Suffragette hike covers fourteen miles to Albany plan
Niverville New York December 67 Miss Rosalie Jones and fifty suffragists walk fourteen miles from Stockport through snow to Niverville. They plan three more miles to Albany tonight then resume to reach Albany by Monday aiming for Governor elect Sulzer inauguration events. A brass band and numerous supporters join the march.
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Niverville
N. Y
Stockport
Rosalie Jones
Sulzer
Pine Tree Inn
Albany
Kinderhook
East Greenbush
Castro to be detained like any immigrant
Cipriano Castro former president of Venezuela said to be aboard the steamer La Touraine due Sunday from Havre will be detained at Ellis Island immigration station until Secretary Nagel reviews his admission to the United States. The state department has requested strict application of immigration laws to Castro while it searches for evidence that could bar him.
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New York
Cipriano Castro
Venezuela
la Touraine
Havre
Ellis Island
Nagel
Department of Commerce and Labor
United States
State Department
Nage
Castro
Parcel post route brings farm goods to housewives
New York announces a plan to deliver fresh apples and country butter direct from farms to about half a million homes via parcel post. Mrs. Julian Heath, president of the National Housewives league, says the system will start to operate to some extent on January 1 when parcel post mail is opened to packers.
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New York
Parcel Post
Julian Eath
National Housewives League
Heath
Dislike of cigarettes cited in widow’s death at party
In Los Angeles on December 27 a young widow, Hortense Koetsch, died at a holiday party where she did not approve of cigarette smoking. A guest named A C Howe exhibited a dangerous behavior that led to the unusual death, with authorities investigating the incident.
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Los Angeles
Hortense Koetsch
C Howe
Woman Dies After Glass Door Shatters In Chase
Koetsch refused cigarette smoking and fled with Howe in pursuit. She shut the door as he reached it, his shoulder broke through the glass. She tried to reopen the door and fell into the shattered glass, a glass sliver piercing her neck and severing the jugular vein, dying instantly.
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Koetsch
Howe
Ten year old tricks police with burglar alarm stunt
Chicago reports Theodore Lee son of Capt George A Lee of Oak Park police telephoned a burglar alarm to avoid a spanking. Police swarmed the house with armed guards and a tense standoff ended with the boy grinning and promising a scolding tomorrow.
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Chicago
Theodore Lee
George A. Lee
Oak Park
Lee
Theodore
Great Northern to extend Teton County line to Bynum
Great Northern plans an extension of its Teton county line from Power to Chateau then northwest to the old town of Bynum. The Chateau branch is built as the Great Falls and Teton County Railway, led by W. S. Hobson of Lewistown, with a meeting to authorize the extension slated soon.
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Great Falls
Great Northern
Teton County
Chateau
Bynum
Doping Young Dupes He Drums Up a Business
Chicago December 27 Harry Pratt aged 43 nicknamed the walking drug store was fined twenty dollars by Municipal Judge Mahoney after admitting to distributing free tiny cocaine packets to youths in pool halls to create drug habits and profit from their patronage. Police found a dozen large boxes of the drug in his room at the time of arrest.
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Chicago
Harry Pratt
Mahoney
Pratt
Deceiving the People in Bank Scheme Explored
A man with a bulbous nose recounts plans to set up a bank in a Dakota town. He claimed backing from local business leaders and farmers and started with 39,000 dollars capital before progress slowed amid unclear results.
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Dakotas
Ieee
Nmin Cini
Jame
Three possible members of Wilson cabinet named
After a Waldorf Astoria meeting, observers say Wilson may form a distinctive cabinet. Martin Wade of Iowa is discussed as a possible member, while Texas Governor Robert Henry has many supporters and David Francis, a former Missouri governor, is also urged for appointment.
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Woodrow Wilson
Waldorf- Astoria Hotel
New York
Martin J. Wade
Iowa
West
Robert L. Henry
Texas
Bank Run Threat Sparks Vigilante Exchange
A bank faces a rumor of instability sparking a run by depositors and a tense committee confrontation. The bank owner insists on showing ample cash, pays all creditors, and ends with a calm close as a gun-wielding spokesman demands accountability and warns others.
Miss Hill Engaged to Dr Emil Boeckmann
St Paul December 27 James J Hill announces the engagement of his daughter Miss Rachael to Dr Emil Boeckmann of St Paul. The wedding date has not been announced.
