Jury Acquits Young Girl Of Murder In West Virginia Case
In Wheeling dated July 29 the jury found Lila Zane Cook not guilty of murder of Charles Bennett after a seven day trial. The crowded courtroom erupted as the verdict was read at 9:25 pm. The judge instructed the jury on reasonable doubt and the presumption of innocence while detailing elements of first degree murder and insanity standards. The defense praised the acquittal as justice and the process concluded with the girl returning home with her parents.
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Wheeling
Lila Zane Cook
Charles Bennett
Handlan
R. M. Addleman
Lawrence
Charles Cook
Rail shops close as railroads plan to handle rising traffic
Altoona repair shops closed after July funds exhausted but officials say this signals heavier repair work and greater tonnage. More workers added at Scully Dennison and on the Penhandle. August appropriations expected to rise to cover car and locomotive repairs. Pittsburg district reports show encouraging tonnage gains and plans to shift resources for fall traffic.
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Altoona
Pennsylvania Railroad
Mt. Clare
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Scully and Dennison
Pitsburg
Penhandle
Pittsburg
Latrobe Merchant's Wild Camp Experience On Train
Mr K White a Latrobe street merchant drew headlines this morning after his uneasy mountain camping episode on train No 3. He faced night peril venomous snakes and possible kidnapping, escaping in fear but never returning to camp.
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K. White
Latrobe Street
Spencer
Taft Speech on Remedies and Economic Policy
Taft defends lawful injury remedies and stresses railroad rates, fair wages, and protection. He urges pooled labor power, strong navy, and restraint of unlawful trusts, urging quicker punishment for lawbreakers and limited disruption to legitimate commerce. The speech discusses tariff adjustments and the need for orderly reform under Republican principles.
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Republican Party
Successful Shoot At Fairmont
The Fairmont Gun Club hosted a large shoot with participants from Fairmont Littleton Clarksburg Grafton Mannington and other regions. W A Wiedebusch of Fairmont scored 181 of 200 to win. Grafton’s top shooter J B Knapp 155 and team placement third. Grafton team members Knapp Walker Gerstell Stuck Magill scored 77 of 100 in the team race. Charles Flanagan won seventh prize in the 16 yard Merchandise handicap.
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Fairmont
Palatine
Littleton
Clarksburg
Grafton
Mannington
W. A. Wiedebusch
J. B. Knapp
Knapp
Walker
Gerstell
Stuck
Magill
Flanagan
Leachman
Gaines
Quiet Wedding in West Latrobe Street Home
Miss Caroline Lily and Mr. W. R. Williams were married in a quiet ceremony performed by Rev. John A. McClelland at 110 West Latrobe Street. The groom works as a yard conductor in the B. and C. yards and the bride is daughter of J. Bapton Lilly. They will live at 226 Haislip Street. U S Marshall E D Hupp and farmer Isaac Tucker visited the city amid wedding notices and local chatter.
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Priscilla Gibbons
West Latrobe Street
Caroline Lily
W. R. Williams
John A. McClelland
J. Bapton Lilly
Thielty
Haislip Street
Democratic State Convention In Session At Charleston
Charleston July 29 Special 3 D m The Democratic state convention in Charleston opened with Col John T McGraw as chairman amid loud cheers The crowd favored Adam Littlepage and Prof Tomie Hodges for top honors and hailed Henry G Davis as the elder statesman Chilton appeared as temporary chairman and spoke at length before McGraw addressed the delegates later in the day The gathering moved to choose members for senatorial district committees with several named attendees listed from Baltimore Irene and Marie Foley and others in attendance
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Charleston
D. m
John , McGraw
Little Mountain
Lewis Bennett
Weston
Bennet
Adam Littlepage
Tomie” Hodges
Col
McGraw
Henry G. Davis
Dr. Lewis
Fayette
Boating party and picnic at river park social
A large crowd of young people rode up the river in boats last evening, returning to the park for a potato roast and an informal dance on the old dancing pavilion. The party included Misses Eleanor and oa Niki dassse ai.
