Five Women Guilty in Volo Cage Case Trial
Five of the six women defendants in the Richard Ben rail riding cage at Volo Illinois were found guilty by the jury. The ringleaders named include Captain Emma Stadtfield Mrs Mary Sabel Mrs Anne Stadifeld Mrs Alma Walton and Mrs Levina Raymond. Kate Wagner was acquitted. The court may fine up to 200 dollars or sentence up to six months in jail for each offense.
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Waukegan
Ill
Volo
Emma Stadtfield
Mary Sabel
Anne Stadifeld
Alma Walton
Levina Raymond
Kate Wagner
Colonel Gaillard Dead At Johns Hopkins
Baltimore Maryland reports Lieut colonel Gaillard a member of the Panama canal commission died Friday at the Phipps clinic Johns Hopkins hospital after a two month illness of paresis. He was assistant chief engineer of the Panama canal commission. In Brussels a Catholic priest was shot and wounded by a socialist who objected to joining a funeral procession bearing a red flag.
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Baltimore
Coal, Gaillard
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Gaillard
Brusgals
Dee
Florida State Bank Suspends in Pensacola
Florida bank with $100000 capital suspends operations after state examiner review. Bank holds about $100000 in deposits and awaits comptroller action in Pensacola Florida.
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Florida State Bank
Pensacola
Fla. Dee
Pensacola State Bank
Egg War Hits the Capital
Washington in December reports an egg boycott campaign. Cabinet members vow to ban eggs from home tables to support price reduction, with wives backing the effort.
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Washington
Dec
Hotel Fire Kills 27 in Boston Lodging House
A blaze at the Arcadia lodging house at 1802 Washington Street killed 27 men and seriously injured many others. About 179 sleeping residents were trapped on upper floors, with several leaping to escape as flames spread rapidly through the flimsy building. Firemen extended ladders and carried or caught panicked lodgers during multiple dramatic escapes.
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Boston
Arcadia
Washington Street
Ottoman
Mexican War Flares as Villa Fights Huerta and Diaz
Across Mexico reports describe Villa surrounding Mexico City with 20 000 troops and Huerta refusing to yield. Juarez hears of six federal generals ready to surrender while refugees sail toward the United States as Creel and Terrazas flee desolation.
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City of
Mexico
San Luis Potosi
Carneros
Ricardo Cordero
de la Pena
Major Cordero
Colima
Monterey
Guadalajara
Huerta
Vera Cruz
Juarez
Chihuahua
Francisco Villa
Villa Almmada
Federala
Ojinaga
Villa
United States
el Paso
Tex
Roque Gomez
Columbus
N. M
City of Mexico
President Huerta
Mex
Mexican Federal Army
Creel
Terrazas
Chihuahua City
Lula ‘Terrazas
30 Foot Wave Fatal in Belton Texas
Ten people died in a sudden 30 foot wave that swept Nolan Creek in Belton. Fifty houses along the creek were destroyed. Mrs. W. C. Polk and four of her children drowned, the fifth child survived by reaching high ground. A camper and two other presumed fatalities were reported in the town. An unidentified man on the Main Street bridge in Temple, Texas, was seen as the structure collapsed and is believed to have perished.
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Belton
Tex
Nolan Creek
W. C. Polk
Polk
Main Street
Temple
Wilve
Itla
Chicago Street Caves In After Water Main Burst
Randolph street near North Wabash caved in Tuesday night when two large water mains burst threatening Marshall Pleid's store and the Masonic temple. The Archer avenue streetcar loaded with passengers passed moments earlier as the pavement sank up to 12 feet.
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Chicago
Randolph Street
Wabash Avenue
State Street
Marshall Pleid
Archer Avenue
Two Die After Riot at Hills Island Immigration Center
Two men died and three others were injured in a riot among immigrants at Hills Island New York. The dying include a Syrian immigrant and Vincent Snow, an inspector, with one man seriously wounded.
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New York
Hills Island
Vincent Snow
George Clippert Released in Paine Murder Case
George Clippert, once jailed as a suspect in the attempted murder of Flazel Paine, was released after his alibi was substantiated. The case remains under local police review as details emerge from the investigation at Grand U Haven Milch.
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George Clippert
Grand U Haven
Milch
Deet
Flazel Paine
Clippert
Five masked men lash man in Arcola over wife beating charge
In Decatur Illinois on December 6 five masked men lashed Harry Sieh with bogey whips in Arcola. Sieh had been accused of beating his wife prior to the attack, and the nocturnal method of the white caps violence was revived as a punitive measure.
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Decatur
Arcola
Harry Sieh
Sieh
Tirnmat to Represent France at Panama-Pacific Exposition
Paris December report says the French government appoints a commissioner general to represent France at the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. The nominee is Louis Albert Tirman, aged 38, listed among the delegation.
