Telegraphers Strike Fizzles as Newman Pushes Arbitration
Santa Fe officials report the telegraphers strike near end with Newman in Wichita sending messages that operators have agreed with President Ripley to arbitrate and return to work, while Barr and Ripley deny any arbitration agreement and warn reemployment limits. News from Wichita and Peoria note mixed progress and no broad sympathy strikes. Drowned baggage agent Thomas J. Kent dies in San Antonio.
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The
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Barr
Mudge
Topeka
Newman
Wichita
Ripley
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EK. P. Ripley
I. M. Barr
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L. J. Polk
Southern
W. G. Nevin
Los Angeles
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Kan
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Pacific
Gulf
Arnold
Galveston
Sargent
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
E. Clark
Conductors’ Brotherhood
Diversified Broom Corn Grower Finds steady Demand
In Wharton Texas Mr C Mickelson reports small scale broom corn farming on ten acres from El Campo. Production costs were low and yield reached one ton per three acres of 18 inch straw. He made 80 dozen brooms from one ton and sold them at 1.25 to 1.75 per dozen. He declined raw material offers as home market demand remains strong.
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Wharton
Texas
C. Mickelson
el Campo
Minority Revenue Report Urges $70 Million Cut
The minority on the Ways and Means Committee finished a revenue reduction report and plans to present it late today. It calls for about $70 million in reduced revenues, roughly $30 million more than the majority proposal, and suggests an income tax to push the issue back to the Supreme Court in modified form. When the House takes up the bill, leaders expect a referral to committee to implement the proposed changes.
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Revenue Hill
Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Majority Committee
United States Supreme Court
House
Free Gold Found Near Navasota Texas
In a pasture about a mile from Free Gold, Texas, a man digging postholes found unusually heavy clay that differed from surrounding dirt. He showed samples to an old miner who declared the material free gold and likely to assay heavily. Farmers have偶 picked up specimens over the years, but little value was known until now.
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Navasota
Texas
Oklahoma Town Populations Across Cities and Towns
Population figures for Oklahoma incorporated places with 200 to 25 000 inhabitants list Blackwell El Reno Enid Guthrie Kingfisher Norman Oklahoma City Perry Ponca Shawnee Stillwater as cities or towns with its recorded residents numbers.
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Oklahoma
Washington, D. C
Blackwell
el Reno
City
Enid
Guthrie
Kingfisher
Norman
Oklahoma City
Perry
Ponca
Shawnee
Stillwater
Lumber Purchase For Rice Plant In Wharton
Wharton Texas December 11 The News learns from Mr A P Orden that 500000 feet of lumber will be bought for the Moore Cortes rice plant. Shipments arrive daily in the county as contractor O E Hatchett begins work this week with fifty skilled men.
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Big Lumber
Wharton
Texas
A. Porden
Moore- Cortes
O. E. Hatchett
Two Little Girls Burned In Yard Fire Near Texarkana
In Texarkana Arkansas this morning two girls of Green Wardlow aged 8 and 6 were playing near a yard fire. The older girl was fatally burned after her dress caught fire while the younger girl endured serious burns but is expected to recover.
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Texarkana
Ark
Green Wardlow
Jap Moore Surrenders Over Murder Charge Near Paris Texas
Jap Moore a colored man surrendered this morning charged with the murder of John Henry Taylor a colored man southeast of Paris Texas His brother Ted Moore is also under arrest in the case.
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Paris
Texas
Jap Moore
John Henry Taylor
Ted Moore
Filipino insurgents yield ground as U S forces seize supplies
In Manila December 10 American troops report ongoing supply captures and new footholds while insurgents retreat. Forty-seventh Infantry off Luzon land near Pandan but are fired on and sail away after two killed and two wounded. Captain Ellis pockets Kragg ammo and a printing press. Victoria yields rifles and cartridges. Passay sees Major Marion and three officers captured. General Aquad’s camp is destroyed. MacArthur approves several death sentences for murder arson pillage with some commutations.