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Eleanor
Oa Niki Dassse
W E Chilton Named Temporary Chairman At Meeting
Charleston July 29 state committee met to finalize temporary organization naming W E Chilton as temporary chairman and R B Horner as temporary secretary The sole topic was a letter from Senator W P Campbell denouncing methods used to defeat his bid in the Fifteenth district Campbell warned Democrats would be beaten and alleged packing of Berkeley county mass convention with cross attending Republicans count toward Swisher ticket and pink ticket protests.
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Charleston
W. E. Chilton
R. B. Horner
W. P. Campbell
A. ©. Mctintire
Campbell
Berkeley County
Swisher
Berkeley
Patel
Merchants Protective Association Formed in Od Fellows Building
The Merchants Protective Association met at 8 o clock in the Od Fellows building with nearly all city merchants attending. George L. Jolitte was elected president, A Keefer first vice president, N Musgrove second vice president, W B Clayton temporary secretary, and a organizing committee named. The group plans by laws and aims to improve debtor protection and create a stronger merchant community with a big union picnic proposed for August 10 and a rousing town gathering.
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Merchant's Protective Association
Merchants’ "Protective Association
Elks’ Hall
Od Fellows Building
George L. Jolitte
A. Keefer
N. ©. Musgrove
W. B. Clayton
Ona
Jefferys
H. Clay Miller
Hart Ford
C. C. Schuster
W. C. Byers
Jos. Bradford
C. A. Keefer
Dixie Formally Launched After Delay At River Depot
A long awaited motor boat named Dixie arrived in the city and was towed to the river. Owners tried to start it for about an hour before Andrel Dean, a local machinist, got the two horsepower craft running. The boat, with a sharp prow and square stern, sits six and can reach about nine miles per hour. Also noted is a mention of The Girl Question a play making its way from Chicago to Wallack's Theatre amid Broadway buzz.
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Messrs
L. B. Brydon
Dick Gerstell
Jesse Wolf
John Hechmer
Fahey
Andrel Dean
Andrel
New York
Chicago
Wallack's
Broadway
Lake Michigan
New York Suns
St Pauls 8 baseball club faces Andrews 8 clash
A fragmented reading shows St Pauls 8, a local baseball club, set to play Andrews 8 in a 9 inning game on Thursday. The text hints at advance copies and a challenge, noting the event as a notable community sports moment from the July issue.
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St. Paul's
Andrews
Mostly Americans Work In the Mines
West Virginia mine report shows Americans predominate among 66,209 workers with 44,094 identified by nationality. Fairmont Coal leads output at 4,164,377 tons. McDowell County tops regional production at 8,123,699 tons. The report notes safety concerns amid multilingual crews and details yearly mine outputs, machinery use, and 356 fatalities in 1907.
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West Virginia
James W. Paull
Charleston
Fairmont Coal Company
McDowell
Cabin Creek
Kanawha County
Mail Carrier Held Up Near Court House
An Italian night mail carrier Patsie was robbed at about 1 am Monday near the Court House. A burly Black man demanded the mail sack, then fled when Patsie resisted and drew a gun. Police were informed but could not locate the suspect.
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Patsie
Court House
Pataie
No. 1
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Newbury
Charles Goudy
Maple Avenue
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Taft
Democratic Party
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Roosevelt
Sr Sehr
Afon
U. S
Marshall E. D. Hupp
Isaac Tucker
Pruntytown
Taylor County
John T. Mc* Graw
State Committee
Chilton
Mc-Graw
R. JB. Horner
John B. Kenna
William H. Chilton
William A. McCorkle
Mr. Chilton
Napoleon
Empire Builder
W.E. Chilton
Popery
Senator Campbell
Merchants Association Meeting
Dixie
McDowell County
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