Sparks's Ultimatum Triggers Nevada Special Session
Governor Sparks declares a five day deadline to concede, prompting a special Nevada legislature session as miners and mine owners clash in Goldfield. Senator Nixon cites passive info of Sparks calling extra session to address the strike and unrest. President wired approval of troops to restore order and establish civil authority in the mining district.
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Nevada
Reno
Nev
Sparks
New York
United States
George S. Nixon
Waldorf-Astorit
Goldfield
Nixon
Lim
Washington
Carson
Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone
President replies sharply on Nevada legislature call
The president condemns Sparks telegrams demand to use federal troops without a constitutional call of the Nevada legislature. He insists the state must convene an assembly to request federal aid or face troop withdrawal after a three week period if no notice is issued.
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United States
Nevada
Anhoriies
Goldfield
Injunction Case in Cursan City Scheduled
Judge holds injunction case against Goldfiest mine owners in Neve as picketing dispute with pedestrians is resolved. The union dissolution order remains in effect until January 8 in the United States district court.
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Cursan City
Neve
Dec Sa
Aiiilet
Jag 8
United States
Ds Tiet
Chicago Railroads Decide on Wage Revisions
The executive committee completed its canvass of the vote and decided to urge wage and working condition revisions for railroad doctors and employees east of Chicago. The move signals unified action across rails as they seek better terms.
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Chicago
Deere
Phiititen
Morgan's Raid on Art Seizes Biron Monuments
New York reports J Pierpont Morgan acquired the Biron monuments from France, including The Entombment and Our Lady of My Was, now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Morgan lent them for an indefinite period. they date from the late fifteenth century, sculptors unknown, crafted for the Chateau de Biron chapel after Chartres V.
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New York
France
Biron
J. Pierpont Morgan
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Birge
Morgan
Pons de Gantaut
Chartes Vee
Chateau de Biron
Rome Swindle Narrows In On New York Man’s Loss
Rome reports Simond Sherwood of New York was swindled out of 4000 dollars after traveling with a woman to view sights. Two men posing as US citizens drank with them and claimed who had more money, prompting Sherwood to reveal 4000 dollars. The thieves fled. one is identified as Edward Andersen of New York.
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Rome
Simond Sherwood
New York
United States
Lenon
Sherwood
Italia
Edward Andersen
Bertha Buffin
Women’s College of Brown University
Buffin
Latest Electric Triumph At Pasquel Berjonneau Show
Pascal Berjonneau demonstrated a telephotography device before the post master general and a group of science enthusiasts. He transmitted the postmaster general’s image across the hall without wires, claiming distance does not affect effectiveness. He asserts photos can be sent between New York and Paris using the system.
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Taris
Pascal Berjonneau
New York
Paris
Record Shipments To Europe From U.S. Farm Machinery
New York December 30 record breaking shipments of agricultural machinery manufactured in the United States are ready for Europe. Six large steamships have been chartered to carry farming goods over the next four months, totaling at least 250000 tons with a value near 25 million dollars.
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New York
United States
Europe
Living Skeleton Dies After Hermit Life Near Providence
Charles E. Perry known as the skeleton man traveled with major circuses for sixteen years. He was found dead in a hut on the outskirts of Providence, after living a hermit’s life. Death due to natural causes. He stood 6 feet 1 inch tall and weighed 80 pounds.
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Providence
R. I
Charles E. Perry
Tie
Famine in India Reported by Free Baptists
Means Famine in India. Tillsdale, Mich., Dec. 30. Secretary T. S. Myers said advices from missions in Bengal and Orissa report Lucknow usually receives four months of rain per year but in year 1007 only four days of rain occurred.
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India
Tillsdale
Mich
T. S. Myers
General Conference of Free Baptists
Bengal
Orissa
Lucknow
Unions Seek Government Relief Over Jobless in New York
The Central Federation of Trtons announced that over 127,000 people in New York are unemployed. Its executive committee will draft an immediate plan for government relief and present it at a meeting next Sunday.
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New York
Central Federated Triton
Curzon to Be Irish Peer Nomination Reported
Lord Chirton of Kedleston chancellor of Oxford University has agreed to nominate Curzon for the viscounty among representative peers of Ireland following the death of Lord Maine. The move places Curzon in line for elevation as an Irish peer in the British parliament.
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Curzon
Landon
Lord Chirton of
Kedleston
Oxford University
Hieny
Treland
Lordmaine
Fall River Dividends Declared by Mill Company
In Fall River Massachusetts dividends of seventy cent per share were declared for the year 1907 by a local mill corporation. The payment is allocated to stockholders and reflects the company’s earnings and financial position for the period.
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Pall River
Mass
Dee
Ath
Tay Budd Rover Carton Mill Corporitions
Home Destroyed and Wife Killed in Local Fire
A laundry manager P M Becker saw his home burn and his wife killed while his daughter Indna was seriously injured in the blaze. The cause is under investigation as responders battled the flames at the Washington residence.
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Washington
P.M. Becker
Indna
Paper delivery notice for irregular subscribers
Patrons who do not receive their newspaper regularly are urged to notify the office. The notice requests readers to inform staff about missed deliveries to ensure timely service. The appeal emphasizes courtesy and prompt correction.
Humphreys Homeopathic Specific No 23 Ad
Nervous debility vital weakness and prostration from overwork and other causes sold by Druggists or sent prepaid. No. 23 in use over 40 years claimed sole successful remedy. One vial one dollar or special package five dollars. Address Willies and Funn Streets, New...
