Sermon Impresses Oxford Audience as Christmas Tidings Begin
In Oxford a sizable crowd heard Rev. W. C. Stephens deliver his debut sermon despite yesterday's bad weather. The town notes arrivals from Gaylesville Sylacauga and Jasper for holidays, Christmas events, and readers’ thanks for the South Oxford Union chapel bazaar proceeds easing indebtedness.
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Oxford
W. C. Stephen
South Oxford Union Chapel
Anniaton
A. Adams
Mary Lou Mims
W. H. Barnes
Lurton Confirmed as Supreme Court Justice
The Senate confirmed Judge Horace Lurton of Tennessee to be Supreme Court justice to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Judge Rufus W. Peckham. Boston railroad officials report conductors and train crews demanding a 10 percent raise and a 10 hour workday.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Horace Lurton
Tennessee
Supreme Court
Rufus W. Peckham
Christmas Trade Surges In Greater New York Retailers
With five shopping days remaining before Christmas, New York City and the surrounding area report a brisk start to the week as retailers of all sizes experience a heavy business rush. Local stores indicate strong demand across departments and districts.
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City OF New York
New York
Dee
Greater
California lemon growers sue railroads over freight charges
Washington D C December 20 California lemon growers have filed a bill of complaint against every railroad in the country alleging exorbitant freight rates on lemons. They claim higher duties to aid competition with foreign lemons forced higher costs and that railroads raised rates after foreign imports were crowded out to absorb the higher duties profits.
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Washington, D. C
California
Fifty Die In Major Store Fire In London
A blaze at the Arding and Hobbs drapery store in London today caused fifty deaths as panic and flames spread rapidly through the building. Firefighters battled the blaze amid fears of a larger disaster.
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London
Arding and
Hobbs
Tear Potent Cure Says Bacteriologists
Bacteriologists claim tears have value for the public noting a good cry cleanses the face. Tears contain sodium chloride which sterilizes the eye mechanism and harms bacilli on the cheeks.
Holiday trade runs strong as shops stay open late
Holiday business appears unusually brisk with hotels crowded by out of town buyers. Shopkeepers report this season outpacing last year and expect most stores to remain open evenings for the rest of the week to serve the crowds.
Christmas Aboard Polly Through the Winter Sea
The good ship Polly sails a wintry sea as the captain’s daughter beams with Christmas joy. Sailors share in a festive stocking filled with shells coral ivory tusk ivory carving and curios while the crew sings carols and bonds over the season.
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American Press Association
Polly
Mischief by Children Sparks Toy Rivalry
A Chicago News item humorously notes a mother’s past purchase of a toy car led to smashed vases and rubbed chairs, and after taking away the car her children bought a toy aeroplane that scraped wallpaper and toppled the canary’s cage.
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Chicago News
Rich Baltimore banker drives wife in new buggy
A Baltimore American item reports a social rumor about a wealthy banker named Mr. Cashit driving his wife away in a new buggy. The brief snippet reflects tabloid style gossip without further details.
Just Like All of Us
Cynicus argues thieves are no different from others and dismisses the idea of honor among criminals in a brief Philadelphia Record exchange.
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Sillicus
Cynicus
Philadelphia Record
Unexciting Shrimp Vendor Day Turns to Sharp Exchange
A shrimp seller endures a dull day with scarce money. In a dreary street a woman shouts at a door. He asks for a pen'orth, she rejects with a curt hap'orth and hints at visitors.
Burkett Proposes Curtailment of Federal Judges Power
Senator Burkett today introduced in the senate a bill aimed at curtailing the powers of federal judges to restrain the operations of State laws and the actions of State officers enforcing them.
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Washington, D. C
Burkett
Senate
Miss Gordon pushs for equal rights and reforms
The article lauds Miss Gordon for driving gender equality efforts including voting rights for taxpaying women in Louisiana, improved sewerage systems in New Orleans, and leading movements toward equal guardianship and pay equality tied to national ideals of equal rights for all. It cites her influence in 1898 constitutional actions and ongoing advocacy in the woman suffrage and reform movements.
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Miss Gordon
Orleans
Six Thousand Girls Walk Out in Philadelphia Strike
Six thousand girls walked out from shirtwaist shops in Philadelphia in sympathy with New York strikers. They claimed New York firms had orders filled by Philadelphia shops, escalating labor unrest in the garment industry.
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Philadelphia
New York
John W Kern Celebrates 60th Birthday in Indianapolis
John W Kern, longtime Indiana Democrat and former vice presidential nominee, turned sixty today in Indianapolis. Born December 20 1849 in Howard County he has lived in Indiana his whole life and held roles from city attorney to party nominee for governor senator and vice president.
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Indianapolis
Ind
John W. Kern
United States
Kern
Howard County
Indiana
How to Read a Worn Inscription on a Silver Coin
The article instructs heating a red hot poker and placing the worn coin on the coal to reveal the inscription in a greenish hue. The inscription becomes readable while hot and fades as the coin cools, guiding readers on deciphering aged engravings.
