Will Wipe Out Coal Monopoly
The Interstate Commerce Commission opened a broad probe into anthracite coal dealings. Notices went to about a score of railroads and coal firms including Central Railroad of New Jersey Delaware Lackawanna Reading Erie Lehigh and Pennsylvania asking for mining output costs prices stock ownership and all other business information.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Delaware & Hudson
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Erie Railroad
New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad
Lehigh, Pennsylvania
Reading
Mexican Rebels Renew Activity Across Mexican States
Reports from Morelos Puebla and Mexico indicate renewed rebel activity with grave conditions in Zacatecas and Durango. General Pascual Orozco leads the rebels in Chihuahua and renewed attacks on Ascension amid mobilization of federal forces. President Madero warns officers to refrain from politics.
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Washington
Morelos
Puebla
Mexico
State Department
Zacatecas
Durango
Federal Army
Madero
Pascual Orozco
Chihuahua
Ascension
Harry
Birdweight Appetite Remark Sparks Conversation
In a sharp exchange a woman questions why someone is mad while a man notes she has an appetite like a bird. The remark leads to a playful defense that the comment was a compliment as she cites a reading about birds eating their own weight daily.
Attempt On Prince Yamagata Ends With Arrest
An assassin attacked Prince Aritomo Yamagata at his Sekiguchi Koishikawa home but failed to harm him. The 22 year old attacker survived a morphine overdose and was jailed. Yamagata 74, elder statesman, former minister of war and general staff head, reports say. Another dispatch from London notes the killer died by suicide after the attempt.
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Tokio
Prince Aritomo Yamagata
Sekiguchi Koishikawa
Prince Yamagata
Japan
London
Too Old to Steal Wife's Affections
New York dated Dec 24 Charles Horton 82 a Civil War veteran was cleared in California of alienation of affections in a suit by Thomas B Quinn 35 who claimed Horton alienated the wife of Quinn The jury did not return judgment and Horton was represented by a lone attorney citing his age
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New York
Charles Horton
California
Thomas B. Quinn
Castro Forbidden to Land in U S
Washington reports on December 24 that Cipriano Castro former Venezuelan president will be met by State Department operatives in New York to prevent his landing if possible. Castro sailed from Havre to New York aboard the Touraine on December 21 under the name Ruiz. Exact exclusion steps were not determined.
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Washington
Cipriano Castro
Venezuela
New York
State Department
France
Castro
Ruiz
Havre
Touraine
England's Hampton Court Sets First Accurate Clock in 1540
The first accurate clock was installed at Hampton Court Palace in 1540, replacing private hourglasses used by the royal suite in earlier times.
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England
Hampton Court
Shaving a Monkey Untangles a Barber’s Dare
An old joke features a coxcomb challenging a barber’s boy to shave a monkey. The boy, bold yet respectful, agrees to try if the customer sits. The scene plays on wit and laughable bravado in a simple barber shop exchange.
Christmas Cantata by Sunday School at Caledonia Street church
The North Side Christmas program called Around the Manger was presented as a cantata by about fifty Sunday school members at Caledonia Street M E church. Choir members included Ruel Russell Roy Ahlstrom Mrs Harvey West and Miss Georgina Young with Glen Halik Gladys Johnson and Mildred Eberhart on instruments.
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Caledonia Street M. E
Ruel Russell
Roy Ahlstrom
Harvey West
Georgina Young
Glen Halik
Gladys Johnson
Mildred Eberhart
van Berg
Earl Wheaton
Autocrat Holmes Idea of Metaphysics Told in Harbors Talk
In reminiscences of Doctor Clarke at Harvard Oliver Wendell Holmes and Clarke recall a metaphysical quip. Holmes likens metaphysics to splitting a log, noting that once done it leaves two more to split, illustrating endless questions with wit.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
Doctor Clarke
Harvard
James
Pitt Seeks Support at Blacksmith’s Shop
Pitt canvasses for votes at a blacksmith’s shop. He asks for support while the smith replies in witty terms, praising the head but rejecting the heart and candor while noting manners.
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Pitt
Son of
Vulcan
Blacksmith
Ring's hold remains after broken engagement
Maud recalls Ethel's response to breaking with Jack and keeping the diamond ring. Ethel insists she no longer cares for Jack but her feelings toward the ring remain unchanged.
