Local Crime and Court Notes From Raleigh Area
J. M. and Bascom Fields face a federal hearing in Raleigh next week on charges of robbing the mails. John Gibson is jailed for striking his wife with a chair. a physician treated his injured spouse. Rural stamp advice from Postmaster O’Brien aims to speed package mail. Frank Day injured at work in a rock crash. wounds not serious. Anna Howard wed Virgil Rigsbee at White Oak Township home with Rev. Madison Yates. A. Richardson on McMannen Street dislocated shoulder. medical aid given. Railroad petition to allow old passenger rates heads to legislature. Local politics include opinions on gubernatorial chances and Craig stock. Fire at Tyson’s store caused major damage. stove pipe failure suspected. store closed late. $11,000–$12,000 stock value, $8,000 insured. Baseball rule changes discussed. Trinity team cited. potential rise in batting averages with new sacrifice rules and leveled pitchers’ boxes.
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Anna Howard
Virgil Rigsbee
Madison Yates
White Oak Township
Wake County
A. Richardson
McMannen Street
Trinity
Director Card
Fire destroys stock at Tyson’s Main Street store
A late Saturday fire struck W. H Tyson’s Main Street shop under The Recorder office. Firemen battled flames for hours as the building teetered on total destruction before heroic efforts saved at least part of the structure and stock.
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W. H Tyson
Main’ Street
Recorder Office
Law and Order League Formed at Court House Meeting
Last Sunday a large turnout organized a law and order league at the court house. Speeches by J. H. Southgate and J. C. Kilgo preceded the election of Southgate as chair and an executive committee including W. A. Irwin H. N. Snow G. W. Watts J. H. Southgate R. L. Flowers A. L. Phipps J. C. Markham R. O. Everett W. J. Brogden and J. E. Owens. Kilgo urged publishing progress and spiritual welfare to improve the town’s reputation.
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Court House
Law and Order League
Messrs
R. 0. Everett
W. J. Brogden
J. E. Owens
Dr. Kilgo
Changes Aimed at Boosting Batting In National League
A Trinity Chronicle report notes that the National Baseball League executive committee proposed rule changes to aid batting and raise official averages. The key idea is raising the strike box closer to the diamond to help batters see the ball earlier, reduce pop ups, and give pitchers a larger perceived target.
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New York
National Baseball League
Cheaper Radium Production Cuts Cost of Element
The Imperial Academy of Sciences of Vienna extracted three grammes of radium from ten tons of uranium and pitchblende supplied by the government. The extraction cost about $10,000, making radium cheaper per ounce than estimates of $3,000,000. A portion is given to Sir William Ramsay for experiments and a portion will test Ramsay's theory on breaking radium into other elements.
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Imperial Academy of Sciences of
Vienna
Bohemia
Sir William Ramsay
Prof. Ramsay
Seaboard schedules change with Florida Limited launch
A January 5 1908 schedule update announces Seaboard operations shift with the Florida Limited between New York and St Augustine starting January 6. Durham departures include No 288 at 10 05 A M connecting at Henderson to No 38 for Portsmouth Norfolk and Weldon with A C L and steamship lines to Washington Baltimore Cape Charles New York and Boston.
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Seaboard
Florida Limited
New York
St. Augustine
Fla
Durham
Henderson
Portsmouth- Norfolk
Rouse
Weldon
Carolina
Charlotte
Atlanta
Columbia
Savannah
Jacksonville
Florida
F. W.oodward
Union
R. L. Montgomery
Discontented Man Hired Over Wedding Print Error
In a witty exchange cited by the Catholic Standard and Times a groom-to-be argues with an editor over a wedding notice misprint Gratia printed as Gratis. The merchant rejects a contented applicant preferring a hustling discontented temperament.
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Gratia
Gratis
Catholic Standard and Times
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J. M. and
Bascom~Fields
United States
Federal’ Court
Raleigh
John Gibson
O’brien
Frank Day
Rock
Craig, Stock
Tyson
National League of New York
The
Trinity Chronicle
Orinoco
F. S. Royster Guano Company
Norfolk, Virginia
C. E. King & Sons
West Main Street
the Cable Co
Church St., Durham, N. C
M. T. Langley, M’g’r
Prrent - Lee Johnson
Katie L. Johnso
East Main Street
N. C
Sab Office
Durham, N . C
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