Eckhart Review History Highlights of Christmas and Saints
December 26 1908 notes historical events and anniversaries from early history. It lists birth and death dates of notable figures Isaac Newton Champlain and Champlain and recalls Shays’ Rebellion in Worcester Massachusetts and the Santo Domingo revolution of 1903.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pate
Jesus Christ
Samuel de Champlain
Quebec
de Champlain
Isaac Newton
Daniel Shays
Supreme Court
Worcester
Mass
Shays
Santo Domingo
Astronomical events and planet positions noted
Sunset 4 34 pm and sunrise 7 19 am. moon sets 7 02 pm. Saturn at quadrature 90 degrees east of the Sun. Jupiter 90 degrees west on Dec 5. both planets nearly opposite. Only Jupiter satellites Nos 3 and 4 visible at 3 am eastern time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saturn
Jupiter
December 26 in History Key Battles and Disasters
The list notes the 1776 Battle of Trenton, the 1853 Great Fire in New York that destroyed the clipper Great Republic, and the 1905 urban fighting in Moscow between troops and striking revolutionists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
New York
Moscow
Moon at perigee Makes Moon appear unusually large
Sun sets at 4 35, rises at 7 19, moon sets 8 16 p m. and is at perigee nearest Earth, causing an unusually large appearance.
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Perigee
Train wreck on Lake Shore rails near Pleasant Lake
A southbound Lake Shore passenger train between Jackson and Fort Wayne wrecked one and a half miles north of Pleasant Lake Indiana. Sixteen were injured five seriously as a broken flange sent the engine and six coaches into a gravel pit. Injured were taken to nearby farms and doctors from Angola and Hillsdale. A wrecking crew was sent from Hillsdale. Also a Lake Shore freight boiler exploded near LaPorte injuring two, but no cars left the track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsdale
Mich
Angola
Ind
Lake Shore
Jackson
Fort Wayne
Pleasant Lake
John Carpenter
Reading
Summerlat
Charles Vaughn
Campbell
Decatur
Laporte
B. M. Wiser
HW. L. Replogle
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad
Indiana dogs beat en Dooley wins field trials in Charlotte
Report from Barber Junction shows Dooley the Irish setter owned by Dr. G. G. Davis of Philadelphia winning the all-age stake and Derby at the Irish Setter Club trials. Rollo, previous derby winner, placed second with Saint Clouds Barney taking third. Judge John White of Hempstead oversaw the $400 stake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dooley
North Carolina
Indianapolis
Ind
Charlotte
N. C
Indiana
G. G. Davis
Philadelphia
Barber Junction
A. O. Yount
Renton
Rob Rollo
Rollo
Labor Appeals to Roosevelt Over Gompers Contempt Case
President Roosevelt faces a flood of appeals asking intercession for Samuel Gompers John Mitchell and Frank Morrison after they were found guilty of contempt for violating a federal injunction. The president will study the decision before acting though many argue the court’s ruling infringes private rights and free speech. Bishops, business leaders and labor figures nationwide urge action as union leaders await a federation meeting January 11 to discuss strategy and defend press freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Executive
Washington
Roosevelt
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
District Supreme Court
Federation
William J. Bryan
Gompers
Mitchell
Morrison
H. B. Perham
Order of Railroad Telegraphers
St. Louis
W. D. Mahon
Amalgamated Association of Street Railway
Detroit
Mich
John R. Alpine
United Association of Plumbers
Chicago
Messrs. Gompers
Alpine
John B. Lennon
American Federation of Labor
Bloomington
Lennon
Edwin R. Wright
Illinois State Federation of Labor
J. A. Franklin
William G. Gilthorpe
A. Hinzman
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers
Kansas City
American Freeman
Cement Workers’ International Union
San Francisco
Secret service declares $10,000 bill found in can worthless
