Electrification of Detroit River Tunnel Celebrated
Detroit officers and engineers gathered in Port Huron to mark the Grand Trunk Railway takeover of the tunnel under the Detroit River. The electrification cost over 1 million dollars and symbolized the broader ten year effort to reconstruct and standardize the Grand Trunk system to rank among major trunk lines.
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Detroit
Mich
United States
Canada
Grand Trunk Railway
Detroit River
Sarnia
Ont
Port Huron
Grand Trunk
Great Trunk
Railway system expansion costs over ten years detailed
The report outlines expenditures totaling about 53 million dollars over ten years. It notes 609 additional miles of double track added at 15 million, lifting double track mileage to 1,034 miles, plus nearly 13 million for rails. Bridges renewal spending nears 8 million, including 2 million for the Victoria bridge. Freight cars cost about 13 million, locomotives over 6 million, and passenger equipment nearly 2 million.
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Great Victoria
Will Be Hanged Today for Most Brutal Grime
San Quentin Cal November 12 Tomorrow is the execution date for Mark A Wilkins Oakland murderer who killed and buried Mrs Vernie Carmin in Elmhurst Alameda County in a jealous rage. He tried to hasten death by self harm.
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San Quentin
Cal
Mark A. Wilkins
Oakland
Wilkins
Alameda County
Vernie Carmin
Elmhurst
Minnesota Teachers Converge in Winona Meeting
Minnesota school teachers travel to Winona for the Southwestern Minnesota Educational association three day sessions. Out of state delegates attend as a reception committee guides them to accommodations. Main topics include moral training in public schools and overcrowded courses of study. Noted speakers include Dr Jenkin Lloyd Jones of Chicago and Miss Mabel Carney from Macomb Illinois.
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Winona
Minn
Minnesota
Southwestern Minnesota Educational Association
Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Chicago
Mabel Carney
Macomb
Fratricide Report Sparks Virginia Court Action
In Warrenton Virginia on November 12 Harry Spinks shot and killed William Spinks amid a claimed midnight assault by his own brother Mart Spinks. The coroner’s inquest ruled Mart responsible. he was held for the grand jury. Mrs Spinks witnessed the shooting as their aged mother slept above.
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Warrenton
Harry Spinks
William Spinks
Hopewell
Here
Marty Spinks
Spinks
Weather Forecast for West Virginia fair Friday
The latest forecast calls for fair weather across West Virginia on Friday and Saturday. Expect calm winds and dry conditions with mild temperatures and no precipitation in sight. Highs near the 70s and overnight lows in the 40s to 50s.
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West Virginia
Secretary Root says he is not a candidate for Senate
Boston Mass November 12. Secretary of State Root told an afternoon paper interview that he would not run for the United States senate. He addressed the rumor by stating his current duties and claming no intention to seek the Senate seat.
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Boston
Mass
Root
United States Senate
Fashionable Wedding at First Presbyterian Brooklyn
A fashionable gathering filled the First Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn for the wedding of Miss Hazel Talmage Smith, daughter of Mr and Mrs Warren Smith and granddaughter of the late Rev T DeWitt Talmage, to Mr Martin Sullivan Baldwin of New York City. Attendants and guests included prominent society figures from Buffalo Philadelphia Washington and Richmond.
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New York
First Presbyterian Church
Brooklyn
Hazel Talmage Smith
Warren Smith
T. DeWitt Talmage
Martin Sullivan Baldwin
Buffalo
Philadelphia
Washington
Richmond
Plue Ribbon Vanilla or Lemon Cake Praised for Desserts
Readers are urged to use Plue Ribbon Vanilla or Lemon for cakes desserts and ice cream to gain widespread praise and enhance flavor appeal.
Notice to Tax-Payers on 1908 Taxes
Tax offices request all taxpayers call the Telephone Building to pay taxes at once with a 24 percent discount offered for payments before November 30, 1948. Deputy Sheriff W. P. Hawley urges prompt action. Milk with one third water added promoted to stores in the note.
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W. P. Hawley
Wilson
Taft and Sherman Visit Hot Springs for Rest and Talks
President-elect Taft and Vice-President-elect Sherman arrived in Hot Springs Virginia to rest and discuss early tariff reform and postal savings bank legislation. Senators Burkett Scott Bourne joined them, with Scott backing immediate tariff reform and Tariff reform plans for the upcoming short session.
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Burkett, Bourne and
Scott
Virginia Resort
Hot Springs
Taft
Sherman
Judge Taft
Homestead Hotel
Wm. L. Ward
New York
Senator Lurkett
Nebraska
Burkett
Postal Savings Bank
Congress
Senator Scott
West Virginia
Jonathan Bourne
Oregon
Sharpe Arrested in Carmack Murder Case
Nashville, Tenn. ex sheriff John J. Sharpe was arrested charged with murder and aiding and abetting in the killing of Senator Carmack. The grand jury began examining witnesses as it investigates the shooting by Robin Cooper with no eye witnesses and heavy reliance on circumstantial evidence. Dr. Duncan Eve attending Robin Cooper said the young man remains in danger. Cooper was powder burned indicating close range.
