Castro Charged With Conspiracy to Assassinate Venezuelan Leader
Venezuela ends Castro rule as conspiracy to kill Acting President Gomez is traced to Castro with the Bank of Venezuela cancelling his letter of credit. Gomez forms a new cabinet, frees political prisoners, and seeks a peace with foreign powers amid rising international negotiations.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Will Femstad
Caracao
Venezueia
Castro
Republic
Yellow House
la Guaira
Berlin
Bank of Venezuela
Paris
Europe
Juan Vicente Gomez
Gomez
Baron van Seckendorf
Holland
9M. de Reus
Willemstad
Not Unexpected Revolt Hinted in Venezuela President Castro Era
Washington dispatch notes the US government anticipated a Venezuelan backlash against President Casfo's rule. It suggests possible revolution as a likely form of this sentiment, signaling concern over regional stability and leadership legitimacy.
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Washington
Venezuela
Casfo
Reticence in Venezuela Crisis and a Georgia Mob Incident
The article notes the state department avoiding forceful action on Venezuela while trusting the situation to resolve itself. In Georgia, a mob gathered at Comer jail over Jaka Moody, charged with attempted assault on a 17 year old. Sheriff Davis moved Moody to safety with the Athens Guards and Governor Smith requested assistance.
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Athens
Comer
Madison County
Jaka Moody
Branch Dodd
Paoli
Davis
Smith
Major Sanford
Tomer
Moody
Student Disappears From Champaign College
H. L. Tear, a electrical engineering student at Champaign College, vanished after quitting his studies weeks earlier. He had been set to perform in a science-themed program at a Union Depot and left a note telling his roommate to forget him, saying he was unworthy of remembrance. He had become despondent over his progress.
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Champaign
H. L. Tear
Congregational Christian Endeavor Society
Attorney A J Flamingham Found Dead in Office
Police probe in Chicago on December 25 after A J Flamingham a 42 year old attorney is found in his Real Estate Board building office. A watch and chain are found in his pocket. A head wound is noted but police consider accidental fall as a possibility. Authorities seek to determine if death was natural or foul play.
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Chicago
A. J. Flamingham
Real Estate Board
Tobacco trade swells with large sales in Kentucky
Lewisville Kentucky Bee reports a major tobacco deal between the Burley Society and the American Tobacco company, noting ten thousand hogsheads sold since December. Crowders from Wisconsin West Virginia Alabama Tennessee Kentucky Indiana participated as buyers.
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Lewisville
Bee
Das
Burley Society
American Tohoesco Company
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Alabma
Tennessee
Kentucky
Indiana
Acis
Misunderstanding of Signals Triggers Rail Crash
In Chicago on December 22 a Terminal Transfer locomotive collided with a Southern Traction electric car at Blue Island, killing 23 year old William Schindler and injuring four others including two women. Authorities cite a signal misunderstanding as the cause.
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Chicago
Chicago Terminal Transfer
Southern Traction Company
Blue Island
Willam Schindler
Mystery Body Pulled From Delaware River Near Lambertville
A bag containing a leather coat and a decomposed body was found in the Delaware River near Lambertville New Jersey. The sex could not be determined, and the corpse was weighted with about forty pounds of railroad spikes wrapped in a clothesline.
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Lambertville
N. J
Delaware River
Here
Bomb thrown from elevated train damages restaurant in New York
A bomb believed thrown from a Second Avenue elevated train wrecked the front of a restaurant on upper Second Avenue. A woman was stunned but not seriously injured, and six families in the building were panicked. The cause remains unknown.
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New York
Second Avenue
Upper
Maine Ordered to Venezuela Amid Gulf Crisis
Norfolk reports a dispatch stating the battleship Maine was ordered to Venezuela to protect American interests as tensions rise in the Caribbean region. The move reflects U.S. naval readiness during the current international frictions.
