Eddy Fortune Left to Church as Guardians Guard Mrs Eddy Vault
Four armed guards watch the Mt Auburn cemetery vault housing Mary Baker Eddy's body. The will leaves the estate to the mother church for founding a Christian Science college, with the board of directors given final disposition of the legacy. The church faces governance questions and possible litigation as the founder's death reshapes authority.
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Boston
Mt. Auburn Cemetery
Cambridge
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Christian Science Religion
Archibald McLellan
McLellan
Mrs. Eddy
Concord
N. H
Pleasant View
George W. Glover
E. J. Foster Eddy
Nan Patterson Is Bride Of Prescott
Nan Patterson is identified as Anne Martin of Washington who married Sumner Prescott in Marinette Wisconsin on October 24. The couple’s license lists Anne Martin and Sumner Prescott, and Washington dispatches say Patterson's family suspects the bride. Prescott, a wealthy Marinette lumberman, is described as a prominent Wisconsin figure.
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St, Paul, Minn
Marinette
Wis
Anne Martin
Washington, D. C
Sumner Prescott
Nan Patterson
Caesar Young
New York
Washington
Martin
Sumner Frescott
Wisconsin
County Assessors to Convene Three Day Session
The state board of tax commissioners will convene the county assessors for a three day session in the statehouse January 2 to 4. Gov. Marshall and state officials will speak. Commissioners McCardle Gemmer and Matson will cover tax issues. Fayette's William T. Murray discusses land taxation and Frank Hiatt from the oil belt covers mineral rights gas and coal taxation.
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State Board of Tax Commissioners
Statehouse
Gov. Marshall
W. H. O’brien
John W. Kern
J. W. McCardle
Fred Gemmer
Col
C. C. Matson
William T. Murray
Fayette County
Frank Hiatt
Harmony Launched At Close Of Meet
Washington December 9 Harmony was the keynote as the national rivers and harbors congress closed. Resolutions urged a liberal waterway policy with engineering approval for any project and rapid construction under continuing contracts. A $50,000,000 annual rivers and harbors bill was favored, to be funded by current revenues or bonds. The group urged expanding the corps of government engineers and closer state local cooperation in waterway development.
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Washington
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Congress
Corps of Government Engineers
Surround Revolters Near Chihuahua in Mountain Fight
Fifteen hundred revolutionists under Gen Madero have been surrounded by Mexican troops in the mountains thirty miles west of Chihuahua between Minaca and Tema. Reports from Parral, Durango, speak of another outbreak of violence there as fighting rages in the region.
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Chihuahua
Madero
Minaca
Temasuchic
Parral
Durango
Mill End Opportunity Suits or Overcoats at 11.75
Tailored suits or overcoats offered by J. Singer & Son at 43 West Washington Street. Full satisfaction guaranteed or money back. Limited time pricing and custom fittings available.
Engineers May Go On Strike In Western Railways
Chicago Dec 9 A strike of thirty three thousand seven hundred engineers on sixty one western railways looms as the thirty day ballot on the question closes Saturday. Union leaders will notify officials of the result two days later. Warren B Stone predicted the vote would favor a strike. A walkout would demoralize the western railroads.
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Chicago
Western Railways
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Urday
Warren
Stone
West
National garment workers consider city strike to spread
Chicago on December 9 reports an executive board meeting of the United Garment Workers of America to discuss a national strike of 250,000 workers against the Wholesale Clothiers' Association and the National Wholesale Tailors' Association. Leaders note work being moved to New York, Boston, Baltimore and Rochester and consider actions in all cities where these groups operate.
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Chicago
United Garment Workers of America
Wholesale Clothiers’ Association
National Wholesale Tailors’ Association
City Committee
New York
Boston
Baltimore
Rochester
Brakeman Charged After Belt Strikes Coombs Incident
Bertram Coombs a Memphis Indiana brakeman says he was struck on the head with an eighteen inch iron belt by John Humphreys Big Four general car inspector in the east end yards after a dispute over overdrawn supplies. Coombs alleges two men held him during the attack. Humphreys arrested for assault and battery with intent to kill.
