Roosevelts Views on Woman Suffrage Highlighted
In New York, Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott read a letter from President Roosevelt to the National League for Civic Education of Women. Roosevelt endorses equality of rights but questions suffrage as essential, stressing the main value of a husband and wife life in the home and family governance.
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New York
Roosevelt
Lyman Abbott
National League For the Civic Education of Women
Abbott
West
Abhbott
France
England
America
Dr. Abbott
Borman Wells
Jah
House of ‘Commons
Democrats Electing a Leader in House
The Democratic caucus selects a successor to John Sharp Williams of Mississippi as leader in the House. Champ Clark of Missouri is named as the prominent candidate, renowned for debate skill and broad recognition among Democrats.
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John Sharp Williams
Mississippi
Williams
H. D. Maney
Champ Clark
Missouri
Clark
Washington Governor Orders Release in Fraud Charge
Seattle December 5 Governor Mead refused to honor requisition papers for the return to Newark New Jersey of Hott A Archer wanted on a fraud charge for obtaining 70000 dollars. The governor ordered Archer released after discovering he was held on an old charge and that the case lacked current basis.
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Washington
Seattle
Mead
Pers
New Jersey
A. Archer
Newark
Archer
Civil debt case at Newark draws authorities into collection
A fragment notes a man saying he has lived uprightly for seven years and that Newark authorities pursue him in a civil debt dispute, framing it as a collection matter rather than criminal activity.
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Newark
Evans Refuses LA House Gift for Own Home Purchase
Rear Admiral Robly D. Evans retired and lecturing says he will buy his own home rather than accept a house offered by Los Angeles residents. He is to chair the board of directors of the Los Angeles Harbor company.
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Bob
Los Angeles
Robly D. Evans
Directiors
Los Angeles Harbor Company
Rifle His Bed FELLOW Grand Jury Foreman Ready for Threats
Toledo reportsJoseph Munch a hotel proprietor and grand jury foreman sits armed day and night. He received anonymous letters and phone messages threatening his life if investigations are not dropped amid the current inquiry into criminal cases.
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Grand Jury
Toledo
Joseph Munch
Munch
Shoots and apologizes after wrong man shot in Iowa
In Vinton Iowa on December 5 George Ramstead assistant cashier at Peoples Bank was shot in the shoulder as a man hid behind a claim of locating his target. The shooter realizing Ramstead was not the intended man pleaded for pardon then fled. Ramstead is expected to recover. Also on December 5 at Shawano Wisconsin the Menominee tribe received annuity money with each adult and child awarded eighty dollars totaling about fifteen hundred recipients. In Fort Worth Texas Major George West paymaster of the Texas national guard fell four stories down an elevator shaft and sustained fatal injuries.
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Vinton
George Ramstead
The
People’s Bank
Ramstead
Fort Worth
Tex
George West
Texas National Guard
Man orders steak joke spans café to skyscraper
The Louisville Courier-Journal recounts a comic scene where a man claims his purse is missing and then reveals his false teeth. The waiter and bystanders react as the tenant of a tall building asks for clouds to be pushed away from his windows.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Not Like the Play Says Voices From St. Louis
A quoted fragment from the St. Louis Republic contrasts stage fiction with daily life as a caller notes a housemaid withholding family history while mending furniture with eight feather dusters.
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St. Louis Republic
Whitecaps trial details unfold as Mrs Tribby testifies
Rushville Indiana December reports Mrs Leona Tribby wife of John Tribby, a whitecaps victim and defendant in six count indictment, recounted years of alleged jealousy infidelity and violence including torn clothing paint thrown on a dress and a swoon after witnessing men outside her room. The couple’s turmoil spanned twenty six years with letters from other women and gifts to other women cited in testimony.
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Rushville
Ind
Leona Tribby
John Tribby
Tribby
Blanche Williams
Tertha Smith
Ten Thousand Dollar Fire Destroys Magley General Store
Robert Case's Magley store, described as the largest country store in the area, burned down along with four smaller buildings including a warehouse icehouse granary and coalhouse. Loss listed at 10010 with 2500 insured. Post office and telephone pole station also burned. Case will not rebuild. fire possibly sparked by a train with hints of incendiarism.
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Deratur
Ind
Robert Case
Magley
Here
Case
Fie
Noblesville Couple Remarries Secretly in May
Harvey Hamble son of Mr and Mrs Anthony Hamble of Noblesville and Miss Maude West daughter of Mr and Mrs Solomon West of Indianapolis were married in Niles Michigan last May. Hamble a Noblesville high school graduate and two year Indiana University attendee met Miss West there while she visited relatives in Broonington.
