Plans to place Yuan on throne face many obstacles
Reports describe a movement to revert China to a monarchy. Delegates would vote in a convention, Yuan Shih Kai would become emperor, and the young Pu Yi would cede the throne. Memorials from officials, military leaders, minorities, and women are planned to persuade Yuan to ascend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
Republic of China
Yuan Shih Kai
Yuan
Pu Yi
Kwangsu
China
Lu Cheng Hsiang
Wang Shih Ching
Tuan Chih Kuei
Mukden
Wang Kuan
Tibet
Mongolia
An Tseng Sung
Four Legged Girl Dead In Shenandoah County Virginia
Virginia McDonald a five year old girl with four arms and four legs died at home near Lebanon church Shenandoah County after two days of tonsillitis and membranous croup. Doctors at Johns Hopkins said surgery would be fatal. She left parents Mahlon and spouse and three younger brothers and a large sum of money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisonburg
Virginia McDonald
United States
Mahlon McDonald
Lebanon Church
Shenandoah County
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Final “E” Confusion Over Corpse Becomes Marine Corps Tale
Mrs Marceline Germain of Donaldson Michigan learns her brother Joseph Eli Jollilouer has joined the United States marine corps and named her as next of kin. She asks what he died of and receives a prompt reply that the corps is a lively organization.
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Marine Corps
Portland
Ore
Marceline Germain
Donaldson
Mich
Joseph Eli Jollicouer
United States Marine Corps
H. T. Swain
Banker Turned Day Laborer After Bank Failure in Winslow
J Bradley Fuller once ran the private bank Fuller & Son in Winslow with his sisters. Forced to find work, he now labors for $2 a day for ten hours at a concrete block firm, docking for idle hours. His family, facing reduced means, are seeking work to support themselves as auditors say Winslow bank liabilities exceed assets, leaving depositors about 70 cents on the dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winslow
Ill
J. Bradley Fuller
Bank
Fuller & Son
Fuller
D. F. Graham
First National Bank of Freeport
Winslow Bank
Manitowoc
Wis
Wife Makes 300 Mile Ride To Plead For Parole
Mrs. Walter Quick and her baby rode a pony 300 miles from Lakeview to Salem over rugged trails to seek parole for her husband. The Oregon state parole board recommended clemency to Governor Withycombe. Quick is jailed for theft of a sack of oats and shotgun shells near Lakeview.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Ore
Walter Quick
Baby
Lakeview
State Parole Board
Quick
Withycombe
Anti-girl Club Formed In Kendallville Indiana
In Kendallville Indiana thirty five young bachelors formed the Anti-girl club to protest costly social outings. Members must pay five dollars if accused of taking a young woman to a theater dance or other social function or home from church. The high cost of entertainment prompted the formation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kendallville
Ind
Mexico plans to extend railways across northern border regions
Inspector Rafael E. Musquiz reports de facto Mexican government plans for thousands of miles of new rail lines to create jobs and spur development. Projects include a border picket line parallel to the Rio Grande from Nuevo Laredo to Piedras Negras, connections to Matamoros Monterrey, a Monclova Chihuahua route, Sierra Mojada link to Mexican Northern, and a Tampico Matamoros cut off line promising a direct US-Mexico rail corridor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Rafael E. Musquiz
Mexico
Musquiz
Nuevo Laredo
Piedras Negras
Rio Grande
Matamoros-Monterey
National Railways of
Monclova
Cuatro Cienegas
General Carranza
Coahuila
Sierra Mojada
Tampico
Matamoros
Brownsville
United States
Tehuantepec
Campeche
United Railways of
Yucatan
Squirrels Die in Blue Ridge Mystery Attributed to Chestnut Blight
In the Blue Ridge east of Waynesboro Pennsylvania lines, many squirrels and accompanying wildlife perish. Woodchoppers and chestnut hunters report many dead foxes and gray squirrels. locals fear chestnut blight poisoning as the likely cause after a year of tree destruction.
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Blue Ridge Mountains
Waynesboro
Catoctin Ringe
Frederick County
Blue Ridge Chain
Credit man a minister accepts call to Tiffin church
Robert B. Chalmers, credit man for an Akron rubber factory, has accepted the rectorate at Trinity Episcopal Church in this city. He was ordained recently and will resign a $5,000 annual salary to enter the ministry at a $1,200 stipend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiffin
Robert 8. Chalmers
Akron
Trinity Episcopal Church
Chalmers
Blind Adventist preacher preaches gospel for decades
Elder John Roberts Hall, 82, has preached from Maine Adventist pulpits for thirty years and in over a hundred towns despite total blindness for 22 years. He began preaching at 22 and relies on faith rather than notes, with life spent traveling coastal villages and islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
John Roberts Hall
Advent Churches
Maine
Hall
Mr. Hall
Four Pound Prehistoric Tooth Found in Hoopeston Gravel Pit
A giant tooth weighing four and a quarter pounds was found by Archie Dukes in Hoopeston Illinois gravel. The oval tooth measures about six inches long and two and a half inches wide, with black polished cutting edges and transverse ivory strips. Its size suggests the jawbone of the animal was two to three feet long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Danville
Ind
Hoopeston
Archie Dukes
Four Made Ill By Her Uncanny Power
In Hope New York Hamilton county John Bennett and his three sons George Ward and Wank are bedridden or paralyzed under the influence of his wife Mrs Sarah Bennett the so called Witch of the Adirondacks. Their mother is in Utica State Asylum For the Insane. Dr E F Hagadorn attends 71 year old John Bennett who is not in immediate danger but any change could worsen circumstances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloversville
N. Y
John Bennett
Adirondacks
Hope
Hamilton County
George
Ward
Wank
Sarah Bennett
Utica
Wank Talbot
Frank
Humane Society
Bennett
E. F. Hagadorn
St. Paul Man Refuses Haircut Until European War Ends
St Paul resident William A Fischbach vows not to cut his hair until peace returns to Europe. He has not shaved for a year and wagers he will stay unshorn until the war ends, boasting the Turks defending Constantinople have nothing on him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
William A. Fischbach
Fischbach
Constantinople
Snowy bloom of strawberries sighted in Stirling City
While snow fell William Menges picked a quart of fine strawberries at his home. Citizens enjoyed an unusual sight as strawberry plants bloomed during the snowstorm in Stirling City, Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte County
Stirling City
Colo
William Menges
Leavenworth Bank Sues Bollman Lathrop and Hutchings
In Chelan County Washington The Leavenworth State Bank sues John A Bollman Maisie Bollman L Lathrop Jane Doe Lathrop and Frank H Hutchings The defendants are ordered to appear within 60 days after November 25 1915 to defend the action in court
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Superior Court
State of Washington
Chelan County
Leavenworth State Bank
Corporation
John A. Bollman
Maisie Bollman
L. Lathrop
Jane Doe Lathrop
Frank H. Hutchings
Towit
A. D
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American Press Association
Virginia
Carranza
Credit Man
Tiffin (C.) Church
Preacher
Dove
Ralston
Leavenworth
Washington
L. J. Nelson
Wenatchee Milling Co
Wenatchee, Wash
Harrington
Missouri
Leavenworth Mercantile Co
Lamb-Davis Lumber
Leavenworth, Wash
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