Indian Christmas Festivities Across Reservations Told
United Press reports on Christmas Day observances among Indian children from Washington to Phoenix. Festivities include large dinners, gifts, and community rituals with pony play, dog presents, and a rabbit hunt finale.
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Washington, D. C
Santa Claus
Kris Kringle
North Pole
Washington
Indian Affairs
Valentine
Bookey
Tongue River
Montana
Sitting Bull
Phanix
Arizona
Thor
Palestine
Prompt cure for lingering cough after influenza
Many persons suffer a persistent cough after influenza. This cough can be promptly cured by Chamberlains Cough Remedy, preventing long lasting trouble. Sold by all dealers. 3pence
Panama hotel proprietor ordered deported from Isthmus
W P Spiller owner of the Astor Hotel at Colon was ordered deported for contracting with canal laborers to work in Brazil in violation of a Panama America treaty. He was arrested by Supreme Court order for habeas corpus hearing, with Secretary of State defending jurisdiction. public meeting supported deportation amid fireworks display.
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Panama
W. P. Spiller
Astor Hotel
Colon
Panama Canal
Brazil
America
Supreme Court
Spiller
Isthmus
Oteri
Canal Zone
Trustees Pick Luthered Plans for New School Building
The city school board chose Luthered and Co plans for a new Mission style school on Yellow School House plaza. The project, to be four five months from start, features extensive light with 160 windows, southeast exposure, steam heat, and a T shaped main section. Building will cost about forty thousand dollars, beyond the board’s budget, so bids will be called and work fast tracked. Christmas holidays set for December 23 to January 3 with school closing Thursday the 23rd.
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San Antonio
Luthered and Co
Amador Sanchez
Flores
Netzer
Yellow School House Plaza
Giolitti Retires. Sonnino Faces Anti Clerical Stand
Rome dispatch reports former prime minister Giolitti says he will retire to private life after resigning December 2. He backs Baron Sonnino as natural successor, but Sonnino resists anti clerical policy demand from democrats. Admiral Bertolo declines to join Sonnino, risking a drift to a democratic radical government. The King summons two Radicals to Quirinal to pressure formation of cabinet.
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United Press
Rome
Giolitti
Baron Sonnino
Bertolo
Signor Giolitti
Baron Sonnnino
Sonnino
Quirinal
Signori Sacchi
Pantano
Mississippi Senator Money Named Senate Minority Leader
Washington December 9. A caucus of Democratic senators unanimously elected Senator Money of Mississippi as their minority leader after Senator Culberson of Texas resigned due to ill health. Senator Bacon of Georgia was mentioned but refused to permit his name. Senator Shively of Indiana was chosen vice chairman of the caucus.
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United Press
Washington
Senator Money
Mississippi
Culberson
Texas
Bacon
Georgia
Shively
Indiana
Texas Town Statistics Ordinance Regulates Birth and Death Records
An ordinance in incorporated Texas towns requires physicians midwives and undertakers to register with the city clerk. It mandates death permits before burial and filing of a death certificate, with federal form contents and strict cause of death reporting. Birth reporting within five days applies to physicians midwives or parents, with stillbirths recorded as both births and deaths. Records must be inked, copied preserved monthly for the state registrar, fireproof vaulted, and indexed.
Freighter Clarion Beset By Fire Off Point Pelee
The freighter Clarion burned to the water line off Southeast shoal near Point Pelee Ontario. The first mate died and six crewmen, including Captain E. J. Bell, and twelve others who fled in a steel lifeboat are missing. Six survivors were rescued by the steamer Hanna, but the yawl capsized. A man perished after entering the hold. Captain Bell later found a corpse. Snowy conditions hinder rescues as Detroit life savers search for the missing.
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United Proas
Cleveland
Ohio
Clarion
Point Pelee Ontario
Hanna
E. J. Bell
Ogdensburg
N. Y
Bell
Point Pelee Life Saving
Detroit Life Savers
Destructive Kalamazoo Fire Destroys Burdick House
A midnight blaze in Burdick House on the Arcade Kalamazoo Mich destroyed the building and threatened the business district. Damage is estimated at 500000 dollars. Fire crews from Grand Rapids Jackson and Battle Creek arrived by five this morning and by later report the fire was under control.
