Bank Cashier Must He The Cut-Up Of Berne Town
A Berne bank cashier is called a cut-up after he answered police inquiries about checks found on Frank Runyan. Runyan, lively and shameless, caused a disturbance at Dutch Grace White’s apartment, broke a glass, and faced court fees and custody until restitution. The article also touches on a vagrancy case, and then shifts to mentions of federal topics including Panama bonds, Nicaragua, and international diplomacy.
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Berne
Police Department
Frank Runyan
Runyan
White
People’s State Bank
White Place
Douglas Foster
Eliow
Snow stocks streets as cities end long vacation
Snowfall measured about three inches with a cold wave expected at night. Sweepers cleared streets Tuesday and streetcars resumed service after a delay, with one derailment at Washington and University streets. Interurban Ohio Electric reported the heaviest disruption, while other lines stayed close to schedule. Dealers expect renewed holiday shopping as winter returns, boosting business ahead of Christmas.
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Washington and University Streets
Ohio Electric
The
Traction Company
Indiana
BOREAL SWEEPS OVER NORTHWEST REGION
A weather system tightens its grip as streetcar traffic halts and roads into the city become impassable. Omaha records two degrees below zero, the coldest so far this winter, reflecting severe frigid conditions.
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Omaha
Neb
Heavy early winter snow hits South Bend and surrounds
The first heavy snow of the season fell in South Bend and covers the northern half of Indiana. Interurban lines keep to schedules with large crews sweeping the streets to clear tracks and roads throughout the day.
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South Bend
Ind
Snow blankets Northwest Missouri hindering travel
Northw est Missouri is covered with a mantle of snow which fell last night and the cold weather is causing suffering. Rail roads are having difficulty in moving trains. Telegraph and telephone wires are down at some places. The Missouri river was blocked here this morning by ice jams.
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St. Joseph
Missouri
Missouri River
Coldest Start To Winter In Sioux City
Sioux City Indiana recorded two below zero this morning, marking the coldest spell of the winter so far as residents shiver through frigid conditions.
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Sioux City
TAPT ADDRESSES THE STATESMEN
A fragmentary notice discusses TAPT addresses by THE STATESMEN in relation to a cemetery matter. Details are sparse but imply formal remarks or a meeting note from a local group.
Phoenix Insurance faces grand jury probe over loans
Phoenix Insurance company records show loans of about 20 000 from four state officials and a 1 500 000 capital. superintendent Hotchkiss says public risk is not involved and that 1 000 000 sur plus could be crossed off. Henry Evans asserts capital is intact with a 500 000 net surplus. Grand jury begins investigation with insurance officials and bankers summoned.
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Insurance Department
Sheldon
Ltotchkiss
Henry Evans
Phoenix Insurance Company
Insurance Hotchkiss
President Taft Deliberates Over What Constitutes Whisky
Washington December 7 President Taft spends spare moments in private study debating what is whisky The issue has moved from agriculture experts to the solicitor general and finally to the president as he reviews testimonies and briefs to reach a regal decision on aged and rectified whisky versus traditional aged whisky stored in charred white oak barrels.
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Washington
Taft
Department of Agriculture
Solicitor General
United States
Supreme Court
Suburb Gasps at Slot Machine War in North Wayne Heights
Jasper Weikel files affidavit against Robert Clauss to remove a penny slot from his saloon claiming minors loiter there. Deputy Hilgemann notes the machine dispenses gum for a penny and sometimes drink-worthy checks, though it isn’t banned as a trade stimulator. Weikel cites nearby towns’ actions and calls for stopping the practice. his minor son is among the concerned.
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Hungry Hill
North Wayne Heights
Robert Clauss
Jasper Weikel
Clauss
Harry Hilgemann
Hilgemann
Weikel
Shooting affray startles crowd at bike race melee
At Madison Square Garden two men fought during a six day bicycle race. A bystander, Christopher Brown known as Tug Wilson, was shot in the melee but not seriously hurt. Bert Keyes, a prize fighter, was taken into custody and denies firing.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Christopher Brown
Tug Wilson
Bert Keyes
Philadelphia
Merchants Target Raffle Gaming and Fare Refunds
The Retail Merchants association will seek local enforcement to halt daily raffling of merchandise in hotels and bars and aims to end railway fare refunds for out of town customers under the old card system. County Assessor Eggeman received thanks for taxing transient merchants. Fort Wayne reps and alternates were chosen to attend the Indianapolis retailers gathering, with G H Heine leading the slate.
