Governors Conference Debates Rail Merger Plan
Northwest governors and state attorneys general opened talks on opposing the proposed consolidation of the Great Northern, Northern Pacific and Burlington railways. Governor Van Sant outlined Minnesota's anti merger stance, but no action was taken as discussions continued behind closed doors in Helena.
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Helena
Mon
Northwest States
Northern Pacific
Great, Northern
Burlington
van Sant
Minnesota
Governor Toole
Toole
Donovan
Montana
Douglass
Herreid
Pyle
South Dakota
Hunt
Martin
Idaho
Stratton
Washington
McBride
Rogers
White
North Dakota
Great Northern
Hill
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Northern Securities Company
New Jersey
Personal and Social Gossip From Dillon's Holiday Week
In Dillon this week Rose Coughlan is in town while local ads tout Dillon beer and Fair Store pledges. The column notes social visits from Miss Mable Zinn and Mrs. L R Grannist, plus travel and health items, with ads for TABLER'S BUCKEYE PILE OINTMENT and BAL LARD'S HOREHOUND SYRUP. A death notice reports Mrs W L McKinley passing away in Chicago on Christmas Eve after a week of illness.
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Evalyne King
Willis
Dillon
Lucile Shannon
Bedrock
Blanch Morse
H. O. Miller
Bannack St
Methodist Church
Shakespeare Club
B. F. White
Ballard
Williams’ Drug Store
John Lavery
Salem
Idaho
Martin McManemey
South
Chicago
Stop the Blight Stop the Blight
An advertisement urges using Scott's Emulsion to halt illness in children and promote growth. It claims the product strengthens health, appetite, sleep, and activity, portraying a small weak child catching up with peers. The copy emphasizes a trademarked label and references Scott & Bowne of New York.
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Scott
Scott &Rowne
Restraining Stock Retirement at Northern Pacific
Judge Elliott granted a temporary restraining order blocking the retirement of Northern Pacific preferred stock. Peter Power of New York, holder of 100 shares, applied for the order in Hennepin County District Court. The move aims to keep Hill interests from losing control and may reflect Harriman interests seeking to delay any shift until securities legal status is resolved.
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Minneapolis
Elliott
District Court of
Hennepin County
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Peter Power
New Yok
New York
Hill
Harriman
Northern Securities Company
Pair Wife Killer Doty Found Dead on Rail Line
In Lyndon Kansas Albert Doty killed his wife with a gun barrel then disappeared. His mutilated body was found along the Missouri Pacific line north of town likely by suicide. Mrs Doty’s mother Mrs Taylor has since gone insane. Doty, 25, was a paroled Hutchinson reformatory inmate. In London a Rome dispatch says the pope is subject to serious fainting fits.
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Lyndon
Kan
Albert Doty
Here
Doty
Missouri Pacific Railway
London
Rome
Secret of eternal life claimed by Prof Loeb at Chicago meeting
At the 14th annual American Psychological Society gathering Professor Jacques Loeb reported experiments with unfertilized sea urchin eggs. He said death is an active agent present from birth and that weak potassium cyanide can delay death, leaving eggs still fertile after several days, suggesting a form of eternal life through chemical intervention.
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Loeb
Death claims Frank H. Peavey Chicago grain magnate
Frank H. Peavey, a leading grain elevator owner, died in Chicago at 52 from pneumonia after a cold developed on December 20. He built a vast network of grain warehouses across the west and northwest and held substantial insurance totaling 1.376 million dollars to fund business continuity.
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Chicago
Frank H. Peavey
West
Northwest
Flood waters receding in eastern Pennsylvania except Susquehanna rise
Rivers and creeks across eastern Pennsylvania are generally falling after recent rains though the lower Susquehanna remains near danger as ice jams threaten damage. Mines in coal districts suspend operations and Manayunk mills halt activity, leaving about 3,000 workers idle.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Susquehanna River
Schuylkill
Lehigh
Susquehanna
Manayunk
South Visited by Flood Hits Georgia and Nearby States
Torrential rains across Georgia Alabama and east Tennessee and parts of North Carolina killed four people and caused widespread property damage. Clearing weather followed with high winds and a rising Chatta hoochee river may bring more damage. West Point streets flooded one to five feet many residents sheltered at Fort Tyler.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
North Carolina
Weather Bureau
Chattahoochee
West Point
Fort Tyler
War likely between United States and Germany warned
Washington authorities foresee an inevitable war with Germany, as reported by the Tageblatt in a Washington dispatch dated December 31. The cable notes the high-level military and naval leaders expect conflict to occur sooner or later.
