Forum Good Fellow Christmas Cheer Plan Active
The Forum Good Fellow Christmas Cheer movement is in active operation with about 490 poor children to be brightened this Christmas. Donations have begun to arrive for a fund requiring at least $1 per child, supporting shopping, theater arrangements, and a large Christmas tree event at the Grand theater.
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Good Fellow
Forum Good Fellow
Forum
Forum Good
Grand Theatre
Fowler
Fargo
Edwin G. Clapp
Gardner Hotel
Gina Clade
Santa Claus
Kris Kringle
Santa
Good Fellowship
Plumbers Open Shop Sparks Winter Labor Split in Fargo
Labor dispute grows as Fargo Building Trades council pushes open shop policy. Employers say unions overstep, seek to curb non union work, risking a winter of strikes. Sorenson case cited as example of alleged union pressure and enforcement.
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Building and Trades
Fargo Building ‘Trades Council
Building Trades Council
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Fargo
Michael Sorenson
Sorenson
Assembly
Sxcoutiys Coma Ion Ee
Coe
Sorensson
Sayres See London Sights With Ambassador Visit
Mr. and Mrs. Francie Sayre toured London today and will join Ambassador Page tomorrow for a Trinity College camemoration. The pair plan to accompany the ambassador to a university event and see additional sights.
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Thor
Francie Sayre
Lon
Sayre
Ambassador Page
Cam“de University
Tha ‘Nemoration Sonat
Trinity
Socialist Headed New Cabinet Under Doumergue
Paris reports a radical socialist premier Gaston Doumergue organized a cabinet during a statesmen conference. He asked those present to accept portfolios as the party he leads becomes the strongest bloc in the chamber of deputies.
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Gaston Doumergue
Doumergue
Chamber of Deputies
Wilson Evidence on Suffrage Stance Sparks Deliberations
In Washington a suffrage delegation pressed for a presidential message to Congress. President Wilson said he favors a standing women’s suffrage committee in the House but will not urge new issues beyond organized Democratic promises. A White House march followed with Dr. Anna Howard Shaw leading and striking banners in the cold wind.
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Congress
Wilson
Baltimore
Anna Howard Shaw
Women's Suffrage Association
United States
Jane Addams
Joseph T. Bowen
Chicago
Carrie Chapman Catt
Susan B. Anthony
Abra- Naat Lincoln
Pankhurst Freed Welcomed By Militants In London
Mrs Pankhurst was freed from Exeter jail and greeted by militants who gathered in force to welcome her. An ambulance stood by but she left the train with a nurse aiding her and was driven to a nursing home where supporters formed a song procession.
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London
Exeter
Devils Lake to Get Two Additional Trains 29 and 30
Announcement by WP Kenney of Great Northern says trains 29 and 30 the Red River Valley Limited will now run through Devils Lake. Train 30 departs Devils Lake for St Paul around 7 p.m., and train 20 arrives Devils Lake about 10 39 a.m. The change adds service after removal of trains 1 and 3 over the Surrey cut. Devils Lake Commercial club led the effort with help from Fargo men Frank Carson and Morton Page.
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WP. Kenney
The
Great Northern
Red River Valley Limited
Grand Forks
St Paul
Surrey Cutom
Fast Mail
Fargo
Frank Carson
Morton Page
Lance
Police hunt for Jessie McCann in New York disappearance
The entire New York Police Department, aided by Greater New York officers, seeks Jessie McCann a 23 year old daughter of Robert McCann a wealthy wholesale grocer who vanished Thursday mirroring Dorothy Arnold. The father is a friend of Mayor Kline who pressed the department to accelerate the inquiry.
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Greater
Mies
Jessie McCann
Robert McCann
Dorothy Arnold
Kline
Canadian law may void foreign insurance contracts report says
A Wisconsin insurance official cites a report from Illinois, Nebraska and Wisconsin on whether Canadian parliament action could void contracts held by the Independent Order of Foresters. The memo warns such repudiation could affect policies issued by foreign companies, urging members to demand full payment while the issue heads to court.
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Madison
Wis
Order of Foresters of
Toronto
United States
Illinois
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Wkern
Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner
Man on Trial for Murder Amidsh Sanity Defense
New York records show Hans Schmidt placed on trial for the murder of Anna Aumuller. The defense asserts insanity, presented by counsel without the former priest consent. The district attorney contends Schmidt feigned insanity.
