Crystal Coal and Coke Co Changes Hands in Mora
The Crystal Coal and Coke Company transfers control to W. H. Thomas of the Thomas Coal Company with reported price over 300000. Opening of Sagamore mines anticipated in spring with preparatory work starting early next year and new settlement growth around Mora as four coal operations head shipping from the town.
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Crane Creek
Crystal Coal and Coke Company
W. H. Thomas
Thomas Coal Company
Thomas
Sagamore
Mora
Pinnacle Coal and Coke Company
Crane Creek Coal and Coke Company
Sagamore Coal and Coke Company
Hearing on Injunction Against Panama Coal Company Set
Judge Ritz scheduled a hearing on an injunction brought by the state mine inspector against the Panama Coal Company. The notice was deemed insufficient, and the hearing was set for last night with results not learned by early morning. Telephone updates from Princeton provided limited information.
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Panama Coal Company
West End Yard Expansion Promises Big Time Savings
The N and W announces over 100 workers next week in the west end to grade fill and extend yards, the largest east of Kansas City. A new west end yard office will host western division trainmen reducing overtime by hundreds of hours daily. Midway lots near white flags are selling fast, and future prosperity is praised. Also a fur sale event and property listings are advertised by local merchants.
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West End
Kansas City
Williamson
Death claims Uncle Billy Monroe after long Bluefield service
William James Monroe known as Uncle Billy, aged 67, died at 12:18 AM after a brief illness. A Norfolk and Western railway veteran for 45 years and a key founder of Bluefield’s fire department, he organized the first fire company and served on the city council. He is survived by his wife Miss Beller, four sons W T M W J M and A H, one daughter Miss Riorence, six grandchildren, and funeral services are planned at the Presbyterian Church with Maple Park Cemetery interment.
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Billy’ Monroe
Daily Telegraph
Mr. Monroe
Billy
William James Monroe
Uncle Billy
Brookneal
Campbell County
Norfolk and Western Railway
Bluefield
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Machinists’ Union
Presbyterian Church
Beller
Giles County
W. T
M. W
J. M
A. H
Greek King and Queen Visit Italian Ruler in Rome
The king and queen of Greece arrived in Rome for a four day state visit to King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena at the Quirinal. Troops lined the depot to palace route while residents welcomed the royal guests amid planned entertainments including a state banquet.
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Rome
Greece
Victor Emmanuel
Helena
Quirinal
Mission From Lord Fires Tenement House Tormentor
New York police believe they have identified the firebug terrorizing the tenement district. Walter Edward Finney, 21, confessed a lordly mission to chastise the wicked by fire and admitted setting the blazes. He is described as small and pale with nicotine stained hands.
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New York
Walter Edward Finney
Man and Wife Float Twenty Miles on a Log
John Stenz and his wife Julia were rescued after drifting roughly twenty miles down the Ohio River while salvaging logs. High water loosened logs from booms and the couple, stranded midstream when the log overturned several times, clung to the log until near Cincinnati where bystanders found them, the woman nearly dead.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
John Stenz
Julia
Stenzes
Chief of Police Killed by Merchant After Quarrel
West Point Ga November 23 James Johnson a Lanette Alabama merchant shot and instantly killed Chief of Police J W Jones of Lanette after a quarrel Johnson surrendered and was jailed Mob violence feared
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West Point
James Johnson
Lanette
Ala
J. W. Jones
Johnson
Mining Company Increases Wages In Calumet
Calumet Michigan November 23 The Calumet and Heckla Mining Company announced a ten percent wage increase for all employees numbering five to six thousand effective January 1. The raise was unsolicited and applies across all ranks and crafts.
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Calumet, Mich
Calumet and Heckla
Congress to Probe Poison Squad Operations
Washington November 23 Congress will be asked to investigate the poison squad organized by Dr. Wiley chief chemist of the department of agriculture. Mrs Luree Latham mother of a squad member who died requests a rigid inquiry into whether his tuberculosis followed meals served to the squad. The interior department probe now reaches Colorado Fuel and Iron Co amid charges of a yellow dog fund run by a former interior official paying officials for favors.
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Washington
Congress
Wiley
Department of Agriculture
Luree Latham
Interior Department
Colorado Fuel and Iron Co
Hitchcock
Steel Trust Announces Ten Cent Wage Increase
E H Gary chairman of United States Steel Corporation announces wages for common labor at subsidiary plants rise ten cents a day starting January 1 1907. Other laborers' wages will be adjusted accordingly.
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New York
E. H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Memorial Service for Late Bishop Tigert Held
The Texas Methodist conference held a memorial service in Bowie to honor the late Bishop Tigert. Bishop K. E. Hoss delivered an address praising Tigert’s endowments and remarkable capacity for work.
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Bowie
Tex
Methodist Conference of Texas
Tigert
KE. Ke. Hoss
Wife kills husband then suicide in Chicago
James Hatfield Delaney, millionaire broker and president of the American Shipping Co., was shot dead in bed by his wife, daughter of retired millionaire Charles Edward Brown. Mrs Delaney later killed herself by gunfire.
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Chicago
James Hatfield Delaney
The
American Shipping Co
Charles Edward Brown
Delaney
Caruso Convicted in Central Park Monkey House Incident
Enrico Caruso, hailed as the world’s leading tenor, was found guilty of annoying women in the Central Park monkey house on November 16. He received a $10 fine after a three day trial in New York.
