Girl Killed in Auto Accident Near Huntington
Miss Cloe Schafer, 14, of near Huntington Indiana, was killed when two gears failed on a car driven by Russell Dray of Plum Tree nine miles south of Huntington. The vehicle rolled over at high speed, throwing Schafer from the front seat and fracturing her skull. Seven other youths suffered serious injuries.
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Cloe Schafer
Huntington
Ind
Rusell Dray
James Dray
Plumtree
Schafer
Cleveland Police Chief Fred Kohler Reinstated After Acquittal
Fred Kohler chief of Cleveland police was acquitted by the civil service commission of charges of gross immorality and habitual drunkenness. An hour after the acquittal Mayor Paehr reinstated him as chief. Roosevelt lauded Kohler as a top official.
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Fred Kohler
Cleveland
Ohio
Roosevelt
Civil Service Commission
Paehr
Police Chiefs End Fruitless Hunt for Fugitve Wendling
No trace of Wendling, Chief Ellis of Houston and Chief Carney of Detectives, after two days in Sam Antonio area, on a fruitless quest for Joseph Wendling who is wanted in Louisville for the killing of Alana Kellner. They deem the San Antonio rench report false. Carney will return to Louisville after a brief stop.
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Wendling
Ellis
Houston
Tex
Carney
Sam Antonia
Joseph Wendling
Louisville
Alana Kellner
San Antonio
Train Crash At Paint Creek Curve Kills Two
Two freight trains on the Sosccet and Catatata branch of the Wullinmore and Ohio railroad collide at a sharp curve between Paint Creek and Southville Pa. Two men die and ten are wounded in the wreck.
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Paint Creek
Southville
Wullinmore & Ohio Railroad
Tragedy in Texas as boys die in clothing fire
In Tredell Texas two young sons of J O Tuviar aged 2 and 4 were burned to death while playing with matches. Their clothing caught fire as they tried to start a small blaze.
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Tredell
Texas
Injured Jockey Dies After Sheephead Bay Race
Ernest Huppe, a steeplechase jockey, died from injuries after being thrown in a race at Sheephead Bay New York. The fatal incident followed the fall and subsequent complication leading to his death.
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Ernest Huppe
Sheephead Bay
N. Y
First Census Report Gives DC Population 331069
The district of Columbia records a population of 331 069 in the thirteenth decennial census results released recently. The report outlines counts by area and highlights urban concentration in the capital. The data mark the first census following nationwide reorganization of districts and urban growth indicators.
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District of Columbia
Steamer Sinks After Collision Off Ireland
The French freighter Larochelle en route from Bordeaux to Liverpool was sunk in a collision with the British steamer Yow off Skerries Ireland. Ten French crewmen drowned in the disaster. In a separate crash William Krug executive of Fred Kreg Brewing Co Omaha was killed in an automobile accident.
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Stermer Larochelle
Bordeaux
Liverpool
Ens
Skerries
Ireland
Brewery King
William Krug
Fred Kreg Brewing Company
Omaha
Nel
Missouri suits seek ouster of major meat packers
Missouri Attorney General Elliott W. Major filed quo warranto actions in the Supreme Court at Jefferson City seeking to strip five meat packing firms Armour Packing Company Morris and Company Swift and Company Hammond Packing Company and the St Louis Dressed Beef and Provision Company of corporate rights and licenses. The petitions accuse Armour Swift and Morris with a 1809 conspiracy to fix prices for retail and wholesale livestock poultry butter eggs dairy and other slaughtered goods and seek confiscation of property or heavy fines.
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Elliott W. Major
Missouri
Supreme Court
Jefferson City
Armour Packing Company
Morris & Co
Swift & Co
Hammond Packing Company
St. Louis
Armour, Swift and Morris
Trasmond
National Packing Company
Patten Indicted in Cotton Market Conspiracy Case
James A. Patten and seven others were indicted in New York by a federal grand jury for conspiring to restrain trade under the Sherman act. The pool allegedly aimed to corner and fix cotton prices. bail was posted for five defendants, while three had warrants issued. Patten, long a noted commodity trader, is dubbed the cotton king.
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James A. Patten
New York
Eugene B. Scale
Eugene B. Scale Ome 6, Stad Bes P. Brown, M. H. Rothschild
Sydney J. Herman
Robert M. Thompson
Charles A. Kittle
Patten
Frank B. Hayne
William P. Brown
New Orleans
Eugene 2B
Seales
Texas
Coal mine deaths fall in 1909 despite Cherry disaster
Edward W. Parker of the U S Geological Survey reports 2117 coal mine accident deaths in 1909, down from 2456 the previous year despite the Cherry mine disaster. The figures come from state mine inspectors with a shift to a new federal bureau of mines for future statistics.
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Cherry Mine
United States
Edward W. Parker
Division of Mineral Resources
United States Geological Survey
Bureau of Mines
Governors Meet in Kentucky for Conference on Reform
The National Conference of Governors will convene in Frankfort on November 29 to discuss conservation and prison reform with all state governors attending. The second day’s session in Louisville on November 30 is expected to end the conference with Taft and Roosevelt possibly present. Official seals will be issued soon by Governor Wilson of Kentucky.
