Suffrage Debate Clip Sees Protests in Congress
Washington reports anti-suffrage groups led by Mrs. Dodge opposing a House committee on woman suffrage. Miss Chittenden argues states must decide suffrage. Dr. Shaw wins re election as NFWA president. votes also tally for vice presidents. Separately in Plymouth Mrs Pankhurst is arrested aboard a White Star liner and jailed at Exeter after threats of riot.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
House
Arthur J. Dodge
New York
National Association
Congress
Alice Hill Chittenden
New York Association
Shaw
Anna Howard Shaw
National Woman Suffrage Association
Harriet T. Upton
Oho
Jane Addams
Chicago
Caroline Rautz Rees
Hartford
Devonport
French appoints commissioner general for Panama-Pacific Expo
Paris December 5 The French government designates Alexander Louis Zibers Tirman as commissioner general to represent France at the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. Tirman is director of expositions in the Ministry of Commerce.
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Tiemona
France
Paris
Trance
San Franchisco
Alexandere Louis ‘Ibers Tirman
Diosiatry of
Commerce
Kin Dead at 87 in Meckford December report
Mrs. Mar caret Kellorg, a passenger on the first Chicago and Southwestern railroad operated out of ripe, died in Meckford at age eighty seven. She was a court of
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Meckford
Marcaret Kellorg
Chicago & Southwestern Railroad
Ripe
Recodia hotel fire blamed on official negligence
Investigations link the Recodia hotel blaze to negligence by involved officers and officials. The fire claimed 28 lives as authorities pursue accountability and potential legal action.
Amateur Edison Blast Injures Teen at Home Lab
Fifteen year old Gerald Grey suffered severe injuries when an improvised chemical explosion occurred at his father’s office. The blast blew him twenty feet, mangling an arm and a leg as responders rushed him for medical care.
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Edison
Saayten No
Dee
Gerald Grey
Illinois Child Labor Law Declared Valid by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the Illinois law banning employment of boys under sixteen in dangerous occupations. Justice Hughes stated manufacturers must verify ages and that no constitutional objections exist. The ruling also touched Indiana constitutional matters and federal taxation on mining firms, plus a decision against the book trust over copyright sale prices.
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Washington
Illinois
Supreme Court
Hughes
Indiana
United States
Book Trust
Fire kills 27 in Boston lodging house blaze
A devastating fire at the Arcadia lodging house 1202 Washington street in Boston traps 179 men asleep inside. Twenty seven die the worst Boston fire toll on record with two more fatally injured and many others overcome by smoke. Firemen rescue survivors with nets as some jump from upper floors while medical examiner calls for an inquiry and vows to act.
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Boston
Arcadia
Washington Street
Leary
30-Foot Wave Kills Ten in Belton Texas
Ten people died as a 30 foot wave swept Nolan creek in Belton Texas before daybreak. Fifty houses were destroyed along the creek. Mrs. W C Polk and her four children perished in the heart of town while an infant was rescued. A second family, that of a camper, reported five deaths. An unidentified man on the Main Street bridge in Temple vanished into the water.
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Belton
Tex
Nolan Creek
W. C. Polk
Polk
Main Street
Temple
Chicago Street Caves In After Water Main Break
A section of Randolph Street in Chicago caved in Tuesday night after two water mains burst, endangering Marshall Field's store and the Masonic temple. The Archer avenue streetcar passed moments before the collapse, and pavement sank as deep as 12 feet.
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Chicago
Randolph Street
Wabash Avenue
State Street
Marshall Field
Masonic Temple
Archer Avenue
Striking Ice Company Deputies In Riot Gunfight
Five ice wagon deputies guarding Citizens Ice company in Indianapolis opened fire during a strike disruption at Indiana and Capitol avenues. Claude Lewis was killed. J M Mason fatally wounded. John Ashley and Archie Smith injured. Deputies say crowd fired first. witnesses deny.
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Wedianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Capitol Avenues
Claude Lewis
J. M. Mason
John Ashley
Archie Smith
Citizens’ Ice Company
Indiana Avenue
Ice Company
Exodus of Mexicans as Villa closes on Chihuahua
A caravan of refugees escapes Chihuahua City pursued by Pancho Villa with thousands fleeing toward the U.S. border. Luis Terrazas reportedly carries 5,000,000 pesos withdrawn from Chihuahua banks as the exodus grows to include women and children.
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Diaz
Huerta
City of
Mexico
President Huerta
Wilson
American Congress
Chihuahua
Juarez
Mex
Villa
Creel
Terrazas
Chhuahua City
United States
Luis Terrazas
Train kills two in buggy in Indiana
In Kokomo Indiana on December 2 a Lake Erie and Western train struck a closed buggy killing Mrs Wilber Youngman aged twenty of Champaign Illinois and fatally injuring her husband also twenty and killing Edward Grishaw They were returning from Thanksgiving day marriage plans
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Kokomo
Ind
Wilber Youngman
Champaign
Ill
Fairfield
Lake Erie & Western
Edward Grishaw
English Speaks Predominantly Among Foreign White Stock
A census bureau report under Director W J Harris shows most foreign born white Americans use English as a native tongue. In Blythe California bandits rob the Palo Verde Valley bank, killing the cashier and fleeing with about 5000 dollars. In Utah Mexican outlaw Frank Lopez, blamed for six recent killings, is rumored to have escaped Apex mine though Sheriff Smith doubts the escape and fears a corpse may be found.
