Foul Play Suspected in Edenton Murder Case
James E. Harrell, collector for an Edenton installment house, is missing and believed murdered. Police suspect a local Black man, with blood found along a road, and bloodhounds to track a possible riverbody in the Perquimans. Harrell vanished after hotel stay, with no motive shown by finances or marriage. lynching threats noted if evidence accumulates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Harrell
Edinton
Perquiman River
Washington
Hertford
N. C
Edenton
Perquimans River
Harrell
Ilar
Did Not Prevent Marriage Runaway Accident
A runaway crash near Somerset injured Walter Gardner and Mrs. Mary Moore, nearly derailing their plans to wed. Gardner was thrown from the buggy, Moore was bruised, and both were taken for medical care. Despite the mishap, the couple proceeded to obtain a marriage license and were married.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Gardner
Mary Moore
Somerset
Gardner
Nouwh Burton
Moore
Artyene Veurs
Faces Murder Charge In WV Arrest For Killing Father-in-law
Connellsville PA Dec 94 A man named Whipsey Spahr is accused of murdering his father-in-law Robert G L Hanna aged fifty in Broadford. Hanna died from injuries allegedly inflicted in West Virginia where Spahr was arrested and will be brought back to Privette County to stand trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Connellsville
Robert G. L. Hanna
Broadford
Whipsey Spahr
Daggart
Preston County
W.va
Privette County
Ford
Hanna
Spahr
Ginia
Criticisms of Physician at Solomons Island Hospital
Fragments allege a dying man was denied treatment at Solomons Island Hospital. The report cites medical neglect and harsh critique of attending physicians. Also mentions related obituaries and local notices from Annapolis and nearby towns.
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Solomons Island Hospital
Latte
John Bender
Sippel
Chiladelabia
Adel Peneler
Katy
Heian
North Carolina Finance Report Shows Surplus and Tax Proposal
The State Treasurer Lacy reports November 30 general fund balance of 8,838. He projects expenses of 3,168,650 and income of 3,462,028 for the next two fiscal years, yielding a surplus of 298,378. Budgets seek funds for Greensboro Normal and Industrial College for Women, A and M College, schools for the blind, the hospital for the insane, and the State University. Debt totals 2,720,000 at 6 percent and 3,387,450 at 4 percent. He urges taxing telegraph companies on gross receipts within the state, noting current tax exemptions under federal court rulings.
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General Fund
Washington Post
Raleigh
N. C
Lacy W
Normal and Industrial College For Women
Greensboro
A. and M. College
School For the
Hospital For the
Goldsboro
State University
Southern Express Company
Christmas Eve In Alexandria Deluged By Fog and Rain
Christmas Eve in Alexandria brought gloom with heavy fog and drizzle dragging down shoppers. Coroner reports on David Frazier stomach analysis indicating cocaine presence while a jail break and local incidents, the German Christmas party, and rail workers honors color the scene with a mix of tragedy and small-town bustle.
Richmond mayor not mimicking Roosevelt at club event
A Richmond Post correction states Mayor McCarthy did not imitate President Roosevelt during the Westmoreland Club Christmas celebration. The club's merriment and a playful crowd response followed when the mayor was dubbed Mr President, but no mimicry occurred. The Post’s Washington editor notes the Richmond report was false and cites local witnesses confirming the mayor’s respectful remarks.
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Richmond
Mr. Roosevelt
Post
Westmoreland Club
McCarthy
Roosevelt
Westmoreland
Washington
Case Against Yeggmen in Sandy Spring Bank Robbery
Baltimore police report sufficient evidence to convict two of the yeggmen from a gang that attempted to rob the Sandy Spring bank last spring. Warrants prepared by State's Attorney Robert L. B. Peter have been sent to Baltimore for service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandy Spring
Washington
Rockville
Baltimore
First National Bank
Robert LB. Peter
Three Buildings Burned at Whitestone Wharf
Special to The Washington Fest reports a fire at Crafle Hubbard James whitestone wharf Lancaster County. Between 4 and 6 am the storehouse goods waiting room and pickle factory burned with 325 dollars in firm money. Fire origin unknown. Upper room occupants Charles McKenney and Dick Davenport narrowly escaped with cash losses of 70 dollars. Loss about 2600 dollars with 1000 dollars insured.
