Outlaw Friel Allen Surrenders After a Mountain Pursuit
In Hillsville Virginia Friel Allen youngest of the Allen gang and indicted for five Carroll County murders surrendered to detectives after a two week pursuit. He was jailed with cousin Claude Swanson Allen while remaining fugitives Sidna Allen and Wesley Edwards. Friel described conversations with Sidna Allen and Wesley Edwards and admitted knowledge of the Massie and Foster killings.
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Hitleville
Friel Allen
Aleln
Carroll County Court House
Jack Allen
Hillsville
Claude Swanson Allen
Stina Allen
Wesley Edwards
Aleriff
Friel
Tilleville
Claude Allen
Thomas T
Felts
FE. C. Payna
Sidna Allen
Thornton L. Massie
Commonwealth
William M. Foster
Miners Ordered to Quit as Coal Strike Looms
Cleveland Ohio reports a union ordered 170000 anthracite miners in Pennsylvania to quit in a wage dispute after operators refused higher pay. The move forecasts a national coal shortfall of about 7.083 million tons monthly and lost wages. Bituminous miners’ wage scale nearing settlement after a conference subcommittee approved terms for drawing up an agreement.
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Cleveland
Ohio
United States
Pennsylvania
New York
Senate guards pension secrets in closed roll
The senate refused to publish the names of the 1,000,000 pensioners drawing $157,280,000 annually, shielding the pension roll from disclosure. A provision requires the pensions commissioner to prepare a state and county list.
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Senate
Washington
United States
Pension Bureau
Commissioner of Pensions
New Plank in Roosevelt's Platform Emerges in Minnesota
In St Paul Minnesota Colonel Roosevelt outlines a new plank for his campaign on The Welfare of the Farmer arguing for renewed government action to conserve natural resources and support country life. He delivered about a dozen speeches that day.
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Roosevelt
St. Paul
Minn
Peruna Cited By Greenville Patient After Slipping Toward Death
A Greenville resident named Johnson writes that after five years of catarrh and a near fatal decline in health, seven doctors failed him but Peruna restored his strength. He says he could not walk 100 yards without rest and now credits Peruna with saving his life.
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Johnson
Greenville
St. Louis
Carrollton
Jimmie
Wells
William Moore
Indie Harvill
Lidl
M. W. H. Lewis
J. L. Crofford
Dot
S. C. Tyson
Carrollton, Ga
Route 5
Phillips & Crew Co
Treasures of Past Books and Manuscripts Epic Craft
The article notes the high cost and prestige of hand copied books and bindings. It cites Cicero and Huet as examples of extreme skill and lamentates parchment scarcity in medieval copying efforts. It references Saint Gall and a 1120 Bible transcription challenge.
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Cicero
M. Huet
Saint Gall
France
All
England
National Magazine
Child Thinker Logic Outwits Widow Mother
A thoughtful girl questions her mother about a baby brother, challenging the rationale of a widowed mother. She argues that girls without fathers are lonely and thus deserve siblings, revealing the child’s own logical line of thinking.
Local Shopper Accuses Grocer of Short Weight
A Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt recalls a Saturday night quarrel over a grocer allegedly giving short weight. A woman asks about a trusted grocer while a man explains he paid with a plugged half dollar and did not notice the issue until after paying.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
World Population Estimates From Stuttgart Expert
Dr Beller a leading statistician of Stuttgart estimates the world population at 1 4 billion The Christian share is about 434 940 000 Muslims 175 290 000 Jews 10 860 000 Asia has 300 000 000 followers of Confucius Brahmanism counts 24 000 000 and Buddhism 121 090 000 The Globe newspaper note.
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Dr. Beller
Stuttgart
Globe
Mohammesans Sire
Jewa
Asia
Confucina
Louden Globe
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Harris Hardware Co
Harris Hardaware Co
Burnett & Merrell
J. G. Buyers
Newnan Street
Carvests Real Estate Renting Agey
E. B. Brodnax Agency
First National Bank Building
Carrollton, Georgia
Chas. K. Henderson
J. A. Manlville
G. A. Lyle
J. C. Newell
E. B. Brodnax
Hillsville, VA
Allen Gang
Peruna
Carrollton On
Mt. Zionroad
Mt. Zion
Gerogia
Hospital Medical College
Atlanta
Lingo Red Cross Hospital and Training School
W. H. Lewis
Carrollton, Gr
Kingsbery's Mill
Atlanta, GA
Savannah, GA
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