Gillette Executed At Auburn For Grace Brown Murder
Chester Gillette was electrocuted at Auburn prison for the 1906 murder of Grace Brown near Big Moose New York. He confessed to clergy and left a final message urging young men to seek Christ.
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Auburn
N. Y
Chester Gillette
Auburn Prison
Benham
Gillette
Henry Maellravy
Little Falls
Henry Macilravy
Cordelle Herrick
Valley of Death
Jesus Christ
Christ
Chester B. Gillette
Grace Brown
Big Moose
Adirondacks
Big Moose Lake
Herkimer
Court of Appeals
Hughes
Cortland
Eagle Bay
South Otselia
Ten Percent Wage Cut Affects Sixty Thousand Workers
Boston experiences a central wage reduction of ten percent in New England cotton mills, impacting about 60 000 workers. The cut, decided due to weak cotton goods markets, takes effect Monday, with many mills already curtailing production by 20 to 23 percent.
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Boston
New England
Totton
Kindergarten Union Opens Fifteenth Annual Meeting
Several hundred delegates attend the International Kindergarten Union opening in Gibson Hall at Tulane University New Orleans with Miss Elizabeth Harrison of Chicago Kindergarten College presiding.
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New Orleans
International Kindergarten Union
Gibson Hall
Tulane University
Elizabeth Harrison
Chicago Kindergarten College
Rewards Offered After Dynamiting Attack on General Wells
Telluride reports rewards totaling 10000 dollars for the capture of individuals involved in the dynamiting attempt on General Wells. Sheriff Fitzgerald says there is not enough evidence yet for arrests. General Wells, shocked by the incident, has joined his family in Colorado Springs for a rest.
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General Wells
Telluride
Colo
Fitzgerald
Colorado Springs
Frightful Fall Claims Two at Mulga Mines
In Birmingham, on March 3, Alexander Nicholson and H B White died after their mining bucket overturned at the Mulga mines. Nicholson’s body was mangled. both men left families. Washington announces S R Golibart as superintendent of the Washington division of Southern Express, effective April 1, after 26 years with the company.
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Birmingham
Alexander Nicholson
H. B. White
Jefferson County
Nicholson
Washington
S. R. Golibart
Southern Express Company
A and M College Beef and Fork Bids Requested
The Board of Directors invites bids in the Mess Hall on June 10 for beef for the 1908 09 session and for pork. Requirements include dressed carcass minimum 350 pounds with liver and half neck excluded, no stags or bulls, approved graded beef, corn fed and summer stock. Also bids for fork with college hog hand on hand. A $500 certified check and bond are required. Committee members Mefnnis and Harrington oversee bids.
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Board of Directors
United States
Senator Penrose Expected to Recover
Philadelphia reports in March that Senator Penrose is likely to recover from illness as supporters express cautious optimism about his health and return to public duties.
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Philadelphia
Senator Penrose
Bids Sought for Wood Contracts at College
The college invites bids by 4 PM April 20 for 1400 cords of merchantable wood in blocks of 3850 cords. Deliveries: 1050 cords along the I G N Railroad Spur, 350 cords to the Mess Hall. Three-fifths due by Jan 1 1908, rest as directed. A 1/6 bid bond and performance bond required. Frieght rights reserved. Committee L L Melnnis announces the bid call.
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L. L. Melnnis
H. H. Harrington
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Bryan
Boyett & Myers
Easwell’s Book Store
Alwrass
Eready
Mien
John Wittman
Sporting Goods
Cavitt’s Drug Store
Holmes & Parker
M. H. James
Hunicutt’s Stable
Hunicutt
J. W. Hunicutt
Bryan, Texas
Sweetheart
Kindergarten Union
L. L. Mefnnis
Committee
Bryan Steam
W. O. Hearn
Propr
James & Nunn
E. Rohde
Higgs Market
J. F. Eaves
W. GC
Fountain Dentist
Smith Drug Co
A. B. Carson
T. R. Batte
C.K Dunlap
M.l.robbins
Gen. Pass
Houston
Texas
N. Jennetta
Zack Tally
Wilson & Erskine Wellborn
S. H. Franklin
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