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Warsaw
Crafle, Hubbard & James
Whitestone Wharf
Lancaster County
Charles McKenney
Dick Davenport
Henry C. Jordan Dead Navy Paymaster Clerk
Henry C. Jordan a Navy Department paymaster’s clerk died yesterday at 1297 Tenth Street NW. Funeral Monday at eight. Interment at Rack Creek Cemetery. Survived by widow Mrs. M. Alice Jordan of Portsmouth, Va. Jordan served from 1858 in the Preble to Paraguay and West Indies, 1861 65 on the St. Marys and Narragansett, 1866 68 on the Purveyor, officer on the Lancaster 1869 71, West Indies duty on Brooklyn, instructor at Annapolis 1876 81, and clerk to the paymaster 1881 1901. Born in Portsmouth, Va., he spent 16 years in this city and two years at Port Royal, S. C., where illness led to resignation. A bill to place him on the retired list is before Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry C. Jordan
Navy Department
Tenth Street
Rack Creek Cemetery
M. Alice Jordan
Portsmith
Preble
Paraguay
New Hampshire
Annapolis
Franklin
Jordan
Naval Service
Port Royal
S. C
Naval Services
Navy
Congress
Aged German Citizen Fred Reh Dies
Fred Reh died at 12 20 am at his home 607 street northwest from old age. Born October 21 in Bremen Germany he emigrated to the United States and settled here. Funeral Monday at 10 am at his residence with Rev Paul A Menzel of Concordia German Lutheran Church officiating. Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery. Odd Fellows lodge will perform the funeral honors. He leaves a daughter Sophia Vogt and two sons Henry and Rudolf Reh of Buffalo Club changes owners. Buffalo New York December 24 ownership of the Buffalo Eastern League Baseball Club transfers to twenty six stockholders while George Stallings remains manager.
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Shington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandrial Va
Alexandria
William R. Purvis
William M. Gray
Army Medical Museum
Washington
David Frazier
Lr. Gray
Fragier
Te Ul
Richmond
Ashton
Alexandria County
Wheaties
John McCormicl
Fouremile
McCormick
Diitmacht
Burt
Weys Niga
Verdier
Rex Rponalne
TC To
MacCormick
Irom
Trenton
N. J
McBurney’s Hall
Louis C. Barley
Santa Claus
Oy F. Robertson
T. M. Jones
Petie Bartey
Misa Cochrs
Barley
GB. Taylor
Arthur Herbert
William T. Smithers
Southern Railwy
Potomac
Wollinss
WH. Lunt
Peyton's Grove
Corporation Court
John M. Johnson
Gardner
J. K. M.orton
Frankel
New York
Letermin
Charlottesville
Prince Street
Griffin
Oarth
Pitt Street
Elia Norris
W Norris
Henderson
Fred Reh
Street
Bremen
Germany
Paul A. Menzel
Concordia German Lutheran Church
Rock Creek Cemetery
Buffalo Club
Buffalo
N. Y
George Btallings
Murderer Denied Burial Place in Lockport Cemetery
The body of Fred Jones who killed Constable William C. Gray and Mrs Abbie Guodrich died from a cell infection and was buried at Wrights Cemetery after Newfane residents protested the interment in the local cemetery. The dispute drew attention from Newfane and neighboring areas as community voices urged respect for the deceased.
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Lockport
N. Y
Fred Jones
William C. Gray
Abbie Guodrich
Wright's
Rudar
Newfane
Jones
NeWrahe
Abd
Rights of the South Vast Resources Untouched
An article by M. W. Richards in the January Southern Field argues the eight Southern states along the Southern Railway possess immense agricultural potential, capable of supporting a billion people. It compares regional size and density to major powers, detailing staple crops like wheat, swine, cattle, and hay, and stresses the South’s capacity to contribute to global food needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Railway
M. W. Richards
United States
Alaska
Porsestane
Europe
Belgium
Liberty for Prisoners in Jersey City Jail Release
Judge Frank J. Higgins in Criminal Court releases fifteen inmates from county jail as Christmas gesture. Eleven men and four women chosen by prisoners, reporters, and court staff walk free. One inmate laments missing Thanksgiving style feast and plans to reoffend to return to custody.
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New York
Frank J. Higgins
Rat Criminal Court
Jersey City
Toay
Agether
Paige
Prisner
Mberty
Dominion liner Roman reaches Portland after perilous voyage
A Dominion liner named Roman arrived in Portland from Liverpool after a seventeen day voyage marked by continuous rough seas. Gales from December 8 damaged upper decks and swept the ship, a December 13 heavy wave smashed through the length of the vessel, halting progress for days, with galley fires extinguished twice and provisions badly damaged.
