Train Wreck Near Ingleside Claims Engineer
A freight wreck on East bound No. 84 near Ingleside caused one death and one injury. Fireman P A Carter leaped from the engine to escape and was brought to Bluefield sanitorium in fair condition. Engineer R B Adams vanished and is presumed buried in the wreck. Adams, from Roanoke, leaves a wife and several children. Carter also from Roanoke is expected to recover in a few days. Adams was a veteran of eighteen years on the railroad and a prominent Brotherhood member.
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McKenzie Mill
Ingleside
East River
P. A. Carter
R. B. Adams
Carter
Bluefield
Adams
Adame
Roanoke
Graham Concern Gets a Charter
Among charters granted by the Virginia corporation commission is one to Walters & Co. of Graham. John Walters president. A. Toy vice president Bramwell W Va C A Hellman secretary treasurer Graham. Capital stock $100000. Objects: wholesale grocery business and to own and operate bakeries and flour mills.
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Virginia Corporation Commission
Walters & Co
Corporation
Graham
John Walters
A. Toy
Bramwell
W. Va
C. A. Hellman
Capital
Expect Attack by Dickens Fleet on Washington
Fort Washington Maryland reports officers on duty at both forts anticipate a potential attack tonight by Admiral Dickens fleet. A large portion of the fleet blockades the lower Potomac near Blackstone Island about seventy miles from Washington, with mine defenses and high readiness. Fort Monroe also notes a Texas battleship and two other ships visible offshore, reportedly weakened by coastal artillery fire.
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Fort Washington
Fort Monroe
Potomac
Admiral Dickins
Blackstone Island
Washington
Forte Washington
Hunt
Dickins
Texas
Coast Artillery
Forts Put Ships Out of Commission
Fort Monroe Virginia reports an attack by Admiral Dickine’s fleet at 2:15 am using rapid fire guns. Fortifications answered with shore batteries, forcing the Texas Hartford and Hornet to withdraw after attempts to run by the force at 2:21 am.
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Fort Monroe
Dickine
Fortress Monroe
Texas
Hartford
Hornet
Italians Hurl an Officer from Bridge at Meadow Brook
Fairmont West Virginia June 18 Local deputy sheriff John O Walker is hospitalized after a fight with four Italians on a swinging bridge at Meadow Brook One man he had arrested earlier for obtaining money under false pretenses was among the attackers Walker fired several shots hitting a man in the shoulder He hired a farmer to drive him to Shinneton where warrants were issued Luigi Martini Sam Marrez Gomes Roccisono and John Chieri were arrested and jailed to await grand jury action
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Fairmont
W. Va
John 8
Walker
Meadow Brook
Shinneton
Luigi Martini
Sam Marrez
Gomes Roccisono
John Chieri
Harrison County
Plumbers and Builders at Cumberland Strike
In Cumberland Maryland on June 18 plumbers began a city wide stoppage with few exceptions. Plasterers threaten to join causing possible general halt of building operations. Workers who were on strike returned to work claiming victory.
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Cumberland
Grecian Premier Dies of Wounds
Athena reports Premier P Theodoris Delianno died from a stab wound after being attacked by gambler Gharkaris. The king sent a prince to convey condolences and decreed a state funeral. The murderer is in custody.
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Gharkaris
Mme. Delianno
Rioting in Breastlitovek Kills and Wounds Polish Jews
Warsaw reports describe forty eight hours of clashes in Breastlitovek between townspeople and Jews. Soldiers fired on the crowd, killing twenty four Jews and wounding thirty eight. Jews faced brutal mob attacks as residents of about fourty thousand panicked.
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Warsaw
Peace Likely To Be Concluded In Manchuria
Washington reports active exchanges between the Russian and Japanese governments via President Roosevelt on where and when the peace commission will meet. Each side named possible locations, with Russia favoring Paris and Japan mentioning Chefoo, China. The armistice preliminaries and troop movement limits are also under discussion.
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Manchuria
Washington
Rossian
Roosevelt
Peace Commission
St. Petersburg
Tokio
Takahira
Japan
Chefoo
China
Count Cassini
Russia
Paris
Carsini
Mancharia
Vermont awaits hangings amid Rogers case at Windsor Prison
Rutland Vermont June 13 all hope of saving Mrs Mary Rogers from the hangmans noose has vanished and she will be hanged at Windsor prison June 28 for killing her husband on August 12 1900 An appeal to Governor Bell for a reprieve until the legislature meets in October is the only action left and the governor has indicated the law must run its course The case draws public debate over capital punishment as the first death sentence in Bennington county since 1839 plus a sales note about parasols and men s underwear at local shops.
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Rutland
Mary Rogers
Windsor
Bell
Vermont
Thomas W. Maloney
Rogers
Bennington
Bennington County
Archibald Gates
Bennington Corner
Special 1.00 picture easels at 50c each at Turk's
Turks offers a special sale on picture easels priced at one dollar originally but now available for fifty cents each, limited to one per customer. The deal is advertised as a short-term promotion, inviting shoppers to Turks.
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Turk’s
Going away Get your anti case bag or trank at METROPOLI TAN
An OCR fragment notes a prompt to obtain an item from a shop named METROPOLI TAN offering a bag or trank for travel. The text is garbled and presents no clear event, price, or date. This brief item reads as a local retail tease in a historically styled newspaper snippet.
