Fatal Duel at Polls and Fires in Breathitt County
Jackson Ky Nov 2 reports say a deadly clash at the Breathitt County polls left Dermosthenes Noble dead after a confrontation with Tilden Blanton who had shot Blanton’s brother earlier. The precinct windows were fired from, homes burned, ballots moved, and threats of further violence surrounded the day’s voting as militiamen breakfasted.
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Jackson Ky
Breathitt County
Spring Fork
Tilden Blanton
Dermosthenes Noble
Noble
James Hargis
Blanton
Eckson Ts
Crockettsville
Sebwats
Tonga Creek
Mary Dealin
Sebastians
Marriages and obituaries from ghost church notes and dailies
Interwoven notices list marriages and deaths with names such as Wright Gough and William Wright, plus mourners and funeral details. Dates span late October to early November with burial plans at Oak Hill and Glenwood Cemeteries and references to residents in Washington and nearby streets.
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Wright Golgh
Ghost Church” Ghapico
Bistop
Washington
Fragmented obituary notices scattered in 1900s papers
A garbled OCR fragment from a 19th or early 20th century newspaper displays scattered references to marriage and death notices across multiple papers. Names or precise events are unreadable, but the text signals a mounted list of notices and notices of life events.
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Waatinaten
Piteburg
Harai Pnadence Jouraal
Plain Dealer
St Louis Egablic
Bros Nee Tee
Prigdeigila
Labor Leaders Defy Court Ruling in Bucks Case
The District of Columbia Supreme Court’s contempt judgment against Samuel Gompers, John Mitchell, and Frank Morrison for defying an injunction linked to the Bucks Stove and Range boycott is upheld. The ruling stresses the courts’ authority, equality under the law, and the need to enforce decrees against organized labor leaders despite constitutional rights concerns.
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United Btates
Bucks
America
Bar
Socetr
Fis
Robb
Jus Lage van Orsde
Justice Shepard
Shepard
Gompere Mitchell
Morrison
United States
Origen
Hall
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Gompers
Federstlufst
Mantie
Wiese
Congress
oarDon
MeKes
Mackey
Lourt
Drew
Hogan
Mitchell
District of Columbia
Justice Miller
Lange
Wall
Supreme Court
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
Ning
Bucks Stove and Range Company
St. Louiso
Messrs Gompers
Mitehe
I T
Mituhull
United Mine Workers of America
Stove and Range Company
Pizcea
Federaltor
Metal Polishers Union
Federation
Federationist
Store and Range Company
Justha Gould
Supreme Court of
District Court of Appeals
Alton B Parker
New York
Federation of Labor
Sompers
Wright
Gompera Ad
Justice Wright
Supreme Court of the
District of Cay Jumbis
Court of Appeals
Iman Iberty
Torgato
Washington
Tekan
United States Supreme Court
Br Gompers
James M Beck
Compannant Bucks Stove and Range Company
St Lous
Bucks Store Company
Gompers to contest contempt ruling in Bucks Store case
Labor leader Samuel Gompers declares he will fight the District Court contempt sentence against John Mitchel and Frank Morrison. He notes the DC appeals decision upholding the lower court and expresses respect for the majority while vowing to contest the ruling.
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Laat Ditch
New York
Samiel Gomperg
Idderation of Labor
District Court of Appesta
District of Columbia
Ione
Gompers
John Mitchel
Frank Morrison
Bucks Store
RULING PLEASES VAN CLEAVE
Van Cleave president of the Bucks Store and Range Co. responds to the court ruling in the Gompers Morrison and Mitchell case. He says the 1906 assault was plotted to intimidate employers and the public, aimed at coercing federal and state authorities, and notes the attackers acted in the name of their league rather than as individuals.
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St Louis
Cleave
Bucks Store and Range Company
Gompers, Morrison, and Mitchel
American Federation of Labor
Natonal Association of Manufacturers
United States
Congress
Stme
Supreme Court Rejects Fall Case Against Eastin
The U S Supreme Court affirmed a Nebraska ruling in a divorce land dispute between Sora Fall and Elizabeth Eastin. The case originated from a Washington divorce and involved land conveyed to Mrs Fall and later deeded to her sister. The decision reflects reluctance to overturn law despite sympathy.
