Farmers push for extra session over tax reform in state
State farmers' institutes rally behind a call for an extra legislative session to address the Tax Commission's proposals. A circulated resolution urges senators and delegates to back a session this fall to reform taxation and abolish direct taxes on seal and personal property. The push seeks gubernatorial support and newspaper coverage to show public backing for the move.
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Tax Commission
Farmers’ Institute
Department of Agriculture
County
190
West Virginia
State Tax Commission
House of Delegates
Sensational Lincoln murder case grips county court
Lincoln county Circuit Court opens a special term for a high profile murder trial from last November. Arnold Stephenson eluded guards after a ambush killing Edward Webb Jr. near Fourteen Mile Creek. The escape and pursuit stirred local interest as the state seeks a conviction based on circumstantial evidence.
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Lincoln County
Dorket
Emallees
Bromfields
Sperlocks
Edward Webb, Jr
Fourteen Mile Creek
Arnold Stephenson
Entoute
Hamlin
Stephenson
Sephengou
Kia
Romance of the Diamond Waddell Weds Miss May Skinner
Philadelphia Athletics pitcher Rube Waddell married May W Skinner of Lynn after meeting at a Boston game a year earlier. The couple began their romance on the grandstand with a chance introduction. Waddell received a gold watch with initials set in diamonds as a wedding token from Frank J Dolan and a friend. He plans to rejoin the Athletics next week.
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Rube
Lynn
Philadelphia
Waddell
Frank J. Dolan
Athletics
Keg Causes Railroad Tie Up in Pa. Junction
A scattered keg rolled onto the Puttaville Coloo Traction tracks near a junction with the Reading line, halting traffic between Migeraville and Patlest last night. A passenger car nearly toppled, another traveler fainted, and many passengers were forced to walk.
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Fottaville
Migeraville
Pat
Puttaville Coloo Traction Company
Reading Railway
Fires Vader Control in New York Fire Crisis
June 5 reports on vast forest fires devastating millions in property. Catholic and Episcopal churches in Greater New York offer prayers for relief after forty nine days of heat and smoke, following Archbishop Potter's call. Remedies are claimed for rashes and skin irritations at drug stores.
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New York
Greater
Potter
Rail expansion accelerates in southern West Virginia's rundown
Rail projects surge across Fayette Greenbrier Raleigh Monroe and Pocahontas counties with the Deepwater Railway from Kanawha river through Raleigh to the Flat Top country amid talk of Standard Oil backing and potential linkage to the C C and C Davis Elkins line and the western network. Other lines skirt Elk river Blue Creek to Gauley Bridge while the B and O surveys Millwood to Clay Court House to join the C C and S.
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West Virginia
Mion
Tate
Fayette
Greenbrier
Raleigh
Monroe
Pocahontas
Deepwater
Kanawha River
Lower
Loup Creek
Raleigh County
Flat Top
Atlantic
W. N. Page
Standard Oil
Standard Oil Company
Davis-Elkins
Charlston
Kanawha
Millwood
Clay Court House
Aleso
Elk River
Blue Creek
Gauley Bridge
Cleveland Boom and Bust Cited by Bourke Cochran in London
Washington reports Bourke Cochran in London discusses Grover Cleveland’s presidential prospects. The piece notes a fading Cleveland boom, Democratic fatigue with third terms, and Cochran’s possible return to politics after a Tammany fallout.
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Washington
W. Bourke Cochran
London
Nile
America
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
Cockran
Princeton
Democratic Party
Cochran
Stump
Ireland
Congress
Tammany
Death in a Flash at Central Hotel in Tazewell County
Austin Mullin a respected Falls Mills resident died suddenly in front of the Central Hotel at Taze well yesterday about 6 30 am. He had been in town for a lawsuit causing worry and collapsed after a brief walk. Mullin leaves a wife and ten children.