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St. Paul
James J. Hill
Great Northern Railway
Rachael
Emil Boeckmann
Rug advertisement touts Kurdistan value claim in NY department store
An advertisement in a New York department store proclaims that better values can be found in Kurdistans than elsewhere. It describes Kurds as a robber tribe and notes they steal wool from semi wild sheep herds, framing the claim as a bargain teaser for bargain hunters.
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New York City
Kurdistans
Gunboat Smith Wins Uneven Boxing Bout Over Moran
Gunboat Smith of San Francisco edged Frank Moran of Pittsburgh over 20 rounds in a slow crowded fight. Moran, booed at times, faced repeated blows as Smith used a strong left and sharp rights. Moran feared Smith and sought an exit in the sixteenth round, while Smith drew cautions for elbows and shoulders. Moran entered as a 10 to 7 favorite.
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San Francisco
Smith
Frank Moran
Pittsburg
Moran
Ami
Collectors Auction Off Emerson McMillin Painting Cache
A hobbyist who loves paintings often sells items as collectors tire of their trove. Emerson McMillin plans an auction featuring Corot works including Orpheus and Eurydice, four more Corots, Millet, four Troyon canvases, 18 by George Inness, and additional notable pieces.
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Emerson McMillin
Corot
Orpheus and
Eurydice
Vicomte Uncovers Rare Manuscript in China
In his book In Forbidden China Vicomte aVovone recounts a surprising find. An agent offered a manuscript for 200 dollars in a Chinese city. after questions the seller fled, leaving the document with the vicomte who could not locate the true owner.
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Vicomte
Forbidden
China
Vicomte d’Olione
Silence Aims to Speak in Peace Era Weapon Debate
An article discusses the Maxim silencer previously acclaimed by military experts for warfare, now reintroduced as a tool purported to promote peace. It notes the shift in perception and framing of suppressors within military and public discourse.
Inventor Pursues Silence Device for Street Cars
The inventor, not content with this public benefaction, is said to be at work on a silencer for noisy street cars. May his work be uninter rupted.
Lower Wages Fuel Textile Strike in Little Falls Mills
In Little Falls New York workers from mills testified before the state board of arbitration that wage cuts drove the months long strike. A score of witnesses including men women and girls said they earned no more than 11 a week with wages dropping to 7 or 6 after a 5 hour workweek law.
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Little Falls
N. Y
State Board of Arbitration
Snow plow crews quit NYC streets over rain
Three thousand snow plows and truck drivers in New York City stopped work today due to continuous rainfall. Officials said the workers could not stand the rain, leaving the streets without active snow removal amid the weather.
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New York
New York City
Coast line distance winds into England claim
A dubious comparison notes England’s coast line at 1.80 miles and Chicago boasting a death rate of 4.7 per 1.00 population as the world’s healthiest city claim.
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England
Chicago
Too Many U S Horses Shipped Abroad Warns Fasig Tipton
Ed Tipton of Fasig Tipton & Co says excess American Thoroughbreds are being shipped overseas and warns that if current trends continue for two years there will be few valuable horses left in the country.
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Ed” Tipton
Fasig, Tipton & Co
Tipton
Wilson Parade Brightened Old Home District
Incandescent bulbs and gan arc lamps lit the route as flags bunting and fresh cleaning marked the Wilson parade through business blocks and private streets. The return to his old home drew residents and spectators who lined the streets for the ceremony.
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Wilson
Inauguration Should Be Simple, Wilson Says
President elect Woodrow Wilson prefers a modest inauguration, deeming past ceremonies too spectacular. In Washington he discussed the plan with William C. Eustis, met Senator Martine and Swanson, and greeted Virginia Representatives Jones and Carlin, then moved on to Staunton aboard a special car.
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Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Staunton
Wilson
William C. Eustis
Iiauguration Committee
Martine
New Jersey
Swanson
Virginia
Jones and
Carlin
Eustis
Vick
Pennsylvania
Chesapeake & Ohio
President elect Wilson backs provisional Philippine government
Staunton Virginia reports that President elect Wilson favors an eight year provisional government for the Philippines with independence thereafter, according to Representative William A. Jones. Jones says Wilson already signaled support for the pending bill and expects pressure for an extra session to press the policy.
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Staunton
Wilson
Philippines
William A. Jones
Virginia
House of Consular Affairs Committee
Jones
Congress
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