White House Thanksgiving Turkey Distribution Sets Record
The 87 birds were handed out to White House police, messengers, ushers, servants and staff with the president’s compliments, marking the largest distribution ever at the executive mansion. The same issue notes a Chinese offer of an American adviser at a $15,000 yearly salary and a Danish West Indies cession plebiscite proposal. It also reports November 1901 internal revenue at 23,178,951 dollars, down 2,165,330 from the prior year.
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Washington
White House
United States
Denmark
Danish West Indies
Internal Revenue
Consolidation planned for Anthony Scovill Co and reform notes
Articles of Incorporation filed in Albany for Anthony & Scovill Co a $2 500 000 capital consolidating E and H T Anthony Co Scovill Adams Co and other camera firms In New York Comptroller Coler reports $30000 in losses from Chipp and Taylor The American Sugar Refining Co cuts sugar prices and related news items follow including holidays gifts and fire fatalities
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Albany
N. Y
Anthony & Scovill Co
E. & H. T. Anthony & Co
Scovill & Adams Co
Coler
New York City
Charles P. Chipp
Edward
Taylor
American Sugar Refining Co
B. H. Hows & Sons
Arbuckles
Two Men Drown After Fall Through Ice on Conesus Lake
Waltes and Gerald Doble, aged about 15 years, fell through an air hole in the ice on Conesus Lake near Livonia on the 27th and were drowned.
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Waltes
Gerald Doble
Local Rail Wage Increase Reported and Other Western News
An order from Indiana Railway Co. of South Bend raises wages for motormen conductors and all hourly power station staff, adding about 10000 annually. Other items include Spanish squatters ordered off La Costa island near Charlotte harbor Florida, a Chicago burglary and pursuit, a fire fatality at New Lothrop Michigan, a dramatic 65 foot rooftop fall escape near Chicago, a Colorado & Southern wreck near Barles station, a 300 game bowling record by Samuel M. Robinson in South Bend, and a looming end to a Chicago machinists strike after seven months.
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Indiana Railway Co
South Bend
Ind
Treasury Department
la Costa
Charlotte Harbor
Florida
Hamilton
Chicago-on
Imecy Becker
Colbye
New Lothrop
Mich
John. McCartney
Chicago
Kells
Colorado & Southern Railroad
Barles Station
Col
Commercial Athletic Club
Samuel M. Robinson
Austrian Emperor Orders Expulsion Over December Baccarat
The Austrian emperor ordered expulsions of the principals in the December 21 baccarat game at Pat at the Vienna Senie eeta. Brigands allegedly hold Miss Ellen M. Stone captive and aim for her release within a fortnight. A tornado on the 26th in Naples killed one and injured 36, damaging buildings and railroad property.
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Austria
Vienna
Wreck of the Cannon Ball Express Near Nashua
Dense fog and a mislocated switch in the Nashua north yard wrecked the Cannon Ball express from Montreal to Boston. Two men were killed and about six injured. Ottawa reports note a large Ontario tube works company formed in Sault Ste. Marie with 30 million dollars in capital.
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Boston & Maine Railroad
Nashua
N. H
Montreal
Boston
Ontario
Algoma Tube Works
F. H. Clergue
Sault Ste. Marie
Wheeling Creek
Bridgeport
New York
Wilkie
Secret Service
Caracas
Venezuela
Castro
Republic
Roosevelt
Andrew Carnese
Congress
United States
United
Stea Corporation
Ities Ara Wine
Janitor Henry Taylor Admits Handling Antitoxin Serum
In a police inquiry, Henry Taylor a janitor and assistant to the city bacteriologist admitted that an antitoxin serum was distributed to physicians. He testified that September 20 serum was not distributed and that September 30 serum may have caused multiple child deaths. He claimed to have attempted to protect the office while facing questioning by the chief detective and Mayor Wells.
