Governor Kitchin Pushes Trust Curbs and State Income Tax
Gov. Kitchin urges North Carolina to curb fire insurer trusts, back state wide anti trust measures, and empower prosecution of combines. He endorses probes into the fire insurance business, primaries at state expense, empire income tax ratification, higher court expansion, and reforms in public utilities along with increased revenue efforts. He also recommends primaries, Confederate veterans support, and a parcels post move in the legislature.
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North Carolina
Raleigh
N. C
Supreme Court
Corporation Commission
Wart
Congress
New Orleans
Argo
Maryland
Washington Post
Baltimore
George R. Ash
Crothers
Ash
Allen Rowlett Wedding Bride From Embrey Family
The Washington Post reports the marriage of May Embrey Rowlett sister of Judge Embrey to Jonathan Harris Allen of Cincinnati Ohio. The ceremony at Wayland home of Judge Embrey was led by Rev John R Jacobs with A W Embrey as escort and Maude Embrey as maid of honor. A small reception followed in five rooms with guests from Cincinnati Chicago Washington and Virginia.
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Embrey
Cincinnati
Pperlalo
Washington Post
Fredericksburg
Wayland
Alvin T. Mimbrey
May Embrey Rowlett
Maj. W
Jonathan Harris
Allen
Ohio
John R. Jacobs
Methodist Church
A. W. Embrey
Maude Elizabeth Embrey
William Allen
Little Mise Elizabeth Embrey
A. W. Iambrey
Missy Lucy Winn Embrey
Washington
Istance
Chicago
Virginia
Baltimore
Thief's Gift His Undoing Delivers Robbery Arrest
Irwin Fisher a Black burglar was indicted in Martingville on three charges of housebreaking and robbery. Upon arraignment he confessed and received fifteen years. He had robbed a Roanoke jewelry store stealing a valuable ring given to a woman who sent it for alteration, leading to his capture.
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Washington Post
Roanoke
Irwin Fisher
Martingville
Fisher
Poultry Show Awards at Sandy Spring Lyceum
The first annual poultry, pigeon and egg show, under Sandy Spring Pigeon Club auspices, drew many exhibitors to Sandy Spring Lyceum. Premiums went to Janet Miller and Alban Brooke for eggs, Mrs Francis Snowden and Mary Magruder for dressed fowls, and Miss Janet Miller with James Marlowe for Rhode Island Reds. The report also describes Louisiana bear and Catahoula hog hunts, with horseback chases, knife work, and dog training, highlighting the rugged sportsman culture of the region.
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Washington Post
Rockville
Sandy Spring
Pigeon Club
Lyceum
Janet Miler
Alban Brooke
Katherine Janney
Charles J. Brook
Francis Snowden
Mary Magruder
Clarence Oltpin
Rhode Island Reds
James Marlowe
Janet Miller
Sarah T. Miller
James
Marlowe
Lycurgis Gaskell
Plymouth Rocks
G. P Johnson
Annie Bready
Joe
Lamar Jackson
Joseph Janney
New York Sun
Lamar
Louisiana
Man Jackson
Annie Bread
White
Charles G Wilaoa
George A
Wilson
Charles G. Wilson
Charles Y
George
A. Wilson
Henry Shoemaker
Pryor Johnson
North
Wetherald Frethers
Fox Chase
Denas
With Horse and Dogs Game Killed in Vines and Marshes
A hunter uses twenty five hounds to pursue game through a tangled maze of vines and marshes. He carries no firearm, relying on quick eye to track and kill the quarry.
Counties Would Advertise Movement Inaugurated at First Meeting
The Virginia Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial Association met in Bristol Va and urged state legislatures to authorize counties to appropriate funds to advertise and exploit natural resources. The group backed a proposed highway from Memphis Tennessee to Bristol Virginia and endorsed New Orleans for the 1915 Panama Canal Exposition site. Gov William Mann spoke as officers were elected and the next meeting planned for Bristol.