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Gulph
Ministers Named for Diplomatic Posts and U S Marshal Nomination
Pope Long's name sent to the senate for confirmation as marshal of the Northern district of Alabama. Washington dispatch lists nominations including William James Calhoun for minister to China Robert Bacon for minister to France Richard Kerens for minister to Austria Hungary and Henry Lane Wilson for minister to Mexico.
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Washington, D. C
Pope Long
Senate
Alabama
William James Calhoun
China
Robert Bacon
France
Richard Kerens
Austria-Hungary
Henry Lane Wilson
Mexico
Southern Railway Officers Dine With Porter at Uncle Phil Home
Thirty general officers of the Southern railway attended a dinner yesterday at the home of Uncle Phil, a 74 year old black porter employed by the company, described as the occasion a casual social gathering.
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Washington, D. C
The
Southern Railway
Phil
Roosevelt return sparks expected New York demonstration
Friends of former President Theodore Roosevelt anticipate a grand June welcome in New York when the African hunter returns to the United States. Railroads may run special trains for supporters, while Republicans and Democrats watch a potential split over Governor Hughes succession. Roosevelt is praised as a unifying figure and possible 1912 presidential candidate by his congressional allies. The phrase Back from Elba Club is noted as a joking aside by some critics.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
United States
New York
Empire State
Hughes
Congressional Friends of the Rough Rider
Congress
Elba
Second Trial Set for Whitecappers Kirk and Fox
In Columbus Indiana the second trial of Jacob Kirk and David Fox for whitecapping Thomas Vanest, a former blacksmith, opens in the Bartholomew circuit court after delays. Eight men were arrested. two convictions stood before the renewed proceedings.
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Columbus
Ind
Jacob Kirk
David Fox
Smithville
Monroe County
Thomas Vanest
South Bethany
Bartholomew
Vanest
Hanly
Kirk and Fox
When the Parton Listened to Choir Sermon
A local minister, noted for listening closely, overheard female choir members singing a cautionary line about flirting being sin and the danger of a sister or brother aiding in temptation, as reported by Lawrence World.
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Lawrence
A Perfect Pup at London Dog Show
At the Peking palace dog association show in London Mrs. Cross’s China dog Chu Bar won Pierpont Morgan’s prize of 100 guineas. Mrs. Cross declined a $25 900 down payment for the little Chinese pup valued around 200 an ounce.
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London
Governor seeks militia to quell race war near Green Cane
Governor Sanders orders the militia to curb an emerging race war in Green Cane area after a bloody clash between white and black residents leaving several dead.
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Baton Rouge
Dee
Sanders
Green Cane
Aristocrats Rally Against Annexation in San Mateo Suburbs
In San Mateo California a special election tested whether El Cerrito and Highland Park along with Hayward Park and East San Mateo join San Mateo. Wealthy residents led by prominent families fought annexation to preserve exclusivity, but larger turnout in East San Mateo and Hayward Park favored joining, suggesting elimination of aristocratic enclaves.
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San Mateo
Cal
el Cerrito
Highland Parks
Hayward Park
East San Mateo
California
de Sabras
Bowles
Tepleton Crockers
San Francisco
Wighland Park
Men of Learning to Talk Science
Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology host the sixty first annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Boston. Dr David Starr Jordan of Stanford serves as president with affiliated societies including zoologists nature study psychology geology geography physiology mathematics physics anthropology chemistry anatomy and folklore represented.
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Boston
Mass
Harvard University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
America
American Association For the Advancement of Science
David Starr Jordan
Leland Stanford University
Association
American Society of Zoologists
American Nature-Study Society
American Psychological Society
Didn’t Forget Hein: Waif’s prayer recalls a home scene
A fragmented OCR quote recalls a child’s prayer from a domestic scene. The speaker asks God to bless those in the home and all callers in the sea, hoping ships do not run over them and asking for bread and candy for the poor. The line ends with a hesitant mention of Alfred Warren Rendall and a nightgown remark.
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Hein
Hyame
Alfred Warren Rendall
Hime
Cat Returns Home After Move Defining Habit
J Warren Folsom of Lowell Maine moved from his mother’s house to a new home five miles away last spring. The family cat was placed in a box and moved to the new residence but soon began returning to the old home for a day or two before returning again. The cat shows a steady pattern of alternating lodging between the two homes.
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J. Warren Folsom
Lowell
Eagles to Draw Balloons
An old Austrian proposal from about a century ago suggested guiding balloons with trained eagles. The concept imagines birds steering airships toward chosen directions as a remarkable early idea in ballooning innovation.
New Norwegian Railroad Cuts Sea Journey Time
After completion of the line from Christiania to Bergen, travel between the two largest Norwegian towns will take 13 hours instead of 50 by sea. The project is estimated to cost 15 million dollars.
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Christiania
Bergen
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