Fire destroys block as Christmas trees spread in New York
In New York on December 25 a six story factory at West Tenth Avenue was wrecked, causing $100,000 in losses as water pressure failed. Firefighters linked hoses, hoisted ladders, and saved surrounding homes while crowds watched. A hospital ward remained lit as a street blaze raged, with a firefighter injured by debris.
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New York
Fifty-eighth Street
Tenth Avenue
West Tenth Avenue
Railroad Worker Dead At Pryor Creek Coal Dock
Special Dispatch reports a Japanese laborer for the railroad company fell from a coal dock near Pryor Creek station on the Burlington Cody branch. His head struck a rail and was crushed under two tons of coal, and he died before the coal was removed.
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Alardara
Bilings
Christmas Day Shootout Ends Turbulent Chase in Paducah
In Paducah Kentucky December 2 a clash erupted between a police officer and John Tee a one armed flagman atop a tower near Seventh and Broadway. Patrolman James Glareway was wounded in the hip as shots and a hail of bullets from the crowd followed.
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Paducah, Ky
Der
John Tee
Tllinois
Heventh
Broadway
James Glareway
Tice
Tower Firefighters Citadel Clash Ends in Fatal Shooting
A riotous mob from surrounding streets joined in when bricks were thrown at a tower. The hegro fired from the tower at pedestrians. Police tried to seize him. he opened fire on officers until he was killed.
Rich Find in the Bear Paw Mountains
In the Bear Paw mountains about 95 miles northeast of Great Falls and 8 miles from Big Sandy on the Montana Central there is a reported ore discovery yielding $70 in gold per ton according to Henry E. Jones. Johannes Lehfeldt of Big Sandy owns an interest in the ground and says the ore is surface ore with potential for greater values. Prospectors have worked the area for years without luck until four months ago when a gold-bearing sample emerged in Havre. Lehfeldt plans development with partners on the filed ground.
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Llandura
Great Falls
Bear Paw Mountains
Great Pails
Big Sandy
Mantana Central
Henry E. Jones
Jones
Johannes Lehfeldt
Lehfeldt
Orc
Havre
Lebfeldt
Belasco Playhouse to Close in Seattle
Belasco and Mayer announce closing of the Belasco theater in Seattle after a 40 week trial, ending two weeks hence. Former Columbia Theater, the venue failed to sustain profitable stock companies, with 130 thousand dollars spent since opening twenty weeks ago. Poor vaudeville and burlesque shows cited as the reason for shutdown.
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Belasco Playhouse
Seattle
Portland
Tec
Belisco & Mayer
Belasco
Columbia
Belasco & Mayer
Football rule revision trial in Washburn Fairmount game
In Wichita Kansas a trial of new football rules requiring 10 yards on three downs and permitting the forward pass was played between Washburn and Fairmount colleges. Neither side scored, Washburn gained 10 yards only four times, Fairmount three. Both teams punted often, passes and end runs featured. No injuries reported. players praised the roughness but kept the game clean.
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Wichita
Kun. der
Washburn
Fairmount
Nenaldea
Simon Clark of Omaha killed by grizzly bear
Simon D. Clark known as Blondy and a longtime public figure in Omaha was killed in a grizzly bear encounter in the Hig Hord region. Ranchman Adams found Clark's mangled body near a cave mouth with two dead grizzlies after following Clark's trail for 40 miles. Clark had been hunting in the Big Morn country and recently arrived at a ranch.
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Omaha
Simon D. Clark
Omiaha
Ska
Sk & Fetter
Adams
Clark
Big Morn
Blondy
Nodds
Gmaba
Flour Milling Push In Cascade District
Desiring to build a flouring mill in the county, a movement led by Minneapolis men and the Farmers' Union of Cascade Belt Blackett and Sand Coulee has begun to secure funds. About 35 for rent of the needed amount has been subscribed by farmers who expect better wheat prices and cheaper flour.
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Minneapolis
Yniong
Cascade
Belt, Blackett and
Sand Coulee
Saloon Shooting in Tacoma Leaves Two Wounded
In Tacoma at the Steamer saloon proprietor William Howell shot Oscar Welfreiger and longshoreman Charles G. Steel during a quarrel over whiskey. Welfreiger was shot in the lungs. Steel received a dangerous abdominal wound. Both were transported to a hospital. Welfreiger is expected to die, and Steel, an ex convict known as Gib, escaped from a ambulance and vanished after the incident.
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Tacoma
William Howell
Oscar Welfreiger
Charles G. Steel
Welfreiger
Steel
Governor Grants Two Christmas Pardons in Ohio
Governor Hierrick issued two Christmas pardons in Columbus. Patrick Moran, serving a life sentence for second degree murder in Cuyahoga County, and Marvin Kuhns, serving a second degree murder sentence in Seneca County, were released from jail.
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Columbus
Ohio
Hierrick
Patrick Moran
Cuyahoga County
Marvin Kuna
Senech County
Moran
Kuhns
Sherman Indians Rout St Vincent's College In Southern California
In Los Angeles on December 26 the Sherman Indians defeated St. Vincent's College 30 to 0 in the final Southern California gridiron game. Spectacular plays included a 107 yard run. St. Vincent's saw a broken collar bone for a witness and I. Luga of Sherman sustained two broken ribs.
