Commissioner Reverses Self in Mullins Lees Land Case
Helena dispatch reports J H Fimple acting land commissioner reverses himself and reopens the Mullins versus Lees contest over a 160 acre homestead near Butte. The protest claims the land is mineral and worthless for farming. a hearing is ordered within 380 days to determine if minerals exist prior to April 9, 1903.
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Helena
J. H. Fimple
General Land Office
Washington
Patrick Mullins
Butte
Emanuel Lees
Frank W. Sharpless
Mullins
Silver Trow Creek
Lees
Fimple
King
Bradford
Russia and Japan Haggling Over Far East Note
St. Petersburg December 25 The Russian government is still weighing Japan's reply to its note on the Far East dispute. A reconsideration of the Russian proposals is regarded as natural. Russia has not desired to abrupt terms and insists its offers were liberal.
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St. Petersburg
Japan
Far East
Russia
Japanese orders for pig lead shock Sydney firms
London reports a Daily Mail dispatch from Sidney indicates the Japanese government has placed large orders for pig lead with New South Wales firms, with the presumed use for making bullets.
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London
Daily Mail
Sidney
New South Wales
Elks Christmas Tree Event Delights Helena Children
Santa Claus visited Helena's Elks Auditorium delivering joy to more than 1,500 youngsters. The Montana State band performed for the children, who gathered early and were seated by tiered galleries with orderly conduct and festive decorations throughout the large hall.
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Standard
Helena
Santa Claus
Elks
Eleven Injured as Clover Leaf Train Collision At Kokomo
Eleven passengers were injured at Kokomo Indiana when a westbound Clover Leaf Christmas train collided with a Panhandle freight engine at a crossing. The more seriously hurt include Ana Lutz of Decatur with chest crushed and unconscious Jessie Brown of Marion with face and head cuts Sydney Bryant and a 6 year old with head bruises and arm cuts John Sanders a Marion colored passenger with head injuries and body bruises. Twelve passengers were aboard and two cars overturned.
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Kokomo
Ind
Panhandle
Ana Lutz
Decatur
Jessie Brown
Marion
Sydney Bryant
John Sanders
Laxative Remedy Advertises BromoQuinine Claim
A vintage ad asserts headaches from colds vanish with BromoQuinine laxative. It urges readers to call for the full product name to obtain the genuine remedy.
Public health order bars Dowleite children from schools
Chicago health officials require all public school children to be vaccinated against smallpox or be barred from attendance. Zion group followers face segregation with certificates of vaccination. Names and addresses of noncompliant children will be sent to the health department.
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Chicago
Board of Health
Zion
Health Department
Angel's Camp Man Commits Suicide Over Estrangement
Fresno dated dispatch reports Edward Harris, of Angel's Camp, near insanity from marital estrangement and violent temper. He shot himself in a Fresno lodging house room around noon, dying soon after. The bullet entered near the right ear and exited near the left jaw bone.
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Fresno
Cal
Edward Harris
Angel's Camp
Fatal clash among miners and women near Colorado Springs
A fight between two Black women at Cal Mines north of Colorado Springs escalated to involve Black miners. George Washington, a Black man, died and four others were wounded. Sixteen miners and two women, including the dead man's wife, were arrested awaiting the coroner's inquest. The disturbance was attributed to holiday revelry and liquor.
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Colorado Springs
Cal Mines
George Washington
Race Riot Feared in Quitman County Georgia
Reports reached tonight of trouble at the village of Barney eighteen miles east. The sheriff with a posse has gone to the scene. Rioting is feared as tension runs high after a white man killed a Negro desperado.
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Quitman
Dee
Barney
Hackett Produces New Play at Court Square Theater
James K. Hackett presented The Crown Prince by George H. Broadhurst at Court Square theater in Springfield Massachusetts. Charlotte Walker shared honors with Hackett before a large appreciative audience.
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Springfield
Mass
James K. Hackett
Crown Prince
George H. Broadhurst
Court Square Theater
Charlotte Walker
Mr. Hackett
Record patent activity tops prior years in Gazette
Washington reports in the Patent Office Gazette that this year produced more specifications for patents and marks than any previous year. The division tallies show 31 165 patents 1 886 trade marks and 656 design specifications.