Edward H. McHugh of the U S secret service in St. Louis examined the $10,000 bill found in a tomato can by Patrick Sullivan an East St. Louis ice wagon driver and declared it worthless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan
St. Louis
Edward H. McHugh
United States Secret Service Office
Patrick Sullivan
East St. Louis
New Post Office Order Prohibits Outside District Solicitation
Washington December 25 Postmasters must not solicit the mailing of matter at their office by outside parties. The new order restricts solicitation from any outside district, outlining enforcement and scope for post offices nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dee
Miasgal
Postmasters Ordered Not To Credit Stamp Cancellations
Washington December 25 announcement that the post office department will issue limited quantities of postage stamps in rolls of 500 or 1000 for use in stamp vending and affixing machines. Postmasters are asked to submit early requisitions to try the new program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Post Office Department
New York Mayor Revokes All Picture Show Licenses
In New York City a drastic order revokes every picture show license amid protests from ministers and concerns over youth morals. Fire department notes cited inadequate fire safeguards as the basis for the move, with only a limited chance of most licenses being reissued under new conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Greater
McClellan
Bureau of Licenses
Beggins
Fire Department
Falls To His Death In Hot Springs Hotel Window
The coroner's jury found H. M. Cox retired Portland manufacturer fell head first from a third story hotel window in Hot Springs Arkansas, not by self destruction during a personal crisis. Cox suffered neurastenia and had come with his wife to spend the winter. His brother resides in Bloomington Illinois and his son is a San Francisco merchant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hot Springs
Ark
H. M. Cox
Portland
Cox
Bloomington
San Francisco
William A. Fraser
Fraser
Nova Scotia
Boston
New York
India
Beluchistan
Burma
Barber
Toronto
Orient
Canada
Detroit Free Press
North-West
Wm. C. Mack
Railroads Lose Tax Suits In Supreme Court Victory
In St Paul on December 25 the state won two railroad tax cases. Justice Brown filed opinions for the court upholding the law raising the railroad gross earnings tax from 3 to 4 percent. The Great Northern case concerns about 120,737 dollars for 1905 taxes and the Great Western about 25,000 dollars. total at stake real to over 150,000 dollars annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Supreme Court
C. L. Brown
Chicago Great Western
Great Northern
Great Western
Snow Causes Train Crash near Pennington New Jersey
Five railroad workers died in a Reading railroad crash near Pennington New Jersey when an interlocking switch failed due to snow clogging it. The collision between an express and a local passenger train occurred on a single track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
Reading
Pennington
Speculation legitimate ruling in Newark case awards $10658.84
New Jersey court rules that speculation is legitimate while gambling is not in a Newark circuit court decision granting Gustave Meyer $10,658.84 for losses from John B. Van Schaick & Co. The judge declared the distinction, noting the invalidity of the other note about a Christmas message and a Dorchester barn hanging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Newark
N. J
John B. van Schaick & Co
Gustave Meyer
Boston
Dorchester
Baseball faith in ancient times cited by two citizens
Two citizens debate baseball as an ancient pastime. One argues the sport existed at the time of the flood, while the other jests about rain checks, reflecting a humorous, archaic aside in a casual exchange.
Declining years spark a clash over Miss Frocks
Jones declares Miss Frocks has reached her declining years while Brown retorts with disbelief. The brief exchange highlights a heated personal dispute and the awkward phrasing hints at gossip within a social circle.
