Postoffice Burglar Captured In West Union Heist
A Toledo man confessed to robbing the West Union post office, blew the safe and stole stamps and cash. A posse tracked him after 2 am burglary, he hid under a house, was captured, and held on big bond. He named associates and faces charges in county court.
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Monhs
Jim
Gene Feers D. Garrison
Toledo
Ohio
West Union
W. R. Brown
United’ States
W. D. Brown
Federal Marshal Seeks Rockefeller at Forest Hill Lodge
United States Marshal Chandler visited Forest Hill the suburban home of John D. Rockefeller. He reached the lodge entrance but declined to say if a subpoena was involved. The exchange occurred near Cleveland on July 1 as reported by Associated Press.
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Associated Press
Cleveland, C
United States
Marshal Chandler
Forest Hill
John D. Rockefeler
Rockefeller
Shuttleworth Will Probated in County Court
The will of the late Benjamin F. Shuttleworth was probated in county court Monday morning. It directs seven heirs share equally in the estate with G. W. Shuttleworth and N. M. Shuttleworth named executors with a $50,000 bond. Written in September 1905, it was witnessed by Samuel R. Harrison and Howard L. Cunningham. Executors qualified with bond and sureties. appraisers A. R. Timberlake, S. R. Harrison and Thomas Maymond named. The will covers one of the county's largest personal estates.
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Benjamin F. Shuttleworth
G. W
N. M. Shuttleworth
Samuel R. Harrison
Howard L. Cunningham
Frank
Robert
B. F. Shuttleworth, Jr
A. R. Timberlake
R. Harrison
Thomas Maymond
Greater Shares Than at Kingston Reported
Readable fragments note greater shares than Kingston with a recorded distance of two thousand miles to the nth of Wash, indicating a distant event or observation.
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Kingston
Lynch mob removes man after assault claim
An angry mob of about twenty five men pulled Dick Posey from Whitfield county jail in Adlton Georgia and hanged him from a railroad viaduct after he confessed to assaulting his nine year old step daughter. The girl remains in serious condition.
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Associated Press
Adlton
Dick Posey
Whitfield County
Family Deserter to Be Taken Back
William C. Miller now in county jail will be taken to York county Pennsylvania tomorrow by special officer Nathan C. Suimbaugh as a fugitive from justice. Requisition papers were honored by Governor Dawson in his case. He is charged with deserting his family and if guilty faces at least two years in jail plus a heavy fine.
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William C. Miller
York County
Nathan C. Suimbaugh
Wm. M. O. Dawson
Street Garden Strike Causes City Disruption
Street Garden workers announce a strike, halting routine city maintenance and prompting temporary service interruptions. Union leaders say demands include higher wages and safer working conditions, while management considers mediation to reach a quick resolution.
Golf Church Rally Boosts Fund for New West Virginia Church
The Methodist Episcopal church held morning and evening services to launch a campaign for a new church building. Attendees filled both services as proceeds from a bond sale and rally exceeded thirty thousand dollars, with over half the goal of sixty thousand dollars raised. The program showcased plans for a motel style complex and the project drew strong community support.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
West Virginia
City Council Sets Special Meeting for July 2 1907
A special meeting of the Clarksburg city council was called by Mayor Crile for July 2 1907 at 7 30 p m in the council chamber. The purpose is to make up an estimate of the amount to be levied for the current fiscal year to cover debts and liabilities and to attend to any other business before the council. Attest City Clerk W H Cole.
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Crile
City of
Clarksburg
Council Chamber
Webb Succeeds Superintendent Ogden in County Office
Webb replaces Ogden as county superintendent of free schools at midnight Sunday in a change at the office. Wayman is reported to be reassigned from command of the free schools department amid the transition.
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WR. Webb
Ogden
Wayman
Pnarimandant of Free
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POSSE
Ures
U Flower
Paraliuc
Josiah Baasch
Shuttleworth
Decedent
Darwin P. Kingsley
THE
NEW Yore Life Insurance Company
Pennsylvania
Golf Church
New Church
City Council
L. A. Crile
W. H. Cole
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