Property Sale Auction Opens in 1884 Court Proceedings
Auction of real estate from the estate of C. Eccles in the city drew bidders including A. R. P. church attendees. Three parcels on West Third Street and adjacent blocks were offered with prices rising as W. Thies, F. Abin, and S. Witt threw in increases. Final bids reached about 9,100 with bidders including Wilkinson, G. Craig, and J. Thies as the sale progressed, the property valued at least fifty thousand dollars and tied to a hotel project.
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C. Eccles
Ryan
W. ‘Toneer
Central
Operty
J. Thies
F.C. Abin
Chambers
S. Witthrows
West Third
Ihett
Wilkinson
S. Alexander
G. Craig
W. L
G. J. Thies
Thias
Property Auction Bid Totals at Late Bishop Lot
Auction results show multiple bids for the late Bishop Lot with agents including First and Davidson, J. T. Piret, J. R. Esender and Watkins, and W. Sanders. Totals range from $490 to $1,790 with a 10 percent title retention and tracts west of the city.
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Bishop Lott
First
Davidson By &. RR
Preston
Tury Street
J. T. Piret
J. R. Esender and Watkins
Janes
Third Street
Second Street
Graham Street
T W
Renewal of Ballinger Controversy Sparks House Debate
The Interior renews charges against Richard Ballinger as reformers push for a full report from a congressional committee. Gifford Pinchot’s prior testimony and the ongoing dispute trigger fresh scrutiny of Ballinger’s handling of public lands. The House plans new action and awaits Ballinger’s response. debate is set for tomorrow.
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Il Press
Inn
fCehard A. Ballinger
Fie
Poreall
Gifford Ehief Forester
Rane Ehs
Ren of the Confederacy practice noted for afternoon
Fragmentary OCR notes a Confederate group or event with a 4 PM practice time. No clear names or locations are readable. Further text is needed to identify the exact organization and setting.
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Ren
The
Confederacy
C. A
Drainage Project Planned for Mattamuskeet Lake in North Carolina
A Raleigh dispatch reports the Mattamuskeet lake drainage plan advances with the Southern Land Reclamation Company, Hyde county, formed to reclaim about 120000 acres. The project costs an estimated $400000, with pumping capacity of 50000000 gallons per hour and a drainage commission guiding the work over 18 months. The lake bed was bought for $190000, and after drainage the land will become farms and a trucking center.
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Asheville
Gazette News
Raleigh Today
Mattamuskeet
North Carolina
Southern Land Reclamation Company
Sywan Quarter
Hyde County
Dr. Graves
Boston
W. T. Mason
J. P. Kerr
Charles A. Webb
Mailamuskeet Lake
State Board of Education
Coleman
Wright
Roper Lumber Company
Pamlico Sound
T. H. B. Gibbs
Mr. Kerr
United Mine Workers Convene in Columbus for National Meet
About 1 000 delegates from across the nation gather in Columbus for the United Mine Workers of America national convention slated to begin tomorrow. A key issue is the proposed move of the national headquarters from Indianapolis to Columbus, with supporters of Thomas L. Lewis predicting his re election.
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Hy Associated Press
Columbus
Ohio
The
United Mine Workers of America
Indianapolis
Thomas L. Lewis
Torpedo boats set sail from New Orleans for Galveston
The torpedo boat destroyers Paulding Roe Drayton and Terry, in port for several days, departed this morning from New Orleans for Galveston.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Paulding, Roe, Drayton
Terry
Galveston
Brutal murder case shifts to Oxford trial with guard
Nathan Montague, a negro charged with arson rape and murder of Miss Mittie Sanders and her father and granddaughter, is moved from Raleigh to Oxford for a special trial. State militia guard surrounds the jail and court while the case proceeds. Governor Kitchin orders a special term and Judge G W Ward presides.
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New
Oxford
N. C
Jaci
Raleigh
Lscal Military Company
Montague
Durham
Wheeler
Grenville
Nathan Montegue
J. L. Sanders
Mittie C Sanders
Irene Overton
Sanders
Kitchin
G. W. Ward
Granville
Court House
Venice
Nathan Montague
Hattie Sanders
Ladie
North Carolina National Guard
George W. Ward
Explosion injures workers at Chicago water tunnel site
A dynamite blast in a tunnel to the Seventy third Street water supply crib fatally injures two workmen and wounds twenty six others. The detonation occurred when the dynamite was struck by a crow bar during rock loosening in the tunnel.
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Chicago
Seventy-third Street
Crib
Delicate Operation In New Orleans Surgery Saves Life
Edward Mahoney survived a two inch gash in the left lung after a stabbing by Charles Deishchem during a Saturday night fight. Doctors at the charity hospital described the repair as highly delicate and remarkable as Mahoney regained consciousness with a slim chance of recovery.
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New Orleans
Edward Mahoney
Charity Hospital
Mahoney
Charles Deishchem
Deischman
Raleigh Sessions Quiet in Wake of Hicks Death
Special to The News from Raleigh shows a brief senate session lasting under thirty minutes with adjournment in honor of Col. W. J. Hicks. The House plans to take up the Ewart bill to ratify the federal income tax amendment on Thursday January 26. A Cumberland lawmaker McGill proposed $10000 for Soldiers Home building and $5000 for maintenance. A hearings set Wednesday on a proposed legislative commission to probe fire insurance firms. Sensational developments expected.
