News Notes From The Current Week Disturb World Events
150000 garment workers strike for higher wages. Mexican federal army reorganized. 17 ounce baby born in Aurora Illinois. VOA fed 12000 in Chicago. California progressives invite regulars to join in legislation. Aunt Delia portrait given to Taft. Portland rainfall 2.21 inches. Roosevelt says Japan first sought peace. Turks seek moderate demands in peace talks. Idaho calls convention on state highway. London Times exposes city poor conditions. Thomas Harding dies in Redland Oregon. US army officer’s satirical poem causes concern. Chicago cop aids church fire safety drill. Railways brace for 1913 business. Standard Osstock rises in NY. Alaska fuel shortage noted. General Wood plans inaugural display. 3-year-old burned in Rio Bonito. Vancouver prune shipments to Germany. Archduke Ferdinand eyes Slav empire. Admiral Dewey stays young by routine. Portland bans firecrackers for New Year.
Portland Markets Report Of Prices On Commodities
Detailed price listings for wheat track, barley, corn, millstuff, hay, oats, fresh fruits, potatoes, onions, butter, poultry, pork, veal, wool, mohair, cattle, hogs, and sheep across Oregon markets. Includes per ton, per pound, and per dozen figures for multiple grades and varieties.
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Hawaii Reports Great Strides Under Frear in Prosperous Year
Governor Frear’s annual report to Interior Secretary Fisher highlights Hawaii’s record year of progress across commerce, homesteading, transportation, public works, health, and schools. Exports rose sharply while imports grew modestly, and Americans secured a larger share of homesteads amid growing immigrant adjustments. The document urges extending the reclamation act to Hawaii and promotes irrigation for American settlement.
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Washington, D. C
Hawaii
Frear
Fisher
United States
Price fixing challenged in Kellogg case in Detroit
A petition in equity filed in the United States district court, ordered by Attorney General Wickersham, targets Kellogg’s toasted corn flakes alleging Sherman law violations. The action seeks a permanent ruling on how much a manufacturer can control retail prices.
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Detroit
Kellogg
United States District Court
Wickersham
Smallpox Under Control Near Martinsburg
Public health steps by the service curb a threatened smallpox outbreak along the West Virginia Maryland border. Dr B S Warren reported 11 cases near Martinsburg within three to ten miles, all under control. Suspected persons will be vaccinated and observed for 15 days.
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Public Health Service
West Virginia
Maryland
B. 5
Warren
Washington
Martinsburg
W. Va
Mexican Shopmen Strike Across Three Nations
Seven thousand National Railway of Mexico shop employees walked out on Friday over demands for an eight hour day and higher wages. The walkout touched Nuevo Laredo San Luis Potosi Mexico City and Arrias Callientes with 100 skilled workers and 100 other staff in Nuevo Laredo joining the strike. Bridges and stations have been burned by rebels and roadbeds damaged as officials say train service should largely continue while the dispute unfolds.
Globe trotter Max Von Buelow dies after railroad injuries
Reno reports Max Von Buelow with both hands cut off and a fractured skull found on a railroad track near the state line. He died two hours later at Sparks railroad hospital. A descendant of Count Von Buelow, he married Christine Plummer of Pueblo, Colorado, years ago and traveled Europe in style. He was highly educated.
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Chicago stockyards handlers see beef payments rise in 1912
Cattle receipts at the Chicago stockyards are down by 281,298 from 1911, yet total beef payments in 1912 reach 183,488,909 dollars, an increase of 3,282,735 dollars over the prior year. The figures reflect higher prices despite fewer cattle processed.
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Chicago
President-Elect Wil son Homecoming in Staunton Virginia
Governor Wilson arrives in Staunton after a swift ride from Alexandria. Enthusiastic crowds, torchlight parade, cavalry escorts, and fireworks greet the president elect who rests at the birthplace home of Rev. A N Frazer. Mrs Wilson attends the celebration.
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Virginia
Wilson
United States
Alexandria
A. N. Frazer
Presbyterian Church
Joseph R. Wilson
Mills Clean House in New Westminster Foreman Bribe Fallout
Vancouver report says Small-Bucklin Lumber mills fire almost 100 Hindu workers and replace them with white labor after perjury revelations about bribes to foremen. Shacks housing Hindu workers were burned by the company.
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Vancouver
B. C
Small-Bucklin Lumber Mills
New Westminster
BE. C
Simple Inaugural Ceremony Favored By Wilson
President elect Woodrow Wilson prefers a simple inauguration in Washington D C with dignity and order. Governor Wilson discusses the plan with inauguration committee chairman William Corcoran Eustis, aiming to avoid past excesses.
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Washington, D. C
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
William Corcoran Eustis
Gum Chewing Evidence Questioned in Court Testimony
Chicago judge Carpenter stated a witness who chews gum and talks rapidly should not have significant weight given to his testimony. The ruling followed Joseph Burns being seen chewing gum on the stand as the court observed the harder the chew the less reliability the testimony.
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Chicago
United States
Carpenter
Joseph Burns
Schrank Model Patient at Oshkosh Insane Hospital
John Schrank the man who attempted to assassinate Theodore Roosevelt is reported as a model patient at the Northern Hospital for the Insane in Oshkosh Wis. The superintendent notes he is faithful in his duties and spends much time reading writing and working in the criminal ward as required.
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Oshkosh
Wis
John Schrank
Theodore Roosevelt
Northern Hospital For the
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