Pledges 10 Fairbanks Presidential Boom Launched
Beveridge and Hanly shine in Indiana campaign launch with Vice President Fairbanks hailed as party leader. indiana Republicans gather at Clasypool Hotel as Miller and Bruner praise the ticket and pledge support for a statewide bid for Governor and National Convention delegates.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Charles Warren Fairbanks
Indiana
Gad
Chain Watson
Flo
Geto
Puarty
Miler
Charles W. Miller
Mr. Taylor
Bruner
Kenedy
Sani tWac
Kentucky
Pairianks
Comare Governa
Seeded Catalpa Plantation Expands In Sand Hills
A local effort began with seed planting of catalpa trees on cleared land east of town. About 300000 seeds were sown, yielding 80 000 to 100 000 healthy saplings of roughly three feet height. Next spring most saplings are expected to push through winter debris and reach further growth.
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Catalpa
Ates
Amo
Uris
Elinen Ny
Fortets
Ajai
Partger EU
Calls Coast Defense Weak on Pacific Shore
Seattle Washington claim by acting commander of the Department of Columbia warns the Pacific coast would be helpless if the navy fails to stop a landing by Japanese or other foreign forces at unprotected bays. He says fewer than 2 000 recruits exist and 15 000 infantry are needed to resist an attack.
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Seattle
Wash
Spee! Cie
Woedilesy
Department of Columbia
Pacific
Senator Davis Gives Jobs to Daughters in Family Trust
Washington special says Senator Jeff Davis of Arkansas, harsh critic of trusts, backs a family trust in patronage. He used two Senate appointments for his daughters, paid at 1800 and 900 dollars a year, creating a personal nepotistic arrangement.
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Washington, D. C
Jeff Davis
Arkansas
Railroad Construction in 1907 Surges in U S
Statistics from Railway Age show railroad construction nearly as heavy as in the peak year of Wace with 5 750 miles of new track laid in 1907. The report notes intense activity in Chicago and nationwide expansion during the year.
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Chicago
Railway Age
United States
Too Much Luck Christmas Gift in Richmond
Richmond special reports Mrs. Williams Luck of Roanoke gave her husband two boys and two girls as a Christmas present. All are reported well and thriving.
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Richmond, Va
Corey Tired of Mabelle as Divorces Circulate
Pittsburg society buzzes over William E. Corey president of United States Steel about renewed interest in his young bride Mabelle Gilman and whether they will divorce. Sources say Mabelle desires an easy split to return to Corey’s first wife memory and New York social doors.
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Pittsburg
William E. Corey
Mabelle Gilman
Alan
United States Steel Corporation
Corey
Mabelle
New York
Strangled Woman Found in New Jersey Pond in Mystery Crime
A nude female body was found in icy waters near Harrison New Jersey amid a brutal murder. Police detain yacht crew and a watchman identified the victim, with two girls reporting cries and a well dressed stranger seen near the scene. The coroner indicates strangulation as the cause of death.
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Newark
N. J
Dineckensach Meadows
Harrison
Ersby
Naan
Inen
Neuro
Peter Coogan
Marine Engine Company
Cynun
Clarkson
Mrs Well
Tomanta
Tragic Misidentification Ends in Child’s Death
In San Jose California special report, Sertram Somers fires at a blur he mistakes for a burglar. The 5 year old child, awakened by a noise, was walking in his sleep and died from a gunshot. Police investigation details remain unclear.
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San Jose
Cal
Sertram Somers
Somers
Navy plans largest torpedo fleet for Narragansett Bay
The mobilization of the largest fleet of torpedo boats, torpedo boat destroyers and submarine torpedo boats in US history will occur in Narragansett Bay in spring and summer 1908 under Commander Charles G. Marsh with about fifty torpedo boats and destroyers and the first two submarine flotillas.
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Newport, RK
Narragansett Bay
Charles G. Marsh
Lynching Triggers Fear of Race War in Henryetta
In Henryetta Oklahoma tensions rise after the lynching of James Garden a Black man. Local authorities mobilize every available fighter as deputies with only 1200 rounds of ammunition to confront possible gang violence and racial conflict.
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Henryetta
Okla
Henrvyetta
James Garden
Vendetta Fateful Shooting in Bedford Ohio
Radivaje Rakich, the youngest of a Rakich family long wiped out by vendetta, was fatally shot near Bedford Ohio. The feud traces back to Lodz Austria where the Rakich family held prominence.
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Cleveland
Radivaje Rakich
Bedford
O. Rakich
Fued
Lodz
Austria
Rakich
Man dies hiding Christmas gifts in Pittsburgh home
Jackson Stilley, 50, of West Elizabeth, Pa., attempting to hide Christmas presents from younger family members, fell down stairs and broke his neck in Pittsburg.
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Pittsburg
Jackson Stilley
West Elizabeth
Indiana Prohibition Gains Across Counties and Towns
The Anti-Saloon League reports that of Indiana's counties 29 county seats and 12 dry counties exist, with 72 dry townships and a dry population of 1,404,099. Progress attributed to Moore remonstrance law and rising anti saloon sentiment cited by Rev. E S Shumaker, state superintendent.
