American fleet officers enjoy races at Port of Spain
Port of Spain December 27 American battleship captains and staffs were hosted by Sir Henry Moore Jackson governor of Trinidad at luncheon and later attended the races. The weather was ideal and American horses won most events as officers watched proudly amid a holiday crowd. Many sailors will soon return to the track before bluejackets end shore leave.
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Port of Spain
Henry Moore Jackson
Trinidad
Rio Janeiro
Motion Overruled in Walsh Case by U S Court
Chicago Dec 27 United States district court overruled a motion to transfer the Walsh case from the serg. Miller argued the motion Judge Anderson interrupted remarks and said the case should not be decided on the spot Overruled motion and continued the hearing. Switchman Shot by Strike Breaker in Binghamton N Y on December 27 following Erie line strike. London Telegraph reports a bishop of St Asaph posed a riddle to candidates testing wit and tact regarding which has more legs a cat or no cat. a candidate answered cat but bishop corrected no cat has five.
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Chicago
Joe Anderson
United States
John R. Walsh
Sry
Miller
Anders
Anderson
Short
St. Asaph
London Telegraph
Unknown strike incident claims Sullivan's life
A strike breaker's action fatally struck Sullivan, the ball passing entirely through his skull and he died within an hour.
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Sullivan
Demand Increase In Wages For Newspaper Deliveries
New York dispatch reports a threatened strike by newspaper delivery wagon drivers and helpers over pay. Current wages are $14 to $16 weekly, with a demand to raise to $17 and $19. A compromise may be reached.
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New York
Telegraphic Brevities From Across the Nation
Rear Admiral Charles W. Abbot is dead in Warren Rhode Island. Violinist Carl Meisel dies in Boston. President Roosevelt and family arrive at Pine Knot Virginia for a short rest. Representative William A Calder of Kansas is critically ill with double pneumonia in Washington. Chicago to Havana motor boat race planned at national show in Chicago. Governor Hughes of New York shows improvement after illness at Albany. Martin Overs of Ohio donates a Christmas gift of a facial drawing to his wife and children. Donald J McCail, Minoan constable, dies after Christmas eve shooting in Prior Lake and hospital care in Minneapolis.
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Charles W. Abbot
Warren, R. I
Carl Meisel
Boston
President Roosevelt
Pine Knot
William A. Calder
Kansas
Washington
Chicago
Havana
Cuba
Hugres
New York
Albany
Fto
Martin Overs
Loi. O
Donald J. MecCail
Prior Lake
St. Barnabas Hospital
Minneapolis
Wanted Columns and Classified Ads Mix
A garbled early 20th century classified list offers a mix of want ads and sale notices. Items include a woman seeking a housekeeper position with a child, several dogs and livestock for sale, multiple rental and property listings near Main Street and the Catholic church, and farm land and mortgage offers with partial financial terms.
Darrow Outlines Case While Ill in Pettibone Trial
Clarence Darrow, too ill to stand, delivers a defense outline from a chair in Boise. He links Pettibone to Haywood era disputes, cites mining and labor-war events, and claims witnesses will rebut Orchard and Simpkins with the Vindicator explosion ruled an accident. Judge Wood denies the motion for acquittal.
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Boise
Ida
Clarence Darrow
Pettibone
Chicago
Darrow
Haywood
Pennsylvania
Couer d’Alenes
Geminion
Derrow
Denver
Western Federation of Labor
Darren
Idaho
Pettibone and Moyer
Colorado
Supreme Court
Colorado City
Cripple Creek
Orchard
Wood
Miners Readies Fight Over Goldfield Injunction Plan
Miners' union officials and C F E Mahoney Western Federation vice president learn owners seek federal court injunction to bar picketing and dissolve the Goldfield miners' union. Mahoney vows to resist with all means, stating miners will not submit to such orders and will fight the injunction.
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Oldfield
Nev
Miners’ Union
C. FE
United States
Charlie
Melons in Storage in a Rural Missouri Court
In Macon County Missouri a dispute over ten watermelons valued at 15 cents each ends with Squire Easley ruling Kain owns the melons and Hopper owed storage costs. Mitchell and Guthrie argued both sides. Easley notes law can back either claim but finds for Kain while acknowledging Hopper guarded the fruit with a shotgun.
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Solomon
Macon County
Timothy Kain
Easley Township
Felix Hopper
Wain
Hopper
Squire William Easley
Kain
Squire Easley
Mitchell
Guthrie
Knut
Nain
Kansas City Star
Market quotations from Minneapolis to Chicago grains and livestock
Wheat prices at Minneapolis and Duluth for on track and in store grades, with nearby and futures quotes. St Paul and Chicago markets show cattle, sheep, and pork values with range figures for steers cows heifers veals beets? (data truncated)
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St. Paul
Duluth
Northern
Tin fillings praised by dentist in patient tale
A New York Ledger item recounts a dentist extolling tin as a superior tooth filling. He notes tin lasts longer than gold, despite higher initial cost, and mentions a broker who insists on tin and pays well for the work.
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Wall Street
Ile
New York
Tess
Wardie vicar recalls crowded first service and bald head
The Rev C N Wright recalls beginning at Wardie with a crowded church on his first morning. He notes parish curiosity about his appearance and hair, and quotes a Psalm line he used as the Psalms were read rather than sung.
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C. N. Wright
Wardie
Rochdale
London
Graphia
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Laclede Ave
St. Louis, Mo
Cain
Sanitol Chemical Laboratory Company
St. Louis
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Ollisson
Austin, Mian
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Minn Hoth
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