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Raleigh
N. C
Senate
W. J. Hicks
House
Ewart
McGill
Cumberland
Soldiers Home
Joint Committee
Retirement of Rear Admiral Barry Granted by Taft
Washington D C Jan 16 The retirement of Rear Admiral Barry was approved by President Taft and he was placed on the retired list. Rear Admiral Thomas reported as his successor and assumed command of the Pacific fleet. Navy officials said no charges had been filed and Barry retired after 40 years of active service.
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Washington,d. C
Barry
Taft
Navy
Navy Department
Thomas
Pacific Fleet
West Virginia
Lynching in Stobyville Leads to Suspect Killings
In Stobyville Kentucky on January 15 a mob lynched Gene Marshall Wade Patterson and Jim West. Marshall had been indicted for murder, while Patterson and West faced charges of crimes against white women. The grand jury plans to investigate the lynching after Monday’s session.
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Associated Press
Stobyville
Gene Marshall
Wade Patterson
Jim West
Marshall
Patterson
West
Agreement on Liquor Question Reached in Arkansas Towns
In Marked Tree and Deckerville Arkansas a mutual agreement settles the prohibition issue. Saloons will operate without molestation until July 7 this year. After that liquor may be sold for two years.
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Associated Press
Marked Tree
Ark
Deckersville
New York Beer Consumption in 1910 Report
New York consumed 8,500,000 barrels of beer in 1910, equaling about two barrels per person in the city. Across the United States total beer consumption for the year neared sixty million barrels.
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New York
Associated Press
United Stes
Census figures list growth in small Georgia and North Carolina towns
Washington reveals 13th census population figures for Cedartown Georgia Milton Georgia Lexington North Carolina and Thomasville North Carolina among others. Cedartown rises from 2 823 to 3 551 Milton climbs to 2 030 from 474 Lexington grows to 4 162 from 1 224 and Thomasville records 3 877.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Cedartown
Milton
Lexington
N.C
Thomasville
N. C
Schenk Trial Will Consume Several Weeks
In Wheeling West Virginia on January 16 the Laura Farnsworth Schenk murder case against her husband proceeds with prosecutors delaying until January 19 for evidence. The defense and prosecution anticipate a multiweek trial as witnesses including Eleanor Zoeckler testify about the couple and the alleged poisoning plot.
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Associated Press
Wheeling
W. Va
Laura Farnsworth Schenk
Ohio County Court
Jordan
Iandlan
Eleanor “Oeckler
Schenk
Klein
Supreme Court Refuses Full Read of Standard Oil Case Record
The Supreme Court balks at reading all 22 volumes of the Standard Oil dissolution case records as oral arguments enter their fourth day. Chief Justice White questions necessity. Milburn and Kellogg spar over completeness and literary framing of briefs amid a high-stakes trust-busting showdown.
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Washington, D. C
Supreme Court of the United States
Standard Oil Co
White
John G. Milbuirn
Standard Oil
Metourn
Berch
Frank B. Kellogg
Think They Have E Bank Robbers
Hot Springs Arkansas January 10 The sale of a large sum of money at a hotel led to the arrest of Charles H Everett charged with securing 1800 from the Peoples Saving Bank of Seattle Detectives had been searching stores as a room with stacks of bills was found The arrest followed the discovery of memorandums showing that 286000 had been divided into four parts Additional arrests were anticipated as Pacific Coast banks have suffered from fraudulent paper circulation
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Associated Press
Hot Springs
Ark
Charles H. Everett
Peoples’ Saving Bank of
Seattle
Everett
Pacific Coast
Gold Found in Georgia Farm Belts Discovery
A child found a large nugget of gold while at play on Johan W. Harris’s farm near Tallapoosa Georgia. Further searches by adults uncovered a considerable quantity of gold in the center of the Georgia gold belt, an important local discovery.
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Georgia
Associated Press
Tallapoosa
Johan W. Harris
Georgia Gould Belt
Saloon Owner and Bartender Die in Hotel Window Fall
John Anderson, saloon proprietor, and Ben Christensen, a bartender, were killed when they fell from a third story hotel window in Seattle yesterday during a friendly tussle. The sash broke as they leaned on the brink, and both plunged to the cobblestones.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Wash
John Anderson
Ben Christensen
Peculiar Situation Faces Colquitt at Inauguration
Austin Texas January 16 a clash between a legislative majority and Governor-elect Colquitt looms after prohibition leaders caucus to block radical laws and demand resignations or allow Campbell appointees to stand until adjournment, with state-wide prohibition likely on the ballot.
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Colquitt
Associated Press
Austin
Tex
Oscar B. Colquitt
Texas
Campbell
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Enew
Ballinger
Rinchot
United Mine Workers Meet
Marietta
Chico
Jan
Cleary Stone
Thomas Words
Phillips Bules
Smith
Madeira
Cal
Harold Miner
Horace Russell
Russell
Charlotte
Charlotte News
Buster Brown
Sarah E, Roark
City
Sam
Jeveral
Uae
Edward McGough
Pittsburg
Liquior
Hendlin
Supreme Court
Ebank
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