States General Lane Brothers win High Point yards contract
States General Lane Brothers, railroad contractors, accepted a two month contract to rebuild the railway yards at High Point. The project marks a major step in regional rail infrastructure and sparks local business and employment implications.
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Lane Brothers
High Point
Calvin Honeycutt
Illa Honeycutt
Southern
Concord
Pearl Forrester
J. A Forrester
Anderson
S. C
New York
Auditorium Rink, Inc
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Boyd
Federal Court
Greensboro
L. E. Davis
Wilkes
R. EB. Neighbour
Salisbury
Charlotte
Great Britain
Denmark
Colonies
Canada
United States
New York City
South
Lincolnton Receives 8-Inch Guns For July 4 Display
A Shelby report from Congressman Yates Webb says Secretary of War Taft has approved gifting Lincolnton two 8 inch guns. Each weapon is about 15 feet long and weighs 2600 pounds. They will be shipped on a flat car to arrive before the July 4 celebration and be mounted on the court square as a town ornament.
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Yates Webb
Shelby
Love
Taft
Lincolnton
Court Square
The Editors Litany at Baltimore Sun
A satirical verse laments graft and corruption in politics and press. It mocks cheap politicians seeking favors, imposters asking for loans, and readers sending dull subscriber cards while journalists strive for truth. It also invokes relief from murderers, disasters, and washouts.
Kings Mountain Illicit Distillery Captured Near Dallas
Sheriff Shuford Deputy Kendrick and Officer Carroll seized a still and four kegs of whiskey plus one distiller at Kings Mountain near the Yorkville road. Crompton, a Statesville man, was captured after a chase toward Dallas where he faces federal revenue violations.
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Kings Mountain
Wildcat
Shuford
J. M. Kendrick
Wiley Carroll
Crompton
Dallas
Yorkville
South Carolina
Sheriff Shuford
Kendrick
Liberty
Statesville
Irrigation Pageant Set to Dazzle Sacramento in September
The article describes a grand irrigation pageant in Sacramento this September. Magnificent floats with allegorical figures will celebrate irrigation past and present, forestry progress, and related movements. It promises to outshine earlier American displays on the coast in color, form, and significance.
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Sacramento
Extradition Ordered in NC Murder Case
Governor Hughes orders Charles Johnson a colored man extradited from New York to North Carolina for the murder of Fannie Bell Jordan in Mecklenburg County on May 31, 1906. Policeman C. A. Pitts has pursued Johnson.
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Hughes
New York
North Carolina
Charles Johnson
Fannie Bell Jordan
Mecklenburg County
C. A. Pitts
Johnson
Wedding joins Grist family as Miss Nannie weds Mr Henry Crosland
The Grist home in Yorkville hosts the marriage of Miss Nannie Grist to Henry Crosland of Bennettsville with Rev. I G Murray officiating. The couple will live in Bennettsville where Crosland works with McCall Weatherly. Mrs Crosland is the Grist daughter. The reception and bridesmaids accompany them.
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Gastonia
R R McCorkle
Wilson
Mis
Wilma O’farre
Yorkville
Gainesville
Fla
Tyler Lumber Company
W. L. Jackson
Col
R. W. Hunt
Blacksburg
Bob
J. S. Barron
R. S. McConnell
King’s Mountain
Barron
Robert Lathan
Lathan
Ferguson
Sam M. Grist
Nannie
Henry Crosland
Bennettsville
Meindelssohn
Mabel Gaines
Eunice Grist
Carlisle Breeden
Crosland
McCall-Weatherly
Death at the Modena mill claims young operative
Tom Cline about 25, an employee of the Modena Mill, died Tuesday at his father's home near the mill. He was buried at Shiloh Wednesday after funeral services conducted by Rev. J. L. Wipperman of East Baptist church. Cause of death was malarial fever.
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Tom Cline
Modena
Shiloh
J. L. Wipperman
East Baptist Church
Heirship News Tragedy Strikes Two States
In Washington Pennsylvania a laborer William Breene collapsed and died after learning he inherited $100,000 from his lawyers. In South Norwalk Connecticut Frank Randle reportedly went insane and drowned himself after hearing he inherited $40,000.
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Washington
William Breene
South Norwalk
Conn
Frank Randle
Cherryville News Highlights And Tragic Death
A Cherryville family reunion honors Elizabeth Helms. Edgar Crosby, 11, drowns in Cliffside pond after falling from a bank. Melville Manufacturing stockholders reelect officials. Cotton gin accident caused by lightning. property damage 300 dollars. Heavy rain and flooding reported across the region. Nearby visitors from Lincoln and Cleveland attend Melville meeting. Southern Power plans electricity for local lines starting Sunday.
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Mill No. 3
Melville Manufacturing Company
R. B. Sullivan
Logan Houser
Lincoln
Jacob Black
Jacob Mauney
Cleveland
Noah Stroup
Model Ginning Company
Hindipo Nerve Tonic Praised by Gastonia Druggists
Frost Torrence & Co of Gastonia advertise Hindipo a nerve tonic and vitalizer promising to cure nervous debility insomnia and restore vitality. The shop offers a positive guarantee and refunds if it fails to benefit the customer inviting trial with no cost if ineffective.
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Frost Torrence & Co
Gastonia
Tony
Personnel of National Irrigation Congress at Sacramento
The character and personnel of this year’s meeting of the National Irrigation Congress at Sacramento will be distinctly striking. Constructive statesmanship will be represented by some of the best known and ablest men in public life from every part of the United States. These men take the deepest personal and patriotic interest in the solution of the problems involved in the vast work of reclamation before the nation. The list of delegates thus far appointed may be described as in itself an epitome of all that is best and most potential in the political social and scientific life of the country.
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National Irrigation Congress
Sacramento
United States
Irrigation Congress
California
White Mountain
Forestry Interests Tie to California Irrigation Congress
The Irrigation Congress plans a stronger forestry role at its California session this year. Delegates from across the United States and foreign countries will discuss irrigation reclamation and forestry, offering a chance to meet experts and tour California development efforts. Residents of the Eastern States with Appalachian and White Mountain forestry concerns are urged to attend.
Exoneration of Superintendent Goodwin for Morantown Deaf School
Governor Glenn states that sworn testimony finds no criminal misconduct or neglect by E M K Goodwin at the state school for the deaf and dumb in Morantown. He denies mistreatment caused Miss Bell's death and notes faculty friction has been addressed by directors. The institution is praised for its work amid personnel changes.
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Raleigh
N. C
Glenn
E. McK. Goodwin
State School For the Deaf and Dumb
Morganton
Goodwin
Miss Bell
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