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New York
Dec
Hans Schmidt
Anna Aumuller
Schmidt
Auto racer killed while hunting in forest
Brussels reports the death of Camilly Jenatzy, noted European race ace and five time Vanderbilt Cup competitor, who was accidentally killed in a forest while out hunting with a Brussels journalist and hunting party. The incident marks a rare tragedy for a prominent autosport figure.
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Belgium
Camilly Jenatzy
Jenatzy
Congress Backs Naval Holiday Resolution
By an overwhelming vote the house passed the Hensley resolution urging the president to cooperate with Winston Churchill's suggestion for an international naval holiday of one year, with due regard to U S interests.
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Washington
Dec
House
Hensley
United States
Winston Churchill
Emoria Woman Gives Birth to 21st Child at 40
A woman aged 40, Mrs. Moslander of Emporia, Kansas, is reported as the mother of her 21st child. The article notes the birth to Mr. and Mrs. Alpheus Moslander and mentions the mother's age.
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Alpheus Moslander
Moslander
Passengers Narrow Escapes as Train Fire Burns Near Edwardsville
In St Louis December, a Ro An Interurban sleeper on the McKinley lines was destroyed by fire near Edwardsville. Twenty two passengers had narrow escapes. A fireman who jumped down a twenty foot embankment was injured.
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St Louis
Dec
Edwardsville
English Miners Protest Over British Outrage
English and Cornish miners at Painesdale held a large indignation meeting to protest the murder of three English miners on Sunday. The Western Federation of Miners was denounced. Attendees demanded protection and urged the British government to note the outrage.
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Calumet, Dec
Painesdale
Western Federation of Miners
Nine Million for Rivers of Nation Project This Year
Washington reports chief of engineers requests more than 9.9 million for the Mississippi, 9 million for the Ohio, 2 million for the Missouri, 2 million for the Columbia, and 1 million for the Delaware among river and harbor works for fiscal year ending June 30, 1915. Estimates total 41.48 million across major waterways with fortification and open-channel work noted.
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Dec
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Xemy
Secretary of War
Chief of Engineers
Ealing
Congress
Chiet
United States
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Missouri
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Minnexpolix
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Leech
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Minn
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Reorganization of the Department of Agriculture
Washington notes a planned reorganization to coordinate work across federal and state agencies, improve access to agricultural information, and boost efficiency. The plan outlines five to six main groups, a merit-based promotion system, and budget reallocations to expand animal health, plant disease control, soil studies, and marketing research while trimming Weather Bureau funding and consolidating weather and agricultural forecasting efforts.
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David ¥. Houston
Department of Agriculture
Real Proportien of
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Louisiana
Worther Bureau
Weather Bureau
Hull
Hydrographic Office
Navy Department
Mount Weather
Thig
Burma
Bureau of Agricultural Forecasts
Floods Kill Ninety Six Across Houston Area
Ninety six lives lost in floods reported by Houston officials as the crest moves toward the river mouth. Twenty five perished last night and this morning in districts with flood protection. Over twenty drowned in the Brazos river floods in Waller County near Brookshire. Heavy damage and more deaths feared as the flood surge advances.
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Houston
Brazos River
Waller County
Brookshire
Indicted Man McGuire Surrenders In Bribe Case
New York December 8 James K McGuire ex mayor of Syracuse arrived to surrender to the district attorney on an indictment charging he solicited a $6000 bribe from a corporation in the interest of the democratic state committee The case stems from the John Doe proceeding with Whitman McGuire had been in the tropics recently and pleads not guilty and is released on $1500 bond
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McGuire
James K. McGuire
Syracuse
Ditrict
John Doe
Whitman
Tropics
New System of Rural Credit in Wisconsin
Marinette December 4 under local capital the State Land Mortgages association opens for business with a 25000 paid in capital. Farmers already applied for loans under the new statute and the association is expected to aid agricultural development by enabling long term loans with annual principal and interest payments. Wisconsin leads in adopting this rural credit system in the United States.
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Aoe
Wisconsin Inn
Marinette Association
United States
Wisconsin
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