Amendment to Slavery Statute Proposed in Washington
Washington reports attorney general recommendations to amend the slavery statute to clarify the meaning of involuntary servitude and to adjust state laws. The note cites wage practices and coercive labor as concerns, urging reforms to prevent forms of forced labor and peonage. Superior Supply Co advertises steam, electric, and gasoline driven pumps in Bluefield West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genera
Washington
Araete
Ieee
Janette Strong
Anges
Tate
Russell
Superior Supply CO
Bluefield
W. Va
Repeal and shift in peonage laws noted by Mr Russell
Mr Russell contends laws trapping white and black workers must be repealed or amended as their effects extend beyond slavery roots. He notes efforts to secure labor from Europe and accuses critics of using prosecutions to harm southern industry, while acknowledging many peonage indictments show those abuses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Russell
North
Department of Justice
Forty seven Miners Believed to be Dead in Mine Disaster
Pittsburg Pa Dec 2 The fate of five American and forty two foreign miners appears settled by the discovery of a mine pumper's body at the Naomi mine Fayette City. Deaths from suffocation after poisonous gases lead officials to believe the entombed miners have perished. An explosion may have killed them as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Naomi
United Coal Company
Fayette City
Vanilla Brand Request Sparks Bakery Preference
The note insists on Blue Ribbon Vanilla over vanilla from other brands, arguing it costs no more and travels twice as far in flavor and quality.
Central Bank Urged by Isaac W. Seligman
In Philadelphia on December 2 financiers of national prominence discussed the financial crisis and the idea of a central bank. Isaac N. Seligman led the talks proposing a government and national bank system with board representation and note issuance tied to reserves. He cited Knickerbocker Trust losses and urged a modified central bank or Warburg plan as reforms to prevent future crises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
American Academy of Political and Social Science
F. A. Vanderlip
National City Bank
New York
Wm. B. Ridgeley
Charles H. Treat
United States
Jacob H. Schiff
Kuhn, Leeb & Co
Isaac N. Seligman
Seligman
Mr. Seligman
Knickerbocker Trust Company of
Central Bank
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Congress
Paul M. Warburg
Schiff
Central Association of Nation Banks
Central Association of National Banks
Real estate ads draw cautious saver with hawklike watch
A man who has saved a few hundred dollars should monitor real estate ads closely, likening his vigilance to a hawk watching a chicken. The vivid image underscores careful scrutiny of housing opportunities.
Burns defeats Gunner Moir to win world heavyweight title
Tommy Burns of America knocked out Gunner Moir of England in the tenth round at the National Sporting Club. Burns dominated with superior science and power, ending Moir’s challenge as the Gunner failed to rise for the tenth round.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Tommy Burns
America
Gunner Moir
England
National Sporting Club
Moir
Burns
Mrs Bradley murder case ends with jury in deadlock
In Washington the trial of Annie M. Bradley for the murder of former Utah Senator Arthur Brown ends for the day with the jury unable to reach a verdict. Closing arguments feature insanity pleas by the defense and sharp rebuttal by the district attorney. The judge adjourns with jurors locked up until tomorrow morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Aso
Annie M. Bradley
Arthur Brown
Utah
Powers
Hoover
Senator Brown
Baker
Stafford
Bradley
Staford
Hradley Cas
Aged Woman Murder Case Moves Toward Trial
In Velardo New Mexico David Martinez Y Sanchez, arrested yesterday for the murder of Miss Jennie Templeton, was held for trial after a preliminary hearing. Templeton, an elderly storekeeper with her sister, was stabbed in the back and kicked in the head, with her skull fractured, during a robbery the prior week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Velardo
N. M
David Martinez Y. Sanchez
Jennie Templeton
Miss Templeton
Sanchez
Mits Templeton
Forced to Go Out of Business sale notice
Forced to go out of business the firm of Bank and Masil Kimbal and Welch announces inventory and markdown sale after the death of Mr L Masil. Stores close Tuesday and Wednesday December 3rd and 4th to take inventory. Sales begin Thursday December 5th at 9 o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Masil
Bank and Masil
Kimbal and Welch
W. Va
H. Bank
Retail clerks union session and theater offer
A social session of the retail clerks union is set for Tuesday night December 1 at 9 pm in the hall with a business meeting announced. Also advertised is Baby Violet with the National Concert Company at Wonderland Theatre this week and Eureka Hardware Co promotes a modern cooking wonder with in store demonstrations this week.
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Retail Clerks’ Union
P. m. J. T. Hall
Violet
National Concert Company
Wonderland Theatre
Eureka Hardware Co
Brilliant Scenes Open Sixtieth Congress in Washington
Washington December opening of the sixtieth Congress featured lavish scenes in the Senate and House. Joseph Cannon re elected Speaker, John Sharp Williams named Democratic leader, and William Jennings Bryan drew cheers. New members sworn in, rules debated, and adjournment for fallen members marked the session.
