Oil Queen Bankruptcy Leaves Stone Property Woes
Jane W. Stone of Brooklyn, a noted oil operator, filed a probate assignment in Bowling Green Ohio. Charles W. Sole is named assignee. The deed covers 12 acres in Douglas County Georgia 47 acres in Carroll County Georgia and extensive oil lands in Ohio. Debts to creditors total about 45000 far below property value once rumored near a million. Stone recalls laboring in Wood County oil fields 15 years ago amid swamps and pools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zane Stone
Bowling Green
Jane W. Stone
Brooklyn
Charles W. Solether
Douglas County
Carroll County
Ohio
Wood County
Miss Stone
Refused a Kiss and Shot by a Jealous Woman
In Norristown Samuel Meng a contractor was fatally shot by Mrs Fern Arlington after she discovered his infidelity He lay with a bullet in the lungs at Charity hospital and cannot survive The couple had fled spouses and children were involved The tragedy occurred at the Ridgway mansion on De Kalb Street amid a tangled affair Also reported were a Cleveland shooting victim and other brief deaths including Frederick Gore and Professor Angelo Tredorin.
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Norristown
Samuel Meng
Fern Arlington
Mrs. Arlington
Meng
Charity Hospital
Fern
San
Belcome
Rodenbanek
Mena
Henry Watterson creed rally for 1908 Democrats
Henry Watterson outlines a creed favoring strict constitutional interpretation and balanced federal and state powers. He signals tariff and trust issues as Democratic priorities and hints at naming a dark horse candidate to share with W. J. Bryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpha and Omega
Louisville
Henry Watterson
United States
Watterson
W. J. Bryan
Storms Cause Three Deaths In Ohio Town
A cloudburst and electrical storm in Zanesville Ohio caused three deaths and property damage. Davin drowned while trying a creek near Musewilhe and Adams mills basin boat wrecked by wind. Joan Kline a Miner of Connellsville was killed by unknown cause at South Zaave vile. Say you saw it in The News.
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Causis
Zanesville
Futy Is
Damag Taylor
Davin
Tri
Musewilhe
Adams Mills
Joan Kline
Connellsville
Ghonnye
South Zaave Vile
Balloon ascent ends in chaotic leap from failing chute
July 18 New York. An employee benefit group hired cartoonist W A Meeker for an ascent and parachute drop over a river avenue. The bag tore holes after the chute failed, forcing Meeker to jump and land on the Willis Avenue bridge. The partially deflated craft skimmed crowds for a mile, striking a woman and injuring a boy before police captured it.
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Barloon
Bridge
New York
W.A. Meeker
Wariem River
Meeker
Willis Avenue
Boy Delivers Dinner Then Falls To Death at Archibald Engine Room
In Scranton Pennsylvania, 11 year old John Murray brought his father, an engineer at Riverside breaker in Archibald, his dinner and was later found dead outside the engine room. He reportedly watched slate pickers from a railing when he overbalanced and fell to the ground, suffering fatal injuries. The accident is treated as a likely accidental fall.
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Scranton
John Murray
Riverside
Archibald
Girl Hangs From Bridge As Express Rattles Overhead
A young woman Bloamfield climbs the railroad trestle and clings to the ties as an express train passes overhead. The engineer and crew return after the train clears, but she slips away toward East Orange. Admiral John McLear dies in New York at Clifton Hotel veranda due to heart failure in extreme heat.
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Bloamfeld
Indy
Bloamfield
East Orange
John McLear
Nivea Pulls
N.Y
Jily
Jenn P. McLear
Clifton Hotel
Inahi Dubles
Carnegie Gifts Cleveland 123000 Amid Public Gift Controversy
Fragmentary report notes Andrew Carnegie donated 123000 to Cleveland for library purposes with remarks about gifts and recipients. Mentions W H Brere and a librarian role, while a separate line references a five cent item returning to a jeweler named Williams via a Trinidad Colorado railway auditor J B Pundles.