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Forty-seventh Infantry
Catanduanes
Luzon
Pandan
R. T. Ellis
Thirtythird Infantry
Barbara
Victoria
Forty-eighth Infantry
Marion
Passay
Aquad
MacArthur
Letter Returns From Pekin Affects Foreign Envoys
London December 10 General Chaffee wrote to Count von Waldersee complaining of French and German troops removing astronomical measurements from the Pekin wall but the letter was returned due to its tone. He has notified foreign envoys that no one may pass the American guard at the palace south gate because looting has occurred. Yeng Lu, adviser to the Chinese court, enjoys the empress dowager's favor and is forming regiments to defend the court. Yu Hseien’s execution is believed certain if envoys demand it.
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London
General Chaffee
Count von Waldersee
Pekin
Morning Post
Wall of
Yeng Lu
Yu Hseien
Becoming More Hopeless. Manila Insurgent Support Grows
London cabled report says American position in Manila is growing more hopeless. The Hong Kong Daily Mail correspondent notes money funds arms for insurgents, who control contraband ships and distribute goods to attack native sympathizers.
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London
Manila
Hong Kong
Daily Mail
Story Corroborated in Advance Notice of Cotton Report
New York authorities corroborated a report that the federal cotton crop report due tomorrow was offered to brokers in advance. Frank B. Guest, head of a cotton commission house, said the information was offered to him last Saturday. He notified Samuel L. Hubbard, president of the cotton exchange, who requested a detailed statement for a federal investigation. He will travel to Washington to present the matter.
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New York
Frank B. Guest
Cotton Commission House
Samuel L. Hubbard
Cotton Exchange
Hubbard
Washington
Colorado census reports 260 unions with 27000 members
Commissioner John T. Smith announces completion of a statewide census in Colorado finding 260 unions and a total membership of 27000. The report highlights organized labor growth and regional distribution of unions across counties.
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Lxacer
John T. Smith
Colorado
Quotable Wisdom From Classic Authors
A collage of aphorisms from Goethe Porter Beecher Johnson Stanley Smith Lovell Holmes Rochester and Bushnell extolling selfknowledge generosity courage intellect and the moral fruits of learning. The excerpts contrast inner wealth with outward wealth and praise deep attention and refined taste.
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Sidney Smith
J. R. Lovell
Chesterfield
O. W. Holmes
Bouchefoucould
T. W. Higginson
C. Rochester
Horace Bushnell
Little Hints for Household Tips and Remedies
A set of practical household hints advises cleaning hair brushes with dry Indian meat to extract oil and dust, cleaning linoleum with tepid water, bleaching rust spots with lemon juice and salt in sun, swallowing egg white to dislodge a fishbone, and using boiling aluminum solution to destroy ants spiders and cockroaches.
Household stain remedies from the past
The note lists chl oride of lime and oxalic acid to remove stains on fabrics and advises thorough washing. It also suggests parsley with onions to freshen breath and uses carpet tacks or ashes to clean bottles. Stains from tea and coffee are treated with gly cerine egg yolk and warm water.
Donts For Women On Street Cars And Dress Etiquette
A dated etiquette piece urges women to avoid loud talk on street cars and leaking behavior about engagements during storms. It advises modest dress, keeping skirts clean, and not edging toward doors on slippery rails to maintain dignity and propriety.
Don’t Snub A Boy Says American Boy Rhetoric
A quotation framed urging kindness to boys choosing humble trades and facing poverty. It cites figures like Pilgrim’s Progress author, Lincoln, Shakespeare, Edison, and Hogarth to argue against snobbery toward education, family background, or clothes.
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Abraham Lincoln
Shakespeare
Edison
Boston
Hogarth
Texas youth found dead in Sioux City hotel room
In Sioux City Iowa on December 8 20 year old Drew Kincannon of Granbury Texas was found dead in a Vendome hotel room after blowing out the gas last night and waking by the watchman this morning.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Andrew Kincannon
Granbury
Texas
Vendome Hotel
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