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Indianapolis
E.S. Shumaker
Anti-Saloon League
Indiana
Pulaski
Kosciusko
Boone
Henry
Owen
Sullivan
Monroe
Washington
Orange
Albion
English
Franklin
Wheatland
Knox
Lebanon
Newcastle
Brownstown
Newport
Danville
Princeton
Winamac
Warsaw
Rochester
Republic
Maine
North Dakota
Shumaker
Corgmniins
Want Nothing But Peace Washington Special
The Mikado of Japan sent a peace message to President Roosevelt via Secretary of War Taft. Officials welcomed the signal, noting Japan seeks no war now or in the near future and believes conflict with the United States unlikely this generation.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Roosevelt
Taft
Blow for Oil Octopus
Washington reports Herbert Knox Smith, commissioner of corporations, defends a $29,000,000 fine on Standard Oil for rebates from the Alton Railroad. He upholds Judge Landis, targets James A. Moffet and Standard Oil officials, detailing secret rates, false billing, and crushing competition.
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Washington, Special
Standard Oil Company
Alton Railroad
Herbert Knox Smith
James A. Moffet
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Chicago
Landis
Kansas for Christ campaign to span state evangelistic year
Kansas ministers and noted evangelists plan a statewide revival drive next year. The effort will run for an entire year across all counties to show what coordinated religious work can achieve on businesslike lines.
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Kansas City
Kansas For
Sunflower State
Denver Belle Weds Chief
Miss Cora Marie Arnold of Denver Colorado marries Albino Chavarria a full blooded Indian and Santa Clara Indian chief at Santa Fe New Mexico. The wedding ends a five year romance started at the Mountain and Plain Festival where Indians were brought to the city. Chavarria leads the Santa Clara tribe and is described as civilized educated and prosperous.
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Denver
Col
Cora Marie Arnold
Santa Fe
N. M
Albino Chavarria
Mountain and Plain
Chavarriia
Santa Clara
Record Breaking Dividends in Fall River Mills 1907
Fall River cotton mill corporations paid cash dividends of 2 701 875 on approximately 25 475 000 total capital for 1907 about 10.97 percent. Stock dividends added 1 900 004 alongside cash disbursements.
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Fall River
Mass
Thaw Trial to Hear Evelyn Nesbit Tell Lurid Tale Again
New York dispatch reports Harry K Thaw will be retried next Monday for the murder of Stanford White at Madison Square Roof Garden. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw is expected to testify again as the defense maintains a legal insanity plea while denying unwritten law. Jury selection could take two to three weeks.
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
William Thaw
Thaw
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Madison
Delphin M. Delmas
California
Evelyn Thaw
Paris
Pittsburg
Man Arrested in Self Defense Shooting in Muncie
In Muncie Indiana at 2 am Sunday John Skinner 25 surrendered to police claiming self defense after shooting Goley Eppards age 25. Skinner, a local saloon owner on Hoyt avenue, says attackers including Harry Robinson Claud Auker Roy and Goley Epards assaulted his premises and forced him to shoot during a row. Eppards left a family behind.
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Muncie
Ind
Goley Eppards
John Skinner
Hoyt Avenue
Harry Robinson
Claud Auker
Roy
Goley
John Chambers
Eppards
Sun Eclipse Visible in Parts of Americas Friday
An eclipse of the sun will occur January 3 and be partially visible in the southern United States and on the western coast of North America.
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Washington
United States
North America
Georgia Goes Dry With Advent of 1908
Avanta Georgia Special reports the new year brings sweeping liquor prohibitions. The law bans manufacture and sale of intoxicants, prohibits keeping or giving away liquor in public places, and imposes a $500 tax on clubs allowing intoxicants in members lockers. Georgia is noted as the first Southern state to enter prohibition.
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Avanta
Georgia
Farewell Ovation for U S Navy Fleet in Port of Spain
The American battleship fleet left Port of Spain Trinidad after a week long visit. Accompanying ships Culgoa and Glacier trailed as 10 to 11 knot winds carried the four column formation toward Rio Janeiro. Officials and citizens hosted dinners and garden parties in honor of Admiral Evans and his officers.
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Port of Spain
Trinidad
Cable
Rio Janeiro
Culgoa
Glacier
Gulf
Connecticut
Bocas
Grand R Boca
Admiral Evans
Henry Moore Jackson
Swain
Weather Prophet Warns of January Blizzard and Earthquakes
Ir R. Hicks, the city weather prophet, warns St. Louis of blizzards and heavy winter storms from January 3 to 13 with seismic shocks within sixty hours around January 18. He forecasts a harsh month with cold waves from the Northwest and fashion notes of overcoats and fur gear.
