Dramatic confession in California senate graft case
Ex state senator Harry Bunkers testified in Judge Hart's court room after being brought from prison to confront his alleged associate in a winter doodling conspiracy. He described a campaign to hold up building and loan associations, claimed witness Joseph Johnson dropped a $350 roll as Jordan alleged, and recounted a panic over the disposal of marked bills and later efforts to avoid guilt.
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Sacramento
Cal
Harry Bunkers
San Francisco
Bunkers
Joseph Johnson
Jordan
Emmons
Senate
Fever Rages Across Louisiana Towns With New Cases
Yellow fever reports through Wednesday show 43 new cases and 323 total deaths in the state, with outbreaks in Lake Providence Tallulah and Donaldsonville. Additional infections appear in LeCompte Berwick St Rose and nearby towns as depopulation efforts begin and hospitals expand.
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New Orleans
Port Barrow
Ascension Parish
State Board of Health
Donaldsonville
Sister Mary
St. Cecelia
Mount Carmel Asylum
Father Green
Hamburg
Mississippi Valley Road
Baton Rouge
Vicksburg
LeCompte
Rapides Parish
Berwick
Moran City
Chasesignals
Tallulah
Patterson
Alexandria
Lafayette
St. Elizabeth Plantation
Kenner
St. Rose
Clark Cheniere
Natchez
Miss
Gulfport
Hiss
Herald
Lake Providence
Florence Goff
T. B. Goff
Goff
Komura Illness Linked to Boston Trip at Waldorf Astoria
New York Sept 14 Dr Pritchard reports Baron Komura ill at the Waldorf Astoria after a Boston visit. He was drenched returning from an open victoria ride and cooled wet clothes delayed. The fever rose the next days, no abscess. operation not required. Nurse monitors hourly temperatures.
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New York
Baron Komura
Waldorf-Astoria
Pritchard
Boston
Victoria
Brewer
Tokyo business group forms to boost home industry and trade
Tokio reports a new alliance of eighty-one leading business interests under M. Iwade aims to develop domestic industries and foreign trade with renewed vigor. The conservative coalition plans aggressive outreach to Korea and China and will cooperate with foreign capital to exploit regional markets.
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Tokio
Russia
M. Iwade
Korea
China
Death dispute over Wilson case in Ardmore
Ardmore reports Newt Wilson a Chickasaw Indian found dead at Luxie Lewis home. Lewis says Wilson killed himself but officers differ, noting intoxicated trio traveled from Mill Creek to Wilson's home and shots were fired, lawmen believe the gunfire caused Wilson’s death.
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Ardmore
Newt Wilson
Luxie Lewis
Lewis
Wilson
Mill Creek
Block Burns Cement Oklahoma Fire Destroys Main Block
A lamp explosion started a blaze in the Odd Fellows hall in Cement Oklahoma on September 14. The fire swept an entire block of business houses causing pecuniary losses estimated between 60 000 and 100 000 dollars.
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Cement
Okla
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Western Union Discontinues Horse Racing News Service
The Western Union Telegraph Company Board of Directors approved the July 12 recommendation by the executive board to stop entirely the collection and distribution of horse racing news.
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New York
Western Union Telegraph Company
Officers chosen at Interterritorial WCTU convention
Shawnee Oklahoma September 14 1912 the Interterritorial Woman's Christian Temperance Union elected officers including President Mrs Abbit Hille rman Cushing Vice President Mrs Alice Miller El Reno Corresponding Secretary Mrs Cora D Hammitt Oklahoma City Recording Secretary Mrs Rafael D Woodrow Pond Creek Treasurer Mrs Katie McWethy Guthrie
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Shawnee
Okla
Interterritorial Woman's Christian Temperance Union Convention
Abbit Hillerman
Cushing
Alice Miller
el Reno
Cora D. Hammitt
Oklahoma City
Rafael D. Woodrow
Pond Creek
Katie McWethy
Guthrie
Miners Die In Hartford Mine Blast Near Marquette
Marquette Michigan September 14 Charles Johnson and George Oliver miners were killed by a premature blast at the Hartford mine near Negaumee.
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Marquette, Mich
Charles Johnson
George Oliver
Hartford
Negaumee
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Batavia
Bryan
Howell Bros
Hunnicutt’s Stable
Calla
McCorquodale
Feed and Sale
J. Wi. Hunnigcutt, Prop
Postoffice Drug Store
GIN Insurance
Oliver
Geo. A. Adams
Parker Building
Warry Bonkers
Komura
Dr. Pritchard
Mrs. Hillerman of
Grand Opera
John B. Mike
GAY Troubadours
Looney Dreamland
Pinafore Review
Whudevilles
Stevenson Machine
E. J. Jenkins
Buchanan
S. W. Buchanan
Bryan Steam Laundry
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