Government loses witnesses in Sugar Refining probe at docks
New York Dec 2 government case against American Sugar Refining Company hit a snag as key documentary evidence and many witnesses vanished. Records from city weighers could not be located while testimony showed all Williamsburg docks scales tampered with via holes and springs to alter weights.
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New York
Der
American Sugar Refining Company
Williamsburg
Conrad Holler
Thomas D. Hyatt
Treasury
Parr
Dolliver Pours Shot Into Leaders
Senator Jonathan P Dolliver of Iowa spoke at the Press Club in Chicago today arguing that the best sign from Congress was its lack of unanimous action. He predicted Taft would be friendly to insurgents and credited Congress with revising the tariff, not the President. He said real insurgents at the extra session were private interests that pressured party leaders to avoid conflict.
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Chicago
Jonathan P. Dolliver
Towa
Press Club
Congress
Taft
Sailor Receives Second Medal of Honor at White House
Water Tender John King of the Navy is awarded a second Medal of Honor by President Taft in the White House. He earned the honor for extraordinary heroism aboard the Salem on September 13, entering a boiler room amid flames, releasing water to prevent disaster, and rescuing a fellow sailor before being injured himself.
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Washington
Taft
John King
King
White House
Salem
Vicksburg
King Ellsworth Sold for Slaughter at Exposition
The 2 year old Aberdeen Angus steer King Ellsworth, winner of the grand championship at the International Live Stock Exposition, was sold for 350 dollars to a packer at 20 cents per pound. Weighing 1,760 pounds, the prize animal will be shipped to the packer’s Hartford Connecticut branch. Exhibited by Kansas Agricultural College and raised near Bloomington, Illinois.
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Chicago
King Ellsworth
Hartford
Conn
Kansas Agricultural College
Bloomington
Announcements for Circuit Judge and Other Races
Deliberately announced candidates for Maury County offices in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit and state offices. Names include Frank Boyd W Bruce Turner Thomas H Peebles Horace Frierson James A Sanders J T McKnight Jesse Tomlinson B D Looney W C Gordon Mo W Adkison W S McFall Jas D Cathey Will Whitaker Claude Godwin S D Glenn Ed Hight Hardin W Thomas Dan Oakley A J Nichols Dr Sam Hayes plus sheriff and county court clerk races with primary dates in February 1910.
Maury County Primary Candidacy Notices and Rescue Tale
Public notices announce Democratic party primary candidates for Maury County Register in Maury County with dates in February 1910. The text also recounts a dramatic rescue story and praises Dr King’s New Discovery for lung troubles, bronchitis and coughs with a free trial offer.
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W. 5S McFall
Maury County
Register
Neb
Newt
Democratic Party
Asie. Deat
Sam J. Taylor
Register of
Harry Borum
Bert R. Lean
Cheng, Wasi
Spokane
California
Dr. King
GEO
Alcorn
Evicted Ludlow Tenants Striker Row Sparks Shelter Struggles
In Ludlow Massachusetts on December 2 the 600 evicted striker tenants were warned to remove household goods by 10 a.m. or they would be stored by town authorities. About 100 of 300 evicted operatives spent the night in improvised three walled shacks with a stove, as citizens provided some food while most lacked other protection.
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Ludlow
Mass
Ludlow Manufacturing Association
Pelagra Claims Many Victims in Alabama
Fifty five pel lagra deaths reported in Alabama from January first to October first, 1909, by the State Health Department. Thirty eight cases remain under observation with twenty one white and thirty four negro fatalities. Most negro cases in asylums, some whites as well. About twenty of the thirty three noted are habitual corn meal users. Most affected are from humble life, though some well reared and cared for are affected.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
State Health Department
Fife
Syrian Is White Declares Court In Citizenship Fight
Atlanta December 5 Judge W T Newman of the U S District Court declares Costa George Najour a Syrian by birth as a white man eligible for U S citizenship. Immigration Bureau opposed naturalisation arguing Mongolian status. Likely appeal to U S Court of Appeals.
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Atlanta
W. T. Newman
U. S .Dstrict Court
Costa George Najonr
United States
Immigration Bureau
Najour
United States Court of Appeals
Like Letter From Home from Temple Tex Herald
A reader from Temple Texas thanks the Herald for its steady, newsy coverage and expresses support for the paper as a reliable link to home. The letter praises the paper and mentions a personal connection to J. J. Booker.
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the Herald
J, Booker
Need of Navy Tells by Meyer inTaft era report
Secretary of the Navy Meyer opposes immediate yard closings along the Southern coast. He urges evaluation after Panama Canal opening to gauge value of sites, noting past buybacks at higher costs and future needs for fleet support, submarines, and torpedo craft. The report emphasizes Gulf of Mexico trade and Caribbean expansion as drivers for naval stations.
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Washington, D. C
Meyer
Taft
Panama Canal
Gulf of Mexico
Carribbean
Mrs Orr Burned Near Lewisburg
Mrs Calvin J Orr, an aged resident of Lewisburg Tennessee, died today from burns suffered when her clothing caught fire as she moved toward the fire at her home last night. She had been suffering rheumatism for some time and died from injuries this morning.
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Lewisburg, Tenn
Calvin J. Orr
Boiler explosion kills three in Kansas City basement
In Kansas City, a boiler explosion at a fixatory building’s basement on 912 Broadway in the wholesale district killed two white men and a Black janitress and injured four white men. Estimated damage reaches $45,000.
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Kansas City
Broadway
Widow’s fiancé charged with embezzlement in Los Angeles
Mrs May Emier, a young widow, swore out a warrant charging her fiance Arthur Gordon with embezzlement after announcements for their December wedding were published. Gordon, reportedly from Detroit, appeared wealthy and had fled with money she lent him.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Arthur Gordon
May Emier
Gordon
Detroit
Pope's Brother Visits Vatican for Holidays in Rome
Angelo Set, brother of Pope Pius, arrived in Rome for the Christmas holidays at the Vatican. He remains in his post in the village of Gruso, Mantua, Lombardy, after serving as a gendarme and now says he prefers his village life despite the shift to Rome during the papal holiday season.
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Rome
Angelo Set
Pius
Rom
Vatican
Poye
Ansel
Gruso
Mantua
Lombardy
Pobes
Poteman
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