Cherry Mine Disaster Deepens as Rescue Delayed
Nov 26. The Cherry mine near St. Paulling is sealed after a mine fire that reached coal pillars and produced dangerous gases. Rescue work is delayed as officials plan smothering the blaze. many residents fear a town exodus as merchants move stock and relief voices assist stricken families.
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Cherry
St. Paulling
State Mining Board
McDonald
Chicago Fire Department
W. W. Taylor
Williams
Arbengresgo
Red Crows
Perzom
Feud Over Abduction Involving Gypsy Tribes
In Chicago a feud erupts after an alleged abduction of a girl named Amelia from Elizabeth New Jersey three years ago. Authorities arrested Tomaso Oha and associates from Ephraim Johnson’s band, who were living in Chicago, amid fears of deportation and tension within the Johnson faction.
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Chicago
Amelia
Ephraim Johnson
Eizabeth
N. J
Alaely
Tometro Oha
Sivalias Abe
Nicholas
Chie
Johnson
Band of Pales
Lander
Yeooyday
Taft Enjoys Quiet Thanksgiving Dinner at Home
President Taft dined with his family in Washington for Thanksgiving without speeches, savoring a Rhode Island turkey and dessert. He and Mrs Taft hosted relatives including Mrs Laughlin and Taft children Milks Helen and Charlie. Afterward he walked two hours with Attorney General Wickersham while Secretary Knox dealt with Nicaraguan affairs at his office.
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Washington
Taft
Rhode Island
Laughlin
Helen
Charlie Taft
Tafts
Wickersham
Alexandria
Knox
Hitchcock
Collision Tolls Lone Family In LA Street Car Crash
Nichiolas J Cobb a regional dealer and his two sons and two daughters are dead in a collision between their auto and a trolley on the Los Angeles and Santa Ana line six miles from the city. His wife and two month old baby are dying. six others injured.
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Los Angeles
Call
Nichiolas J. Cobb
Los Angeles and Santa Aga Line
Josephine Solon
Wihster
Carroll Crowned Champion Roper at Cowboys Fete
Carroll won the title of champion roper at the annual Cowboys fete and earned a $500 prize. More than thirty contestants competed. Carroll’s roping and throwing time was twenty four seconds.
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Carroll
Kaiser Seeks Peace with Britain via Bernatorff
In a Nov 25 dispatch Rivlin notes Count von Bernatorff, German ambassador to the United States, as the intended peace maker to Britain. The article claims Berlin aims for commercial expansion and pacific policy through Bernatorff, contrasting Hollweg and Bethmann-Hollweg’s stance against Pan-German influence and signaling a shift toward a negotiated settlement.
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Rivlin
Count Benetorff
Unitedtates
Rlondahta
Bogan
Germany
England
Kanaer
Bernatorff
Anorman
St James the Pacific
United States
Bhenatorff
von Huelew
Mothmann-Kallweg
Bernator
Trains Collision Near Lind Claims Three Die
At Lind Nevada the Great Northern passenger train and Northern Pacific wrecked after midnight. Three railway workers—engineer Lt Reaman fireman Jacob Spangler pilot Fer—killed. Five cars burned. two others fatally injured. Accident blamed on mistaken orders amid flood detours. official inquiry promised.
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Lind, Wach
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Lind
Reaman
Jacob Spangler
Great Northern Ger
Nor’ern Pacific
Frank Gotch Falls to Zbysco in Giant Pole Match
Buffalo November 25. Frank Gotch failed to gain two single falls from Zbysco the giant Pole within one hour and thus lost the match. Zbysco claimed he could beat Gotch in a straight match and his manager offered a forfeit for a four match contest.
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Buffalo
Frank Goteh
Zbysco
Gotch
Gotcc
Langford and Johnson in Sports Feud Over Backing
Fragmentary remarks show Sam Langford and Johnson trading barbs over a possible boxing match. Johnson doubts Langford can raise ten thousand dollars but concedes he may back the bout if funds come from a side donor.
