State certificates big suit against the Alton
Springfield December 28. A dozen items include a suit by Sangamon County against the Chicago and Alton Railroad for $100,000 in damages for alleged freight rate discrimination. The state tax rate is fixed at 50 cents per $100, and a bill draft on teacher examinations and certificates is discussed by the state teachers association. Other notes cover a grain tie up, a miners strike in Goldfield, and a trolley car wreck attempt at Leavenworth.
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Springfield
State Teachers’ Association
Ins
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
State Normal Schools
University of Illinois
Econ
Association
Sangamon Cerrenit
Hatch
Chicago and Alton Railroad Company
Peoria
East St. Louis
Sprigfield
Dee
Minneapolis
Great Northern
Northern
Pacific
Soo
Leavenworth
Kan
Fort Leavenworth
Italians on the Rampage near Harrisburg pit
Sheriff O Cummins shot and seriously wounded one Italian during an attempted arrest at a construction camp north of Harrisburg. A mob of about twenty five Italians surrounded Foster's house, police from Harrisburg aided, and nine Italians were later arrested after a switch engine was used to reach the scene.
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Harrisburg
O. Cummins
Cummins
Luther Foster
Foster
Cheritt’s Ald
Boy Santa Claus Burned in Christmas Fire Misfortune
In Rockford Illinois on December 28 nine year old Carl Works son of the late Company A Works played Santa Claus for holiday guests. His candle lit costume caught fire before he could shed the garments. He suffered painful burns after the fire.
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Santa Claus
Rockford
Carl Works
Co. A. Works
Death on Wedding Eve: Wilmer Crane Killed by Freight Train
On the eve of his wedding, Wilmer Crane, an 80-year-old coal miner, was fatally crushed beneath a C., B. and Q. freight train near Girard. The tragedy remains a mystery, with the belief that he fell from the cars while attempting a ride. Crane had disappeared for some time before the accident.
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Girard
Wilmer Crane
Crane
Wealthy farmer commits suicide in Ogle county
Patrick O'Mera, a Kings Township landholder in Ogle County, was found dead by his son after hanging himself. He was valued at about 150000 dollars and resided near Rockford in Nt Dee. The tragedy underscores a sudden end to a seemingly prosperous life.
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Rockford
Dee
Patrick O’mera
Kings
Ogle County
O’ Mera
Secrets of distilling Whisky Tour by Wilson in Baltimore
Washington December 28 Secretary Wilson of the department of agriculture and George S McCabe his officer have traveled to Baltimore to inspect local distilleries and observe whisky manufacture methods firsthand. Jr. W Wiley chief of the bureau of industry has accompanied them for weeks.
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Washington
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
George S. McCabe
Department
Baltimore
Jr. W. Wiley
Bureau of
Dheustry
Gren Colmos
Hearings in Oilers Inform on Whisky Regulation Prep
Officials study whisky manufacture to draft Pure Food and Drugs Act rules. Distillers appearing before the committee gave unclear statements, prompting the secretary to visit several large distilleries to obtain needed information.
Indians Protest Rights Denied in Transvaal
The Indian National Congress in Calcutta adopted a resolution expressing delegates’ indignation at Indians being denied citizenship rights in the Transvaal. It warned the policy poses dangers to the empire and called for equal rights for Indians.
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Calcutta
Indian National Congress
Tins
Transvaal
Empire
No Indictments Reported In New York Life Inquiry
New York Dec 28 The grand jury probing the affairs of the New York Life Insurance company and its former officials did not report any insurance indictments.
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New York
New York Life Insurance Company
Chicago Markets Mixed Wheat and Livestock Prices
Chicago Board of Trade quotes show wheat with varied openings and closes, corn and oats listed with fractional figures, and hogs cattle and sheep trading ranges. East Buffalo and Dunning Stevens report slower receipts and steady to weak prices for cattle hogs sheep and calves.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Trigh. Law
Ste
Dee
Percb
Choice Prairie
East Buffalo
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
N. Y
Union Stock Yards
Roosevelt Family Heads to Pine Knot for Holiday Woods Outing
President Roosevelt and family travel to Pine Knot in Albemarle County for a several day hunting and walking retreat. The party includes Mrs. Roosevelt and five children, Rear Admiral Rixey, Latta, and Miss Langdon, with provisions for outdoor sport and healthful activity. A boy’s forgotten gun caused a brief halt before train departure, with a polite warning from police and a promise to settle the matter in Washington.
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Charlottesville
Roosevelt
Pine Knot
Albemarle County
North Garden
Washington
Admiral Rixey
Alrs
Ethel
Theodore, Iv
Kermit
Archle
Quentin
W. MM. Rixey
Navy
M. S. Latta
Miss Langdon
Charlottesvile
Wilmer
Tie
White House
Flo
China to appeal for famine relief funds in Europe and US
Reports from Tosu Maru say China seeks 1,250,000 dollars from Europe and the United States to aid central China famine victims. Ten million people face starvation this winter as refugees reach Shanghai in rags. The famine could rival the 30 year past catastrophe that killed hundreds of thousands, with a denser population than then.