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Virginia
Tennessee Association
Washington Post
Bristol
Virginia-Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial Association
Tennessee
Memphis
West End
New Orleans
William WW. Mann
W. E. Mingen
Abingdon
J. H. McNutt
Norton
J. Norman Powell
Johnson City
Maj
A.D. Reynolds
N. B. Wills
Mountain City
A. J. Huff
Glade Springs
W. H. Aston
Meadowview
F. M. Runnelis
H. J. Ayers
Big Stone Gap
Sister Protector Slain in Virginia Christmas Tragedy
In Flu vanna county near Palmyra Virginia a Christmas day incident led to the death of Oble Pace. Harlow and his son Thomas with a friend Mack Profit confronted Mrs Rebecca Pace's daughter after an insult. Profit is accused of cutting Pace's throat in the yard. Pace died after Christmas and a coroner verdict supports the account. The three men remain in Palmyra jail awaiting trial not before February.
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Waanington
Charlottesvile
Harwoods
Fluvanna County
Harlow
Rebecca Pace
Palmyra
Pace
Thomas
Mack" Profit
Oble Pace
Snead murder case set for next Monday trial
Newark Jan 5 Mrs Caroline Snead and her sister Mrs Mary Snead will stand trial next Monday on charges they murdered Ocey W M Snead their daughter found dead in a tub at a partially furnished East Orange house An all day conference closed with no restart tomorrow and the case will be called as calendared Mrs Martin reportedly considered pleading non vult but feasibility failed
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Louidiana
Brain
Louisiana
Catahoula
Newark
Caroline
Martin
Mary Snead
Ocey W. M. Snead
East Orange
N.S
Tragic Bowmansdale fire claims infant life
At Bowmansdale, Mrs. Milton Camp was away when her three year old son found matches and set fire to his ten month old brother's clothes. The infant died within hours at home. Special to The Washington Post from Hagerstown Maryland dated January 5.
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Bowmansdale
Hagerstown
Milton Camp
Washington Post
Laurel
Del
George Wright
Roland Wright
Postoffice Safe Blown Burglary at Troutville Va
In Troutville Virginia a safe was blown using nitroglycerin at the post office. One sailor aboard a naval collier was killed and another man severely injured when a heavy derrick collapsed during the robbery. Stamps valued at 210 dollars and cash totaling 55 dollars were stolen. Newport News reports identify investigators and inquiries ongoing.
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Troutville
Roanoke
Trout-ville
Derrick
Newport News
Naval Colfer
Hector
J. B. Mosby
Marriage of William H. Snyder and Mattle Trice in Charlottesville
Special to ce WaBMDgwas oe Charlottesville Jan 5 William H Snyder of A G Carter firm and Miss Mattle Trice daughter of Police Chief T A Trice married last night at Mrs Frank P Fyrish Belmont by Rev Dr H H Johnson Groom born Fisherville Augusta Co and Charlottesville High School graduate.
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Charlottesville
William H. Snyder
A. G. Carter
Mattle Trice
T. A. Trice
Frank P. Fyrish
Belmont
HH. &. Johnson
Fisherville
Augusta County
Mine dynamiting ends Bowery Coal operation in Maryland
A force working for H Hitch ens Coal Company which holds a twenty year lease on Borden Mining property at Midlothian near Frostburg dynamited the mine mouth of Bowery Cost Company this afternoon. Bowery Coal Company was working under a verbal lease and had refused to vacate. The act destroyed the entrance and wrecked the tracks, effectively putting Bowery out of business.
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Washington Post
Cumberland
H. & W. A. Hitchens Coal Company
Borden Mining Company
Midlothian
Frostburg
Bowery Cost Company
Bowery Coal Company
Borden Company
Hitchens Concern
Bowery Company
Hitchens Company
George Cook
Cook
Eafternoon
West Virginia towns vote dry or wet in local elections
Keyser elects R. A. Welch mayor for the seventh time on a Democratic ticket. Davis and Hendricks vote dry while Terra Alta and Fayetteville swing to citizens or independents. Barboursville, Kenova, Hurricane, Matewan, Hambleton, and Montgomery elect officials amid town by town outcomes.
