Roosevelt Holds First New Year Reception At White House
Washington January 2 The Roosevelt family hosted a lavish New Year’s reception at the White House with 8000 people passing the president and Mrs Roosevelt. Delegations from the diplomatic corps and military bands added ceremonial pomp as decorators, flowers, lights, and formal gowns highlighted the mansion. The day opened with cabinet members and foreign representatives and closed with further official gatherings.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Engineer Corps
United States Army
Marine Band
Diplomatic Corps
Marine
Col. Bingham
Mrs. Roosevelt
Cleveland
I To Way
Tragedy at Robbins party leaves three dead
At a Robbins South Carolina residence a watch party ended in a deadly shootout. George Dunbar Harry Dunbar and Fletcher Bennett were killed. Mrs Dunbar and Arthur Dunbar wounded. Arthur later died in Augusta hospital. The host Jesse Griffin intervened and disarmed a gunman before the fatal blaze of bullets.
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Augusta
Robbins
8. C
Jesse Griffin
George Dunbar
Harry Dunbar
Fletcher Bennett
Arthur Dunbar
William Cobb
Dunbar
Foreman Fire devastates Arkansas business district
A Wednesday morning blaze in Foreman Arkansas caused extensive losses to A S Anderson Hobson & Co Reed & Co W E Gray Judge Arnett Anderson Smith John Sanderson with most insured. Fire started in Sandersons store and was ruled incendiary. In Dallas two negroes shot behind a saloon. Detective Pegues surrendered. In Leburne Will Coley acquitted in a four hour murder trial.
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Texarkana
Ark
Foreman
Here
Arkansas and Choctaw
A. S. Anderson
Hobson & Co
Shackelford Bros
Reed & Co
W. E. Gray
Judge Arnett
Anderson Smith
John Sanderson
Sanderson
Dallas
Akard and
Marilla Streets
A. P. Pegues
Pegues
Will Coley
Leburne
Tex
District Court
State
O. B. Quiet
Quiet
Coley
Negro Miner Killed by Mob Near Linton Indiana
A 20 year old black miner named Hinsley was shot dead by a white mob near Linton, Indiana after a daytime fight with a white man. Ten assailants reportedly fired into him. no arrests reported. He belonged to the county’s sole colored family.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Hinsley
Linton
Ind
Palma ticket leads Cuba election with near unanimous vote
Havana reports indicate the entire Palma slate will be elected and Tomas Estrada Palma will gain the electoral college unanimous vote. Gen Maso supporters withdrew from the contest and from voting, resulting in a remarkably light island turnout.
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Havana
Palma
Tomas Estrada Palma
Cuba
Maso
Special Term of Court Set in Greenville for Murder Trial
Judge Frank J. Larkin issues order for a special circuit court term in Greenville starting January 21 to try Cocke, Phipp, Lauderdale and Blackburn, jailed locally, on charges of murdering G. M. Wray on a Mississippi Valley rail road train near Leland Monday morning.
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Greenville
Miss
Frank J. Larkin
Circuit Court
Cocke, Phipp, Lauderdale
Blackburn
G. M. Wray
Mississippi Valley Railroad
Leland
Loneview Man Hanced Himself in Jalil
A terse desolate note from Jalil, Loneview, Texas dated January 2 reports a man taking his own life. Details are sparse and no further names or circumstances are provided.
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Jalil
Loneview
Tex
Waitar
Prisoner Recaptured, Commits Suicide in Jail
One of the escapees from Gregg County Jail last Friday, later recaptured, hanged himself by tying a shirt to an iron bar and wrenching his neck in the jail.
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Rance
Gregg County
Veteran Captain H C Childress Dies at 90 in Merkel
Captain H C Childress, a veteran of the Mexican War and ex Confederate soldier, died at the home of W J O Zee in Merkel Texas. He was 90 years old.
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Merkel
Tex
H. C. Childress
W. J. O’zee
Found Guilty of Murder in Oxford Trial
Orlando Lester, a Black defendant in Oxford Mississippi during January, was found guilty of first degree murder for involvement in the Montgomerys case. The jury reached verdict in about 15 minutes.
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Oxford
Miss
Orlando Lester
Woman dies by her own hand in Oklahoma town
Miss Jennie Moore, aged 53, hanged herself in Tecumseh Oklahoma Territory near Eason, Jan 2. Local authorities report the death as suicide in a personal crisis incident.
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Tecumseh
O. T
Jennie Moore
Eason
Rex Dyspepsia Tablets Offer Ad from Bryan Texas
An advertisement proclaims Rex Dyspepsia Tablets as a remedy for dyspepsia indigestion sour stomach and heartburn. It claims druggists will refund money if not cured with Rex Dyspepsia Tablets priced at 50 cents per package and lists M H James in Bryan Texas as the leading druggist.
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M. H. James
Bryan
Texas
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