Demands 20000 in damages from Burlington in Nebraska wreck
Kilmer R. Moore of Oshkosh sues the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railway for 20000 claiming injuries from a fall and wreck at Alliance Nebraska while employed as a switchman. He alleges a crushed leg lasting disability and permanent deformity from the incident.
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George D. Wright
Simmons
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Company
Kilmer R. Moore
Oshkosh
Bouck and Hilton
Moore
Alliance
Neb
Ore
Zelaya May Be Brought To Book In Nicaragua
Dispatches quote Vice Consul Caldera saying provisional president Zelaya is forming a liberal conservative cabinet mostly from Leon. No word from Bluefields on his departure. The question of Zelaya leaving Nicaragua remains unsettled and potential reps may seek legal action over treatment of Americans and Nicaraguans.
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Washington
Duiets
Nicaragua
Eco
Caldera
Leon
Bluefields
Zelaya
Taft Lorimer clash threatens Illinois patronage fight
Chicago dispatch reports rising tension as Senator Lorimer warns of a Senate clash if President Taft ignores Illinois federal appointments. Senator Cullom and Governor Deneen prepare to contest Lorimer, aiming to bolster re election prospects and governorship bids amid bitter Illinois political tensions.
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Chicago
Taft
Illinois
United States
Lorimer
Congress
Cullom
Deneen
Senate
Aldrich
Senator Cullom
Highs Open Season With Win Over Alumni Team
The high school basketball squad beat a former stars lineup 51 to 25. Key scorers were Keeler 16 and R Bradish 19 for the highs while Stavrum led the alumni with 14. A preliminary girls game saw the seniors top the freshmen 18 to 4.
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Sig. Stavrum
Bradish
Keeler
Stavrum
Archie Larson
C. Bradish
A. Werner
Frank Novak
Two Men Sentenced for Drunkenness in County Court
William Ryan, a beggar and drunkard, pleads guilty in county court and receives forty days in jail. George Tooley, also charged with drunkenness and beggary and lewd language, gets a similar sentence from Judge Brindley.
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William Ryan
North Side
Brindley
George Tooley
International smuggling plot eyed by federal grand jury
Chicago reports a searching federal grand jury investigation into an alleged international conspiracy to smuggle valuable goods into the United States. Indictments are expected within 24 hours as the probe continues.
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Chicago
Grand
Railroads Deny Discrimination in Car Distribution
In Springfield Illinois on December 24, general managers and presidents of leading state railroads unanimously deny discrimination in the allocation of empty coal cars. They respond to a demand from Chairman O F Berry of the state railroad board for information on the issue.
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Springfield
Lil
O. F. Berry
State Railroad Board
Hungarian Boy Sumegi Vanishes After Capture Near Modesto
Stephen Sumegi the Hungarian boy believed kidnapped two years ago reappeared on a ranch near Modesto but disappeared again. Authorities say he vanished as they were about to take him into custody on a request from his mother reportedly living in Cleveland, Ohio.
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San Francisco
Cal
Stephen Sumegi
Modeste
Cleveland
Woman Ends Life After Despair Note in Chicago
Elizabeth Stevens 34 attaches hose to gas jet in her room and asphyxiates herself. She left a note saying life has become unbearable and she plans to end it. Police suspect holiday sadness prompted the tragedy in Chicago.
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Chicago
Elizabeth Stevens
One-Day Cold Cure Ad Seeks Grove Signature
An old advertisement touts Bromo Quinine as a universal laxative and cold cure. It emphasizes a claimed World over use and urges finding the signature of E. W. Grove. The item lists a price of 25 cents and promotes the remedy as the sole Bromo Quinine option.
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E. W. Grove
Ungrateful man forgets past good times
A man shows ingratitude by claiming he never enjoyed life, forgetting a pleasant month ago and the earlier good times he experienced.
Stamp books for Christmas favors on sale at local stores
Stamp books in 10 cent 25 cent and 1 dollar sizes are sold at Park Store Barron’s Ten Cent Store A F Reitzel Nicholson Scott Fe J Evans Hebberd’s The Tribune and the ladies presidencies promote mailing receipted bills and Christmas greetings to friends as part of a humane effort.