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New York
Enrico Caruso
Central Park
Mexican Government Buys Kentucky Thoroughbreds
Blom and T. Loyd representing the Mexican government purchased fourteen thoroughbreds for the government stud in Lexington Kentucky. The sale included many famous racers.
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Kentucky
Lexington
Blom
T. Loyd
Government
Six Die in Head on Collision Near Springfield
A head on collision on the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad near North view, Springfield, Mo. reports six people killed. Local authorities investigate the fatal accident as details remain scarce.
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Springfield
St. Louis
San Francisco
Northview
Here
Bridge Gap Between High Schools and Colleges
Charlottesville officials report a meeting where representatives of nearly every major educational institution discussed bridging the gap between high schools and colleges. The session focused on curricula alignment, college readiness, and shared programs to ease transitions for students entering higher education.
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Charlottesville
Conference Brings Southern College Presidents Together
South are here attending the conference on secondary education with a view to bridging the gap between high schools and colleges. Among the prominent educators in attendance are the presidents of the universities of North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Tennessee Alabama and Virginia.
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South
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Tennessee
Alabama
Virginia
Monuments to Jefferson Davis and Gen Stuart Return Home
Richmond Virginia November 23 The committee sent to Providence Rhode Island to inspect the bronze monuments for Jefferson Davis and Gen J E B Stuart returned with a favorable report on progress. The statues by Edward V Valentine will be unveiled at the Confederate veterans reunion in Richmond next summer funded by the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
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Richmond
Providence
Jefferson Davis
Edward V. Valentine
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Well Known Chauffeur Killed in Brush at Track
In Philadelphia on November 28 Ernest Keller, a famous chauffeur, racing at Point Breese track in an impromptu brush with another car and a watering cart, was killed after attempting to pass and colliding with the cart wheel. The other driver is believed fatally injured.
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Philadelphia
Point Breese
Ernest Keller
Keller
Machanist
Not the Trust but Vanity Cause of High Prices
Washington reports Dr. Legrand Powers of the census bureau blames pride and vanity of common people for high food prices. He says people insist on having the best of everything and hoarding would end prosperity.
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Washington
Legrand Powers
Sensus Bureau
Powers
Fairview Addition advertised in South Bluefield
Pike property in South Bluefield marketed as Fairview Addition. One block from electric car line in central residential area, with city improvements nearby. Lots priced to attract home builders, limited sale at present, agents include Booker, Baldwin, Crenshaw, Donahue, Pike. carriage tours offered. Also classifieds note cook or house girl ads and Thanksgiving cut flowers at The White Pharmacy. Telegraph want ads encouraged.
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Pike
South Bluefield
Fairview
Fairview Addition
East River
Cal
Booker & CO
Telegraph
Trouble Between the Breweries and Workers
Minneapolis delegates at the American Federation of Labor convention discussed a long standing dispute between breweries and their workers. Representatives from interested organizations participated and the issue is expected to be settled on Saturday.
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Minneapolis
Minn
American Federation of Labor
Standard Oil Stocks Shrink in Curb Market Slide
New York traders saw Standard Oil shares fall 25 points to 500 dollars, the lowest in years, cutting about twenty five million dollars from value. The decline follows rising agitation against the company, with the high point reaching 440 dollars in 1901.
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New York
Standard Oil
Ten Seamen Known to Have Lost Lives
Cleveland Ohio November gale claims ten seamen dead as ships stranded and foundered. Several fishing tugs wrecked and many vessels not heard from, raising fears of further loss.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Convicted Oyster Master Shanghaiing Nine Men
Norfolk Virginia November 23 Andrew A. Crockett a Chesapeake Way oyster master of Tangier Island Virginia was convicted in the United States district court this afternoon of shanghaiing and ill treating nine men aboard his boat He was sentenced to pay a 500 dollar fine.
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Norfolk
Andrew A. Crockett
Chesapeake Way
Tangier Island
United States District Court
Mrs. Barbee Dies in Point Pleasant West Virginia
Mrs. Andrew Russell Barbee, widow of Dr. A R Barbee a former Confederate army surgeon and noted West Virginia political figure, has died in Point Pleasant. The death was reported on November 23.
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Point Plevant
W. Va
Andrew Russell Barbee
A. R. Barbee
West Virginia
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Crystal Goal & Coke Company
Yw. H. Thomas
Sagamore Mines
FLACS
New York City
Bluefield Mercantile Co
W. R. Crenshaw & Co
Mt. Vernon
Princeton Avenue
R. L. Speas
L. KE. Tierney
R. F. Bonne
Cahier
W. B. Hicks
Flat Top National Bank
United States Depository
Rowin Mann
W. O Poltock
Hoover
First National Bank
Bland Street
Princeton
Billy Monroe
George
Edward Finney
Fuel and Tron Company
Yellow Bog Fund
Steel Trust
Caruso
Jefferson Davis and
Seth Stuart
Smashup
Trushe
D. LB. Baldwin
J. A. Donahue
Henry G. Pike
White Pharmacy
Oliver
the Art Stationery
Carey's
Superior Supply Co
W VA
General Insurance
State Bank Building
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