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Retail Merchants’ Association
United Action
Eggeman
G. H. Heine
Fort Wayne
Indianapolis
D. N. Foster
G. M. Haffner
Nate Beadell
William Doehrman
Theodore Seabold
G. W. Heine
Messrs
E. J. Golden
Charles Micoellering
C.mills
Louis Aumann
Walter Seavey
L. J. Libbing
William Kayser
Actor John Drew Seriously Injured in Central Park Accident
New York December 7 John Drew the actor was thrown from his horse on the Central park bridle path and trampled. A passing automobile stopped and he was rushed to Presbyterian hospital with injuries not yet known. Drew is starring in a city play and his daughter held his head in her lap as the party offered to take him to hospital.
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New York
John Drew
Central Park
M. Drew
Hungarian immigrant mother found freezing with infant in Illinois
A Hungarian woman and her six month old child were found on the steps of a Danville bank, lying in six inches of snow. A tag on the woman's dress named her husband, a coal miner in Westville. They had traveled from New York with other Hungarian arrivals and, though exhausted, the mother kept her baby alive until help arrived. They will be sent to the husband at the Westville mines after recovery.
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Danville
Westville
New York
Hungary
Illinois
Exodus of Murder Cult Members Reported
Geneva reports police confirm a wholesale exodus of black band members seeking a new field of operation in America. At least sixty operatives, forty expelled from Switzerland, travel by circuitous routes to the United States. The group was linked to the 2,000 Italians in the Loethshburg tunnel project through the Berner Alps. Forty are held in custody on charges including blackmail assault and murder.
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Geneva
America
Switzerland
United States
Loethshburg
Berner Alps
Boni Visits Court Again In Child Education Case
Count Boni De Cas tellane asks a Paris court to require Princess De Sagan to appoint a tutor for their youngest son Jay and have progress reports. He seeks determinations on escorting the elder boys to and from school and asks for court costs to be paid by the defendant.
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Paris
Thrilling Icebound Voyage Of Muncy To Duluth
The Anchor line freight steamer Muncy arriving in Duluth after a perilous run from Houghton faced heavy southeasterly gales and snow. Second Mate J J Smith recalls waves washing over decks spray forty feet high and water freezing on contact as the ship endured flooding and feared sinking.
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Duluth
Minn
Muncy
Houghton
Omaha
J. J. Smith
Frank Jones Joins Memphis Stock Company
Frank Jones, principal comedian with Our Own Stock, is engaged for the Jefferson Theater Stock Company in Memphis Tennessee. He will depart for the south soon after the Thursday performance of Ingo mar where he appears with Mr. Preston Miss Dunbar and other Fort Wayne stock members.
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Frank Jones
New
New Jefferson Theater
Memphis
Real estate transfers record listing several mapped property deeds
Transf ers of real estate show Izola S Schaber selling to Benjamin and M J Whirlege in section 28 Aboit township for 1 06. Warren McKee sells two lots in Original Plat Sheldon Pleas ant township for 1. Peonles Trust sells lot 123 Oldsdalen Adams township for 160. Henry Schone sells to Mary Veith Lot 3 Pfleiderer's Adams for 2050. Ernst Fast sells 10 acres in Marion township for 2000. Superior Court transfers to Nathan Webster part of section 17 Monroe township. Thomas Haoa sells to Myron Gorrell part of section 20 Springfield for 4800. B F Bick sells to John Schroeder parts of section 33 Jackson for 5000.
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Pfleiderer
Adams Township
Ernst Fast
Benjamin R. Bell
Marion
Superior Court
J. M. Savage
Nathan C. Webster
Aoutiment
Monroe
Thomas Haoa
Myron C. Gorrell
Springfield Township
B. F. Bick
John F. Schroeder
Eouth
Jackson Township
Matrimonial Mail Order Fraud Leads to Arrests
Violet and Garnet Lancaster of Evansville once ran a matrimony bureau that drew federal scrutiny in 1907. Florence Alden, now Garnet Lancaster, pleaded guilty to petit larceny and received two months in the women's prison. Violet Lancaster was arrested for aiding the scheme and both women are sought by the post office for mail fraud.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Violet
Garnet Lancaster
Evansville
Middle West
Florence Alden
Violet Lancaster
Lancasters
August Mischnick
Cortland
Neb
Garnet
Mischnick
Willin
Nebraska
Herman Schroeder
Freedom, Okla
Fletcher
Cincinnati
Post Office Department
Society Hosts Pleasant Birthday Surprises At Rural Home
Mrs Ellen Hoke entertained neighbors six miles south of the city with a noon dinner and an afternoon of music and games. Guests included the Clapps Pharsees Koons Princes and the Rehms with many others. A separate birthday surprise honored John Kaliker and son Elwin at a country home with games and a bountiful supper.
