Cruelly Beat His Daughter Charged In Court
Bicycle Officers Rosser and Sprachin filed charges against W J Holt of Glenn street at the railroad crossing for cruelly beating his one year old daughter Doretta Holt. Neighbors described repeated brutal abuse over years, noting Doretta’s speech impediment from fright and prior fire trauma. Holt, 50, unemployed, claims she sasses her mother. prosecutors say the excuse is insufficient. Coretta, with bruises, hesitated to speak but corroborated the abuse under persistent questioning. The case goes before the recorder Monday at 2:40 PM.
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Rosser and
Sprachin
W J. Holt
Glenn Street
Doretta
Dora
Holt
Coretta
Hlm
Recorder
Bank raid ends Royal Street gambling sting in New Orleans
John Fineran a grocer on Royal Street forcibly closed a gambling house after failing to persuade authorities to move against it. He fired a pistol, seized several hundred dollars and diamonds, caused a stampede, and was arrested after turning the loot over to police. The raid disrupted Faro roulette and other games as patrons fled the scene.
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New Orleans
John Fineran
Royal Street
Fineren
Fineran
Mountain men drive out away workers from Doggett area
Fifty black workers employed by Southern Bell Telegraph and Telephone Company were driven from a Doggett section camp west of Asheville by armed mountaineers. A delegation demanded departure and a volley of shots followed as the group retreated down the mountain. No further details given.
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Asheville
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
Doggett
Madaon County
Storms Bring Wreckage Across Indiana to Wisconsin
Terrific rain and wind sweeping Indiana and Ohio cut telegraph lines along the main Pennsylvania route. Wires twisted and down, crops battered flat, and Milwaukee harbor pier damaged with heavy stones displaced. Bridges washed out near LaCrosse, and a freight train narrowly avoided disaster on a washed out bridge. No lives reported lost in Joliet despite the severe storm.
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Pittsburg
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Western Union Telegraph Company
Milwaukee
Lake Michigan
Milwaukee Harbor
Gallen
LaCrosse
Wis
Here
Clayton
Dubuque
Milwaukee Road
Two Men Die and Over Hundred Injured in Dynamite Blast Near Pearisburg
Roanoke Va July 1 explosion of a large quantity of dynamite near Pearisburg Giles county kills two men James Philips white Blair Va George Noel colored Elliston Va and injures about one hundred with sixteen more or less hurt and many shocked. a westbound Norfolk and Western train near the blast is damaged. wounded rushed to Bluefield hospital by special train. cause of the explosion unknown.
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Bradford County
Adams
Santa Fe
Johns
Partlea
Roanoke
Pearisburg
Gilea County
Norfolk and Western
James Philips
Blair
George Noel
Elliston
Roup
Christianburg
Ira Wilson
Radford
J. W. Grover
Bluefield
H. Gregor
Tazewell
O C Jenkins
Bluefield Coal and Coke Company
Theft of Books Laid to Jones in Phoenix Ed Scandal
Columbus Georgia July 18 Special. Professor W H Jones former superintendent of Phoenix city public schools is jailed on grand larceny charges in Columbus after allegedly stealing 400 school books from the Phoenix board of education and selling them to a local store. A search found several boxes of books under his house. Jones, a middle aged man from Leeds Alabama, moved to Phoenix last year and was replaced at the teachers’ election. The case has caused a sensation in Phoenix City.
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Columbus
W H Jones
Phoenix City
Phoeniz Board of Education
Jones
Leeds
Ala
Trammell Charged With First Degree Murder
Montgomery Alabama July 1 Special The Montgomery county grand jury returned a true bill against Byron Trammell chief clerk in the United States Marshal Bryan office for murder in the first degree He is charged with killing C Taylor formerly of Roanoke In front of the Exchange hotel in this city bail was set at 7000 and the case will be vigorously prosecuted by the state Relatives of the deceased have employed able counsel.
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Byon Trammell
Montgomery County
Montgomery Ala
Byron Trammell
United States
Bryan
Trammell
Eling C Taylor
Roanoke
Exchange Hotel
Cures Were Men Free Quick Home Treatment Offered
Advertisement claims a quick home cure for sexual weakness and related conditions through free feculpt directions from Dr. Knapp Medical Sc, Detroit. Includes quotes praising the method and assurances of confidential correspondence.
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Dr. Knapp Medical Sc
Hull Huilding
Detroit
Mich
Sira
Suri Fidentia
Indiana Prisoner Montgomery to Savannah After Georgia Ruling
Mont gomer y, a train robber allegedly wanted in several states, faces transfer to Savannah authorities after Judge Freeman ruled he belongs to Georgia. Detective Amerson had pursued him from Indiana to Donaldsonville La and Macon Ga, with Montgomery boasting of a long criminal record and claiming Indiana prisons are harsher. His brother's wife, in Savannah, defended him and described abuse from her husband, hoping for mercy or a final outcome.
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E. C. Bruffey
Constitution Bureau
Second Street
Macon
Montgomery
Freeman
Savannah
Michigan City
Ind
Forest City
Amerson
Indiana
Hoosier
Georgia
Amergon
Constitution
Ance
Donaldsonville
Bheriff McCafferty
Brooklyn Man Returns Home
Milledgeville Ga July 18 Special John T Fussell a wealthy Brooklyn dry goods merchant has been registered as Henry Harris at the Inn hotel since last Monday He left Brooklyn seeking absolute rest from private business and declined to comment His departure was abrupt with plans to return to New York next Monday His wife was reported to be traveling to Milledgeville to meet him His means appeared ample and he did not seem unbalanced
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Milledgeville, Ga
John T. Fussell
Brooklyn
Henry Harris
Los Angeles
Cal
Inn
New York
Russell
Milledgeville
Mississippi Man Vanishes in Jackson Mystery
Thomas Chubbeck of Quitman County registered at the Commercial hotel on July 4 in Jackson has disappeared. Police search for clues connect a telescope grip with his clothing found on Pearl River banks and fear foul play may have occurred.
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Jackson
Miss
Thomas Chubbeck
Quitmans Clarke County
Pearl River
Deserter Arrested in Columbus Youth Charged
Columbus July 18 Jon Phillips a young man from this city was arrested by police charged with being a deserter from the United States Army at Vancouver Barracks Washington.
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Columbus
Jon Phillips
United States Army
Vancouver Barracks
Washington
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Jacksonville
Fla
Adama
Lake Butler
Martha Jones
North Carolina
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Joliet
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Quordner
Ils
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Noel
Stor
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Pillsbury’s Best
Pillsbury's Best
Heinz India
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Carolina
Rice
California
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Republic Brand
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