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Bertram Coombs
Big Four
Memphis
Ind
John Humphreys
Coombs
Humphreys
Schlangen
Glenn
Sherman Drive
New Jersey Population Grows, Gains Seats in Congress
New Jersey's population reaches 2,537,167 in 1910, up 34.7 percent from 1,883,669 in 1900. Under the current apportionment, New Jersey will gain three additional representatives in Congress.
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Washington
New Jersey
Mill ends sale on salts and overcoats at $11.75
S. J. Singer & Son advertises a sale offering thousands of mill ends just long enough for salts or overcoats, made to order at a price of 11.75 dollars each, located at 43 West Washington Street.
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S. J. Singer & Son
Washington St
Swanson
Swanson Rheumatic Cure CO
Lake Street
Chicago
Hyder’s Drug
Wash
Penn. Sts
Ohio St
Secretary Meyer seeks 1.5 million more for New York yard
Secretary Meyer asks Congress for an additional 1,500,000 to fund the New York Navy Yard battleship New York under the eight hour labor law. Labor members condemn the move as an attempt to prove private yard building is best, arguing it signals a broader policy battle over government work hours.
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Washington
Congress
New York
Meyer
House
Flying Squirrel So Killed Inside Home
A flying squirrel, about the size of a rat with a bushy tail, darted around the room at F N Hoffman's Rochester home. Miss Flo Delp, a stenographer, remained calm as the creature leaped and landed on a chair. Mrs Hoffman aided, and the men dispatched the animal with a broom. Both women expressed pity for the creature.
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Rochester
Ind
F. N. Hoffman
Flo Delp
Rochester College
Odoriferous Fight Ends in Victory
In Morocco Indiana S N Miller’s sick dog uncovered a nest of skunks after digging a hole. The dog attacked the skunks and sixteen were killed before Miller, also sick, retreated to a cow shed. A local fur dealer bought the skunks for 32 dollars.
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Miller
Massacre of Kerak Christians by Kurds and Bedouins
Reports from Jerusalem confirm that about one hundred Christian residents of Kerak and the Turkish garrison were massacred by Kurdish and Bedouin forces in retaliation for the execution of a local chief by Kevak authorities. Situations remain unclear as details emerge from the frontier town southeast of the Red Sea.
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Kerak
Red Sea
Kevak
Gale Strikes Bay of Biscay Causing Heavy Losses
A gale off northern Spain’s Bay of Biscay claims many lives with at least a score dead. Six fishing boats are reported lost and wreckage indicates broader maritime disasters. Winds reach nearly 100 miles per hour along the coast.
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Bay of Biscay
Spain
TIZ Smaller Feet Sore Feet and Swollen Feet Cure
Advertising puff for TIZ claims quick relief and lasting cure for sore sweaty tender swollen feet corns callouses and bunions. Promotes rapid improvement with first use and a week to forget sore feet. Marketed by Walter Luther Dodge & Co Chicago 25 cents a box.
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Walter Luther Dodge & Co
Chicago
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Morocco
S. N. Miller
Conrad's
Gmrads
Honduras
Jerusalem
Madrid
Tiz
Polk
E. 15Th & Lewis St
College
Monon
Indianapolis
Indianapolia
Limited
Union Station
Dearborn
H. G. Alexander
Sciatioa
Robert W. McBride
Boyd St
Omahe
Neb
Badger’s
Martha Washington
Beautiful Otto
Badger Furniture Co
E. Washington St
Shubert Murat Theatre
Huder’s
Daniel V. Arthur
Hales
Vans
Adele Ritchie
N. Penn. St
Mural
Tim
B. F. Keith
Bert Coote & CO
Wall Street
Tom Waters
Nichols “Sisters
Loie Fuller
Ballet of Light
Ernest Pantzer & CO Rosa Roma
Coogan & Parkerson & Namon
Arvine-Benton
Faust
O'N's
Lottie Mayer
George Huckesschaik
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