Taft Family Christmas At The White House
Washington December 25 President Taft and his family celebrated Christmas with no formalities. Charley Taft busy at the White House stock stocking gifts for all. Taft’s wife and Robert Taft with Miss Helen at home, Vice President Sherman at Utica, others at official duties or home gatherings.
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Washington
Wal ‘Ton
Taft
Charley
Hidimenon
White’ House
Robert Taft
Helen
Sherman
Utica
N. Y
Knox
K” Street
Dickinson
Porto Rico
Meyer
MacVeagh
Ballinger
Wickersham
Galloway Wife Death Covered as Man Held by Police
Peru Indiana police responded to a call from Ora Galloway and found Galloway’s wife dead on the kitchen floor after a struggle. Galloway stood at the door with an empty revolver and says he had no memory of the event. He is jailed. Zelaya backs Estrada for Nicaragua president, saying Madriz would extend Zelaya rule and displease the United States.
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Peru
Ind
Ora Galloway
Galloway
General Estrada
Nicaragua
Madriz
Zelayan
United States
Christmas in Fargo a Old Fashioned Joyous Celebration
Christmas in Fargo brought prosperity and family gatherings as Santa distributed gifts fairly. The piece traces Christmas customs to Norse and Saxon origins, noting evergreen decorations, mistletoe symbolism, and the traditions of the yule log, wassail, and St. Nicholas stockings.
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Fargo
Santa Claus
Gregory the Great
Augustine
Satolli’s Condition Worsens. Pope Inquires Daily
Rome report states Cardinal Francis Satolli’s health deteriorates hourly with intermittent delirium. Pope Pius IX expresses deep sorrow over Satolli’s serious illness and privately inquires about his condition. Dennis O’Connor, manager, auxiliary bishop of Francisco and former rector of the Catholic University at Washington, sought updates today.
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Rome
Francis Satolli
Pope Pius
Satolli
Dennis O’connor
Francisco
Catholic University At
Washington
Cardinal Satolli
Rail overcharges alleged against major railroads
Complaint filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission by the Gamble Robinson Co of Minneapolis alleges overcharges by the St Louis and San Francisco and Rock Island railroads for an apple shipment from Seymour and Cedar Gap to Minneapolis. The filing marks a formal challenge to railroad transportation charges in the grain and produce sector.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Gamble- Robinson Co
Minneapolis
St. Louis
San Francisco
Rock Island
Seymour
Cedar Gap
The Forum Advertising Patronage Appreciation Piece
The Forum highlights appreciation from advertisers and asserts value of ad spending. It claims 100 cents of value per dollar, notes reach to about 90 percent of Fargo Moorhead and much of North Dakota, and claims guaranteed circulation over 12,600 per day.
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Forum
Fargo
Moorhead
North Dakota
Grinnell Collins & Co sue railroads over apple shipment overcharge
Grinnell, Collins & Co. of Neapolis filed a complaint against the Burlington and Milwaukee roads alleging an overcharge on a shipment of apples from Japan, Mo. to Minneapolis.
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Lis. Grinnell, Collins & Co
Neapolis
Burlington and
Milwaukee Roads
Japan
Minneapolis
Open Shop Declared by Manufacturers in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on December 25, manufacturers and shirt waist strikers published statements. About sixty shops are affected by the strike, with forty three shops forming an association to back an open shop policy and refuse union recognition. Strikers seek higher pay, better conditions, and closed shops.
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Philadelphia
LaMoure Officer Assailed in Fatal Last Night Row
Otto Skidmore is in St Johns hospital in danger of death after a deadly assault in a LaMoure area row. George Woodell, a Verona farmer, is in custody and faces possible murder charges for the attack believed to be driven by an old grudge. Woodell struck Skidmore with a timber, crushing the side of his face, and was arrested at once.
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Otto Skidmore
St. John’s Hospital
LaMoure
George Woodell
Verona
Skidmore
Woodell
Ski
Wal‘ag
Mark Twain bears up after daughter's death in New York trip
Samuel L. Clemens known as Mark Twain shows composure after the death of his daughter Jean Clemens in the disaster of bereavement. He directs removal of her body from Bridgeport to Emilia New York with a small, intimate group and servants accompanying the casket to the 7 o'clock New York train, as messages of sympathy pour in from friends nationwide.
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Miss Jean
Dr. Clemens
16 year old girl steals 97000 to buy a husband
Chicago reports Angelina Schiavone, 16, charged with stealing 97000 from her banker father Pasquale Schiavone. She says she took money from the vault at night and handed it to seven relatives to secure a husband. Police show she admitted giving 30000 to an uncle as part payment. The uncle, wife, and in-laws face trial with her.
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Chicago
Angelina Schiavone
Pasquale Schiavone
Miss Schiavone
Santa Claus May Be in Airship
Boston hosts reports of a mysterious moving light seen in the night sky across Worcester and nearby towns including Marlboro Natick and Hopedale. Witnesses describe a strong search light moving under what seemed like control but without visible aircraft frame. Thousands watched from Worcester streets hoping for a sighting while one local inventor Wallace E Tillinghast remained at home amid speculation.
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Boston
Worcester
Marlboro
South Framingham
Natick
Ashland
Grafton
North Grafton
Upton
Hopedale
Northboro
Wallace E. Tillinghast
New York
Tillinghast
Wild Train Plows Into St Paul Union Depot
New York dated report describes a dramatic wreck when a wild train plowed into St Paul Union Depot on December 25. The article notes naval experts debating city defense strategy and mentions Gen Arthur Murray U S N proposing mine barriers to block access to New York from warships.
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St. Paul Union Depot
New York
New York City
Arthur Murray
Long Island Sound
Murray
Gen. F. Bell
Steamer Cuban Crippled Finds Aid at Sea
The Leyland line steamer Cuban without a workable rudder or steering gear passed Brewhead seventy miles west of Queenstown with the steamship Bohemian acting as rudder. Cuban left New Orleans December 2 bound for Liverpool while Bohemian departed Liverpool December 16 for New York. They crossed paths and the Cuban was picked up by the Bohemian as the disabled vessel pressed toward Liverpool.
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Queenstown
Leyland Line
Brewhead
Here
Liverpool
New Orleans
New York
Orgy of Money Waste as Administration Dies
New York reports a six week surge in municipal spending as Tammany Hall winds down. Contracts totaling forty million dollars were awarded with expectations of more, while city debt rises amid protests from officials including Mayor-elect Gaynor. The piece also covers aeronautic magazine disputes, record land prices at Wall and Nassau, and an automobile production outlook for 1910.
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New York
Father Knickerbocker
Tammany Hall
Sible
Tammany
Gaynor
Nassau
Financial District
Sub-Treasury
J. P. Morgan & Co
Wall Street
Broadway
Runaway Great Northern Freight Plows Through Depot
A freight engine at St Paul reached sixty miles an hour after a loss of air control. It smashed two brick walls into the baggage room and plunged through the depot floor. Twelve to fifteen cars burned as crews fled before the crash with only minor injuries. Officials investigate suspected malice in disabling the air cock.
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St. Paul
Great Northern
Como Yards
Union Depot
Morrisey
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Zelaya
DR. T. Madriz
Balder
Pee
Wade
St. Nicholas
Lotheortine
Mark Twain
Elmira, N. Y
Massachusetts
Wrights
Curtis
Magasines
Aeronautic
Wall
Nassau Streets
E. F. Ladd
Pure Food
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