Gun battle on Madison Avenue disrupts Fourth Avenue race
Fifty shots fired near Madison Avenue entrance of Madison Square Garden in New York during a bicycle race. Gangs used a street car as a barricade. passengers huddled on floors as bullets whizzed by. No injuries reported. fight tied to furnishing “strong arm men” for police work. Police rushed to scene. attackers fled in cars. Also, Republican congressional committee met to plan campaigning and an educational voter effort at new headquarters led by John Eversman.
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Associated
New York
Fourth Avenue
Madison
Madison Avenue
Associated Press
Washington
Republican Congressional Committee
John Eversman
Man Jumps from Fast Train Near Steubenville
An Associated Press report describes Walter Frederickson of Red Oaks Iowa, a despondent passenger on an eastbound Pan Handle Railroad coach near Steubenville Ohio leaping from a window as the train sped 40 miles an hour. He was killed instantly while en route to Sweetlon for Christmas holidays.
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Associated Press
Pittsburg
Dec
Pan ‘Handle Railroad
Steubenville
Walter Wrederickson
Frederickson
Red Oaks
Iowa
Sweetlon
County Clerk Reports Struggling Licenses and Fading Interest
County Clerk Maynard Fleming says business is very bad as marriage licenses drop sharply. Only two licenses issued this month, after months with ten or more, while past December saw high demand for the ornate parchments. The clerk notes declining popularity of marriage licenses across the county and widespread discouragement in his office.
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Maynard Fleming
Fleming
Celric
Large seizure of 200 rifles at Belfast Ireland
Customs officers seized 200 rifles at Belfast from a freight steamer from Germany. It marks the largest seizure since the arms import proclamation into Ireland. Captures have been daily but often in small lots. Most rifles are from patterns discarded by European nations.
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Associated Press
Belfast
Ireland
Germany
Fire Devastates Cohoes Mills in Major Blaze
A morning fire in Cohoes New York destroyed Parsons knitting mills at Factory and Remsen streets and spread to a canal area within two hours. One man was injured by falling walls. Troy firemen aided in extinguishing the blaze causing an estimated loss of half a million dollars.
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N. Y
Parsons Knitting Mills
Factory
Remsen
Troy
Pastor Declines Call to McMinnville Oregon Boise Builds New Baptist Church
Rev. L. Trawin, pastor of Boise Baptist Church, declines a call from McMinnville Oregon after a conference with church members. Plans proceed for a new Boise church with construction to begin in spring, funded by 5500 in pledges to be paid in March. A committee drafted a letter of appreciation to Trawin and cooperation for future undertakings.
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Boise
NEW Baptist Church
L. Trawin
The
Baptist Church
McMinnville
Ore
R. 8
Rightenour
Colvin
Chipp
Trawin
Bolee
Bomb Explodes Killing Girl In Bottling Works
A bomb sent by express exploded in an uptown bottling works today, instantly killing a young woman employee and injuring two men. The package was addressed to the bottling company and placed on the girl’s desk by Thomas McCabe, who stood nearby and lost his right arm. Police later identified the victim as Anusewitz, 18, who had recently joined the company. The blast wrecked the room and opened a jagged floor hole. authorities suspect dynamite. The owner, William Callahan, denied discharging workers and offered no reason for the crime. The incident follows a controversy over recent layoffs at the plant.
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Associated Press
New York
Express
Uptown
Thomas McCabe
William O'Brien
da Anusewitz
McCabe
William Callahan
Callahan
Callanan
Insurance: The Solution of a Problem
W A Day of Equitable Life Assurance argues before the Association of Life Insurance Presidents that widespread group insurance would reduce poverty among women and children. He says it extends protection beyond individual policies, stabilizes family income, and lowers mortality through group selection and employer-based plans.
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Group Insurance
New York
W. A. Day
Equitable Life Assurance Company of
Association of Life Insurance
Croup
Mormon Leader Says Mex Revision Costs $10 Million
Los Angeles Calif December 12 President Joseph Smith of the Mormon Church estimated that revolution in Mexico has cost American Mormon colonists more than ten million dollars He spoke after returning from Arizona and Southern California refugees and advocated settling where they are rather than returning He said the flower of the colonies was in Mexico and they lost towns houses churches and other property valued at over ten million dollars.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Cal
Mexico
United States
Joseph Smith
Mormon Church
Arizona
Californi
Smith
Fire devastates Farmington business district in morning blaze
A fire at the Harry Morgan store in Farmington seven miles west of Fairmont on the B and O line destroyed four buildings and damaged others after breaking out at four am. Losses include Morgan hardware at 3,000 insurance, Reed store at 1,800, Fetty store at 5,000, and church at 5,000. Origin unknown. no injuries reported. In Charleston, George Gordon, convicted of white slave act, sentenced to one year and one day. released on bond pending appeal.
