Six Earthquakes Shake Virginia City Panic
Six severe shocks jolted Virginia City causing widespread alarm as residents fled after the tremors. An author and lecturer Albert Hubbard was crushed by a falling tree near East Aurora New York. Panama Canal set to open January 1 1915 per canal commission notice. Dora Fair and Lewis Rogers Cherokee Indians were arrested in Kansas City for eloping from Chouteau Oklahoma. John T Adkinson captain of the Galveston Rifles was arrested in Waco Texas on embezzlement charges.
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Virginia City
Albert Hubbard
East Aurora
N. Y
United States
Dora Fair
Lewis Rogers
Chouteau
Okla
Kansas City
Panama Canal
California Promotion Committee
Joseph Buckline Bishop
Canal Commission
John T. Adkinson
Galveston Rifles
Fire in Gotham Theater Triggers Zip of Broadway Scene
Fire broke out at the Herald Square theater on Thirtieth Street and Broadway ten minutes before show end. The blaze damaged the building, forced actors and chorus into the streets in costume, and caused a Broadway commotion. No injuries reported as audience remained calm. Fire spread from an electric sign to executive offices opposite the auditorium gallery.
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New York
Herald Square
Thirty-fifth Street
Broadway
Bank Robbery Charge Faces Ex-Eufaula Assistant Cashier
H Barr Elliott formerly assistant cashier of the First National bank of Eufaula was arrested in McAlester on December 23 on a county attorney’s information charging him with robbing the Eufaula bank on December 14. Elliott has returned $2700 to the bank, with investigators saying professionals likely carried out the crime.
Two Important Liquor Decisions In Georgia Court of Appeals
In Atlanta on December 23 the state court of appeals ruled two key points on prohibition. First the sale of malt liquors to minors is unlawful regardless of intoxication. Second malt liquor sales are prima facie unlawful and the defendant must prove the beverage is non intoxicating.
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Atlanta
State Court of Appeals
Georgia
Chicago and New York Grain and Market Report
Market notes from Chicago and New York on December 22 show flour and wheat prices steady to strong. Prices listed for spring wheat, Minnesota pat ent and other grades, along with corn, oats, butter and eggs, and turkeys, chickens, geese, ducks.
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Chicago
Minnesota
New York
Duluth
Chicago and Omaha Livestock Prices Feature Mixed Movements
Market reports from Chicago and Omaha show cattle and hog prices with rises in Chicago and general strength in Omaha. Notable figures include native steers at Chicago $4.00 to $7.15, hogs $5.15 to $5.80, and Omaha hogs $5.40 to $6.90 with calves and sheep moving as shown.
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Chicago
Omaha
Neb
Texas
The Reporter On Sale At Local Cigar Stores
The Reporter is offered at Roy al Brave cigar store 411 Fourth Street and Porter’s cigar store 324 Market Street with a geo at the Interurban pews stand.
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Royal Brave Cigar
Fourth Street
Porter’s Cigar Store
Market Street
Geo
Change Marriage Bill Promoted by Six Deputies in France
Six deputies propose abolishing article 213 of the civil code that states the husband must protect his wife and the wife must obey her husband. They argue the clause is unjust to women and outdated. Opponents note many families in France balance influence, and earlier efforts date to 1848 feminist petitions.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
France
M. Paul Hervien
French Academy
M. Hervieu
Indiana city to gain new army recruiting station
Shortly after Christmas Quartermas ter Carl Culp will open an army recruiting station in this city. Indiana has proved a strong recruiting pool with 1,200 men enlisting from the state during the past year.
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Carl Culp
Indiana
Local Galveston VA Daily Report Fragment
A partial Galveston VA daily report fragment shows unclear figures and notes. The readable items include scattered codes and stray numbers, with no complete events or names discernible.
Market cattle and sheep price corrections note
Corrected daily by W C Routh lists cattle and sheep price ranges for heifers calves and cows per hundredweight and notes lard price per pound with illegible trailing text. References to price brackets indicate regional market updates and dairy/stockyard pricing.
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W. C. Routh
Uiwennns Ll
Live Stock Market Prices From Logansport Union Yard
Daily quotation shows hog categories by weight at Logansport Union Stock Yards with ranges for pigs light medium and heavy hogs. Prices span from 3.45 to 5.45 dollars per hundredweight with specific brackets for 100 to 130 pounds up to 190 pounds.
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Logansport Union Stock Yards
Hides and Wool Corrected Daily by B. V. Cook & Co
Daily correction listing prices for hides and wool by B. V. Cook and Company including denominations and market markers. Reads like an auction or market notice with terse pricing and item names.
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B. V. Cook & Co
Wedel S
East Lynne company to perform at the Nelson on Christmas Day
Joseph King's East Lynne company will appear at the Nelson on Christmas day with matinee and night shows. The company has attracted praise from critics and features Miss Gertrude Arden at the helm. The production promises flawless detail and is touted as the best all around performance locals have seen.
