Memorial Day Pageant and Washington Memorial Parade
The text describes a May 19 ceremony marking the Washington memorial with a President, city officials, and major military units in Fairmont Park. A formal presentation by the Society to the city, followed by a military parade, reviews by President, and a large crowd participation, ending with anticipated celebratory events including a wheelmen parade and public gatherings. The narrative emphasizes national reverence, the memorial’s significance, and the patriotic display.
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Hovnee
America
Porter
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Wayne
Warwick
Fairmont Park
Genea Street
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Stawilyn
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Pretistenal Brigade
Aire Shutes
Treat
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Pbstallon Cos Slugineens
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Theodore A. Hine
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Hattori
Job W. Vilage
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C. B. Dohigren
Caley League
Foreman Killed By Saw At Norfolk And Western Mill
Ray Lee Adkins a foreman at the Breedon lumber mill on the Norfolk and Western fell against a circular saw and was instantly killed at the site near Besaen on May 15. He leaves a family.
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Raylee Adkins
Besaen
Norfolk & Western
Huntington
W. Va
Taylor Adkins
Breedon Lumber
State bans wearing of sect emblems by teachers
Albany May 15 The State Superintendent of Schools ruled in the Waterville case that teachers in public schools cannot wear garb or insignia of any sect while performing duties. Local boards are instructed to enforce the rule across the state.
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Bury
Albany
State Superintendent of Schools
Relief Plan for Destitute Americans in Cuba Considered
Washington May 10 The government contemplates voluntary removal of distressed American citizens from Cuba to the United States with Congress funding for relief. Consular officers deem it feasible to transport eligible citizens to coast cities for protection while others may stay and receive supplies and medicines. The plan echoes prior China and Armenia relief efforts but would fully relocate some, based on reports of agricultural exhaustion and wartime hardship on the island.
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United States
Washington
United Judgement
America
Congress
China
Armenia
Terrill
Turkey
Lee
Utken
Loé
Flonees
Weyler
State Department
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Carisile
Irs
Tere
Renel
President to ask Congress for Cuba aid next Monday
The president will send a definite recommendation to Congress next Monday on Cuba relief. He plans an appropriation to aid American citizens deprived in Cuba and will address the deprivation question at the Capitol.
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Washington
Mar
Capitol
Congress
Cuba
President to receive Cuba distress report from Sherman
Secretary Sherman sent abstracts of telegrams and letters from Cuba to President, detailing distress and destitution on the island. The material is said to largely confirm prior reports, with a presidential message on the situation expected to Congress early next week, though not yet prepared.
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Sherman
Phiadelphia
Washington
Cuba
Congress
Paris Theatres Fire Tragedy Opens Crowded Inquest
In Paris May 15 the inquiry into the charity bazaar fire exposed cowardly conduct by several men and highlighted heroism by women. Accounts describe patrons, bakers, bankers, and laborers who obstructed exits and attacked rescue attempts as theatres and venues close. The piece notes Paris theatres and cafes suffer closures and safety concerns across the city.
Huntington raid nets record city crackdown on vice
Special to the Register Huntington W Va May 15 reform movement prompts Huntington to stage raids led by Judge Mathews. At midnight officers arrest 38 women and 10 men for public vice. Fines totaling 285 dollars assessed and some offenders jailed. Several of the city’s upper ten among those arrested.
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Dan
Register
Huntington
W. Va
West Virginia
Mathews
Hite
Wheeling
Court Affirms Suit Over $5,000 Real Estate Deal
In Richmond circuit court an appeal by Wood Brown & Co of Philadelphia against Smith Brown & Co of Clarkeburg was affirmed. The case, valued at about $5,000, likely ends with the sale of valuable Clarkeburg real estate under a deed of use. Plaintiffs were represented by Hon. John Bassel and defendants by Hon. John J. Davis and B. G. Smith, among others.
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United States Circuit Court
Richmond
Clarskburg
W. Va
Wood, Brown & Co
Philadelphia
Smith, Brown & Co
United States Court of Appeals
Clarkeburg
John Bassel
John J. Davis
B. G. Smith, Esq
Governor Harbour Sentenced to Eighteen Years
Huntington W Va May 15 Gov Harbour previously jailed for the murder of Hugh Ross was sentenced this after noon to eighteen years in the penitentiary Tess, engaged to Harbour's daughter at the time of the crime, was involved in the case.
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Register
Huntington
W. Va
Harbour
Hugh Ross
Tess
Remains of Drowned Man Found Near Parkersburg
The badly decomposed body of a young man, estimated at 22, was found in the Ohio river near Eleanor-hassett Island. He wore jeans pants, a gingham shirt, and fine cloth top shoes, with 50 cents and two white handkerchiefs in his pockets. Coroner Keaver viewed the scene. burial arranged near the find site. The identity remains unknown.
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Parkersburg
Spental 10Thie Register
W. Va
Min
Ohio River
Eleanerhassett Island
Keaver
The Bazar Fire Investigation Declares Origin
Paris May 15 The fire at the charity bazaar of the rue Jean Goujon on May 4 is traced to carelessness by Bellac an employee of the cinema booth He attempted to extinguish a lamp with ether and ignited vapors spreading to nearby hangings He and his assistants are released on probation as the inquiry proceeds Also reports from West Virginia and Illinois detail accidents and a court decree involving the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company and a Pennsylvania trust headline in the session.
