Riot at Elgin Over Rumored Murder Triggers Chinese Quarter Attack
In Elgin Alberta a mob of about fifteen hundred men attacked the Chinese Quarter after rumors spread that a prominent rancher Harry Smith had been fatally wounded. Buildings were wrecked and police were overwhelmed until reinforcements arrived. Several Orientals were killed or injured as the riot escalated before order was restored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lethbbridge
Harry Smith
Smith
Sterone
Robbers Catch After Battle At Camden Point Bank
Robbers looted $2,500 from a Camden Point Missouri bank after a fight with citizens. A pursuit began, shots were exchanged, and the robbers escaped while the bank interior and safe were wrecked. Edgerton action led to the alert and police involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden Point
Boke
Camden Volar
Cam‘den Point
Apt. Joseph
Hey
Pnse
Nuohnee Edgerton
Urot
Hylan
Camdor Polatcaltega
Alfonso Xings of Spain Might Visit Americas Next Year
Article suggests Alfonso likely plans a Latin American tour from Mexico to Argentina, aiming to demonstrate progress of the Latin race and potential world supremacy. It notes ideas and support for the journey as a historic cultural mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfonso
Ceatin
Bing Alfonso
Mesico
Argentina
Chicago Saloon Keeper Found Not Guilty on Sunday Law
In Igger district Chicago, Thomas Chamales, owner of the Savas saloon, was found not guilty by a jury of keeping his saloon open on Sunday and selling drinks. The court ruled the acts violated the vas law, but the jury delivered acquittal after eleven hours of deliberation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Chamales
Chicago
Chamales
Wyner
Five Die In Rail Collision At Ground Track Mich
Five men perished in a Ground Track railroad collision in Michigan when a fast train reportedly derailed onto a stationary freight train. A second fire incident followed, with five more individuals burned in a house fire linked to the disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beir
Parsons
Vive Porsons
Tle
Fey Whiclk
Clark
Waterdown
Bry Avery
Governor Hosts Gans In Candid Session
A garbled report describes a Governor hosting figures including Admiral Hrati and other officials in Dur optos. It mentions frosts and rain, and stray phrases about babies, teens, and Calva gas, with unclear context and no coherent events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gans
Flenma Moore
Jas Iuvesner
Hrati
Dur
Optos
Florida Senator Stephen Mallory Dies After Paralysis
Stephen R Mallory Florida Democrat and former Confederate officer died in Pensacola at age 78 after a general breakdown and paralysis of the left side. Born November 2 1828 he served in the Confederate army and navy and later in Congress and the U S Senate elected by the Florida Legislature for the term beginning March 4 1897 and re-elected in 1903.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Mallory
United States
Stephen R. Malelory
Veagacola
Ila
Marning
Stephen Russell Mallory
Virginia
Georgetown University
District of Columbia
Tie
Worifa
United States Senate
Florida Tlegislanre
Shoot in a Philadelphia cafe shocks shoppers
William Ditenns a waiter formerly at Tom and Hardart's in Ninth and Filbert streets Philadelphia entered the cafe after a refused job and fired at manager Witcher and head waiter Frank Troseman. Both men were said to be in serious condition. Ditenns fired at the cashier but the shots misfired. He lifted the revolver to his head but the weapon failed to explode. About fifty patrons overpowered him and handed him to a police officer. The shooting caused panic in the shopping district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Ditenns
Tom & Hardart
Resturant
Ninth and
Filbert Streets
Philadelphia
Witcher
Frank Troseman
Tateans
Immigration Gains A Fourth Statistic Show
The November 1917 immigration report shows a 25 percent rise from the prior year. Immigrants arriving at ports reached 117 476 with 1304 detained or turned back. Russia supplied 25 213 of total arrivals, up 20 percent. For six months ending Nov 40, 1917, total immigration stood at 0 75 874, up 18 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Bureau of Immigration
Rissin
Farmers neglect new field on denatured alcohol
The annual report of the commissioner of internal revenue shows only ten stills have been set up under the new law. Department pamphlets claim farmers can cheaply produce denatured alcohol for domestic use from refuse and by products, much of which now goes to waste, with denatured alcohol selling at 36 cents a gallon in barrel lots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissioner of Interned Revenue
Department of Agriculture
Interial Revenue Bureau
Raid on Murder School Stuns City Police Busts 17 Black Hand Members
Fifty detectives swooped on Black Hand operatives learned in killing. Seventeen members and two advisers were arrested after a planned raid in Pittsburg. The seizure followed a dramatic confrontation at the Vittsburg precinct as instructors were captured. Train Crew Verdict Clears Men in Baltimore Street Crash Case. A not guilty verdict was returned in Washington DC for the train crew linked to the Baltimore and Ohio wreck near Verre Cotta on December 80. Forty-three people were killed and sixty injured.
