Fogel vs League Bosses Sparks Philadelphia Baseball War
Turmoil erupts as agents threaten ousting President Lynch and ex Phillies chief Fogel vows to fight to end the conflict. Fogel seeks control of the club and says he will not resign, with the uncertain impact following John T. Brush's death on league dynamics.
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Bick Vogel
Fos
Charies W. Murphy
Cubs
Fogel
Phillies
Lynch
Oll
Flames
Philadelphea Geetheningid
Philadelphia
Rush to Wed Delivers Quick City Hall Marriage
A New York couple, William C. McKenzie a 30 year old draughtsman and Lilian W. Woodruff a 27 year old stenographer, married at Stamford City Hall after racing from a New York train. Janitor Frank Ferris summoned Town Clerk William Waterbury who directed a hasty license and Justice Francis Tipper performed the ceremony before the 8 am train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Conn
New York
City Hall
Frank Ferris
William F. Waterbury
Mr. Waterbury
Taft Plans Nationwide Messages to Congress
President Taft began drafting the second weekly message to Congress and intends a long December 10 note on general subjects. If needed the messages will be split across installments while a budget-system discussion will follow after the holidays. Subsequent shorter notes will address various government topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Taft
Congress
Concoees
Debs Denies Fort Scott Indictment Report
Debs says indictments are a lie and denies leaving for Fort Scott after being named in Girard Kansas. He notes his candidacy of the working classes and suggests he may become the penitentiary candidate. The charges by the Appeal to Reason spurred initial indictments against Warren and Shepherd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Special
Dugene
Debs
Girard
Kan
Fort Scott
Fort Leavenworth
Fred D. Warren
J. J. Shepherd
New York Museum Receives Rare Lung Fish Record
The American Museum of Natural History in New York has acquired a second living lung fish from Gambia, West Africa. The specimen came with an air-cell tunnel in a dirt block, illustrating the species' ancient lineage and amphibian traits as described by Dr. Bashford Dean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Museum of Natural History
Gambia
West Africa
United States
van Oll
Bashford Dean
Woman Confesses Murder After Watching Movies
In Macon Georgia a woman confessed to a murder after a haunting conscience message. The account describes her viewing "movies" before the killing and details remain unclear due to damaged text.
Accidental Property Report From Macon and Wher
A fragmented OCR item notes an accidental property event linked to two years in Macon and Wher. The readable text provides no names, dates, or clear actions beyond the mention of property accident context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Worry over murder charge in New York case
Report describes J Hickey, indicted for strangling Josephina in New York, being taken to Buffalo on the State express. Chief of Police Ray accompanies in custody. The article notes speculation about needing an over coat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
J. Hickey
Strana
Josephina
N.Y
Bui Teday
Em State Express
Ray
Wanna
Taft Weighs Future Role in Republican Party
President Taft told friends he may back rejuvenation of the Republican Party and resist a strong 1916 candidate role. He plans to influence factional plans in winter discussions in New York or Washington with national committee members signaling White House talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
Iepublican
New Y
Senter Ad National
White House
Goose the Real Thanksgiving Bird
Washington special reports Dr. R E Doolittle of the Agriculture Department urging geese as Thanksgiving dinner over turkey. He argues turkeys mature only after Christmas and geese are tender and proper for the meal with lettuce salad and oil dressing as sides. He notes moderation matters more than what is eaten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
R. E. Doolittle
Bureau of Chemistry
Department of Agriculture
Egg market cornering probes widen in New York
State and federal authorities join in probing egg market cornering. report notes speculative hoarding of hundreds of millions of eggs stored within fifty miles of the city. prices range from 35 to 46 cents per dozen for storage eggs, 60 to 65 cents for fresh eggs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Four Die in Vicious Armageddon at Olive Branch Shootout
In Olive Branch Mississippi a mob attacked the home of Treadway after a pitched battle that left four men dead and Treadway gravely wounded. The family physician pleaded with mob leaders who warned they would return if he survived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive Branch
Treadway
Wadnestay
Turley Trot calibration opens with thousands at Cubro
Thousands of visitors gather for the Turley Trot calibration in Cubro as the event opens Monday. The bustling scene includes crowds across the fairground with excitement around the inaugural pace trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cubro
Tex
Speciali
WEDDING CLAIM FOR MRS ELIZABETH HEARN DISSENTED
In New York a report from the Hotel St Regis claimed Senor Dominica De Gama would wed Mrs Elizabeth Bell Hearn at 7 pm with Mayor Gaynor presiding. Mrs Hearn denied the report saying she would not be the Brazilian's bride. The ceremony was described as planned at Judge Elbert Garys home with Rev Dr Stickney Grant officiating.
