Miners Leader Shot as Calumet Panic Death Toll Climbs
C H Moyer president of the Western Federation of Miners was shot and beaten during a raid in Hancock Michigan and sent to St Luke's hospital in Chicago. Calumet mourns 72 dead from the Christmas Eve panic as 15 000 march in a funeral procession and a temporary morgue is set up in the town hall.
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Chicago
C. H. Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
Hancock
Mich
St. Luke's Hospital
Special
Grand Jury
Calumet
Cruse
Moyer
Perris
Union
MacNaughton
Gault
Citizens’ Alliance
Scott Hotel
Alliance
Meyer
Copper Range
Houghton
Charles H. Tanner
Western Federation
W. D. Fensley
Hensley
Wisconsin
Channing
St. Laure’s Hospital
Dee
Admiral Dewey Celebrates Seventy-Sixth Birthday
Admiral George Dewey greeted callers at his Washington office on December 29, declaring he feels younger than his seventy six years. The famed Nanlia hero was active and in good form despite his birthday.
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Admiral George Dewey
Washington
Admiral Dewey
Nanlia
Mise Dahlgren to Enter Deaconess House
Mise Ro mala Dahlgren granddaughter of Rear Admiral Dahlgren will enter the deaconess home expanding New York society presence.
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Mise Dahlgren
New York
Mise Romola Dahlgren
Dahlgren
Jome
Fire Hits St Louis Hotel and Downtown Block
A large five story building in downtown St Louis burned on December 29 causing about 250000 in damage. The blaze forced 150 hotel guests at the St Regis to flee in nightwear as brick and embers damaged nearby structures. Six firemen were injured but survived as crews stopped the spread within the Sixth street block. The origin traced to a dumb waiter shaft on the basement level.
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St. Louis
St. Regis Hotel
Broadway
Sixth
Locust
St. Charles Streets
Sixth Street
Flint
Mich
Hubbard Hardware Store
Ecity
Bryant
Hubbard
Hasting
Reed
Nine Die As Gale Rages Off New Jersey Coast
Terrific gale along the New Jersey coast leaves nine sailors lost at sea near Seaside and Seabright with vast damage inland. Seabright hurt most by wrecked sewers and power outages. Farle House and Peninsula hotel collapse follow. New York reports widespread glass damage and shattered signs.
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Seabright
N. J
New Jersey
Jersey
Peninsula
Farle
New York
U.S. Rail Board Seeks Data On Property Values From Roads
The Interstate Commerce Commission asked eastern classification railroads to supply property values and other data by January 31 in response to a proposed five percent freight rate increase. The inquiry seeks details on physical and financial operations not previously submitted to determine causes of diminishing net revenue and possible carrier actions.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railroads
Eastern Classification
Ihe
Commission
President Aids At Fire In Gulfport Residence
President Wilson and golfing party aided as firemen when a Gulfport home owned by Cyclone Jim Neville caught fire. The president ordered his car stopped and Secret Service men and chauffeurs joined a bucket brigade to help contain the blaze. The fire was quickly controlled and the president was praised by onlookers as a hero.
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Gulfport
Miss
Wilson
Jim" Neville
Secret Service
Clements Reappointed to Interstate Commerce Commission
President Wilson reappointed J. J. Clements of Georgia to the interstate commerce commission and sent the nomination to the Senate on Tuesday. the Senate confirmed it immediately. A separate executive session discussed Henry M. Pindell as ambassador to Russia, but no action was taken.
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Washington
Wilson
J. J. Clements
Georgia
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate
Henry M. Pindell
Peoria
Russia
Mrs Adlai Stevenson Dies in Bloomington at 70
Mrs Adlai E Stevenson wife of the former vice president died in Bloomington on Thursday at age seventy after months of illness. She is survived by her husband and three children Lewis G Stevenson of the state pardons board Mrs Martin D Martin of 225 South Ashland Boulevard Chicago and Miss Letitia Stevenson who resides at home.
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Bloomington
Adlai EB. Stevenson
Stevenson
Lewis G. Stevenson
Illness State Board of Pardons
Martin D Mardin
South Ashland Boulevard
Chicago
Letitia Stevenson
Fire destroys old Michigan Central depot in Detroit
A blaze leveled the 20 year old Michigan Central depot in Detroit on Friday causing about 200000 in property and records damage. The historic building stood before the opening of the new 10000000 depot which had been set for January 4. The cause remains undetermined and trains were moved into the new structure with little disruption.