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Pittsburg
Jandad
Vittsburg
Washington, D. G
Baltimore and Ohio
Verre Cotta
D. C
Fire Threat Near Miss at Howe for Crippled Children
A fire on the top floor of the Howe for Crippled Children on Lexington Avenue, New York, endangered about 250 crippled children. Fire was detected and controlled before injuries occurred, with Superintendent Baptinell and staff credited for the swift actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howe
Lexington Avenue
New York
Baptinell the Mises
Meh Head
Sale of Union Traction Properties Ordered in Chicago
Judge Grexseup orders sale of Union Traction properties in Chicago to Chicago Hallways Company. Rehab plans and traction work for North and West Side districts will proceed, with progress expected in coming months.
Tinghes proposes abolishing New York State Insurance Office
Gov Tinghes recommends scrapping the office of State superintendent of Insurance in New York and assigning duties to three commissioners paid 12 000 to 15 000 each. The report hints at a political shift and possible personal disputes involving Mabelly Gilman and Corey as factors in the reform discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov
Tinghes
New York
Mills to reopen across Monongahela valley region
Will Fut announces 60,000 workers to return to mills spanning the Pittsburgh district including Melkeensport Ghissport Cirquesne and Mononga heny valley up to Monessen. Over 5000 men expected back to work by the specified date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Séydan
Pittaburg Distriet
Melkeensport
Ghissport
Cirquesne Mul
Monongaheny Villey
Monessen
Herve
Chicago Publisher Beaunlsne Dies After Heart Disease
Albert G Beaunlsne assistant publisher of the Chicago Daily News dies suddenly of heart disease at a trest point advised by his physician. The death ends a long career with the paper and the city’s literary and news community mourns his loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Albert G. Beaunlsne
Chicago Daily News
New York Port Foreign Trade Sets 1907 Record
New York port reports 1907 foreign business to reach about 1.608 billion dollars with an increase of 110.1 million over 1906. Eleven months of data plus December estimates show imports of foreign merchandise around 87 million and exports near 2006 totals. Domestic merchandise value and duties collected are also noted as part of the year’s figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Itetoms
INOG
Hug
Buried Man Alive Confuses New York Lodge Members
Galleian lodge in New York believed Leon Waldlfish was dead and buried after Ward's Island hospitalization. Later records show Waldlfish, misidentified as deceased, was alive at Wells NY hospital and returned home to Galleia, shocking his lodge and his mother with the mistaken death notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Leon Waldlfish
Waldlfish
Ward's Island
Waldfish
Reclaimed tramp saves girl in stove explosion incident
William Nixon, long a tramp, rescued a girl from a gasoline stove blast at Delaware ND. He extinguished flames with his coat, was burned, then taken in by the Quigg family. Nixon later works in a grocery, starting a new life away from the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wanderer
Terollin
William Nixon
Nixon
Delaware
N.d
Charles Quige
Quigg
Manily
Lovers Drowned After Ford Creek Attempt Near Sycamore
William Etter of Carny and his sweetheart Miss Catherine People, both of Carny, Ohio, tried to ford a flooded road over Pympehee Creek near Sycamore to attend a party. Their horse was found drowned in the stream and the buggy swept away. The bodies of the couple remain missing as searchers recover the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William “Etter
Carny
Ohio
Catherine
American firm buys vast New Brunswick pulp lands
The International Pulp Company has purchased a 400 square mile tract along the Restigouche River in Dalhousie district, New Brunswick. The 850,000 acre site is noted for heavy woolen operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
