Bank invites public to learn new savings feature
The Union Bank and Trust Company announces Mr. J B Ebeling of Wheeling West Virginia will be with them until late October to assist in starting a savings department. He heads the Dollar Savings and Trust Company in Wheeling and under his leadership savings totaling $1 500 000 have been built. the bank invites all to call for information on starting maintaining and benefits of a savings account.
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Union Bank and Trust Company
J.B. Ebeling
Wheeling
W.va
Bheling
Dollar Savings and Trust Company
W. Va
Gulf Compress Company Dissolved by Mississippi Chancellor
Chancellor Hicks in Vicksburg ruled the Gulf Compress Company an illegal trust and gave it one year to wind up operations and withdraw. He denied a receiver, a victory for District Attorney James D Thalmes who had sought appointment of a receiver to take charge of the company’s affairs.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Hicks
Gulf Compress Company
James D. Thalmes
Gulf Compress Company Faces Anti-Trust Suit Over Vicksburg Purchase
Mississippi suit, led by District Attorney Thalmes, alleges Gulf Compress bought a Vicksburg independent plant in violation of state anti trust law. Gulf claims purchase from private sellers. Hearings span Wednesday to Thursday with Chancellor Hicks issuing a relief order to resume operations pending liquidation. Attorneys pressed for a compromise but failed. hearing resumed.
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Gulf Compress Company
South
Mississippi
Thalmes
Vicksburg
Gulf Company
Hicks
Compress
Lusitania Sets Eastbound Ocean Record Attempt
The Lusitania sails from New York at 3 PM toward Queenstown and Liverpool hoping to beat the Sandy Hook Daunts Head record of five days eight hours and 36 minutes set in 1894 on its first eastward voyage. Her western trip covered 23.01 knots with no engine or boiler defects found after inspection.
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New York
Atlantic
Lusitania
Cunard Line
Queenstown
Liverpool
Sandy Hook
Daunts Head
Lucania
Russia Seeks Coaling Station Near Isthmus of Panama
The state department has not yet been informed of Russia's reported wish to obtain a coaling station near the Isthmus of Panama. The article notes a Russian naval attaché was said to be dispatched to Washington in connection with the matter.
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Washington
State Department
Russia
Panama
Goebel Killed Amid Retaliation for Father’s Slaying
An assassin killed Goebel in a case linked to a man whose father he had slain. Officials note strategic coaling stations near the Panama Canal remain distant from Brazil’s coast, while nations seek fueling points for warships and subsidized merchant vessels.
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Goebel
Brazil
Panama
Panama Canal
Canal Entrance
United States
Nagasaki
Japan
Pichilinque
Mexico
Still Smashing the Auto Speed Record
Milwaukee report notes Robert Drach owning and driving a machine that completed 1,000 miles in twenty one hours at the state fair park. The feat surpasses Clemens Nerz of Indianapolis by fifty eight minutes to set a new world automobile record.
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Milwaukee
Robert Drach
State Fair Park
Clemens Nerz
Indianapolis
Wind Storm Ravages Hegins County Fair Grounds
A cyclonic wind struck the Hegins fairgrounds in Schuylkill county injuring many. The grand stand collapsed with hundreds seated, over fifty reported injured and five feared dead, while all other buildings were blown down.
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Pottavile
Hegins
Schuylkill County
Hegins Grange
Constantine Found Guilty and Sentenced to Life
Chicago report states Frank J Constantine was found guilty of murdering Mrs Arthur Gentry by a jury in Judge Cavanaughs court and was sentenced to life imprisonment after prosecutors sought the death penalty.
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Chicago
Frank J. Constantine
Arthur Gentry
Derk
Robert Holt
Cavanaugh
Wreck Catches on Fire and Four are Burned
A Santa Fe freight train ran away at Devoe station on the Sanjon grade in San Bernardino. It crashed into a light engine, the wreckage caught fire, and five men were killed with one fatally injured. Four victims were burned to death, with possible others still trapped.
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San Bernardino
Calif
Santa Fe
Devoe Station
Sanjon
Cure for Tetter Ends Thirty Year Suffering
D H Beach of Midland City Alabama reports relief after using three boxes of Chamberlain's Salve. The ointment eased a painful, blistering condition that once tortured him, though it breaks out occasionally now. Sold by West End Drug Co Fast End Pharmacy and Bluefield Pharmacy.
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D. H. Beach
Midland City
Ala
West End Drug Co
Fast End Phamacy
Bluefeld Pharmacy
Mystery of Goebel murder cleared by Kentucky affidavit
An affidavit filed in Richmond Indiana ties Turner Igo to the Goebel assassination. Lulu Clark recounts two girls seeing Sanford and Igo flee the state house after a shot. Clark names Goebel’s killer and asserts Igo boasted of fulfilling the crime. Governor Taylor declines public release.
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State House
Tannerigo
John Sanford
Goebel
Richmond
Ind
Turner Igo
Rowan County
William Goebel
Kentucky
Lulu Clark
Rothwell
Monifee County
Mt. Sterling
Frank Day
Frenchburg
James Williams
Gertrude King
Maysville
Miss King Wes
Sanford
Farmers
Igo
Mt. Sterling Depot
Goeb
Powers’ Defense Fund
John Marshall
Gibson, Marshall and Gibson
Louisville
Powers
Indianapolis
Aylor
South Arsenal Avenue
Samuel Igo
Fourth
Covington
Maye
National lecturer postponed visit to Bluefield
Dr. J. N. McCormack of Bowling Green Ky will not visit on the 26th as planned. A delay due to itinerary changes in Virginia and West Virginia shifts the talks to a future date. Local doctors and Mercer County Medical Society members remain eager to hear him and expect a cordial impact on the local profession.
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J. N. McCormack
Bowling Green
American Medical Association
Bluefield
Mercer County Medical Society
F. W. Smith
State Association
Virginia
West Virginia
Wheeling
Elkins
Martinsburg
Roanoke
Bristol
Merccer County Society
Locol Medical Society
MacCormack
International Council of Liberal Religions Opens in Boston
Religious liberals from the United States and abroad gather in Boston for the International Council of Unitarian and Other Liberal Religious Thinkers and Workers. Delegates from Europe Canada Mexico South America Australia Japan and India attend as the congress aims to promote religious freedom enlightenment and tolerance through the week. Organizing groups include Unitarians Universalists Liberal Friends the Christian Connection the Free Religious Association and the Congress of Religion.
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Boston
International Council of Unitarian
The
Congress
Unitarians, Universalists, Liberal Friends
Christian Connection
Free Religious Association
Congress of Religion
Wonderland Theatre Offers 37 Piece Silverware Set Giveaway
A 37 piece flatware set including six knives forks spoons butter plates and specialty items will be given away at Wonderland Theatre on Saturday September 28. Beginning Monday night coupons will be issued to ticket buyers and the winning attendee must be present Saturday night to receive the prize.
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Wonderland Theatre
Folk Speech on Liberty by Missouri Governor Folk
Norfolk Va September 21 A large crowd attended the town exposition honoring Missouri with J W Folk the militant chief executive as principal speaker Governor Folk spoke on Liberty of the Individual as a right not a privilege He warned that civilization rests on moral wealth and the education of all urging laws be respected and monopolies curbed urging stricter regulation of powerful combines and the public conscience to stamp out dishonor in public and private life Continued on Page Eight.
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Norfolk
Town
Commonwealth of Missouri
J W. Folk
Folk
Trom
Missouri P
Catlers
Missouri
Tucker
Exposition
Swanson
Virginia
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B. L. Speal
Tomade Wrecks County Fair
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Taylor
Clark
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