News in Brief from San Francisco to Utah
Wire flashes report a six thousand dollar reward for a bandit who killed Horace Montague and robbed the Sunset express near San Francisco. Lew Shank, ex mayor of Indianapolis, now in vaudeville from French Lick to Kansas City. Bank robbery at Blythe. five thousand dollars taken. Two union miners wounded in Hartman Arkansas. Frank Lopez escapes Apex mine after sheriffs feared his capture. Sheriff claims Lopez’s body may be found.
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San Francisco
Calvin
Horace Montague
Sunset Express
French Lick
Ind
Lew Shank
Indianapolia
Blythe
Hartman
Ark
Bingham
Utah
Lopez
Apex Mine
Smith
Lopes
President Wilson stays abed with cold in Washington
President Wilson, weakened by a head cold, remained in bed on December 5 per his physician Dr Cary Grayson. The doctor ordered rest to prevent the illness from worsening after he traveled to deliver the capitol address earlier. Ingersoll King Daad at 87. Rockford Ill Dec 6 Mrs Margaret Kellogg, a fleet train passenger from Chicago, died here aged eighty seven. she was a cousin of Robert G Ingersoll.
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Washington
Wilson
Cary T. Grayson
Capitol
Ingersoll King Daad
Rockford
Ill
Mra
Margaret Kellogg
Chicago
Robert G. Ingersoll
Sanitarium Patient Burned Near Byrna Ga
G W Day, twenty seven, of Cartersville Ga, a patient in a sanitarium at Byrna Ga near Atlanta, burned to death when the cottage where he was confined burned to ashes.
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Atlanta
G. W. Day
Cartersville
Byrna
Anti-suffrage protesters clash with house rules panel in Washington
The Washington hearing on a special committee for woman suffrage drew vigorous protests from anti-suffragists who argued the aim is to conserve the family and home. Mrs Pankhurst was moved under guard at Devonport. Dr Anna Howard Shaw was re-elected president of the National Woman Suffrage Association amid broader efforts to secure federal support from President Wilson.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
House
Devonport
Arthur J. Dodge
New York
National Association
Congress
Alice Hill Chittenden
New York Association
Mieschittenden
Anna Howard Shaw
National Woman Suffrage Association
Shaw
Harriet T. Upton
Ohio
Jane Addama
Chicago
Wilson
Denver Snowbound Strikes City With 20 Inch Storm
Denver, Dec 6. Snowbound city with 20 to 24 inches fallen and no let up expected for ten hours. Street car traffic blocked, thousands marooned in downtown. Hundreds of children cared for near schools, stores closed early. many workers housed in hotels. Telephone service slow and uncertain. Colorado Springs also affected.
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Denver
Colo
Colorado Springs
Bondsman for Jack Johnson Found Dead in Gas Filled Room
Chicago figure Matthew 9. Hald win, 74, a wealthy retired real estate dealer and Johnson's bondsman, was discovered dead in a gas filled bedroom at his home on 1111 Church Street, Hyanaton.
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Jack Johnson
Bondsman
Chicago
Matthew
Haldwin
Church Street
Hyanaton
Sende Strike Leader to Geil
Philippi West Virginia December 5 Van Rittner president of District No 6 United Mine Workers of America was sentenced to 60 days in jail by U S Judge Dayton for violating the court orders.
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Sende
Geil. Philippi
W. Va
van Rittner
United Mine Workers of America
United States
Dayton
Four hundred laid off at Garrett B&O pig iron shops
Four hundred workers at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad locomotive repair shops in Garrett Indiana lose jobs due to the closing down of the pig shops. The action affects the Garrett plant and local employment.
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Laporte
Ind
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Garrett
Agricultural toxins in soil debunked by Rothamsted study
The Rothamsted experimental station in England found no evidence that poisons excreted by old crops depress the growth of subsequent crops of the same kind. Alfred D. Hall and colleagues report in the Royal Society transactions that soils with sixty years of such crops show no persistent toxin affecting the same plant.
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Rothamsted
England
Royal Society of London
Alfred D. Hall
F. R
Winifred Bh, Brenchley
Lilian Marion Underwood
Itch and Burns From Scalp to Body Cure by Cuticura
Mrs Alice Kirlin of 883 South Scioto Street Circleville Ohio recounts a severe scalp infection with pimples sores and body irritation. After months with no relief Cuticura Soap and Ointment provided relief after the second application leading to a full cure. Sample offered with a 32 page Skin Book by Cuticura Department L Boston.
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South Scioto St
Circleville
Ohio
Mra
Alice Kirlin
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
The Menu Quip About Dinner and Homily
A humorous exchange in The Menu imagines a minister’s visit to a home dinner. The reply notes a simple alternative to a sermon by joking about serving chicken. The line captures a witty, domestic dinner table mood.
Patent remedies and teething syrup advertisement notice
USE ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE the antiseptic powder to ease tenderness and ache in the feet. It relieves sting and makes walking comfortable. Sold everywhere 260. Also Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething reduces inflammation and eases pain. This ad lists remedies for foot pain teething and other ailments with pricing and contact details.
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Allen
Olmsted
Roy
N. Y. Ady
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