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New York
St. Regis Oy
Senor Dominica de Gama
Elizabeth Bell Hearn
Arthur H., Hearn
Hearn
Court Demonstrates Noose in Mattie Hackett Trial
In Augusta Maine Daniel AlcGill cuddy defense counsel staged a demonstration of a strangler knot before the jury amid the Mattie Hackett murder trial. The testimony focused on possible accomplices including Mrs Elsie Hobba Raymond and a tramp theory with related references to footprints and footwear.
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Augusta
Danilel AlcGillicuddy
Mattie Hackett
Plaisted
Elsie Hobba Raymond
Clement L. Vallendigham
Ohio
Lebanon
Ellas E. Dolly
Lincoln
Miss Hackett
Dolly
William Hurd
Hackett
New Jersey
Readfield
Raymond
Mattie Hawkett
Sleep Walker Falls Six Stories and Lives
Mrs. Ida Radt wife of Max Radt Greenwich Bank vice president stepped from a ninth floor window at the Hotel Orleans 100 West Eightieth Street while sleepwalking and dreaming the building was on fire. She fell about sixty feet but was saved by a caved wire screen and a claimed third floor porch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Orleans
Wenet Hightieth Street
Ida Radt
Max Radt
Greenwich Bank
Mrs Radt Escapes Fire Dream In Somnambulism
Mrs. Radt awoke to a hotel fire dream and tried to escape via a window on the third floor. Bockell aided her through the window while her husband and son slept. An ambulance and doctors found only nervous shock and minor bruises. she rests under nurse care. Somnambulism history noted.
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Hugo
Polyclinic Hospital
Oler
Radt
Moran
Why He Wouldn't Obey Orders
An Irish hod carrier carries mortar to a skyscraper and cannot find his way down. The boss calls to Pat to descend and Pat replies he came up head first and will not go down the same way. The joke hinges on Pat’s stubborn reply and the upside down phrasing of coming up head first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat
Dynamite Case Witness McManigal Reveals Memory Gaps
Ortie McManigal testifies under cross examination by Senator Kern in Indianapolis detailing five years as a dynamiter. He offers spontaneous corrections to defense notes and struggles to recall dates while recounting travels, jobs, and encounters across the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Ortie McManigal
Kern
McManigal
Prisoners in Sing Sing Death House After Rosenthal Gunmen
Ossining N Y Special reports seventeen inmates in Sing Sing death house after the Rosenthal gunmen arrival forced a prison routine change. Exercise time was cut to half an hour and meals included grape fruit shredded wheat boiled eggs butter rolls and coffee with cocoa for a weak stomach inmate.
