Three youths help nab train robbers near Omaha
In Omaha on May 29 three young schoolboys and their teacher Mrs Nora Freeman alerted police after spotting hidden mail sacks and tools from a Union Pacific Overland Limited robbery. Detectives arrested three suspects linked to the heist and seized revolvers and gear at a school attic by the Missouri river. The reward potential totals about 15 000 dollars if the suspects prove the men sought.
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Omaha, Neb
Overland Limited
Union Pacific
Omaha
Union Pacific Railroad
Nora Freeman
Missouri River
Freeman
Post Office
Briggs
Woods
Gordon
Torgensen
Denver
South Side School Holds Creditable Friday Program
The South Side and West Side schools combined to present a creditable afternoon entertainment led by Misses Nettie Bender Hazel White and Miss Clappan. Damp weather kept the plan to go to the Park, but a very good program was delivered.
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Nettie Bender
Hazel White
Grafton Postoffice Opent on Decoration Day Crowds
The Grafton postoffice observes Sunday hours today and was briefly open this morning. Postmaster Love and staff use the day to mingle with crowds in the city and attend Decoration Day activities and various amusements.
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Grafton
Love
Death of Mrs. Hannah Goedecke at Drum Pa
Mrs Hannah Goedecke widow of Col A P Goedecke former Flemington resident dies from injuries after a fall aged 72. Survived by children Ellis Arthur Clarence and Miss Getty. Funeral planned in Drum Sunday with local relatives traveling from Flemington. Col Goedecke helped develop Flemington coal region and long served as mine superintendent.
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Daily Sentinel
John W. Davidson
Flemington
Hannah Goedecke
A. P. Goedecke
Drum
Goedgcke
Col
Goedecke
Ellis
Fairmont Coal Company
Arthur
Jedo
Clarence
Miss Getty
Where Teachers Will Take Rest
Daily Sentinel notes where local teachers plan summer rests. Myra Gibson will stay at her Independence home, Ora Newman travels there, Flora Miles goes to Buckhannon with Prof Brooks' daughter Martha, Edna Allen heads to Flemington, Fannie Best to Galveston, Zelma Hayhurst to Parkersburg, Della Ferguson to Spencer, Clappan and Spahr delay departure, Neptune to Barnesville Ohio.
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Daily Sentinel
Myra Gibson
Independence
Ora Newman
Flora Miles
Buckhannon
M. M. Brooks
Martha
Edna Allen
Flemington
Fannie Best
Charles H. Straub
Galveston
Tex
Zelma Hayhurst
Parkersburg
Della Ferguson
Spencer
Clappan
Spahr
Bandits Strike Restaurant in Broad Daylight Loot Revealed
New York May 29 police debate forming a mounted posse to pursue four, possibly from Chick Tucker’s gang, who robbed thirty to forty patrons in a crowded restaurant within five minutes. Several women screamed as cashiers and patrons were relieved of earnings before the quartet departed. No arrests linked to the crime were made as reserves searched the area. The second item covers the Grafton High School Class of 1909 commencement at Brinkman opera house with six graduates presenting papers on industrial training, natural resources, naval power, urban beauty, theater, and Luther Burbank’s work, amid orchestral interludes and floral stage decor.
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New York
Fourteenth Street
Fishman’s Cafe
Chick Tucker
Humpty Jackson
Vincent
Board of Education
L. Trawin
First Baptist Church
Lila Clare Rector
Nina McDade
Bertha Newton
the Sentinel
Edith Bolier
Wiggs
Sentinel
Luther Burbank
Knowts
Ginia University
State Boar of Control
Hodges
Opera House
Grafton
Humphrey
M. M. Brooks
Rogers Will Divides Fortune Amid Minimal Charities
Henry H. Rogers estate near 75 million dollars mostly passes to immediate family. A widow’s annuity of 100000 is funded. four trusts exist for children with residuary estate later. Fair Haven home given to Henry H. Rogers Jr.. $2.5 to $3 million widow trust. other relatives receive varied bequests.
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New York
Fair Haven
Mass
Henry H. Rogers
Roger
Fair Haven Mass
Henry H. Rogers, Jr
Pretty Home Wedding In Grafton Honours Cora Southworth
Miss Cora Southworth married J. H. Hill at the bride’s parents home on Lafayette street in Grafton. Rev. C. L. Trawin officiated as relatives and a few friends attended. the couple departed at 10 30 for New York and eastern cities to begin their honeymoon. The bride, a respected saleslady at J M McCrory Co., and the groom, a fireman on the Parkersburg B and O branch, are admired by railroad circles and local friends extend best wishes.
