Charity on Christmas Day Across New York City
New York on December 26 1908 celebrated a generous Christmas with widespread charity. About 100000 people received dinners and gifts from Salvation Army Volunteers of America and churches while hospitals jails and institutions hosted festive events. London faced unemployment and destitution with shelters insufficient for thousands nightly.
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New York
Salvation Army and
Volunteers of America
Army
Grand Central Palace
Chicago
Philadelphia
Boston
Wnd
England
London
Glasgow
Tyne
Thames Embankment
Salvation Army
Killed While Resisting Arrest in Oklahoma City
Billy Bunch, a known Coalgate character, was killed at noon Friday in Oklahoma City while resisting arrest by City Marshal Stouse and Constable Kennedy. Six shots struck Bunch as he fired on them. he died instantly.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Billy Bunch
Coalgate
Stouse
Bunch
Kennedy
Cold Wave Triggers Cholera Rise in St Petersburg
St Petersburg reports a 24 hour period ending Friday with 81 new cholera cases and 13 deaths amid a cold wave. A total of 225 people are hospitalized with the disease.
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St. Petersburg
Piles Cured in Six to Fourteen Days Guarantee
PAZO ointment promises to cure itching burning bleeding or protruding piles in six to fourteen days or a full refund. The ad notes the price as 60 cents and emphasizes a money back guarantee.
Voters' League Seeks Federal Backing in City Clean-Up
In Pittsburg on December 26 the Voters' League announced ongoing municipal reforms and received assurance of federal help. DOJ officials plan to probe national banks holding city deposits and to pursue U S court prosecutions of former German National Bank president Ramsey and cashier Vilsack for allegedly misusing bank funds.
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Pittsburg
Voters’ League
Department of Justice
United States
Ramsey
Vilsack
German National Bank
Church factions clash in riot at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox
A Christmas day riot at the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Chicago erupted as gunfire and police charge disrupted services. About 300 fighters battled with more than 100 officers. nine men were arrested on inciting riot charges as the building remained barricaded and siege ongoing.
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Chicago
Holy Trinity -Greek Orthodox Church
Johnson Street
RIVALS IN BLOODY DUEL OVER 14 YEAR OLD
In Cleveland on Christmas night two suitors for 14 year old Julia Pice fought in a dark room with knives. Powell Fromich died and Michael Milanovitch was wounded and arrested for murder. Fromich's brother was fatally stabbed trying to separate them. The girl was struck and injured by Milanovitch after rejecting both proposals. Both men were boarders in the Pice home.
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Cleveland, O
Julia Pice
Powell Fromich
Michael Milanovitch
Fromich
Milanovitch
Fromigh
Mach
Steamer Pretoria's Stormy Atlantic Passage
The Hamburg American line steamer Pretoria took 21 days for the Hamburg to New York run, arriving after one of the stormiest voyages on record. Heavy weather depleted coal, forcing a stop at St Johns to refuel, with three days kept below deck and only 41 miles made on December 13 and 62 on December 16.
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New York
Hamburg
Pretoria
St. Johns
N. F
English Channel
Collision in Central Park Kills Librarian and Daughter
In New York on December 26 a trolley car collided with an automobile in the sunken roadway crossing Central Park at Eighty sixth Street. George C. Hurlbut, aged librarian of the American Geographical Society, and his daughter Miss Hione Hurlbut were crushed in the wreck and fatally hurt.
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New York
Central Park
Eightysixth Street
George C. Hurlbut
American Geographical Society
Hione Hurlbut
Hargis Case Jurors Wrangle in Kentucky Trial
Irvine Ky December 26. Twelve jurors in the Beach Hargis murder trial of Judge James Hargis wrangled for five hours without reaching a verdict before Judge Adams sent them to bed at six p m.
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Hargis
Irvine
Beach Hargis
James Hargis
Adams
Murderer Stabs Farmer During Christmas Service
George Rider, a parent farmer, was killed by Edgar Parrish during a Christmas celebration in a Christian church in Louisville on Friday night.
