Trials and Politics Mix in Port Rico Panama Messages
The article notes Roosevelt will send a December message on Porto Rico and Panama to Congress, with Panama’s message due December 17, while defense and naval priorities are debated. It also covers a Suffolk County murder trial related to Chester Gillette and a series of court actions and verdicts.
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Washington
Deco
Roosevelt
Congress
Porto Rico
Panama
Serthford
Lad
Willi. Cook
John Roe Peecrins
Granger
Ebreuit
Peter Tareene
Notable Career Ended as Mexican General Mejia Dies
The death of General Tenacio Mejia in Mexico City is reported. Born in Zimatlan Oaxaca in 1800s, he joined the Liberal cause and fought for fifty years, later deported to France during the Franco-Prussian era. His long career spans many military actions and political upheavals in late Mexican history.
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Mexico City
Tenacio Mejia
Avota Mejia
General Mejia
Zimatlan
Oaxaca
Dle
Liberal Party
France
Ohio Axorcide Convicted in Early Trial
Cornelius Corton of OF was found guilty in the first day of common pleas court for the murder of his wife. He battered her with a window weight, fracturing her skull, in a fatal attack.
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Corton
Conmmon
Railway Journey Triggers Lost Destination Author Joke
A conceited young novelist recalls a reader who read a copy of his last book on a train and realized he had traveled twenty miles past his stop. The novelist calls it gratifying while a friend quips that sleeping on trains is a bad habit.
You should have seen Mr Nuritch take that hedge
The fox hunters recount a feat by Mr Nuritch who cleared a high hedge, proving the horse did not jump it. The exchange highlights Nuritch's singular effort and skill in a bold riding moment noted by the Philadelphia Press.
Death of Duke of Wellington Triggers Irish Bell Ringing
In Trim near Dangan Castle Ireland the muffled bells rang for the Duke of Wellington s death. The tenor bell broke mid toll and was later found to have been cast in 1700 the year of the duke s birth a curious historical coincidence linking the bell to his birth year.
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Duke of Wellington
Trim
Dangan Castle
Ireland
Wellington
Four Children Perish in House Fire Near Here
Weerfeld No Dee reports two months to five years old burned to death in a home fire last night. Mrs W O F Wezel and Mrs Oscar Felter lived with two children each and were out when the blaze started. Firemen found the four youngsters burned beyond recognition.
The Chagres Overflows In Panama Region
Ten inches of rain in Colon in twenty four hours drives record Chagres River rise. Panama Railroad traffic interrupted. Northern Bas Obispo villages face hardship without relief if waters do not subside.
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Colon
Chagres
Panama
Bas Obispo
Character as the true measure of a man
A newspaper excerpt argues that a person's defining trait is character not wealth power or intellect, emphasizing character as the distinguishing feature of an individual.
Waves of the Seal and the Shore Line Joke
A Detroit News snippet riffs on life as waves of the seal, calling to come to the shore in great style and leave with nothing, a brief playful sentiment.
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Sowells
Detroit News
Government sues rail line over Kiowa Comanche land right of way
The United States government filed a federal suit in Lawton Oklahoma for Indian land values and damages totaling more than $114000 against the Wichita Falls Lawton Northwestern Railway Company. The claim concerns the railroad right of way across Kiowa and Comanche Indian reserve lands.
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Lawton
Okla
United States
Wichita Falls, Lawton & Northwestern Railway Company
The German I and You Etiquette and a Arizona Flood
A note on German letter etiquette noting lowercase I ich and capital Sie. Also a flood at Clifton Arizona where a dam breaker released a wall of water on Chase Creek with many lives lost.
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Ich
You
Sie
Clifton
Ariz
Chase Creek
Enforce Law Reform Ideas Spotlight Police Board Action
A city council discussion highlights stricter law enforcement standards and a push for reform. The piece mentions hopes to link four towns via a proposed rail route, with branches to Attica and Danville and connections to Chicago and Indianapolis lines.
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Fordsaville
dPhanvilie
Groomington
Plés
Lafayette
Covington
Eanheeft
Clinton
Terre Elante
Attica
Nankakee
Chicago
Danville
Ind
Indianapolis & Western
Dam Break Destroys Clifton Arizona Town
A dam failure near Clifton Arizona releases a wall of water along Chase Creek washing away half the town and drowning several residents. Reports confirm fatalities and widespread damage to the Copper Queen Hotel and surrounding structures as rescuers work amid wartime distress.
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Phoenix
Clifton
Ariz
Chase Creek
Copper Queen
Peter
Fie Gothet
Would-Be Robbers Fooled by Night Watchman in Morristown
Morristown Indiana December 5 night watchman Jacob Mclane thwarted a post office robbery when he surprised two men at the side window. After a confrontation they exchanged twelve shots with no hits reported before the would-be burglars fled the scene.
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Morristown
Ind
Jacob Mclane
McBane
Spanish cabinet brings back General Wergler as war minister
General Wergler resumes his post as minister of war in the new Spanish cabinet. Foreign demand for American wheat boosts the Chicago wheat market. Fire destroys three large summer hotels at Conneaut Lake Pennsylvania causing about $30000 in losses. J G Rawlins and Alf Moore were hanged at Valdosta Georgia for the murder of Willie and Carrie Sarter in July 1905.
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Wergler
Chicago
Sumer
Conneaut Lake
J. G. Rawlins
Alf Moore
Valdosta
Willie
Carrie Sarter
Senator Beveridge Pushes Child Labor Transport Ban
Washington senator Beveridge introduces a bill to bar carriers engaged in interstate commerce from handling or transporting products from mines and works employing children under fourteen, aiming to curb child labor in industry.
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Washington
Beveridge
Senate
Defender Wins Grand Championship at International Livestock Exposition
Chicago reports Defender a Hereford steer owned by F. A. Nave of Attica Indiana captured the grand championship at the International Livestock Exposition.
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Chicago
F. A. Nave
Attica
Ind
Boy Hunters’ Gun Accident Kills 17 Year Old Neighbor
In Fort Wayne Indiana a hunting accident killed seventeen year old Neap Huntertown Willis Perry. The boy was shot by thirteen year old neighbor John Hippenheimer after the younger hunter’s hand slipped on a cold gun hammer. the load hit Perry in the back and he died nearly instantly.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Neap Huntertown
Willis Perry
John Hippenheimer
Hope for the Gas Field Near Lewiaville
Belief grows that the newly opened gas field near Lewiaville in Newcastle County will supply gas for years. The Richmond Gas Company has drilled several first class wells and reports strong production from multiple prospects despite limited readable detail.
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Ind
Lewiaville
Richmond @ea
Cemgis
Enes
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