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Apedal
Washington Post
Wheeling
W. Va
West Virginia
Keyser
R. A. Welch
Recorder
W. ©. Long
W. W. Long
Patrick Naughton
J. H. Markwood
J. B. Gillum
J. W. Wagoner
Harpers Ierry
George L. Marten
John F
J. Faherty
Coun
Cilmen
James F. Cassell
Robert B. Dickey
Claude W. Wentzell
Edward Agins
James L. Shewbridge
Boliver
Joseph Ketzner
Re~ Corder
H. H. Chambers
James W. Derry
Charles E. Tipton
Witham
FP. Dinkle
Frank J. Schilling
John J. Brannon
Barboursville
W. R. Stowasser
George Merritt
Kenova
J.H. Lambert
James J. Miller
Hurricane—Citizens
C. E. Whitten
Matewan
Independence League
Citizens
W. R. Hoskins
Terra Alta
People’s Ticket
W. Roy Shaw
H. J. Hauger
W. N. Kelley
J. M. Freeland
Frank Zeller
L. F. Miller
H. N. Taylor
Davis
L. T. Stafford
Hambleton
Drys
Fayetteville
People’s Independent
Citizens'temperance
R. H. Dickingon
J. W. Claypool
We L. Les
Floyd Keller
George W. Koontz
Walker
K. J
Valley streams swollen as drought ends in Harrisonburg
Harrisonburg Virginia January 6 deep snow and heavy rains flood upper valley streams. Dry River in West Rockingham runs wet for first time in months. Farmers haul water for stock. Alleghany Pendleton county streams fordable now unavailable mail wagon could not cross Brandywine ford. Power returns with floods, town adopts strict water rules and introduces meters February 1.
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Harrisonburg
Washington Post
West Rockingham
Alleghanies
Pendleton County
W. Ve
Brandywine
Shenandoah River
Woman Seeks 2000 Damages Over Alleged Shipments
In Asheville Louisa Washburn sues the Southern Railway Company for 2000 dollars claiming the railroad shipped her mother's body from Asheville to Marion by freight after she had paid for first class transportation for the same. The suit alleges fault and damages arising from the mishandling of the remains.
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Asheville
N. C
The
Southern Railway Company
Marion
Louisa Washburn
Dinosaurs in Armor Plate Strange Primeval Monsters
From the New York Evening Sun, a retrospective on dinosaurs as terrible lizards. The article discusses their size, saber teeth, and relations to mammals, tracing their rise across Triassic to Cretaceous periods and their extinction by climate or mammal competition. It names Megalosaurus, Stegosaurus, Brontosaurus, Diplodocus, Atlantosaurus and others, noting armor plates and defenses.
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New York Evening Sun
Europe
Lta
Nurdberg
Rocky Mountains
Dinosaurs Walked Like Birds in Swampy World
Excerpt describes tyrannosaurus length and gait with two hind claws, large footprints, and biology. It notes many fossils found in bags, suggesting entrapment. Dinosaurs viewed as hybrid land and water creatures, capable of crawling, swimming, paddling, and wading like crocodiles, in an era with more swamps and fewer dry lands.
Frown on Officer Gifting Bribe Sparks Resignation
Baltimore police board held a secret session and compelled Sergeant Joseph Worren to resign after he sent a 360 check as a Christmas gift to board president Norton. Worren aimed for a lieutenant promotion, and the gift was viewed as bribery within the board’s appointment power.
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Baltimore’ Police Board
Washington Post
Baltimore
Joseph Worren
Police Board
Whelile
Norton
Russian Turkestan Quake Destroys Towns Near Issik Kul
Reports from St. Petersburg describe a powerful earthquake in Russian Turkestan with Prjevaisk near Lake Issik Kul said to have sunk with all 10,000 residents killed. Pijpek on the Chu River is reported destroyed with about 6,000 inhabitants wiped out. Telegraphs are down, verification limited, and the tremor is believed to span about 800 miles.
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Washington Post
St. Petersburg
Russian Turkestan
Prjevaisk
Issik Kul
Pijpek
Chu
Captive 18 Not Bad Jake Williamson Case
Williamson West Virginia prisoner mistaken for outlaw and murder suspect. Sheriff identifies arrestee as E B C Miller from Breathitt county Kentucky, alleged to have killed John Bush three years ago and escaped Jackson jail. Miller to be surrendered to Kentucky authorities.
