07 Mar 1907
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1907
Page
1
Mrs. Thaw took the witness stand to discuss her son Harry K Thaws condition after his Paris return in 1903 and the influence of Evelyn Nesbits story, breaking down twice as she recalled family concerns and the marriage in Pittsburg.
Culpeper Va March 6 The Strother brothers James and Philip face a verdict after closing defense arguments in the Bywaters murder case their attorney urging acquittal while asserting their actions were to defend family honor. Prosecutor Moore countered with sharp questions as jurors prepare to weigh evidence.
Harvard President Eliot condemns football as undesirable for gentlemen and spectators, calling the game fierce and noting recklessness in injuries. He also ranks basketball and hockey in the same category, urging reforms for college sports.
Vienna announces Commodore Pleskett will command the Austro Hungarian squadron comprising the cruisers St George and Aspen. The ships proceed to Hampton Roads for the naval review honoring the Jamestown Exposition inauguration and will sail March 25.
A Midway real estate note argues that lot prices may rise further before spring construction and the water plant completion. It cites current listings from $300 to $425 with easy terms and warns a few wealth holders control prices while most cannot see the shift.
Be modern and do your ironing by electricity. Attach a common fixture to the iron. Bluestone Traction Company offers irons on trial to responsible persons. If satisfactory, irons sell at cost of 3.50. Cost is 0.05 per hour. Visit Bluefield Avenue office or call 120. Monitor flour advertised as the purest U.S. product, dated 7-21-4.
Closing argument of Captain Woods for the prosecution ends after ten o'clock. Attorney Moore pleads for acquittal or murder verdict, asserting James and Philip Strother seek no go between. Calls Bywaters a derelict on the ocean of morality.
A dust explosion at the Ethel coal mine near Dingess Run West Virginia kills miner Ed Grover from Bidwell Ohio and injures several workers including John Henson and an unknown white man. The mine had just opened and the cause remains unknown.
Train No. 33 of the Western New York and Pennsylvania division derailed between Irvington and Warren due to an open switch. The wreck sent the train over a 25 foot embankment injuring nine passengers.
Three blocks of buildings in lower New York were sold at public sale today to permit tearing down for the new Manhattan terminal of the Brooklyn Bridge project. The sale marks a major change in the district as the structures are cleared for modernization.
Structures occupying blocks north of the present bridge terminal between Centre Street and Park Row will be torn down. The notable Staats-Zeitung building stands at Park Row Centre Street junction and will be removed by April 6. Construction on the new terminal will begin immediately after removal to ease traffic congestion.
Horace G Ner, accused of killing William Whiteley, has recovered from a wound and will face trial at the new Old Bailey next week. He shows little change besides the loss of an eye. The case is expected to draw extraordinary evidence and a surprise defense.
A St. Petersburg dispatch reports the headmistress of a girls school, recently deceased, was biologically male. The notable educator lived quietly and was respected by parents and pupils for teaching. Years earlier the man was exiled to Siberia for a political crime but escaped and then used a women’s passport to live as a woman.
Detroit March 6 Mrs. Christiana Losh an inmate of the county poor house reached the age of 107 today. Though childlike she retains her faculties and bathes dresses herself makes her bed and looks after herself. She is of German birth and has been married three times.
San Francisco reports no word on Abraham Ruef's location as of March 6. Mayor Schmitz arrived from the east today after being indicted jointly with Ruef for extortion.
The piece urges personal inspection of Fairview Addition Lots and notes many investors deem them the town’s best. It claims the advantages outshine other suburban propositions and invites readers to call A. B. Booker & Co. for details.
Will Moore representing D B Ryland and Co will be at The White Pharmacy for the rest of the week with a display of diamonds jewelry and silverware and invites customers to inspect the line.
Dothan Alabama March 6 Frank Fowler a saw mill owner near here was arrested for the murder of his wife last Monday night Major Atkins who lived with the family is jailed as an accomplice The coroner’s jury said death came at Fowler’s hands The woman carried substantial insurance A daughter reports threats Fowler a prominent citizen faces vast excitement in the community.
In New York on March 6 Battling Nelson attracted spectators at the Thaw trial. Nelson and his manager Nolan sat behind Thaw, who received letters from admirers and planned to signal defense strategy to his attorneys. A Pittsburgh friend of Thaw’s father briefly spoke with the defendant at the counsel table.
Miss Bella Everhardt of Salisbury, about twenty, was shot dead at her home. Authorities investigate after she allegedly planned the act and may have fired the gun with her foot. Relatives did not wake to the shot, and a coroner’s inquiry follows a Sunday threat. She was well liked locally.
Herbert Steptoe, a Black man from Amherst County, is on trial in Danville for criminally assaulting Miss Gladys Shelton. The morning focused on jury impanelling and court preliminaries under Judge A. M. Aiken. Witnesses and spectators from Amherst and Lynchburg attend.
A terse statement extols a pulverized process as the best and cheapest path to longer life and better health. It urges constant monitoring and uses emphatic, promotional language about the product’s benefits and efficiency.
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