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Ossining
N. Y
Sing Sing
Rosenthal
Death House
Young Man Held on Charge of Murder in Portsmouth
A 27 year old man, I. Eslott son of Pelicentan L. Fillott, was held by Mayor Hope in the Police Court for the grand jury on a murder charge. The victim was J. E. Anold, killed Saturday in the home of Mogress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
Peniest I. Eslott
Om of
Pelicentan
L. C. Fillott
Holt
Hope
J. E
Mogress
Fined for Sale of Apple Cider in Suffolk Case Review
Writs of error go to the Court of Appeals from E. Gayle and J. H. Eason who were fined 50 dollars each in Suffolk Circuit Court for selling apple cider with more than six percent alcohol. They did not dispute the sale and offered samples when officers questioned them. The appeal argues that pure apple cider is not illegal liquor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Su- Court of Appeals
E. ©. Gayle
J. H. Eason
Suffolk
Commonwealth
Democratic whiskers in a woven Wilson chain
In South Bend Indiana a longtime Democrat Peter Kreczmer vows his sixteen year whiskers in support of a President-elect Wilson. He plans to present a watch chain woven from his red hair if Wilson accepts the gift, tying to a pledge dating back to 1896.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Ind
Wilson
Peter Kreczmer
Grover Cleveland
White House
Peter
Harvester Trust
Mr. Wilson
Princeton
Health board closes public venues amid fever outbreak
Elizabeth City county health officers order the closing of public shops and suspension of Sunday Schools in Hampton as diphtheria and scarlet fever fears rise. Quarantine enforcement follows a family where children were ill and no physician was called. The move aims to prevent a county wide epidemic near Dumpton Normal and Industrial School and Fortress Monroe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport News
Board of Health
Elizabeth City
Hampton
Dumpton Normal and Industrial School
Nesro
Fortress Monroe
Auto in race with death to hospital
Three men and a chauffeur sped across Queensboro Bridge to Flower Hospital after a accidental shooting in Astoria. John Sercombe, 43, superintendent for Astorian Light Heat and Power, was shot in the abdomen during a hotel room examination of a pistol. Ver Pault surrendered, and Sercombe lay near death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Queensboro Bridge
Avenue A
Flower Hospital
Astoria
John Secomb
John Sercombe
Newtown Avenue
Astorian Light, Heat and Power Company
Casino Beach
Joseph Depzel
Woolsey Avenue
Astoria Beach
Sercombe
George V. Ver Pault
Andrew Boistler
Ver Pault
Montague Urges Expansion Of Confederate Women’s Home Work
At a Washington United Daughters of the Confederacy convention Mrs. Andrew Jackson Montague urged enlarging the Home for Needy Confederate Women in Richmond. She noted growing demand from feeble, aged, and penniless women of the sixties and said expansion hinges on additional income. The institution marked its twelfth anniversary in October.
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The
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Washington
Andrew Jackson Montague
Home For
Montague
Living Memorial for Confederate Widows and Orphans
A Confederate period text urges turning a care home for destitute wives and daughters of soldiers into a United Daughters of the Confederacy property. It warns against delaying monuments at Arlington and Shiloh and argues the living need bread and shelter over stone. It requests a conference to transfer ownership and maintenance under proper conditions.
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South
New York
California
Kentucky
North Carolina
District of Columbia
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Arlington
Shiloh
Ife
Confederacy
Gibson May Not Get Second Trial
Assistant District Attorney Deacon Franklin disclosed plans to seek two indictments against Burton W. Gibson for perjury and forgery tied to the late Countess Rosa Menschik Szabo. He suggested a new trial is unlikely in Orange County for the murder, as the first jury disagreed, with warrants to follow Gibson's release from Goshen jail if indictments are obtained.
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New York
Deacon Franklin
Burton W. Gibson
Rosa Menschik Szabo
Gibson
Orange County
Franklin
Goshen
Court Officers Shot Down in Olive Branch
In Olive Branch Mississippi four men died and three deputies were wounded after a revolver battle during a conflict over a judgment execution. Sheriff W. T. Harris and G. W. Treadway along with Treadway's two sons were killed. another son was captured after a lengthy chase. a lynching is feared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive Branch
Miss
W. T. Harris
G. W. Treadway
Treadway
Treadway House
Ethnic names in business provoke calls for guardrails
In Boston Massachusetts J Calder Gordon secretary register of the Scottish Historical Society warns that foreigners adopting famed local family names like John Lowell Charles Eliot and William Peabody risk social scrutiny and possible legal action to curb this practice as it harms society.
