Southern West Virginia Leads Population Growth in Decade
The 1910 census shows Southern West Virginia counties expanding rapidly, led by McDowell and Raleigh, with large gains in coal counties. Overall state population rises to 2,021,111, up 274 percent since 1900, likely increasing representation but not district count. Mine rescue stations and first aid cars are listed with six stations in various cities and six rescue cars nationwide.
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Washington
West Virginia
Florida
Arizona
New Mexico
Petg Gos Doce Ok Ves Wes Ind Torre Sci Vith Tanees
Rg Bat
Raleigh
Pleasants County
Monroe
Brockxe
Hancock
Bluefield
Mererr
McDowell
Mingo
Ne Ee
Wyoning
Bureau of Mines
Ice
Pittsburg
Urbana
Ills
Knoxville
Tenn
McAlester
Okla
Seattle
Wash
Birminghs
Ala
Wilkesbar
Virginia Debt Suit Plan Likely Discussed by Glasscock
Governor Glasscock is expected here on Saturday to discuss Virginia debt suit with the president. The case is before the supreme court and set for argument in January. It is unclear what phase will be discussed except possibly the selection of additional court members to hear the arguments.
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Glasscock
Supreme Court
Senator Scott Shows Notable Improvement
Senator Scott is reported to be considerably better today, indicating a positive turn in his health and recovery trajectory.
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Scott
Red Cross Seals to Boost Anti Tuberculosis Drive
The Red Cross Society with national headquarters in Washington hopes to raise funds for its anti tuberculosis campaign through the annual sale of Red Cross seals starting today through year end. Last year sales surpassed 60 million and this year officials expect an even larger total.
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Red Cross
Washington, D. C
Red Cross Society
Baldwin Millions Suit Moves Forward in California
Beatrice Anita Turnbull Baldwin's lawsuit in Los Angeles proceeds as court actions advance within days, detailing claims and parties involved in the ongoing financial dispute.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Beatrice Anita Turnbull Baldwin
Daughter of Baldwin Stakes Claim to $11 Million Estate
A unidentified daughter of E. J. Baldwin known as Lucky Baldwin seeks two ninths of his estate appraised at 11 million dollars. She asserts she is Baldwin's child with Lillian Ashley Turnbull and plans to press the claim in local courts.
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E. J
Baldwin
Lillian Ashley Turnbull
First Vessel Navigates Panama Canal Section
New York reports the Victor II, a three masted steam yacht owned by Commodore W. Harry Brown of Pittsburgh, became the first vessel to enter a Panama Canal section on November 23, reaching Gatun lock after departing from the Atlantic side with Col. Goethals aboard.
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New York
Panama Canal
Commodore W. Harry Brown
Pittsburg
United Fruit Company
Col. Goethals
Atlantic
Gatun Lock
Thaw Bradley Wedding in St Regis Ballroom
New York reports the December 1 wedding of Miss Gladys Virginia Bradley of Pittsburg to William Thein III. The bride is the daughter of Charles and Gladys Bradley, sister to Mrs. Drexel Biddle of Philadelphia. The groom, nephew of Harry K Thaw, is noted for high living and past escapades including a Cairo marriage.
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New York
St. Regis Hotel
Gladys Virginia Bradley
William Thein
Pittsburg
Charles Henderson Bradley
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle
Philadelphia
Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
Egypt
Khim Adtutgei
Ther
Wyoming
Governor-elect Foss Opens Campaign Against Lodge
In Provincetown Governor-elect Eugene N. Foss launched a speaking tour against Senator Lodge's re election. He argued the recent election shows public support for measures Lodge has long opposed and urged voters to instruct legislators to oppose Lodge's re election.
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Provincetown
Mass
Eugene N. Foss
Senator Lodge
Thirteen Arrested in Breakup of Counterfeit Gang
New York dispatch reports the Lupo gang of counterfeiters and murderers shattered with thirteen Italians arrested and large quantities of counterfeit money seized. Earlier arrests led to several members being sent to federal prisons for long terms.
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New York
Notorius Lupo
Farmer's Pulaski County Farm Sold for 82000
Roanoke, Va. December 1. J. M. Gambill of Roanoke sold his Pulaski county farm totaling 1,100 acres to W. F. Flannagan of Christiansboro for 82000.
