Miners Win Contentions in Shot Firing Dispute
Arbitration committee upholds miners claim that Western Coal and Mining mine workings at Denning Arkansas were dangerous and recommends shot firers when men are out of the mines. The company had resisted prior reports, but operators say they will accept this verdict and 1500 miners return to work Monday.
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Fort. Smith
Ark
Thomas Moses
Illinois
George Colville
Missouri Miners
Carl] Sholtz
Rock Island Coal Company
Western Coal and Mining Company
Denning
Six Perish When Ships Meet In Fog Off Sandy Hook
Heavy fog in New York Harbor causes collision between the Panama Railroad steamer Finance and the White Star freighter Georgic in the main channel off Sandy Hook. Six crew and passengers die, three passengers are missing, many awaken at breakfast as the crash occurs, and several women and children go overboard before lifeboats are deployed.
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New York
Panama Railroad
Finance
Co‘un
White Star
Georgie
Sandy Hook
John W. Puckett
William H. Todd
Charles Eric
Lieved
Irene Campbell
Colonenry
Muller
Rhide
Canal Zone
Georgic
Family perishes as Woodland home burns to ashes
At Hartsell Arkansas on November 2 a residence owned by Tom Richardson burned completely. Richardson and his wife and three children died in the blaze while one son is missing. The burned barn adjoining the house held the fate of the surviving son. The cause remains under investigation with several theories offered.
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Hartsell
Ark
Tom Richardson
Woodlands
Hardson
Job Richardson
Lamphere Found Guilty of Arson in Gunness Case
Ray Lamphere was found guilty of arson for setting fire to the Gunness home on April 28 and faces an indeterminate sentence of two to twenty-one years plus a $5,000 fine and five-year disfranchisement. Judge Richter immediately sentenced him to Michigan City prison. Defense attorney Worden vowed a motion for a new trial and possible appeal.
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Laporte
Ind
Ray Lamphere
Belle Gunness
Gunness
Richter
Michigan City
Worden
Indiana Supreme Court
Lamphere
Supreme Court
Helgelein
Papke No Match For Michigan Lad
Stanley Ketchell of Grand Rapids Michigan regained the middleweight world title by knocking out Billy Papke of Illinois in the eleventh round. Ketchell controlled the bout from start to finish, landing solid blows to head and body while Papke offered little counterattack.
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San Francisco
Stanley Ketchell
Grand Rapids
Mich
Billy Papke
Thunderbolt
Ketchell
Governor's Thanksgiving pardon for Ohio life man
John Heise of Hocking county received a Governor's Thanksgiving pardon after 16 years in the Ohio penitentiary. President Roosevelt named Samuel B. Donnelly of Brooklyn former president of the International Typographical Union as public printer to succeed John S. Leach. The British House of Commons, 323 to 157, advanced the education bill to second reading with Nationalists aiding the minority.
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John Heise
Hocking County
Ohio Penitentiary
Roosevelt
Samuel B. Donnelly
Brooklyn
International Typographical Unmion
John S. Leach
House of Commons
Train Schedule for Winchester Passenger Trains
Winchester passenger trains depart on multiple lines with daily and Sunday exceptions. Eastbound services include No. 26 at 8:42 a.m and No. 28 at 6:30 p.m, plus No. 24 at 9:00 p.m. Westbound No. 27 runs at 6:22 a.m, No. 25 at 2:50 p.m, and other No. 29 No. 33. Local No. 10 and No. 34 runs at 7:13 a.m and 4:38 p.m respectively. Eastbound No. 2 and Westbound No. 1 also operate on daily schedules.
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Dany Oo
Cesece Rice
MP Teg Cas
Odlines Dipken Ote
L. & N Nort Bowunp
East Bound
P.M
A.M
Lexington
Winchester
L. & E. Junction
Clay City
Stanton
Campton Junction
Natural Bridge
Torrent
Beattyville
Athol
O. & K. Junction
Ar.Jackson
Sun x Sun
A.M . Jackson
Athol “Eeeewer
Campton
Stanton “Ereewee
Eeee
Ai Ar.Lexington
Lexington and Eastern R Y Co Time Card in Effect
The Lexington and Eastern Railway Company announces a new time card effective June 21 1908 detailing locomotive and passenger schedule changes. Officials note revised arrival and departure times for key routes and adjusted daily running hours to improve service reliability.
Railroad connections listed for daily service with several junctions
Daily connections described at L and E Junction Campton Junction Beattyville Junction and O and K Junction linking with C O and K and Mountain Central railways for Passengers to and from Campton Mt Sterling Beattyville and Cannel City Ky. Signed by W A M Dowell general manager and Chas Scott general passenger agent.
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L. & E. Junction
Mt. Sterling
Campton Junction
Mountain Central Ry
Campton
Beattyville Junction
L. & A. Railway
Beattyville
O. & K. Railway
Cannel City
Tariff Hearings Hint Iron and Metal Duty Cuts
Testimony before the House Ways and Means committee indicates a potential 10 to 20 percent reduction in duties on iron steel and metal products when the new tariff bill is drafted. The metal schedule remains complex with calls for reclassification new paragraphs and specific provisions for steel wool shavings diamond steel steel grit iron sand steel saw plates chrome ferro manganese manganese tungsten mica alloys and related manufactures.
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Washington
Ways and Means Committee
House
Keasby quiet as troops patrol during strike unrest
Perth Amboy N J Nov 2 troops patrol Keasby to deter rioting strikers from attacking the National Fireproofing works. The village shows outward calm with all works strongly picketed by soldiers amid uncertain conditions.
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Keasby
Perth Amboy
N. J
National Fireproofing Company
Parson Flatward Prayer Fails to Calm Sister Snowball
A Chicago Daily News humorous religious note shows Parson Flat greeting Sister Snowball with dialect and Sister Snowball describing a doctor diagnosing a malignant ulcer as worrisome, fearing she will be forced to become a firm infidel.
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Parson Flatfoots
Chicago Daily News
Parson Flatcot
Bradder
Snowball
Parson
Advertising Opportunity in The Winchester News
Advertisers in Winchester and Clark County should act now as The News reaches over 1,400 homes daily and expects 2,000 by Christmas. With fall and winter trade approaching, merchants can seize the moment to reach moneyed readers who read the paper every evening and rural routes readers every morning.
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Winchester
Clark County
Clark
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Papke
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L. & N. South Bounp
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Lexington & Eastern R’y CO
W. A. M’dowell
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