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February 20, 1909

Discrimination from Labor Unions against colored people leave them without jobs and "in forced idleness".

February 20, 1909

Landlord discovers dismembered body of tenant, Mrs. May Hazelton, stuffed inside of trunk.

February 20, 1909

A young couple commits suicide together, due to "lack of funds that prevented their marriage".

February 13, 1909

An explosion causes mine in Russia to collapse trapping 125 miners inside, who fail to be rescued.

February 13, 1909

The renowned "Lincoln Coach" is burnt and destroyed in tragic Sharpsville’s Railroad fire.

February 6, 1909

Joseph Janer is apprehended and arrested for the kidnapping and assaulting of an 11 year-old child.

February 6, 1909

A bond broker, Oliver Hazard, is arrested on suspicion of bond forgery.

February 6, 1909

Young mother witnesses her child get gruesomely killed by mountain lion while camping.

February 6, 1909

Joseph White, a black man, manages to avoid verdict by appealing for a new trial.

February 6, 1909

Richmond’s Finance Committee is asked to put forth $425,000 for the construction of a new High School
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