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Williamson
W. Va
Tan
Jake" Noble
Breathitt County
Noble
Keon
Hudson
E B. C. Miller
John Bush
Jackson
Kentucky
Wounded by Brother's Shot in Baltimore Home
Ten year old Sammie Faraci and his four year old sister Miniate Faraci were in a Baltimore residence when Sammie fired a cat rifle at a bottle. A door opening by Miniate caused the bullet to hit her head above the eyes. She fainted on the floor as Sammie fled in fear. The child's condition is listed as critical.
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Spectet
Washington Post
Baltimore
Sammie Faraci
Pearl Street
Miniate Faraci
Herrother
Ten Thousand Dollar Fire Destroys Danville Basement Plant
A ten thousand dollar blaze at Boatwright Bros. printers and dealers in office supplies and fancy goods in Danville Va began at 10 oclock tonight in the basement. Firemen stayed on scene past midnight as the printing department above the basement was flooded. Losses mainly from water and smoke with insurance covering the damage.
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Denville
Boatwright Bros
Seat No 2 in Senate Haunts by Past Occupants
Washington dispatch notes the fate of seat No 2 as a recurring hoodoo with former holders Wolcott McMillan Wetmore Kittridge Burkett and others facing defeats or recalls. The piece asks which current senator will risk occupying No 2 as change looms after recent elections.
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Washington Dispatch
New York World
Senate of the
United States
Senator Wolcott
Colorado
Senator McMillan
Wolcott
Senator Wetmore
Rhode Island
Wetmore
Kittridge
Senate
Burkett
Nebraska
Efeat
Resurrection Garment Orders Revealed for Mrs. Eddy’s Demonstration
A former member of Mary Baker Eddy's inner circle says Eddy discussed her posthumous demonstration and even specified garments to wear. She reportedly gave orders for fabrics and plans, with the garments believed stored at the Newton house.
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Washington Post
Boston
Mary Baker Eddy
Founder
Christian Science
Mrs. Eddy
Newton
Italy's barbers viewed through a grim, comic lens
An offbeat, rambling essay mocks Italian barbers and barber shops, depicting license rituals, bloodletting legends, and gruesome post-shave rituals with a mix of satire and travelogue flair. It portrays a vivid, if bizarre, picture of the barbering trade in Italy and its old world rituals.
Scouts in Antelope Chase Near Yellowstone Park
Washington Dispatch reports two Interior Department scouts chase twenty long horned antelope to relocate from Yellowstone to the Montana buffalo reserve near Raven. The mission, planned since August, faces delays and funding hurdles. Boone and Crockett Club contributed 600 dollars to finance the undertaking amid scarce reports from the scouts.
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Washington Dispatch
New York Herald
Yellowstone Park
Mr. Bailinger
Secretary of the Interior
Department of the Interior
National Reserve
Yellowstone
Montana Buffalo Reserve
Raval
The
Boone and Crockett Club of
New York
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Yancey County
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Yancey
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Apperson Regal
Emerson & Orme Distributera
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Imperial Motor CO
Washington Car
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Munbey Building
Ryattsrilia
Firestone - Columbus
Moon
Cot' Seteetzenrest
Carpenter Automobile Co
Bergdoll
Sergdol Motor Bases
Swit Welt
Zell Motor Car CO
New York Ave
Wilson Co
N. W
Cadillac
Cook & Stoddard
Wu. Y. Ave
Avenge A Cme
Barnard Motor Cab Company
St. Nw
Roman Automobile Co
HE St
Philadelphia
Wilcox Trux
Congressional
Pa Ave
LE Lozier
Hudson Elmore Dupont Sales CO
Buick Motor CO
Connecticut Ave
Oleismobile
Uder Belden
M. T. Pollock
Theo
Atlantic Hotel
Th & Ps
Gareful
L Street Northwest
Reabooabie
Office OF the Commissioners
Washington, D. C
aMfee
Fort Reco
D.C
Engineer Department
Com
Puno
H. Rudolph
John A. Johnston
Will V. Scsonert
D, C. Jad
Burnastine's Loan Office
Pennsylvania Ave
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