Rebel Victory Pushes Government Back at Hankow
Rebels drive imperial Chinese forces from Hankow area as gunboats retreat downstream. One gunboat reportedly sides with rebels. consular reports show troop discontent in Yunan and Changsha. Fears of mutiny and further secession rise as mobilization continues. Financial panic looms in Shanghai with local banks suspending payments.
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Hankow
Peking
Yunan
Changsha
Hunan
Mankow
Yangsze
Yin Thang
Foreign Ministry
Shanghai
Meet Next in Canada United States Farmers Congress Selection
Lethbridge Alberta was chosen as the 1912 meeting site for the International Dry Farming congress over Salt Lake City which withdrew after Canadian support. Resolutions urged county and district farmers bureaus through state colleges and experts, extending arid land reclamation, establishing a $1,000,000 endowment, surveying unsurveyed public domain areas, raising appropriations, and condemning land locators under the homestead act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lethbridge
Alberta
Canada
Ita
Colorado Springs
Salt Lake City
National Congress
Steal Fairbanks Jewels From Boston Chicago Pullman Car
Mrs. Warren Fairbanks of Chicago reports a bag with jewels worth 10000 stolen from a Pullman car en route from Boston to Chicago. The items include a platinum diamond necklace valued at 5000 an emerald solitaire and three solitaires totaling 2000, plus a diamond ring and small pieces. The theft occurred a week ago. she had been visiting relatives in Boston.
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Warren Fairbanks
Chicago
Fairbanks
Boston
Ethel Cassidy
Pennsylvenia
Five Men Shoot Up Town in Wyoming Outrage
Five armed men rode into Cookeville Wyoming and for nearly an hour terrorized residents. They shot the bartender at the saloon, then fired at County Attorney Reynolds and at the Muller saloon before escaping as a posse began to search for them.
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Cookeville
Wyo
Wyoming
Peter H. Anderson
Reynolds
Muller
Fay
Posee
Aviator Hugh Robinson Cancels New Orleans Flight
After reaching Rock Island, aviation pioneer Hugh Robinson announces he abandons his hydroplane attempt from Minneapolis to New Orleans along the Mississippi river. He cites lack of sufficient financial support from river cities.
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Robinson
Rock Island
Hugh Robinson
Minneapolis
New Orleans
Missianippi River
Brewers Face Sharp Rebuke At International Brewe r Congress
HH Hamilton president of the Houston brewing company condemned public drinking spots as vice ridden and urged action to stop liquor sales in disreputable places. He argued breweries own or control many problem venues and warned that the liquor fight has only begun. the audience adopted the resolution calling for elimination of such places.
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J. Farwell
Farwell
HH. Hamilton
Houston Brewing Company
Houston
Tex
Hamilton
Marzyek Linked to St Joseph in Murder Probe
Detectives traced information suggesting Charles Marzyek ex convict linked to the Showman family murder at Ilaworth Kansas and recently seen in St Joseph. William Bub a local glassmaker who once employed Marzyek and says he forged checks refused to discuss the case or confirm threats.
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Charles Marzyek
Showman
Ilaworth
Kan
St. Joseph
William Bub
Margyek
Marzyck
Former banker publisher and railroader John Walsh dies in Chicago
John R. Walsh once a banker publisher and railroad owner died in Chicago from heart disease a week after his release from Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary.
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Chicago
John R. Walsh
Leavenworth
Markets Turn Slightly Higher on Mixed Crop and Livestock Data
Chicago price scene shows wheat futures near $1.01 to $1.06 on Dec and May contracts while corn hovers around 64.5 cents to 67 cents. Cattle receipts BR.000 lead to varied prices for beeves and steers. hogs mostly steady with gains in heavy and mixed lots. sheep receipts large with natives and westerns trading between $3.70 and $4.40.
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Chicago
Corm
Sih
Market Report Omaha Cattle Hogs and Sheep Prices
South Omaha records show cattle receipts at 12 500 with prices from 4 25 to 7 75 for steers and heifers, cows at 3 75 to 5 00, stockers 4 25 to 5 76, calves 1 50 to 7 75. Hogs receipts 5 700 with prices 6 35 to 6 37 for longs, best bacon at 6 49, roughs 4 27. Sheep receipts 51 000 with ewes 2 65 to 3 15, lambs 4 50 to 5 40.
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South Omaha
Wellers
Cambridge clergyman hanged in effigy over murder case
Rev Clarence Virgil Thompson Richeson of Cambridge Massachusetts accused of Avis Linnell murder was hanged in effigy at Hyannis Massachusetts her hometown. Contributions to the funds of Chinese revolutionists continue to pour into the coffers of the San Francisco agents of the rebels. Already five hundred thousand dollars has been forwarded.
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Clarence Virgil Thompson Richeson
Cambridge
Mass
Avis Linnell
Hyannis
Maas
San Francisco
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