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Humphreys
Illinois Teachers Oppose Fraternities And Support Alcohol Education
The Illinois State Teachers' association adopted a report backing repeal of a law requiring ten weeks of alcohol and narcotics instruction in public schools and proposed teaching it in seventh grade or half a year in high schools with local control. Fraternities in high schools were denounced by C F DeButts, who cited low faculty support in surveys. The meeting also discussed salaries for high school coaches, with teachers deciding against paid coaches, and basketball in high schools was condemned. Officers elected: BE J James president. G W Conn, G N VanCleve, Gertrude M Crigg. Caroline Grose secretary. FE Rosseter railroad secretary. Charles Hertel treasurer.
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Springheld ML
Dee
Ilinois
C.F. DeButts
Ponthac Township
State Teachers’ Association
DeRitts
Cook County
Association
Imnois High School Athletic Association
Springfeld
BE. J. James
the State University
G. W. Conn
Woodstock
N. J. VanCleve
Murphyshoro
Gertrude MM. Crigg
Pontiac
Caroline Grose
Macomb School
FE. EE. Rosseter
Chicago
Charles Hertel
Belleville
Miners urged to enter politics over fatality toll
President Walker of the United Mine Workers of Iragis, J I Walker of Danville, claims legislators block safety laws causing coal mine deaths in sixteen years. He says workers should elect leaders from their ranks to push enforceable safety measures. Also report from East St. Louis about a miner fainting after a severe back injury from a coal fall and hospital care.
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Springfield
J. I. Walker
Danville
United Mine Workers of
Iragis
Tle
Aourt
Owi
East St
Solu
Thitnes
Bush
Union Station
Oat St Lows
Dropped Dead at Bad News in Mascoutah Area
An 80 year old resident of Mascoutah, Illinois, Dee, collapsed and died at home after a telephone incident. Authorities reported heart disease as the cause, and his sister Micha Schitler had been guarding him. details on the manner of death were corrected by investigators.
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Mascoutah
Dee
Coorse Rickhaupt
Miecha Schitler
Water supply contamination hits Paylorville area
A city reservoir in Paylorville is contaminated after sewerage leakage. Local authorities report five residents affected as investigators pursue the source. Police note a suspect, W. M. Thirris, in connection with the incident amid ongoing inquiries.
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Bloomington
Th. Dee
Harriet M. Burbank Piano Teacher Listed
Harriet M. Burbank is identified as a piano teacher with a studio on S rrove St Gerqatrt.
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Harriet M. Burbank
Freeport Water Co Announces Semiannual Due Date
Due January post 908 the semi annual water rents are due and payable at the Water company's office in the rear of the First National Bank on January 1. A 10 percent discount is allowed for payment in full in advance. Offices open evenings December 26 to January 1 inclusive. Respectfully THE FREEPORT WATER Co.
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First National Bank
Freeport Water Co
Laundry Book Illustration With Hanging Clothes Scene
A decorative book page uses a pasteboard back covered in dark gray linen. Two matches with heads cut off hold a silk clothes rope on which muslin clothes hang. A little maid, white apron, and cap dry in a garden scene as a blackbird steals her nose.
Beauty and character for lasting friendship
A reflection on how charm, manners, and a well groomed mind matter more than external beauty. It notes that pretty eyes and flawless hands captivate, yet true friendship rests on sweetness of character and a cheerful, love compelling temperament.
Scrape Sparks Cautious Cure Talk In Bohenian Note
A quirky line from a Bohenian note mocks medical talk as a doctor scratches a patient, hinting at tension between treatment and doubt in a humorous medical vignette. The fragment mentions a scrape metaphor and a germ-like observer in a clinical setting.
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Bohenian
Rid Yourself of Burdens with Doan's Kidney Pills
A Freeport citizen endorses Doan's Kidney Pills for back pain and kidney troubles. Mrs J S Fisher reports relief after trying the remedy, advising others to use it. Doan's pills are sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY agents in the United States at 70 cents.
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Freeport
Dean
J. S. Fisher
Homer 8
Noun
Doan
Emmett
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Dean'’s
A Memory of a Lost Delight From Outing Magazine
A nostalgic reminiscence recalls a kitchen hearth as a central family space in earlier times. The author laments modern comforts reducing firelight and togetherness, contrasting with cherished evenings of stories, doughnuts, cider, and shared labor under warming flames.
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Ashioned
E. PB. Powell
Outing Magazine
Strange 14th century Paris dog duel ends in confession
In 1361 Paris a dog drew attention to a murdered master M de Montdidier. Confronted by Macaire, the dog attacked. The king ordered a judgment of God duel between the dog and Macaire. The dog won. Macaire confessed guilt before the king and court. A floating paragraph notes some New York residents have never seen a hog.
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Paris
M. de Montdidier
Macaire
France
God
Montdidier
New York City
DeWitt’s Kidney and Bladder Pills Ad
A local druggist offers DeWitt’s Kidney and Bladder Pills for quick relief of kidney and bladder troubles. A week's treatment costs 25 cents. Sold by Wm. F. Jungkunz, druggist, located at 85 Stephenson Street.
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DeWitt
Wm. F. Jungkunz
Stephenson Street
Getting Back
Maude Daryl rejects marriage to a man who carries a horseshoe for luck. George Winterbottom questions luck's power and, after a terse exchange, collapses into the cold night.
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Mr. Winterbottom
Maude Daryl
George Winterbottom
Resemblance Joke About Navy Telegraph Catches Ether
A light exchange between a married couple ends with a joke about a wife’s mind resembling a wireless telegraph apparatus. The husband quips that it is often completely at sea, prompting flattered reaction from the wife.
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Mr. Johnson
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