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United Press
Kalamazoo
Mich
Burdick House
Grand Rapids
Jackson
Sattle Creek
Court resumes case in Hill murder trial with defense to follow
District Court opened with state presenting evidence in the Hill murder case against Jim Pierce Wright. At noon the last witness testified and the state rested. A two o clock recess was taken as the defense began presenting numerous witnesses. They may not finish this afternoon, but expect to conclude evidence and arguments tomorrow and hand the case to the jury.
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Will T. Hill
Jim Pierce Wright
Marriage Restrictions urged by Texas asylum head in report
San Antonio Texas December 9 Special Superintendent John Preston of the State Insane Asylum at Austin urged laws to restrain marriage where insanity or hereditary diseases run in families He would also restrict marriage of idiots epileptics and confirmed criminals and advocate sterilization of degenerates The exhaustive report cites multi generation cases and notes many Confederate veterans at the asylum suffering senile dementia.
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San Antonio
Texas
John Preston
State Insane Asylum
Austin
Preston
Decorating Her Coffin For Princess Marie Declined
Subscriptions opened in Copenhagen to buy gold and silver wreaths for Princess Marie’s coffin. King Frederick says the gifts would honor her wishes if instead the funds were given to the poor. The princess, wife of Prince Waldemar and sister‑in‑law to the king, died on December 4.
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United Press
Copenhagen
Marie
Waldemar
Frederick
Coldest Weather Since 1905 Hits St. Louis
St Louis records a 2 degree zero morning as a cold snap grips the city. Thermometers show the temperature dropping since yesterday noon with skating starting today on the park ponds after the park commissioner declares the ice strong enough to bear skaters.
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St. Louis
Park Ponds
Dredging Tug Jimmie Missing After Six Hour Run
Galveston Texas December 9 News reports the dredging tug Jimmie of Bowers Southern Dredging Company is missing after leaving Galveston for Beaumont last Saturday with Captain John Allen and six crew aboard. The tug Zoe carrying the Jimmie owner began a search along the jetty line for wreckage, with belief of a boiler explosion and no storm conditions.
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Galveston
Tex
Jimmie
Bowers Southern Dredging Company
Beaumont
Texas
John Allen
Zoe
Personal notes as travelers and visitors cross paths in the city
Miss Annie and Mamie Alexander return from New York after fifteen months away. Annie fully recovers from a two year broken limb from a San Antonio fair fall. Numerous visitors and travelers pass through, including Mr. Atrobus heading to New York for a Pullman Co assignment, and Enriquez Creel en route to Washington. Countless names and towns appear, reflecting ongoing movement among Mexico City, Monterrey, San Antonio, and other locales.
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Annie
Mamie Alexander
New York
San Antonio
W. Atrobus
Mexico City
Atrobus
Pullman Company
Mexico
Enriquez Creel
United States
Washington, D. C
Hugo Scherer
Lolita
T. C. Gillespie
Spokane Proposes Ordinance Curbing Labor Agency Fees
Spokane Mayor Nelecon S. Pratt submits an ordinance to ban any labor agency fees for securing work for laborers. Penalty up to 200 dollars or six months in jail. The measure, seen as first of its kind, aims to stop fraudulent agency practices while protecting workers. It cites federal seaman employment protections and expects court support.
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Spokane
Washington
Nelecon S. Pratt
United States
Pratt
Supreme Court of
State of Washington
Danish scientists vow to verify Cook data
Copenhagen reports that Danish scientists say they will determine if Cook's data was faked, promising to expose any fabrication through independent verification.
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Copenhagen
Cook
Sell Us Your Rags for Three Cents Per Pound
An appeal for clean rags at The Times office inviting readers to bring bulk rag material to be turned into money at a rate of three cents per pound.
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Times Office
Mayor's drastic plan to oust Spokane loan sharks
Spokane officialdom seeks to close salary loan and chattel mortgage houses by prosecuting building owners for keeping disorderly houses. Corporation counsel argues USURY laws and Spokane code allow arrests to force agencies to street. Plan targets venues rather than lenders directly, relying on habitual unlawful practices.
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Spokane
Washington
Conner
Nelson S. Prat
Connor
Steamer W. S. Richardson Lost Off Buffalo
The Richardson ran ashore about three miles from Buffalo this morning and five men are reported drowned. Fourteen men were rescued and brought to Buffalo harbor. The stern lies under about fifteen feet of water.
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United Press
Buffalo
N. Y
W. S. Richardson
Richardson
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