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National Conference of Governors
Roosevelt
Frankfort
Louisville
Union
Londéville
Taft
Willson
Kentucky
Fowl's Bite Kills Woman: Rabies From Rooster Bite Reported
Mrs. Gertrude Crompton of Philadelphia dies from rabies after being bitten by a rooster at home. Physicians say this marks the first medical record of rabies developing from a fowl bite.
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Gertrude Crompton
Philadelphia
Postal Savings Bill Clears Upper House Vote
The Senate approved the postal bank bill by a 44 to 23 vote after weeks of debate, detailing a postal savings system with 500 dollar withdrawal limits, $1 minimum deposit, 2 percent interest, and rules on accounts for adults 19 and older, with married women protected from interference. The plan designates about 7000 top tier depository post offices initially and deposits funds in nearby private banks at no less than 2.1 percent.
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Senate
House
Ius
Standing of the Clubs Progress of the Pennant Race
Baseball clubs push toward the pennant with standings and race progress. Teams vie for top spots as schedules unfold across leagues, highlighting key performances and shifts in lead.
First Woman To Sew On Machine Celebrates 80th Birthday
Miss Kate Kilbourn of Winsted Conn, claimed as the first woman to operate Elias Howe’s sewing machine, recently marked her eightieth birthday. Kilbourn once taught in New Hartford and visited Howe’s workshop when he finished the first machine, testing stitches in cloth.
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Winsted
Conn
Kaebeth M. Kilbourn
New Hartford
Tie
Stuelges
Fragmented OCR prompts on politics and events
The text presents garbled phrases about politics, shopping, a Nicaraguan insurgent, Tennessee tensions, Halley’s Comet, Nevada, and a reference to stunts with no planes. Names, places, and dates are unclear, making the core story indistinct and partially unreadable.
Harmon Renominated for Governor at Dayton State Convention
Harmon urged for president and renominated for Ohio governor by the State convention in Dayton. Governor Liepinom commented on the tariff and Payne-Aldrich bill, while a plank indorsed Harmon as Democratic presidential candidate. The platform backs a campaign focused on state issues and a full Democratic ticket amid a hostile legislature.
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Jwerson Harmon
Trovernor
Ohio
Sietineeyii
Dayton
Liepinom
Cariff
Wie
Beespite Attack Kills Team of Horses on Potomac Side
A Virginia side incident near Washington saw a team of horses attacked by thousands of angry honey bees after the insects swarmed from twenty hives. The horses died from stings while the black driver George Law fled, badly stung and seriously injured.
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Virginia
Potomac River
Washington
George Law
Governor Hughes Vetoes Budget in New York
Governor Hughes delivers a sweeping line item veto on the appropriation bills before the extraordinary session. He cuts $4,713,747 from state expenditures as part of his restructuring of the budget.
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Hughes
New York
New York State
Pellagra Germ Theory Report From English Inquiry
Dr Louis Sambon reports progress in an English pellagra investigation claiming the disease is caused by a parasite carried by a small gnat, the lum lorans, breeding in running streams.
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Louis Sambon
Haly
Browne Prosecution Closes In Bribery Trial
State's Attorney Wayman announces the prosecution has rested in a dramatic Chicago bribery case against Representative Browne. Testimonies allege cash payments to lawmakers for votes on Lorimer and related funds, with Browne aides linking funds to political favors and a stake in the Southern Tote register corroborating dates.
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Une
Browne
Chicago
Waynan
Lee O'Neil Browne
Charles A. White
Briggs
Lorimer
Hf. J. C. Beckemeyer
Link
Loriter
St. Louis
White
Wilson
Telegraph And Traffic Costs Rise In Transcontinental Regions
A collection of brief items notes rising telephone charges in several regions with urban social clubs paying the highest rates. It also reports the Turkish Sultan’s anniversary pardons and denials of German entente talks in Vienna. Paris plans a vast city improvement budget while Parisian court rulings deny voting rights to idiots. Canada allocates 250000 dollars to reduce dust along the Fort William to Winnipeg line.
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Bnelimds
Paris
Court of Appeals
Fort William
Winnipeg
Canadian Pacific
Mirship Line Opens With 29 Passengers and Large Craft
The Prominent Zeppelins Deutschland is launched with a 29 passenger capacity and three motors. The maiden voyage from Friedrichshafen to Düsseldorf is completed at about 33 miles per hour over a 30a mile route. Crowds witness the first trip and reports note impressive dimensions and gas capacity as officials outline service plans and fare details for forthcoming trips.
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Rozaly
Inetan
Amd
Lenath
Too Geot
Widta
Ain Iadiki
Theodore Roosevelt Jr marries in New York ceremony
Theodora Roosevelt and Alexander were wed in a New York church in a high society wedding. The couple’s engagement was announced last February and the groom is 21 years old. The ceremony drew notable family and guests with a lavish reception lasting into the day.
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Eheuner
Alexender
Theodore Roosevelt
Firth
New York
G. Bay
Theodora Roosevelt
Alexander
Croom
Statehood Bill Signed for Aviada and New Mexico
President Tate signed the statehood bill for Aviada and New Mexico at 1:49 PM on Monday. Two pens, a gold pen for Postminster General Hitch cock, and a feather pen for Delegate Andrewa were used, with Norton handling the blotter. Citizens of the territories cheered as the ceremony concluded.
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Aviada
New Mexico
Tate
William EL
Postminster
Hitchcock
Patt
Andrewa
Norton
Andrews
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