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United States Supreme Court
Sora S Fall
Elizabeth Eastin
Washington
Fall
Nebraska
McKenna
Hamilton County
Nebr
Washington Court
Towie
Nebraska Supreme Court
Mra Fall
Federal Supreme Court
Will Unite Labor Federation Strengthened by Court Action
Leading Washington labor men foresee the District Court of Appeals affirming Justice Weight’s judgment will cement AFL factions and rapidly grow the union. President Gompera and colleagues anticipate a sharp membership rise, with Purcell predicting hundreds of thousands joined in coming months.
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Washington
Mr Parcell
Denver
Court of Appeals
Purcell Gonthnued
Congress
Pearing
Sam DeNedrey
Trades Unionist
Central Labor Union
Gompers
James O'Connell
American Federation of Labor
International Asagelation of Machinists
Gampers
United States Supreme Court
District Court of Appeals
Justlee
Varius
Labo
Walon
Gompera
Fta
John J Purcell
Court upholds ruling on juvenile court jurisdiction in marital case
Justice Van Orsdel of the Court of Appeals affirms Justice Stafford's decision that the juvenile court lacked jurisdiction in a husband and wife dispute over child welfare and support claims. Leo West was ordered to pay a stipulated amount to his wife with no children involved. The writ of certiorari was upheld as proper, with the juvenile court deemed an inferior court of limited jurisdiction.
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Court of Appeals
van Orsdel
Justice Stafford
Supreme Court
Judge DeLacy
Leo West
West
Frank Borige Perry
District Attorneys Office
Justice van Orsdel
Supreme Court of the District
Funeral of F R Lassiter in Petersburg Virginia
The funeral for Representative Francis Rives Lassiter of Petersburg, who died suddenly last Sunday, will be held at 11 o'clock tomorrow at St Pauls Protestant Episcopal Church. Rev A W Barnwell will lead service with active pallbearers from Petersburg and honorary pallbearers including Gov Claude A Swanson and several Congress members. An announcement will be in Blandford Cemetery.
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Waaningcoa
Petersburg
Francis Rives Lassiter
Thin Oty
St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church
A W Barnwell
Walter D MecKenny
P H Drewry
IM Bourke
Paul Petite
William 2
Martin
James Weddell
Bernard Mann
Bond
Claude A Swanson
Wiliam A
Maaner
Thomas
D Flood
James Hay
Land Hof
Hutcheson
R Hobs
Egbert G
Lesh Menry
Mellwaine
Thompson
RA Martin
J M Mullen
Robert Gilliem
Wohoam
Allen Potts
WB Cocke
Morgan H Beach
West Virginia
Briggs
New Jersey
Lovesick student attempts suicide in Suffolk college scene
A Suffolk man from Wallamend Mary College allegedly tried to kill himself by dunking lamps and was saved by Dr J M Henderson who used a stomach pump. Tate and companions held him during the procedure. A note to his sweetheart claimed he would soon be at rest.
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Washington Fost Wilamsburg Va
Tate
Suffolk
Wallamend
Mary
J Mi Henderson
Tates Bie
Fire and vandalism blot western Maryland region
A locomotive spark fire burned a large area of valuable timber on South Mountain between We verton and Brownsville, threatened nearby villages, and was battled by a large force until rain extinguished flames. Halloween pranks damaged monuments at Shanks Church cemetery near Maugansville. Marriages reported in Hagerstown with Bessie E Foggs and Albert Houck wed by Father Henry Nagengast. Mrs Elizabeth Healey dies at 95 in Middleburg.
