Ack Hale Charged With Assault and Murder of Lillie Davis
Bristol West Virginia coroner's jury finds Ack Hale criminally assaulted and murdered Lillie Davis who died after a shooting at East Hill Cemetery. Evidence suggests Hale conspired to kill Davis to prevent her testimony against Roy Hale, his brother, who recently killed Davis's brother.
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Lillie Davis
Brstol
W. Va
East Hill
Bristol
Ack Hale
Johnson City
Hale
Miss Davis
Roy
Roy Hale
Ack
Tennessee
Particularly Pathetic George Sharpe Dies in Sunset Wreck
Los Angeles report on March 30 notes the Sunset limited wreck at Colton claiming twenty two lives. George Sharpe of Muncie Indiana was killed instantly while en route to reconcile with his wife whom he had separated from years before. He had planned to visit Los Angeles for a reconciliation unaware she had divorced him and remarried over a year earlier.
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George Sharpe
Los Angeles
Colton
Muncie
Ind
Sharpe
Indiana
Explosion at Dreifontein Mine Kills 54
At the Dreifonteine mine near Johannesburg on March 30, an explosion of two cases of dynamite killed four white men and fifty natives and injured three whites and fifteen natives. One victim was American William Harvey. A native worker tampered with the dynamite as workers prepared to report for duty.
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Johannesburg
Dreifonteine
William Harvey
Standard Oil Raises Crude Price in Kentucky Field
Lima dispatch reports Standard Oil increases its paying price for Sommerset Kentucky crude by 16 cents per barrel. The unusual hike follows the entry of independent companies into the Kentucky field.
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Lima
Standard Oil Company
Sommerset
Kentucky
McCleary Sworn In as Assistant Postmaster General
James T. McCleary, former Minnesota representative, was sworn in as second assistant postmaster general in Washington. A St Louis strike by United Brewery Workers curtailed beer output with out-of-town shipments abandoned. firemen walked out while city trade continued, boilers kept hot by volunteers. About 30 piers deserted the breweries during the walkout.
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St. Louis
United Brewery Workers
Italian Found Dead on Sidewalk in Chicago
Grazio Zato, an Italian immigrant, 34, arrived two weeks ago from London and was found shot in the head on the sidewalk in front of his home at 960 Law Avenue. Police report fifteen suspects under arrest. authorities deem it a probable murder.
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Chicago
Grazio Zato
London
Law Avenue
Zero
Lady wins record $32000 verdict in Houston and Texas Central suit
In Waxahachie on March 30 a district court jury found for plaintiff Mrs. Sarah Davenport against the Houston and Texas Central Railroad company. The damages totaled $32,000, the largest verdict in the county, against an amount sought of $40,000.
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Waxahachie
Tex
Sarah Davenport
Houston and Texas Central Railroad Company
Prisoners Escape Attempt Touched Off in Fort Worth Jail
In Fort Worth on March 30 prisoners cut a hole in the jail ceiling but guards discovered the breach in time preventing fifteen inmates from escaping.
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Fort Worth
Harold Sails From Ceiba Amid Honduran Front Lines
Captain Henrichsen of the Norwegian steamer Harold reports sailing from Ceiba Honduras on March 26 as Nicaraguan forces advance into the city. About 400 soldiers fortified the town day and night while American gunboat Marietta and a team of U S Marines provided protection. Honduran gunboat Tumbla fought Omatepe days earlier. news of Tegucigalpa’s surrender had not arrived. Two Honduran soldiers were killed and ten wounded around Trujillo in recent fighting.
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Mobile
Henrichsen
Harold
Ceiba Honduras
Marietta
United States
Provinier
Henrichensen
Ceiba
Stevens River
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Truxillo
Fishwife methods overshadow Chicago transport issue
Chicago notes that fishwife methods dominate the local campaign as the transportation system debate fades amid threats of libel suits and insults between rival papers and politicians. Party managers predict large margins for their leaders, with Mayor Dunne claiming a 30,000 vote plurality and Republicans touting an equal edge.