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Roanoke
J. M. Gambill
Pulaski County
W. F. Flannagan
Christiansboro
Civil Engineer Fatally Injured By Folding Bed Collapse
Benjamin Lott a well known civil engineer was fatally injured when a folding bed collapsed as he slept in New York on December 1. The bed closed on him trapping him and he was pronounced unconscious after being freed by his family.
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New York
Benjamin Lott
Premley lecturer at Yale names Robert L O'Brien
The Premley lecturer on journalism at Yale University for this year is Robert Lincoln O'Brien editor of the Boston Mercury. O'Brien formerly served as secretary to President Cleveland and was Washington correspondent for the Hog ton Transcript.
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New Haven
Conn
Premley
Yale University
Robert Lincoln O'Brian
Boston Merald
O'Brien
Cleveland
Washington
Hogton Tranceript
Disputed Pole Claim Returns to Public Eye in London
Dr Frederick A Cook the polar claimant sought to sell his story in London and New York with meetings in Troy and Poughkeepsie. Hampton Magazine and editors reportedly rejected the material as Cook travelled under assumed names and wrote from Bloomsbury while defending his stance about Peary with a gesture of pity over motive.
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New York
Frederick A. Cook
North Pole
London
Brooklyn
Bloomsbury
Cook
Pubishers
United States
Hampton Magazine
Canada
Troy
N. Y
Murove
Hampton
Poughkeepsie
Europe
Bellingham, Wash
William H. Axtell
Axtell
Peary
Meat Price Cuts Hit Local Markets Details Narrow Reductions
L J Wilburn of Swift & Company reports wholesale price cuts in the Elkhorn area with pure lard down three cents a pound and fresh pork three cents. Dried salt meats and smoked meats show sizable drops. retailers’ actions not specified.
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L. J. Wilburn
Swift & Company
Elkhorn
Wilburn
Governors Conference Sways Toward Business Like Plan
Louisville delegates pushed a business like reorganization for the governors conference and permanent headquarters. Governor Sloan of Arizona led a plan to draft objects, seek legislative appropriation, and standardize programs while governors debated employers liability, workmen's compensation, direct primaries, and auto reciprocity with varied views and no formal actions.
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Louisville
Conference of Governors
Sloan
Arizona
Fort
New Jersey
Willson
Laura Clay
Kentuky Equal Right Association
Shafroth
Colorado
Weds Italian Naval Officer in Washington
A fashionable wedding linked naval and diplomatic circles united Miss Eleanor Terry daughter of Rear Admiral Silas W. Terry to Lieutenant Filippo Camperio of the Italian navy who has served at the Milan Embassy. The ceremony occurred at St Thomas Church with a reception at Rauscher's. They plan to sail for Italy next week.
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Washington, D
D. C
Eleanor Ter TY
Silas W. Terry
Filippo Camperio
St. Thomas’ Church
Rauscher’s
Mrs. Causadis
Annapolis
Marchesi Negrotto
Camperio
Italy
Miss Taft Debutante Presented in Washington Society
Miss Helen Taft was formally presented to society at a White House tea hosted by Mrs. Taft. The event drew officials and residents from the capital, with pink bouquets and smilax vines enhancing the elegant setting in the executive mansion. Cabinet wives helped receive guests.
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Washington, D. C
Helen Taft
Admiral Stockton elected president of George Washington University
Rear Admiral Stockton was today elected president of George Washington University after serving as acting president for several months. The decision formalizes his leadership of the university in Washington.
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Heals University
Wershington
Stockton
George Washington University
Complete Order Restored after Rebel Army Defeated
Loisbor reports December 1. order restored after demands of rebellious soldiers and sailors were granted, ending turmoil and reestablishing control.
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Loisbor
Orela
Vieck
Macro
Mrs Jolia Wyatt Dies At 87 In New Haven
Mrs Jolia Wyatt, known for playing Lopsay in Uncle Tom's Cabin, died today in New Haven at age 87.
