Merchants Change Rules at Havana Customs Move
Havana reports a shift from Spanish to American customs procedures with larger imports like coffee and wine moved under new manifests. Collectors offer a 25 percent reward for evidence of fraud as honest practices rise amid post occupation reforms. Separately, incidents include Chief McCullagh moving residence and two holdup robberies blamed on the Nanigos. In Illinois, miners face riot charges with 50 cases citied and 11 guilty, while Kansas creditors plan a January 28 meeting over Grant G Pain’s finances. Bailey Decker is electrocuted at Sing Sing for the murder of his wife.
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Orville
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Kansas City
Grant G. Pain
Kansas
Gillett
Mexico
Bailey Decker
New York
Sing Sing
Navy powers expand as nations build stronger fleets
Washington reports reveal France will spend 10 million francs on new ships this year, while Russia plans six battleships and multiple cruisers totaling about 60 million dollars. France shifts colonies under naval control. Guam to be governed by a naval officer. Captain Louis Kempff slated as Guam governor. he will sail from Norfolk aboard the Yosemite in late January.
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France
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West Indies
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Africa
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Minister of War and Marine
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Cape St. Jacques
Cochin
China
Diego Suarez
Madagascar
Port Phaeton
Tahiti
Port Courbet
Tonquin
Admiral Dewey
General Otis
Manila
Louis Kempff
Kempff
Yosemite
Norfolk
New Place for Wheeler in Army Generalship
Washington January 9 Major plan to offer General Joe Wheeler a regular army generalship is discussed. He would retire from civil office and seek a military role, with two options under consideration. One adds a new major general post, the other uses a Senate nomination to second lieutenant after a reorganization bill passes, followed by rapid promotion to major general.
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Washington
Joe Wheeler
Senate
New Hampshire
Pater Familias
Father
Bill
Alaska Governor presses Carter bill for new districts
Governor Brady arrives in Washington urging passage of the Carter bill to create three Alaska judicial districts and boost appropriations for administration and school funding. He warns of transportation limits hindering arrests and notes Klondike migration due to high taxes while calling for a $60,000 school appropriation.
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Brady
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Carter
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Atlin
Hiding Places In Wartimes Revealed By Wood Box Trick
In St Nicholas Hidden Inn Wood J H Gore recalls a Virginia house on exposed ground where raiding parties could strike at any moment. A false bottom wood box stored food and silverware, its concealed door camouflaged by wood dust and nails spun to look normal.
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Wood
J. H. Gore
St. Nicholas
Virginia
The Ambition to Be Literary in a Reading Club
Mary R. Baldwin argues in Woman's Home Companion that the drive to be literary can harm shallow minds and deceive superficial women into plagiarism. The piece warns that chasing fashion over genuine thought strains rest and natural charm, turning reference books into crutches and undermining intellectual integrity.
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Mary R. Baldwin
Woman’s Home Companion
The Congregation Smiled Exchange of Pulpits
A Syracuse Standard item recalls two country clergy agreeing to swap pulpits. On the Sabbath before the exchange the host announced that Rev Zachariah B Day would preach next Sunday morning and urged singing hymn No 489 That Awful Day Will Surely Come, which prompted amused smiles from the congregation.
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Brethren and Sisters
Zachariah B
Syracuse Standard
Feathers Attract Audubon Society Warning In Millinery
A London milliner tells a Boston woman that the feathers are from a howl and resemble a cat more than a bird. The exchange hints at Audubon Society concerns over plume usage, while a Chicago Tribune cartoon caption recalls a cat’s alleged appetite for a pet pigeon, reflecting satirical humor on animal themes.
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London
Boston Transcript
Chicago Tribune
The Bicycle in Law Decides Its Status in Smith v Horton
The bicycle is not a tool or apparatus of the trade of an architect and building superintendent, per Smith v Horton Tex Civ App 46 W 400, though it is a useful mode of locomotion. Case and Comment notes this distinction and utility.
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Horton
City Directory and Community Officers Regional Listings
City officers include Mayor C A Adama Marshall T P Boyett Deputy Marshal R H Smith Secretary and Treasurer Henry G Rhodes City Sexton H H Jones Constable C L Baker Aldermen R G Tabor W B How ell W W Harris C H Wyse Jno M Lawrence County officers Judge A G Board Clerk G W McMichael Attorney Chas S Gainer Tax Collector J J Adama Tax Assessor R M Nall Sheriff T C Nunn Treasurer A W Buchanan District Clerk J C Williams Commissioners R J Deens Lee Edge Felix Phillips P H Arrington. Religious services and lodge meetings listed for Baptist Methodist Episcopal Saint Andrews Presbyterian Christian Free Communion Baptist St Joseph Catholic Church and various fraternal organizations with meeting schedules.
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Marshall
T. P. Boyett
R. H. Smith
Henry G Rhodes
H. H. Jones
C. L. Baker
R. G. Tabor
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C. H. Wyse
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Chas
Gainer
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R. M. Nall
T. C. Nunn
A. W. Buchanan
J.C. Williams
R. J. Deens
Lee Edge
Felix Phillips
P. H. Arrington
Baptist
R. D. Wilson
Methodist
J.B. Cochran
Epworth League
St. Andrews
J. D. West
Christian
J. L. Andrews
Christian Endeavor
Free Communion Baptist
A. M. Stewart
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Father Pelnar
The Mexico and St. Louis Limited train schedule
The I and G N R R announces a new schedule effective December 3 at 12 01 am. The Mexico and St Louis Limited will run from Laredo and through San Antonio Austin Palestine to St Louis, delivering faster service across Texas with through coaches and Pullman sleepers. Tickets and details available from regional agents and G P A D J Price Palestine Texas.
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Palestine
St.Louis
St. Louis
D. J. Price G. P. A
Texas
Best Reading for the Family Farm Paper Offer
An advertisement promotes a one year combo subscription for Texas Farm and Ranch and The Bryan Weekly Eagle for $1.25. It touts Texas Farm and Ranch as the cleanest and best agricultural stock and family paper in the Southwest, printed on high quality paper with handsome illustrations and practical value for every family member.
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Texas Farm and Ranch
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Southwest
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