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Nashville
Tenn
John J. Sharpe
Senator Carmack
Robin Cooper
Duncan Eve
Cooper
Virginia presidential vote totals released
Official Virginia returns show Bryan 82 948. Taft 62 579. Debs 254. Higsen 52. Gillians 25. total 187 068. Bryan leads by 30 469 and holds a majority of 28 853. Compared with 1904, 131 588 votes were cast and Parker’s plurality was 2 773, indicating a net loss of 2 404 for the Democratic ticket.
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Richmond
Virginia
Bryan
Taft
Chafin
Debs
Higsen
Gillians
Parker
Explosion at Excelsion Powder Plant Kills Worker
An explosion in the glazing room at the Excelsion Powder Company in Dodson, near Kansas City, wrecked part of the plant and injured 35 passengers on a Kansas City Southern passenger train. One employee was killed.
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Kansas City
Excelsion Powder Company
Dodson
Kansas City Southern
Powder Works
Explosion wrecks coal mine killing many with rescue failing
A violent explosion traps 380 miners with only six escaping uninjured. Thirty five are badly hurt and thirty seven die after reaching the pit mouth, while 302 are given up as lost. Rescue attempts fail as fire and smoke block entry and engineers decide to flood the mine.
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Courrieres
France
Greatest German mine disaster at Radbod Mine
A powerful explosion at the Radbod mine, three miles from Hamol Westphalia, Germany occurred at about 4 a.m. this morning. The blast caused the mine to catch fire and involved 280 workers, marking one of the worst mining disasters in years.
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Germany
Hamol
Westphalia
Radbod
New tariff rule set by Interstate Commerce Commission
The ICC fixes November 12 as the date for the new rule on tariffs between the Orient and the United States. Railways must file tariffs for through Orient shipments with the commission, following an investigation into traffic agreements involving the Harriman and Hill lines on the Pacific coast and Japanese steamship firms. The probe previously led to the Pacific Mail Steamship Company indictment for rebates on shipments.
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San Francisco
Cal
Interstate Comerce Commission
Orient
United States
Interstate Commission
Harriman and Hill Lines
Pacific Coast
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
TaftVacation Time Sets Talks With Congress Staging
Judge Taft indicated he would not be pressed into future plans during the upcoming short session of Congress. He called this a vacation period and said state matters should be tabored. Taft and wife attended a dinner at the Homestead hosted by D H Holmes with guests including Eben Draper and Miss Mary Patton.
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Congress
Judge Taft
Taft
D. H. Holmes
Kentucky
Eben S. Draper
Boston
Mary Patton
Washington
Ekergoln
Norway
Night Rider clash disrupts cotton convention in Memphis
At the Memphis cotton convention Walter Clark of Clarksdale denounced night riding and night riders as he spoke on hotter palings and handling of cotton. A C Keane of Mississippi challenged him from his chair while A J Jordan urged order and asked Clark to continue his paper.
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Memphis
Tenn
Harvie Jordan
Walter Clark
Clarksdale
Miss
A. C. Keane
Mississippi
Clack
Jordan
Clark
Supreme Court to hear Standard Oil case review
Washington announces the government will seek a writ of certiorari from the Supreme Court of Appeals to review the Chicago circuit court of appeals decision denying a rehearing in the Standard Oil case valued at 29 million dollars. The move targets the court's convening date of November 26.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Supreme Court of Appeals
Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago
Railroads plan southward expansion and upgrades
Washington reports that the Southern railway will lead in future work with relaid roadbeds and new steel bridges. Seaboard Air Line plans at least 1.5 million dollars in docks, warehouses, and channel deepening at Tampa. Receivers spend at Jacksonville and Savannah. Illinois Central and others eye large outlays toward Birmingham in coming months.
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Washington
South
Southern Railway
Seaboard Air Line
Tampa
Seaboard
Jacksonville
Fernandina
Savannah
Tinois Central
Birmingham
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Superior Supply CO
Bluefield
W.V
Wommn
Shed
M. Smith
F. L. Black
J. Lex Harne
The
American National Bank
Sacolsne, Babtleg
W. VA
Edwin Mann
W. C. Pollock
L. A. Hooper
First National Bank of
Carter
J. N. Vance
D. R. Wood
Union Bank and Trust Company
Sluefield, W. VA
Flat Top National Bank OF
Henry Spink
Sletedelsdelsietelets
Oofer
Platt
Secretary of State
Jong Taft
Recuuers
Caamage
Frank Maynard
K.& M., Bldg
F. O. B. Bluefield
Miller Supply
Bluefield, W
Gione
Supreme Court
Daily Telegraph
Southern
Troy Steam Laundry
Busy Bee Restaurant
R. A
Princeton Ave
Bluefield, Py
the Duvall Music Co
Princeton Avenue
Waltham
Elgin
Henry Rodgin
Optician
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