Norfolk and Western Railroad route list latest at a glance
Passenger and freight lines linked by the Norfolk and Western Railroad listing stations from Winchester to Harrisburg including Martinsburg Hagerstown Greencastle Chambersburg Shippensburg Carlisle Mechanicsburg and Ar. Carlisle area shows route spread and hub points across Maryland Pennsylvania and nearby towns.
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Winchester
Martinsburg
Hagerstown
Greencastle
Chambersburg
Shippensburg
University of Pennsylvania Figure H V Hilprecht Resigns
H V Hilprecht of the University of Pennsylvania has resigned from his position. Details of his departure and future plans were not disclosed in the brief notice.
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University of Pennsylvania
Hilprecht Resigns Curator Post at Penn Museums
Dr Herman V Hilprecht resigns as curator of the Babylonian and Semitic sections after stepping down as professor of archaeology at the University of Pennsylvania. Board of managers accepts the withdrawal and he will not be connected with the university in any capacity. Samuel F Houston also resigns from the board.
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U. of P. Museum
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Herman V. Hilprecht
Hilprecht
Cornell to Hire Philadelphia Lieutenant as University Proctor
Cornell university in Ithaca plans to appoint Philadelphia police lieutenant Theodore Twesteem as official proctor after a committee review found 99 percent of students well behaved. The proctor will monitor students downtown at night, inspect saloons and resorts to prevent mischief and support good conduct.
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Ithaca
Cornell University
Philadelphia
Theodore Twesteem
Twesteem
Brothers duel in Gainesville leaves one dead
In Gainesville Georgia two Worley brothers, H. S. Worley, 25, and Leonard Worley, 30, quarreled at a dance and faced off with shotguns. They exchanged shots twice. Leonard killed H. S. and was captured after an all night chase. Separate item notes a nearly $93,000,000 Army appropriation bill ready for report before the holiday recess.
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Younger
Gainesville
H. S. Worley
Leonard Worley
Worley
Washington
Army
Weather roundup of 8 p.m. observations across cities
Observations from 8 p.m. yesterday show Albany 24 cloudy, Atlantic City 40 cloudy, Boston cloudy, Buffalo 38 cloudy, Chicago 32 snow, New Orleans clear, New York 40, Philadelphia 38, St. Louis 40, Washington 36 with rain. Weather forecast calls for rain today and fair, colder conditions tomorrow with westerly winds.
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Dallyay
Harrisonburg
Lexington
Chicago
Columbus
Wheeling
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Louisville
Washington
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Nda
New York
United States Weather
Temp
Albany
Atlantic City
Boston
BiBalo
New Orleans
Mine Workers Election Trounces Lewis in Insurgent Victory
Early returns from the United Mine Workers election show John P. White winning Illinois by 30 000 to 40 000 and leading Kansas, Iowa and Indiana about three to one. Ohio is nearly even, while Lewis is expected to win coal regions but not alter White’s large Illinois majority.
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Kansas
Iowa
Indiana
Ohio
Lewis
Kentucky
Wyoming
Nova Scotia
White
Illinois
LIES HURT FOR DAYS Lewes Light Keeper Suffered
Lewes Del Dec 19 Lewis Robinson assistant light keeper of the Fourteen Foot Bank lightship suffered two weeks with a broken ankle before help came. Signals of distress were not understood by passing vessels as high wind and sea blocked communication. Keeper Wilson found the injured man after returning from shore leave. Robinson had fallen through a trapdoor on the lightship.
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Lewes
Del
Lewis Robinson
Wilson
Robinson
Organized Band of Counterfeiters Tied to Pennsylvania Ring
Secret service men tie a Phoenixville counterfeit plant to a wider outfit flooding eastern Pennsylvania with bogus coins. Leon Ruplewski, arrested in Coatesville as John Roberts, is identified as William Ruplewski’s brother. $42 in dimes $10.90 in nickels and $10 in quarters were found, suggesting exchange for bad dollars. The brothers are potters. William allegedly made the molds and baked them at their mother's home. Leon has a petty thief record locally.