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Lafayette Street
Cora Southworth
J. H. Hill
C. L. Trawin
First Baptist Church
New York
Grafton
J. M. McCrory and Co
Parkersburg
The
Sentinel
Fine appearance after Maple Ave home repainting
Mr A A Holt has just repainted his Maple avenue residence with a new coat of paint. Harry Shaffer did the work, proving himself a true artist with the finish and appeal of the home improved by his craftsmanship.
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A. A. Holt
Maple Avenue
Harry Shaffer
Fairmont to Stage Spring Harness Meet in June
Fairmont plans a spring harness meeting on June 15 1617 as the first in West Virginia towns with racing tracks. The event aims to draw large crowds with eleven purses of 400 dollars, featuring Robin Patch the famous racing bull, and will be followed by a New York Giants exhibition baseball game at South Side Park.
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West Virginia
Fairmont
Fiarmont Fair Association
Baltimore
Robin Patch
New York Giants
South Side Park
Railway to Run 18 Experimental Farms in Northwest
Spokane announces that the Chicago Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway plans 18 experimental farms across Washington Idaho and Montana. Expert agronomists will show tourists investors and homeseekers the potential of intensive farming orcharding dairying forestry and other industries on lands reclaimed from aridity and remoteness. Instructors will teach crop rotation soil moisture conservation and modern equipment to prepare crops for market.
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Spokane
Wash
Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway Company
Washington
Idaho
Montana
Indiana Judge rules marriage of Davidson and Laura Clark valid
Washington Indiana May 29 Judge Houghton of the Daviess circuit court has declared valid the marriage ceremony performed by Rev E B Davidson pastor of the First Christian church uniting him to Laura Bunn Clark daughter of former City Mayor Hale Clark The ruling notes the marriage and subsequent relations are legal and binding The suit that caused public uproar began last March ending with Davidson resigning and leaving the city The woman, a cripple who uses crutches, is described as cultured and active in church life Her father Hale Clark served twice as mayor of Washington
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Washington
Ind
Houghton
Daviess
Metropolitan Hotel
Miss Clark
Davidson
Grand Hotel
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Toronto
Canada
First Presbyterian Church
Pay bills now says debt must be paid before death
A mercantile display in Iola quotes a biblical admonition about paying debts while alive. The sign reads Thou shalt pay thy Just debts, while thou art here, for thou mightest be called to another world Where collectors do not care to follow thee.
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Grafton
Senator Bradley Attacks Night Riders and Tobacco Trust
Washington May 23 Senator Bradley spoke in the Senate about night riding in Kentucky and Tennessee and the need to repeal the six cent tax on leaf tobacco. He described the American Tobacco company’s dominance, a Big British tie in Imperial Tobacco, and the rise of pooling societies amid market pressures and crimes.
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Washington
Bradley
Senate of the
United States
Kentucky
Tennessee
Tobacco Trust
American Tobacco Company
Imperial Tobacco Company of
Great Britain
Congress
Pleasant Web ster band concert delights large audience
The Brown Concert Band of Webster directed by Prof Harvey Gregory of Clarksburg performed to a very large audience Saturday evening. The organization, founded by Dr N Brown, is little more than a year old and presented well rendered selections with frequent encores. John Shinn and Rogers J Fonstaine, noted Clarksburg cornetists, joined the band with Fonstaine formerly playing baritone on this occasion.
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Brown
Webster
Harvey Gregory
Clarksburg
N. Brown
Hotel Pilty
Messrs
John Shinn
Rogers J. Fonstainé
Bosworth Invitation Announces Alice Leona to Blaine For
The announcement states Mr and Mrs Charles C Bosworth invite guests to the marriage of their daughter Alice Leona to Mr Blaine B For on Wednesday morning June ninth at a quarter after seven at First Methodist Episcopal Church Elkins West Virginia. Former Grafton residents Bosworths attract interest from local friends.
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Charles C. Bosworth
Alice Leona
Blaine B
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Elkins
West Virginia
Elkins Inter- Mountain
Grafton
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Fred Tortensen
W. D. Woods
Michelsohn
Prawi
Union Pacific Overland ‘Limited
South Side
Postofficce
Mnas
Drum, Pa
Thomas B. Hodges
Geis
North America
Mexico
Central
South America
America
South Pole
Australia
New Zealand
McCafferty
Infante
Iola Acoh
Jamas
Co Moneyer
National Sewing Machine Co
Belvidere,jh
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