General Kyropatkin IO Dead at Eighty
Moscow reports the death of General Alexei Kyropatkin at age eighty. Prominent Czarist commander in chief during the Russo Japanese War, later leading Russian troops against Germany. He faced blame for Mukden defeat but remained trusted by Emperor Nicholas II and held various posts through 1917 before his 1920 Soviet reappearance.
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Japan
Moscow
Kyropatkin
Weme Shemshuring
Pskov
Russia
Alexei Karapatkin
Mukden
Nicholas
Germany
Turkesta
Tle
Keresky
Petrograd
Anod
Moon Shadow Gore Silent Message From Night Sky
Fragmentary description of lunar shadow as it moves toward Earth. The text mentions a beam or ray of darkness, a curved string of drops seen through volcanic terrain, and the moon’s shadow rising like thunder. The tone suggests scientific and lay observations of an astronomical event.
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Babey
Swims Plucks Life In Midstream For Race West
Fragmented OCR notes describe a late page segment with garbled phrases about an athlete in a midstream race and a scientist reacting to Cuvioulty. It also mentions Geneva, uncertain accords, and the French delegation showing interest in Mr Suginara’s opium smoking project, with Kalag possibly acceptable to the Americans.
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Geneva
Lvely
Suginaras
Committee Recommends Mayfield Keep His Seat
Washington reports the senate elections committee voted unanimously to uphold Senator Mayfield's contested seat. The full Senate action will follow after the report, with hearings lasting over a year into George W. B. Peddy's challenge. Members present included both Republican and Democratic lawmakers.
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Washington
Fiat
Mayfield
Texas
Senate
Oly
George W. B. Peddy
Peddy
Sencer
Watson
Indiana
Wadsworth
New York
Hirn
Kentucky
Shortridge
Cal. Repubicans
King
Utah
Ashurst
Arizona
George
Georgia
Neely
West Virginia
Smith
South Carolin
Nickel Plate Merger Ready for I C C Approval
New York January 28 The 1 6 million dollar 1000 mile Nickel Plate merger project of the Van Sweringen interests will be ready today before the Interstate Commerce Commission for approval. The plan aims to consolidate lines into a single system and seeks swift regulatory clearance to proceed with construction and integration timelines.
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New York
van Sweringen
Interstate Commerce Commission
Dramatic outdoors tale unites man and river’s fury
A vivid melodrama unfolds amid wind and rain as floodwaters threaten a town. A lone brave man battles wreckage of torn logs driven by a tornado to save the town, risking his life in a perilous rescue.
Directors Accept Lease Revise to Integrate Land System
End of March report notes Mite Rail road directors approved the revised lease bringing land into the new system and scheduled a special stockholders meeting for March 25 to ratify the plan.
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Mite Railroad Company
Stockhauters
Record fines and prison sentences for Friday court
The Friday session disposed of forty two cases with eleven felony fines or jail terms and a total of about seventeen years imprisonment. Fines reached ten thousand one hundred ninety dollars with overall jail terms and fines around twenty one thousand three hundred sixty dollars. Multiple defendants including Berta, Eister, James, Adkins, and Knuckles received sentences in Atlanta or Raleigh County.
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Atlanta
Raleigh
Mqnor
Mercer County
Sand Lick Junction
West Virginia
Marshal Workman
Iice
George Reed
J. P. Hall
H. K. Morgan
Joe Jasco
Mia
J.I. Sutphin
Henry Miller
Junes Fowler
Albert Miners
Dalsy Nola
Chas
Johnson
Joe Klobis
William Collins
Andy Rose
Lizzly Berta
M. C. Cassen
Jim Gonsales
Biblical Play at Blake’s Chapel by Mt Zion Baptist Church
News of Colored Folk reports Rev fH of Bluefield Va will speak at Blake's Chapel. A Bible play The Anchor of the Soul will be presented by Mr and Mrs J H Masely and others of Mt Zion Baptist Church at Blake 3 Chapter A M FH Zion Church Tuesday 27.
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Berwicks
Tall
Bluefield
Blake's Chapel
J. H. Masely
Mt. Z Ion Baptist Church
Blake
Zion Church
Spom
Dan
Double Header at Boys Club Gym Tonight
The Boys Club presents a first and second senior basketball doubleheader on the enlarged court with regulation baskets. Teams include Montealm vs Mentewat Independenta and Montealm light school with lineups led by Owens Crowell Alvis Brown Akers and Wars. no admission charged to promote basketball.