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Monongahela Navigation Company
War Department
Washington
Mongnethela Navigation Company
Department
Agnoun
Monongahela River
Paris
Rie Jean Goujon
Bellac
Cinematex
Chicago
Miy Tude Frandado
Peders Cott
Pitehure Fiore Gglass Company
Tilttols
Thiter
Pirsburg Plate Giass Company of Pennsylvania
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Plate Glass ‘Trust
France Faces Morocco Tension Over Algerian Border Incursion
Paris May 1 A report indicates potential friction between France and Morocco due to incursions by Moroccan tribesmen into Algerian territory. Tensions rise as Moroccan forces resist, and French troops in border towns prepare for possible actions. An armed clash near Fez and Oran area is reported with casualties among Moroccan forces and allied units.
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Paris
Cudidida
Morocom
Souaver
Bern
Te Invis
Oran
Algerly
Pearrat
Consul in Trouble Demands Exequatur Cancellation
A sailable report from Lima dated May 13 alleges a consul in trouble at Lima and Dallas seeks cancellation of his exequatur. The dispatch states a clerk at the mint was sacked and important documents money and valuables were stolen. Authorities demand the Peruvian government cancel the exequatur and purge officials.
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Lima
Dallas
Peru
Galveston
Clark
Lamu
Calo
Plans Outlined In Senate Finance Committee
Democratic members of the Senate Committee on Finance met to discuss the tariff bill. They will not offer a substitute but propose amendments that reduce rates and, with Wilson law rates, would still yield sufficient revenue. They view the committee bill as a revenue producer with a surplus. the House bill, they say, would be nearly prohibitive and hurt revenue. They plan amendments to sugar, glass, and wool schedules, though none are formulated yet.
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Finance Committee
Senate
Washington
Semale Committee of Finance
Tarif
Spain Warns of Strong Action to Repel U S Interference in Cuba
Madrid May 15 The Herald reports the Spanish government will have universal support at home if it acts decisively to repel American interference in Cuba Yet the opinion warns concessions could ruin the effort The Correspondent notes rumors of a strengthened Spanish navy in case of international contracts and possible crisis in Cuba.
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Heraldo
Cuba
Madrid
The
Herald
United States
Cota
Correspondic
Avalanche at New Castle Cut Kills Two Die in Traction Work
An avalanche of sand and gravel at a cut south of New Castle, Pennsylvania, during a New Castle Traction Company project on May 15 killed two men instantly and left three seriously injured, one fatally. The dead are John Shey and John Nicholas. The injured include Alletriate and two others unnamed.
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New Castle
New Caste Traction Company
John Sheyanér
John Nicholas
Pardoned rapist Probasco sentenced to twenty years in prison
Governor Atkinson yesterday sentenced Jack Probasco of Wheeling to twenty years imprisonment for rape of a 13 year old girl. Senator Matthews of Marshall pushed for the pardon. a prior pardon request to Governor MacCorkle had been refused. Officials including Col. Robert White and Judge Faull supported the application. Auctioneer Halter reported a local sale on Jane Suleay braterty with miners and real estate in Wheeling area.
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Atkinson
Jackson
Senator Mathews
Marshall
MacCorkle
Col
Robert White
Faull
Probasco
John Howard
Wheeling and
Chmennity
Change of time on Ohio River railroad schedule
A time change on the Ohio River railroad goes into effect this morning. Trains will depart at 5:45 a m instead of 6:30 a m, at 12 05 p m except Sunday, and at 4 00 p m. Arrival times are 1 00 a m and 3 40 p m except Sunday, with other minor adjustments.
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Ohio River Railroad
Fatal knife attack after quarrel among Dallas factory workers
In Dallas on May 15 three women employed at a cotton factory fought after an argument. Mrs Addie Turner and two of her companions clashed with Mrs Hulsey and her sisters. One sister died from abdominal stab wounds, another was stabbed five times, and Mrs Turner sustained a severe scalp wound. the action followed a confrontation over a boy, with injuries tragic and mortal.
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Dallas
Texas
Addie Turner
Hulsey
Bern
Mra
Turkish Garrison At Aria Salient Sparks Greek Turmoil
A late private dispatch from Aria reports the Turkish garrison at the northern entrance of the salt of Aria is under Greek attack. Greek forces claim the Turkish fort will be isolated by a military move led by the Greek army commander while indicating rising casualties. Claims of indemnity and protests flood placards as the war’s toll escalates.
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Athens
Aria
Salt of
Cigarette Trust Case Sheds Light on Monopoly Claims
Chicago May 15 Julia Gibbons ruled the American Tabners Company Vega and its agents cannot carry business in the state sustaining the information filed last December by Alram Gopal Mul roney alleging a monopoly and conspiracy in paper cigaretter trade within the premises.
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Chicago
Julia Gibbons
Am (Vega) Corporation
Wile State
Teelsion
Alram Gopal Mulroney
Tin Engine
Baccn Tug Paper Cigaretter
Eastern Ohio Firemen Elect New Officers At Convention
The article notes volunteer firemen from Coshocton and surrounding areas returning to Bellaire after a convention with praise for the Coshocton unit. New officers are M. Shaefer President J. B. Manner Secretary George Waulemapen Treasurer, with plans announced for duties at the Torchlite fire chief event and subsequent badge presentation. Weather and distant notes appear briefly with a May 14 reference to West Virginia forecasts.
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John Lynakey
Albert Holt
Ehter Kingson
Conshocton
Bellaire
Tt Coshocton Fremen
Kalter
Fifi
Mivision
Joby Pear
Tf Nun
M. Shaefer
Dre
J. B. Manner
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