Christmas in Bean Hill Celebrates with Gift Tree
The Bean Hill Christmas celebration featured a public tree at Peagreen hall with a 10 cent admission. Santa arrived by Midland line, delivering candy, peanuts, and dolls. Residents and visitors, including Rev. Snodgrass and Miss Delia Bowser, joined carols and recitations as gifts were distributed to children and households amid rain and joyous crowds.
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Peagreen Hall
Toba Smeltzers
Squire Thomas
Nev. Snodgrass
Bean Hill
Delia Bowser
Streeze
Elmer Jenkins
Eliza Bostock
Santa
Bella
Reevesville
Elizabeth Town
Midlands
Thone
Two Filipinos survive bungled execution in Philippines
Washington dispatch reports a faulty garrote execution in Cagayan province where four Filipinos were sentenced to death. Two survived, one died, and the others faced ongoing legal questions as officials debate the timing and method. The Times notes survivors are legally dead, unable to inherit or hold rights, while their estates and widows’ marriages loom amid court records.
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Washington
Maynila Times
Amyhing
Cagayan Province
Get
Gubridge
Spain
Philippines
Gatroter
Anary
Licena
Times
Thrir
Union Miners Seek Ouster of Martin as Mine Inspector
United mine workers petitioned courts to revoke ex-Sheriff James Martin’s appointment as district 7 mine inspector. They label him incompetent and feared, arguing he cannot gain miners’ cooperation for the office. Martin led the armed posse at Lattimer in 1892 when miners were killed or wounded.
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Wilkesbarre
United Mine Workers
James Martin
Martin
Lattimer
Township acres puzzle sparks state inquiry
Tarrieon Wilkins asessor of Sugar Croc township Hancock county notes the township is six miles square containing 23400 acres yet a report shows 70.79 acres of crops plus forest and small towns. The discrepancy puzzles state statistician Johnson. Also reports of an inmate beating case in Philadelphia and social society shocks in Chicago accompany this page. Mrs Hannah Newell Barrett, 18, daughter of a revolutionary soldier with a government pension, is dead in Boston.
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Tarrieon Wilkins
Sugar Croc
Hancock County
Johnson
Hannah WN. Barrett
Boston
Hannah Newell Barrett
Christmas Presents Still Delaying on Trains
Letters note late mail for Christmas gifts not yet received. Despite arrivals continuing Friday and Saturday, some parcels were held by full mail cars and needed another train to arrive.
Unsold Christmas Trees Pile Up Around Court House Yard
Hundreds of Christmas trees remained unsold Saturday morning in Huntington Page. They were piled around the courthouse yard, hauled away by several teams to the dump. Local residents say the trees are valueless after cutting and not suitable for wood or kindling, while church greens volunteers search for replacements.
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Court House
Huntington-Page
Christmas theft mars Dayton family joy
Walter Jemen, a wheat fitter, stole 200 dollars from Mrs A Blarr’s home to buy Christmas gifts for his wife and children. He spent 27 dollars on presents, confessed, and was placed in custody as remorse drove him to seek full restitution by returning the toys and gifts to the house.
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Obe Greenlee
Snodgrass
Hew Jones
Bilas Crowfoot
Bliss
Lizzie Hobson
Auiance
Jake Bundy
Doug Henderson
Jacktown
Dee Bieler
Henry Milroy
Mary Snodgrass
Henpeck
Santa Claus
Midland
Cross-st
Jeff Poundstone
Tibe Smeltzer
South Carolina
Dayton
Christ Mize
Walter Jemen
A. Blarr
James
Jack
Poleentation
Ux Ponsilie
Hearses in Use Again in Chicago During Strike
Funeral hearses resumed service on Saturday as strikers and sympathizers showed no demonstrations. Licensed cabmen were ordered not to take orders, union officials blocked hackmen, and cabs were not to drive in funerals during the strike.
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Chicago
Celebrated Christmas Despite Neighborly Disturbance
Mrs Charles Roberts of Colorado and her husband faced police after a drunken disturbance at their home on Indiana Ave. The husband claimed excessive drinking led to breaking dishes. she paid $1 costs for disturbing the peace. In Washington, December 2, Powell reported insurgent forces led by Jiminez advancing toward San Domingo.
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Charles Roberts
Washington
Powell Hon
Jiminez
San Domingo
Births and marriages flood city records in terse notices
The column lists numerous births with parent names and addresses across city streets, followed by a long list of marriages pairing individuals from various names and locales. Several entries include hospitals and social details, reflecting a dense registry of new arrivals and nuptials in a single syndicated notice.
TWO BURNED TO DEATH IN WRECK IN WILLIAMSTOWN KY
Williamstown Kentucky saw two workers from Ludlow linked to Cincinnati Southern railroad relief die in a collision at a water tank. Four others burned, injuries not fatal. Freight train backed into the wreck, tipping sleeping cars and trapping men inside as flames spread.
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Williamstown
Dee Joseph Lux
Florence Crowler
Ludlow
Cincinnati Southern Railroad
Willametown
Mason
Wiliams
Corbett Struggles To Make Weight For Hooton Fight
In San Francisco Champion Corbett battles with weight as he plans to face Hooten. He has gained about ten pounds since his last bout and struggles to shed surplus weight. In Crawfordsville Indiana M A Skaggs, a mill worker, lost his hand after oiling a machine. clothing caught and his arm was pulled off.
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San Francisco
Corbett
Hooten
Crawfordsville
Ind
M.S
Arthur Leroy Skaggs
Ems
McCardy to Succeed Castle as Auditor
WALLINGTON December 26 Joseph J McCardy formerly city comptroller of St Paul is said to have been agreed upon as the successor of Auditor Henry A Castle of the postoffice department who has resigned.
Quiet Day in Gotham and Other Local Notices
A chaotic clippings summary notes New York business activity on a holiday a few closings and banks remaining open. Various short items from Wheelersburg Lois Chicago produce and City Wagon Market cover oddities and prices with references to local people including Judge Sears and Mrs Murry Dechent.
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Gotham
New York
Paris lawyer predicts third trial for Captain Dreyfus
In Paris on Saturday Maitre Mornard counsel for ex Captain Alfred Dreyfus said a new document strengthens the case for a third court martial. He described the item as intensely interesting and sensational. A photo of Captain Dreyfus was taken on November 3 this year.
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Paris
Dee
Maitre Mornard
Exs
Alfred Dreyfus
Cnse
Dreyfus
Cincinnati Live Stock and Market Reports
Cincinnati live stock receipts and prices across multiple markets include cattle and hogs at Cincinnati, East Buffalo, Chicago, and Indianapolis. Notable figures show steady to higher prices for prime cattle, mixed hog rates, and active demand with varied weights and classes.
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Chase
Cincinnati
Scinnati der
SOBEL
East Buffalo
HecAterehas
Hood
Lawes
Chicago
Union
Indianapolis
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