Explosion at Lick Branch Colliery Kills Several Men
Reported mine blast draws four state inspectors to the scene as rumors and sensational tales spread. Names listed include Jim Smith, Cleve Alexander, John Miller, Kemp Souders and others. authorities caution on unknown cause as rescue efforts continue.
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Jim Smith
Cleve Alexander
Pete Kennedy
John Miller
Kemp Souders
John Brown
Jas. Lockhart
Richard Lockhart
Henry Lockhart
Chas. Little
W. Little
Mine explosion at Lick Branch Colliery shocks Bluefield
About fifty miners were in the western section of the Lick Branch Colliery when a blast occurred around 3 am as many workers had left. Twenty two survivors were brought out by midnight with twelve dead. ten rescued remained uninjured, while five more were reported in sight awaiting rescue. The mine’s air remained good and fans operated, deepening the mystery of the blast despite modern safety measures.
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Lick Branch
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Lick Branch mine praised as model colliery in rescue effort
Mine Inspectors Phillips Warner Henry and Brady led rescue operations at Switchback No 10 in Tug River field praising Lick Branch as a model colliery. A Daily Telegraph reporter at No 3 confirmed facts and said management released information, with hopes all men would be rescued by morning.
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Phillips
Warner
Henry
Brady
Tug River
Daily Telegraph
No. 3
Death toll in Kentucky mine explosion may reach fifty two
At 2 AM rescue parties searched the Lick Branch colliery for missing workers. Twelve bodies already recovered, with estimates of thirty seven to fifty two dead in total as officials awaited daylight to finish the mine survey and possible rescues.
Fighting in Macuro port as Castro and Gomez crews clash
Fighting erupted at Macuro on the Venezuelan coast between Castro supporters and a gunboat crew backing the new president Gomez. About twenty men were killed and fifty wounded. Gomez partisans withdrew temporarily then returned to renew the engagement.
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Port of Spain
Macuro
Castro
Gomez
Magnitude of Calamity Stuns Italy in Deadly Earthquake
Rome reports a vast earthquake disaster in southern Italy. Messina and Reggio suffer massive death tolls with thousands missing. Calabrian towns lie in ruin. The king and queen head to Messina aboard Vittorio Emmanuele as fears of pestilence grow and survivors crowd for refuge.
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Messina
Sicily
Reggio
Italy
Palmi
Cassano
Cosenz
Bagnara
Monteleone
Riposto
Seminaria
San Giovanni
Scilla
Lazzaro
Caffiello
Naples
Calabria
Strait of Messina
Blue Ribbon Demand Sparks Call for Quality
Readers urged to insist on blue ribbon standards and reject inferior extracts. The push emphasizes high quality, transparency, and reliable sourcing as essential in evaluating products and information.
Messina and Reggio Devastated by Earthquake and Tidal Inundation
The coastlines on both sides are wrecked with lighthouses swallowed by the sea and navigation rendered dangerous. Reggio lies in ruins and the seaport no longer exists after the upheaval that struck the Calabrian district, while Messina reports vast loss of life and mass flight of survivors as British and Russian squadrons arrive to aid.
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Reggio
Sicily
Messina
Engineer Killed in Southern Rail Derailment at Stokesland
A misplaced switch on Southern Railway derailed train No. 35 at Stokesland Virginia six miles south of Danville at 5 50 p m today. Engineer Satterfield died and Fireman Davis and three postal clerks were injured. No passengers reported hurt. Cause of the switch action was not known.
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Southern Railway
Stokesland
Danville
Satterfield
Davis
Ruef Sentenced to Fourteen Years at San Quentin
Abra ham Ruef former San Francisco political boss was sentenced today to fourteen years in the state penitentiary at San Quentin Judge Wm P Lawler pronounced the sentence after Ruef's trial
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Cal
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San Quentin
Wm. P. Lawler
Ruef
Marital Troubles Highlight Trial Of Captains Hains
In Flushing New York December 29 no major progress occurred in the murder case of Thornton J. Hains and Captain Peter C. Hains Jr The trial revealed the couple’s estrangement and Captain Hains distress after his wife Claud ia admitted loving William Annis The witness Samuel C Reid a Kentucky resident and alleged Royal Circle relation supplied these remarks during June testimony while other witnesses contested details of the shooting at the float scene
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N. Y
Dee
Thornton J. Hains
Peter C. Hains, Jr
Wm. E. Annis
Claudia Hains
Samuel C. Reid
Hains
Justice Crane
Army
Reid
Annis
Rospigliosi
Rome
Kentucky
Tierney
Storm
Harvey Rockwell
Rockwell
Modern conditions of home prevent marriage
Atlantic City N J Dec 29 A remarkable address by Mrs Charlotte Perkins Gilman before the American Sociological Society discusses how home conditions affect family life. She traces the history of marriage the home the family and asserts industrial factors delay and often prevent marriage with comments on motherhood the servant question and husband wife relations.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
American Sociological Society Today
Marriage and freedom in the modern home
The text argues that true marriage requires a self supporting, independent woman not owned or exploited. It criticizes economic dependence and traditional ownership, condemns the view of women as property, and envisions a higher form of marriage where women are equals and self possessed. Polygamy is dismissed as a lower form that at least avoids prostitution.
Naval Observatory to Signal New Year Across Time Belts
Washington reports the Naval Observatory will flash the New Year signal to the four standard time belts. Each belt will receive the time from the observatory in the minutes before midnight, marking the instant of the new year.
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Washington
Naval Observatory
Baseball magnates set agenda at AA meeting in Chicago
In Chicago the American Association baseball magnates met in the auditorium for their annual session. They planned to award the championship pennant to Indianapolis, elect officers, appoint a schedule committee, and choose a chairman for the board of directors.
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Ill
Dee
American Association
Indianapolis
Indiana monuments dedicated in Vicksburg Park
In Vicksburg Mississippi on December 29 the state of Indiana dedicated monuments and markers in memory of Indiana soldiers who served at the siege and capture of Vicksburg in 1863. Governor Hanly and a large group of Indiana war veterans attended the ceremony.
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Grant
Vicksburg Battle Park
Hanly
New Revenue Cutter Yamacrow Completes Trial
The Yamacrow, a Seminole type revenue cutter built by the New York Ship Building Company in Camden, N J, completed her official acceptance trial today on the Delaware River. She is slated for service on the South Atlantic coast with headquarters at Savannah.
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Washington
New York Shipbuilding Company
Camden
N. J
Delaware River
South Atlantic
Savannah
Gladstone Memorial Observed in London on Birth Anniversary
Wreaths and floral offerings marked the observance of the birth date of the Great Commoner at the Gladstone monument in front of St. Clement Danes in the Strand. Gladstone, born December 29, 1809, inspires preparations for a grand centenary in 1909. R. M. Fox offers watches and jewelry for the holidays.
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London
St. Clement Dane's Church
Strand
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Mr. Gladstone
West Virginia Speakership Contenders Narrow To Four
Charleston dispatch notes racing to fill the state House speakership with four candidates Strickling Waugh Strother and Kingsley seen as strongest Strickling leads in strength while Strother claims McDowell support and Waugh shifts factions The rumor mill also touches a Par kersburg dispatch news sale and Woodyard ally fears over ex Governor White seizing the paper.
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L. J. Forman
Grant County
James R. Strickling
Tyler County
Strickling
H. Roy Waugh
Buckhannon
James A. Strother
McDowell
Strother
Waugh
Upshur
Swisher
Friends of Matthews
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Dawson
C. G. Dawson
Glasscock
Parkersburg
Dispatch News
Harry Woodyard
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Congress
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