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Norfolk, Va
Maine
Venezuela
City-Lodge Plan Cools Tramp Costs in Lafayette
Lafayette officials reach a temporary fix with the Rescue Mission led by Frank Wetzel to house tramps and homeless men at the police HQ. The city pays 25 cents for lodging and breakfast, then sends the men to the city limits to move on, instead of boarding prisoners at the county jail.
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Ind
Frank Wetzel
Lafayette
Weteel
Burglars Move Out Safe in South Bend Heist
Burglars in South Bend enter a meat market and lift a 606 pound strans box after entering the storeroom. They opened the safes but did not reach the contents, losing several hundred dollars in notes. Separate report from Merion notes a post office in Van Ducoen blown open with 750 in money and stamps seized, using nitroglycerine to blast the rock.
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South Bend
Ind
Buehler Drethers
Merion
van Ducoen
Man Killed in Marion Substation Circuit Accident
Asa Miller age twenty five, agent for Merion Blutton Eastern Traction at Van Prine, died when a circuit from a coal bucket at the substation shocked him. His body was burned and the machinery sustained several thousand dollars in damage.
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Marion
Ind
Asa Miller
Npnt
Merion, Blutton & Eastern Traction Company
van Prine
Seattle Majer
Return of a Fugitive in Indianapolis
Claude O. D. Stitt former deputy postmaster of Wabash surrendered to U S Marshal Henry C. Pettit in Indianapolis after disappearing shortly before Thanksgiving He was bound over to the federal grand jury and it was found he was $2500 short in his accounts
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Indianapolis
Claude OD. Stitt
Wabash
United States
Henry C. Pettit
Federal Grand Jury
Stitt
Plea in Cruelty Case At Dugger Mine
James Sims a driver at the Superior mine was arrested at his Dugger home on cruelty to animals charges after allegedly punching a mule’s eyes out when it could not pull five coal cars. Sims pleaded guilty and was fined 25 dollars plus costs. In Brownstown Will Moore was found guilty of assault and sentenced to the Indiana reformatory for two to fourteen years after a short trial.
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Linton
Ind
James Sims
Superior
Dugger
Sims
Brownstown
Will Moore
Harold Dannetzell
Seymour
Indiana Reformatory
Navy moves ships to patrol West Indies and Venezuela
The Battleship Maine left Norfolk on a cruise while other Navy vessels head toward the West Indies or Venezuela. Officials expect patrols to intercept filibustering expeditions and enforce neutrality. The gunboat Dubuque at Key West will be sent to Havana to aid this effort.
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Maine
Norfolk
West Indies
Venezuela
United States
Java
Navy Department
Dubuque
Key West
Havana
Venesuela
Deposed President Castro Accused of Being Out of Touch
Betim Dec 33 Castro appears unaware of his downfall and the Venezuela crisis. His entourage report no messages to or from him, fueling the view that his power is broken and he has lost influence in Venezuela.
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Betim
Castro
Venezuela
Woman Demands Armed Protection in Night Rider Trial
Union City Tenn Dec 23 Mrs Emma Jackson a state witness demanded armed protection as she left the stand stating she knew the men involved. She testified to visits by night riders corroborated by Fred Frhringer and other witnesses naming at least twenty three members of the band. Her daughter Dora Jackson corroborated. Will Russell another alleged night rider turned state witness testified trembling and under guard fearing death despite protection.
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Union City
Tenn
Emma Jackson
Jones
Dora Jackson
S*ri
Will Russell
Russell
Renken
Contesston
Russel
Felringer
Panama Canal Zone Chief Justice Named by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt will appoint H A Gudger of North Carolina as chief justice of the Panama Canal Zone Supreme Court for six years to succeed Dr F Mutis Duran whose term ends January 1 Gudger, a former consul general to Panama, has close ties to Isthmian affairs.
