Collision After Telegrah Crash Near Dead Man's Curve
Hearn, Murphey, Wofford, and Christopher injured as a car at under ten miles per hour collides with a trolley on the dead man curve. Motorman George Jones stops the street car. one man dies, wife gravely ill, others treated by physicians. Auto was a recent purchase. victims middle aged. graveside details and hospital reports follow.
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Hearn
Constitution
Murphey
Earn
Dsinty
George Jones
the Constitution
Jones
Buckhead
Nettter
Wofford
Christopher
Auto
Marietta Street
Atlanta
Andy Way
Instataht
Graenberg & Hond
New Freight Route to Open North Carolina Trade for Lynchburg
Ernest Williams announces a freight traffic agreement between Norfolk and Western and Norfolk and Southern in New York. The Lynchburg Dispatch will connect Lynchburg and Roanoke with eastern and central North Carolina, enabling access to markets previously unreachable. Effective July 1, the route will compete with Richmond and Norfolk for regional business.
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LynChburg
Ernest Williams
Durham and South Carolina Railway
Norfolk and Southern
Duncan
N. C
New York City
Norfolk and Western
Richmond
Norfolk
North Carolina
Huckleberry Finn House in Hannibal Retains Its Sturdy Charm
From Clifton Johnsons Highways and Byways of the Mississippi Valleys a note on the Mark Twain house in Hannibal describes a two story clapboard dwelling near the sidewalk. The article recalls Clemens family poverty after Mark was 12 and tells of the real Huckleberry Finn figure Tom Trankenship, his rough kin, and a fatal fire that claimed Finn. The house remains unspoiled by time and two residents claim to have hosted Huck and Twain.
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Huck Finn
Mississippi Valles
Clifton Johnson
MacMillan
Mark Twain
Hannibal
Eidewalk
Clemens
Marl
Huckleberry Finn
Tom Trankenship
Bucky
Huckleberry
Finn
Ealy Aboose
Death Special armored train in Paint Creek strike clash
Testimony before the Senate committee recounts the Holly Grove confrontation on the Paint Creek coal strike, where an armored “death special” train armed with machine guns fired on miners camps. Witnesses describe guards shooting through windows, Morton’s threats, and villagers seeking shelter as deputies and operators face cross examination.
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Calvin
Paint Creek Junction
Holly Grove
Quinn Morton
Morton
Martine
Martins
New Jersey
Yar Morten
Jackson
Senator Martine
Mr. Jackson
Belcher
Chesapeake and Ohio
Charleston
West Virginia
Senate
Glasscuck
Harry Arthur
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Shieka
Annie Hall
W. B. Buzzard
Cabin Creek
Sidney Byers
Ralph Menel
Eskdale
Guardy
Harvey
Campbell
C. & O. Railroad
Romeo Befott
Special Railroad
Lee Calvin
Byrne
Sheriff Hill
Felcher
Aisalde
Dia
Mr. Byrne
Leta
Holy Grove
Davis
Paint Creek Galleries Company
Remsong
Mucklow
Hala
George Carsey
Hillborn Price
Ohio
Guarda Cansey
Guarda
Barrags
Paint Creek
Glasscock
Honaker
Chesapeake and Obto
Cabin Reek
Giant Rudder Exhibit Highlights Imperator Liner
The Imperator leaves Hamburg bound for New York on June 11 showcasing a nearly fifty foot high rudder assembly of steel. The massive steering apparatus towers over workers and rivals the Titanic in length by about seventy five feet.
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Imperator
Hamburg
New York
Federal League Cries to Uncle Sam in Telegraph Fight
Indianapolis attorney E. Gates travels to Washington to press the interstate commerce commission over Western Union refusing to carry Federal League scores. He argues the refusal violates the Hepburn act and seeks an investigation. Gates claims the company was offered payment but declined.