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Boston
Mass
Bay State
J. Calder Gordon
Scottish Historical Society of North America
John Lowell
Charles Eliot
William Peabody
Maniac at Los Angeles Police Station Demands Wage Demands
Carl Warr, strapped to a hospital cot after seizing the Central Police Station, claimed he did not intend to harm anyone. He said his plan was to confront Paul Shoup Jr of Pacific Electric and threaten to blow up the building unless worker conditions and wages were improved.
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Los Angeles
Carl Warr
Central Police Station
Paul Shoup, Jr
Pacific Electric Company
Warr
Pacific Electric
Paul Shoup
Snead weighs third call for Dallas YMCA job
Harry C. Snead general secretary of the Lynchburg Y M C A is weighing a third offer in six weeks from the Dallas Texas association for the general secretary position. The Dallas appeal is strong enough to merit serious consideration by Snead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynchburg
Harry C. Snead
Young Men's Christian Association
Dallas, Tex
Snead
Abbott Freed by Jury in County Case
Special report. At court this morning the jury found James C. Abbott not guilty in the murder of James Cole, a well known white farmer, in the county near this city. The verdict ends the county murder case.
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Abbott
Tne
James C. Abbott
James Coleth
Merriman Granted Bail in Child Murder Case
Richmond Special Charles C Merriman, jailed for alleged murder of his day old child, was granted bail in Hastings Court in the sum of Jr by Judge D C Richardson. The bail was secured by his brother and father in law with counsel Louis CO Wendenburg handling the filing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Charlies C. Merriman
Hastings
Lin
D. C. Richardson
E Merriman
J. B. Drummond
Louis CO. Wendenburg
Merriman
Richardson
Taylor
Taylor and Dr. Nuckols
Virginia Hospital
Fire Hose Used as Students Riot at Dartmouth Show
In White River Junction Vermont a crowd of Dartmouth students over 200 from Hanover attacked the Crown Theater crowding and hooting the Lorne Elwyn Company. Firemen turned hoses on rioters and the theater interior was damaged. No arrests were made.
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White River Junction
Dartmouth
Hanover
Crown Theater
Lorne Elwyn
Elwyn
Hartford
Three Lose Lives in Tennant Fire
Paris reporting that a band of American crooks based in Paris is suspected in a theft of 5 000 from a consignment of 1 000 600 in gold from the Bank of England to Lyonnais in Alexandria Egypt. Scotland Yard probes the theory that the loot was stolen from money pouches on a Bremen to Trieste train and that thieves quit while unable to carry more.
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Paris
Bank of England
Lyonnais
Alexandria
Egypt
Scotland Yard
Bremen
Trieste
Millionaire Forster Family Shot Near West City
William H. Forster his wife and their chauffeur George Keller were shot by a hunter while on the way to the Forster summer home fifteen miles west. The assailant Lloyd Pastorius fled after the attack as a posse searched the scene. Mrs. Forster is mortally wounded and Forster remains in critical danger.
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BRIE
William H. Forster
George Keller
Forster
Forsters
Keller
Lioyd Pastorious
Hays Manufacturing Company
Northwestern Pipe and Supply Company
Walnut Creek Bridge
Slippers Spark a Railway Romance
A sharp voiced woman recalls a past romance with her husband Charles aboard a railway carriage. She attributes their marriage to the slippers she gave as a Christmas gift before they were married, noting how they measured his feet for the pair. A young man nearby hides his feet from the seat during the tale.
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Charles
Rebels Refuse To Be Peaceful Clash Near Border
Mexican Federals and rebels clash near the American border as 200 Federals are hurriedly dispatched from Agua. The fighting resumes despite calls for peace.
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Douglas
ARTS
Agua
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