Constitutional changes and governor salary debate in North Carolina
The article discusses North Carolina potential ratification of the federal income tax amendment and calls for a National Constitutional Convention. It notes legislative actions, committee reports, and the prospect of adding Supreme Court justices. It highlights Governor Dowd and Lieutenant Governor Newland, plus a historical anecdote about McAdoo and early 1890s New York transit struggles.
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United States
Mittes
Stubbs
Ewart
North Carolina
Sn Guard
Supreme Court
Sun Court
Nort DA
Max
Univ
Faker Dowd
Pent house collapse kills two workmen in Norfolk
Two carpenters, James A. Morne and William A. Johnagon, were killed when the pent house collapsed at the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph building under construction on Plume Street in Norfolk around 11 36 this morning. Fire Chief McLaughlin supervised the rescue and the bodies were taken to the station for examination as the concrete had set.
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Norfolk Nofolk
Eli Pelephone and Telegraph Company
Plume Street
James A. Morme
South Reservoir Avenue
Kleton
William A. Johnagon
McLaughlin
al Station
Missing Balloon Found in Lake in Brandenburg
Berlin report states the German balloon Hildebrand, missing since December 29, was found wrecked in Lake Joern in Prussia's Brandenburg province. Two bodies were recovered from mud beneath the lake, with four occupants aboard at launch from Schmargendorf for a 48 hour trip. The last sighting was January 6 over Hoegannaia in Sweden, suggesting the craft did not reach its intended destination. It is believed a storm drove the balloon into the lake.
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Berlin
Webrand
Lake Joern
Brandenburg
Prussia
Schmargendorf
Germany
Hildebrand
Sweden
Hoegannaia
Opportunity on Southern Farms in World's Work
January World's Work highlights agrarian success in the South through E. E. Miller of Raleigh NC who profiles a North Carolina farmer. Bought a 240 acre tract nine years ago for $9 an acre now valued at about 60 to 75 dollars per acre, feeding cattle and using tile drainage to earn exceptional returns. The farmer leads as an institute lecturer, writes for farm papers, and inspired neighbors with two horse planters and fertilizer use to revive wet, fertile land.
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South
E. E. Miller
Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
Ohio
Lost Girl From Adirondack Seeks Help in Philadelphia
A fifteen-year-old girl named Jeanette Grogaman from Adirondack Va. walked from Trenton N J to Philadelphia due to lack of money for bus fare. Arrested in Reading Terminal for loitering, she hoped to find relatives in the city. Magistrate Carey sent her to the Young Women's Hebrew Home pending parental contact.
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Philadelphia
Jeanette Grogaman
Adirondack Va
Carey
Trenton N. J
Reading Terminal
New York
Trenton
City
Statues and playground act dominate Richmond council notes
Berlin unveils a marble fountain by Professor Edmund Hlimer, eighteen feet high, in the university courtyard. Richmond eyes a playground act from the last Legislature March 16, 1910, with committee hearings next Tuesday. The Civic Improvement League and Grounds and Buildings units back a system of funded, audited playground management with elected commissioners and annual reports.
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Berlin
Edmund Hlimer
Viennese Aademy of Arts
University of Berlin
Richmond
Chamber of Commerce
Stephen Beveridge
Council
I. McK. Judkins
Civic Improvement League
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Committee On
Federation of Mothers
Ubs
Passenger Train Lost in the Snow at North Hend
A large rotary plow and six locomotives cleared a path for the first delayed westbound express near North Hend, but two Great Northern trains remain buried between Fielding and High Gate, Mont. Over fifty passengers and many trainmen are believed dead as floods of snow block eastward tracks from Columbia Falls. A service for a burial is planned for Mrs. Shaw in Elmwood, Massachusetts, after a short service in Spokane.
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Spokane
Wash
Vancouver
B. C
North Hend
Kh. C
Great Northern
Fielding
High Gate
Mont
Columbia Falls
City Playgrounds Gain in Favor in Richmond
The Richmond Chamber of Commerce annual meeting emphasized renewed support for playgrounds. President Henry W. Wood urged the city to form a playgrounds commission as authorized by the last legislative session, advocating timely establishment by the council.
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Richmond
Chamber of Commerce
Henry W. Wood
Chamber
Mrs A P Shaw Dies in Buena Vista
Mrs. A P Shaw, long time Buena Vista resident, died this morning at 4 50. Funeral arrangements were not available.
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A. P. Shaw
Buena Vista
O. P. Shaw
Thinety
Wedding Flower Theft Delays Baltimore Nuptials
In Baltimore last night Rev M D Mitchell faced a wedding delay as roses valued at 14 90 were stolen from his Laurens Street theme. Leo McFadden and Joseph Sparrow were jailed after Magistrate Tyson ordered them held for court. The ceremony for Miss Ethel May Peppler and Albert D Patrick Jr proceeded thirty minutes late, with a bouquet recovered from an area florist as evidence.
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Baltimore
M. D. Mitchell
Laurens Street
Ethel May Peppler
Pennsylvania Avenue
Albert D. Patrick, Jr
Park Heights
Rogers Avenues
Leo McFadden
Josph Sparrow
Tyson
St. John’s Emmanuel Methodist Episcopal Church
Ruth Patterson
Emmitsburg
Mr. Mitchell
Tompkins
McFadden
Sparrow
Penvania Avenue
Patrick
Endeavor Union Elects Officers at Lynchburg Convention
The Virginia Christian Endeavor Union held its second convention day in Lynchburg with talks by Karl Lehmann and Dean J. 3. Thomas. Officers elected included President Rev. R. E. Elmore of Roanoke and Vice President Rev. C. M. Compher of Lynchburg, plus secretary roles and department heads across Roanoke, Lynchburg, Richmond, Newport News, Buena Vista, and Lexington.