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Washington
Patent Office
Nine Smallpox Victims Quarantined in Buffalo
Nine people sick with smallpox were moved to the quarantine hospital in Buffalo today. The buildings housing them have been quarantined and are under tight police guard.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Body Found in Wiseman Woods Near Monon Railroad
Salem Indiana reports discovery of a well dressed man found dead in Wiseman woods near the Monon railroad. A pistol with one chamber emptied gripped in his right hand and a glove on the left. Powder burns on mouth and lips. bullet removed from behind the skull. A gold watch and a razor were found in his pocket. the deceased is believed to be a Louisville man.
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Salem
Ind
Wiseman Woods
Monon
Louisville
Bayonne Burglary Suspects Arrested After Cincinnati Inquiry
In Bayonne New Jersey on December 2 Harry Edmund and John Haffran were arrested on burglary charges. Police chief Magner spoke by telephone with Cincinnati chief Milliken during the inquiry, seeking information on the case.
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Bayonne
N. J
Harry Edmund
John Haffran
Edmund
Magner
Milliken
Cincinnati
Edmund Held On Murder Charge. Extradition Papers Planned
A report states Edmund is held on a murder charge and a Cincinnati detective will depart for Bayonne with extradition papers at once, outlining immediate cross state legal action.
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Edmund
Cincinnati
Bayonne
Juvenile Son Fatally Shoots Father in Joplin
In Joplin Missouri on December 25 Burt Barron 17 shot and killed his father Matt FE Barron a miner while protecting his mother from assault. The elder Barron was intoxicated. The youth is under arrest and claims the shooting was accidental.
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Joplin
Burt Barron
Matt FE
Barron
Young Barron
Crazed man wounds landlady then fatally cuts self
Minneapolis story reports John Kuhn, driven by heavy drinking and unrequited affection for landlady Mrs. Ida Johnson, attempting to kill her and ending his own life by slashing his throat. The woman survives.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Ida Johnson
John Kuhn
Oregon Legislature Loses Gambling Bill
A Salem dispatch reports Senate page Ralph Cronise denying that House Chief Clerk Jennings delivered a gambling bill to the Senate president. Cronise says he never handled house papers, only messages from doorkeepers or pages, and that papers were sealed in envelopes. He claims Jennings may have given any such bill to a person other than Cronise.
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Portland
Ore
Oregonian
Salem
Ralph Cronise
Senate
Jennings
House
Crontse
Mr. Jennings
Oregon senator says gambling bill likely lost in session chaos
Oregon City Dec 2 Senator Brownell president of the senate says he knows nothing of a missing gambling bill. He doubts gamblers influenced its disappearance and believes it was probably lost amid the rush of business in the final hours of the session.
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Oregon City
Ore
Brownell
Senate
To Cure a Cold in One Day Claim
An old advertising claim promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets promising a one day cure for a cold with a money back refund if it fails. The label notes E. W. Grove's signature on the box.
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E. W. Grove
Five Injured as Passenger Hits Freight Train Near Clifton
Five persons were injured when passenger train No. 218 traveling from Harrison to Washington collided with freight train No. 87 one mile north of Clifton Virginia at 10:35 PM. Freight cars broke loose on Fairfax hill. No fatalities reported. Injured: Charles Amos engineer. T W Dingess mail clerk. L W Merrihew freight brakeman. J E Rodgers baggageman. Dennis Jackson fireman.
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Clifton
Harrison
Washington
Manassas
Alexandria
Fairfax Hill
Charles Amos
T. W. Dingess
L. W. Merrihew
J. E. Rodgers
Dennis Jackson
Ex Governor Sharp Dies in Washington at 71
Ex Governor Isaac Sharp of Kansas died here today from a stomach ailment at age 71. Native of Pennsylvania he moved to Kansas in the early 1860s and was active as a free soiler in the Kansas Missouri conflict. He had resided in Washington since 1882 and his remains will be sent to Cornell Grove for interment.
