Licking County Lynching After Jail Raid Ends in Hangings
A mob in Newark Ohio forced the jail doors, dragged Etherington from his cell, and hanged him after he confessed to killing William Howard. Troops were requested to guard six other suspected dry raiders as crowds, including women and children, gathered outside the jail.
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Carl Ether
i-Saloon League
Licking County
Etherington
William Howard
Easies
Sewille
Howard
Lickine County
Marine Service
Linke
Weybrecht
Willisburg
Newark
Baltimore & Ohio Railway
Granville
Louis Bolton
Edward McKenna
Wayne B.wheeler
League
Columbus
Oor Atherton
Wheeler
O& Etherington
Airship plans and a flood of mixed news items
The report blends aviation plans, a hospital surgery tale, a dramatic death, and assorted updates from politics, crime, and industry. It notes a shipyard, airships, a fatal accident, a court case, and legislative moves, all set against a busy wartime era backdrop.
Ex Husband Kills Two in Desperate Effort for Daughter
In St Louis Robert Higginbotham shot and killed Michael Moser, husband of Higginbotham's ex wife, and then killed his daughter Evelyn during a gunfight. Higginbotham wounded Henry C Fellaur in a revolver duel, both men struck twice. Higginbotham's wounds may prove fatal.
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St. Louis
Evelyn
Robert Higginbotham
Michael Moser
Hizginbotham
Higginbotham
Henry C. Fellauer
Women win election at national association vote
Women searchers showed their knowledge today by pushing Mya and Ella Young of Chicago Public Schools through to a triumphant election as president of the national association. Xenophon Snyder, president of the State Normal School of Colorado, was defeated by a vote of 67 to these proceedings reflect a party in the Mass Poston area.
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Poston
Mass
Pushin Mya
Ella Young
Public Schools of
Chicago
Jon
Fragmented 1909 Treasury Statement Message
The readable bits show a July 1 1909 treasury statement noting per person figures by age group and a June 30 figure, with references to 49 cent prices and equal distribution concepts. Names and precise totals are unclear due to garbled OCR but imply national wealth or debt indicators by demographic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Potash Price Rise Prompts U S Action on Germany
Potash, produced only in Germany, has surged in price and the State Department plans to seek a German explanation and agreement to resolve the matter. The move aims to reach home understanding with German officials.
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Washington
Germany
State Department
Salisbury Mill Expands and Adds Coin Installations
In Salisbury a new addition is under construction at the cotton mill and 80 new coins will be installed. Rhode Island Mills curtail production with many mills closing for one to two weeks. The American Yarn, Slater Manufacturing, United States Finishing and Royal Wearing mills in Pawtucket and Central Falls shut down, affecting about 5,000 workers.
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Salisbury Mill
Salisbury
Rhode Island
Providence
R. 1
American Yarn Company
Slater Manufacturing Company
United States Finishing Company
Royal Wearing Company
Pawtucket
Central Falls
Suffragette Delivers Defiant Address at Home
A suffragette practicing for the Woman's Rights Club at her home speaks with bold rhetoric about women's power and equality. A book agent asks to see the head of the house but is told he is not at home as she continues her lecture amid the interruption.
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Woman's Rights Club
Volera
Ladies* Howe Journal
Race Riot Fights Spark Turmoil Across Several Cities
A chaotic day follows a Jeffries Johnson fight as police in Atlanta Fort Worth Roanoke Houston and Washington quell crowds and injuries rise. Baltimore reports a day record with about seventy black suspects arrested amid widespread unrest.
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Rothan
Ft. Worth
Roanoke
Houston
Muttshueg
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Fties
Baltimore
Democrats Announce Issues for Campaign in November
The Democratic Congressional Committee, in Washington, signs its first official pronouncement from its headquarters, led by Representative Liers of Missouri. It lists the issues as tax and its consequences, extravagant expenditures, official misconduct, and autocratic rule as factors for a Democratic victory in November, with plans for campaign headquarters in Chicago and nationwide offices.
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Washington
Sperial
Memoeratia Congressional Committon
Hawkmarters
Chicago
Tts Campany Hank
Tynerats
Ptea
Ans
Repsan
Nven
City and Baltimore seek to ban Jeffries Johnson pictures
Police and city officials in Washington and Baltimore move to prohibit the screening of the Jeffries Johnson fighting pictures. Washington Police Chief Sylvester vows to prevent showings to avoid rioting, following the prior race riot impact. In Cincinnati Mayor Schwab reports he did not permit the films in Cincinnati.
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Jeffries-Johnson
Jeffries Johnson
Columbia
Sylvester
Baltimore
Board of Police Commissioners
Marshal Farnan
Mahool
Jeffries- Johnson + leht
Cincinnati
Schwab
Rock rolls into house in Polsom tragedy
A rock bearing a boiling bean detached near Polsom West Virginia and rolled downhill striking the home of Abner Lee. An older man, his granddaughter Flora 14, died instantly while another daughter about 40 suffered a broken shoulder. The incident occurred during supper.