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Washington
Senate
House of Representatives
Representatives
House
Congress
Joseph G. Cannon
Illinois
John Sharp Williams
Mississippi
William Jennings Brean
John Sharyn Williams
Cooper
Wisconsin
Fairbanks
Bankhead
Johnson
Alabama
Morgan
Pettus
Reener
Senor Mayor
Des Planches
Jams Khryee
Nicholas Longworth
Canno
Grosvenor
Babcock
Lurton
Ohio
Cleveland
Bigham
Philadelphia
Cannon
Pettus and Morgan
Slemp
Virginia
Representative Smith
Hiiness
Cenvon
Williams
James
Sulloway
Joseph G. Celanon
Blackburn
Culberson
Complaint Against Railroad Heard in Roanoke Court
Special Commissioner Frank Lyon of the Interstate Commerce Commission heard eight coal firm complaints against the Norfolk and Western in Roanoke Virginia. The Raven Red Ash Coal Company and six other Richlands area firms claim a ten percent differential rate ruined their business and hindered coal land sales. Witnesses testified the ten cent rate gap with Pocahontas affected operations and one operator said he could not pay his clerk. Attorneys include W A Glasgow Harmon & Probst Lucien Cocke Sidney Baxter and John Holt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Frank Lyon
Interstate Commerce Commission
Brcuit
Norfolk and Western
Raven Red Ash Coal Company
Richlands
Tazewell County
Pocahontas
Wreck of Duquesne Limited Kills Three
Baltimore officials report three passengers killed and twelve injured in a wreck of the Duquesne Limited on the Baltimore and Ohio line near Shenandoah Junction. The eastbound express was side swiped by derailed cars and a freight train, leading to a derailment as it passed at speed. The locomotive and first three cars survived with scraping. the fourth car overturned.
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Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio
Shenandoah Junction
St. Louis
New York
Duquesne Limited
Rescuers Struggle After Fremont Mine Fire
Dry Town California December 2 The Fremont mine fire is under control but rescuers press to reach upper levels where eleven miners may survive. At three o clock manager Goodall and four miners reached the 600 foot level through hot gas. three were overcome but brought to surface in an insensible state and partially recovering.
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Dry Town
Cal
Fremont
Goodall
Thirteen Dead Recovered From Naomi Mine Explosion
Pittsburg Pa Dec 3 up to midnight thirteen bodies have been recovered from the Naomi mine of the United Coal Company near Fayette City. Two identified earlier. eleven charred remains lie at the shaft bottom as rescue work concentrates on other victims while families await news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Naomi
United Coal Company
Fayette City
Peaceful Mountain Men Allegedly Armed in Powers Trial
Testimony in the Caleb Powers case aims to prove the peaceful mountain men assembled in Frankfort were armed and that Powers may have urged or aided arming some of them. The defense and prosecution outline connections to Goebel’s death, with details of alleged armed activity and Powers’ involvement.
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Georgetown
Commonwealth
Caleb Powers
Frankfort
Goebel
Powers
This is Worth Remembering Foley Kidney Cure Claim
An advertisement asserts Foley's Kidney Cure can cure any kidney or bladder trouble not beyond medicine, urging universal remembrance of the claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
City Council Hears Footbridge Plan And Tax Adjustments
The stormy session ends with orders to begin work on a ten foot footbridge from Tazewell and Allen to Thomas street and to raise Pulaski street houses. The council accepts plans from Norfolk and Western for the bridge over Allen street and schedules arterial work, while tax errors at Flat Top Grocery are corrected. A health board push seeks new ordinances to compel yard and alley sanitation and two special sanitary officers are proposed. The meeting adjourns to continue discussions tonight.
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E. E. Carter
R. B. Ferguson
Booker R
W. C. P. Buchanan
C. H. Mustard
J Cc. Bart
Mustard
Pulaski Street
Mercer Viaduct
Sluss
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Allen Street
Daily Telegraph
Tazewell
Allen Streets
Thomas Street
Bluefield Avenue
Flat Top
City Recorder
William Franklin
Wileon Street
Larkin Williams
Enterprise Company
Locust Street
Princeton Avenue
W. KE. Ferrari
City Hall
Bernard McClaugherty
Board of Health
O. S. Hare
McClaugherty
Board Health
I Council
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Earle, Reese
Modern Pressing Company
Virginia Laundry
Lynchburg
LB Tierney
R. E. Bolling
W .H. Thomas
W. B. Hicks
Rust
Flat Top National Bank OF
This Bank
United States Government
Col. L. R. Tierney
R. M. Garrett
BE. le Bailey
W. H. Thomas
C. O. Wright
B. A. Heller
E. B. Carter, Pres
D. R. Wood
Cashier
Union Bank and Trust Company
Edwin Mann, Pres
W. C. Pollock
L. A. Hooper
Asst
First National Bank of
W. V
Capital
Isaac W. Seligman
West Virginia
Mrs. Bradley
W. 8. Moore
Eureka Hardware Company
Wo & Moore
White Pharmacy
Hollister
Rocky Mountain Tea Mill Creek Coal and Coke Co
West End Drug Co
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