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Louisville
George Rider
Edgar Parrish
Pickpocket Snatches Mrs Tolles Wallet in Indianapolis
Mrs. W. H. Tolles of Indianapolis was pickpocketed as a thief opened her purse and fled with the cash without her awareness.
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W. H. Tolles
Indianapolis
Attack on French President in Paris Strikes Public Fear
Paris reports a Friday cafe assault on President Clement Armand Fallieres by politician Mappis. Fallieres, amid a Christmas gathering, fought off the attacker, both bruised as gendarmes intervened. Mappis confessed political spite. rumors tied the incident to the president’s son and Mme Astress.
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Paris
Clement Armand Fallieres
Place de l’Etoile
Mappis
Fallieres
Mme. Astress
Starr Offers To Surrender To OklahomaGov Immunity And Extradition
Guthrie Okla Dec 26 Gov Haskell announced he received word from Henry Starr the bandit that Starr was ready to surrender to the state and stand trial on charges here if immunity against extradition to other states could be guaranteed. The governor said he would not consent to such an arrangement.
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Guthrie
Okla
Haskell
Henry Starr
Starr
Deputy Killed at Holiday Fete Near Pryor Creek
Deputy Sheriff Nicholas Mitchell was shot and killed while attempting to quell a disturbance at a Christmas celebration at Hogan Institute, 15 miles south of Pryor Creek Oklahoma. Sam and Henry Frye, of Cherokee descent and prominent families, are under arrest. a posse pursues George Frye.
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Pryor Creek
Okla
Nicholas Mitchell
Hogan Institute
Here
Sam
Henry Frye
George Frye
Fryes
Evansville Doctors Linette Calhoun and Valentine McNeer Wed
Miss Linette Calhoun and Valentine McNeer both aged sixty four from Evansville, both physicians, were married.
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Linette Calhoun
Valentine McNeer
Evansville
Robbers Torture Ohio Man For Safe Loot
In Ohio an attack near Curtice leaves H. A. Shadow badly injured after two masked robbers burn his feet with matches to force him to open a farmhouse safe and surrender 180 dollars. They flee with a horse and buggy as a family is drugged and the sheriff pursues the bandits. The victim, Schabow, a Lucas County Insurance agent, lies unconscious and bound as suspects strike during Christmas.
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Toledo
H. A. Shadow of Curtice
Schabow
Lucas County Insurance Company
Loan sharks under fire in Louisville campaign
Louisville police and press launch a campaign against loan companies charging high percentages. The drive followed reports of a working girl defrauded and frequent first page coverage by a morning paper. Big local firms backed the push. An proposed ordinance to ban licenses failed for being prohibitory.
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Louisville
Press
Fire wipes out major part of Ravia business district
Practically the entire business section of Ravia Oklahoma was destroyed by a Friday fire. Johnston county officials estimate losses at about 35000 dollars. Five business houses a lumber yard and three warehouses burned due to a defective flue.
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Burns
Oklahoma City
Okla
Ravia
Johnston County
Dorando Pietri Wins 12 Mile Relay in Fall River
Dorando Pietri the Italian marathoner defeated Floyd Doughty of Providence and Samuel Myers of Cambridge by half a lap in a 12 mile exhibition relay at Fall River athletic grounds. Pietri’s time was 1 03 39 while the Doughty Myers team finished in 1 04 18.
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Dorando
Fall River
Mass
Dorando Pietri
Floyd Doughty
Providence
Samuel Myers
Cambridge
Doughty-Myers
Beatrice Mills to Wed Earl of Granard on January 14
New York reports the private wedding of Miss Beatrice Mills to the Earl of Granard set for Thursday January 14 at the bride’s father Ogden Mills city home.
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New York
Beatrice Mills
Earl of Granard
Ogden Mills
Mayor John S. Taylor Found Frozen to Death Near Sheridan
John S. Taylor, serving his fifth term as mayor of Sheridan, Wyoming, was found dead by a roadside clump of bushes a mile north of town on Friday, after apparently freezing to death in the cold.