New Brunswick
Evereo
International Vaper Company
Fiex
Dalhousie Distriet
Restigouehe Civer
San Francisco Block Swept Clean by Vire Fire
A fierce blaze devastated almost a city block bounded by Mission and Jessie streets and First and Seventh streets in San Francisco. Several factories and stores were burned out, with losses exceeding 400,000 dollars. Many structures were temporary, so most losses were in the firms’ stock and goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vire
Mission, Jessie
First
Seventh Streets
San Francisco
Dynamite Damages Newark Bridge Under Construction
An explosion of dynamite tore the center of the new steel bridge of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company under construction over the Evie railroad tracks near the Anckensick river in Newark. No arrests have been made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Anckensick River
Newark
Blown to Atoms Celebrating at Dorothy works Latrobe Pa
A man named Paul Cari, employed at the Dorothy works near Latrobe Pennsylvania, was killed in a celebration explosion. An accidental blast caused by a telegraph battery device or improvised explosive in a foreign boarding house led to a catastrophic blast. Police and investigators are assessing the incident and its causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Cari
Dorothy Works
Latrobe
Henn
Premaharo
State Haa Its First Lynching In Oklahoma
A Black man named Le KMLAL Albert Tates, a business man, was taken from the county jail at Cheneletta Oklahoma and lynched. This was the first lynching within Oklahoma since it became a state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janes Garden
Cheneletta
Okla
le Kmlal
Albert Tates
Oklahoma
Mysterious New Jersey Murder Shocks Town
A woman named Sharvison is found dead in a yard under mysterious circumstances in New Jersey. Police say the case remains unresolved as officials pursue leads and await autopsy results. The Dutch cabinet resigns following the crisis in the department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Sharvison
Cabiner
Acy
Omnoho Official Takes Own Life In Oyama Incident
J. Jennk Carpenter, secretary of the Capenger Tiper Coup, a leading West paper, died by suicide at his hour in Oyama. The death prompts inquiries into the man’s role and the organization’s activities. Authorities are investigating circumstances surrounding the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omnoho
Manu
J. Jennk Carpenter
Wealthy New York Lawyer Commits Self to Subway
Ernest G. Stedaiin, once a prominent New York lawyer and co claimant in a wealthy family, hurled himself before a subway train after losing his fortune, with the incident resulting in his death and his life described as ruined by the collapse of his wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest G. Stedaiin
New York
Navy armor faults threaten battle readiness says 1890s critic
Henry Reuterdahl, associate of the United States Naval Institute, argues in McClure's January issue that defects in armor and construction leave American battleships vulnerable. He cites armor below the waterline and exposed sides, echoing earlier naval warnings, and endorses Roosevelt’s peace-time training focus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Reuterdahl
United States Naval Institute
Mr. Renterdahl
Roosevelt
Unis
My. Renterdahls
Destructive Mining Incidents Across Regions in Past Years
A fragmented and partially legible OCR list references numerous coal mines and locations including Albion colliery in Wales, Lackawanna in Pennsylvania, Welsh coal mines, Forbach in Germany, Monongahela in Pennsylvania, and several sites in Wyoming, California, Mexico, and Russia. The garbled data implies a catalog of mine accidents or incidents tied to various dates and places, highlighting widespread mining danger and historical regional activity without coherent narrative.
