Mob at Reel Foot lake prompts special court session
Union City Tennessee reports Judge R C Taylor reaches Tiptonville safely as officials seek mob participants in Reel Foot lake killing. Circuit Judge Joseph E Jones plans a special Monday session with grand jury drawn from 250 candidates and guarded by military force with troops from Nashville and elsewhere.
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Union City
Tenn
Tiptonville
R. C. Taylor
Quinten Rankin
Reel Foot Lake
Joseph E. Jones
Patterson
Circuit Court
Grand Jury
Jones
Nashville
Policeman Saves Woman From Third Floor Fire
Chicago on October 22 Mrs Anna Kline escaped from a blazing three story residence by jumping into the arms of Policeman Michael Egan who shouted a warning before catching her. Both collapsed unconscious but recovered. The fire caused about 500 dollars in damage.
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Chicago
Anna Kline
Michael Egan
Bing
Kline
King Edward Sends Cable for St Andrews Centenary
New York dispatch notes a royal cablegram from King Edward congratulating St Andrews Protestant Episcopal Church of Richmond Staten Island on its bi centennial. About 1000 attendees heard prayers from Roosevelt and the presiding bishop. The church, chartered in 1708 by Queen Anne, still uses its original communion, service, altar cloth and Bible. Two tablets honoring Queen Anne and early founders were unveiled after an address by Bishop Greer.
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New York
Cable
King Edward
St. Andrew’s Protestant Episcopal Church
Richmond
Staten Island
Queen Anne
St. Andrew's Church
Roosevelt
St. Andrews
Queen Anne of England
Greer
Camera would better arm Roosevelt for Africa trip says Sir Harry Johnston
Sir Harry Johnston, longtime Africa diplomat, arrived in New York and urged Roosevelt to use a camera instead of a rifle on his Africa hunt. He praised preserving native wildlife and warned that big game is being slowly exterminated across Africa.
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New York
Roosevelt
Africa
Harry H. Johnston
England
Harry
America
Unganda
Water Shortage Threatens New York Communities
Water scarcity grips New York state with wells and springs drying up in multiple regions including Hua Son and Walkill valleys. Dairymen drive cows for water and towns truck water for domestic use as authorities consider extreme measures. Highland Falls taps West Point mains to avert distress.
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New York
Hua- Son
Walkill
Highland Falls
West Point Military Reservation
West Point
Sudden Arlington departure fuels Tucker recovery hopes
In Hot Springs the abrupt move of Mrs. Myrtle Platt and J. H. Frey from the Arlington hotel to a Malvern avenue cottage sparks talk of surveillance beyond public curiosity. A Chicago detective is said to have registered at the hotel to shadow Mrs. Platt and monitor Colonel Tucker’s health as he nears recovery after a lengthy convalescence.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Myrtle Platt
J. H. Frey
Arlington Hotel
Malvern Avenue
Chicago
Colonel Tucker
Theodore Tiedebohl Returns to Face Embezzlement Charge
Theodore Tiedebohl former secretary of Zipp Brewing and Chicago Distilled Water president was brought to Chicago to answer for embezzling 7125 from the company. He was arrested in Denver after a complaint by Theodore Oehne and located by a detective agency. He agreed to return without extradition papers.
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Chicago
Theodore Tiedebohl
Zipp Brewing Company
Chicago Distilled Water Company
Tiedeboh
Denver
Theodore Oehne
Brewing Company
Comstock Seriously Ill in New York
New York October 29 Anthony Comstock noted philanthropist is seriously ill.
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Comstock
New York
Anthony Comstock
National Negro Mass Meeting Planned in Mobile
Announcement states a national negro mass meeting will be held in Mobile from November 24 to 28 to support the national negro fair to be staged in Mobile during October November and December 1909. Twenty six governors appointed influential negroes to attend and plans aim to raise funds and attract exhibits from every state. President H N Newsome of the fair association says arrangements were finalized at a mass meeting.
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Mobile
H. N. Newsome
The
Fair Association
New Chinese Engraving Plant To Print Bank Notes
The Chinese government has chosen William A Grant of New York to lead a new engraving plant to be built in Pekin for printing the empire’s bank notes. The facility is expected to be completed next year and will replace earlier note production done abroad. A commission visited America to study American gravers and printing experts for the project.
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New York
William A Grant
Pekin
New Sha
Amer Eo di
American Graving and Picom
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Konklin
Edison Phonographs
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Tnsure
C. E. Boyett
Eastman Kodak Goods
Haswell’s Book Store
Stevenson Machine and Repair Works
Bryan
Texas
Ee. Rohde
S. H. Franklin
Mob
King
James & Nun
James & Nunn
No. 142
Pani
GEO. A. Adams Insurance
Southwestern
Joe B. Reed
Dallas
Texapital
L Ife
Joe B.reed
John Wittman
John Wit
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