Lighthouse Hit by Schooner and Destroyed by Fire
The five master schooner Mal y cola Barter Jr struck the Thimble Shoal Lighthouse near Old Point Comfort in a westerly gale. Keeper Hudgins and two assistants perished. the crew were rescued by the Birmingham. The vessel drifted and fire destroyed the lighthouse before efforts to extinguish it succeeded. A lightship request followed until a new lighthouse could be built. Nearby, the big storm devastated the New England coast with multiple wrecks and missing crews reported along Cape Cod and Nantucket.
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Dewport News
Ney Maly Cola
Barter, Jr
Thimble Shoal
Alex
Old Comfort
Torseshoe
Chesepeake
Hudgins
J. B. Thomas
T. L. Pauldher
United States
Birmingham
Hampton Roads
Point Comfort
Tatiio
Malcolm Baxter
Norfolk
Lighthoure Board
New England
New York
Davis Palmer
Bowton Harbor
Heaton Harbor
Palmer
Scituate
Belle Halliday
Brant Point
Nantucket
Martha's Vineyard
Provincetown
Sanitors Aero
Plymouth Harbor
Massachusetts
Cape Cod
Peninsular
Rhode Island
New Bedford
Fall River
Trouble Makers Ousted and New Life Pills Boost Appetite
A sufferer of stomach trouble reports relief from dyspepsia and indigestion after using Dr King s New Life Pills. He notes his appetite, nerves, and energy improve as digestion normalizes, with pills available for 25 cents at GHO. Aly Corn s.
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Dr. King
Aly
Inheritance tax dispute over Field estate taxes
Chicago court delays inheritance tax on the Field estate here amounting to $65,060,000 of wealth held in trust for grandchildren. Because beneficiaries are unknown, the court cannot order payment. Minors will receive the funds as their guardians. If payouts go to Marshall Field III and Henry Field, tax stands at 1 percent on shares above $20,000.
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Chicago
Inheritares Cox
Marshal Field
Henry Field
Prohibition Race Shapes Alabama Governorship Duel
Scrambling headlines blend science notes on venom immunity with political jockeying as Col H. S. D. Mallary and Col. Emmett ONeal vie for governor. The Alabama race tightens, primary timing stirs debate, and Birmingham reports a quiet Christmas with few arrests and a serious injury from a building assault.
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Puison
Birsingham
Mia
HS. D. Mallary
Selma
Emmett O'Neal
Florence
Splftead Campelen
Sheriffs Office
Lucls D. Lea
Empire Building
Lea
A Thrilling Rescue From a Desperate Illness
Bert R. Lean of Cheng Washington narrates a near fatal bout with a hard cold that led to lung trouble. He paid high prices to Spokane specialists without relief before California efforts failed. He found relief with Dr King’s New Discovery after which he recovered fully. It cures long trouble bronchitis coughs colds asthma croup and whooping cough. 5c and 1.09 trial bottle free guaranteed by Geo Alcorn.
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Bert R. Lean
Cheng, Wash
Spokane
California
GEO. & Alcorn
Washington Political Equality League rejects Eastern speakers
Spokane reports Mrs May Arkwright Hutton president of the Washington Political Equality League says Eastern spellbinders and Vassar girls are not needed to campaign for suffrage in Washington. She notes a plan to invite Mrs August Belmont and Mrs Clarence Mackay and a possible speaker from New York Miss Inez Mullholland, while considering speakers from Idaho Utah and Colorado but preferring Western voices for 1910.
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Spokane
Wash
Vassar
May Arkwright Hutton
Washington Political Equality League
August Belwont
Clarence Mackay
Northwest
Washington
Bryan Breakfast in Havana En route to Jamaica
William Jennings Bryan arrived in Havana this morning and was hosted at breakfast by American Minister Edwin V. Morgan. Attendees included Cuba’s Vice President Alfred Zayas Brigadier General Albert Havana Province Governor Orestes Ferrara and the House of Representatives president plus other Cuban officials and American colonists. Bryan expressed cordial U S good wishes for Cuba and later met President Gomez before departing for Santiago.
