Collision ties White Star ship to Finance in fog near Sandy Hook
In thick fog near Sandy Hook a collision involved the White Star steamer Georgic and the Finance of Panama Railroad and Steamship Company. The Georgic was only lightly damaged while the Finance wreck blocked the main ship channel. passengers and crew were seen on deck as life boats and tugs moved around the scene.
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White Star Steamer
York
Pan- Railroad & Steamship Co
White Star
Georgie
Sandy Hook
Alliance
Finance
Finance of Panama Railroad & Steamship
Georgic
Georgic White Star
Liverpool
Feasting in Gotham Thanksgiving bounty amid panic past
New York on November 26 reports abundance of turkeys pumpkins and festive pantries as market stalls overflow and wagons shop for households. But the city faces rising highway robberies with an emergency police watch ordered across Westchester Long Island and Jersey outskirts.
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New York
Gotham
Westchester
Long Island
Jersey
Deportation Ordered for Contract Labor Violators
Washington dispatch reports a department of commerce order mandating the deportation of 53 individuals connected to unlawful labor contracts with the Firth Carpet Company. The group includes contract laborers and their dependents who arrived from England and Scotland.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
Ffty
Firth Carpet Co
Ce N.ds
England
Scotland
William Tell Act Fatal After Eighteen Years
London November 26 Herbert Lee a music hall performer died from a head wound after a William Tell act last night. Lee held the ball on his head as Mme Clementine shot from fifty feet then surrendered to police. Lee had performed this act for eighteen years without accident.
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London
Herbert Lee
Elty
Lee
Mme
Clementine
Autos Race in Bad Fog
In dense fog a group of fearless drivers gathered for a racing event.
First lap completed in Savannah race
Savannah November 26 Lozier No. 2 led the field by finishing the opening lap closely followed by Simplex No. 3. By 10 o'clock all cars had completed the first lap except National No. 11, still on the track.
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Savannah
Lozier
Simplex
National
Dense fog delays Savannah grand prize start at 9:45
In Savannah on November 26 the grand prize race began at 9:45 AM after a fog delay from 9:00. Twenty cars started at one minute intervals despite the dangerous conditions as the fog persisted with no lift.
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Savannah
Bogus Sir Thomas Lipton Prank Hits Texas Towns
Major F. M. Burrows of Pittsburg posed as the famed Lipton incognito in Abi lene and surrounding towns. Newspapers hype a fortune under his guise, drawing crowds who worshipped him before the joke faded as he departed.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Thomas Lipton
Abilene
Post City
F. M. Burrows
Pittsburg
Burrows
Sir Thomas
Lipton
Chicago
Abilenee
Major Burrows
Children intoxicated by whisky samples in Englewood
Chicago reports show a dozen or more Englewood boys and girls were made drunk by sample bottles handed out for advertising. One girl was found intoxicated in an alley and others took bottles to school where they drank at recess. Police seek local agents responsible.
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Chicago
Englewood
Coughlin
ALL STAR CAST AFTER DEATH
Waterloo New Hampshire November 26 Former secretary of the navy and former United States senator William E Chandler speaks on life after death. He says souls join new physical bodies on different stars and may retain senses and memories as they reunite with friends.
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Waterloo
N. H
William E. Chandler
Navy
United States
New Hampshire
Denver chosen for 47th National Education Association convention
Winona Minn Nov 26 The executive committee of the National Educational association announced Denver will host the forty seventh annual convention from July 5 to 9, 1909. The presidents of the twenty one departments will meet in Chicago January 1 and 2 to plan the program.
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Winona
Minn
National Educational Association
Denver
Chicago
Thanksgiving Dinner With Roosevelt And Czar At The White House
Roosevelt enjoys a private Thanksgiving dinner in the White House with his family. The czar of Russia will dine at a unique table that conceals plates and courses via a Russian tube system, a historic method once used to hide the table beneath the floor.
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Roosevelt
Russia
White House
Santa Claus to Be a Bit Late
New York readers learn Christmas gifts for officers and men aboard the world cruising battleship fleet, then at Manila, will travel on the supply ship Celtic arriving after mid December. The Celtic will meet the fleet at Negro Bay or Gibraltar with 15,000 eggs 509 tons of meat chickens flour and meal among supplies.
