Indiana Gop Launches Fairbanks Presidential Boom
Beveridge Hanly lead Indiana love feast at Claypool Hotel endorsing Vice-President Charles Warren Fairbanks for 1908. Speakers include Hemenway Watson Miller and Bruner of Kentucky. banner drops pledge Fairbanks for President.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Charles Warren Fairbanks
Indiana
Claypool
Beveridge
Hanly
Wallace Foster
Charles W. Fairbanks
Hemenway
Watson
Miller
C. W. Miller
W. L. Miller
Charles W. Miller
Mr. Taylor
Bruner
Kentucky
Fairbanks
Pond Creek Man Sows Catalpa Forest Hopeful Growth
J W Bird of Pond Creek Oklahoma started a catalpa forest on bought sand hills east of town. He planted about three hundred thousand seeds, now has eighty to one hundred thousand trees averaging three feet tall. Next spring he plans transplanting and aims for eighty acres in trees if wintering goes well. A nearby example shows a seedling grown ten feet six inches in a year.
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Pond Creek
Okla
J. W. Bird
Catalpa
Bird
W. H. Farmer
Calls Coast Defense Weak
Seattle Washington Special Col. T C Woodbury acting commander of the Department of Columbia warns the Pacific coast would be helpless if the navy fails to stop a landing of 20 000 Japanese or other foreign troops. He says fewer than 2 000 regulars are on the coast and 15 000 infantry are needed.
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Seattle
Wash
T. C. Woodbury
Department of Columbia
Pacific
Senator Jeff Davis bets on family trust in patronage
Washington special senator Jeff Davis of Arkansas denounces trusts yet accepts patronage family favors. He appointed his two daughters to jobs: private secretary at 1800 dollars and laborer at 900 dollars a year, using two available positions.
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Washington, D. C
Jeff Davis
Arkansas
Railroad Track Growth in 1907 Compared to 1906
Statistics from Railway Age show U.S. railroad construction in 1907 nearly equal to 1906, the peak year since 1888. A total of 1,720 miles of new track were laid in 1907.
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Chicago
Railway Age
United States
Too Much Luck. Christmas Gift Brings Four Children
Richmond special reports Mrs. William Luck of Roanoke gave her husband two boys and two girls as a Christmas present. All are doing well.
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Richmond, Va
William Luck
Roanoke
Corey tired of Mabelle Gilman amid New York social drift
Pittsburg insiders report William E. Corey president of United States Steel contemplates separation from his young wife Mabelle Gilman once famed as a stage star. Friends say Coreys seek New York society while Mabelle longs for reconciliation and a divorce to ease the path back to him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
William E. Corey
Mabelle Gilman
Alan
United States Steel Corporation
Corey
Mabelle
New York
Marelle
Nude Woman Found in Icy New Jersey Pond in Harrison Mystery
Police detain two yacht crewmen after the nude body of a refined appearing woman, about 30, is found in an icy pond on Hackensack meadows. A watchman identified her as someone seen with a man. a strangulation mark is noted as the cause of death. Witnesses heard cries of Spare me and Help.
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Newark
N. J
Hackensack Meadows
Harrison
Peter Coogan
Marine Engine Company
Fatal mistake kills child during sleep misperception
Bertram Somers of San Jose California shot and killed his sleeping 5 year old son after mistaking him for a burglar. The parents woke to a noise and saw a figure by the window before Somers fired. The child died instantly.
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San Jose
Cal
Bertram Somers
Somers
Naval torpedo fleet to mobilize in Narragansett Bay
Newport special reports the largest torpedo boat fleet in US history will assemble in Narragansett Bay in spring and summer 1908. Commander Charles G. Marsh will lead about fifty torpedo boats torpedo boat destroyers and submarine flotillas in the mobilization.
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Newport, R. I
Narragansett Bay
Charles G. Marsh
Lynching Sparks Fear of Race War in Henryetta
Henryetta Oklahoma reacts as every available fighting man is sworn in as deputy. Town with only 1200 rounds of ammunition fears a deadly race war following the lynching of James Garden a Black man.
Wiped Out By Vendetta in Cleveland Area
Radivaje Rakich was fatally shot near Bedford Ohio in a vendetta that wiped out the Rakich family. The feud traces back to Lodz where the Rakich family was prominent.
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Cleveland
Radivaje Rakich
Bedford
Rakich
Fued
Lodz
Austria
Man Hides Christmas Gifts, Falls Breaking Neck
Jackson Stilley of West Elizabeth, aged 50, broke his neck after slipping while hiding Christmas presents from younger family members in Pittsburg. He was attempting to escape their pursuit when the accident occurred.
