President Taft to push law against farm product gambling
Washington talks reveal President Taft plans to urge Congress to bar gambling in futures for wheat corn cotton and other farm products. He seeks a measure similar in reach to lottery prohibitions and will consult top officials including Knox Wickersham Scott Lovering and Smith before introducing a bill.
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Congress
Pres Taft
White House
Scott
Kansas
House Committee On Agriculture
Taft
Knox
Wickersham
Lovering
Massachusetts
Herbert Knox Smith
Cotton Exchange
New York
Tommy-Pop Pronoun Debate Sparks Philadelphia Record
The Philadelphia Record notes a gender based rule for future tense. It states a man uses I shall while a woman uses I will. This light opinion touches language and custom rather than formal grammar.
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Tommy
Philadelphia Record
Looking at Jesus The Supreme Tragedy What Obedience Brings
A brief three part entry titled Looking at Jesus followed by The Supreme Tragedy and What Obedience Brings. The items read like a catalog of sermon topics or devotional headings. No further context or details are provided in the readable text.
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Jesus
Copenhagen University panel weighs second report on Cook polar records
The Copenhagen special committee studying Dr. Frederick A. Cook's polar records is debating issuing a second report with more details. If released, it would come mid January. A member said parts of Cook's narrative were fabricated and his papers relied on calculations from Captain Loose.
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Copenhagen
Copenhagen University
Frederick A. Cook
Cook
Loose
New Warships to Join the Navy
The navy department plans to place in commission by year end 1910 the battleships Michigan around January 1 the South Carolina later and the Delaware and North Dakota in spring. About twelve destroyers two submarines and two colliers will also be placed in commission in that period.
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Washington
Navy Department
Michigan
South Carolina
Delaware
North Dakota
Italian Leader Slain in Sandusky Mystery Solved
Frank Benah testified he killed Agosta Dema for 400 dollars. He said Jim Primer paid him to murder the Sardinia-born leader so Primer could marry Dema's wife. Local Italian community details follow as the case unfolds.
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Sandusky
Agosta Dema
Frank Benah
Jim Primer
Benah
Legislature Meets in Special Session in Helena
Helena Mont Dec 28 The Montana Legislature convened in special session to consider increasing the capitol addition appropriation to permit Montana construction materials and an additional appropriation for state publicity work in 1910.
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Helena
Mot
Capitol
Montana
Cashier Capron Vanishes With $20000 From Express Office
ChicagoDispatch: A cashier named George A Capron of the United States Express Englewood branch disappeared Christmas Eve with about $20,000. Detectives nationwide search for Capron and the missing funds.
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Chicago
George A. Capron
United States Express Company
Englewood
Capron
Wolves Attack a Farmer Near Montgomery Illinois
Chicago dispatch reports Illinois farmer Henry Lund escaped death when eight timber wolves attacked his sleigh as he traveled with his horses near Montgomery. Lund fought them off with a whip, the horses carried him to safety, and farmers organize a search for the wolves lair.
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Chicago
Henry Lund
Montgomery
Lil
Lund
Senator Nelson III Stricken by Heavy Cold in Washington
Washington December 28 Senator Nelson of Minnesota is not in first rate physical condition as a heavy cold has settled on his lungs and there is some concern about his health for upcoming duties.
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Washington
Nelson
Minnesota
Mystery surrounds Rock Island deal
The New York Stock Exchange opened with Rock Island common stock surging sharply then collapsing, triggering a special investigation led by Francis L. Eames J T Atterbury and Ernest Groesbeck. Officials deny responsibility while brokers defer comment as theories of manipulation circulate amid 218000 shares traded.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Rock Island
Stock Exchange
Francis L. Eames
the Exchange
J. T. Atterbury
Ernest Groesbeck
Exchange
Daniel G. Reid
W. H. Moore
Reid
Here
Judge Moore
Chicago
Rock Island Common
Barton shot in head in claim shack near Flasher
Ike Barton was attacked by would be murderers while alone in his claim shack near Flasher North Dakota. He was shot in the head and lies in a Flasher hospital in critical condition. Barton identified his assailants and authorities know their names. No motive is known.