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New York
Manila
Celtic
Brooklyn Navy Yard
A Bay
Morocco
Gibraltar
Negro Bay
Gitts Oea
Enaienr Paes Patnoee
Bulgaria and Turkey near terms on independence support
Paris reports Bulgaria and Turkey have reached an accord on independence terms. Bulgaria will pay Turkey 12 to 14 million dollars for Rumelia and 10 million for the railroad. The capitalization of the Rumelia tribute and Bulgaria’s share of Turkish debt to be decided by the international congress.
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Paris
Bulgaria
Turkey
Rumelia
International Congress
Bride’s death tied to love fear over fortune illusion
In St Louis on November 26 Mrs Katherine Rossman a bride for a month died by her own action after learning her $10 000 fortune was a myth. Her husband Rossman previously quarreled over suspicions and a claim by Susie Finghier who accused him of spending 360 she gave him. Mrs Adam Wedelberger aided by her reputation of a $10 000 inheritance saved him from jail and is held as a witness.
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St. Louis
Katherine Rossman
Rossman
Susie Finghier
Adam Wedelberger
Snowstorm Grips Colorado and Wyoming with Heavy Falls
A major snowstorm blanketed Colorado and Wyoming from Denver northward. Ten inches fell in northern Colorado while southern areas recorded around two inches. The system began yesterday and continued through the night, affecting travel and daily life across the region.
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Wyoming
Denver
Colorado
Sta
Western Pacific Completes Flower Lake Tunnel
San Francisco reports the Western Pacific Railroad Co completed its Flower Lake tunnel on the main line. The 5,657 foot tunnel through Pequop mountains in Nye County Nevada took twenty one months to drill and is largely through solid limestone.
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San Francisco
Western Pacific Railroad Co
Flower Lake
Pequop Mountain
Nye County
Nevada
Western Pacific
Forty Families Displaced by Four-Story Blaze in Chicago
A fire in North Wischester avenue destroyed three four story buildings, forcing forty families from their homes in cold rain. The blaze caused about $75,000 in losses and three firemen were injured by falling beams during efforts to extinguish the flames and reach occupants.
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Chicago
Wischester Avenue
Wolves Devour Old Man's Body in Prairie
The bones of Wilson Henry, about seventy, were found on the prairie eight miles south of White River in Tripp county. Wolves had eaten the flesh and the head arms and feet were missing. Identified by his wife, clothing, and pocket items. Henry started two weeks earlier to walk 140 miles to Lynch Nebraska, believed to have died of exposure.
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Kenebec
Wilson W
Henry
White River
Tripp County
Lynch
Neb
Emperor's cold follows normal course at Potsdam
A Potsdam bulletin says the emperor's cold continues to run its normal course as of this afternoon, with no change in his condition reported.
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Berlin
New Palace
Potsdam
Monument to General Sheridan Dedicated in Washington
A Sheridan monument was dedicated in Washington with addresses by President Roosevelt and Gen. Horace Porter. Sheridans widow and son attended, along with Supreme Court justices, senators, representatives, Civil War veterans and other officials. Sculpted by Gutzon Borglum, the bronze statue shows Sheridan on Rienzi, funded by a $50,000 congressional appropriation and famed for its molten brass.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Horace Porter
Phil Sheridan
Sheridan
Supreme Court of the United States
Gutzom Borglum
Congress
Porter
Papke Ketchel Rematch Preview in San Francisco
Willam Papke of Illinois the middleweight world champion and Stanley Ketchel of Michigan met for a third time in a 20 round match in San Francisco on November 26. Both fighters are in top condition with Ketchel appearing larger and Papke confident. Weight was made easily with no extra training needed.
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San Francisco
Willam Papke
Illinois
Stanley Ketchel
Michigan
Papke
Los Angeles
Ketchel
Hill Buys Adjacent Home to Preserve Sunlight
James J. Hill of the Great Northern railroad buys a four story dwelling on East Sixty Fifth Street New York for about 500000. He aims to block construction that could shade his residence and plans to build a home for his son Louis W. Hill on the site.
