Saxman Coke Plant Aims to Cut West Virginia Costs
Richwood June 10 Fenwick coal and coke will open a large new plant with a 50 oven battery expanding to 200 and eventually 800 workers. The longitudinal ovens reduce coke cost by 80 cents to $1 per ton, echoing a major shift for West Virginia’s coke industry.
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Richwood
Fenwick
West Virginia
Saxman Coal and Coke Company
Barclay Preston
Saxman
Saxman Company
New River
Cherry River
Laurel Manufacturing Company
New Salem
Currency Commission Holds Initial Meeting at Plaza Hotel
The subcommittee of the new currency commission met at the Plaza Hotel. Members include Senators Burrows Hale Knox Daniel Aldrich Allison Teller Money Bailey and Representatives Overstreet Vreeland Burton Weeks Bonynge Smith Padgett Burgess Pujo and others.
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New York
New Currency Commission
Virginia Delegates Debate Uninstructed Role at Convention
Virginia delegates open the Democratic state convention with strong support for uninstructed delegation to the Denver convention. Senator Deni e and other leaders push for this stance as key figures like Senator Daniel, Senator Martin, and Governor Swanson are slated for the pig four. The convention also weighs direct nomination primaries amid party leader support.
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Roanoke
Denie
Denver
Daniel
Martin
Swanson
Tyler
R. Tate Irvine
Plan Under Debate: Modify or Polish to Address Objections
Debates rise over the proposed plan as critics call for changes to satisfy objections or for a complete polishing. Supporters urge timely finalization while opponents push for broader revisions before adoption.
Kaufman Appeal Gomes Up In Supreme Court
Mrs. Emma Kaufmann wife of a wealthy brewer from Sioux Falls faces appeal in the South Dakota supreme court after a 1906 trial conviction for the murder of 16 year old Agnes Poireis. Witnesses testified to merciless beatings and a boiling water incident, with insanity cited as defense. The case progresses following denial of a new trial motion. A separate note tells of a Colorado and Southern railway ticket blown between trains, later recovered by a baggage master.
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Sioux Falls
Emma Kaufmann
Supreme Court
Cvirl
Colorado and Southern Road
Minneapolis Journal
Moscow's Beggars and a Child's Egg Story
A writer claims Moscow street beggars define the city with tens of thousands living among rat haunts and monastery doors. A boy returning from the dairy drops a basket of eggs but insists none are broken. only shells cracked.
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Moscow
Russia
Kremlin
Keeping His Word
A humorous exchange features Mrs. Fogarty pleading with Mike not to order Irish stew and Mr. Fogarty agreeing. Watther is instructed to fetch either Hibernian chow or Celtic goulash, in a playful restaurant scene.
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Mrs. Fogarty
Mike
Mr. Fogarty
Watther
Puck
Ring Question in a Fiancee Dialogue
A romantic girl asks about her present fiancees ring and a practical friend replies it is the nowest of the set. A fragment cites Bucklen's Arnica Salve praised by Tom Moore of Rural Route 1 Cochran Ga for an instep sore cured with a 24 cent box.
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St. Louis Republic
Bucklen
Tom Moore
Cochran
Bids Wanted for New Two Story Brick Residence in Bluefield West Va
Bids invited until June 15 at 1 oclock for erection and portion of a two story brick home for F A Francisco at Wall and Park streets Bluefield West Virginia Plans and specs available with architect T T Carter Lazarus Building The owner may reject any or all bids. Advert says take Kodol for dyspepsia and indigestion sold by druggists.
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F. A. Francisco
Wall and Park Streets
Bluefield
W. Vv
T. T. Carter
Lazarus
Rovel proposes license plan to curb liquor sales
Spokane candidate E. E. Hall unveils a local option approach tying alcohol access to a license. Drinkers would pay annual fees of 35 dollars county or 1 to 3 dollars city, with photo identification and possible license revocation for drunkenness. Hall supports local option within Republican platform, while Democrats favor prohibition.
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Spokane
Wash
E. E. Hall
Washington
Hall
Oliver Hall
Shrine Event Draws Delegates to Ashville
Ashville North Carolina hosts many Nobles of the Mystic Shrine from North and South Carolina Georgia Tennessee and other states. The two day program includes a parade banquet receptions a ball at Bettery Park hotel and various social events with the city decorated for the visitors.
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Ashville
N. C
The
Mystic Shrine
North
South Carolina
Georgia
Tennessee
Bettery Park
McIntyre Faces Five Indictments in U S Steel Stock Theft
New York June 19 Thomas A McIntyre head of the bankrupt firm McIntyre and Co is slated for trial before Judge Foster on five indictments for grand larceny four in the first degree and one in the second He will be tried first on the charge he stole sixty shares of United States Steel preferred stock from Mrs Ellen J Sedgewick of Hartford Conn.
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New York
Thomas A. McIintyre
McIntyre & Co
Foster
McIntyre
United States Steel
Ellen J. Sedgewick
Hartford
Notable Absentee and City Reception Cited Abroad
Former Governor David B. Hill will be absent from the Democratic national convention in Denver, taking a summer European voyage on the Baltic. A separate Chicago reception aboard the steamship Chicago honored Ambassador Jusserand and New York and Chicago city officials including Mayor McClellan and Mayor Busse with aldermen in attendance.
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David B. Hill
Europe
New York
David ‘'B. Hill
Denver
Hill
Chicago
Havre
Steamship Company
Jusserand
McClellan
Busse
City of
Ingeniously Traps Wolf and Sells It for a Circus
A narrator quotes Brother Wilias presenting an old joke about a clever plan. Imos’ Ingenially sets a trap for a wolf and then sells him to a circus, illustrating cunning wit in a Southern dialect.
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Brother Wi-lias
Atlanta Constitution
His Way. First Broker and Second Ditto in Cartoon Dialogue
A Harper's Weekly cartoon exchanges quips about a broker named Carter. The dialogue hints at a tense morning where one broker says Carter asked for a dollar and left. The exchange plays on financial slang and a light satire of brokerage culture.
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Carter
Harper's Weekly
Light Reveals a Jewel Yet Darkness Unveils a Star
A reflective line notes that light can reveal a jewel but darkness brings out a star, suggesting insight and beauty emerge through contrast between illumination and shadow.
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van Dyke
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