Lip-Readers and Prof Bell's Oral Method Teach Deaf Speech
In a reminiscence by W A Scort, a former Omaha Republican reporter recalls interviewing Dr Alexander Graham Bell about the oral method for teaching the deaf. He explains how the method trains lip reading and articulation to replace sign language, enabling deaf students to converse and understand spoken language over a twelve year course. A Kansas train encounter reveals a deaf observer using lip readings to interpret speech.
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Omaha Republican
Alexander Graham Bell
Bell Telephone Company
Bell
Deaf Mute School
Nebraska
Prof
Kansas
Lawrence
Mies
W. A. Scort
Sioux City man suspended from Chicago Board of Trade
H. D. Booge formerly of Sioux City has been suspended from the Chicago Board of Trade for ten years for peculiar methods of doing business. Many of his customers who lost heavily through his bad faith were strongly impressed by the peculiar aspects of his conduct.
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H. D. Booge
Sioux City
Chicago Board of ‘Trade
Tariff clash may shut out Cuban sugar from U S
Strained US Spain relations threaten a retaliatory tariff. If the president enacts a proclamation, American ports may close to Spanish products, risking loss of Cuban raw sugar and 20,000 jobs as prices rise. Spain’s two column tariff pits US in first column, sparking trade shifts with Canada and Brazil.
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Wasmatox
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Spain
Gresham
Taylor
Madrid
Cleveland
Cuba
Louisiana
Hawaii
Brazil
Canada
Erwin Declines Hayward Case Defense Details
St. Paun Dec 26 The Pioneer Press quotes W W Erwin stating there is nothing to say now as the state has no theory and the trial must be honestly conducted He notes no fictitious defense or prosecution and hints at possible public remarks later He declines to reveal line of defense or any specific features of the matter for the present
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Tall Pine
Hayward
St. Paun
Pioneer Press
W. W. Erwin
Erwin
Winter's Long Ride sets world bicycle record in 300 days
New Orleans reports editor T. W. Winter of the Wasp aims to ride 21 600 miles in 300 consecutive days along the U S coast and border line through 33 states and territories visiting nearly 3 000 towns and villages. Start February 5 from New Orleans heading west to ride in warm weather across the Northwest plains the most favorable time of year.
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United States
New Oreans
T. W. Winter
Wasp
Great Plains
Northwest
Globe
Minnesota Educators at Thirty-Second Annual Convention
Thirty-second annual Minnesota Educational association meeting continues in St Paul with about 300 teachers present. Receptions at Windsor hotel and theater entertainments accompany sessions through Friday night.
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Seson
St. Paul
Minnesota Educational Association
Windsor Hotel
Brooks County Race Disturbance Brings Out Militia
Special telegraphs from Quitman Georgia report a surge of violence in Brooks County Morven area with seven killed including white and colored residents. A mob attacked Joe Isham Sam Taylor Eli Frazier and Harry Sherwood and assaulted their families. Sheriff Thresher faces censure as the governor orders militia standby at Waycross to quell the turmoil.
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Eli Frazier
Frazier
Harry Sherwood
Sam Taylor
Tillman
Bill Alderman
Thresher
Atlanta
Atkinson
Thrasher
Brooks County
Quitman
Waycross
Brooks
Constable Mauldin
Joseph Isham
Harry Sherrod
Sam Pike
George Fritz
Debs Sentences Doubled for Appeal in Santa Fe Case
Judge Woods orders Debs and six associates to begin jail terms January 8 in the Santa Fe case. The government case, previously cumulated, is separated and the sentence deferred to permit an appeal. The move aims to test legality of both sentences in the Supreme Court.
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Woods
Debs
Santa Fe
Gregory
Judee Woods
United States Supreme Court
Bioux City Boodlers Unearthed in County Funds Case
Sifting committee exposes forgery ring in Woodbury County. About 74 forgery cases tied to county poor funds reveal money drawn in fictitious paupers names with forged receipts. sums range from $50 to $500. Some travelers funded, warrants misused, and funds squandered. Indicted officials resist indictments as inquiry expands toward next court term.
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Moreoodbury County
Sioux City
Pacific Coast
Citizens’ Committee
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company
van Wagenen
Two Sticks to hang for Indian murder in Deadwood
President refuses pardon request for Two Sticks alias Chanope Huah, a Brule Sioux, condemned for the deliberate murder of four cowboys after hospitality. U S Attorney Miller calls it a clear hangman case as death is set for December 28 at Deadwood unless clemency comes. Officials note the killer 72 and resisting execution.
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India
Cha Nope Huah
Two Sticks
South Dakota
Yankton
S. C
United States
Peemiller
Deadwood
Cleveland
Olney
Miller
Killing of Joe White Stirring in Wisconsin
The Hicks case, an ex assistant deputy game warden charged with killing Indian chief Joe White, continues. White's stepson testifies that White did not attack officers. he says Hicks struck White with handcuffs and Hicks clubbed him. The witness says White was shot in the back while fleeing, his skull crushed by blows. Accused defense will claim self defense. case draws strong interest and promises a heated trial.
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Dave Pike
Isham
Pike
Sam Taylor
Taylor
Shell Lake
Wis
S. M. Hicks
Joe White
Martin
White
Young White
Warden Martin
Hicks
Clarkson Interviewed by Examiners Christmas Reporter
General John 5 Clarkson, usually reluctant to talk to presses, spoke in a Christmas edition interview about presidential possibilities. He favored McKinley if a convention were held this year but expects a gap of two years and sees Thomas B Reed of Maine as a strong future candidate. He also mentioned General Harrison Senator Cullom Robert Lincoln Senator Spooner Senator Davis and Senator Allison as potential options.
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John 5
Clarkson
Examiner
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Thomas B. Reed
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Reed
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Cullom
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Spooner
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