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Touwlgsht
Montealm
Qrat
Mentewat Independenta Aml
theMontealm
Aquad
Coush Owens
Johnatan
Crowell
Alvis Centar
Brown
Akers
Dul Wars
Baaver
Blankenship
Porterfield
Troyell
Armen Trowlk
Beavers Trounced by Ceredo Kenova in Bluefield Loss
Huntington January 20 Beaver high school basketball team from Bluefield fell to Ceredo Kenova by 22 to 6. Johnson led with six field goals, while Bluefield struggled to score amid strong defense and open-shot gaps. Bluefield to play Huntington again tomorrow night.
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Huntington
W. Va
Beaver High
Bluefield
Ceredo- Mnova
Gim
Beaver
Gisaris
Johnson
Lake Or Galloway
Smith
Dbiuefield
Ceredo-Kenova F.G. FF
Lake
Wollerton
Galloway
Porter
Suddoes
Lathe
Smmith
Groseclose
Lawrence
Carr
Lazenby
Adkins
NEW WRESTLING CHAMPION WOULD ENJOIN ED LEWIS
Wayne Munn the new world heavyweight wrestling champion filed in Independence Missouri a district court injunction to prevent Ed Lewis and manager Billy Sandow from interfering with Munns title rights. The petition claims Lewis and Sandow violated a December contract with Gabriel Kaufman by intimidating potential opponents and arranged the title bout to be settled two out of three falls.
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Independence
Strangler
Lewis
Wrest
Billy Sandow
Wayne
Big) Munn
Kansas City
Sandow
Gabriel Kaufman
Munn
Bribery Trial Testimony In Felder Case
New York officials testified for the defense of attorney Thomas H Felder and former DOJ agent Gagton Means in federal court today as they face charges of conspiring to obstruct justice by bribery. U S Attorney William Gayyard and an assistant are named in the proceedings.
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Holley Clark, Jr
Felder
Lid
Buner W. Jarnecke
Altoona Glass Casket Cr
New York
Thomas H. Felder
Gagton
Means
Department of Justice
Triad
Ery
United States
William Gayyard
Joho
Senate Delays Over Printing Journal Notes In West Virginia
Reported from Charleston that Senator Johnson demanded a roll call with Democrats abstaining except Senator Smith. Kee moved an editorial praise of the Democratic action, printing was contested. A joint committee on penitentiary conditions was approved. In the House, Delander's lobbyist registration bill was ruled out of order, and code copies debate failed to pass. Legislature adjourned to continue Monday.
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Johnson
Smith
Kee
Monroe County
Senate
State Penitentiary
Anter
Moon Hope
Morgantown
West Virginia University
House of Delegates
Delander
I. M. Underwood
House
Morgan
Wyoming County
Committee On Rules
Sehon
Cabell County
Robinson
King
Biennial Budget Bill and County Office Changes
The article outlines a biennial budget near fifteen million dollars detailing changes across counties and offices. It covers creation of a county treasurer office, prosecution costs, school tuition, road improvements, deputy sheriffs, jury exemptions, playground systems, probation salaries, game law updates, naturopathy practice, and liability for extinguishing costs.
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Montgomery Bridge
Tevy
Boley
Leynoalda
Taylor County
Suddarth
Jackson
Mason County
Point Pleasant
Hoge
Wood County
Devore
Mingo County
White
Legislative miscellany of bills and proposed measures
A sweep of bills introduced in the house covers fiscal, educational, and public safety topics. Proposals include tax exemptions for Spanish War veterans, midwife registration, district road and railroad repair, school and charter amendments, university and county clerks salaries, and authorizations for state hospital funding, New Year teaching, and the convocation of judges.
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Wilkin
Mcense
Byrer
Marsh
Antham County
Johnson
Raiigt County
Heaberlin
Bat Bleton
Monongalia County
Dr. Jones
Vansickt and McCollough
State Hospital
Wayne County
Sheriff County
Circuit Court
Marcum
Boards of Education
Belknap
Montgomery
Davis
Wyoming County
Morgan
Brammer
Kanawha County
Common Pleas Court
Radabaugh
Nicholas County
King
McPherson
Winchester National Cemetery Monument
Jackson
Putnam County
Lery, Smith
Putnam
Mule in Edinburgh town tale of Amy the cold mule
In Edinburgh the townspeople gathered at No 2 Fire Trowse as Amy the mule, famed as the sole fire mule in the British Isles, grew ill with a severe cold after drawing a ladder wagon to hundreds of fires. Citizens offered their favorite cold remedies.
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Edinburgh
Amy
British Isles
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