Goodrich for Governor UrGED by Lawrence County Friends of James P Goodrich
A Lawrence County appeal urges James P Goodrich of Winchester for Indiana governor. The letter praises his long party service as state committee chair and national committeeman, outlines pledges for a clean businesslike administration, lower taxation, and efficient government, and calls for broad support across counties to ensure a decisive nomination and election in 1916.
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James P. Goodrich
Winchester
Goodrich
Éeman
Indiana
Goodrish
Jamies
Water in Tiffany Home Circulates From Sillside to Court
A lavish description recounts Louis C Tiffany’s house where water flows from sillside into a 40,000 gallon tank system driven by steam and electricity. The stream moves through a mosaic court with an octagonal marble tank, glass vases, and a Tiffany dragon, then into a water-lake sequence and final garden features.
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Louis C Tiffany
Hanging Garden
Golden
Coffin of molten steel tale from Woolwich Arsenal
A workman fell into a twelve ton cauldron of white hot molten steel at Woolwich. He was completely consumed in moments. War Office officials decided not to reuse the metal for ordnance and had the mass buried with a Church of England clergyman conducting the service.
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Woolwich Arsenal
England
War Office
New York Herald
Ingenious Artistic Fly Trap From France Draws Crowds
A French inventor designed a table ornament fly trap that also lures customers in store windows. A rotating disk with jelly bait cups passes under a vertical wire netting cylinder as miniature wind mill figures cover it. Flies enter the mill and are carried into a prison tower awaiting release.
SIR R. BADEN-POWELL Heads British Intelligence
Sir Robert Baden-Powell named head of Britain's espionage network in a move described as a major reorganization of the empire’s spy system with executive authority over covert operations and intelligence gathering.
Warden Osborne Charges Conspiracy Over Sing Sing Role
Ossining N Y December Warden Thomas M Osborne says he will sue to expose a conspiracy he says led to his indictment for immorality perjury and mismanagement of Sing Sing prison He hints Superintendent Riley and Patrick J McDonald as conspirators and vows to fight the indictments and fight back.
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Ossining
N. Y
Thomas M. Osborne
Westchester County Grand Jury
Sing Sing
Albany
Riley
Patrick J. McDonald
Becker
McDonald
Mr. Riley
Town to rise in Brooklyn plant for Hopewell
Hopewell Virginia, destroyed by fire on December 9, is to be rebuilt in Louis Bossert and Sons’ Brooklyn lumber and milling factory. About 2.9 million dollars will fund five thousand buildings including homes churches schools garages and banks for a population of five thousand. One hundred simple cottages costing forty dollars each have already been shipped with the rest to follow.
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New York
Hopewell
Brooklyn
Louis Bossert and Sons
Canadian Officer Arraigned Over Manitoba Theft Extradition
Lieutenant-Colonel Raebert Simpson of the Canadian medical corps faced Bow Street court on an extradition warrant charging him with theft of 190000 dollars in Manitoba. Accused co-defendants Lowdon and others are involved in the case.
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Lowdon
Raebert Simpson
Canadian Medical Corps
Bow Street
Manitoba
Wireless link to connect Japan and America by telephony
Officials announce a wireless station at Honolulu will bridge Tokyo and Seattle by wireless telephony linking Japan and America. The venture aims to provide direct telephone communication between the two nations.
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Pacific
Tokio
Dge
Honolulu
Japan
America
Plot to Wreck Train Charged in Gary
Railway police arrest Nick Yacovich on the charge of attempting to wreck a Michigan Central train east of Gary. It is alleged ties were piled on the track some time ago.
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Gary, Tid
Nick Yacovich
Michigan Central
Gary
Eighteen Germans Die In Train Wreck Near Berlin
Eighteen German soldiers were killed and forty seven injured when a train filled with WASawa soldiers on furlough ran off the rails near Berlin. The crash occurred as the rear cars overturned in icy conditions, prompting wartime dispatches from the capital.
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Berlin
Benischen Action
War's Progress in Vosges and Balkans Hints Spring Offensive
Paris and Berlin report gains and losses in trench warfare in the Vosges with 1700 prisoners claimed by the French. Allied forces gather strength in Salonica and Albania as winter slows front movements. Weather, not strategy, may drive the next large operations across Europe.
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London
Vosges
Paris
Salonieca
Sculari
Elvas Jani
Albania
Scutari
Reuter
Western Headquarters
Germany proposes new terms in Lusitania dispute
Berlin efforts to settle the Lusitania sinking dispute advance with new German proposals to be sent to Washington next week. Officials say the talks between Secretary Lansing and Count von Bernstorff have progressed, aiming for a disavowal or other indemnity terms, while Austria-Hungary’s response remains pending.
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Washington
Germany
Berlin
United States
State Department
Lansing
Count von Bernstorff
Austria-Hungary
Ancona
Lusitania
Tausitania
Teutonic
Austro-Fhbungary
Vienna
Penfield
Austria
Barnes Will Appeal Case Against Theodore Roosevelt
Henry F. Wolff for William Barnes says the Syracuse proceedings were mere formalitys of costs taxation and judgment entry. Barnes plans to appeal Roosevelt libel verdict now that the judgment and order have been entered.