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Tetanus
Peaterdiy Henry
Taylor
Hursday
Desmond
Nvas
Wells
Saylor
Clash Between White and Negroes Spurs Fatal Alabama Clash
In Childersburg a fight between white men and Negroes left J Bird and Reuben Bird dead and Tom Holley fatally wounded. George Bird and another white youth were injured as a mob captured the Negro workers and sent them to Talladega. Authorities praised quick restraint to avert a riot.
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Alabama
Birmingham
Ala
Childersburg
Talladega
J. Bird
Reuben Bird
Tom Holley
George Bird
Harty
Holley
Bird
Bhop
Opr Ghadden
George Woods
Charner Woods
Zionist Congress Opens in Basle With World Delegates
The Zionist congress opened in Basle Switzerland with about 1000 delegates from most countries except Australia. President Berzi spoke of meeting the sultan in May and Zionist support. Dr Theodore Herzl voiced strong confidence in the national colonization effort succeeding where charity colonization failed.
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Jovns
Switzerland
Basle
Theodore Herzl
Vienna
Zionist Movement
Palestine
Australia
Berzi
Herzl
National Colonization Movement
Steel Crane Falls Kills Three at Chicago Bridge Works
At American Bridge works in Chicago on Thursday afternoon a steel crane failed injuring four others. Three workmen died instantly: John Swan, John Traver, and Albert Rock as the crane, rated for 30 tons, carried only 20 tons at collapse. A chain flaw is suspected. many workers escaped serious injury.
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Chicago
American Bridge Works
John Swan
John Traver
Albert Rock
Swan
Traver
Rock
Indians Threaten Pawnee Lands Over Buffalo Herd
Reported in Dee 26 dispatches from Pawnee Agency describe tense conditions as Pawnee Bill guards his buffalo ranch while tribes claim last herds return. Indians reportedly threaten settlers and warn whites to vacate ranches as federal agents file a formal notice to Washington.
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Oita
Pawnee
Pawiee- Bill
Washington
Hand of Charity Delivers Holiday Cheer Across New York
Public and private charity fed and clothed thousands in New York on Christmas Day. The Salvation Army organized meals for 3,000 at Madison Square Garden and 3,400 baskets for home distribution. Bowery Mission served nearly 10,000 men and boys, while churches held special services.
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New York
Salvation Army
Madison Square Garden
Garden
Bowery Mission
Two Dead One Wounded In Gas Asphyxiation Case
In Ft Wayne Indiana a retired grocer George Schaafer his wife Anna Jones or Heytty Schaafer and Henry Anderson aged 60 died or near death after gas asphyxiation at Schaafer residence. A nephew found the locked house with bodies in the upper rooms. Police say a blocked chimney flue caused gas buildup in the tightly closed home. Anderson is reportedly dying.
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Ft. Wayr
Con FL. Wayne
Ind
George Schaafer
Anna Jones
Heytty Schaafer
Henry Anderson
Schaafer
James
Anderson
Ilis
Boy shoots father to save mother in Brazil Indiana
Theodore Watkins, 18, defends his mother against his drunken father Richard Watkins at their Brazil home. After the man attacked with a hatchet, Theodore fired a revolver, killing his father near the heart. He surrendered to police and says the act was to protect his mother and that he did not intend to kill.
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Brazil
Ind
Theodore Watkins
Richard Watkins
Theodore
Watkins
Ile
Duel on the Street Leaves Dingess Men Dead
In Dingess West Virginia two Logan county men Walter Adams and John Mullens were killed a third man John Malens was wounded during a street duel after intoxicated riders fired about twenty shots. Constable John Dillon was killed attempting to arrest them. Adams escaped on horseback.
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Dingess
W. Va
Williamson
Logan County
Walter Adams
John Malens
John Dillon
Dillon
John Mullens
An Adams
Eliza H Parkhurst Believed Lost With Six Men Aboard
Gloucester Massachusetts December 26 reports say the schooner Eliza H Parkhurst out of this port may have foundered with six sailors and one passenger aboard. Captain John D McKinnoh commanded the vessel which sailed November 24 from Bay of Islands Newfoundland bound for Gloucester.