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Lynchburg
Wva
Virginia Christian Endeavor Union
Karl Lehmann
United Society of Christian Endeavor
J. 3. Thomas
Virginia Christian College
Lehmann
R. E. Elmore
Roanoke
C. M. Compher
Horace Minter
BE. M. Farley
Lulu ©. Philips
Richmond
J. W. Holloran
J. M. Montague
Herbert FP. Miley
A. BR. Mors
Newport News
J. A. Stewart
Buena Vista
R. C. Woolfolk
James Trawis Howe
Lexington
Does It Pay Europe’s war costs rise to future bankruptcy
Edmond Thery, a French economist, estimates Europe’s armed peace in the last twenty five years cost about 20 billion dollars. He should now estimate the next twenty five years at the same rate of increase in military spending observed in the past decade. If the present pace continues, at the end of fifty years universal bankruptcy may follow. From the Republican.
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Edmond Thery
Europe
Trial reveals deadly pill plot in Schenk case
In a sensational court session Laura Schenk faced claims she offered nurse Juliette Kline $1,000 to kill her husband John O Schenk. Witnesses including chauffeur Landy Willson and nurse Kline pressed the case as details emerged of alleged plans and possible motives amid medical testimony on poison and propriety medicines.
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Laura Farnsworth Schenk
Juliette Kline
John O. Schenk
Schenk
Dan Phillips
Macon in trouble over Peary probe
Washington special Representative Robert Bruce Macon of Arkansas has tangled with naval affairs over Captain Peary s Arctic explorations He pressed technical questions about an artificial horizon and other science topics during cross examination, prompting committee members to seek Peary s clarification.
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Washington
Robert Bruce Macon
Arkansas
Captain Peary
Maacon
Macon
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Peary
Arctic Ocean
Mr. Macon
Representative Dawson
Iowa
Mr. Dawson
Pioneer steel mill man rises from labor to leadership
The subject began work at sixteen as a laborer in a wire mill earning 4.66 weekly. Now earning 100000 yearly, he is 48, over six feet tall and 220 pounds. At 25 he became superintendent of Pittsburg Wire Company. His father was Irish, mother New Englander. Married 22 years with five children. Enjoys motor boating. owns a car but conducts business using a trolley car.
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Nnela
Thames
England
Paris
Ison
McAdoo
New Jersey
New York
R Use
Robert S. Bisir
The
Christt Herald
Pittsburg Wire Company
Deadlock in New York legislature over U.S. Senate seat
An Albany deadlock grows as upstate lawmakers revolt against Tammany Hall dominance led by Charles Murphy over Senator Chauncey M Depew's successor. Senators Bayne Roosevelt Loomis threaten to skip the caucus. Fifteen Democrats could block the election if not constrained.
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Albany
New York
United States
Chauncey M. Depew
Charles F. Mu
Tammany Hall
Murphy
Howard R. Bayne
Richmond-Rockland
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Duchess County
Frank M. Loomis
Erie County
Tammany
Army to use aeroplanes for Alaska mail service
The United States Army plans to install aeroplanes to carry mail in Alaska but cannot deploy them until Congress provides funding for purchase or expands the Signal Corps budget. An official source disclosed the plan, noting the need for appropriation before operation.
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United States Army
Washington, D. C
Alaska
Congress
Signal Corps
War to the knife in Ramcat Alley in Richmond
In Richmond police court Rob ert Lawrence a Ramcat Alley negro sought restraint against Louis Page amid a fatal knife dog fight. Lawrence claimed the dog Sport saved his life when Page attacked over coal through the alley. Page denied murder and asserted justice, while witnesses described blows with an axe and a knife. The judge discharged Page and admonished both men as the crowd dispersed.
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Richmond
Louis Page
Robert Lawrence
Crutchfield
Sport
Lawrence
Page
Sensational Schenk trial grips Wheeling court
The Schenk trial in Wheeling West Virginia features Mrs. John Schenk accused of poisoning her husband, a millionaire packer. Prosecutor Handlan uses secretive methods and a special grand jury, with witnesses to be sworn individually. The defense admires Handlan while awaiting further explosive testimony.
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Wheeling
W. VA
Schenk
John Schenk
Packer
J. Bernie Handlan
Handlan
J. J. P. O'Brien
West Virginia
Eee
Chenk
Hia
Irs
Murder confession shocks police in Albany case
Edith Melber, who confessed to killing her five year old son Georgie, is under guard on the Rochester to Albany trip for trial on murder charges. Police describe a detailed plan, carbolic acid purchase, and flight motives while seeking a possible suitor and motive amid family testimonies.
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Rochester
N. Y
Edith” Melber
Albany
Melber
Schnece
Canada
Toronto
Kingston
Montreal
Melcher
Georgie
Schenectady Road
Little Georgie
Edith Melcher
George
Schenectady
San Francisco
Kansas
Smith
Babe
Neighbor boy kills brother with unloaded rifle
A ten year old, Wier Walker, accidentally shoots his fifteen year old brother Linwood while handling a rifle his father had set down after a hunting trip in York County. Relatives report Wiley believed the gun was unloaded.
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Newport News
Wier
W. BR. Walker
York County
Linwood
Wiley
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