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Los Angeles
Deagon
California
Sherman Indians
St. Vincent's College
Witthess
St. Vincent's
I. Luga
Indians
Minneapolis Woman Faces Shoplifting Charge in New York
Miss Lillian Cherry of Minneapolis arrived in New York with manuscripts and has taught for eight years. She was held in Jefferson Market on a charge of shoplifting at a Sixth Avenue department store. Detectives say she took a woman's jacket and other items. Bail was set at 2.50. Rev Dr Burrell connected her with counsel. The hearing was adjourned to the next day as she claimed the motive was to study shop practices for an article.
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New York
Lillian Cherry
Minneapolis
Mise Cherry
David James Burrell
Marble Collegiate Church
Fifth Avenue
Kho
Rutherford
Invention Inn
Fin Vale
Despairing Jewish Letters From Minneapolis Tell Of Massacres
A December dispatch from Minneapolis relays desperate letters from Russian Jewish relatives seeking steamer tickets to flee the czar's empire. Descriptions recount massacres in Kotoras and Dman following the czarist manifesto, with mobs firing, arson, and the murder of hundreds of Jews as police and officials fail to protect them.
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Minneapolis
Kotoras
Aassieres
Eduniied
Nuremberg Terrorized by Serial Knife Attacker
In Nuremberg a masked criminal nicknamed Jack the Ripper styled assaults terrorize streets. He approaches women, stabs them with a knife, and within days five victims report to police. Adam Schmidt, a Furth brewer, is arrested on suspicion after witnesses identified him. one victim dies.
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Gderlin
Jack the Ripper
Nuremberg
Adam Schmidt
Furth
Smane
Ponderous Undertaking for Bride Elect in Oregon
Baker City Oregon reports a plan to fund a wedding present for Miss Alice Roosevelt and Congressman Nicholas Longworth. Eastern Oregon citizens start a nationwide subscription to raise about 600000 dollars. States will collect ten cent subscriptions and forward to Washington before February.
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Baker City
Ore
Alice Roosevelt
Nicholas Longworth
Oregon
Roosevelt
Gasoline launch stranded near Lumint Island
Report from Sellingham Washington on December 25 states a gasoline launch from Friday harbor was wrecked on a reef off Point French while returning to the city. Five men were aboard and feared lost as a rescue tug Electra arrived with details still unclear.
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Sellingham
Wash
Harbor
Point French
Lumint Island
Electrc
Reply to Folk's Letter Explains Penitentiary Roles
Jefferson City December 25 The prison inspectors issued a reply to Governor Folk's letter criticizing their penitentiary report. They deny responsibility for management due to no vote in selecting staff. They note civil service exams exist but many discharged for incompetency were appointed by the current administration, alleging patronage. They urge the governor to appoint without policy reference.
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Jefferson City
Folk
Stranded in Arctic for Seven Years Returns Home
Edinburgh reports George Cleveland of Maranchuselle has ended seven years of isolation after surviving as crew at a Hudson Bay whaling station. His vessel burned leaving him destitute. he lived among Eskimos for three years, subsisting on raw flesh and enduring harsh deprivations including an ice fire march and mental strain.
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Edinburgh
Dunndee
George Cleveland
Maranchuselle
Baby’s Delivery Secures Hospital Elevator Upgrade
Brighton Pennsylvania report tells of Henway Valley General Hospital delaying an elevator purchase until a dramatic incident convinced directors to approve a new electric elevator costing 21 103 dollars. A woman and a newborn were reportedly moved when the old lift balked.
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Brighton
Henway Valley General Hospital
Hospital Cout
Disa McCowan
Dlsectors
Toomé
Robbery attempt on U S mail wagon near Seattle
Two masked robbers fired on a United States mail wagon on Spokane avenue near Seattle and West Seattle. Driver Eli Graham was shot at but not seriously harmed while the wagon carrying a large quantity of regular malt from the Seattle post office to West Seattle patrons was attacked and the robbers fled.
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Seattle
United States
Spokane Avenue Briaze
West Seattle
Eli Graham
Graham
Bride Rebuffs Groom After Hesitation In Mecklesburg
Hambhurg December 25 A bridal couple appeared before the registrar in a small Mecklesburg town. The groom initially refused the marriage, asking for time to think. After an hour he returned and agreed, but the bride then rejected him saying she cannot marry a weak willed man and left in scorn.
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Hambhurg
Mecklesburg
Talion Amon
Britegroom Anstiy
Jett
Mother Steals Child at Revolver's Point
Berlin report describes a dramatic Stuttgart tale where the divorced mother of an 18 month old used a revolver to threaten self harm as she seized the child from a wealthy father's home. A grandmother screamed, a workman intervened to recover the infant, and the mother fled with two men and a locksmith in a car.
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Berlin
Stuttgart
Eye dangers warned by French doctor in eggs
London reports a French medical man warns that egg yolk contains a substance dangerous to health. Injected into veins or body cavities it may cause death by rapid brainstem poisoning. He notes tortoise eggs are more toxic than fowl eggs, yet most people eat eggs without concern.
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London
Hon
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