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Michigan Central
Detroit
Mich
Irish Leader James Larkin to Visit U S for Mission
Dublin December 27 James Larkin head of Irish transport workers on strike since September plans to travel to the United States early next year to continue his "Nery crows" mission through lectures and organizing efforts in support of the Irish cause and labor movement.
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U 65
Dublin
Ireland
James Larkin
Irish Transport Workers
United States
Frisco Road Suit Authorized to Recover Profits
United States Circuit Judge W N Sanborn authorized suits against Frisco railroad officials to recover profits from the sale of Feeders railroad laws by 18 syndicate members. Edmund B C Von Klein of Chicago was sentenced to one to four years in jail for polygamy in Portland with Ethel Newcomb of San Francisco.
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Judge Wii
Megal
St. Louis
United States
W. N. Sanborn
Frisco Railroad
Frisco
von Klein
Portland
Ore
Edmund B. C. von Klein
Chicago
Mises
Ethel Newcomb
San Francisco
Widow sues insurance providers over husband’s death
Menominee Michigan December 36 Mrs W Belongy widow of an advertising manager who killed himself filed suit against the Modern Brotherhood of America and the Equitable Fraternal Union seeking insurance on his life.
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Menominee, Mich
Mra. W. Belongy
Modern Brotherhood of America
Equitable Fraternal Union
Lefty’s Depart ment Store Declares Bankruptcy
Milwaukee firm Lefty’s Depart ment Store filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition. In six months of operation the company lists liabilities of 200 090 dollars and assets of 226 016 dollars.
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Milwaukee
Lefty's Department
President Wilson Reaches Fifty-Seven Birthday
Pass Christian Mississippi December 20 messages arrive for President Wilson as he turns fifty seven on Sunday. The well wishers include many previously unknown citizens sending letters and telegrams of congratulations.
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Wilson
Christian
Mios
Sparks From The Wire Update Briefs
Cleveland reports thousands of Wilits workers back from Christmas shutdown and ready to run plants steadily. In Pittsburgh Captain W Roberta, Civil War orderly to Grant and Meade, dies in Dayton National Soldiers Home. London suffragists arson destroys Shrivley Hall, valued at 176000. John William White, confectioner, dies at Southend at age fifty three. height twenty five inches.
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Cleveland
Sharon
Farrell
Pittsburgh
Navnal
Dayton
W. ¥. Roberta
Grant
George G. Meade
London
Shrivley Hall
Mounty Down
John Williame White
Southend
Broom Maker Leaps From Eighteenth Floor Death at Temple
Joseph Kelter a broom maker, leaped to his death from the eighteenth story of the Masonic Temple on Sunday in Chicago. Authorities report the act as a sacrifice for humanity, as Kelter believed his act would benefit mankind.
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Chicago
Joseph Kelter
Train Robber to Be Hanged in El Monte Murder Case
John Haatick was sentenced to be hanged for the murder of H. S. Montague, passenger agent, after he robbed a Southern Pacific express train at El Monte. The verdict and sentence were delivered in Los Angeles, Cal.
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Los Angeles
Cal
John Haatick
HH. S. Montague
Baatick
Southern Pacific
el Monte
Ashland Operator Receives Wireless Calls From Many Points
An Ashland operator reports receiving wireless calls from multiple points as a complex network of signals spreads across the area. The source details indicate rapid triage of incoming transmissions and coordinated response efforts among local agencies.
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Ashland
State fairs and shows listed for Lincoln and Columbus
Nebraska readers are told of upcoming events including the State corn show at Lincoln January 19 to 28 the State Lumbermen's association meeting January 14 to 16 the Mid-Continental Poultry Association show in Lincoln over Christmas holidays and the State Firemen's Convention at Columbus January 20 to 22.
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Lincoln
State Lumbermen’s Association
Mid-Continental Poultry Association
Columbus
Ashland man operates wireless plant. logs Navy calls
Ashland night operator Ashland-James D Fender at the Burlington records a wireless log from his home. Entries include calls from Colon Panama to Boston and battleship Rhode Island in Mexican waters. Local observer W C Reinhardt helped install the station at Creighton University.