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Havana
William Jenkings Bryan
Jamaica
Edwin V. Morgan
Cuba
Alfred Zayas
Albert
Col
Orestes Ferrara
House of Representatives
Bryan
United States
Morgan
Gomez
Santiago
Millions Given to Sweet Charity in 1909
New York report shows total U S benefactions in the past year reached 141.25 million, surpassing all prior years by 40 million. Major givers include John B. Kennedy of New York with 26.55 million, John D. Rockefeller 12.825 million, and Andrew Carnegie 6.05055 million, with a third earmarked for educational work. Cumulative gifts over seventeen years total 1.10015 billion.
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New York
United States
John 8. Kennedy
John D
Morgan Holdings Disposed in Chicago Railway Deal
Chicago December 27 announcement of the purchase of J Pierpont Morgan interests in the City Railway Company and other lines by Chicago Sanders and a new company named Chicago City Connecting Railway Co The deal, valued around 70 million dollars, aims to unify local surface and elevated transit with financiers Ira M Cobe James A Prentice John T Mitchell Samuel Insull and John A Sper involved in the transfer.
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Chicago
J. Pierpont Morgan
City Railway Company
Chicago Saanders
Chicago City Nq
Eatta
James 2
First No
Mob Hangs Suspect After Christmas Eve Murder
In Hurley Virginia a mob of about 100 seized Henry Pennington from a guarded boarding house and hanged him at a lumber mill after the Christmas Eve shooting of Samuel Baker and injuries to his wife and two children. Baker was related to local figures connected to a prior sextuple murder. Baker’s funeral occurred today. his wife remains badly wounded.
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Hurley
Samuel Baker
Henry Penungton
Pennington
Uindler Leas
Bauer
Wyatt Meadows
Baker
Bin
Mestons
Grundy
Betty" Justice
George Meadows
Howard Little
Thank You Note From 1909 Business Polite Greeting
The message expresses gratitude for the past year and appreciation for the splendid business shared in 1909. It wishes continued good will to the recipients and their families.
Bygone Days and Dobbins and Ewing Reflection
A reflective poem blends a plea for peace and memory with elegiac lines on love and reconciliation. It juxtaposes youth, past conflicts, and a call to honor the dead. The speaker critiques anger and vows to guard peace while invoking grave imagery and hope for a wiser future.
Facklen's Arnica Salve Praised as Perfect Healer
An advertisement extols Facklen's Arnica Salve as unsurpassed for cuts corns burns bruises sores scalds boils ulcers eczema salt rheum sore eyes cold sores and chapped hands. It claims infallible relief for piles and notes a 25 cent price at Alcorn's GEO 8.
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Facklen
Alcorn's
Sheriff Chains Up Pullman Car at Newark
In Newark Ohio since November 20 the Pullman palace car Eufau Jo has been chained to the track under a Sheriff’s attachment. The Pullman Company seeks $20,000 damages from Melville Gillette Sheriff Linke and attorney Frederick W. Black for arranging the attachment and related alleged theft or loan of clothing.
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Columbus
Eufau Jo
Newark
Pullman Company
Melville Gillette
Pullman
Linke
Frederick W. Black
Women Envy and Electric Bitters Beautify Health Ad
Attractive women are envied for face form and temper while weak nervous types suffer from constipation or kidney problems. Electric Bitters regulate stomach liver and kidneys purify the blood and improve nerves and complexion. Many owe health and beauty to them. 500 at GEO 8 Ale CORN.
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Geo
Wife killed after husband’s burial in Carthage
Carthage, Dec. 2. Mrs. Chas. Shipp widow of the fire chief was killed by a fall through a trap door on the second floor of an engine house as she and a Mrs. Shipp visited the department head’s office to collect the husband’s belongings. Funeral details followed.
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Carthage
Shipp
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