Pocahontas Collieries Make Record Coal Haul at West Mine
Pocahontas Collieries Company reports a new daily high of 5 210 tons loaded from the West Mine at Picabontac Virginia on Tuesday. The firm plans a fifth mine at Boissevain with a large, modern plant and coke works as miners push toward a 6 000 ton single day goal.
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Pecibontae Collieries Company
Hes
West Mine
Picabontac
Pocanorta Collieries Company
Poahontas Flat Top
Eame
Pocahontes Colliries Company
Jet East
Peabotts
Cmereting
Sleo
Pocahontae
Pocahontas C.]lteies Company
Boiseevain
Pocahontas
Ad Laluer
Clisry
Tidewater railroad contracts rumor circulates in Roanoke
Reported yesterday that contracts for the Tidewater railroad from Roanoke to Norfolk may be let to firms within twenty miles of the city. Bids expected this week as work near the Roanoke river line begins. rumors of sales to Norfolk and Western denied. first permanent track laid near Norfolk.
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Roanoke
Tidwater
Norfolk
Sande & Oliver
Eatien
Tide Water
Tidewater Company
Norfole and Western
Copany
Aniroe
Uncle Sam Begins Distribution of Leeds
Washington December 1 The department of agriculture started its annual seed distribution. About thirty eight million packages of vegetable and flower seeds will reach people across the country. Congress has appropriated 290000 dollars for the program though part funds foreign experiments and related matters. One fifth of the total is reserved to supply crop correspondents weather bureau and other uses. Seed dealers have opposed free distribution but the practice continues.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Otter
Secretary of Agriculture
Radford School Girl Elopes and Marries West Radford Couple
Mis Dla Statton a student of Beile Heath Academy eloped with Ernest Leilwyp a young man from East Radford. They married in Bristol and returned home the same day amid parental objection. The couple tried to board a train Wednesday night but were stopped.
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East Radford
Mis Dla Statton
Beile Heath Academy
Ernest Leilwyp
Bristol
Merciny
Radford
RK OD. Brace
Coople
T d
Officers Charged With Killing Boy Near Gren Spring Depot
Toe trisl v. Comstables Grady and George W. Chewaotog are charged with killing Robert Polodester the boy near Gren Spring Depot in October. A special term of the court will convene at the Loaka Courthouse next Wednesday for the trial.
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Loaka Courthouse
Vva
Toe Trisl
Comstables
Grady
Aeorge W. Chewaotog
Robert Polodester
Little
Enofl
N. Polodeater
Gren Spring Depot
Morgan's Erie bid sinks on Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton deal
J Pierpont Morgan holds 8 668 miles of rails with no patrols and a costly $12 000 000 outlay. The Erie line rejected the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton purchase after inspection. Morgan assumed obligations and faced questions over alleged misrepresentations. Eugene Immerman of Cincinnati and the sale broker Ailing & Co. offered no comment.
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New York
J. Pierront Morgan
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Dayton
Morgan
Felie Representatione
Cinri
Oati
Pierpont Morgan
John W. Grts
August Belmont
Louisville
Nashville
Mrgan
Desperate Effort to Destroy Treaty Fails at Sea
On the Dakota en route to Yokohama the Japanese plan to sink the peace delegation failed when a torpedo boat broke off and sank the launch. Survivors were rescued, and the treaty between Japan and Russia remains intact according to Dr William Lopp, surgeon aboard the Dakota.
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Seattle
Wash
Japan
Rosela
Portsmouth
Ykabama
William Lopp
Dakota
Yerte
Peace Commission
Asid Dr. Lopp
Tipa
Entire Vote Must be Recanvassed Across Five Districts
New York as attorneys for Mayor M and William Randolph Hearst argued today for an amendment to the upcoming supreme court order. The court ruled the entire vote in five districts should be reconvened, but ballots must be brought to court for a final decision. The process aims to ensure all ballots are examined to determine the result.
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New York
Torneys
Law
William Randolph
Jotice
Ion
Supreme Cent
Premier Balfour Resigns Report Emerges in Cabinet
London December 1 rumor becomes report that Premier Balfour has decided to resign immediately and place the decision in the hands of King Edward. Confirmation is still lacking as the cabinet meets.
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Balfour
London
Kn. Edward
Barge Founders Claim Four Lives in Steel Vessel
Burton December 1 four people perished when a newly launched steel barge foundered off a Burton harbor not far from shore. Rescue crews searched for bodies and investigated the accident cause.
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Barge
Burton
Financial Grash Threatens Russia and Markets
Fears rise of a major financial crash affecting Russia as banks struggle to halt the slide. Government offers and public distrust create a tense mood with no assurance of additional funds. martial law may be declared in Poland as instability spreads.