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Chicago
Dunne
Woman Leaps to Death From Prospect Park Bridge
An unknown woman about forty years old dressed in black leaped to death over the American Falls bridge at Prospect Park in Niagara Falls. Several witnesses observed the tragedy.
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Niagara Falls
American Falls
Prospect Park
Three Distinct Shocks Felt in Tacoma Morning Tremors
Tacoma observers reported three distinct earthquake shocks Friday morning just before 7 o'clock. No damage was reported. The shocks were felt within the city and surrounding areas, with residents noting the tremors as abrupt and localized. Authorities said no injuries or structural harm occurred.
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Tacoma
Wash
Guatemala Ties Unclear in Central American Tangle
New York March 30 Consul says his government has taken no part in the Central American trouble and remains uninvolved in recent regional disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fluatemala
Nicaraguan Victory Reported in Honduras Town Surrender
Santos Ramirez states that Nicaraguan forces captured Choluteca Honduras, Honduran and Salvadoran troops retreated, and President Bonilla fled by boat with pursuing steamers. He declares the war effectively ended.
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Managua
Gulf of Fonseca
Vasquez
General MacArthur Ordered to Command Department of the Lakes
The Call reports Lieutenant General MacArthur ordered to Chicago to command the Department of the Lakes. He has served in San Francisco for four years, first as commander of the Department of California, then of the Pacific division.
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Department of the Lakes
San Francisco
MacArthur
Chica
Capartn of the Lakes
Department of California
Pacific Division
New York Congressman Predicts Intercostal Canal
New Iberia Louisiana March 30 Congressman D S Alexander of New York leads a rivers and harbors committee inspection of Louisiana waterways. He predicts a vast intercostal canal from New York to Florida and along the gulf to the Rio Grande, likely not realized this generation. The trip included a wagonflowers welcome and a second vehicle accident injuring no one.
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New York
New Iberia
Atlantic Coast
Florida
Gulf Coast
Rio Grande River
D. 8
Alexander
Louisiana
Lowlan
Land of Evangeline
Lowgfellow
Jennings
R. P. Bishop
Michigan
T. C. Ellis
Missouri
G. F. Burgess
Texas
Brewery Workers Strike for Higher Wages in St Louis
About 2 500 brewery workers in St Louis walked out seeking raises from 5 to 60 percent after a conference with the boss brewers failed to yield acceptance of a 5 percent offer. A parallel stoppage occurred in East St Louis, affecting two breweries and about forty men.
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St. Louis
East St. Louis
Militia Encampment Plans Meet Allied Drill Push
General Murray reports wide enthusiasm from state governors and adjutant generals for joint militia encampments this summer. States seek to combine militia drills with regular forces, challenging coast artillery to accommodate the influx. Texas declines a coastal invitation, proposing inland joint drills, while Gulf cyclone impacts coastal defenses in Alabama and Louisiana. Washington state involvement follows.
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Murray
Coast Artillery
Texas
Alabama
Louisiana
Florida
Washingto
Proctor & Gamble President Shoots Self in Cincinnati
W A Proctor president of the Proctor and Gamble Soap Manufacturing company fired a bullet into his brain and died. He was a leading business figure and liberal donor to the Protestant Episcopal church. His wealth ran to many millions and he championed a employee profit sharing plan he designed for his firm.
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Cincinnati
W. A. Procetor
Proctor & Gamble Soap Manufacturing Company
Proctor
Protestant Episcopal Church
Immigration Drawback Noted by Commissioner Sargent
New Orleans March 8 Commissioner Sargent says the immigration drawback lies in wages. He argues farmers cannot keep laborers at 90 cents to 81 per day when northern cities offer about 2 dollars, leading to a shortage of agricultural workers. The piece notes the need for better pay to retain immigrant labor.