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East Lynne
Joseph King
Nelson
Gertrude Arden
The Theatrical World Cage at Crystal Delights Audiences
The Crystal run continues with popular acts drawing full houses. Joe Bryant from Chicago debuts as a dancing comedian, Mabel Mortime limbers through lively stunts, and Mce Kenna and Cooney dazzle with burlesque mind reading. The Mitchells close the program as one of the theater’s best acts.
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Tric
Chicago
Mabel Mortime
Mce- Kenna
Cooney
Mitchells
Bertha Kalich in Cora at the Nelson Next Saturday
The Logansport theater scene anticipates Bertha Kalich in Cora a new comedy by Fred de Gresac at the Nelson the following Saturday December 26. The cast led by Kalich includes Frank Gilmore Pilar Moran Ernest Stallard Henry Wenman and others with scenes set in Paris and Switzerland and the production acclaimed as the strongest ever seen in support of Kalich.
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Logansport
Bertha Kalich
Nelson
Cora
Fred. de Gresac
Mme. de Gresac
Mme. Kalich
Paris
Switzerland
Harrison Grey Fiske
Madame Kalich
Frank Gilmore
Pilar Moran
Ernest Stallard
Henry Wenman
Thomas R. Mills
C. Jay Williams
Ida Wateman
Florine Arnold
Eda Bruna
Marian H. Holcombe
Mr. Fiske
St. Louis
Kansas City
Chicago
Honeymoon Trail Plays at the Nelson Next Tuesday
The Nelson will present Honeymoon Trail by Hough Adams and Howard next Tuesday December 29. The authors, already known for The Time the Place and the Girl and The Girl Question, are said to have produced their best work with Honeymoon Trail, receiving universal acclaim from critics in Chicago.
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Messrs. Hough
Adams & Howard
Nelson
Chi
Baronet’s Will Locks Heiress to English Estate Income
London reports reveal Sir John Blundell Maple’s 1907 will that awards his heiress daughter Miss Maple 240 days in England annually with the income secured by gold bars valued at about 10.75 million dollars. The baroness married Baron von Eckhardtstein, then a German embassy secretary, sparking a lengthy divorce dispute over the stipulations.
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Baroness von Eckhardstein
England
Sir John Blundell Maple
Sir John
Marshall Field
London
Miss Maple
Baron von Eckhard- Stein
John
Germany
Baroness Contributes To Cause And Separation Outcome
The baroness reportedly donated 1 00 000 of her fortune to the same cause and faced alleged cruelty from the baron who mocked her and her people. After five years apart she accepts terms set by a parent she believes foresaw the marriage’s outcome.
Doomed Theatre Hat Sparks Signage at Garrick
London theatre managers confront matinee hat trend as Evelyn Millard’s Garrick asks women to remove hats. Two audience groups drive fashion: luncheon visitors in hats and shoppers arriving after, while regulars arrive bareheaded, prompting calls for courtesy rather than law.
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London
Evelyn Millard
The
Garrick
State News Flashes Of Tragedy And Business Openings
Robert Jones of Brookville dies from knife injuries inflicted by tenant John Everman. Dr. Robert Dryborough, a Seoica nobleman, dies of heart failure in an Evansville hotel. Charles Pickering of Goshen disappears leaving his wife. Ben Akerman and Harold Chase arrested at Lebanon for shoplifting. Emma Cox of Shelbyville dies by suicide in bed. George Burton, a ferryman at Yankeetown, missing and presumed drowned. Ora Dryer of Oakland City injured when struck by a train passing, then unharmed. W Kimmell of Kentland resigns from insurance work after being elected state senator. Harry J Caldwell of Fowler dies of heart failure at home. Victor Westhafer of Milroy wins DePauw oratorical contest. Gary steel mills reopen after extended closure.
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W. Kimmell
Kentland
Senate
Harry J. Caldwell
Fowler
Victor Westhafer
Milroy
DePauw
Bedford Man Killed In Quarry Fall From Ledge
Charles Heckman of Bedford fell thirty feet over a ledge in a stone quarry and died from his injuries.
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Charles Heckman
Bedford
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Gotham Theater
Camille Pelletan
Local Market Report
Hens Ee
Bishop Elevator Co One
F. W. Kinney 4 Co
Lens
Beyer Bros
Ducks
Galveston VA
Tggab
Cage Press
Crystal
Shie
King’s New Version
Fred de Gresne
Beauty
Lasalle Theatre
Hairay
Dorothy Brenner
Anna Youlin
Bert Baker
Gclive Vail, William Bechtel
Traction
Kinetoscope
Maude Chestnut
LORIC
Genevieve Horner
ALPHA
Murdock
Robert Jones
Brookville
John Everman
Robert Dryborough
Evansville
Charles Pickering
Goshen
Ben Akerman
Harold Chase
Lebanon
Emma Cox
Shelbyville
George Burton
Ohio River
Yankeetown
Ora Dryer
Oakland City
Gary
Holiday Travel
Indiana Union Traction Co
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