Deny Oil Rehearing Sparks Supreme Court Review
A convoluted plea for review targets Standard Oil Company of Indiana and the U S government over a $20.6 million settlement and related rulings. The high court’s decision upholds an earlier opinion while criticizing the government for selective use of facts and questioning the penalties tied to the Concessions case. Separate item reports a Denver woman’s attempted blackmail at a bank involving $16,000 and a White House visit by farmers seeking Roosevelt support at a Grange convention.
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Chicago
Grad
Apyvaby
Fade Crowieip
Tanius
Ibe Einlon
Hsald
Athornay
Gonerel
Caunlry
Attocney Genarad Bonaparte
Edwin W. Sirs
Belasque
Rover
Livtensleys
Bonaparte
Chieti & Alnun
Atliene
Higler Cowrck Run Corporation
Deadly German mine disaster shocks Westphalia region
Nov 12 in Nadbodt near Unes, Germany, a boiler explosion and ensuing fire trapped hundreds underground. Rescue workers saved about 880, but 27 perished reaching the shaft mouth. many others severely injured. Fire hampered entry as officials warned no hope for any entombed workers. A relief sweet corn party arrived too late to enter the mine.
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Stamm
Westphnlia
Germany
Nadbod Lutte
Ueines
Vultiers
Aix
Talipd
Wieky
Courrieres
Maren
Kurtaed
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Ubon
Kaiser William Censured in Reichstag Debate
Berlin report notes the emperor heavily criticized during a Reichstag interpellation about constitutional matters free speech and governance. Chancellor von Buelow spoke fifteen minutes, without defending the emperor, as conservative, liberal, and nationalist factions sat in near silence awaiting the reaction.
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Berli
Willam
Paris
Reichstagen
London
Daily Telegraph
von Buelow
Spocinilets
Redlewla
Des Moines Newspaper Deal and Resignations Reported in Brief
Des Moines area papers report the Des Moines Register and Leader acquiring the Daily Tribune and launching an afternoon edition from December 1. Ithaca notice follows: Dean Thomas Fred avick Crane of the Cornet university resigns after 41 years. Civil war veteran Gen. Samuel Chamberlain dies in Worcester hospital. Earthquakes shake Death Valley and surrounding areas for three weeks. A fire injures two and harms six in Anni¢ Woods resort, blamed on cigarettes. Portage County votes dry by 1,200 in local election. twenty autos sold or quit in somes district.
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Des Moines
Resister and Leader
Daily Tribune
the Register and
Leder
Bert Mader
They
Cribe
Six Chinamen Drowned Off Buffalo Breakwall
A motor boat carrying ten Chinamen and three white men wrecked on a breakwall near Michigan street. Six Chinamen died, four survivors rescued by a police boat crew. three whites saved. Survivor Mack Quong spoke English learned in a South Bend Sunday school class and said the men left Toronto a week earlier bound for the United States after being lodged on the Canadian side opposite Buffalo. They were taken to the lake by three white men Wednesday night in a motor boat with a rowboat in tow. wreck occurred after about half an hour on the water.
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Buffalo
Michigan Street
Mack Quong
South Bend
Toronto
Biltalo
United States
Aged Widow Named Sole Heir To Estate Value 100000
Aged widow Mary Wheeler Somerby of Newburyport Massachusetts was declared sole heir to an estate valued at 100000 by an order in chancery court here Thursday. Illinois board of equalization adjourned after adopting committee reports reporting total property valuation at 1243515155, up from 1262974306 in 1907. Governor Hughes filed election expenses totaling 369.65, with 260.16 spent on travel and incidental costs. Professor Richard MacLaurin of Columbia University named president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Barry steamer line sale approved for 80106 to Pere Marquette officials P F Reynolds and Guise Kitzinger. Two youths drowned while hunting at Pellean lake in Wright county.
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Fortuna
Trenton
N. J
Mary. Wheeler
Barry Steamer Line
Milwaukee
Barry
PF. C. Reynolds
Miwaukee
Guise Kitzinger
Maristee
Pere Marquette
2Fon- Flay
Turner
Eleven Die As Express Plows Into Local Train
A Great Northern express collided with a New Orleans and North Western local near Little Woods station on Lake Ponchartrain. Eleven people were killed and many injured as the wreck caught fire in dense fog. Names of the dead include A Crawford, William Attaway, G B Lowry, William A Martin, and Ora Travis. Engineer Blackman said he had the right of way. the local train sped into the rear of the express at about 45 miles per hour. Additional fatalities were reported in an unrelated Union Pacific freight wreck at Borie, Wyoming.
