Friday Hope Brightens Hillsville Courthouse Case
Carroll County awaits a Friday capture as Sidna Allen and Wesley Edwards face court with Jordan Edwards under arrest for aiding the outlaws. The town pities Edwards, the “poor kin,” who saved a child from a falling tree and turned to moonshine after tragedy.
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Hillsville
Carroll County
Sidna Allen
Wesley Edwards
Allen
Jordan Edwards
Edwards
Sidna
Carroll
Albert Baldwin
Freel
Dexter Goad
Goad
Victor Allen
Floyd
Victor
Roanoke
Massie
Dogs Slaughter Sheep in Washington Incident
Rev. Milton Rigler of Indian Ridge fired three shots at a pack of dogs attacking his sheep, killing five. Over the last days more than seventy five sheep have been killed by dogs in the area.
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Washington
Milton Rigler
Indian Ridge
Here
Big Racquet Match Is On
A home and home racquet match for the world’s championship features George Standing the American champion versus Charles Williams the English titleholder. The first seven games in New York and the return series in London will determine the $2,500 prize.
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Philadelphia
George Standing
Charles Williams
New York
London
CINDER CAR MURDER CASE FLOURISHES THEN FADES
Theodore Furman, 19, who vanished on November 11, 1911, returns to Middletown New York as brothers Eugene and Joseph Furman accuse each other of murderer. A skull found in a cinder car linked to Theodore spurred arrests and forgery charges against their mother, but the case unravels with his homecoming.
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Middletown
N. Y
Theodore Furman
Eugene
Joseph
Ontario & Western
Theodore
Joseph Furman
Furman
M K T Railway Holds Annual Stockholders Meeting
In Parsons Kansas the M K and T Railway stockholders meeting saw about three quarters of shares represented. Retiring directors Frank A Vanderlip Stuyvesant Fish James Campbell and B S Rea were reelected for four years. C E Schaff was elected to fill B F Yoakums vacancy.
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Parsons
Kan
M. K. & T. Railway Company
Primary election costs per vote rise in western New York
Taxpayers paid from 1.50 to 10.50 per vote at recent western New York primaries. The minimum was 1.50 and most costs exceeded that figure. New York City averages about three dollars per vote.
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New York
Buffalo
N. Y
New York City
Red Cross Sends $10,000 for China Famine Victims
Washington dispatches another 10000 dollars to China for famine and revolution victims. The American Red Cross has now sent 115000 dollars since January 1 to aid those in need.
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Red Cross
Washington
China
American Red Cross
Liquefies Natural Gas Sparks New Energy Use
United States expert Dr. Walker A. Snelling reveals a method to liquify natural gas for versatile use at low cost. The process cools gas under high pressure to produce a portable fuel with potential to tap vast waste gas from petroleum fields.
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Snelling
Washington
Walker A. Snelling
Saloons Lose as Auburn Women Vote in First Ballot
In Auburn California on April 5 the saloon regulation ordinance failed by six votes. About 300 women cast ballots in the first election allowing women to vote. The measure opposed the ordinance, while supporters backed regulation. The result marks a historic vote by women in local civic life.
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Auburn
Cal
Governor Deneen Confined to Bed in Springfield
Springfield Illinois April 5 Governor Deneen remains in bed due to illness though no fever. His left ear abscess is improving and doctors expect several days of rest at home.
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Deneen
Springfield
Ill
River Commission to Meet on Steamer Mississippi
The Mississippi commission will convene in St. Louis aboard the steamer Mississippi on April 20 for its spring session. The panel plans an inspection trip from St. Louis to New Orleans.
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River Commission
St. Louis
Mississippi Commission
Mississippi
New Orleans
Fire destroys large church with $100,000 loss
Waterbury Connecticut April 5 fire destroyed the first Baptist church causing about 100000 dollars in damage. A gas explosion injured two firefighters at the scene.
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Waterbury
Corm
First Baptist
Miners' Federation Calls End to Strike in Britain
London reports the Miners Federation plans to advise all miners to resume work after a long conference. Approximate 1,000,000 strikers may return to mines and 1,600,000 others in related industries could gain work as coal shortages ease. A national conference will decide if the executive's advice is adopted.