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Phoenixville
Pennsylvania
Secret Service
Coatesville
Leon Ruplewski
Willliam Ruplewski
Philadelphia
Ruplewskis
Ruplewski Brothers
William Ruplewski
Weather Chief Accused of Mismanagement by Ex-Employee
James Berry former chief of the Weather Bureau division says Willis L. Moore engaged in gross mismanagement extravagance and irregularities. Berry to President Taft alleges Moore wrote a descriptive meteorology book using staff time and misused the mailing privilege to distribute notices.
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Moore
Washington
James Berry
United States Weather Bureau
Taft
Willis L. Moore
Weather Bureau
Berry
Frank
Morgan's Lawyer for State Control
Francis Lynde Stetson, representing J. P. Morgan & Co., testifies before Taft's railway securities commission. He says capitalization does not set rates, par value stock could help but not erase evils, overcapitalization may impair service, and competition prevents monopolies. He prefers state rather than federal railroad control to keep lines within state borders.
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New York
Francis Lynde Stetson
J. P. Morgan & Co
Taft
Railway Securities Commission
Stetson
Mr. Stetson
Chinese Throne Defiant Amid Cabinet Dispute
Pekin officials report the throne refuses to form a constitutional cabinet and rejects resignations of grand councillors while the imperial senate calls for immediate cabinet creation. Winter famine worsens in Yangtse district as authorities curb child sales estimated over one million, mostly girls. Relief appeals go abroad.
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Pekin
National Assembly
Imperial Senate
Yang-tse-Kiang
Farmer Burned to Death in Mount Pleasant Farmhouse
Greensburg Pa Dec 17 Lester Sparrs farmer of Mount Pleasant township died when his farmhouse burned. He was alone in the house. his family was away. J B Fry and Fairmont Schaffer found the ruins and located the body among the debris.
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Greensburg
Lester Sparrs
Mount Pleasant Township
Sparrs
J. B. Fry
Fairmont Schaffer
Robbers Crack Safe In Wealthy Toledo Home
Robbers blew a safe in a wealthy Toledo residence and escaped with 6000 dollars. The explosion wrecked part of the house, marking the boldest robbery in the city’s police annals.
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Toledo
Congress approves urgent deficiency bill in just over an hour
Washington records show Congress passing the urgent deficiency appropriation bill in one hour and forty minutes. The measure totals $1,060,615 and equals about $10,000 per minute of action.
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Washington
Congress
Mrs Gould Must Pay For Gowns
In New York on December 17 the supreme court ruled that Mrs Catherine C Gould must pay 4314 to Malcolm N Butler for gowns and furs. She argued her husband Howard Gould should cover the items bought before separation proceedings.
Stockholders receive final quarterly dividend of 10 million
New York December 17 stockholders of the Standard Oil company received checks for the final quarterly dividend of ten million dollars for the current year. From 1902 to 1910 the company has distributed to shareholders three hundred fifty seven million nine hundred twenty nine thousand six hundred forty one? out of net profits six hundred seventy three million two hundred two thousand nine hundred sixty four.
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Xmas
New York
Standard Oil Company
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Winchester Steam Dye & Cleaning Works
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Grimes
John W. McKown
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Norton
Welch
Pullman Sleeper
Gary
Shenandoah
Harrisburg
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Pullman Buffet Sleeper
W. B. Bevill
M. F. Bragg
Gen
Trav. Pass
Umberland Valley
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Manchester
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Opequon
Wagr
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Braidock Street
Baldwin
Rest
Star Office
R. T. Baldwin
Europe
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H. V. Hilprecht
Proflhly
Hilprecey
Cornell
Wiel
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Luis L. Moore
Morgan
State Control
H. W. Clowe, JR
West Piccadilly St
Oppo
S. W. N. Bank
M. B. Clowe
Union Bank of Winchester
State of Virginia
Savings Department
Berry and Whitmore CO
Ernest C. Sloat
F St. N. W
Washington, D.C
Hoosier
Geo. W. Kurtz
Seheuer
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Leader
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