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Newspaper
Bluefield Evening Leader
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1910
Page
6
Senator 0. FRENCH drafts a Jim Crow bill to assign seats in certain coaches on trains to accommodate passengers in the northern part of the state. Proponents argue it addresses railway objections and provides needed relief while fitting state conditions. The coming legislative session is seen as the arena to resolve the issue.
The Blueeid Evening Leader invites advertisers to inspect its subscription base to assess circulation quality. It notes readers pay in advance, mentioning two named individuals, Jennie Johnson and Mary Brown, and references a disorderly conduct citation from police court. A separate notice reports Miss He cle Leffel undergoing an appendectomy at St Luke's Hospital and recovering well.
New York December 31 Fourteen persons were injured in a dance panic after a clash between rival East Side gangs. Shots were fired beer losses and chairs were used as weapons. Police and detectives contained the melee and prevented loss of life. The rest of the page notes a theater review from Atlanta praising The Lion and the Mouse at the Lyric and an insurance ad from Easley Insurance Agency.
Hero D Treets News records Harry Hammer police chief visiting Shenandoah and Cincinnati bound travelers Sam L Matz and Miss Shield from Bramwell in the city. Bramble residents Hazel Emmie Thomas Anna Shield and others were in town while Mayor S Fraizer Stowers returned from Bland county to check his ill mother.
John Magiscant, noted American aviator famed for his English Channel crossing with a passenger, dies in a fall at the aviation meet. The accident occurred during the event, authorities report.
H. C. Tyree of the Baldwin I Detective Agency filed a curious report from Davy describing a quiet stretch with a single disturbance. He notes a negro on the Warpath armed with a Winchester and an attempt at a fatal shooting that did not occur.
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