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Jeila Wyatt
New Haven
Conn
Jolia Wyatt
Lopsay
Mrs Schenk Prefers Jail In Poison Case
Wopeeling West Virginia December 1. Counsel for Mrs Laura Farnsworth Schenk indicted for attempting to murder her husband by poison says she will likely stay in jail to avoid the annoyances that could follow bail admission.
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Schenk
Wopeeling
W. Va
Laura Farnsworth Schenk
Apathy Marks Bidding for New Dreadnought Warship
Bids opened for a great American dreadnought show scant bidder interest under eight hour work law and other limits. Newport News Ship Building and Drydock Co. was the sole bidder for the battleship, offering plans at 5.78 million dollars with Curtiss engines for a 30 month build and 21 knot speed guarantee. Two steel fleet collier bids were not accepted as too high with unions failing to meet bond requirements.
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Washington
Newport News Ship Building and Drydock Co
Newport News
Newport News Company
New York Navy Yard
Navy Department
Union Iron Works
San Francisco
Morna Iron Company
Seattle Wash
Tate
Father of the Linotype James Ogilivie Clephan Dies
James Ogilivie Clephan known as the Father of the Linotype died today in Maglewood New Jersey after a stroke at age sixty eight. He fostered the typewriting industry and financed Mergenthaler to perfect the Linotype machine.
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Linotype
Maglewood
N. J
James Ogilivie Clephan
Tolay
Mergenthaler
Hitchcock Names Assistant Britt to Postmaster General Team
Hibst master Hitchcock announces James J. Britt of Asheville North Carolina as third assistant postmaster general succeeding A L Law this week. Britt is a department lawyer and ranking official of the third assistant’s bureau and a native of Johnson City Tennessee.
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Hitchcock
Mashington
Hibst
James J. Britt
Asheville
N. C
View A. L. Lawshe
Britt
Third Assetant’s Bureau
Johnson City
Tenn
Daniel Duncan to be executed for fatal assault in Charleston
The state sets tomorrow as the date for the execution of Daniel Duncan a young Black man convicted of causing fatal harm to Max Lubelsky. Duncan assaulted Lubelsky at his King Street shop last June and later returned to threaten Lubelsky’s widow.
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Necro
Charleston
8. C
Dee
Toimoerrow
Daniel Duncan
Max Lubelsky
King Street Merchant
Duncan
Lubelsky
Dix resigns bank posts amid separation plan
Albany December 1 reports Governor-elect John A Dix is severing private business ties before January 1. Dix resigns as officer and director of two local banks with large interests as part of his stated plan.
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Bix
Albany
N. Y
John A Dix
Express Strike Ends With Open Shop Pact
New York December 1 A final settlement of express company employees strike was reached today. The companies agreed to grant workers from first to eight percent wage increase. The new agreement established an open shop.
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Express
New York
Express Company
Tae
Roosevelt Wedding Anniversary Notices From Across the Nation
Messages of congratulations were sent to former President and Mrs. Roosevelt on their twenty fourth wedding anniversary as friends nationwide recalled the day in New York.
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Roosevelt
New York
Sagamore H's
Hunting Season Toll Tops Prior Records in 1910
Chicago December 1 The hunting season of 1910 ended yesterday with 113 deaths and 81 injuries across twenty three states, according to Tribune statistics. The totals surpass all prior yearly records.
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Chicago
the Tribune
Pittsburg Bribery Convict Sentenced to Four Months
Councilsman A. C. Simeon, linked to a bribery conviction over an ordinance, loses challenge to avoid prison and will begin a four month term tomorrow in Pittsburg.
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Pittsburg
Queen Alexandra Reaches Sixty Sixth Birthday Anniversary
London December 1 Queen Alexandra turned sixty six today receiving numerous presents and messages from relatives and friends at home and abroad. Flags flew as celebrations began with widespread tributes to the Queen Mother on her birthday.
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London
Queen Alexandra
Royal Anniversary Family Reunion Attends in Great Hall
A royal celebration displayed on public buildings featured customary salutes at ad haval and military stations. The anniversary became a family reunion with King George Queen Mary Princess Victoria and Queen Maude of Norway among other royal attendees.
