To Die On Gallows
William Smith McDonald is to be executed today in Allegheny county jail for the murder of his common law wife in a Beech Avenue boarding house. Appeals failed and a letter from his wife of England expressing forgiveness arrived, marking a tragic turn in a widely noted case.
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Pittsburg
William Smith McDonald
England
United States
Alleghany County
McDonald
Beech Avenue
Board of Pardons
America
Local Hay Stock Ad Promises Value and Availability
Harder & Buckhaults advertise alfalfa hay North Texas hay and White Wolf stock food. One sack of stock food equals two sacks of bran in value, with price details via phone 251.
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North Texas
Louisiana Sunday School Convention Opens in Baton Rouge
The twenty second annual Louisiana State Sunday School association convention opens in Baton Rouge for a three day session. Delegates from across the state arrive with large groups from New Orleans and Shreveport. State President T W Holloman and Mayor W H Bynum attend with speakers from Texas Mississippi and Kentucky. Professor F E Excell directs the musical program. The executive committee completes final convention details and the business reports begin the next day.
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T. W. Holloman
WH. Bynum
Texas
Mississippi
Kentucky
FE. O. Excell
Train wreck near Burgin injures twenty with three dead
Twenty people were injured and three killed in a Queen and Crescent passenger train wreck between Burgin and High Bridge in Kentucky. The crash halted traffic as cars piled up and rescue crews cleared debris for hours. Danville and Burgin physicians were dispatched to the scene. the injured were ferried to Lexington by special train after a freight mishap reportedly occurred without orders.
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Lexington
Queen and Crescent
Burgin
High Bridge
Danville
Hardware Dealers Gather In St Louis for National Convention
The annual convention of the National Retail Hardware Dealers Association opened in St Louis on March 24. The three day session attracted a large attendance from across the country.
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St. Louis
National Retail Hardware Dealers’ Association
Tobacco War Ends With Kentucky Night Riding Accord
Cincinnati report says a formal agreement between the American Tobacco Company and the executive committee of the Society of Equity ends night riding in Kentucky. The deal covers nearly 14 million dollars and purchase of entire 1906 1907 crops by one side and 10 planting of 1908 crop by the other.
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Cincinnati
Kentucky
American Tobacco Company
Society of Equity
Winchester
American Society of Equity
John W Stewart Appointed to Vermont Senate Seat
John W. Stewart of Middleburg is named to the U S Senate by Governor Fletcher to fill the vacancy after the death of Senator Proctor. The appointment covers the term following Proctor's passing, with Stewart assuming duties in March.
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Proctor
John W. Stewart
Middleburg
Vermont
United States Senate
Fletcher
Senator Proctor
Invitation of That Country to Battle Ship Fleet
Washington reports that the cabinet accepted China invitation for the Atlantic battleship fleet to visit a port on its Pacific return voyage. No further invitations will be accepted. The around the world itinerary will be arranged accordingly. Other accepted invites include Australia and Japan. all remaining calls will be for coaling only.
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Washington
China
Pacific
San Francisco
Australia
Japan
Immense Delegation Will Send 1400 To Denver Convention
New York City expects a near record Democratic delegation to the Denver national convention with Tammany Hall represented by not less than 1400 members. Initial concerns about travel and lodging costs lowering the tally fade as Thomas F. Smith, secretary of Tammany Hall, says the party may even exceed usual numbers.
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Tammany Hall
Denver
New York
New York City
Tammany
Thomas F. Smith
Dense Fog Trains Collide Near South Memphis
A rear end collision on the Illinois Central near South Memphis killed laborer Nick Mattock and left one man dead with five others badly hurt. Dense fog caused the wreck on March 24 as a work train crashed into a standing freight.
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Memphis
Illinois Central Railway
South
Nick Mattock
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Howell & Newton
Howell & Newton Incorporated
E. J. Jenkins
GEO. A. Adams Insurance
E. C. Harder
Louisiana Sunday Schools
City National Bank
Depository
U. S
G. S. Parker
E. H. Astin
Albert W. Wilkerson
E. W. Crenshaw
Bryan and Vicinity
Wagner
Brandon
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