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Miss Frocks
Jones
Brown
Church Services List Across Town With Many Congregations
A detailed church directory lists services for St John’s German Evangelical Lutherans Corner Prairie Eden and many other faiths including Swedish Trinity Lutheran, First Christian Scientist, Grace A B and First Church of Christ Scientist. Sundays feature varied hours for Sunday schools, baptisms, sermons and vesper or evening services across multiple streets and pastors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John's
German Evangelical Lutheran
Prairie and
Eden
Trinity Lutheran
Tenth and
Mason Streets
Christmas Cantata by Choir Directed by A B Kolb
Evening program features a 30 voice choir under A B Kolb with a Christmas cantata. Free seats, Bethel Evangelical Church corner Michigan and Simonton streets. D D Spangler pastor. Also Bethel Sunday school 9 30 Y P A Sundays 6 pm preaching 7 pm except first Sunday 10 45 am. Prayer meetings Tue Thu 7 30. Congregational Church corner Marion Third street A A Ogilvie pastor 705 River avenue. Worship 10 30 am 7 pm Sunday school 12 pm R W Monger superintendent. Quartet at morning service. Mayflower Chorus to sing. Message Christ's Program and The Appeal of Christ. All invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Christian
Fifth and
Lexington Avenue
S. G. Buckner
C. B
St. Vincent’s Catholic
South Main
Prairie Streets
F. J. Jansen
Grace A. B
Middlebury
Cemetery Streets
Eld. S. Bartlett
North Street
First Church of Christ
Christian Science Hall
West Lexington Avenue
Young Women’s Christian Association
South Main Street
Ada Campbell
Salem Evangelical
D. D. Spangler
St. John’s Episcopal
Third Street
C.S. Champlin
Trinity German Lutheran
State Street
H. Prange
Grace Lutheran
Ninth
Marion Streets
Christian Endeavor
F. T. Simpson
First Church of the Brethren
South Sixth Street
E. L. Heestand
J. Grosh
Christian Workers' Meeting
Della Moyer
Second United Brethren—I
Cleaver
Amos Kesler
Free Methodist
Princeton Street
Bertha Rinebolt
D. B. Marston
Columbia City
South Side Chapel
Evangelical Association
Wolf Avenue
Seventh Street
C. A. Wright
Garfield Avenue
Castle United Brethren
Middlebury Street
C. S. Parker
Monroe Street
First Evangelical
Hickory Street
J. H. Breish
Thomas Finkbeiner
Naperville
Ill
First Baptist
Horace N. Spear
Methodist Protestant
Division Street
M. EB
Bachman
A. B. Kolb
Bethel Evangelical
Michigan
Simonton Streets
Congregational Church
Marion
A. A. Ogilvie
River Avenue
R. W. Monger
Midland Mines Fires Sink Abandoned Homes in Indiana
In Midland Indiana a deserted mining village near Sullivan shows houses sinking into the ground as mines cave in from fires eating wood props. Since three mines closed two months ago miners left for other work and remaining houses are moved to nearby sites while fires threaten more structures.
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Sullivan
Ind
Midland
Greene County
Perjurer Confesses in Delph Murder Case
George Meacham, a witness in the James William Delph murder of Mrs. Margaret Meacham, pleaded guilty to perjury in Laporte circuit court. Judge Richter reserved sentence as Delph was convicted and given a life term.
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Laporte
Ind
George Meacham
James William Delph
Margaret Meacham
Delph
Richter
Meacham
Royal Box notes Swedish throne and royal births
Gustavus V is named fifty seventh king of Sweden. William crown prince of Germany and Prussia patents cuff links now registered in the imperial patent office. Sultan’s youngest son Mehmed Abid Effendi, three, born 1905 in Constantinople, is nineteenth in the line and thirteenth surviving child. Legal heir is the sultan’s brother Mohamad Bechad Effendi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Germany
Prussia
Imperial Patent Office
Mehmed Abid Effendi
Constantinople
Mohammed Bechad Effendi
Notice Corrects Hand Laundry Address for Harry Lee
A notice corrects the previous misstatement that Harry Lee disposed of the Hand Laundry located at 112 West Lexington Avenue. The correction states the earlier claim was in error and reiterates the address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Lee
Lexington Avenue
Dentists Treat Pyorrhoea Successfully
Pyorrhoea or looseness of the teeth was successfully treated by Dr. C. L. George, a local dentist. The brief note credits the procedure to his skilled care and reports a positive outcome for the patient.
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C. L. George
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W. H. Brightmire
Trinity M. E
L. A. Beeks
Perjurer
Kevlin
Terre Haute
Thomas Gray
Rose Polytechnic
Lord Kelvin
Gray
Glasgow University
the Royal Box
Gustavus V
Sweden
Ayer
Lowell Mass
Fannie M.lothrop
W. A. Fraser
Japan
Nickel
Rayo
Woo Oy
Ceylon
Elkhart
Aydelott Bros
Boyer & Greiner
Main Garberick
H. N
Hat
Herman & Son
Ludwig & Son
W. Lexington
Paul Bros
N. Main
Paul & Co
W. H
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