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Cumberhilt
Polsom
W. Va
Abner Lee
Young Couple Elopes in Kehoe Lacking State License
Toulaville reports a marriage by elopement of Parris Farris, son of Charles L. Farris, a local studs representative, and Nell Kratsinger, daughter of Sim Kratsinger. The couple, aged 1, traveled to obtain a license due to state laws and plan to reside with the groom’s parents in Toulaville.
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Toulaville
Parris
Sevearald
Charles L. Farris
Mise Nell Kratsinger
Sim Kritsinger
Kehoe
Master Jarriv
Bleached flour case verdict details adulteration and misbranding
A jury found flour adulterated and misbranded in a government case involving peroxide treatment and bleaching processes. The trial referenced individuals in Lexington Nebraska and connections to defendants including millers and state officials, with raids and court actions noted and continuing proceedings expected in western districts.
Porto Rican bond bids show highest offer from Kilward Folset
Bids on a Port Rico government loan in New York ran to FLO0,626, the top amount except for a separate bid by Kilward Folset of Oak Ridge LA at 18. The record notes this bidder surpassed others except for Kilward Folset’s offer.
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Washington
New Yorb
Porta Ries
Kilward
Folset
Oak Ridge
Miner Carrigan Supports Dr Cook Mountain Climb Claim
In Colorado Springs, miner J Carrigan recalls climbing the mountain near Manjaley and finding evidence to support Dr Cook's claim of ascension. The tale earns cautious backing from John R Miaddies, once a Cook backer, who deems the story plausible enough for serious inquiry.
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Cook
Manjaley
Colorado Springs
J. Carrigan
Oil Firm Fined In Oklahoma Trade Agreement
Enid Oklahoma special report states Waters Pierce Oil Company must pay a 375000 fine and refrain from restraint of trade by contract. The injunction settles the quo warranto suit brought by the Attorney General West. Payments total 375000 with installments of 25000 due in sixty days and larger sums thereafter. The deal requires uniform pricing of petroleum products within Oklahoma.
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Oil Company
Enid
Okla
Waters Pierce Oil Company
West
Oklahoma
Columbia to Treat Topers Under City Liquor Cure Program
Special report from Columbia South Carolina notes that tipplers will be arraigned before the city recorder and then placed in a treatment course to cure the liquor habit. The city commission hires a Winecare institution to provide the treatment at public expense. Prisoners are assigned by the recorder to a special ward for inmates, cited as epithrodquarters in the report.
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Columbia
S.C
City Recorder
Recorder
Capital Facts and Labor Saving Devices At Treasury Office
National item notes that labor saving devices in the Treasury Office prove satisfactory. Salaries were entered into appropriation figures, with older clerks needing moral reallocation. Promotions were held back as auditors reassess. A projected savings of 400000 per year is cited from machinery replacing manual bill processing.
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HWA
Hau
Printing Reform Report Notes Big Savings
A congressional probe by the Peacock Commission cites lax outdated public printing laws as the cause of abuses and reports significant savings. It attributes reforms across Treasury and major departments, including State, War, and Navy, with substantial yearly reductions in printing costs.
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Congress
Pecline Investation Commission
Senator Street
Uriah
Rmun
Lilerior
Pensioners Dying 32,000 a Year Big Census Forecast
A government census projects a large pension burden with 32 000 deaths or pension losses annually. Director Durand prepares to conclude his work soon, citing new pension provisions and tabulations from the ongoing census.
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Pic
Durand
Amount of Money Coined at Mints
At the mints of the United States during the fiscal year just closed the Government coined 188,006,408 coins valued at 214,319,000. Of this amount 97,078,875 worth was in silver and 2,338,000 in coinage. There were also 7,574,758 pieces of Philippine coins issued including 5,276,559 pesos and 1,500,000 one centavos.
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United
Count Money Paper Once
Treasury Department considers saving office effort by counting money printing sheets only once instead of three times before they reach the presses. The move aims to reduce administration and improve economy in government operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
Tariff Board Probes Industries to Aid Taft Tariff Plan
The Tariff Board intensifies study of U.S. industries to compile data for a comprehensive tariff system. President Taft seeks a prepared plan to advance the nation’s tariff policy.
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Tunis
Governsment Tariff Board
Taft
Navy to hold summer naval maneuvers for militia units
The State militia and New England and Middle States units will be trained this summer aboard battleships of the Atlantic fleet. Plans are underway in the Navy Department to conduct these maneuvers likely in the latter part of the month with additional organizations in other regions invited to participate in the exercises.
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Home Guard
Navy Department
Euland
Middle States
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