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Sheridan
Wyo
John S. Taylor
Brazilian appoints naval attache to Washington embassy
Lieutenant Conrado Heck was appointed Friday as naval attache to the Brazilian embassy in Washington after being stationed in Rio de Janeiro.
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Washington
Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Conrado Heck
Evansville Man Killed After Wagon Fall While Buying Tree
Jerry Nolan aged fifty from Evansville died after falling from a wagon just after purchasing a Christmas tree for his children. He suffered fatal injuries at the scene and was reportedly found beside the wagon. Authorities categorized the incident as a tragic accident.
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Jerry Nolan
Evansville
Indiana Monuments From Vicksburg Siege Planned
Special train from Indianapolis will carry Gov. Hanly and Indiana commission members to Vicksburg for December 29 dedication ceremonies. The Indiana commission completed 53 granite markers honoring infantry artillery and cavalry units from 1863 siege with 16 monuments and site allocations at the battlefield.
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Indianapolis
Hanly
Commission
Hoosiers
Indiana
Vicksburg
Miss
Indiana Commission
Confederacy
W. T. Rigby
Vicksburg National Park
Iowa
Rigby
Messrs. Lacey
Adams
E. L. Seaman
A. B. Crampton
T. M. Hardy
George F. McGinnis
Osterhaus
Louisville
Ilinois Central
Illinois Central
Evansville
Princeton
Harry C. Adams
Capt. Rigby
National Commission
War Department
Clarissa Koons
Muncie
Ind
Andersonville
Adjt
van Perry
Anderson Polo Team Opens Season Against Muncie
The Anderson polo team played Muncie yesterday afternoon at the former place in the first game of the season.
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Anderson
Muncie
Doan's Kidney Pills Cured Back Pain in Local Testimony
Logansport residents report relief from chronic back pain and kidney trouble using Doan's Kidney Pills. Mrs. William A. White of 729 Seventeenth Street cites her husband's three year illness and ten years of subsequent relief since starting the remedy. Sold by all dealers price five cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole agents for the United States Remember the name Doan's.
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Logansport
Dean
William A. White
Seventeenth Street
Ind
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Freight engine crown sheet blast kills Brakeman in Indiana
East bound Lake Shore freight engine blew out its crown sheet near Laporte Indiana on Thursday night. Brakeman A B Weiser was killed and Fireman F E Repogie was badly injured and later had both legs amputated in a local hospital after the crew jumped the engine fearing a boiler explosion. The article also oddly notes a misplaced army comparison about physicians and artillery officers.
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South Bend
Ind
Lake Shore
Laporte
A. B. Weiser
F. E. Repogie
Weiser
Moorehouse
Liquor License Sought for Elks Home Premises Logansport
R W Gibson applies at Cass County Indiana for a regular January term 1909 license to sell spirituous vinous and malt liquors in less than quart at a time and permit drinking on premises in the Elks Home building at Fifth and North streets Logansport Eel Township. The room is in the brick building with a 10 foot ceiling and permits meals during legal hours.
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Board of Ecounty Commissioners
Cass County
Indiana
O. P
Logansport
Eel Township
Elks’ Home
Fifth
Fo News
R. W. Gibson
Application for Indiana liquor license in Logansport
Notice is given that an application will be made at the January term 1909 of the Cass county board for vinous and malt liquors in quantities under a quart with sales privilege. Premises are lot 13 O P in Logansport Eel township Cass county Indiana in a three story brick Dunn hotel building at 429 Third street. The ground floor room fronts 15 feet on Third street and runs 25 feet west with a 14 foot ceiling.
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Janary
Board of County Commissioners
Cass County
Indiana
O. P
Logansport
Eel Township
Dunn Hotel
Third Street
Ticket Sale Dates and Return Details Announced
On sale December 24 to 25 with return through December 28 inclusive. Another sale December 31 and January 1 with return through January 4 inclusive. For particulars contact Wabash ticket office by phone 158.
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Wabash Ticket Office
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Christian County
Charles Sanders
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M. A. St. Clair
Eskdale
W. Va
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Via
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