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St. Petersburg
Roceia
Bas
Eve Ifit
Biog Camperd
Christiane
Piland
Efrice Tae
Mrs Hoge to be appointed Blackshoro postmaster
Washington reports the president plans to appoint Mrs. Hoge widow of Colonel Hampton Hoge to the Blackshoro Virginia postmastership. Opposition from Representative Slemp continued delaying the reappointment of Vortusette Ellet. A contested process left the office conditions only partially clarified.
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Washington
Hoge
Hampton Hoge
Blackshoro
Vortusette Ellet
Scott
Vitigaia Republio
Scatt
Bledsbirg
Ellett Har
Two Killed and Sixteen Injured In Jersey Central Wreck
Wilkes Barre Pa Dec 1 John Lenbart of Mauch Chunk fireman and Charles Detro an engineer were killed and sixteen injured in a wreck of the New York flyer on the Jersey Central Railroad last night at Story Point. The crash was blamed on spreading of rails and two cars plunged into the Lehigh river. Fireman Lenbart was crushed under the engine.
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Wilkese-Birre Pa
Jobn Lenbart
Mauch Cnook
Charles Detro
New York Flyer
New Jersey Central Railroad
Story Point
Lehigh River
Knights of Pythias plan Kagl Harbor site monument park
Indianapolis dispatch reports upper Michigan lodges intend to buy the old Kagl Harbor schoolhouse to form a park and build a monument to founder Mejr J. A Rathbone. Rathbone, who arrived at Eagle Harbor forty years ago, wrote the ritual and helped organize a literary and dramatic society influencing the order. The Knights now number about 600000.
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Indianapolis
Lod
Knights of Pythias
Thie City
Upper Michigan
Kagl- Harbor Mid
Mejr J. A Rathbne
Rethbone
Eagle Harbor
Toe & Hool
Organis
Literary and Dramatic Society
Wes Dimon
Pythias
Echo Swaeter
Washington, D. C
Earle Harbor
Body Found of Miss Mabel Williams at Wellesley College
The body of Miss Mabel A Williams age 23 was recovered from the Charles River near Wellesley College. A farm hand discovered the corpse after she had written of despair to her mother in Ewet Harford Conv and planned to drown herself.
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Wellerley
Mase
Mabel A. Williame
Charlee River
Mise
Williame
Ewet
Ples
Aerford
Miss Williams
Conference of the Powers Postponed
An official notice announces the postponement of the Conference of the Powers concerning Morocco. The moroccan delegates could not reach Algiers by the original date, and the meeting now opens in January.
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Paria
Alaide
Coltan
Algiete
Watch and jewelry sale by D. B. Ryland & Co at Woite Pharmacy
Billy Moore for D. B. Ryland & Co. will hold a display of diamonds watches jewelry and silverware at Woite Pharmacy from November 30 to December 6. Includes 24, 26, 28, 80, 28 Stb as reference marks.
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Billy Moore
D. B. Ryland & Co
Lyochbor
Jiwelere
Woite
Metropolitan 1212 Telegraph Gift Noted
A reader hints at a Christmas gift plan involving The Metropolitan 1212 and the Telegraph. The note suggests secrecy and caution about the gift to a beau, with emphasis on the subscriber’s intent.
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Gils
Russian Ruler Wounded in Hand Over Constitution Move
Berlin dispatch reports no czar assassination. grand duke allegedly sacrificed the royal nephew to oppose constitutional reforms. The czar wounded in the hand during the attempt as Russia’s court party resists reforms seen as uniting Rossi in London and Moscow mobilizes 450000 Cossacks.
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Nationary Court
Oc Meidera
Cser
Rossi
Czar of Russia Prepares for Flight
A London Der newspaper excerpt claims a czar and most of the royal family could flee to England within six hours if revolutionaries seize power. Detailing a planned rapid exodus, it cites a sheltered route via Brinbeecadis and a trusted guard contingent ready to move.
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London
Der
Reyncl
Bae
Duree
Caar'e
Football Player Dies From Injuries After University Game
Bridgeport, Conn. Dec 1 Leo McNally twenty one years old died at St Vincents Hospital from a broken back and paralysis after a football game at Newfield Park McNally played center for the Thunderbolt team and Berkshire eleven Both teams were composed of young factory workers He collapsed on the field and was taken to the hospital where physicians said his spine was fractured and he could not live.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Leo McNally
St Vincents Hospital
Newfield Park
McNelly
Berketire
Berkelires
Darig
Merriwether Court Martial Finishes Work
Merriwether court martial finishes its work and will be submitted to the Navy Department for review. Verdict likely to be announced in Washington.
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Merriwether
Avropolis
Merriweth R
Badinstihe
Pavy Department
Wachington
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