Condensed News Of A Week At Home And Abroad
A roundup from World events covers Britain’s protest note over Panama canal tolls, a rail and station abolition order, Taft’s cabinet appointees, uniform rural credit proposals, Stimson on Filipino civil status, Wilson’s 1912 crop value record, tariff revisions under Underwood, Ransdell’s National Rivers and Harbors leadership, Navy expansion needs, Taft’s optimistic message, and the Adamson bill authorizing stock and bond investigations of rail carriers.
United States sues Gaynor family in Savannah fraud case
The United States files suit to recover about $500,000 alleged proceeds of the Savannah harbor frauds of 1887 against John F. Gaynor and family members, seeking $125,000 in a preliminary action.
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United States
John F. Gaynor
Savannah Harbor
Naval officer and state official dies cleaning gun
A naval officer and once state comptroller of Nebraska killed himself while cleaning a firearm before a hunting trip. He had recently led the Lincoln hospital in New York City.
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Nebraska
Lincoln Hospital
New York City
Greece to Join Peace Conference After Armistice
Austro Hungarian and Italian ministers in Athens protested Greek bombardment of Aviona and declared Greek occupation of Aviona or Saseno cannot be permanent. Greece has signed an armistice with Turkey and will take part in the London peace conference opening December 16.
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Athens
Aviona
Saseno
Greece
Turkey
London
Hoppe Sets Record With 400 Points In Four Innings
In Philadelphia Willie Hoppe, the 18.2 billiards champion, scored 400 points in four innings averaging 100 per inning against George Slosson who scored 32. The match showcased Hoppe's dominance and established a new record speed.
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Sporting
Willie Hoppe
George Slosson
Philadelphia
Slosson
Notable figures in medical, finance and diplomacy news
Personal T. E. Mitten, head of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit, is hospitalized at Johns Hopkins Baltimore awaiting an operation. Daniel E. Sickles faces foreclosure on a $118000 mortgage as Bowery Savings sues in New York. French ambassador M Jusserand announces a $100000 gift from James Stillman to Paris School of Fine Arts. Senator Boles Penrose voices support for federal old age pensions at a Philadelphia civil service dinner.
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T. E. Mitten
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Chicago
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Daniel E. Sickles
The
Bowery Savings Bank
Supreme Court
New York
M. Jusserend
United States
French Institute
James Stillman
School of Fine Arts
Paris
Boles Penrose
Philadelphia
Congress
Mothers of Nine Killed in Gary Fire
Mrs. Aaron Olson, wife of a cement block manufacturer, was burned to death in Gary when her clothing ignited while cleaning with gasoline. Her nineteen year old daughter and neighbor Benjamin Schuster, twenty, were badly burned attempting to extinguish the flames. Olson leaves nine children.
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Gary
Aaron Olson
Benjamin Schuster
Olson
Forgiveness and Humility in Jesus Teaching
A sermon outline on Matthew 18 15 35 contrasts human and divine forgiveness. It covers addressing wrongs directly, church authority to bind and loose, forgiving seventy times seven, and the parable of the debtor forgiven a vast debt to illustrate grace and mercy.
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Peter
Jesus
Auto Men Join Fanciers Show in Richmond Coliseum
Richmond announces an auto show linked with the poultry exhibit to run January 14 to 17 at the Coliseum. This fifth annual poultry show will have no admission fee, with entries already indicating more than two thousand fowls on display.
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Richmond
Richmond Poultry and Pet Stock Association
Physicians Meet Thursday for Indiana Councilor District
Martinsville December 11 annual meeting of the Seventh Indiana Councilor District Medical association set for Thursday afternoon and evening. Twenty one Indianapolis physicians on the program. District includes Hendricks Johnson Marion and Morgan counties with officers President Dr C A White Danville secretary Dr Daniel W Layman Indianapolis and councilor Dr W N Wishard Indianapolis.
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Martinsville
Indiana Councilor District Medical Association
Indianapolis
Hendricks
Johnson
Marion
Morgan
C. A. White
Danville
Daniel W. Layman
W. N. Wishard
Says Wife Made Threats in Divorce Suit
Newcastle December 11 James King a factory foreman sues for divorce from Rennis King alleging his wife Mollie King threatened to pour hot lead in his car and burn him with acid. The suit follows annulment of King and Mollie King marriage and King’s arrest on bigamy charged by Mrs Rennis King, to whom he was first married. If granted the divorce he plans to remarry his second wife.
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Newcastle
James King
Rennis King
King
Mollie King
Shredder Blown to Pieces Reported Near Shelbyville
John Loggans lost his fodder shredder north of Shelbyville when dynamite hidden in fodder exploded inside the machine. The blast blew the shredder apart, two teams of horses pulling loads fled the area, but their drivers were uninjured.
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Shelbyville
John Loggans
Here
Thomas Fox Run Down by Switch Engine in Elwood Yard
Webster E. Fox aged 62 was fatally struck in Elwood yards by a Lake Erie and Western switch engine. He stepped from the main track onto a switch as a train approached and was hit, losing an arm and suffering internal injuries. He leaves a wife and four grown children.
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Elwood
Webster E. Fox
Lake Erie & Western
Prominent Physician Dies In Noblesville
Noblesville report memorializes Dr. J. A. Axline who died at age sixty five from cancer at home. He leaves two sons, both Noblesville businessmen. Dr. Axline practiced in Rushville for twenty years before relocating twenty years ago and was long active in the Indiana Medical Association.
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Noblesville
J. A. Axline
Axline
Rushville
Indiana Medical Association
Richmond Forms Local Indiana Civic Union Branch
Richmond December 11 Local branch of the Indiana Civic union formed with Sharon Jones as president Charles E Marlatt as vice president N C Heironimus secretary and treasurer Rev B D Johnson president of the state association Indianapolis was present and gave an address.
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Richmond
Civic Union
Indiana Civic Union
Sharon Jones
Charles E. Marlatt
N. C. Heironimus
B. D. Johnson
State Association, of
Indianapolis
Eight Hundred Birds at Seventh Poultry Show Opens
Columbus December 11 The seventh annual show by the American Poultry Breeders and Sanders Association of this city opened in City Hall with 800 birds on display. Earl Hemenway of Iowa will judge the entries.
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Columbus
and Sanders
Association of
Earl Hemenway
Iowa
Will Fudge
The
Dinas
Old Style Ad Promotes Red Cross Ball Blue Paint
The unsigned fragment extols women to aim in life and mocks poor aim while praising Red Cross Ball Blue as the blue in water. It references a taper’s quip that none are so blind as those who refuse an eye opener, ending with a sales pitch.
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Ady
Two Guesses in a Humorous Harper’s Weekly Exchange
A proud father quizzes the doctor as to the newborn’s sex. The doctor teases him with two guesses, insisting the father cannot predict right. After brief exchanges the father concedes with a sigh about the girl.
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Harper’s Weekly
Grape Nuts Restores Health in a Young Woman
A Cole girl credits Grape Nuts with curing long standing digestion and rheumatism problems after trying various diets. She gained 10 pounds in five weeks and reports renewed health and energy. The ad notes the product helps digestion and red blood cell formation and links to The Road to Wellville.
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Cole
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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