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Barron's
TEN Cent
A. F. Reitzel
Nicholson-Scott FE
J. Evans
Hebberd’s
the Tribune
W. R. Finch
W. H. Tarbox
J. L. Callahan
United States Steel plans $100 million Gary expansion
Chicago dispatch reports a second major push by United States Steel to grow near Chicago and Gary Indiana. Plans include new plants and expansions by subsidiaries along the 25 mile stretch from South Chicago to Gary. Illinois Steel aims to reclaim lakefront lands and hire about 5,000 more workers in 1910. Colorado Fuel and Iron also considers a $200 million Gary area plant.
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Chicago
United States Steel Corporation
Gary
Ind
Pittsburg
Steel Combine
Lake Michigan
Illinois
E. J. Buffington
Illinois Steel Company
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
La Crosse Pair Wed in Chicago
A marriage license was issued in Chicago to George F. Falk Jr. and Miss Laura Jensen, both of La Crosse. Falk, 25, son of George Falk, a city public works commissioner, is a machinist. Jensen lives at 418 North Eleventh Street and works as an operator for the La Crosse Telephone company.
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Chicago
George F. Falk, Jr
Laura Jensen
la Crosse
Mr. Falk
George Falx
Board of Public Works
Miss Jensen
North Eleventh Street
la Crosse Telephone Company
Fire kills two as Callahan Block burns in Lewiston
Two Lewiston firemen died and others were injured when the Callahan Block burned in the city’s business district early today. The blaze destroyed a large downtown structure, prompting extensive emergency responses and investigations.
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Lewiston
Maine
Callahan
Woman Loses Gold Watch and Chain Near Nichols Hall
Mrs. Theodore Mannstedt reports losing a gold watch and gold chain between Third and King streets and Nichols in-Scott hall. She offers a suitable reward for return to 411 South Third Street.
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Theodore Mannstedt
Third and
King Street
Nichols In
Scott Hall
South Third Street
Fountain Planned for Downtown La Crosse Park
La Crosse county's courthouse park will gain an ornamental iron fountain planned by the buildings and grounds committee. William F. Baker prepares specifications for a spring installation with a cement basin, goldfish, and hundreds of water streams. Bulbs planted last fall promise early flowers, and new flowerbeds along with shrubs and vines will surround the building.
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la Crosse County
Court House
Committee On
William F. Baker
North Reappointed Immigration Commissioner at San Francisco
Announcement from the Department of Commerce and Labor states Secretary Nagel has reappointed H. H. North as immigration commissioner in San Francisco. The decision was disclosed today in Washington D C.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Commerce and Labor
Nagel
H. H. North
Immigration
San Francisco
Santa Claus Delivers Stocking Fund Totals and Preparations
Final donations to the Good Cheer stocking fund include gifts from Ladies of the Yeomen Jacob Fry W. C. Lowell Alice Hebberd Mrs. Weston and others bringing total subscriptions to 64.85. The Tribune office filled stockings for six city delivery routes and will start at 6 o clock tonight from the Tribune office.
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Good Cheer
Ladies of the Yeomen
South Sixth Street
Jacob Fry
W. C. Lowell
Alice Hebberd
Mrs. Weston
Friend
Kruskopf
Tribune
Santa Claus
Tripune
Little Tim Sullivan Remembered in Citywide Funeral Obituary
Bowery bums and Wall Street financiers crowd for a last tribute to New York alderman Little Tim Sullivan deputy leader of the Sullivan clan who ruled the East Side for two decades His enemies in politics were set aside as grief and respect dominated the scene with a turnout far larger than for most dignitaries.
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New York
Bowery
Wall Street
Tim” Sullivan
Sullivan
East Side
Rhodius Estate Provides Half Million for Indianapolis Parks
Indianapolis recipient receives about half a million dollars from the Rhodius estate through a codicil to the will of George Rhodius who died Monday. The codicil also funds local charities and contains provisions for heirs.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Rhodius
George Rhodius
Indianapoli
Seven Die as Rock Island Shops Boiler Explodes
Shawnee Oklahoma December 24 seven men are known dead and fifty buried in the wreckage after a locomotive boiler explosion at the Rock Island railroad shops. Rescue crews and volunteer workers rush to the scene with physicians and ambulances aiding the search for victims.
