Goebel Assassination Debate Sparks Kentucky Controversy
An editor from the Daily Telegraph quotes the Goebel case, noting Caleb Powers’ alleged involvement and his removal from Frankfort on the murder morning. The writer cites petitions for Powers’ pardon and reflects that Goebel’s known conduct, including a prior fatal shooting, shaped public reactions in 1909.
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Daily Telegraph
Caleb Powers
Kentucky
Goebel
Powers
Frankfort
Want to be put where babies can see grave
A letter from Howard Little in Grundy jail after his conviction asks Adam Bailey to ensure his body is returned to Bull Creek and buried where his children can see the grave. He requests his brother and Bud Lee come to Richmond for his execution and pleads for forgiveness from those who testified against him.
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Howard Little
Grundy
Adam Baily
Richmond
Adam
Brother
Bud Lee
Bull Creek
Rod
Welch
Tilda
Mary Lee
George Sullivan
Dear Reader Letter Requests Message to Adam and Family
A handwritten note expresses a wish to relay final instructions to Adam and to inform sister and children to meet the writer in heaven. The author asks Adam to arrange with Bad Lee, to have friends and family write letters, and signs off with farewell and a hope of reunion in heaven.
McDowell County Man Chosen Vice President
W H Campbell returned from the state meeting of the county road engineers in Parkersburg where a permanent society named The County Road Engineers Society of West Virginia was formed. Officers were elected by acclamation including President S Howe Bonar and Vice-President W J McClaren. Executive Committee members were named from multiple counties and district chairmen were chosen for all five congressional districts.
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W. H. Campbell
County Road Engineers
Parkersburg
County Road Engineer's Society
West Virginia
S. Howe Bonar
Marshall County
W. J]. McClaren
McDowell County
Fred Lewis
Gilmore County
Charles CC. Frittio
Harrison County
W. W. Kittle
Ritchie County
R. P. Pearson
Tucker County
W. J. Alexander
Wetzel County
Henry A Gentry
Fayette County
S. A. Shuttleworth
Marion County
Robert D. Hennen
Monongalia County
Joseph C. Smith
Upshur County
J. L. Wolfe
Jackson County
Mercer County
Bank stockholders meet in Bluefield January 11 1910
The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Flat Top National Bank of Bluefield West Virginia will be held in the director's room Tuesday morning January 11 at 11 o'clock for electing directors for the ensuing year and other business as needed. K T Tyree cashier. December 11 1909. Subscribe for the Daily Telegraph.
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Flat Top National Bank of
Bluefield
W. Va
K. T. Tyree
Governor Glasscock Seeks Another Pardoning Attorney
Charleston December 17 Governor Glasscock is seeking another pardoning attorney with reports of possible candidates from Fayetteville and Kingwood. Several prominent capitalists visited the state house on private business, including Col. Isaac T. Mann and Col. Samuel Dixon, with no political remarks or decisions disclosed. A separate note praises Dr King King's New Discovery for severe colds and urges holiday flower orders from local pharmacies.
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Charleston
Glasscock
Washington
E. G. Pierson
Fayetteville
A. Bliss McCrum
Kingwood
State House
Isaac T. Mann
Bramwell
Samuel Dixon
Macdonald
W. C. Sproul
Pennsylvania
C. M. Barnett
Washington, D. C
Col. Mann
Norfolk and Western
Col. Dixon
New River
C. W. Dillon
Sproul
West Virginia
Ohio Valley Electric Railway Company
Huntington
Kanawha Valley Traction Company
Barnett
Saw Mill
W. J. Atkins
Banner Springs Tenn
Dr. King
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Caleb Powers and
Wm.Goebel
IA. C
Meunchner
Thal
Meunchners
Bluefield Brewing Company
Meunchner Beer
Bad Lee
Bluefielder
Fifth Congressional District
Dally Telegraph
Roy
Wanagh
Hast End Pharmacy
Bluefield Pharmacy
The
Malden
Oce
Boston
Mina
U.S. A.D
Craddock-Terry CO
Lynchburg, Va
South
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