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St. Louis
Ir R. Hicks
Gyho
Pstorat
Hicks
Texas
Plan Amazon Explorations from Boston to the Amazon Basin
Boston plans a five year expedition to explore southern Amazon watershed between the fourth and tenth parallels. George M. Boynton supervises a Gloucester vessel Discovery that will sail to Pernambuco next July with Brazilian government and Royal Geographical Society backing.
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Boston
Amazon River
George M. Boynton
Pernambuco
Discovery
South America
Amazon
Royal Geographical Society of London
Roosevelt after Turkeys in Virginia Wild Turkey Hunt
President Roosevelt left Pine Knot at noon Sunday for a hunting trip on Green Mountain with Dick McDaniel. He sought a gobbler but faced a stiff wind that hampered a close approach to the flock after a prior December conquest on the same mountain.
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Charlottsville
Dick” McDaniel
Roosevelt
Pine Knot
Green Mountain
Debutante Ball Worth a Hundred Thousand Dollars
Philadelphia society notes Miss Mary Astor Paul debuting at Horticultural Hall in a gala ball costing about $100,000. Flowers totaled $35,000 and 500 large butterflies from Brazil Peru and India were released at 11 o clock as part of the lavish spectacle.
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Philadelphia
Mary Astor Paul
James A. Paul, Jr
Drexel
Horticultural Hall
Paris Actress Orders Luxury Submarine for Coast Excursions
Mile. Jeanne Laulier of the Varieties Theater has ordered a 250 ton submarine from Helland factory in America at $200000. It will be richly furnished with rosewood furniture and pink silk and used for excursions along the French coast, adding to Mile. Eva Lavalliere's aeronaut exploits.
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Paris
Mile
Eva Lavalliere
Jeanne Laulier
The
Varieties Theater
Helland
America
Mayor Lane warns of Japanese maps of Portland
Mayor Harry K. Lane told the National Guard Association that Japanese agents had secured accurate maps of Portland. The maps included city streets and water lines, exposing routes into the city and the water supply pipelines.
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Portland
Ores
Harry K. Lane
The
National Guard Association
Indiana Man Knifes Wife's Lover
Henry Wieneke of Seymour Indiana lies in critical condition at City Hospital after a surgical operation he says was inflicted by William Crane also of Seymour as punishment for Wieneke's alleged intimacy with Crane's wife. The incident occurred in St. Louis Missouri according to police statements.
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St. Louis, Mo
Henry Wieneke
Seymour
Ind
City Hospital
William Crane
Wieneke
Crane
Diet and the Truthful
A medical journal claims habitual lying stems from indigestion. The article asserts that children who fib spontaneously suffer acute dyspepsia and older people who misstate only need a change of diet to become truthful.
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London Cabie
Big Oil Strike Hits Louisiana Well No. 1
In Jennings Louisiana the Noble Company's well No 1 spouts oil a quarter mile southwest of the field. Experts estimate production at least 5000 barrels per day. The strike sparks great excitement as another pool is believed to have been found.
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Jennings
Noble Company
Duke led house party loots Cholmondeley Castle in Cheshire
The Duke of Westminster and his Cholmondeley household guests reportedly descended on Cholmondeley Castle in Cheshire during a Yuletide joke and carried off gems and valuables. Loss runs into thousands of dollars.
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London
Duke of Westminister
Cholmondeley Castle
Marquis of Cholomondeley
Cheshire
Discovery of Large Monastery Near Timzad City
Historical researchers announce the discovery of a vast monastery encircling a Christian basilica in Timzad, covering 11 000 square yards. The site includes four chapels a cloister with preserved cells and a Christian burying ground.
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Timzad
Princess Meshtshirski Linked to Moscow Bombing
Report from Moscow identifies a mysterious girl revolutionist who hurled a bomb at General Herschel man the Governor of Moscow. The princess daughter of an ancient noble house, Princess Meshtshirski, vanished from her home on December 4 amid an unhappy marriage.
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St. Petersburg
Moscow
Herschelman
Meshtshirski
Tragic Lover Kills Woman Then Takes Own Life in Abington
In Abington Mass Miss Edith Mashley 18 died from a bullet wound inflicted by her lover Samuel H Stetson 24 who shot himself immediately after. Just after the shooting the girl said she told him he must give her up and he then fired.
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Abington
Mass
Edith Mashley
Samuel H. Stetson
Led Dance at Torresdale Barn Dance Opens Christmas Event
Mrs. Edward Morrell led the grand march with head coach William Deering in Philadelphia at the Torresdale barn dance special. The event has been a feature of the Christmas season for fifteen years.
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Philadelphia
William Deering
Edward Morrell
Sixty Thousand in His Shirt Maneuvers Through Queens
A man in Queensborough walks daily with sixty thousand dollars in bills pinned to his undershirt. He has carried the money since the October financial flurry, avoiding banks and investments amid widespread fear.
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New York
Queensborough
Minister Loses His Voice in Overuse
Warsaw Indiana special reports Rev. A H Green pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal church at Etna Green has lost his voice due to overtaxing the vocal cords.
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Warsaw
Ind
A. H. Green
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Etna Green
This County
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