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Baltimore and Ohio
South Mountain
Weverton
Brownsville
Shanks Church
Maugansville
Hagerstown
Washington Post
Mni
Bessie E. Fogss
Farvyew
Albert Houck
Clear Spring
Henry Nagengast
Hancork Catholic Church
Murder and suicide aftermath reported in two states
In Washington state, shots in a Keystone room ended with Connie Blackwell and an unidentified Hungarian dead, the man apparently killing the girl before taking his own life. In Huntington, West Virginia, near Etchen Station, workers found a murdered man buried under leaves, robbery suspected but no ID.
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Hanganan
Blusicide
Keystone
Connie Blackwell
Hungerian
Ameide
Huntington
W Va
Etchen
Guyan Valley Railway
Brugh
Virginia society opposes Mount Vernon under Federal control
Richmond Va February 2 The association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities today went on record opposing the movement to remove Mount Vernon from the Ladies Mount Vernon Association and place it under Federal control In response to a letter from W Sumner Appleton of Boston the association affirmed Virginia patriotic societies behind its stance
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Washington
Richmond
Association For the Preservation of Virginia
Antiquities
Hays Mount Vernon
Ladies Mount Vernon Association
W. Sumner Appleton
Boxton
Patriotic Societies of
Virginia
Virginia briefs report hunting accident and animal bite
George D Witt, president of the George D Witt Sheep Company in Lynchburg, was accidentally peppered with shot in the right arm by his brother during a hunting trip in Nelson county. In Fauquier county, Beth Jefe and her daughter were bitten by a mad doe near Oak Hill, while a household dog remains at large after the incident.
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George D Witt
Hugh Wood
Oak Hill
Luray
Beth
Fauquier County
Miniborgo hosts Parrishs kin wedding and Seay Jones nuptials
In Richmond on November 2 Mise Mary Steele Parrish wed Dr Hubert Thrift Ferguson of Gaffney South Carolina as Rev Richard Ferguson conducted the ceremony at Miniborgo the Parrish country residence. Also on November 2 Miss America Seay married Dr Arthur Barris Joneson in Seay's Chapel Fluganna County with the Seay grandparents celebrating 52 years of marriage.
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Richmond
Miniborgo
J Scott Parrish
Nice
Mise
Mary Steele Parrish
T. Kirkpatrick Parrish
Hubert Thrift Ferguson
Gaffney
Richard Ferguson
Palmyrs
Dmiss
America Seay
Arthur Lucius Sea
Colored Teacher Found Guilty of Fatally Injuring Child
In Weathreland county Montross a jury finds Robert John a colored schoolteacher guilty of treating a 7 year old girl pupil, with a penalty set at 18 years in the penitentiary. A new trial is sought. Rev Harriet Chamberlin resigns from Clinch church to join Newton, Mass. Neduchal is acquitted in a separate case of a 14 year old boy’s murder after claimed accidental blow.
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Washington Post
Warsaw
Circuit Court
Weathreland County
Montross
Robert John
Harriet Chamberlin
Baptist Clinch
Newton
Mass
Moundavilla
Neduchal
Joe Koltnsii
Ula
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Gil Cou
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Frank Geier
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Ogstrietty
Frank A
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Malvara
Geo P Zarhorst
Ube
William Lex
Kolatelnth
Commedtone Chapel Telephone North
WM H Saedo & CO
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Moder Chapel
Phoap
Lincoln
Blackistone
Hovis
Sorave
Marche & CO
Labor Chiefs
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van Cleave
Saya
Bucks Stuva and Range Company
West End Laundry
Penna. Ave
N. W
Ghegk
Delacy Uphelb
Justice Statford
F. R Lassiter
Lance
Priestley Cravenette
Mr. Schwartz
Ben Schwartz
St. N. W
Western Maryland News
Healey
Navy
Elzebeth Healey
Middleburg
Mt, Vernon
Virginia Briefs
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K Streets
Geo S Cooper
Howsea
Car Ine
Navy Yard
Simpson-Sullivan Co., Inc
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Knabe
Fredenck Music Co
Haines Bros
Marshall & Wendell
Foster
Brewster
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W. F. Frederick Music CO
D. G. Pfeiffer
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