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Canal Zone
F. Mutis Duran
Panama
Gudger
Life Sentence for Simmons in Evansville Murder
Princeton Ind Dec 23 Simmons killed his wife with a razor in Evansville last June and was found guilty after a four hour deliberation. He received a life sentence.
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Simmons
Princeton
Ind
Evansville
Simmons Murder Trial Nears Verdict Day
Brinceton Indiana reports the Simmons case may go to the jury after a testimony claim of self defense. Simmons says his wife attacked him with an Indian club and her son with a butcher knife, prompting him to defend himself with a razor.
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Brinceton
Ind
Simmons
Evansville
Simmacus
Har Mott
Mysterious Terre Haute Shooting of Ada Smith Deepens
In Terre Haute Indiana Miss Ada Smith a young music teacher was shot near her home. Police believe foul play rather than suicide as she recalls a shadowy man she barely saw. A revolver missing a chamber was found near her and linked to her uncle Robert Martin who says an attempt on her life occurred. Surgeons note the bullet’s range makes self harm unlikely.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Ada Smith
Robert Martin
Mvnor
Untimely Death From Live Wire Accident
In Laporte Indiana on December 22 during an inquest into the death of Frank J Whitney a young electrician it was found he was unfastening his safety belt to descend when he slipped grasped a live wire for support and fell his head hitting the ground first breaking his neck death was nearly instant.
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Laporte
Ind
Frank J. Whitney
Tenehea
First steps toward Gary steel mill boom in Calumet
Hammond Indiana December 22 The actual manufacture of steel began at Gary as blast furnace No 12 was blown in The $25 million mills are now in operation and work will rise rapidly until about 25 000 men are employed in the mill.
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Hammond
Ind
Gary
Calumet Region
Iron and Steel Industria
Cracksmens' Safe-Blowing Bursts Flee Empty Hands
Eikhart Ind Dec 22 Yeggs blow Earl Bakers small grocery safe but miss the money. Baker hears the blast, peers out and sees a man in the street. He believes the gang fled in fright as a dog alerted.
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Eikhart
Ind
Yeggs
Earl Baker
Baker
The Wrong Horee Hired Help Misapplies Ironing Horse
A laundry girl Bridget, new in America, ironed garments by piling them on a horse in the outbuilding. The mistress finds the scene absurd as the horse stands loaded with linens, and Bridget asks to have another horse.
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Bridget
America
Farmowner Returns to Busy Farm After Fair
A farmer comes home exhausted from the county fair to find his wife has kept the farm in order. She confirms cows in the barn horses fed wood chopped and wagons mended and chickens secured. The humor centers on the farmer’s relief and humor about facing farm life again.
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Sarah
Coral beads and amulets in trade and belief across regions
A dealer describes two strings of coral beads, one dark and dull the other pink and translucent, valued differently. He notes coral is popular worldwide for accessories and amulets. stripes are linked to India soldiers and beads used by Africans and Italians for wards against the evil eye.
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Wren
India
Africa
Italy
Rualo Express
Child and mother warn Marlow about playing with Willie Burr
The story describes a mother warning her three year old son Marlow to stay away from the streets and from Willie Burr. Marlow later defies her, runs toward Willie Burr, and is spanked for disobeying. The excerpt ends with the father calling from the detainment.
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Marlow
Willie Burr
Hey Bey
Willie Purr
Marlow Estes
Simpanica
Wille
Catching Rats with Oil of Rhodium Perfume
A New York Press note explains the best rat trap uses perfumed oil of rhodium to lure rats from a distance. It states an ounce costs 3 cents and claims rhodium oil is far more effective than catnip, noting rhodium is produced from bindweed and used in perfumery.
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Eorem
New York Press
Wheat market gains as receipts tighten in Northwest
Small receipts in the Northwest boosted Chicago wheat values while Ottumwa saloons closed during a religious revival. Herald Square theater in New York sustained about 50,900 dollars in damage due to fire.
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Northwest
Chicago
Ottumwa, Ia
Herald Square
New York
Sire
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