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Harvey Hamble
Miss Maude West
Noblesville
Ind
Harvey
Anthony Hamble
Miss Maude
Solomon West
Indianapolis
Niles
Mich
Noblesville High School
Indiana University
University
Miss West
Broonington
Nancy Boyer Company brings The Girl of Eagle Ranch to town
The Nancy Boyer Company opens its visit with a western melodrama The Girl of Eagle Ranch blending comedy and thrills. The cast features Nancy Boyer as The Girl, Jack Warburton Curly, Marty Hogan, Arthur Chatterdon, Ann Eggleston and Edward Barton with Henry Testa as the villain. Joe and Mabel Part Company mark notable changes in both stars and engagements, Howard and Mabel Barrison amid recent divorces and remarriages.
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Nancy
Eagle Ranch
Nancy Boyer
O'Brien
Erin
Denver
Plains
Jack Warburton
Curly
Marty Hogan
Arthur Chatterdon
Lucky Jim
Ann Eggleston
Edward Barton
Henry Testa
Ethel Estes
Girl
Magic Ranch
Popular Amusements Co
Riders Get Release Today on Indictments Charging Murder
Seven of eight alleged night riders held in Nashville jail were turned over to Union County sheriff for release on bonds. They face rearrest on new indictments charging the capital offense in the October 19 murder of Captain Rankin at Walnut Log. Troops guard the Nashville jail.
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Union City
Tenn
Matthews
Nashville
Quentin Rankin
Walnut Log
Brice Declared Insane in New York Courts
Stewart M. Brice son of the late Ohio Senator Calvin S Brice was declared insane and incapable of managing his affairs. A jury valued his property at $75 000 Brice a former Broadway figure and Harvard graduate 1893 served as a captain in the Spanish American War.
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New York
Stewart M. Brice
United States
Calvin
Brice
Ohio
Harvard
Day in a Double Sense Saloonless Bloomington Faces Water Shortage
Bloomington Indiana endures two days without water works as residents cope with scarce supply. Stores report households storing water in cans tubs and barrels while anticipation grows that water purchases will begin early in the week.
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Bloomington
Ind
Fugitive Is Heard From Sends Bank Book to Wa bash Postmaster
Wabash Indiana December 5 C D Stitt fugitive deputy postmaster sent a package containing the post office bank book an uncashed $200 check and papers to Postmaster Parmenter. It arrived from the west on the Wa bash railroad renewing belief Stitt is in St Louis or Chicago with unread postmark.
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Wabash
Ind
C. D. Stitt
Parmenter
Stitt
St. Louis
Chicago
Shelley's Prometheus Unbound Refused at Library
A patron asked for Shelley's Prometheus Unbound and the librarian retorted that the library does not keep any unbound books. The exchange showcases a witty clash over book formats and library policy.
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Shelley
Laxative Bromide Quinine Tablets Promised Cure
Drug advertisement claims a single day cure for a cold using LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets. It states consumers receive a refund if not cured and features E. W. Grove’s signature on every box, priced at 25 cents.
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E. W. Grove
Water famine halts work in Pennsylvania towns
Water shortages force Schuylkill Traction to suspend power plant operations in Mahanoy City as Mid Valley colliery and Ashland Shenandoah face cuts in domestic supply. Separately, Michael Vivo is arrested in New York for jewelry theft in Chicago and Paris. President Roosevelt names T L Lewis to a mine explosion advisory board. Birmingham pen point production hits 220 million weekly.
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Pennsylvania
Mahanoy City
Schuylkill Traction Company
Mid Valley
Ashland
Shenandoah
New York
Chicago
Italy
Michael Vivo
Giovanni _Fiargo & Co
Statewide meet planned to discuss rural life reforms
President Roosevelt invites farmers and others connected with farm life to today’s discussions. Meetings aim to review the rural school system, farmer organizations, labor questions, postal services, and sanitary conditions as part of the national commission’s inquiry into farm life.
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Washington
United States
Roosevelt
National Commission
L. H. Bailey
Country Life Commission
Russia’s High Death Rate Surpasses Europe
Russia reports the highest death rate in Europe at 41 per 1000 annually. A Baptist church offers musical entertainment on Tuesday December 8 at 7:30 pm with admission and refreshments each ten cents.
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Russia
Europe
Baptist Church
Quality meats and home goods at low prices
A local ad lists prices for sugar cured hams bacon beef roasts veal pork and lamb cuts. It promotes home killed meats and ready to deliver to every part of the city with a range of fresh and lard products and butterine.
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Ida Emerson
Howard
Miss Emerson
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Hammond
New Albany
Patrick Kennedy
Kennedy
Erudite Librarian
Birmingham
Shafer & Schult
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Wilbur Templin
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Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
South Main St
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ROK
Ske
Saetsas
van Dyke-Eaton CO
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American Stock Company
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