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Ashland
James D. Fender
Burlington
Colon
Panama
Boston
Mase
Galveston
Tex
Key West
Fla
Pensacola
New Orleans
Mexican
W. C. Reinhardt
Omaha
Creighton University
Fender
Calis
Minister Knocks the Movies in Lincoln Meeting
Reverend J. F. Grove blasted films at a Lincoln Ministerial association gathering. He denounced Yellow-Duck novels stage paintings suggestive dances and near immoral movie shows as a potential curse or blessing for youth, urging caution as the industry shapes public morals.
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Lincoln
J. F. Grove
Lincoln Ministerial Association
Investigation into prehistoric remains near Rulo village site
Rulo county register of deeds C Edwards probes a report of prehistoric remains found in a burying ground near Rulo on a Stephens Cunningham farm. The land sits by the Missouri river with a creek draining to the Big Muddy near the former village of Yandton, once a boat landing.
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Rulo
L. C. Edwards
Palm City
County Register of Deeds
Stephen Cunningham
A. R. Morehouse
Yandton
Eye Put Out by Poker Victim Struck in Left Eye
Hastings report says Lord Oliver Kissinger, age unknown, was struck in the left eye by a poker during a game when his mother Mrs Warl Kissinger stirred a baneburner fire. Physicians fear permanent eye loss while neighbors report the mother is temporarily insane after the accident. Lyons note Mrs Anderson, eighty four, visiting east of town, died from severe burns sustained while attempting to build a fire with kerosene after an explosion occurred.
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Steve Poker
Hastings
Oliver Kissinger
Warl Kissinger
Glenville
Kissinger
Lyons
Anderson
Signal Anderson
Discover Cached Jewelry in Damaged House
In a vacant house a group of schoolboys found valuable jewelry wrapped in a handkerchief. The haul included three silver watches a gold watch two vali ble stick pins a diamond ring several fancy ladies rings and four heavy gold rings. Initial claims tied it to a past theft from Fred Hayes but he denies ownership.
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Fred Hayes
New Pleasure Resort Planned for Fremont Area
Fremont development seeks a bathing beach at the artificial lake formed by Fremont Lee and Sand Co in a summer resort project. Trees will be planted and buildings constructed to create Tremont as a pleasure resort. TH P James, a pioneer renter from Gage County, died at his Cortland home in his seventieth year.
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Fremont
Fremont Lee & Sand Company
Menia
Tremont
P. James
Gage County
Hia Ome
Cortland
Pueblo Tewa Dances Hidden in Underground Lodges
Dr. Herbert J. Spinden reports on Tewa dances among Pueblo Indians of the Upper Rio Grande. Secret underground lodges, masked performers, and a mix of Catholic and pre Christian rites define the rituals. Dances include eagle and dog personae with sacred pine branches and cloud headpieces.
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Herbert J. Spindon
American Museum of Natural History
Upper
Rio Grande
Women and suffrage across nations and industries
In Budapest women guides and interpreters wear color coded ribbons for each language they speak. In the United States an estimated 25 554 704 women over twenty one want the franchise. Emma McKinsey a Kokomo Indiana blind woman runs a successful store. Catherine Haverty leads Haverty Taxicab in New York operating six taxis. Mayor elect Mitchel supports women’s suffrage and may appoint women to city posts. In Goljam Japan large coal barges employ women who pass coal on ladders to ships.
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Budapest
United States
Emma McKinsey
Kokomo
Ind
Catherine Haverty
Haverty
New York
Mitchel
New Yorke
Goljam
Japan
Retort Courteous on a Patchwork of Gossip
A fragmented dialogue in New York jokes about a wife and her husband amid a public egg boycott. The exchange notes ridicule of husbands as “bad eggs” while hinting at social maneuvering and reputational sparks.
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New York
Tom
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Charles H. Moyer
Hancock, Mich
Chicago Hospital
United States Supreme Court
Justice Harlan
Justice Pitney
Joseph R. Lamar
Charles BE. Hughes
Wills van Devanter
Mahlon Pitney
William R. Day
Joseph McKenna
Edward Douglas White
Oliver W. Holmes
Horace H. Lurton
Han
Crewe
U.S
Pass Christian
Clements
Self
Commerce
Pindell
Adlai Stevenson
Nebraska
Cee Ane
Indiana
Spindon
Spinden
Macka
Ike
Hong
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