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Flasher
Ike Barton
Barton
Storm Devastates New England Coast Wreck Toll Rises
News from New York reports the probable loss of the five masted schooner Davis Palmer with twelve crewmen off Boston harbor. Other vessels ashore include the Nantasket with ten rescued crew, Belle Halliday, A. K. McLean, Maud Seward, and Bonito. Telegraph and telephone services remain crippled, with travel and rail disrupted across Cape Cod, Rhode Island, and southeastern Massachusetts.
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Davis Palmer
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Palmer
Newport News
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Scituate
Belle Halliday
Arant Point
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Philadelphia
Martha's Vineyard
A. K. McLean
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Halifax
Stonington
Maud Seward
Reading
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Bonito
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Sandy Peninsula
Rhode Island
New Bedford
Fall River
Italian Laborer Killed In Alworth Building Fall
Tony Vilea a laborer on the fifteenth floor of the Alworth building fell fourteen stories to his death after grabbing a hoisting cable to slide down it instead of using ladders. The cable, kept oiled, could not slow his descent and he struck the ground with fatal impact.
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Tony Vilea
Alworth
Viloa
Wounded by Her Cousin in Accidental Shot
Five year old Ruth Mitchell of Lake City was shot in the jaw and tongue by her eleven year old cousin Ralph Smith in Red Wing Minnesota. The gun exploded severing a jugular vein and doctors fear she will not survive.
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Red Wing
Minn
Ruth Mitchell
Lake City
Ralph Smith
Ralph
Ruth
Ice caused fatal slip during canal work in Sault Ste. Marie
In Sault Ste. Marie on the Canadian canal, two repair workers fell on ice. John Gordon slipped while lowering timbers and was killed instantly when struck by the lock wall. John Erickson, struck by falling timbers, suffered a broken shoulder and arm with severe internal injuries and may not survive.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
John Gordon
John Erickson
Andrew Carnegie Injured in Central Park Slip
In New York on December 28 Andrew Carnegie slipped on ice near a reservoir in Central Park suffering a painful left knee injury. He missed a dinner at his home hosted for Governor Hughes and others and could not attend a major American Historical and Economic Association meeting at Carnegie Hall. Authorities said the condition was not serious. President Taft could not attend due to the storm.
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New York
Andrew Carnegie
Central Park
Hughes
Butler
Columbia University
American Historical Association
American Economic Association
Carnegie Hall
Carnegie
Taft
San Francisco Plaintiff Files $250000 Libel Suit in New York
Francis J. Heney of San Francisco files a libel suit for 250000 against William H. Crocker California financier. The complaint cites an open letter bearing Crocker’s name appearing in a New York newspaper on December 3 defending and then withdrawing support for Heney in the San Francisco graft prosecutions.
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New York
Francis J. Heney
San Francisco
William H. Crocker
California
Mr. Heney
Ter
Mr. Crocker
Heney
Peace Talks Start Between Nicaragua Sides
President Madriz said he would arrange a meeting of peace commissioners after receiving a telegram from General Estrada in Bluefields expressing willingness to discuss terms. Mexico reportedly accepts responsibility for Zelaya and seeks to prevent his return, effectively treating him as a prisoner.
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Nicaragua
Madriz
General Estrada
Bluefields
Mexico
Zelaya
Zelaya Denounces Knox and Defends Actions
Exiled former president Jose Santos Zelaya claims Knox is warped by false Nicaragua reports from Managua. He says he will stay six months in Mexico City to thank President Diaz and officials, then decide about his family and future.
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Knox
Nicaragua
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Managua
Jove Santos Zelaya
Cannon
Croce
Zelaya
General Guerrero
Mexico City
Europe
Diaz
Family Stricken by Trichinosis Near Red Wing
In Red Wing Minnesota on December 28 Mr and Mrs Fred Meyer and their two children living twelve miles south of Red Wing are critically ill due to trichinosis from eating fresh pork.
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Red Wing, Minn
Fred Meyer
Red Wing
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