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Washington
Isaac Sharp
Kansas
Pennsylvania
Kansas-Missouri
Cornell Grove
Race clash in Lockland leaves man shot in siege of week
In Lockland a suburb of Cincinnati one Black man was shot and seriously wounded during a racial confrontation. The violence stems from about a dozen clashes between white residents and Black residents over the past week, with more trouble feared.
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Cincinnati
Lockland
Panama Craves British Tickle Commanded Troop Update
Continued from page one, a unit commanded by Captain George Reid of the Charlestown bar racks and Lieutenant Davis B. Wiley, arriving from Washington to join the company. The company numbers 94 men.
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S George ©. Reid
Charlestown Barracks
Davis B. Wiley
Washington
Colombia Volunteers Disbanding Reports From Cauca
Consul Gudger transmits to the state department that the American consul at Cali reports Colombian volunteer forces in Cauca are disbanding with no signs of an attack on Panama. Cartagena also sends similar information from the region.
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Washington
Gudger
Panama
State Department
Cali
Department of Cauca
Cartagena
Olympia to Carry Beaupre From Cartagena to Colon
The cruiser Olympia under Admiral Coghlan will transport Minister Beaupre from Cartagena to Colon where he will board a passenger steamer to New York. The Olympia is due at Cartagena Sunday. At Beaupre's request Colombia provides an armed escort from Bogota to Cartagena.
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Washington
Olympia
Coghlan
Minister Beaupre
Cartagena
Colon
New York
Mr. Beaupre
Bogota
Panama Quiet Amid Cable From Rear Admiral Glass
Secretary Moody received a cablegram from Rear Admiral Glass dated Panama reporting perfect quiet and no news. The terse dispatch suggests a calm period with no significant developments to report.
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Washington
Moody
Glass
Panama
Pessimistic Views Pushed At Montana Teachers Institute
In Fort Benton the Chouteau county teachers institute closed with Dr. Bagley delivering Some Pessimistic Views of an Optimist. In Red Lodge County Superintendent Agnes B. Ross allocated 7048.25 from tax collections to 47 districts. A total of 2568 children receive school money. per capita is 2.75 versus 2.52 last year.
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Fort Benton
Chouteau County
Teachers’ Institute
Bagley
Red Lodge
Agnes B. Ross
Fire Forces Evacuation At Seidler Hotel Adjoining Building
A blaze continues to burn as the fire threatens the structure adjoining Seidler's hotel. Guests in the hotel have been ordered to evacuate the building while firefighters work to control and extinguish the flames.
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Seidler’s Hotel
J Watts Kearney Dead in New Orleans Postmaster Dies
J Watts Kearney longtime New Orleans postmaster died tonight. A prominent Confederate veteran he had been a strong Republican since the war.
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New Orleans
J. Watts Kearney
Debts of the "400" From the New Yorker in Newport
Newport grocers threaten legal action as J Howard Addicks is publicly named with a $260 debt outstanding for over a year. Merchants recall royal orders from millionaires and say collectors face stiff house staff.
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The
New Yorker
Newport
J. Howard Addicks
Fire destroys Specialty Paper Box plant in Newark
Newark December 25 Fire swept through the Specialty Paper Box company's factory on Mechanic Street early today causing an estimated loss of fifty thousand dollars. The blaze caused extensive damage before firefighters could control it. Injuries were not reported and the cause is under investigation.
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Newark
N. J
Mechanic Street
Harassed tradespeople may stand against swindlers
The piece notes that tradespeople will someday refuse to be swindled by unscrupulous people. It likens such swindlers to a list resembling Metropolitan Opera box holders when naming those who would have them for breakfast. The author laments lack of responsibility among some, urging honesty.
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Newport
Metropolitan Opera House
Why does people crowd into the great cities
Plodding Pete asks why crowds move to cities and Meandering Mike replies that many country folks want farm work. The dialogue captures a rural outlook on urban migration through a Chicago or Washington Star style exchange.
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Pete
Mike
Washington Star
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