Dastardly Plot Foiled In Texas Oil Land Heist
Miss Choice Bardeline and her aunt fought off wolves and aided her brother and lover to foil a swindling gang led by Maj. Lark and Sam Smart. The plan aimed to force signature on a power of attorney to seize 80 acres near Humble with oil wealth. Bob Warren wounded the chief ringleader, and rightful heirs reclaimed the property as gold flowed in.
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Texas
Liberty County
Buckingham Sark
San Jacinto
Whit Bartle- Dive
Meishbor
Whit Bardeline
Mr. Sark
Smart
Smart & Hermolingue
Maj. Lark
Maj. Sark
Sark
Caldwell
Burlison County
Tex
Bardeline
Miss Choice
Sam Bardeline
New Mexico
Ma. Sark
Polly
Miss Choica
Mas
Lark
Humble
Old Polly
Burleson County
Whit Bartle- Bane
Maj
Houston
Choice Bardeline
Mr. Smart
Choice
Carroll
San Jacinto Bottoms
Mr. Carroll
Hermolingue
Bob Warren
Thanksgiving Proclamation Sets November 30 As Day
President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Thursday November 30 as a day of thanksgiving nationwide. He recalls early settlers facing hardship and urges praise of the Almighty, gratitude for bountiful crops and prosperity, and a pledge to combat personal faults in a year marked by strong national well being. The proclamation is signed in Washington with Secretary of State Elihu Root's endorsement.
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Washington
United States of America
Republic
United States
Theodore Roosevelt
Cabinet Officers May Discuss Dept Matters With Press
The cabinet issued a revised rule allowing officers to discuss with reporters issues from their departments if it is shown by indirect inquiry that the subjects were raised in cabinet meetings. The change follows a heated debate at the regular cabinet session.
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Washington
Wisconsin Population 2,228,919 in 1910 Census
Wisconsin's total population reached 2,228,919, per the state tally by Secretary Houser. The gain since 1900 is 159,907, with a five year growth rate of 7.7 percent and a 22.7 percent rise from 1895 to 1900.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Houser
Brooklyn Wisconsin Village Fire Destroys Business District
Fire at eight o clock Thursday in Brooklyn Mercantile building leveled the business section. Frank Buchman general store A G Ellis drug store Snyder Roberts meat market post office and several smaller structures were destroyed the bank survived. Loss about 50000. This marks the village s third blaze in twenty years.
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Wisconsin
Brooklyn
Wis
Brooklyn Mercantile
Frank Buchman
A. G. Ellis
Snyder & Roberts
Bank of Brooklyn
Dan Patch Equaled World Pace Record in Mile Dash
Memphis Tenn November 4 Dan Patch tied the world pacing record with a 1:5914 mile run paced by a trailing horse. The effort occurred in an informal session not a formal meeting, and officials doubt the mark will stand.
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Memphis
Tenn
Dan Patch
Star Pointer
Locomotive Explosion Kills Two Near Ennis Texas
A locomotive on the Houston & Texas Central railroad exploded near Ennis Texas injuring a third person. Two people were killed in the blast and the accident occurred Friday morning.
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Houston
Tex
Houston & Texas Central Railroad
Ennis
Hunter dies in accidental shotgun discharge near La Crosse
Edward Brieske aged 16 was killed while duck hunting on Black River at New Amsterdam Wisconsin. He pulled the gun toward him from the boat causing the weapon to discharge as the hammers snapped on the seat.
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la Crosse
Wis
Edward Brieske
Black River
New Amsterdam
Robbery at Ludington Post Office Narrows
Ludington Michigan November 3 burglars entered the post office Wednesday night and secured 700 dollars. The safe was wrecked by dynamite. Local officers report a small crew at large.
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Ludington
Mich
Roosevelt Ends Southern Trip At White House Return
President Roosevelt arrived aboard the Dolphin at the Washington navy yard at 11 65 oclock Tuesday forenoon and headed to the White House with Mrs Roosevelt. He spent the afternoon attending to business, meeting Secretary Hitchcock Postmaster General Cortelyou and Secretary Root. No cabinet meeting was scheduled. Reports state private information suggested changes in the Russian government, viewed with American satisfaction, though no communications occurred between the nations.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Washington Navy Yard
White House
United States
Hitchcock
Cortelyou
Root
Charles J. Devlin Dies After Stroke At St Elizabeths
Charles J. Devlin, famed coal mine operator facing $5.681 million bankruptcy, died at St Elizabeths hospital Friday night from paralysis. He had a prior stroke last summer and was once among the Southwest’s wealthiest men, leading 26 coal mining and mercantile ventures in Kansas Missouri Illinois and beyond. His holdings centered on southern Kansas and Illinois mines including Mount Carmel Toluca Marquette third vein and related Devlin owned firms.