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New York
James J. Hill
The
Great Northern Railroad
East Sixty-Fifth Street
Hill
Louis W. Hill
Eight Hurt in Trolley Wreck in St Louis
Eight persons were seriously injured when two street cars collided head on in St Louis. Several victims were trapped under wreckage for ten minutes as a stove threatened to ignite the debris. Motorman Patrick McGahan was pinned in the wreckage with a heavy controller box across his chest and is believed to have fatal injuries.
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St. Louis
Patrick McGahan
Great Northern trains collide near Clontarf in fog
A Great Northern passenger train departing St. Paul for Minot collided with a freight train at Clontarf Swift county Minnesota in thick fog. Engineer Denny suffered severe scalds and his fireman was slightly hurt while all passengers escaped injury.
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Minn
Great Northern
Minot
N. D
Clontarf
Swift County
Minnesota
Denny
Six Shot In Strike Riot In New Jersey Factory Clash
In Kearsbey near Perth Amboy, six men were shot during a riot as 700 strikers clashed with a dozen deputies guarding the National Fire Proofing Co. Two believed fatally wounded. Gov Fort sent four National Guard companies. 250 soldiers patrolled the streets.
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Perth Amboy
N. J
Kearsbey
Here
Governor Fort
State National Guard
Trenton
National Fire Proofing Co
Burke
Amundsen Plans Auction and North Pole Quest
Captain Henry Lund, acting for Norwegian interests, will auction the sloop Gjoa used by Amundsen on his northwest passage voyage. Amundsen intends to outfit a future voyage aboard Fram to reach the geographic north pole via Siberian waters, with plans formed while in Norway.
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San Francisco
Henry Lund
Ronald Amundsen
Amundson
Northwest Passage
Mare Island Navy Yard
Lund
Fram
Nansen
Government of
Norway
Amundsen
Siberian Islands
Capt
White and Black Blood Mixing Provokes New York Meeting
Mrs. Lillie Devereux Blake stirred a crowd at the Hotel Astor during a Society for Political Study session by arguing that white blood is mixing with black blood. She predicted the real Negro would be wiped out in 100 years, saying she might not regret it.
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New York
Lillie Devereux Blake
Society For Political Study
Hotel Astor
LaPorte Jury Fails to Reach Verdict in Lamphere Case
The LaPorte jury in Ray Lamphere's murder trial of Mrs. Belle Gunness and her three children stayed all night and deliberated in the morning but could not agree. Conflicting reports circulated as to when the jury would return for additional deliberations.
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LaPorte
Ind
Ray Lamphere
Belle Gunness
Garden Hotel
Pure Food Chief Sees Bleached Flour Hearing Move Forward
North Dakota Pure Food Commissioner Prof. EB F Ladd returned from Washington where he testified at a federal hearing before Dr Wiley Dr Dunlop and J M McCabe. The session addressed whether bleached flour should be banned labeled or allowed with nitrous acid bleaching and involved sixty millers and several pure food advocates.
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Washington
EB. F. Ladd
North Dakota
Ladd
Washington, D. C
Professor Ladd
Fargo
Wiley
Dunlop
J. M. McCabe
Department of Agriculture
Chrysanthemum Show Hails Washington Monument Gardens Exhibition
Washington hosts a chrysanthemum exhibit in its propagating garden at the monument grounds. The display features flowers named by Mrs. Roosevelt including Lou Dillon Grace Cortelyou and Grace Whitney with Beatrice May noted for its size and purity.
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Washington
Washington Monument Grounds
Lou Dillon
Roosevelt
Doctor Ends Crisis in Ohio Lunatic Asylum Scene
Galliopolis Ohio November 26. After years as house physician at the Columbus Insane asylum Dr Orin S Mills aged 48 fatally shot himself last night. His body was found in City park with a note reading Whats the use Friends say constant contact with lunatics drove him to the act.
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Galliopolis
Ohio
Columbus Insane Asylum
Orin
S. Millis
City Park
Mills
Beheading by razor shocks Pittsburg neighbor quarrel
Pittsburg Kansas report says Hezekiah Stradley a 20 year old carpenter killed neighbor Mrs Butts with a razor after a quarrel at Corona. Stradley’s wife and Mrs Butts had renewed a feud, leading to a brick attack that cut Mrs Stradier’s mouth.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Corona
Hezekiah Stradley
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