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Austin Mullin
Tazewell County
Falls Mills
Central
Tazewell
Mallin
Tazewall
Mullins
Bristol Welcomes Rail and Coke Firms Move to Bristol
Bristol Tenn June 5 It is announced that Virginia Iron Coal and Coke Co and Virginia and Southwestern Railway Co with combined capital around 12 000 000 will move their general offices from Radford Va to Bristol about July 1 They leased the new Burson Building for the offices and Bristol rejoices at the relocation
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Bristol, Tenn
Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke Company
Virginia and Southwestern Railway Company
Radford
Bristol
Burson
Pink-eye Epidemic Sweeps Pottsville Population
In Pottsville Pennsylvania on June 5 the pink eye epizootic disease, once affecting only horses, spreads among people. Families are prostrated and doctors are puzzled by swelling eyelids inflamed conjunctiva and cornea iris inflammation.
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Pottsville
Hester's Special Brew Finest High Grade Beer
An advertisement touts Hester's Special Brew as the finest high grade beer on the market, promising superior quality and appeal for discerning customers.
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Hester’s
Sweet Little Batter Cup Butter Advertisement
Sugar shortages push Crump and Staffords to offer one pound prints of Sweet Little Batter Cup Butter at six and a half cents per pound. Limited run and local sale only.
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Crump & Staffords
Coal Route Planned From Tom's Creek to Wilmington
Eastern Tennessee reports say the Virginia and Southwestern Railway may extend eastward to meet the Carolina Northwestern extension near Lenoir North Carolina. A combined line would enable a coal route from Tom's Creek region in Wise County Virginia via the V and S, C Northwestern and Seaboard Air Line to Wilmington North Carolina. Henry K McHarg of New York is president of the Virginia and Southwestern, headquartered at Radford Virginia.
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Tennessee
Virginia & Southwestern Railway
Carolina & Hawestern Railway
Lenoir
N. C
Blue Ridge
Tom’e Creek
Wiese County
Virginia
Virginia & Southwestern
Carolina Northwestern
Seaboard Air Line
Wilmington
Henry K McHarg
New York
Radford
Died Before He Could Tell His Name
Awakened by a strange noise on the floor above her sleeping rooms Mrs Ida M Coursen investigated and found a map hanging from a rope A policeman cut the wall down and revived the man but he died before giving his name The widow Mrs Coursen has four children and the house remains a mystery
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New York
Jane
Ida M. Coursen
Russian Armies Reported Massing in Manchuria Threaten War
The Rio Jun Maru brings word of intensified Russian forces in Manchuria with Port Arthur camps and a forecast of war with Japan. Russian officers warn Chinese residents to flee to China as Liaotang and southern Manchuria are described as a looming battlefield. Estimates claim 150000 destitute and about 10000 children sold for food in Kwai Shan.
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Victoria
B. C
Orient
Manchuria
North China Daily News
Japan
Corea
Port Arthur
Liaotang
China
M. Clementi
Kwang Si
Fie
Kwai Shan
Lost Setter Dogs Dick and Duke Reported Stolen
Two white and black spotted setter dogs named Dick and Duke are missing and suspected stolen. Edwin Mann offers a reward for their safe return.
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Duke
Edwin Mann
Milk Flakes invention marketed by Crump and Stafford
Dry powdered milk product Milk Flakes thoroughly sterilized with all water evaporated by intense heat. Described as a scientific invention with many advantages over any prepared milk. For sale by Crump and Stafford only 527 to
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Crump & Stafford
Student Takes Poison After Jokes at Medical College
George Cotterman, twenty three, a medical student at Indianapolis Medical College, returned home severely ill after overdosing on poison. Relatives report overwork and campus jeers drove him to despair. physicians say recovery is unlikely. He is the son of a wealthy farmer near Anderson, Indiana.
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Anderson
Ind
Indianapolis Medical College
George Cotterman
Cotterman
Indianapolis
Praying for Rain Fails to End Adirondack Fires
Better conditions prevail today in the Adirondack forests as fires remain under control but require a heavy rain to be extinguished. Practically no rain has fallen in the region for fifty days.
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Glenn Falls
Adirondack
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