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Metropoli
Tan
Subway Trains Resume Service In New York After Water Break
New York June 13 trains began running to the subway. Wall Street trains started as the road opened on Rector street for the first time. The water from a broken main had troubled subway managers for thirty six hours, but once Wall Street was connected the water was disposed of easily. Wall Street reportedly welcomed more water for the line if needed.
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New York
Subway
Wall Street
Rector Street
Big Oil Company Gets a Charter at Richmond
The Ohio and Western Oil Corporation, capitalized at $500,000, secured a charter yesterday from the Virginia corporation commission in Richmond. Officers for the first year are William Ellyson as president, H. L. Dencon as first vice president and general manager, George J. Freedley as second vice president, and Joseph E. Montgomery as secretary and treasurer. The company aims to produce and handle oils.
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Richmond
Ohio and Western Oil Corporation
Virginia Corporation Commission
William Ellyson
H. L. Dencon
George J. Freedley
Joseph E. Montgomery
Riverwide Mississippi Flood Drowns Farmer and Reports Loss
Hannibal Missouri June 13 The flooded Mississippi River spreads across unprotected lowlands five to eight miles wide from Hannibal to Keokuk. Riley Smallwood, a farmer near Alexandria, is drowned and seven others are missing. Many livestock bodies drift past Hannibal and towns including Alexandria Canton Memphis West Quincy and Keokuk amid widespread losses.
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Hannibal
Miseiesippi
Here
Keokok
Iowa
Alexandria
Riley Smallwood
Canton
Memphis
West Quincy
Keokuk
Broker Jumps from Window to Death
New York on June 13 Carl A. Clanseca a produce exchange broker was instantly killed today by falling from the fourth floor window of his apartment at 11% W 76th street. Mrs Clanaren in the room said he was asleep when he fell after suffering a nightmare. No reason for self harm is known.
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New York
Carl A. Clanseca
W. 76Th Street
Clanaren
Tidewater Railway Wins 100 Foot Right of Way
Suffolk council grants Tidewater Railway a 100 foot right of way across Main Street and through part of Cedar Hill Cemetery. Franchise requires road to begin in six months and operate for four years with no unusual restrictions. Tidewater becomes Suffolk’s sixth steam road.
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Suffolk
Suffolk Council
Tidewater Railway
Main Street
Cedar Hill Cemetery
Tidewater
Secretary Taft Delivers Diplomas at Weet Point
Commencement exercises for the first class cadets were held this morning at West Point. Secretary of War Taft delivered the diplomas, with Generals Miles and Chaffee among the many visitors in attendance.
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Weet Point
Miles
Chaffee
Taft
Baron Nathaniel Rothschild Dead
Vienna reports Baron Nathaniel Rothschild brother of the Vienna branch head died today.
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Nathaniel Rothschild
Vienna
Rothschilde
Train carrying Confederate veterans derails near Golden Gate
Fireman J. D Johnston is killed when the Southern Railway Special to the Confederate Veterans reunion left the track half a mile east of Golden Gate Illinois. Engineer Otto Graetz and several passengers including Henry Lancaster and Leander Thompson are injured, with unconfirmed reports of more fatalities. The locomotive dragged three coaches, the incident occurring after the train left St. Louis at 4:40 AM Tuesday. W.C. Peeler of the Cotton Belt Railroad is among those reported injured.
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Paragould
Ark
W. C. Peeler
Cotton Belt Railroad
Southern Railway
St. Louis
Smith
Princeton
Golden Gate
General Gomez Reported as Dying in Havana
General Maximo Gomez lies in very low condition in Havana on June 13, with doctors stating death is imminent. He summoned his eldest son Mo to his bedside, instructed him to lead the family, and exchanged farewell with old comrades General Nueng and General Nanez nearby.
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Havana
Maximo Gomez
Maximo
Nueng
Nanez
Gomez
Minister Cordova Must Serve Term
Justice dismissal ends writ of error in Rev. J Frank Cordova case. Cordova, South River minister who eloped with Julia Bowne, was convicted of abandoning his wife and is serving four years in state prison. Prosecutor Berdine of Middlesex acted on motion, with Justices Dickson and Swaze presiding.
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Trenton
N. J
Dickson
Swaze
Berdine
Middlesex
J. Frank Cordova
South River
Cordova
Mise
Julia Bowne
Fle
Chinese Boycotting American Goods
June 13 report from Tien Tsin says Chinese guilds are intensifying a boycott of American goods. Native newspapers are dropping American advertisements, and the outlook for American manufacturers grows gloomier as the campaign progressively tightens its grip.
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Tien Tsin
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Edge
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Edwin Mann
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Cashier
A Hooper
Corbin Bros , Proprietors
Ilcooonayan
J. Baker’s Saloon
Graham Concern
Dickens
Owling Illiard
Lindsey & Akers
West Va
E. Bolling
R i “King
L. KE. Tierney
W. H. Thomas
the Flat Top National Bank, ‘of
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United
Athena
Reserviste
Mrs. Rogers
Metropolitan
Big Oil Company
Broker
Reunion
Dilger
Princeton Avenue Jeweler
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