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Ellen ©. Hoke
Clapp
Pharse
Ed Koons
J. Prince
Andrew Rehm
Vada
Jessie Pharse
Esther
Alma Rehm
Ruth Clapp
Ethel Prince
Ray
Owen Clapp
Arthur
Russell Koons
Victor
Guy Pharse
John Gray
Zanesville
Clara Grey
Daniel Feighner
Jacob Sutter
Lew Weitzall
George Schroeder
George Wright
John Grey
Apna
Adda Feighner
Elizabeth
Josephine Vuilleman
Goldie
Hazel Feighner
Harvey Welbaum
Orian Sutter
Edward Vuilliram
George Gray
John Kaliker
Elwin
Mesdames
Julius Henry
John Pierre
Grandma Pierre
Anna
Frank Pierre
Clara Bobay
Mildred Witte
Marie Henry
Sylvester Bobay
Eleanor Henry
Cleo Bobay
Genevieve Henry
Marie Bobay
Corina Bohde
Alma Beays
Paul Bobay
Henry
Harold Bohde
Leo Henry
Waiting Moment Sparks Domestic Quip
A Detroit Free Press snippet captures a brief domestic exchange as a wife tells her husband she will be ready in a minute, he urges patience, and she reveals she must shave again, framing a light domestic vignette.
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Detroit Free Press
Charm Mests Charm in Foolish Trade Tale
In a playful quip a speaker jokes about a rabbit’s foot superstition, suggesting charm and luck depend on the same worn talisman. The comical line hints at shared beliefs and a lighthearted exchange.
How to Keep It Quiet
A light comic exchange on secrecy in an engagement with a twist by Eve's whispered counsel. The dialogue shows social pressures and gossip in a quaint style.
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Eve
A Way It Has. De truth says a rubber band
A fragment from the Atlanta Constitution quotes Brother Willams explaining that a stretched rubber band returns to its starting place, illustrating a proverb about consequences and return. The casual dialect mirrors a rural or colonial voice within a broader editorial or anecdotal piece.
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Brother Willams
Atlanta Constitution
New York Scientist Hints Wienerwursts Pose Risk
A New York scientist warns that wienerwursts may pose health risks. The study suggests potential dangers in processed sausages and urges further testing. Public health guidance calls for careful handling and monitoring of food safety.
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Dell
New York
Bowser Family Encounters a Damp Night Orphan
Mrs Bowser plans to attend a church festival with her husband when an eight year old girl appears at their doorstep. The girl, ragged and cold, begs for help while Mr Bowser debates adoption. A sharp confrontation ends with the girl being escorted away by a policeman and the Bowsers reflecting on the child’s tears.
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Bowser
RS. Bowser
Mr. Bowser
Bowser Family Faces Adoption Dilemma For Orphan Girl
An orphan girl questions if she will be adopted by Mr Bowser as Mrs Bowser urges action. He contemplates staying home to decide between adoption or charity while the girl insists she will not be sent away. The scene ends with the family considering church duties and dinner.
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Bowser
Pop
Poppy
Sissy
Mrs. Bowser
King Leopold Reports Paralysis Extending to Arm
Brussels dispatch reports King Leopold’s paralysis spreading to his right arm and that he may still be able to write with difficulty. The terse bulletin notes uncertainty about the condition and its progression.
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Brussels
Léopold
Micielty
No Reason to Complain in Theatrical Exchange
An exchange quoted from the Chicago Record Herald features actor Flere grumbling about a role he dislikes and fearing an early death. The manager counters that dying in a natural way might keep him alive for a later act, implying a possible return.
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Flere
Chicago Record. Herald
Not Really Needed Miss Northland No Mistletoe
The New York Times notes that Christmas feeling may arrive without mistletoe. A playful exchange cites that men nearby would not miss a small holiday token, suggesting a lighter take on seasonal customs.
Planting Lobsters at Newport Featured in Ads
A brief item notes Newport scene with an odd gardening idea and an advertisement for an undertaker in Yonkers. The piece highlights unusual commerce and local business listings without sensational detail.
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Newport
Rhode Istana Undertaker
Yonkers
Aftermath Tales in a Quiet Flat
A garbled fragment from a late night scene describes a household after Christmas where everyone is exhausted from the feast. The text notes a family member, a child, and a cat unable to stir while a lingering ache affects the group as a lone lamp and a judge's library are referenced in the stray lines.
Storm claims life of Thomas in Zanesville incident
A storm-related incident in Zanesville on December 7 resulted in the death of an individual identified as Thomas, age 1.63. The report notes the death occurred after he was found near a fence hours later, with limited corroborating details.
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Zanesville
Anton
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