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New Orleans
Great Northern
A. Crawford
Miss
William Attaway
Slidell
G. B. Lowry
William A. Martin
Morriston
Ora ‘Travis
Hattiesburg
Augustus Heitkamp
Peart “River
Blackman
Little Woods
Janickman
Great Northern Express
Cheyenne
Wyca
Union Pacific
Borie
BANK EXAMINER IS DEAD IN CARROLL TRAGEDY
Bank examiner B B Shaw of West Union Ja died following a brain hemorrhage after being found at his hotel. The incident followed the earlier suicide of First National bank president W L Culbertson in Carroll. Local reports note a string of recent disasters including deaths and arson in the region.
Postmaster Morgan Shot by Eccentric Stenographer
Edward M. Morgan, New York postmaster, was wounded in the abdomen by E W Mackay a morbid former inmate of an asylum in Worcester Mass who then killed himself A 14 year old daughter Dorothy blocked additional shots and saved him The attacker carried cartridges a slingshot knives and a four inch blade near One Hundred and Forty sixth Street with grievances against the post office authorities noted in a left behind letter
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New York
Edward M. Morgan
E.W. Mackay
Morgan
Post Office
Hires Man To Kill Mother In Motive Of Heirship
A woman in Chicago arranged to hire a killer to murder her own mother claiming sole inheritance under a recent will. She paid cash and signed notes totaling 2,400 dollars, detailing a “good job” and warning against an ambulance death. Conspirators included a detective agency head. The plan unraveled when she was arrested.
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Chicago
Otis
Miss Otia
Apt Two City Detect
Heney Trial Testimony On Conviction And Threats
The fragment describes Henry J Heney’s claim about past convinction and a defense exposure to public scrutiny. It recounts a courtroom scene with physicians and prosecutors detailing injuries from a shooting that left Heney concussed and hospitalized. Heney expresses concern for his wife and children and blames his former status for his ruin as he faces judgment and pressure from the case.
Metcalf III Resigns From Navy Post
Secretary of the Navy Victor H. Metcalf Fray resigned to take effect December 1 due to ill health. Assistant Secretary Trumain H. Newberry will succeed him. For over a year Metcalf had suffered serious illness, with friends hoping he might recover before deciding to leave active duties.
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Washington
Emperor of China Dies Without Official Confirmation
Reports say the emperor of China died Saturday morning after transfer to the death chamber on Friday afternoon. Officials issued two edicts naming Prince Chun regent and Pu Wei heir presumptive, though formal confirmation remained uncertain.
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Fpcklog
China
Prince Chun
Pu Wei
FATAL BOILER EXPLOSIONS CLOCK UP CASUALTIES
Reports from Kentucky and Virginia describe deadly boiler and sawmill explosions. In Pound near Pound Gap, four workers were killed and four injured at Miler Lumber Company. At a Wise County sawmill, three died, two fatally injured, and two seriously hurt in another blast. Nearby, Wesleyan University plans a new president as Upper Iowa’s Shanklin takes over.
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Sergent
Miler Lumber Company
Pound
Pound Gap
Norton
Planit
Wise County
Wesleyan
New York
William Arnold Shanklin
Upper Iowa University
Fayette
Wesleyan University
Middletown
Conn
Shanklin
Hamilton College
Fragmented Historic Ad Copy With Garbled Narration
The passage blends a critique of standard diction with a jumble of misheard phrases and faded ads. It mentions a Ruth Melbery Stuart impersonation, a white and colored exchange, and a claim about CARTORIA remedy bottles. It also references PETTIT'S EYE SALVE and a farmer's view of land, all in a disjointed, era-spread collage.
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Louisville Courier-Tournal
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Southern Railway
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Supreme Court of the United States
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Order of the Black Eagle
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R. M. O'Reilly
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Kenosha
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Racine
Robert Kender
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Chicago & Northwestern Railway
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Daghter
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North Alenomonie
Mitton
Ierman Noth
Ridgeville
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Wenzel Kreuziger
Manitowoc
Holy Funky Hospital
Laura Wella
Kaukauna
E. J. Philips
Agiiand
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R. H. Hardey
Elroy
Aaron Breeze Han
Plymouth Congregational Church
Mew
Union Grove
Florence
William Dunkel
Homie
Hawthorne
Ewan Okerson
Br. Okerson
Lincoln
Sturgeon Hay
Julian Cerenson
Gama
Sanderson
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Marinette
Gram “Aott
Odist Episcopal Church
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Peter Christenson
Sister Bay
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Walier
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Aity
Threuyeh
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Ieto
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Tonia
Toledo
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Ign van de Manvin
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Pring
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Enola
Stella
Pettit
Aldruggistaar Howard von. Hoftalo
Lewie’ Ringle Binder Cigne
Lewin’ Factory
Marrigg
Dra. Winslow
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