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New York
lHenry F. Wolf
Ivins
Flogcutt
Barnes
Republican Love Feast in Indianapolis Highlights Lincoln Era
A large Republican gathering occurred in Indianapolis with a quadrennial love feast at the Matat theater starting 1 50 pm. Speakers included Edwin P Morrow of Kentucky and W Humphrey from Washington state, moderated by State Chairman Will H Hays of Sullivan.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Mtrat Theater
Edwin P. Morrow
Kentucky
W. Humphrey
Congress
Washington State
Morrow
A. O. Stanley
Will H. Hays
Sullivan
Garage Roof Collapses in Greencastle Indiana
The Greencastle Garage company rear collapsed under snow and ice Dec 30. Loss about $3,000 with about fifty stored autos damaged. Building size about 60 by 150 feet.
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Greencastle
Ind
Greencastle Garage Company
Sron
Ice
Prisoners In Mine Mutiny At Kansas Penitentiary
Fifty convicts at the Kansas state penitentiary were placed in solitary confinement after mutiny in the coal mines. Warden J K Codding said most of the 800 miners may have been involved. guards were captured but the riot ended after authorities granted food concessions and agreed to talks with a prisoner committee.
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Leavenworth, Kas
Kansas State Penitentiary
J. K. Codding
Nitric Acid From Air Aimed By Southern Electro Chemical
Southern Electro Chemical plans to market nitric acid produced by extracting nitrogen from the air. The move follows Brigadier General Crozier’s urging for independence from Chilean nitrates for gunpowder. The plant at Great Falls South Carolina aims four tons daily.
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New York
Der
Southern Electro-Chemical Company
James H. Duke
William M. Crozier
United States Army
British Cabinet Member Resigns to Take India Viceroy Post
London reports Lewis V. Harcourt, first commissioner of works, resigns from the cabinet to assume the role of viceroy of India.
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London
Lewis V. Harcourt
India
Linton Man Dies After Cancer Battle at Local Paint Firm
Thomas L. Wolford, fifty-one, longtime member of the Wolford paint store firm, died after a three month illness from cancer of the face in Linton Indiana. He was a prominent local figure and is survived by his family and business associates.
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Linton
Jad
Thomas L. Wolford
Whose Custody Was Sought By Mother In Courts Given Tem porarily In Her Care
A mother seeks custody in a municipal court filing and asks for temporary care rights pending a full hearing. The action involves standard custody relief and requests court supervision of the child's welfare.
O Heren vs McCleren Habeas Corpus Trial Continued
The habeas corpus case of O Heren versus McCleren was continued to the first day of the next term due to the plaintiff’s illness. The children remain temporarily in the plaintiff’s custody as Judge Swails, visiting from Seymour, handles the case.
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O'Heren Vs. McCleren
Snow damage cripples businesses and stores in town
Heavy snow caused roof leaks and subsequent water damage across multiple downtown stores. Seletz clothing shop and McCormick Bros. suffered losses estimated around 200 and 100 dollars respectively, while Crystal and Colonial Theatres reported ruined equipment and the Daily Mail job department was halted. Other locales sustained smaller damages.
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Seletz Clothing
Daily Mail
White River Rises Three Inches Per Hour Wednesday
The White river rose at about three inches per hour Wednesday afternoon and overflowed the low bottoms. Indicators point to a further considerable rise with several areas already affected.
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Charles Lemon
Mitchell
White River
Cattle Prices Fall as Fall Stock Purchases Lag
Farmers who bought stock and cattle early in fall face lower prices now, with market buyers selling as hay and rough feeds remain abundant. Dairies hold steady, while next spring’s grass could push cattle prices up. Local notes include Duncan visiting Trinity and various residents’ illnesses and visits.
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Orry
Iowa
Illinois
Wisconsin
Marion County Mail
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Powell
Department of Spy System
American Press Association
Osborne
Vesgas
Salonica
U.S
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Roosevelt
Geneva
Leavenworth
Electro-Chemical Company
Hunter
Hatford City
Charles Wolfe
Wolfe
Rira Smith
Williams
Gabriel Agnes
Bloomington
Miss Belle
Zelma
Perlina Underwood
John H. Underwood
West 13Th Street
Brownstown
Mary Shaw
Talmage Pollock
Menree
North Dakota
Charles W. Coleman
Rose
Sellersburg
A. W. Fishback
Evansville
Mary McKnight
Pleasant Run
Hallie McQueen
Abe Wells
William CC. HG
Will Martin
Ab Sweeney
Campbellsburg
Frank Williams
Lincoln Avenue
Manon
Riley Cathcart
Samuel Denny
Camby, Ind
W. O. Reynolds
Rivervale
Bessie
Leeta Hoopingarner
Tunnelton
Mrs
J. M. Hoopingarner
Thel Brown
City
B. F. Brown
John Hutton
Westport
Geo. Reed
Eugene
Charles Reed
Coxton
Harlan Pelfree
Heltonville
Walter Jones
Fred Prosser
S. F. Buchanan
McCormick Bros
Crystal
Ingalls
Hsi
Aly
Wlp. Duncan
Trinity
Ely
Vai ‘Lignde Hyson
Albert Fields
Leltonville
Goldie Murphy
Miss Clarice
Sanders
Jet
Leesville
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