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Livesport
Albion
Soil Wales
Traterville
Tennadee
Rolling Mill
Lensisyl- Vanin
Anor—Tiunna
Wyoming
Lackawanna Anino
Lennsyl- Vote
Thamondville
Kurtatak
Russia
KK. & IT. Coal Company
Princeton
Ind
Prussia
Wilcox
Huefields
Dolitistown
W. Va
Durham
England
Imine
Blossbarg
Comrriery Ming
Bear Ualais
Bwrange
Tupro
Seat
Ork
Vases
Quarte
Colo
Saarlis
Print
Primera
Tayotteville
Saarbruck
Prussian
Laas Asperanzas
Mexico
Forbach
Germany
Monongahela
Toyoka
Jape
4,000,000 Christmas Trees a Year Discussion
Gifford Pinchot argues annual Christmas tree use barely affects forests compared with fires and lumbering. Trees suited for decorations grow best in open land, not in dense forests, and the industry centers in big cities like New York and the Northeast. Maine and New Hampshire also contribute sizable portions of the output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gifford Pinchot
United States Forester
Mrr
Pinechot
New York City
New Maglind
Maine
New Hampshire
Gerkshire
Navy risked by vessel design and red tape, says critic
A critic argues the Navy repeatedly approved plans moving the greatest guns toward powder magazines, leaving ships vulnerable to heavy seas. He cites foreign lessons, calls for removal of bureau clutter, and urges a civilian secretary with expert advisers to avert disaster in future wars.
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Navy Department
Jong Shice
Aiuerfoin Genlitg
Huasla
Dapan
Renterdala
Public Service Report Notes City Streetcar Deaths Decline
The New York public service commission notes November street railway accidents fell with 45 killed that month, down from 470 in October and 108 in September, though August had 42 deaths. The report also cites a rise in injuries, including the death of Mrs. John St Jahon, a literature figure known as Margaretta Avilanilasim, from pneumonia in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Public Service Commission
Atreat
Deere
Legan
Keey Am Pen
Supply routes for hardwood markets across states and regions
The text outlines source regions for supply to major cities including New York Boston Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington. It notes Adirondacks and Cute kills in New York supplying these markets along with Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota swamps feeding Chicago St Paul Minneapolis Detroit and a central West demand met mainly by nursery-grown Norway spruce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laachusetts
Adirondacks
Cute Kills
New York
Boston
Phiadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Detroit
Debates on Education and Women in New York
Mrs. John Crosby of the Women’s Democratic Club argues women’s learning should extend to child rearing, while President Wilson criticizes current school methods at a New York convention. The Como University Medical College outlines stricter admissions, requiring college graduates or equivalent for entry to medical studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John &. Crosby
Women's Democratic Club of
New York
Httle
Wilson
Princeton
Association of Colleges and Preparatory Schools
Como University Medical College
Cornell
Universie
Chicago Business Conditions Improve Though Full Recovery Not Yet Seen
A cautious uptick in business tone appears in Chicago during December as buyers show steadier demand for essentials and spring merchandise. Wholesale activity remains quiet with orders for immediate delivery and rising bank renewals, while currency shortages ease and gold reserves expand enabling more money to move to the interior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Westbig Pounty
Chicago
Jun
Review of Trade
Holiday retail and trade outlook in mixed tone for year ahead
The December mood in New York shows holiday buying central to retail activity, with overall volume below last year but stronger export demand, especially in grain. Financial conditions ease gradually, cities face cash flow improvement, and Canadian business failures rise modestly amid broad economic signals from Lindstreet's Commercial Report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theraig
Lindstreet
Chicago Cattle and Crop Prices Across Markets
The report lists cattle hogs and sheep prices across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York and Toledo. It shows ranges for wheat corn oats rye butter potatoes and seeds with varied No 2 classifications and mixed quotes for several markets. Strong entities include city names and commodity types with price bands such as hogs four to five dollars and cattle around four to five dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
St. Louis
Ile
Cincinnati
Carle
Lo Ste
Detroit
Cuttie
Milwaukee
New York
Weste la Be
Toledo
Telegraphic Briefs From The Main WV Rumor Mill
Nonsense garble from Themnkg WV reports a questioned state Gis Comporary of Helawiare chairing a meeting. A city chief recommends funding a new center at Vie atring wir college in Washington at $100000. Velnvich Conpeid of the Moetrapoling operas house plans to leave New York after current season amid director troubles.
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Helawiare
Stad
Wymy
Vanatraetion Ag Odie
Vie Atring Wir College
Washington
Velnvich Conpeid
New
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