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Daily Sentinel
Hira
Harry Morgan
Farmington
Fairmont
Fairmont-Mannington
Morgan
Karry Morgan
Hardware Star
James Reed
John Fetty
Vincent Con’er
W. H.veach
M. BE
J. G. Grett
Justice Toothman
Associated Press
Charleston
We Va
George Gordon
Ruth Steele
Ironton
Keller
Gordon
United States Circuit Court
Powder blast injures three boys in Connellsville street find
In Connellsville Pennsylvania on December 12 a 15 year old Robert Steward was fatally injured and his brothers Charles 12 and John 10 were blinded when they dropped a match into a black powder can found on a street.
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Connellevilas
Robert Steward
Charles
John
Judge Robinson declines WVU Law School deanship
Charleston December 13 Ira E. Robinson judge of the supreme court of appeals refused the deanship of the West Virginia University Law School. The post had also been declined by ex Governors and Congressmen. a Regents committee will confer in Morgantown to consider other attorneys. The note mentions a shift in University leadership and farm policy plans. Mrs Phoebe Price, 75, died at Clarkeburg at her daughter's home. Governor Dunne’s views on sex hygiene and school curriculum are noted amid other city letters. G W Ogden left Flemington for professional business duties.
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Charleston
Ira E. Robinson
Supreme Court of Appeals
Law School
West Virginia University
State Board of Regents
W. B. Glasscock
W. P.hubbard
J. H. Gaines
Robinson
Board of Regents
Morgantown
Daily ‘Sentinel
Phoebe Price
Clarkeburg
Mra
E. A. Barrett
Springfield
Dunne
Mra. Price
Bunne
James
University of Minos
Dunne bans cattle shipments from 18 states
Illinois Governor Dunne issues a proclamation prohibiting dairy cattle shipments into Illinois from New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, Wisconsin, Maryland, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Missouri, Arkansas and Montana to prevent the spread of bovine tuberculosis.
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Illinois
West Virginia
Springfield
Dunne
New York
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Wisconsin
Maryland
Kentucky
Tennessee
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Nebraska
Iowa
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Missouri
Arkansas
Montana
Postal Clerk Sentenced for Theft of Ten Cents
Edward Du Bois, a Chicago postal clerk, was sent to the House of Correction for one year by Judge Landis in U S district court for stealing ten cents from a letter. The judge warned that even some postal workers are dishonest and cautioned against leniency.
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Chicago
House of Correction
Edward DuBois
Landis
United States District Court
DuBois
Domestic Arts Department in Local Schools
With the city schools opening a new domestic arts department led by Miss Bertha M. Nutting, the program shows strong promise. Despite space limits in the West Side School basement, cooking and sewing rooms are equipped with necessary furniture, gas range, hot plates, and a large sink. Alumni tours praised the facilities, and the effort is seen as among the most valuable in the city schools.
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Grafton
Bertha M. Nutting
West Side School
Buiding
Th’s
Fairmont and Gratton Gas Company
Robbers Blow Safe in West Virginia Store Heist
Thieves blew the safe at Buxton & Landstreet in Weaver nine miles from Elkins. They stole about $1,700 and stamps from the post office in the same building and fled toward the mountains. A running chase by a citizen posse ended with a long pursuit and a fight. bloodhounds were sent from Fairmont as the search continues. Meanwhile Grafton and local groups call for Christmas charity funds to aid cheerless places.
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Associated Press
Elkins
W. Va
Buxton & Landstreet Company
Weaver
Fairmont
Baby born during house fire in Brie Pennsylvania
Fire crews saved most of a structure in Brie as a baby was delivered inside a flame damaged room. The birth occurred while rescue work continued and the father announced the event after firemen prepared to depart. Other text references a 1916 and 1922 political note are not clearly tied to the event.
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Brie
G. T. Justice
Erie
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