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Sargent Seys
Watts
New Orleans
Mercy
Sargent
Public Hanging in Magnolia: Coleman Declares Innocence
In Magnolia Mississippi on March 29 Charles Coleman a Black man was hanged for killing Idde Million another Black man. The public execution featured a speech from the gallows in which Coleman proclaimed his innocence and urged listeners to avoid bad company. He died twenty minutes after the drop.
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Magnolia, Miss
Charles Coleman
Idde Million
Coleman
Death from tainted hash at national soldiers home
Ate Tainton Leavenworth Kan March 25 One death occurred among 900 old soldiers at the national soldiers home from eating tainted hash The victim was William J Cook 64 a member of the Fourteenth Missouri cavalry He leaves a widow at Mexico Missouri About seventy five veterans remain in serious condition
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Leavenworth
Kan
National Soldiers’ Home
Hee
William J. Cook
Fourteenth
Missouri Cavalry
Mexico
Cannon and Party Quarantined in Colon Arrival
The steamer Bluecher carrying Speaker Cannon and several U S congressmen reached Colon on Sunday but was barred from landing. Quarantine rules require six days after leaving Venezuela, and the ship had been at sea five days.
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Colon
Bluecher
Speaker Cannon
United States Congress
Venezuela
Fire Devastates Newberry South Carolina Town
A March 30 blaze in Newberry destroyed twenty two residences ten stores and two churches causing an estimated loss of 150000 to 200000 with about 85000 insured. The fire began behind the Newberry hotel cutting off rail access and exhaust of the water supply left the town vulnerable.
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Newberry
S. C
Columbia
Laurens
Baby crushed as cyclone devastates Texas towns
A cyclone cut a twelve mile swath northwest of Gainesville Texas on March 30 damaging Muenster and the Marysville Baptist church. Charles Tune driving a two horse wagon near Myra and Muenster was hurled into a field losing a leg. nearby Joe McWhorter’s home was destroyed and his baby died.
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Gainesville
Tex
Here
Muenster
Marysville
Myra
Munster
Charles Tune
Mr. Tune
Joe McWhorter
Red River
Fatal shooting at Stanford ranch leaves two dead
Madill March 30. A shooting near the Stanford ranch five miles west of Madill killed Tom Jackson instantly and wounded Stokes Walden who died later. Davis, son-in-law of Walden, was badly wounded. Davis and his brothers-in-law were all farmers.
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Madill
J. T
Stalford Ranch
Tom Jackson
Stokes Walden
Davis
Davis Anc Ceice Eee
The Berry He Was
A rural audience hears Bishop Berry of the Methodist Episcopal church recount a berry joke from his youth. An unsympathetic old lady declares he is a green gooseberry, prompting the lecturer to continue with his talk.
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Bishop Berry
Methodist Episcopal Church
Animal shells show retrogressive aging marks in cephalopods
A Washington scientist notes that aging cephalopods and some bivalves exhibit retrogressive shell changes, making the old shell resemble the organism's juvenile form despite distinct adult ornament.
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Washington
Started Early Enough Controversy in Philadelphia Ledger Quip
A brief humor line from the Philadelphia Ledger notes a father quizzing a daughter about a late night conversation with a young man. The girl asserts the boy said good night around 10, but a sly remark reveals it was at least one o clock when he finished.
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Mary
Philadelphia Ledger
Second Book Ties to Bank Book for Author
A discussion between two writers reflects on how a debut success paves the way for a second book. One author notes his second work became his bank book, underscoring the financial and reputational leverage of a first publication.
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Oregon
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Wyoming
John Peters
MacArt’r
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Blondwood
King Nutwood
Nutwoods
Mary Glenn Ly
Red Wilkes
George Wilkes
Bloneweed
Reagan, Tex
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Henry & Brogdon Bros
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Bryan, Texas
John Wittman
Wilson Grain and Coal Co
S. H. Franklin
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