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Maud
Ethel
Jack
Worthwhile things for all to share not for struggle
A quotation attributed to Dr. John Grier Hibben emphasizes that true value lies in experiences everyone can share without depletion, rather than goals won through a struggle for existence. It reflects a humane, inclusive view of fulfillment and enduring worth.
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John Grier Hibben
Financial Dilemma: Home Purchase or Auto Purchase
Marks questions whether to buy a home or an automobile. Parks counsels buying a home and mortgaging it to obtain the car, suggesting a way to have both. This advice appears in the Boston Transcrint.
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Marks
Boston
Silk Cargo Worth Two Million Passes Through La Crosse
A special fifteen car train carries two million dollars in raw silk from Yokohama to Paterson New Jersey. The silk shipment arrived from Minneapolis and traveled via the C B & Q freight lines, with a seventeen day schedule and right of way shipping orders.
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New Jersey
la Crosse
Yokohama
Paterson
N. J
Minneapolis
North Side Briefs Highlight Holiday Visits and Travel
A compact list reports residents and visitors across the North Side. Names include James McCarthy Mankato visiting friends, William Snyder returning from Washington, Ira Clark heading to Manchester Iowa, and many others visiting relatives in Oshkosh Milwaukee Maiden Rock Trempealeau Sturgeon Bay and Chicago.
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James McCarthy
Mankato
Minn
William Snyder
Washington, D. C
Ira Clark
Manchester
Iowa
Dave Britton
Prospect Street
E. C. Erickson
National Forests
Alaska
Maurice Peterson
Minneapolis
W. T. Bright
Lynxville
Charles Street
Oshkosh
May
Milwaukee
Stangle
Kane Street
Trempealeau
Willie
Avon Street
New Albin
A. Gilbertson
Waukesha
Peacock
Charley Teyson
Langdon
N. D
Edward File
John Coughlin
Wood Street
Erwin Butzmann
Alma
Loomis Street
Frank Chopieska
Mills City
Mont
Chopieska
Walter Asselin
Walter Button
Martin Hickey
Chicago
Lillian Jojade
Charles St
Agnes Compion
Wis
FE. Merwin
Vira and
James
Gillette Street
Galésville
Rushford Civic Notes Post Master Kirkpatrick Rumor Denied
Rushford Minnesota notes deny a claim that post master Kirkpatrick resigned to move to California. He has not resigned but may travel to California soon. The town reports various holiday events and local arrivals plus a Christmas program at the Presbyterian church.
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Kirkpatrick
California
Stella Tolstad
Main Street
First National Bank
Tolstad
George Mrass
Canada
Our
Carl Berg
Mrass
Josephine Berg
Bernice
Lily Berg
William Roberton
Fremont
Presbyterian Sunday School
St. Nick
Tanner
Faribault
Emmanuel Episcopal Church
O. Grinland
Voss
Bergen Stift
Norway
America
Highland Prairie
Grinland
Karine Honsey
J. O O. Grinland
Lansford
N. D
Oliver Glenna
Centuria
Wis
Christian
Leonard
Bainsville
Mont
Cora Gesina
Delia
Could Folly Go Further A Paris Dog Causes Stir
A tiny bijou dog accompanied a lady on the Champs Elysees drawing crowds. It wore india rubber boots with laces, ear protectors, goggles, and a raglan overcoat lined with flannel. A pocket projected a monogrammed handkerchief from which a small handkerchief protruded.
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Paris
Champs Elysees
Playwriting Burdened Heartbreak Echoes in Quote
Actress asks David Graham Phillips why he does not write a play. He replies he has many other ways to break his heart, a bitterness implying prior experiments with heartbreak.
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David Graham Phillips
Frenchwoman Acquitted in Bridgemen Murder Case
In Paris Mme Bloch, a French woman, was acquitted of murder for shooting American Mrs Bridgemen in her apartments, weeks after a trial opened. The defense argued unwritten law. civil damages of one franc were awarded to Bridgemen, husband of the victim.
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Paris
Mme. Bloch
Bloch
Bri
Train Robber Shot Near Chandler
Tulsa authorities failed to identify a negro train robber killed while attempting a hold up on a St. Louis and San Francisco line near Chandler Oklahoma. A private detective passenger fatally wounded the assailant as he ordered passengers to surrender valuables.
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Tulsa
Okla
St. Louis
San Francisco
Chandler
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