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Chicago
Charles J. Devlin
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Devlin
Kansas
Missouri
Illinois
Southwest
Marceline
Ilinois
Mount Carmel
Toluca
Marquette
Will Not Be Prosecuted Judge Baker Case Is Dropped
The Post reports United States Circuit Judge Francis B. Baker of Indiana will not plead to an indictment over alleged violations of the civil service law by soliciting campaign contributions from government workers. The Justice Department briefing to the president followed Civil Service Commission accusations that Goshen post office clerks were urged to give five percent of their salaries to the Republican fund three years ago.
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Washington
the Post
United States Circuit
Francis B. Baker
Indiana
Civil Service Law
Department of Justice
Baker
Civil Service Commission
Civil Service
Greene
Goshen
Ind
Republican Campaign Fund
Train Derailed Killing Thirteen and Wounding Many
Thirteen people died and 80 were injured when the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe California Express derailed after hitting a loose rail near Blue River, one mile east of Kansas City. The through train from Chicago to San Francisco was traveling at about 85 miles per hour and was about 10 minutes behind schedule.
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Kansas City
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
California Express
Blue River
Chicago
San Francisco
British Envoy Honored in Annapolis Visit by President
Prince Louis of Battenberg arrived in the United States bearing a message from the monarch. He was received with honors by Admiral Sands and Governor Warfield. Also reported, Grant Williams, a colored man, was hanged in Annapolis for the 1901 murder of James Dolan and an unknown man. Williams faced the scaffold weak from tuberculosis and required assistance to die.
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Annapolis
Prince Louis of Battenberg
British Empire
United States
Admiral Sands
Naval Academy
Gov. Warfield
Maryland
South Macalester
L T
Grant Williams
James Dolan
Williams
Valuable Cargo of Whalebone and Whale Oil Arrives
The whaling steamer William Baylies reached San Francisco with more than 30,000 pounds of whalebone and oil from 16 whales. Cargo valued at about 150000 dollars. In Onaga Kansas the Pecher block burned, destroying several stores and forcing evacuees from upper floors. Loss estimated at 50000 dollars.
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San Francisco
William Baylies
Onaga
Kan
Eleven whaling ships trapped in Arctic for winter
In San Francisco on November 2 a fleet of eleven whaling vessels, nearly the entire San Francisco fleet, is caught in the Arctic Ocean. They cannot leave until next July or August, leaving 440 crewmen to endure a northern winter.
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San Francisco
Arctic Ocean
Cholera Breaks Out in Large Part of Lodz
Cholera has broken out in Lodz Russia Poland with several cases reported in the city’s most populous section as of November 2.
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Lodz
Russian
Poland
Faithful shirtwaist trends in autumn blouses
The Chicago Tribune notes autumn waist fashion returning to shirtwaist lines in winter blouses with simple front pleats and various yoke styles. Fabrics feature plaids and albatross, with reds and greens, silk cravats, and gold button detailing on cuffs and turnovers.
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Chicago Tribune
Salmon and Beets Salad Recipes from Chicago Inter Ocean
The article outlines several salad ideas including Brussels sprouts and beets with a beet cut centerpiece and a beet wreath, cauliflower salad with watercress and cheese, plus a French dressing recipe. It emphasizes keeping ingredients cold and using French or mayonnaise dressings.
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Chicago
Inter Ocean
Frozen Mint with Lemon
Boil sugar and water with lemon rind, add lemon juice, chill, and freeze in parts. Tint half ice pale green and flavor with peppermint or creme de ment cordial. Serve mint flavored ice in same glass or separate cups.
Evening Wear Trends and Plant Care Tips From Old Notes
Evening Wraps note broadcloth coats remain common with mohair-white for first time in years. White broadcloths will dominate, with gray silver and pale blue popular. Geraniums in the Cellar advise freezing-safe storage. hung by roots in a dry cellar, they will rebound when planted in spring.
Mammoth Magistrate of Pittsburg Weighs 565 Pounds
Alderman Charles Kaltenhause, Pittsburg, billed as the world’s heaviest justice of the peace, reportedly tips the scales at 565 pounds. The item notes his size and position with a humorous, hometown newspaper tone.
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Mammoth
Charles Kaltenhause
Pittsburg
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