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Sam Langho
Wehule
Bull
Aio Johnson
Langford
Johnson
Hangford
Indiana seeks law against football penalties push
LaPorte November 24 details indicate a petition will be presented to the next legislature by school superintendents to regulate football in Indiana under prescribed penalties. Strong sentiment favors eliminating certain practices and a remedial bill will be pursued.
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Indiana
LaPorte
Ind
la Ue
Mining disaster leaves many buried in Japan coal mine
A catastrophic explosion at a mine in On ore, Pubwole province, causes heavy loss of life. Initial reports indicate several miners killed and 228 others entombed, with rescue efforts underway as authorities assess the accident.
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Tokio
Onore
Pubwole
Mtroon
3000 Girls Focus on School Board Building Start
New York November 25 3000 Washington Irving High School girls urged the city board of education to begin work on the new building. A poster and a mass appeal directed the students to concentrate their thoughts and send vibrations to the park avenue Fifty ninth street board to pass the resolution and start construction.
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New York
Board of Education
Washington Irving Bish
Fiftyninth Street
Park Avenue
Board of Estimate
Washington
Board of
Fifty-ninth Street
Prominent Contractor Bradley Stricken By Illness At Home
R W Bradley, Crystal Lake reservoir contractor, was brought home from bs lake yesterday suffering from a condition described as promaine Polwon. He was carried to his corner home and for a time appeared seriously ill, though later reports said he was recovering and at work again by dusk.
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R. W. Bradley
Crystal Lake Reservoir
Bs Lake
Promaine Polwon
Mr. Bradley
Twentieth and Steels
Aged Lyman Gage Takes Young Bride
San Diego November 26. Mrs Ada Ballou and Hon Lyman J Gage former Secretary Treasurer were married this afternoon. The ceremony was private. The bride gave her age as 35 and the groom as 74.
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Lyman Gage
San Diego
Ada Ballou
Lyman J. Gnee
Trewaury
Football season ends with two victims
Quarterback Cole of the Wittenberg eleven was seriously injured in a game with Otterbein. He suffered a brain concussion along with skull fracture and spinal damage, with recovery doubtful. In Philadelphia Penn defeated Cornell seven to six at Franklin Field amid mud and poor conditions. Twenty thousand spectators watched as Penn improved in the second half.
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Bringfield
Ohio
Cole
Wittenberg
Otterbein
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Cornell
Franklin Field
Pennsylvania
Five Die As Gasoline Explosion Capsizes Pleasure Launch
Five persons drowned when the Muskegon lake pleasure launch Olga capsized after a gasoline explosion. The boat carried nine on board when panic struck, drowning the victims in the lake.
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Muskegon, Mich
Muskegon Lake
Olga
Revolution Gains Ground in Nicaragua and Central America
Reports from Commander Shipley aboard the cruiser Des Moines say Nicaraguan revolutionists hold back country regions including Rama, with American interests protected and supplies via wireless amid telegraph outages. Colon scene cites anger over Can non and Grace killings. invasion fears rise as marines prepare and diplomacy weighs intervention options.
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Washington
Cyivices
Des Moines
Shipley
Rama
State Department
Western Union
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Colon
Central America
Panama
Canal Zone
Zelaya
United States
Marine Batalion
Pacific
Division Revolutionists Bluefields Wireless to Colon
Norwegian steamship Utetein arrived this morning at Bluefields after wireless traffic from Division Revolutionists to Colon. details continued on page two.
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Bluefields
Colon
Utetein
Prank Suspect Tied to $6,000 Car Demolition Probe
Sheriff Thomas Grant of Lake county Indiana and detectives pursue a man linked to a Chicago night trip. The suspect allegedly wrecked a $6,000 automobile, hid parts on a farm near La Motte Indiana, and dumped tires in the Kankakee river. A passenger, a young woman, and R Smalley refuse to identify others involved. Smalley says a wealthy man paid $4,760 for the destruction and claims the act had a deeper motive.
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Chicago
Thomas Grant
Lake County
Indiana
Cornik and
Culhane
Central Bullion
Mra
Christine Jostedt
la Motte
Ind
Kankakee River
R. Smalley
Smalley
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