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Gloucester
Mass
Eliza H. Parkhurst
Ife
Parkhurst
John D. Mckinnoh
Bay of Islands
Newfoundland
Lawrence
Iowa Governor Shaw May Become Secretary of the Treasury
Reports say Gov Shaw of Iowa is a candidate for the vacant treasury post with President Cleveland possibly offering the position. Secretary Wilson is likely to remain, while Lyman J. Gage’s tenure would end only when a successor takes charge.
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Ster
Ani McoNng
Gage
Gov. Shaw
Shary
Gage,ton
Shaw
Sam
The
Treasuy
Washington
Iowa
Cummins
Shasv
Wilson
Allison
Senate
Henderson
A Battle in Harlem Faces Off With Stone and Revolver Weapons
In Harlem a whites versus blacks race riot escalated as mobs armed with revolvers and rocks fought. Fourteen negroes were arrested while four whites and a policeman suffered gunshot or knife injuries. Police intervened, driving rioters back to tenements amid continued stone throwing.
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New York
Harlem
Twe Neptec
Midnight Blaze Kills Child Parents Severely Hurt
Philadelphia reports a home fire at 3976 Wvalusing Avenue killing a 4 year old girl and injuring the parents and two younger children. The 2 year old and 2 month old were tossed to safety by the father, while the mother and father suffered severe injuries. The fire damaged the house and the child’s body was found in a second story rear room. Memphis steamer Sun burns at the wharf near Filton with 15 passengers. three are known dead and others missing.
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Philadelphia
James N. Connelly
Connelly
Mary
Memphis
Sun
Filton
Tenn
Fulton
D. N. Raynor
River, Tenn
G. M. Vas
Richarden Landing
Ark
Mas
Tims
Growth of School Buildings and Population Shifts in Western Canada
Discussion on rapidly increasing population in Western Canada and the need for larger school buildings across Manitoba, Assiniboia, Saskatchewan and Alberta. Notes underutilized new structures, free homestead laws, and railway land incentives drawing settlers, alongside global telephone industry data and a stray railway advertisement fragment.
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Canada
Manitoba
Assiniboia
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Government of Canada
Not Smallpox Says Quarantined Porter
A colored porter on the Hannibal and St. Joseph line recalls his quarantine in Kansas City. He says he was kept in confinement for three weeks and insists the illness was not smallpox, but nothing but celluloid.
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Hannibal & St Joe
Kansas City
Chicago Chronicle
Cascarets Candy Cathartic Promises Health Boost
An advertisement touts Cascarets as a remedy for a wide range of ailments by regulating the bowels. It claims natural, painless relief with easy movements and a low 10 cent starting price, warning to beware of imitations and noting the box and tablet branding.
When He Bkorg et a Young Lover Credits Income
A quote notes a young lover assessing his ability to marry by counting all expenses except rent, meat costs, groceries, clothes, and incidentals, highlighting overlooked essentials in early budgeting.
Trade marks and early 20th century ads on household goods
A jumble of advertising copy and brief quotes cites Baker’s chocolate and cocoa trade marks, a free recipe offer, product claims for Piso’s Cure, Laxative Bromo Quinine, and Putnam face cream, plus assorted humorous lines and tax notes from Chicago Daily News and other papers.
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Miss Parlon
Walter Baker & Co., Limited
Dorchester
Mass
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Lola Munsee
Corry
Kast Honesdale
Erie Railroad
John Rossner
Port Jervis
Madar
Grzela
Buffalo
Ttsburg, Hkessemer & Lake ‘Me Railroad Co
New York State Forest, Fish and Game Commission
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the Zionist Congress
Steple Methodist
Mount Zion
Hand OF Charity
Electrical Review
Rohe
Ant
Yonkers St
Milwaukee & St. Pau
Cen
Miller
Cago
Chicago Journal
Jobe Ks Boyer
Irinity Springs
Feb
Indianapolis News
Putnam
Chicago Daily News
ST. Jacobs
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