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Indianapolis
Ind
E. Gates
Federal League of Baseball Club
Washington
Jay
Interstate Commerce Commission
Western Union Telegraph Company
Western Union
Gates
Gallagher
Congress
National Baseball Organization
Auto Turns Turtle One Killed Four Hurt
Morristown N J June 14 Traveling 50 miles an hour through the fog an automobile driven by Reuben T Buda of Dover N J left the narrow paved center of the macadam road between Dover and Rockaway early today and turned over three times Buda is dead A J Freeman of Paterson is fatally injured and three others two of them women are seriously hurt
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Morristown
N. J
Reuben T. Buda
Dover
Rockaway
Buda
A. J. Freeman
Paterson
Wife of actor Hilliard Dies After Reunion in Nantucket
Nantucket Massachusetts June 14 Mrs Robert Hilliard wife of the actor died suddenly tonight of heart disease at her Singletown summer home soon after greeting her husband on the wharf upon his arrival.
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Nantucket
Masa
Robert Hilliard
Singconset
Middies Sail for Vera Cruz Aboard New Hampshire and South Carolina
A number of midshipmen from Norfolk Virginia boarded the battleship New Hampshire and the South Carolina for Vera Cruz. They may transfer to the Connecticut and Idaho upon arrival. It is expected the South Carolina and New Hampshire will replace the Connecticut and Idaho which have been in Mexican waters for months.
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Norfolk
New Hampshire
South Carolina
Vera Cruz
Connecticut
Idaho
Authors Write Their Lives in the Metropolitan Magazine
Arnold Bennett argues that major novels contain autobiography beyond what inquiry reveals. He suggests fiction is threaded with episodes, moods, and characters drawn from the author’s experiences, often hidden beneath the surface of the narrative.
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Arnold Bennett
Metropolitan
Subway Cave-In Claims Lives Near Fifty Sixth Street
New York June 14 Eleven or more men are believed dead after a cave-in at the new subway construction near Fifty sixth street and Lexington avenue. Thirteen of a thirty two man crew were entombed. six bodies were recovered by 10:8 o clock. Two injured men were rescued but one may die. Five hundred laborers rushed to the scene as investigators weigh blast versus timber collapse and the upper local tunnel versus lower express tunnel. Rock weighing several tons fell on buried workers.
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New York
Subway
Pifty-sixth Street
Lexington Avenue
Robert Ridgaway
Public Service Commision
Tunnel Rescue Attempt Amid Catastrophe Reported
Report describes prisoners descending into a tunnel by excavation buckets to perform last rites as rescue efforts continued. Many bodies recovered are torigurs, with identification pending after brass checks are tallied from their clothing.
U S Yacht Columbia Released By Japan
Washington June 14 The American yacht Columbia seized by Japanese authorities for unlawful entry into Nagahama harbor has been released. The vessel reached a wharf and began repairs after warning by port officials. The Columbia owned by J Harvey Laden of the New York Yacht Club crossed the Pacific to Japan and then to Europe.
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Washington
Columbia
Nagahama
Tokio
J. Harvey Laden
New York Yacht Club
Pacific
Japan
Europe
Against Filipino Independence in Leslie's essay
The piece notes that under Spanish rule few Filipinos spoke Spanish and most could not read or write well. It details ten tribes and forty dialects, deep resentments between Moros and Christians, pagans and Christians, and intra Christian jealousy. A central government absent, after 14 years of American contact, leaves uncertain governance and political development.
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J. Sloat Fassett
Leslie
Dodge Service Expansion Reaches Southern Power Users
The Dodge Manufacturing Company of Mishawaki Indiana completed a southern distribution network with six hours reach from Atlanta warehouses, promising rapid Dodge service to power users. Atlanta manager SL Dickey urges engineers to demand reliable delivery and calls for nationwide reliability from a thirty year legacy in mechanical transmission equipment.
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Dodge Manufacturing Company
Mishawaki
Indiana
Atlanta
Dodge
Noamuch
Dodge Manufacturing
Gew
Ifamesa
United States
SL. Dickey
Central
Dodge-Atlanta
South
Dodge-Attenta
Foreyih
Mateater
West 195
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Columbian Optical CO
Whitehall
KODAK
Elkin’s
Wastman
Elkin “Rug Co
Mr. Belcher
W.W. A. Abbott
J. H. Pike
Senator Kenya
Benjamin
Carlton Shoe & Clothing Co
Whiteball
Federal Ball League
Uncle Sam
New Organization
Hilliard
U.S
Jane
Hallroad
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