Name Him for President in Laudatory Indiana Resolutions
Indiana Republicans meet at a biennial love feast in Indianapolis and unanimously adopt resolutions urging the nomination of Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks for the presidency. Governor Hanley introduces the resolutions as about 1,000 party workers cheer the call for leadership in the coming campaign.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Fairbanks
Hanley
Charles W. Fairbanks
United States
Beavers Leads Call for Tariff Reform and Public Works
United States Senator Albert J. Beveridge presided as he urged tariff revision after the presidential election and called for a facts gathering committee. He pressed modernization of railroad rate law, curbing over‑capitalization, completing the canal project, improving waterways, and ending child labor with constitutional backing.
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Roosevelt
Senate
McKinley
Chicago
United States
Albert J. Beaveridge
Congress
Supreme Court
Marshall
Embezzler Charged in Boonton Company Theft
Morristown New Jersey December 27 eight H Debrell a bookkeeper at the New Jersey Boiler company Boonton is jailed on charges of embezzling from the firm. The amount cited is $35000.
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Morristown
N. J
H. Debrell
New Jersey Boiler Company
Boontown
Texas and Pacific workers claim hours cut to seven daily
About 200 workmen at the Texas and Pacific railroad shops in New Orleans say they have been notified their daily hours will be reduced from eight to seven. They report the change as an unexpected cut affecting wages and work days.
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New Orleans
Texas and Pacific Railroad
Destruction of Dwelling Kills Entire Family
A fatal fire destroys a dwelling, killing all members of a single family. Fire officials say the blaze rapidly consumed the structure, leaving no survivors. Investigators are tallying cause and origin as neighbors describe a quiet residence.
Five Burned to Death in Watertown Fire
A Boston suburb fire killed John Clark, his wife, and their three children ages 11, 9, and 2 at their Watertown home. Neighbors found the father and two boys as flames raged. the mother and girl were recovered after the structure cooled. The dwelling was valued around $5,000.
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John Clark
Boston
Watertown
John
Philip
Doris
Rioting Over Imaginary Murder Rocks Portland Chinatown
A false report of a murder triggers a massive riot in Portland Oregon. 1500 men attack Chinese restaurants and laundries as mounted police restore order after two arrestees are seized for murder. Mayor Galbraith and Magistrate Townsend urge calm as damage spreads. In Des Moines a convicted murderer commits suicide in jail before transfer.
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Portland
Ore
Oregonian
Lethridge Alberta
Arlington Hotel
Galbraith
Townsend
Des Moines
J. C. Cain
Charles H. Morris
Cain
Fort Madison
Has Run Last Locomotive
Sylvanus Seeley, a locomotive engineer for forty five years on the Delaware Lackawanna and Western railroad, died in Scranton on December 27.
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Scranton
Sylvanus Seeley
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Multiple Global Incidents Highlight Early Twentieth Century News
A fire in Garza Texas caused nearly ten thousand dollars in damage. W. J. Drake died when crushed between cars in McGregor Texas. Raleigh North Carolina voted to end its dispensary and become a prohibition city. A Guanajuato Mexico sombrero shop opened January 20 1907. Ed Ross a Black man was shot dead in Texarkana. A S Herrington surrendered to authorities. Eugene Koenig of San Antonio died from shotgun discharge. An explosion at King Powder Mills Lebanon Ohio left two workers fatally injured. A little girl of George Lowrey died after falling from a trestle near Nacogdoches. Will Marsh accidentally shot himself quail hunting near Nocona Texas and died. Charles J Gidden the automobile millionaire plans a balloon trip Boston to Dallas 1500 miles. Missouri Pacific declares a 212 percent semi annual dividend paid in stock. Andrew Garsch suicides in Chicago by carbolic acid after military dismissal.
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Garza
Denton County
Texas
W. J. Drake
McGregor
Tex
Raleigh
N. C
Guanajuato
Mex
Ed Ross
Texarkana
A. S. Herrington
Eugene Koenig
San Antonio
Lebanon
King Powder Mills
George Lowrey
Nacogdoches
Nocona
Will Marsh
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Cavitt’s Drug Store
S.H. Dunlap
Telmo
Telmo Sweet
Magnet
Holland Brand
Will S. Higgs
Harry Smith
Smith
Columbia
Alberta
Bily National Bank
Bryan
National Bank
U. S
Healthy Bank
GEO. A. Adams Insurance
Helen Grantley
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