Republicans Push Tariff Talks With Daily Meetings In March
Washington December 25 The tariff framing subcommittee of the House Ways and Means Committee resumes work with daily meetings planned ahead of a March special session. Judge Gary revises figures in his testimony while preserving substance. Discussions focus on maximum and minimum duty, with potential to extend minimum rates to other nations under reciprocity treaties. Growth in correspondence and briefs indicates broad interest and debate. Foley’s Honey and Tar touted as safe for children with no opiates.
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Washington
Congress
B. H. Gary
United States
France
Germany
Italy
Portugal
Spain
Switzerland
Foley
GEO. S. Allcorn
Candidates All At Columbus For Senate Vote
In Columbus on December 28 observers note the three leading candidates for the senatorship as Burton Harding and Dick. Taft supporters seek to prevent a dark horse victory while state patronage and recess appointees influence the contest. Phipps, a Taft ally and recess appointee, told Burton his senate fate won't hinge on his confirmation. Twenty legislators visited the candidates for talks on the race.
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Columbus
Paraker
Taf
Burton
Harding
Taft
Inspector Phipps
Cleveland
Harris
Senate
Phipps
United State
Italy Earthquake Devastates Messina and Reggio
Rome reports a devastating earthquake across southern Italy. Messina and Reggio are described as ruined with thousands killed and many survivors trapped. British and Russian naval units have arrived, converting ships into floating hospitals to aid the injured.
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Sicily
Messina
Calabria
Rubed
Mensina
Catania
Reggio
Rome
Italy
Fifteen Years of Bucklen Arnica Salve Endorsement
A. F. Hardy of East Wilton Maine testifies that Bucklen's Arnica Salve has consistently cured sores boils ulcers and burns for fifteen years. He notes it has saved many doctor bills and promotes the 25 cent size at Alcorn's drug store in GEO.
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Bucklen
Bill
A. F. Hardy
East Wilton
Maine
Alcorn’s
Bites Wife's Nose in Street Fight
New York Dec 29 A produce dealer Carmine Moreno of Williamsburg was jailed after biting his wife’s nose during a street quarrel over money. Mrs Moreno was taken to St Catherine's Hospital likely to die. Police arrested Moreno as onlookers watched. He was committed without bail pending her condition.
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New York
Carmine Moreno
Williamsburg
Herbert Street
Moreno
St. Catherine's Hospital
McQuillan
O'Keefe
O'Reilly
Death by Own Action Adds to Murder Case Mystery
Marked Tree Aru Dec 25 Dead by his own hand In jail awaiting trial on poisoning his two children Wm Me Broom injects added mystery with a note claiming he is pursuing the real murderers The letter names Harrisburg Ark and Tyrone Ky and asks to notify his sisters if anything happens He was released on bond after a habeas corpus petition keeping him under guard at Jonesboro Ark
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Aru
Broom
Andhhat
Edith
Leona
McBroom
Harrisburg
Ark
Hattie Nichola
Harrieburg
J. L. Troutman
Tyronza
E. Lillken
Brookland
McHroom
Bec
Dra
Taylor
Fortus
Jonesboro
Standard Oil faced ban in Missouri ruling shock
Alfred D. Eddy of Standard Oil arrived in Kansas City and conferred with Frank Hagerman. Eddy said this is the first time a government has ordered Standard Oil out as contraband and hinted at a rehearing in the Missouri Supreme Court. The move threatens the company’s Missouri retail business amid the Supreme Court decision’s impact.
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Kansas City
Alfred D. Eddy
Standard Oil Company
Frank Hagerman
Mr. Eddy
WaterePierce Company
Texan
State Supreme Court
Missouri Supreme Court
Standard Old Company
Supreme Court
Toll of Italy Disaster Surges Across Nations
Fifty thousand dead in Calabria and Sicily with Messina at sixty thousand. A thirty foot tidal wave obliterates streets and buildings as Mount Vesuvius shows activity. The Pope and King Victor Emmanuel fund relief. Regreto and nearby towns face near total destruction with many religious figures killed. Mosaina hotel looting follows the catastrophe.
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Rome
Italy
Calabria
Sicily
Messina
Strait of
Reggio
Regelo
Ruina
Lfe
Lee
Callabria
Ths
Mount
Huna
Victor Emmanuel
Reg
Eto
Joly
Cassano
Cosenza
Mosaina
Bray brothers fined for drunkenness at public gathering
John and Jim Bray pleaded guilty before Judge Gordon on public drunkenness charges. Jim Bray fined $10 and costs, John Bray fined $2 and costs. The notice includes an unrelated 1910s advertisement for Foley's Honey and Tar curing coughs and colds.
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John
Jim Bray
Gordon
John Bray
Teddy Bear Gift Delights Camp Bell Station Visitor
Bheand Cotte returned from a Christmas visit to relatives at Camp Bell Station and found a huge Teddy Bear sent as a Christmas present. He was greatly pleased and taking much interest in the gift. The Greenfield Times notes the phrase pistol toter as an enemy to law and order.
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Chrismmas
Campbell Station
Greenheld Times
Nine Die After Great Northern Collision Near Great Falls
Wreck on the Great Northern at Mid Canyon about forty miles south of Great Falls results in nine deaths, with several carpenters among the dead and many others wounded. Foreman N. L. Headline of Fairbault Minnesota leads a list that includes H. Morrissey of Pennsylvania, and carpenters Charles Peterson and M. W. Beal.
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Great Northern
Mid Canyon
Great Falls
N. L. Headline
Fairbault
Minn
H. ©. Morrissey
Pennsylvania
Charles Peterson
M. W. Beal
Carpenters
One Arrest For Drunkenness In Birmingham Before Christmas
Birmingham reported only one arrest for drunkenness the day before Christmas, despite crowded streets and holiday shoppers. The single prisoner was held at the city jail after daylight, seen as evidence supporting prohibition.
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Birmingham
Ala
Three Attempts to Wreck Trains Near Roanoke
Grubb a Negro was arrested near Wytheville after confessing to placing spikes and piled cross ties on tracks on several nights to wreck trains for a grudge against railroad workers. He confessed to the attempts and his plan to wreck a train, while a section foreman is mentioned in connection with the case. A medical ad follows for Dr King’s New Discovery claiming cures for coughs hay fever and pneumonia with trial bottle offer.
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Roanoke
Grubb
Fol & Western
Wytheville
Chattanooga
Hurst
Dr. King
Henry
Panama
Gyras! Geo
8Alcorn
Returns After 28 Years Absent a Lancaster Tale
Lancaster story recalls a man from Chicago who returns after 28 years away to find his wife and three children scattered. The elder child is four years old. Neatly framed, the narrative notes the dramatic family reunion and the passage of decades since separation.
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Lancaster
Francis
Christ
Chicago
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