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London
Miners’ Federation
Great Britain
Irish Helped in Bill to Create Dublin Parliament Forty Irish MPs
London reports the home rule bill to be introduced by Prime Minister Asquith on April 11. It outlines an Irish parliament with two houses sitting in Dublin and forty Irish members in Westminster. Ireland would contribute indirectly to imperial revenue, with taxation aligned to the UK system and no power to impose duties on British goods.
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London
England
Asquith
House of Commons
Irigh
Dublin
Westminster
Treland
United Kingdom
Lehigh Valley Railroad Cuts Jobs Amid Mine Shutdowns
An official statement from the Lehigh Valley Railroad says suspension of work at anthracite and bituminous mines has reduced tonnage, forcing layoffs of train crews shopmen and office workers across the system in New York on April 5.
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New York
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Paris Bandits Loot Express Wagon After Strangling Driver
Paris dispatch reports bandits near Choisy le Roi six miles from Paris attacked an express wagon, killed the driver by strangulation, and looted the wagon. They discarded the body by the roadside and had not been located at press time.
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Paris
Choisy-le-Roi
Attorney seeks $25,000 from Morrison Publishing
Samuel F. Knox of Highland Park Chicago attorney has filed suit in the circuit court to recover 25000 dollars he alleges he poured into the Morrison Publishing company treasury to help keep it alive.
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Chicago
Waukegan
Samuel F. Knox
Highland Park
Circuit
Morrison Publishing Company
Food in U S Higher Prices in 1911 Federal Report
Wholesale prices of food products rose two percent in 1911 from 1910 while overall wholesale prices across 267 commodities fell 1.7 percent. Metals and implements led declines. food and drugs rose modestly.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor
Wales to Visit Canada for Cartier Centenary
Ottawa reports that plans for the Cartier centenary include a royal visit by the prince of Wales in fall 1914 as a guest of the dominion government. Prime Minister Borden supports the proposal with the duke of Connaught's endorsement. Formal invitation will be prepared and sent to England.
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Ottawa
Ont
Prince of Wales
Canada
Borden
Duke of Connaught
England
Riot Act Read At Passaic Silk Mill Strike
In Garfield 400 strikers gathered at the Forat man and Huffman silk mill as the riot act was read from the steps. A double police and deputy force cleared the streets and two men and a woman who refused to leave were arrested. Strikers jeered workers who stayed at the plant.
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Passaic
N. J
Foratman & Huffman Company
Garfield
Monon Firemen Win Ten Percent Wage Rise
In Lafayette Indiana on April 5 the 250 Monon Railway firemen were granted a ten percent wage increase after threatening to strike within five hours.
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Monon
Lafayette
Ind
Monon Railway
Flood Devastation Hits Kentucky Town and Cairo
In Kentucky and across the Mississippi Valley floods surge after heavy snows. Five hundred workers near Cairo face danger as a 125 foot crevasse floods 9,000 acres and 1,000 structures. Militia in Hickman, Kentucky, feeds refugees as the city fights back floods and vandalism fears.
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Kentucky
Chicago
Mississippi
Ohio
Fox, Platte
Kankakee
Cairo
Mobile & Ohio
Iron Mountain
Illinois Central
Frances
Upham Ayler
Hickman
Mississippi Valley
John D. Names New Pastor at Fifth Artist Church
Rev. Dr Cornelius Woelfkin, professor of homiletics at Rochester seminary, chosen as successor to Rev Dro Chesme at the Fifth Artist church in New York. The church had no pastor for over a year and the usual salary is about 16 000 dollars annually. Plan Crusade to San Diego mentioned with other cities. 40 000 die in Kangay City and 30 000 in San Francisco undetermined.
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New York
Cornelius Woelfkin
Rochester Seminary
DroChesme
Fifth Atist Church
John D. ~ Reckehdae
Weelfkin
San Diego
Santa Ana
Cal
Joe Miller
Kangay City
San Francisco
California
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