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Dominion
Portland
Liverpool
Ship Canal Traffic Sets Record Despite Annual Decrease
Sault Ste. Marie reports December traffic the greatest on record with 970 865 tons this month. Total year tonnage drops 3 129 331 from last year to 31 645 166 amid shifts in iron ore and general merchandise. Michigan Canal 26 517 416 tons and Canadian Canals 5 028 190.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Michigan Canal
Canadian Canal
Colored Y M C A Growing Meeting Today on New Building
A movement to establish a colored Y M C A in the District has gathered over 800 men, with plans formed since January. A meeting at True Reformers Hall will discuss securing a building, addressed by C F Nesbit and L L Pierce as the local and visiting organizers push toward 1,000 members. Also noted are federal seizures of fake bank rolls in New York, Christmas pardons by Gov Odell, and a Wrightsville fire causing heavy losses.
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Young Men's Christian Association
Twelfth and
U Streets
Davin
Paia
Hamlin
Springfeld
Mass
True Reformers’ Trail
New Colored Young Men’s Christian Association
C. F. Nesbit
L. L. Pierce
New York
United States Secret Service
Gov. Odell
Joshua Harrigan
Adolph Hoerscops
Gov.Odell
Harrison
Sing Sing
Newburgh
Berscops
Immigrant Scotch Party Bound for Religious Maine Settlement
A party of fifteen Scots on the steamer Mongolian reached New York en route to Shiloh Missouri for a religious settlement. Island authorities detained them pending decision on admission. They claimed no money and insufficient funds for passage. Settlement treasurer Charles Holland stated the group must not become public charges and would be kept on the island until after Christmas.
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Maine
New York
Shiloh
Corporation of
Kingdom
Elia Island
Charles
Holland
Rhiloh
Bulle Island
Eleven Rubber Firms Sued Under Sherman Law
Macinnatl December 2 Eleven rubber manufacturing concerns forming the rubber tire combine are named as defendants in a U S court suit filed by Munford Rubber Tire Company of Atlanta Georgia. The suit seeks damages of sixty nine thousand one hundred dollars three times the amount of injury under the Sherman act claiming the defendants insured the company’s business to nineteen thousand seven hundred dollars. A second suit by Munford against Rubber Tire Wheel Company asks seventy two thousand dollars for alleged contract violation.
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Macinnatl
Rubber Tire Combine
Munford Rubber Tire Company
Atlanta
Munford Comany
The Value of Charcoal as Health Aid
Charcoal is presented as a safe purifier benefiting health and beauty. It absorbs gases and impurities in the stomach and bowels, freshens breath, clears complexion, and acts as a mild laxative. The piece endorses Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges as best value, claiming broad health benefits with daily use.
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Stuart
Buffalo
Keitel
Notable honors and criminal cases across cities
A cablegram from Japan's minister of agriculture notes honors for Expo officials including President Francis and Frederic J. W. Skiff with various grades of Merit. In Shamokin, Antonio Cerrelli is identified as the murder victim via photographs, while Elmeria D. Alvord faces bankruptcy discharge recommendations in Bridgeport. Chicago recounts a fatal West Side fire housing losses and rescues. Indianapolis reports four life prisoners released for Christmas. A meeting in Gresley aims to secure 100 earloads of potatoes for Irish famine relief.
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St. Louis
Baron Kinoura
Agriculture and Commerce
Japan
Tegima
Francis
Frederic J. W. Skiff
J. E. Smith
Shamokin
Hickory Ridge
Antonio Cerrelli
Europe
Natalie
Bridgeport
Conn
John W. Banks
Platt
United States Court
Elmeria D. Alvord
South Norwalk
Wheeling
W. Va
Alvord
Staten Island
Travis First Golfer H C Egan In Second Place
Travis garners top ranking among amateurs after strong open and national showing in 1904 season. Egan secures second despite West‑East inconsistencies. Travers rises to third with Nassau success. Other notable names include Douglas in fourth and McBurney fifth as the field narrows.
