Williams Faces After House Scuffle on Floor
Washington December 19 Representatives John Sharpe Williams and D E Ar mond fought on the House floor after adjournment. Williams was bleeding from a facial wound as aides separated them. Speaker Cannon announced new congress committees and a Ways and Means panel addition. A Roosevelt luncheon honored Ambassador and Viscountess Aoki of Japan.
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Washington
John Sharpe Williams
Mississippi
D. E. Armond
Missouri
Williams
Cannon
House
Ways and Means
Longworth
Ohio
James
Virginia
Roosevelt
Viscountess
Aoki
Japan
Germans in Cleveland oppose county option temperance measures
German Americans in Cleveland led by German-American Alliance petition lawmakers to block county option temperance bills. For two days petitions circulated among saloon men and supporters, to be shared with Irish Bohemian Polish groups. Leader Herman Fellinger says reform is needed but rights to a glass of beer must remain.
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Cleveland
Herman Fellinger
Dewey Hosts 70th Birthday Dinner at Washington Home
Admiral Geo. Dewey celebrated his upcoming seventieth birthday with a dinner at his K street residence. President Roosevelt planned to attend but was away next week, and guests offered informal congratulations without formal speeches.
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Washington
Dee
Geo. Dewey
K Street
Roosevelt
All-Steel Passenger Cars to Enter Pennsylvania Service
Pittsburg December 19 More than 100 all steel passenger cars will be in use on the Pennsylvania between New York and Philadelphia soon after January 1. The cars are being built at the Pressed Steel Car company plant here and are the first to replace wood on any railroad.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
New York
Philadelphia
Pressed Steel Car Company
Dangerous Deadlock Remedy Ad Promises Quick Cure
A vintage advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a quick remedy for a condition described as dangerous deadlock of liver and bowel functions. It claims guaranteed satisfaction with money back in all cases and lists a price of 25e at all druggists.
Cheaper Gas For Cleveland
Mayor Johnson pledged to back a 25 cent per thousand rate for five winter months and 27 cents for the rest of the year if Columbia Gas and Electric lowers its price. White, Columbia president, agreed to cut to meet the 30 cent target. council action to grant new franchises hinges on terms. Columbia recently took over People's Gas Light and Cleveland Gas Light and Coke seeking new franchises to promote natural gas.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Johnson
Columbia Gas and Electric Company
White
Columbia
Columbia Corporation
People’s Gas Light Company
Cleveland Gas Light and Coke Company
East Ohio
Standard
Dark toll of US mines as 22840 workers die
Washington reports that US coal mines kill three times as many per thousand as European mines. In seventeen years 22 840 men died. In six years as many fatal accidents as in eleven. 1906 saw 6 861 killed or injured, with 2 061 dead and 4 800 injured. Government experts compiled the figures under Secretary Garfield.
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Washington
United States
Garfield
Interior Department
Grover Cleveland Sought as New Jersey Delegate
A New Jersey movement aims to appoint Grover Cleveland as one of four delegates at large to the upcoming Democratic National Convention in Denver. The report suggests a broader political plot behind the idea and notes Cleveland’s possible appearance in the arena.
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New York
Grover Cleveland
Denver
Cleveland
New Jersey
Harper Killed In Rapid Railway Collision At King's Mills
In Lebanon Ohio a head on crash between a passenger car and a freight near King's Mills killed Wikoff Harper the passenger motorman. Ed Brown the freight motorman was speeding at 40 mph when they collided. Harper was crushed under debris and died en route to Silverton after hours of extrication. Authorities cite orders misunderstanding as possible cause.
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Lebanon
Ohio
Rapid
King’s Mills
Wikoff Harper
Ed Brown
Harper
Silverton
Peanut Growers Vote to Raise Peanut Price
At the district union meeting in Crooked Creek Perry county delegates from peanut counties decided to raise the price of raw peanuts five cents a pound after the fourth Saturday in January 1908.
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Nashville
Tenn
District Union of the American Society of Equity
Crooked Creek
Perry County
Good Advice from Le Raysville Merchant on Arnica Salve
Woolever, a well known Le Raysville merchant, says Buecklen's Arnica Salve cured his piles 20 years ago. The ointment is guaranteed for sores wounds burns or abrasions and sells for 25 cents at all druggists.
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Woolever
le Raysville
N. Y
Buecklen
Brewers Sweep Across Ohio Move To Shut Down Dives
In Columbus a new Brewers Vigilance League police bureau raids several dives near the capitol. J H Opp and John Brannon were jailed for harboring disorderly houses as Louis H. Wehner leads the effort with Chief O Connor directing raids. Wehner says 33 such places have been visited and four dives quietly closed.
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Columbus
Ohio Vigilance League
State Association of Brewers
J. H. Opp
State Street
Capitol
John Brannon
No. 9
East Rich Street
Louis H. Wehner
Dayton
Brewers’ Bureau
O'Connor
Wehner
Welmer
League
Manrod Acquitted At Preliminary Arson Hearing
Homer Manrod was acquitted at a Millville preliminary arson hearing led by Mayor Thomas after extensive testimony from defense and state witnesses. Manrod admitted being in Millville Wednesday evening but denied involvement, and the court ruled in his favor citing convincing defense testimony.