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Washington
United States
W. J. Harris
Bureau of Census
Department of Commerce
Los Angeles
Palo Verde Valley
Blythe
Bingham
Utah
Frank Lopez
Apex
Smith
Lopez
Bandit Kills Rail Agent Near Los Angeles
Train No. 9 on the Sunset Express was held up west of Los Angeles. The holdup man boarded at Pomona. H. L. Montague, Southern Pacific traveling passenger agent, tried to interfere and was shot dead. A sheriff's posse searches for the bandit.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Southern Pacific
Pomona
H. L. Montague
Sheriff's Posses
Telegram mixup linked to Navy game illness scare
New Haven dec 4 friends say Nicholls wife in Portsmouth was the telegram addressee for news of her father’s illness in Baltimore. The message reached Mrs Nicholls amid Navy West Point game rumors, with beliefs it aimed to weaken the Navy team.
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New Haven
Conn
Nicholls
Navy
West Point
New York
Portsmouth
N. H
Ex-Mayor Shank enters vaudeville in Kansas City
Ex Indianapolis mayor Lew Shank leaves French Lick Indiana with Mrs Shank for Kansas City to perform on the Sullivan and Considine vaudeville circuit.
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Shank
French Lick
Ind
Lew Shank
Indianapolis
Langren and Battery Park Hotels Fined After Liquor Probe
Investigators fined Langren hotel owners $4600 and Battery Park hotel $2000 after a liquor investigation in Asheville North Carolina on December 4. Other alleged violators were dismissed and the liquor was given to a hospital.
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Asheville
N. C
Langren Hotel
Battery Park Hotel
Men In Shifts to Save Three Entombed Miners
Cripple Creek Colorado reports hundreds of miners working 25 minute shifts as they strive to reach three men trapped in the Golden Cycle mine owned by J. T. Milliken of St. Louis.
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Cripple Creek
Colo
Golden Cycle
J. T. Milliken
St. Louis
Reward Offered for Train Bandit in San Francisco
Vice President Calvin offers a $5,000 reward for the capture of the bandit who killed Horace Montague and held up the Sunset express near San Francisco on Monday.
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San Francisco
Calvin
Horace Montague
Here
Two Union Miners Wounded Near Hartman Arkansas
Two union miners were wounded in Hartman Arkansas on December 1 as a clash or incident occurred at the site. details of the injuries and those involved were not disclosed in the brief.
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Hartman, Ark
Body of Lake Victim Found Near Frankfort
Menomonie Mich Dec 4 The body of Edward Johnson seventeen who died when the lake boat Plymouth sank November 10 was found half buried in sand near Frankfort Mich All six victims were aboard the Plymouth when it went down on Lake Michigan during a gale.
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Menomonie
Mich
Edward Johnson
Plymouth
Frankfort
Carnegie kin's cousin dies by own hand in Wisconsin
Darien Wisconsin December 4 Mrs Martha Lindaman fifty eight a cousin of Andrew Carnegie died here on Tuesday by her own action following a quarrel that separated her from her husband.
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Carnegie
Darien
Wis
Martha Lindaman
Andrew Carnegie
President Wilson Suffering Cold Keeps Bed Rest
Washington reports President Wilson remains in bed on December 5 due to a slight cold. Dr Cary T Grayson ordered rest after the trip to the capitol and the physician advised against risking further progress of the illness.
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Washington
Wilson
Cary T. Grayson
Capitol
Scouting Pact Praised General Scott for Navajo Peace
Secretary Gar Trigon sent a congratulatory telegram to General Hugh L. Scott of Farmington New Mexico for his work pacifying the Navajo Indians in a notable Indian pact.
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Scott
Washington
Gar Trigon
Hugh L. Scott
Farmington, N. M
Strike Leader Sentenced to 69 Days in Jail
Philippi West Virginia December 5 Van HBitner president of District No 5 Tinzead Mine Workers of America was sentenced to 69 days in jail by United States Judge Dayton for holding to court orders.
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Philippi
W. Va
van Hbittner
Tinzead Mine Workers of America
United States
Dayton
Four Hundred Laid Off in Garretta Railroad Shops
Four hundred workers at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Garretta locomotive repair shops are unemployed after a broad downsizing. The Garretta plant reduction follows a company wide clearance of big shops.
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Laporte
Ind
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Garretta
Collar Button Or Obstruction In Foot Causes Alarm
An old rustic tells a friend Zeb describes a painful issue for six weeks. The friend removes the boot to find a collar button stuck between toes, mistaken for a corn, prompting a surprised reaction from the onlooker.
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Vaughn Comfort
Honey Hoy
George Evans
Zeb
Joe
Youngstown
Remarkable Kidney Pill Cure Promises 25 Year Suffering Ended
A letter from R. Af. Fleenor of Ottenbein Indiana claims kidney trouble and bladder inflammation plagued him twenty five years until he used Dodd's Kidney Pills. After two boxes he reports regained health and urges others to try the remedy. Also promotes free household hints music and recipes from Dodd's Medicine Co. Buffalo New York.
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R. Af. Fleenor
Ottenbein
Ind
R.M. Fleenor
Sidney
Mr. Freenor
Dodd’s Medicine Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Adv
Patchwork of Vague Quips and Old Ads From a Bygone Page
A nostalgic fragment shows quips about vanity and waiting, with product ads for Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup and Dr Peery’s Verminage Dead Shot. It notes two years of road work totaling 34 000 miles in the country, claiming it outpaced France’s roads.
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Coads
France
Dr. Peery
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