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Berlin
The
Tageblatt
Washington
United States
Germany
Naval Demonstration Postponed in Venezuela Crisis
Caracas reports that Germany plans for a naval demonstration at Venezuelan ports will be postponed due to the ongoing revolution against President Castro. The delay is said to come from solid official sources.
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Caracas
Germany
Castro
Four Die in Midwest Train Collision at Malta Ill
Four killed and 29 injured as Chicago and Northwestern trains Omaha Flyer and freight collide at Malta Illinois near Chicago. Victims include George W Rudio and D O Nichols from Council Bluffs Iowa, with steam scalding and fires destroying coaches and sleeping cars.
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Chicago
Chicago and Northwestern
Malta
Ills
Omaha Flyer
George W. Rudio
Western
Kirk Soap Company
North Thirty
Clarence Lauterus
W. A. Sweeney
Latchford
Marion Wilkes
Fremont
Neb
Eva Hall
Lincoln Taft
Veronica R. Morse
Ellard
F. Larrabee
F. P. Corran
C. Aiken
P. D. O’neill
Northwestern Railroad
John W. Wilson
R. W. Davis
Pullman
John Schoentgen
Council Bluffs
Mamie Ellingwood
Omaha
J. M. Wilson
Boone
L. B. Jameson
North Platte
Curran Larrabee
O’neill
Rochelle
DeKalb
St. Luke’s Hospital
Duncan
Rudio
Nichols
St. Luke's Hospital
Shoentgen
John Shoentgen
B. O. Nichols
Mr. Nichols
Grace Stewart
Larrabee
Wreckage Found Near Cape Flattery Linked to Collier Mattewan
Port Townsend reports Neah Bay advices describe large wreckage on the beach south of Cape Flattery including preservers hatches broken doors and deckhouse boards. Bedding fragments were found as well. No crew is listed though the items are believed to be from the collier Mattewan.
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Port Townsend
Wash
Neah Bay
Cape Flattery
Mattewan
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Fred Hanson
Prof
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Kalispell
Mable Zinn
Dillon Implement Co
John G. Willis
George Swan
Williamson
Branan
Lucy Grannis Branan
W. A. Trusx
Montana Oil and Fuel Co
Smallhorn Canyon
Virginia City
Buford & Co
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Southern Club
Missoula
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Smith
Tom C. Marshal
Pemberton
Tabler
Rose Coughlan
Hugh McCaleb
Salmon
Wm. O'Rourke
Dell
Fanny Browne
Browne's Bridge
Emma Stolle
Geo. Palmer
Lima
May Call
Anaconda
Willard
Thompson
Bessie Oline Galloway
Pocatello
Galloway
Padley & Mudd
Clark Anderson
Anderson Brothers
A. L. Anderson
Clark
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New Wood Yard
Helena Street
Railroad Avenue
Tattersall House Furnishing
Woon
Susie Coupler
Lena Lovell
Miss Couples
St. Mark’s Hospital
Salt Lake
Wiliams
Williams Drug Store
Northwestern
A. Thompson
Candy Kitchen
Dillon, Mont
Ward Bros
Professional
CARDA
Maurice A. Walker
State Bank
Europine
Bannack Street
D* W. W. Kingsbury
Minnie Smith
South Washington Bt
Office TauriHone
James L. Jones
Bannack and
Washington, Streets
Mont
C. M. Eddy
Ons -Crown
Hripce
Bannack Bt
Price's Land Office
Pt. G. Willis
Dillon National Bank
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Cushing & Sona
Gerxepal Law Business and Loans
Ditlon, Mont
Pes Norbie
Tribune Pub
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