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Charles Delker
Manrod
Millville
Richard Price
Homer Manrod
Tom
Hawkins
Tom Hawkins
Ebermont Dinwoodie
Clarence Hawkins
Mary Hawkins
John Ambrose
Miss Zeibold
Ohlinger
Hamilton
Adam Eppelsteiner
James Beatty
R. C. McCann
J. H. West
Homer
Zeibold
Sam
Nathan Oliver Manrod
Thomas
Darr Mine Disaster Entombs 400 at Jacobs Creek
Pittsburg reports a massive explosion at the Darr mine of Pittsburg Coal Co. at Jacobs Creek near the Youghiogheny river. About four hundred miners, including Americans and Hungarians, are entombed as the mine burns and hopes fade.
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Pittsburg Coal Co
Jacobs Creek
Darr
Youghiogheny — River
McConnellsville
Judge Ball to rule on Illinois Central meeting adjournment
In Chicago on December 19 Judge Ball said he would decide this afternoon whether to adjourn the Illinois Central Railroad Co annual meeting or rule on injunctions from recent days. He then took charge after Harriman and Fish attorneys could not reach an agreement.
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Chicago
Ball
Harriman
Fish
Orange Antirudeness Club Enforces Etiquette Rules
Worcester youths face strict etiquette standards set by the Orange Antirudeness club formed by local young women. Members vow ostracism for any slip as boys must dress neatly defer to women and greet girls with hats in hand.
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Worcester
Mass
Orange
Orange Antirudeness Club
Mine Disaster Reports Shifted Count Near Five Hundred
West Newton Pennsylvania December 19 reports say the Darr mine had closer to five hundred men inside than four hundred at the time of the disaster.
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West Newton
Darr
Japan Welcomes American Battleships to Pacific Ports
Foreign Minister Hayashi Admiral Togo and officials declare Japan would heartily welcome American battleships in the Pacific and to Japanese ports if the voyage extends, voicing the sentiment of the Japanese people.
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Tokio
Japan
Hayashi
Togo
Pacific
Doctor Scovel Injured in Auto Accident at Crossing
Berlin dispatch reports Dr. Sylvester F. Scovel former Wooster University president was struck by a vehicle at a crossing. He sustained a hand injury and bruises, was carried to his boarding house, and his condition is not dangerous.
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Berlin
Sylvester F. Scovel
the Wooster University
Ohio
York Silk mills resume work after three week suspension
York Pennsylvania December 19 The three mills of the York Silk company in York resumed operations yesterday ending a suspension of three weeks More than 800 operatives will be affected by the restart of production in the city.
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York
Penn
York Silk Company
Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea Ad
A promotional notice urges protection against disease with Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea marketed by The Radcliffe Drug Co. at Cor High & 2nd St and 231 High St.
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Hollister
Rocky Mountain
Radcliffe Drug Co
High & 2Nd Sts
High St
Refused Imitations Prompt Calls for Original Content
A strict instruction urges refusing imitators and seeking genuine articles. The demand emphasizes sourcing from the advertised piece and avoiding copied or fake material while maintaining factual, source grounded reporting.
Calven tarred and feathered after alleged assault
In South Bend Indiana on December 19 a 50 year old man, Charles P. Calven, was seized from Wyatt Justice office by a citizen posse after being charged with assaulting 13 year old Dora Ellen Fetters. He was bound, tarred and feathered, whipped with boiling tar and feathered while tied to a tree, then fled town. Fetters remains seriously ill but expected to recover. Prosecutor Talbot plans no action while preparing a warrant for Calven's arrest.
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South Bend
Ind
Dora Ellen Fetters
Charles P. Calven
Justice of the Peace
Byron Markham
Wyatt
Calven
Fetters
Joseph B Talbot
Mrs Hunter Denies Allegations In Divorce Reply
Celia A. Hunter answers William N. Hunter's divorce petition denying gross neglect and abandonment claims. She disputes inherited and received sums, asserts she funded living prior to the estrangement, and says most household goods were purchased by her. She contends ill health is from his conduct and asks no alimony. a divorce is sought.
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Celia A. Hunter
William N. Hunter
Hunter
Governor Pardons Houck and Considers Earl Case
In Columbus Ohio Governor Harris pardons George W Houck brother of L B Houck Mt Vernon private secretary to the late Governor Patterson He was serving a life term for the 1901 killing of Sarah Hess and pardoned on grounds of insufficient evidence Houck plans to move to Oklahoma Also Cincinnatians urge commutation for Frank Earl facing execution Friday for the murder of William Legg Sydney confirmed by the board of pardons refusal to recommend mercy.
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Columbus
Harris
George W. Houck
L. B. Houck
Mt. Vernon
Patterson
Houck
Sarah Hess
Board of Pardons
Oklahoma
William Christie Herron
Jaeger
Busse Loses Power Over Chicago Board of Education
Springfield Dec 19 The supreme court rules Mayor Busse lacked authority to remove Dunne era education appointees. State's Attorney Healy ordered by writ of mandamus to file quo warranto against Busse appointees, requiring proof of their office authority.
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Springfield
Ill
Supreme Court
Busse
Chicago
Dunne
Chicago Board of Education
Healy
Holiday Decorations See Them Before You Purchase
Atherton store at 213 Court St invites shoppers to view holiday decorations before buying and promises savings on prices.
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Atherton
Court St. Dee
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