Rockefeller's Son Charged in Libel Case
John D. Rockefeller Jr. accuses Willian R. Hearst's New York American publisher S. S. Carvalho of criminal libel. Carvalho was arrested and paroled until December 26 for examination. Warrants also issued for Bradford Merrill and Edward I. Clark of the Star company. Merrill to appear, Clark in California.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
S. S. Carvalho
Star Company
Willian R. Hearst
New York American
Carvalho
Mr. Rockefeller
Chicago
J. D. Rockefeller, Jr
Calvalho
Bradford Merrill
Edward I. Clark
Merrill
Clark
California
Bryant Hanging Today As Condemned Man Claims Brady Murdered Father
Frank Bryant, sentenced to hang today in Springfield Illinois, says he killed Thomas Brady because he believed Brady killed his father. He claims years of investigation produced positive proof and vowed the death penalty.
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Springfield
Tll
Bee
Thomas Brady
Brady
Frank Bryant
Three to Suffer Death in Canadian Executions
New Westminster British Columbia December 18 three men will die by hanging. James Jankins a Negro will hang for the murder of a white man. John Portella a colored man will die for slaying a negress. Lee Chung a Chinaman was sentenced for killing a fellow countryman.
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New Westminster
B. C
James Jankins
John Portella
Lee Chung
Woman Awarded Damages After Balloon Ride Incident
Kingston jury awards damages to a woman who was involuntarily lifted into the air in a balloon ascent in Hei air. The incident occurred in December with the plaintiff citing injury from the ascent caused by being lifted by her foot. The case resulted in a $1,000 settlement.
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Kingston, N
Jury Rules For Mrs. Mary S. Roper In Damages Suit
A sealed verdict in the supreme court favored Mrs. Mary S. Roper for 1000 dollars after she sued the Ulster County Agricultural Society for 25 dollars. The case involved entanglement in a dangling rope. The decision resolves the dispute and awards the plaintiff the larger amount.
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Supreme Court
Mary S. Roper
Robbers Hold Up Train East of Portland
Four unmasked robbers dynamited the express car of the Chicago Portland special nine miles east of Portland Oregon and forced Express Messenger Huff to open a small safe containing three or four minor packages. The strong box was untouched. In Haiti General Antoine Simon was elected president by Congress in Port au Prince.
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Messenger
Portland
Ore
Oregon Railroad and Navigation
Chicago-Portlland
Huff
Simon
Haiti
Port Au Prince
Antoine Simon
Miss Sisson Claims Roosevelt Struck Horse Girl
Miss EE TI Sisson an instructor at Forest Glen seminary Kensington Maryland says in a Baltimore Sun interview that President Roosevelt on Thanksgiving day rode by a seminary girl and knocked her foot from her stirrup then struck her horse with a riding crop and rebuked the girl for passing him. White House officials doubt the tale calling it unlikely and possibly mistaken.
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Washington
Baltimore Sun
White House
Social Notes From Chicago and Nearby Visits
Mr and Mrs W B Pratt are in Chicago today. Mr and Mrs A R Beardsley went to Chicago this morning. Miss Hazel Smith returns from Terre Haute. Mr and Mrs James Cook and daughter of Benton Harbor visit R H E Beck in Reading Avenue. Mrs Ervin Gulmyer and daughter Aileen return from Chicago and LaPorte. Mrs Harley Ecker arrives from Denver to join her husband. Mrs F J Nopper and daughter Alene depart for Mason City Iowa for two weeks with her sister Mrs B V Brodsuehrer.
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Hazel Smith
Terre Haute
James Cook
Benton Harbor
R. HE. Beck
Redding Avenue
Ervin Gulmyer
Aileen
Chicago
LaPorte
Harley Ecker
Denver
F. J. Nopper
Alene Nopper
Mason City
Iowa
B. V. Brodsuehrer
List of the sick and a fish yawn description
The item lists several local residents inclining to illness such as Fred Montwheeler Mrs Dale Ivens and T J Howard with varying conditions. A playful London Mail excerpt then describes the mechanics of a turbot’s yawn in vivid detail.
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Fred Montwheeler
Crawford Street
Dale Ivens
North Street
T. J. Howard
London Mail
Originality Needed in Revival of Old Architecture
The text argues that reviving old building styles without innovation yields mere copies. It compares architecture to painting, stating copying masters aids study but cannot forge a painter’s reputation. Genuine progress requires new, original work to advance the art.
Evening meetings and charity events at Concord area churches
Concord Chapter R A M holds officer elections this evening. Trinity M E Sunday school in session at 2 30 Saturday. Ladies Aid at First Evangelical church to sell baked goods at 504 S Main. Epworth League social at Mrs Dinehart 201 N Fifth. Presbyterian Young Women's Missionary Society bazaar at Clouse millinery Dec 19. Arthur Strouse of Avilla ends life after drinking carbolic acid.
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Trinity M. E
First Evangelical Church
G. W. Thornton's Sons
S. Main Street
Epworth League of Trinity M. E
Mary A. Dinehart
North Fifth Street
Presbyterian Young Women’s Missionary Society
Clouse
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Indianapolis
Senate
Captain Keller
Evansville
Ind
William H. Keller
Ohio Valley Improvement Association
Londoni Family Herald
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Mrs
A. R. Beardsley
W. H. Darling
Roger Bros
Hamilton Silver Co
W. L. Rogers
Success
Concord Chapter
Arthur
Lydia Strouse
Avilla
Allendale
D. M. Best
Lexington Ave
Everwear
Phoenix
Shafer & Schult
Buehler Bros
Main St
United Coal Yards Company
Hazelton
Lehigh
Blue Ridge
Jackson Hill
Hocking
Cadaillac
United
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