New Year at the White House with Roosevelt
President Roosevelt held his first New Year reception at the White House assisted by Mrs Roosevelt. A cosmopolitan guest list, elaborate decor, and a Marine band provided ceremony while 8000 people passed the president. The day featured formal calls by cabinet members and foreign diplomats before public reception.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Engineer Corps
United States Army
Marine Band
Diplomatic Corps
Marine
Col. Bingham
Cleveland
Tragedy at a Party Ends in Multiple Deaths in Georgia
In Augusta Georgia a watch party at Jesse Griffin’s home in Robbins County ended in a fatal shootout. George Dunbar and Fletcher Bennett were killed immediately. Harry Dunbar and Mrs. George Dunbar wounded. Arthur Dunbar later died from injuries. A second Bennet shot killed him. Arthur died at Augusta hospital. Mrs Dunbar expected to recover. The fight began after William Cobb left the house.
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Augusta
Robbins
8. C
Jesse Griffin
George Dunbar
Harry Dunbar
Fletcher Bennett
Arthur Dunbar
William Cobb
Dunbar
Fire Devastates Foreman Business Portion
A Wednesday morning blaze in Foreman Arkansas near Texarkana destroyed multiple business buildings worth varied sums. Losses included A S Anderson 8000 Hobson Co 5000 Shackelford Bros 3000 Reed Co 8000 W E Gray 2500 Judge Arnett 2000 Anderson Smith 500 John Sanderson 2500. Incendiary origin. most owners insured.
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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 Officer Surrenders After Saloon Yard Shootout
In Dallas on January 2 two Black men were shot and killed in a saloon yard at Akard and Marilla. Detective A P Pegues arrived at city hall and turned himself in to authorities. He is jailed with no witnesses and he declines to speak.
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Dallas
Akard and
Marilla Streets
A. P. Pegues
Pegues
Will Coley Acquitted in Four-Hour Trial
In Cleburne Texas on January 2 the district court finished the brief murder trial of State versus Will Coley. Coley was charged with killing O B Quiet in May after Quiet tried to attack him. The jury found Coley not guilty after the court instructed them.
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Cleburne
Tex
District Court
State
Will Coley
O. B. Quiet
Quiet
Coley
Negro Miner Killed by Mob Near Linton Indiana
A 20 year old black miner named Hinsley was shot and killed by a white mob near Linton Indiana after a daytime fight with a white man. Ten assailants fired revolvers, and no motive or arrests are reported. He belonged to the county’s only colored family.
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Indianapolis
Hinsley
Linton
Ind
Escapee Prisoner Ends Life in Gregg County Jail
A prisoner who escaped last Friday and was recaptured at Gregg County Jail committed suicide by tying a shirt to a jail iron bar and wringing his neck.
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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 a former Confederate soldier, died at the home of W J OZee in Merkel on January 2. He was 90 years old.
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Merkel
Tex
H. C. Childress
W. J. O’zee
Found Guilty of Murder in Mississippi Trial
Oxford Mississippi January 2 Orlando Lester a Black man on trial for alleged involvement in the Montgomery murder was found guilty of first degree murder. The jury deliberated only fifteen minutes.
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Oxford, Miss
Orlando Lester
Woman Hangs Herself in Tecumseh, Oklahoma
Miss Jennie Moore, 53, of near Eason, Oklahoma, committed suicide by hanging at Tecumseh on January 2. Local authorities report the death as self-inflicted.
Palma ticket looks set in Cuban election sweep
Havana reports indicate the entire Palma ticket will win the Cuban presidency with Tomas Estrada Palma receiving a unanimous electoral college vote. Gen Maso faction withdrew its candidates and urged abstention, yielding a notably light islandwide turnout.
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Havana
Palma
Tomas Estrada Palma
Cuba
Maso
Special Term of Court in Greenville Initiated
Judge Frank J. Larkin orders a special circuit term in Greenville starting January 21 to try Cocke Phipp Lauderdale and Blackburn jailed here for the murder of G. M. Wray on a Mississippi Valley rail line near Leland Monday morning.
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Greenville
Miss
Frank J. Larkin
Cocke, Phipp, Lauderdale
Blackburn
G. M. Wray
Mississippi Valley Railroad
Leland
Hanged Himself in Jail Loneview Tex Jan 2
Partial obituary note reports a jail inmate in Loneview Texas died by hanging on January 2. Authorities confirm the death and are investigating the circumstances. Identifying details are sparse due to the fragmented text.
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Loneview
Tex
Waitard
Rex Dyspepsia Tablets Ad From Bryan Texas
The advertisement promotes Rex Dyspepsia Tablets as a cure for dyspepsia indigestion sour stomach and heartburn. Druggists refund money if the product fails to cure, price 50 cents per package, with M H Jamin the leading druggist of Bryan Texas listed.
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M. H. Jamin
Bryan
Texas
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Tween
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Rea
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Knowles
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Daly
D. Mike, Jr
Mike, Jr
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