving
New York Herald
Trout Lake
Seneca Paris
Rochester
Missionary Work in China Address at Baptist Tabernacle
Dr R T Bryan of Raleigh NC spoke on missionary activity in Shanghai and China. He cited Boxer uprising as having had a paradoxical effect, widening open doors for gospel work as global attention highlighted the Christian cause. He planned similar talks in southern cities before returning to China.
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Dr. Bryan
Bapitat Tabernacle
China
The
Baptist Tabernacle
R T Bryan
Raleigh
Shanghai
Bryan
Celestial Empire
Chine
Loving Gourd Gift From Albany Chief to Marietta Leader
Chief W R Joyner receives a New Year gift from Albany Georgia chief T E James a loving gourd 2 1 2 feet long 5 inches wide with inscription dated January 1 1904 and two wild turkeys weighing about 13 pounds each. Joyner plans to send the gourd to his Marietta farmer for spring use on the Joyner property.
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W R. Joyner
T. E .James
Albany
T. F James
W. K Joyner
James
Joyner
Marietta
Fragmentary Ode to Wentworth Higginton in Cen FFs
Fragmentary OCR shows a lyrical passage praising Wentworth Higginton with archaic phrasing and scattered imagery. The lines evoke dawns and seas, urging strength and pristine passion, though the text is garbled and incomplete. The piece resembles a poem or ode embedded in a larger document.
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Orlole
Wentworth Higginton
Mrs Kenyon Cox Confesses to Age Mistake in Prize Row
New York painter Mrs Kenyon Cox reveals she is over 35 after a misfiled entry caused her Hallgarten prize second award to go to another contestant. Her husband sent her painting to the exhibition, assuming no age limit versus the intended 35 and under rule.
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Kenyon Cox
New York Sun
New York
Hallgarten
Academy of Desson
Cox
Adam
United States
Academy of Design
Tal
Ashashed
Dear Dead Women and the Reverence for Lost Histories
A reflective/domestic essay contrasts living and "dead" women, lamenting the persistence of memory over oblivion. It explores reverence for past loves, the horror of persistent façades, and the urge to cherish the past while resisting relentless renewal. The writer cites Browne on a life as a miracle of thirty years.
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Thomas Browne
Bugg
Meybe
Bellairs Case Shows Public Judgment vs. Personal Redemption
The Bellairs affair exposes how a jailed past follows a journalist despite reform. Stuart Bellairs, once a Havana AP correspondent, loses trust after a prior conviction, as officials fear public suspicion and discharge him. The piece warns that the press and public demand moral cleanliness, branding a reformed man forever.
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Bellairs
Associated Press
Wood
Havana
Selecta
Cuba
Song to Seraphire Dreamy wood verses
A lyrical fragment in a romantic setting speaks of wandering in a wood at dusk and a slender figure near the speaker. The verses ask if the beloved is present as moonlight threads through fir branches and tears flow softly, blending longing with imagery.
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Seraphire
Helne
Inconstancy across Jennie and Molly in Town Topics
A compact verse vignette expresses a speaker’s shifting affections from Jennie Saints to Molly, contrasting past devotion with present flirtation. The speaker laments fickleness of men while praising Molly’s youth, mirth, and charms, framed as a reflective Town Topics item in satirical lyric form.
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Molly
Jennie
Monroe and Sharkey To Box at National Club
New York January 24 Jack Monroe and Tom Sharkey accept the National Athletic Club offer for a Philadelphia bout between February 10 and a date to be chosen next week They will box for 65 percent of the gross receipts in what is described as a sailor versus miner matchup with the purse likely to be divided accordingly.
Vitality and nervous prostration in physiological terms
An article explains vitality as the body’s working energy akin to locomotive power. It uses a simple equation: total vitality 100 percent, digestion and respiration consume about 80, leaving 20 for chosen work. Overworking reduces motive power, risking nervous prostration and related illnesses, with rest as recovery.
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Hodvars
Marginal Verse on a Girlish Voice and Knighthood
A fragmentary poem speaks of a young voice too weak to ride storms yet capable of tempting a man from hell. The speaker, tied to a wife living a simple life, notes scant earthly honors while praising a tender touch that could alter fate. The text ends with a garbled line about Mabel Dari Goal.
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Margaret
Hell
Mabel Dari
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