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B.C. Dee
China
Europe
United States
Shanghai
Hunan
Better Pay and Conditions Akron News
The B. E. F. road company in Akron, Ohio, notified over a hundred workers that wages for day and piece workers were increased by 10 percent and the workweek shortened to fifty five hours. The item notes regional context and labor action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
B. Ef.road Rich Company
Medicated laxatives marketed for gentle bowel movement
An advertisement note recommends De Witt's Early Risers as a gentle laxative to avoid distress from violent cathartics. Drugstores endorse the product for safe, mild relief and regularity without serious consequences.
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de Witt
Paul Company sells half fare colonists tickets to western points
The C. M. and Sh. Paul will sell one way second flags colonists tickets to various western and southwestern points at half fare plus two dollars on the first and third Tuesdays in November December January February and March.
Glycerine and Native Roots Boost Pierce Medicine
The glycerine in Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery enhances medicinal root extracts and acts as a nutritive and antiseptic. It supports Black Cherry bark and Golden Seal root in addressing lingering coughs and bronchial conditions, and aids digestion. Free booklet available from Mr. Th. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N.Y. There is no alcohol in it.
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Pierce
Finley Ellingwood
Bennett Med. College
Chicago
Golden Medical Discovery
Th. V. Pierce
Buffalo, N.Y
Origin of Mother Goose Tales Debated by Historians
The most popular children's book tale traces to Mrs Goose, Mother Goose, mother in law of Boston printer Thomas Fleet. Critics dispute the origin with claims Perrault published in 1697, while Mother Goose names appear in French folklore long before.
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Mother Goose
Perrault
Meteorite Dispute Over Land Rights in 1896 Vermont
A Vermont farm tale from 1896 ends with a landlord claiming a meteorite as mineral wealth, the tenant denying it as a lease item, and a revenue officer arriving with a track to seize the meteorite for the government as an entry article without duty.
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Vermont
Hotel refuses receipts for jewelry deposited in safe
A Fifth Avenue hotel limits liability to 250 dollars for valuables left in its safe and won a court case after two guests, a divorce case, and a husband who sued successfully for all claimed items. The hotel cites experience to justify its policy and no receipts are provided.
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Fifth Avenue
New York Sun
The Cholera Belt A Peculiar Anglo Indian Belief
A pale Anglo Indian speaks of the cholera belt as a real, ever-present girdle worn in India year round. He notes winter belts of heavy wool and summer belts of light wool, kept on even during extreme heat and discomfort. He claims many Anglo Indians own several and asserts they prevent cholera, with no wearer ever seized by the disease.
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India
Pie etiquette sparks Midwest banter over Chicago pie
In a humorous exchange, Padget mocks Windy City folks for using a knife to eat pie while a St. Louis man agrees, calling them conceited. The exchange reflects regional pride and light ribbing among Catholics.
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Chicago
Water rents due at War company office in January 1907
The semi canoeal water rents are due at the War company's office on January 1 1907. A ten percent discount will be allowed for payments made six months in advance. Office hours include evenings between Christmas and New Year. Remember the discount.
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War Company
Yaqui attack at Lencho station on Cananea line
Eight Mexicans were killed and huts burned when Yaqui band attacked Lencho station on the Cananea Yaqui River and Pacific road in Sonora. Foreman Thompson and his wife would have been killed were it not for a work train crew’s timely arrival. Mexican troops pursue the Yaquis as government massing troops for a swift suppression.
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Taso, Tex
Lencho Station
Cananea, Yaqui River
Wacifle
Southern Pacific
Sonora
Mex
United States
Poreman Thompson
Gleneho Station
Bando
Lencho
Cananea
Yaqui River
Pacific Road
Thompson
Pay for the Holidays at Isthmian Canal Zone
Isthmian canal commission will pay about 3000 hourly workers in the zone for six holidays in 1907. Eligible employees earning 56 cents an hour or more will receive eight hours pay per holiday. Those required to work on holidays get time and a half in addition to the eight-hour holiday pay.
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Washington
Shonts
Isthimian Canal Commission
Ten on the Death Roll Now In Enderby Wreck
Minneapolis reports M Brackett of this city dead at the hospital in Enderby from injuries suffered in the railroad wreck last week. He was a broker and dies from internal injuries, raising the wreck’s death toll to ten.
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Minneapolis
M. Brackett
Enderby
N. 2
Plier
Unclear OCR Fragment on Social Unrest in Poland
Fragmentary report notes a planned march or action by socialists to organize street demonstrations and compel tickets at gunpoint to feed the unemployed, referencing factories and a police or revolver context amid unrest in Poland.
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Jwodz
Poland
Bodz
Children Delight Laxative Syrup Promised For Kids
Recalling harsh childhood remedies the ad touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a pleasant laxative for many childhood ailments. Sold by druggists at aoe and 1.00 with money back if it fails.
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Aoe
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