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Carnegie
Cleveland
Andrew Cripoegie
W. H. Brere
Last Witness Describes Maltreatment Upon Cripple Creek Scabs
Idaho court nears end in Haywood case with final defense and state arguments scheduled. William Haywood rests as Darrow and Borah plan the closing. The last state witness, William Stuart, recounted maltreatment of workers who refused to join the strike and were labeled scabs.
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Mmers
Cripple Creek
Beise
Idaho
Rouen D. Haywood
Westar Federation of Liners
Frank Steunenberg
William Haywood
Wood
E. F. Richardson
E. H. Hawley
EB. F. Richardson
Clarence Darrow
Haywood
Senator Borah
William Stuart
Stuart
Richardson
Fatally Shot By Companions Near Portsmouth
Richard Jones, who claimed to be husband of Serena Jones known as Black Patti, was fatally shot in Portsmouth after traveling with two unidentified Black men from Norfolk. Jones fled when attacked and was shot. the assailants escaped and remain at large. He asked Charles Anderson, internal revenue collector for New York, to arrange burial if he died.
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Norfolk
Richard Jones
Serena Jones
Patti
Portsmouth
Jones
Charles Anderson
Port of
New York
Hug on a Car Costs Ten Dollars in Richmond
In Henrico County magistrates court, the penalty for hugging a girl on a street car was fixed at ten dollars. Miss Laura Watkins testified she was on a crowded car and seated beside P. R. Nuckols who slid his arm along the seat and over her shoulders. The conductor intervened and Nuckols was arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Henrico County
Laura Watkins
P. R. Nuckols
Holy United Royal Trust fraud claim shocks Philadelphia
The Post Office Department declared Evans, a Black leader, head of the Holy United Royal Trust company a fraud. He claimed divine visions including God appearing to him as a burning bush to recruit and raise a large funds and organize an army of thousands of Black supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Negro’s “Holy” Bank
Philadelphia
the Glorious Light of the World Union
Evans
Holy United Royal Trust Company
Post Office Department
Archbshop
Tailors strike swells to twenty five thousand in New York
July 18 reports say 25 000 workers in Brooklyn and New York joined Brotherhood of Tailors actions. Sewing machine operators and related crafts demand higher wages and shorter hours as strikers expand the labor walkout. Also notes an official bird catcher appointment in Missouri to calm noisy mocking birds.
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New York
Brotherhood of Tailors
Brooklyn
Winner
Brotherhood
University Cry
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Birdy’s
Palace of Music
Birely
Frederick, Md
Solin
Allen G.quynn & CO Bast Pathick Struet
Avery
H. R. Flautt
Elisa Ganda
Sataey Rou
Belant & Knott
City Hotel
Baylors’ & Lehigh Portland Cement
Rosendale Cemens
Maryland Brick and Supply Co
Ht. K
Nixdorff, Jr
OIL Queen
Pittsburg
United States Weather Bureau
One-Price Outfitters
Adalaide
Markey’s
Frederick County
Carroll Street
Scotl Bros
Market and
Patrick Streets
J. M. Dronenburg
Mar
Cleveland. O
Mariella Denard
Rafrache Derbate
Darbate
Frederick, Gore
Jailway Postal Service
Thlarksturg
Angelo Tredorin
Lady Sarah Wilson
Sarah Wilson
Mafeking
Sarah
Isos
Duke of Marlborough
Winston Spencer Churchill
Anthor
S Creed
Ayres
Charles Ayres
United States Army
War Department
Army
W. H. Parker
Duquesne Heights
Viola Priano
Marca Cannici
Wilkes-Barre
Pittston
Carnel Gerlipsa
Jerry Gauisty
Gerlipso
Iju
Aenonauts
GSIRL
Trenton
E Willams
Apu
J. B. Pundles
Trinidad
Colo
William
Frederick
Tars
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