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Walter J. Travis
Great Britain
Sandwich
Travis
Baltusrol
Nassau Country Club
J. D. Travers
Palmeach
Pinehurst
Apanaris
Lakewood
H. Chandler Egan
Chicago
St. Louis
Ngan
A. L. White
Nassau
Roberts C. Watson, Jr
Travia
Findley S. Douglas
Douglas
Malcolm Mcisurney
Harvard
Shinnecock
McBurney
W cc
Fownes, Jr
Oakmont
Fownes
Atlantic City
Western Pennylvania
Frank ©. Reinhart
Walter Egan
John M. Ward
Eben M. Byers
H. B. McFarland
D. P. Fredericks
A. G Lockwood
Fred Herreshoff
John Moller
Merreshoff
Herreshoff
Vermont
Moller
Byers
McFarland
Dr. Fredericks
Lockwood
Ike Bruce Smith
George Ormiston
Charles B. Macdonald
N. Stewart Campbell
Charles Seeley
Allan K. Kennaday
W. C. Chick
George T. Brokaw
Unclear historical note on weekly cycles and dates
Fragmentary OCR text describes cycles of three days with scattered weekday references and odd spellings. No clear events, people, or places emerge beyond vague market timing and a sequence of days.
Store Closure Notice With Revised Hours
A store announces it will be closed tomorrow. Regular business hours resume Tuesday from 8 30 a m to 5 30 p m under the new schedule.
Slugged and left to die in Beaver Pa murder
In Beaver Pennsylvania unknown assailants beat and bound W. H. Halstead in his poolroom and restaurant then gagged him, placed his head on papers and gas, leaving him to suffocate. His money watch and valuables vanished. Halstead planned to sell his business to James Connelly and spend Christmas at his father's. Connelly later entered the locked room. gas fumes delayed discovery. Police investigate possible motive tied to unpaid debts.
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Beaver
Colonia
Colonial Steel Works
W. H. Halstead
Halstead
James Connelly
Hookstown
Connelly
MAY APPEAL TO THE HAGUE OVER ELEPHANT BUTTE CLAIMS
British bondholders in the Elephant Butte project in New Mexico may submit their claims to The Hague court of arbitration after government interference halted work. A petition to Britain urged Washington to take up the matter with the American government, and the British ambassador relayed it to the State Department.
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el Paso
Tex
Der
Elephant Butte Tam
New Mexico
Hague Court of Arbitration
Glilms
Washington
Bridah Am- Diassador
Suite Department
Umbria Collides with Scow Then Advances Unharmed
In New York on December 24 the Ward Liner Umbria rode through a scow to avoid collision with the Saratoga while leaving harbor. The scow’s sole occupant was rescued by a passing tug. The Umbria was not damaged, passengers rushed to the deck in alarm, and the ship resumed its voyage after bow inspection. In the same city a man claiming to be Count Norman de Le Creusesan Luis faced police court for allegedly robbing a benefactor, held on 31.4 bail for hearing next Tuesday.
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New York
Saratoga
Cunard Line
Norman de le Creusesan
Luis
Bordeaux
France
John S. Corning
Tarpon Tales From A Storied Bay
Country Life in America recounts how tarpon sprawl across bays, once bountiful and bold, drawing ire from small fishermen. An old tale speaks of harpooning a lordly fish, lashed to a keg, and sent seaward as a warning to keep tarpon feats within bounds. The scene evokes a clash between man and sea giants in a harbor lore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Cure for Brights Disease and Diabetes Claimed in San Francisco
A letter from 1904 claims a long sought cure for Brights disease and diabetes has been found by John J. Fulton in San Francisco. It urges Williams' Drug Store to inform affected residents and lists business leaders supporting the claim with pamphlets detailing the history of the investigation.
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San Francisco
Williams
Bright
John J. Fulton
Habt
Fulton
D. M. Burny
Candelaria Mincing Company
Edward Mins
Zullock & Jones Company
Capt. Roberts
Boca and Loyalton KR. R. Co
Thos
Kirkpatrick
D. ©. Bender
W. C. Price
Wm. Sharp
C. W. Clark
A.B. Bhattuiche
Pacific States
Mrpe Pounders
Discomfiture of the Poker Sharps on the River
An onlooker recalls a riverboat poker game where two professional gamblers attempt to fleece a stranger. A dramatic bluff collapses when the stranger reveals four aces, leaving the sharps with nothing but a partial win and a sudden retreat to their cabin. The observer suspects the stranger used a card switch to secure the pot, a claim tied to the stranger’s noted Baltimore reputation.
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Sluamboat
Busings
Som
Cosat J
Darth Min
Morhiaga
Qaistel
Dane Noyaner
Ain
Trick
Jesus Confeds
Hiis
le Sun
Blackteg
Baltimore
West
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Coal and Coke Railway
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North Carolina Finance
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