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Shawnee
Okla
Rock Island
Cabinet Talks Ballinger at Christmas Cabinet Meeting
An informal discussion of the coming congressional probe into the interior department occupied President Taft and his official family at the Christmas Eve cabinet meeting.
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Washington, D. C
Department of the Interior
Taft
Death lists eight men in mine gas explosion
A careful check of the miners at Chicago and Carterville Coal Company's Mine A in Herrin Illinois shows that all eight men who died were killed by the gas explosion yesterday, while the rest escaped.
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Herrin
Chicago and Cartersville Coal Company
Strange Shack Home of Airship Near Worcester
Worcester MA December report of a hidden aeroplane facility on the John D. Gough estate in West Boylston run by Paul B. Morgan and believed linked to Wal lace E. Tillinghast. A United Press witness was detained for trespassing as speculation swirled about a 72 foot winged craft and an eight cylinder engine.
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Mass
Massachusetts
United Press
West Boylston
Paul B. Morgan
Morgan Construction Company
Wallace E. Tillinghast
Morgan
Tillinghast
New England
Massachusets
Marlboro
Fitchburg
Boston
Natick
Wellesley
Newton
Needham
Chelsea
Revere
Lynn
Salem
Framingham
Bank Guaranty Law Declared Invalid by Federal Judge
Kansas federal judge Grant Pollock issued a temporary injunction blocking state banks from using the guaranty law. The ruling nullifies provisions for enforcement by J. N. Daley bank commissioner and Mark Tulley state treasurer, marking the law as invalid in the Topera district.
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Topera
Kansas
Kansas Bank Guaranty
Pollock
J. N. Daley
Mark Tulley
Willis Counselman Divorce Case Shocks Chicago Society
Willis Counselman and his bride of a month were brought to court to show cause why his divorce from his first wife should not be set aside. The hearing followed allegations of fraud in obtaining the divorce, with the first wife in an insane asylum. Counselman had married the second Mrs. Counselman five days after the decree.
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Chicago
Willis Counselman
Counselman
Chicago Bar Association
Poor To Dine On Christmas Day In Lacrosse
At 2 PM tomorrow the City Mission plans a large Christmas dinner for the poor at the old Y M C A auditorium in Lacrosse. Superintendent Norton issued hundreds of invitations and expects a festive gathering with meals prepared by local donors. A 4 PM song service follows with public attendance, balconies for spectators, and a set by Superintendent Norton’s Hobosey Tette musical organization.
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la Crosse
Norton
Husband offers reconciliation in separation suit
In Mineola Long Island a husband Wm Gould Brokaw testifies in his own defense that he is ready to reconcile with Mary Blair Brokaw and resume the head of the household. He denies calling her names and says he visited her to kiss her and express love, though she claims otherwise.
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Mineola, L. I
Gould Brokaw
Mary Blair Brokaw
Putnam
Post Office Announces Saturday Mail Delivery Schedule
Postmaster William Brer announces a customary morning mail delivery Saturday with afternoon box collection. There will be no afternoon delivery and general delivery, registry, and money orders at the post office will stay open until ten tomorrow. Delivery windows will extend to 11 a m tomorrow and one hour past regular time on the holiday stretch. Trains have run late for three days, but carriers remain praised for service.
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William Brer
Tscharner
Aero club contest rules spark West Coast aviation clash
In Los Angeles on December 24 the Aero Club of America faces a potential test of its authority as it grants permission for aeroplane contests and requires participants to hold licenses issued by the club, signaling a clash over licensing and event control.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Aero Club of America
Aero Club
The
WRECK HURTS 17 AS CP TRAIN CARRIES 800 EAST
Toronto dispatch reports a Canadian Pacific train of about 800 passengers en route from the west to the east for Christmas wrecked west of Sudbury Ontario. Seventeen persons are reported injured in the incident.
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Toronto
Ont
Canadian Pacific
Sudbur
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