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Ad Haval
George
Mary
Victoria
Queen Maude of
Norway
Engineer Fatally Injured by Rail Post Collision
Roanoke Virginia December 18 a Norfolk and Western freight engineman David F Wagner of Roanoke leaned from his cab and the top of his head was torn off by contact with a post beside the track near Chilhowie Virginia He died after being brought to Roanoke in a dying condition
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David F. Wagoner
Roanoke
Chilhowie
Wagner
Diaz Begins Eighth Term Inaugural in Mexico City
Porfirio Diaz was sworn in for his eighth consecutive term as president amid a grand civic and military ceremony in Mexico City. Thousands lined decorated streets as senators, representatives, officers, and diplomats in full uniform joined the official homage to the president and the republic.
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City of
Mexico
Porfirio Diaz
Mexican Republic
Diaz
Soldier to Hang at Work Point Barracks Murder Case
Soldier Thomas Allen of the Royal Canadian Artillery faces execution after being found guilty of murdering Captain Peter Elliston at Work Point barracks on August 1. Allen shot the captain from a barracks window, after bearing a grievance over a prior army regulation violation and imprisonment.
Exposition Boomers Seek San Francisco 1915 Exposition
Exposition boosters from California arrived in Washington seeking federal recognition of San Francisco as the site for the Panama Pacific International Exposition in 1915. Delegates include R. B. Hale, Hiram W. Johnson, and Benjamin Ide Wheeler. California has opened headquarters to campaign before Congress.
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Washington
California
San Francisco
R. B. Hale
Exposition Company
Hiram W. Johnson
Benjamin Lie Wheeler
University of California, Californian
Congress
Monument Unveiled in Franklin County Confederate Soldiers Memorial
Rocky Mount Va Dec 1 A Confederate soldiers monument in Franklin County was unveiled today with impressive ceremonies and a large crowd in attendance. Samuel W Williams Virginia attorney general delivered the oration.
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Rocky Mount
Soliers
Franklin County
Samuel W. Williams
Virginia
Man Revived After Declared Dead in Newark
In Newark on December 1 a Burlington farmer named Bunby sat up in bed alive after physicians and two coroners debated the man’s death. He exclaimed questions and was revived by doctors who say he was in a coma from a rare kidney trouble.
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Lend
Newark
Burlington
Bunby
Bill
Buzhy
Deaf Mute Jury Member Disqualified in Tremont Case
In Pottsville Pennsylvania on November 39 Ezra Schwalha of Tremont appeared before Judge Proman as juror. He could neither bear nor talk being a complete mute yet intelligent. The court ruled he was unfit and discharged him from service.
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Pottsville
Ezra Schwalha
Tremont
Proman
Fexwalm
Fishermen Feared Drowned Off Charleston
Charleston December 1 reports indicate about fifteen fishermen are believed drowned after their smacks sank offshore for several days. One boat was seen floating keel up, heightening fears for the missing crew.
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Charleston
D. C
Exhibition of Colonial Fruits Opens in London
Exhibition of colonial grown fruits and vegetables opened in London under official auspices. The event claims to be the most notable of its kind ever seen in the city, highlighting produce from colonial colonies and underscoring agricultural ties.
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London
Bailey Farm Home Taken Over By Orphanage
Yesterday possession was taken of the C. A. Bailey farm and residence by the James G. Litz Children's Home. Eleven children are expected to be installed by Saturday with a formal opening on the 17th and a noon dinner for invited guests. The plan includes a school later and a new stone building costing about $100,000 planned for next spring.
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C. A. Bailey
James G. Litz
Mr. Lite
L. G. Day
Little Rhoda
Mr. Litz
Elbs’ Lodge
Tazewell
M. L. Floyd
John Gos
H. &. Howen
Witten Mills
Litz
George P. Bent Company
Chicago
Bent
the Gospel
Bluefield
Graham
Pocahontas
Lita
Norfolk and Western
Bristol
Roanoke
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Thaw-Bradley
Foss
Massachusetts
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M. Gambill
Dh. Cook
Weather Report
Fraga
Miss Taft
Alexandria
David F. Wagner
Norfolk
Western Freight
Diex
Franklin
Bailey Farm
NPT
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