Inauguration of New York City Aqueduct Project
Peekskill New York June 20. Construction on one of history s greatest engineering undertakings the Catskills aqueduct to supply New York City with water opens with formal ceremonies. Cost 161 million dollars and over fifteen years to complete.
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Peekskill
N. Y
New York City
Catskil Mountain
Panama Canal
Corinth Canal
Nero
Potter
J. Edward McClellan
Charles N. Chadwick
Father Lavelle
New York
Hudson River
Catskills
Ashokan
Killarney
Hudson
Rome
Virginia Bankers Open Fourteenth Jamestown Convention
Virginia Bankers Association begins its fourteenth annual convention in Jamestown with President A B Schwarzkopf presiding. Judge John W Woods of Roanoke delivers greetings, Rev James M Owens offers prayer, and the session resumes after the opening address. Reports from Secretary N P Gatling and Treasurer H A Williams highlight the morning. An afternoon program features committee reports and an address on The Taxation of Banking Capital by George J Seay of Richmond.
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Norfolk
Virginia Bankers’ Association
A. B. Schwarzkopf
James M. Owens
St. Paul's Church
John W. Woods
Roanoke
Tucker
Schwarzkopf
N. P. Gatling
Lynchburg
H. A. Williams
Richmond
George J. Seay
New Roumanian Parliament Opens First Session
Bucharest reports the new Roumanian Parliament begins its first session after early dissolution and elections two weeks ago. Agrarian discontent lingers with potential renewed riots if relief measures fail to satisfy the agrarians.
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Bucharest
Last of the Missing Midshipmen Found
The body of Midshipman Murfin of Ohio, the last missing aboard the Minnesota launch accident, has been recovered in Hampton Roads.
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Hampton
Murfin
Ohio
Minnesota
Hampton Roads
Short Talks by L. T. Cooper Highlight Digestion Relief
The article praises Cooper's New Discovery for indigestion and dyspepsia. It cites Mrs. Ellen Keogh of Superior Wisconsin who reports significant improvement after using the remedy, claiming a return to hearty meals after years of suffering.
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Earth
Monsense
Cooper
Ellen Keogh
Ogden Ave
Superior
Wis
Home Wedding at Tazewell Wednesday
Geo. Peery of Wise Courthouse married Miss Nancy Bane Gillespie of Tazewell at 4 o clock Wednesday afternoon at the bride’s home. Rev. S. O. Hall officiated. Nan da Gillespie was maid of honor and H. Dade Peery was best man. attendants included D D Hull A S Higginbotham Miss Bessie Peery Miss Browning and A D W Walton.
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Geo. Peery
Wise Courthouse
Nancy Bane Gillespie
Tazewell
S. O. Hall
Tazewell Presbyterian Church
Nanda Gillespie
H. Dade Peery
D. D. Hull
Bristol
A. S Higginbotham
Bessie Peery
Cedar Bluff
Mayor Schmitz Suffering From Incurable Disease
Sam Francisco June 20 Associated Press dispatch reports Mayor Schmitz’s attorneys petitioned the district court of appeals for bail via writ of habeas corpus. Sixteen showings are listed, one reportedly sensational, claiming the mayor’s incurable kidney disease could lead to death if imprisonment continues.
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Sam Francisco
Schmitz
District Court of Appeals
No Harm Resulted From Crazy Man's Bomb
In Athens the dynamite cartridge thrown from the gallery of the chamber of deputies during last night's session failed to harm anyone as the fuse detached from the cartridge. No injuries reported.
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Crazy Man
Athens
Greece
Chamber of Deputies
American Gets Million Dollar Estate in Russia
Cincinnati report says Dr. Franklin Slocum of Ludington Michigan is notified that his father’s estate valued at 1,000,000 dollars seized in 1849 by Russia has been released. He will share the funds with his son Franklin Slocum of St Louis and daughter Josephine Slocum of Cleveland after arrangements with Baron Rosen, Russia’s ambassador, in Washington.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Russia
Franklin Slocum
Ludington
Mich
Slocum
China
Franklin Shocum
St. Louis
Josephine Slocum
Cleveland
Dr. Slocum
Washington
Baron Rosen
The Criminal Of Choice
An essay argues most thieves act from choice not hunger, insisting crime is driven by preference for illicit gain rather than work. It claims even in prosperity criminals feel deprived and waste looted money quickly, prompting further offenses.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Daily Telegraph Want Ads Offer Wide Reach in Bluefield
A 1981 notice invites readers of Bluefield and Pocahontas coal fields to place want ads in the Daily Telegraph. It promises cheap, quick access to people who can meet needs from housing to servants and errands. Sublette & Barnes advertise fresh vegetables alongside the classified appeal.
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Bluefield
Pocahontas
Daily Telegraph
Post Office Tip Urges Daily Telegraph Requests
Subscribers are urged to ask post offices specifically for the Daily Telegraph to avoid delays. Postmasters may overlook papers without a special request, so readers should insist on receiving their copy promptly.
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Daily Telegraph
Lesson In Physiognomy From The Atchison Globe
A brief editorial note on social behavior contrasts fashionable appearances with restraint, warning against prying into others affairs. It likens some people to billboards with empty interiors and ends by urging readers to consider Telegraph want ads for practical expressions.
West Virginia Court Sits On Trust Suit In Bluefield
Mercer county circuit court on June 3 1907 holds a chancery case where H B Shelton seeks to establish Mary P Anderson as trustee of a one half undivided interest in a Bluefield land parcel. The suit requests conveyance of the legal title to the plaintiff. The land lies on Blood street with described boundary bearings.
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Bluefield
Circuit Court
Mercer County
West Virginia
City of
Bland Street
Court House
Princeton
Harold A. Ritz
Mercer
H. B. Shelton
Chancery
Mary P. Anderson
John M. Anderson
City
Blood Street
W. P. Hawilsy
Notice to lien holders in Talbert case Bluefield
Mary M Talbert and George W Talbert face a court ordered lien satisfaction process in Mercer County West Virginia. Creditors must present their claims to J E Ritz Commissioner in Chancery by June 21 1907 at his Bluefield office. The Lynchburg Shoe Company suit requires attendance with books vouchers and entries by June 21 1907 to comply with the May 8 1907 decree.
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Mary M. Talbert
George W. Talbert
Circuit Court
Mercer County
Mary M. Talvert
Jorge W. Talbert
Bluefield
County of
Mercer
West Virginia
Lynchburg Shoe Company
Et Als
Mary O Talbert
J. EB. Ritz
Chancery
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Virginia
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Associated Press Dispatch
L. T. Cooper
Mrs. B. Krogh
Mr. Cooper
the White Pharmacy
Manhattan
Elki
Geo. H. Hill
Estill Bailey
W. B. Honaker
Sublette & Barnes
Exchange
Pennsylvania
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Sol
Idrop
M. G. Whitlow Hardw. Co
Graham
W. D. Roberts
Agt
Graham, Va
Samuel Turk
Princeton Avenue
W. Va
J. E. Ritz
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