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Pittsburg
Jackson Stilley
West Elizabeth
Indiana Drives Saloons From Counties and Townships
A 1907 report by Rev. E S Shumaker highlights Indiana’s rapid temperance gains with 550,000 residents forcing saloons out since early 1907 and nine counties using Moore remonstrance to end saloons. Twenty-nine dry county seat towns and twelve dry counties now exist, totaling 1 409 099 dry residents.
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Indianapolis
E. S. Shumaker
Anti-Saloon League
Indiana
Pulaski
Kosciusko
Boone
Henry
Owen
Sullivan
Monroe
Washington
Orange
Albion
English
Franklin
Kentland
Knox
Lebanon
Newcastle
Brownstown
Newport
Danville
Princeton
Winamac
Warsaw
Rochester
Republic
Maine
North Dakota
Shumaker
Peace Message From Japan to Roosevelt
The Mikado of Japan communicates to President Roosevelt via Secretary Taft that Japan desires peace with the United States now and always. Government leaders express confidence no war is contemplated or likely between the nations within this generation, easing governmental anxiety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Japan
Roosevelt
Taft
Blow for Oil Octopus
Herbert Knox Smith, commissioner of corporations, rebukes Standard Oil over a $29,000,000 fine for rebates from the Alton Railroad. He defends Judge Landis’s ruling, cites known secret rates and false billing, and targets James A. Moffet of Standard Oil Indiana as a key figure in the Chicago trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Special
Standard Oil Company
Alton Railroad
Herbert Knox Smith
James A. Moffet
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Chicago
Landis
Kansas for Christ evangelistic drive announced statewide
A year long Kansas campaign will push the slogan Kansas for Christ across all counties. Hundreds of ministers and noted evangelists will lead revivals in a nationwide demonstration of organized religious work conducted on business lines.
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Kansas
Kansas City
Sunflower State
Denver Belle Weds Chief in Santa Fe Romance
Miss Cora Marie Arnold of Denver is married in Santa Fe New Mexico to Albino Chavarria chief of the Santa Clara Indians. The union ends a five year romance that began at the Mountain and Plain Festival when Indians were brought to Denver. Chavarria is a civilized educated Pueblo leader notable for his status and wealth.
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Denver
Col
Cora Marie Arnold
Santa Fe
N. M
Albino Chavarria
Mountain and Plain
Chavarriia
Santa Clara
Record Breaking Dividends Reported for 1907
Fall River cotton mill corporations paid special cash dividends of 2 701 875 to stockholders on about 25 475 000 capital this equals roughly 10 97 percent. Stock dividends totaling 1 900 000 were also issued alongside cash payouts for the year 1907.
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Fall River
Mass
Thaw Trial To Resume With Evelyn Nesbit Testimony
New York reports Harry K Thaw will face a second jury to defend a murder charge against Stanford White. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw is expected to testify again as the defense presses a legal insanity plea while the case moves toward a new jury, with Mrs Thaw arriving soon.
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
William Thaw
Thaw
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Madison Square Roof Garden
Rasshire
Delphin M. Delmas
California
Evelyn Thaw
Paris
Pittsburg
Saloonkeeper claims self defense after fatal shooting in Muncie
John Skinner surrendered to police after shooting Goley Epards at 2 AM in Muncie Indiana. Skinner, owner of a Hoyt avenue saloon, says he acted to stop an attempted robbery by Harry Robinson Claud Auker Roy Epards and Goley Epards and John Chambers. Epards left a family.
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Muncie
Ind
Goley Eppards
John Skinner
Hoyt Avenue
Harry Robinson
Claud Auker
Roy
Goley Epards
John Chambers
Eppards
Sun Eclipse Visible in Southern U.S. and West North America
An eclipse of the sun will occur January 3 and will be partially visible in the southern United States and on the western coast of North America.
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Washington
United States
North America
Georgia Dry With Advent of 1908 Prohibition
Atlanta reports a drastic new Georgia law taking effect with 1908, banning manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquor and placing Georgia first among Southern states in prohibition. It forbids keeping or giving liquor in public places and taxes clubs $500 if members store intoxicants in lockers.
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Georgia
Atlanta
Sailor Fleet Reaches Trinidad for Warm Welcome
The American battleship fleet left Port of Spain after a week of splendid hospitality. Connecticut leads the formation with Culgoa and Glacier in trail as the ships head toward Rio Janeiro on a 14 000 mile voyage, aiming to reach by January 10. residents hosted dinners and garden parties for Admiral Evans and his officers.
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Port of Spain
Trinidad
Cable
Rio Janeiro
Culgoa
Glacier
Gulf
Connecticut
Bocas
Grand Boca
Weather Prophet Warns of Severe January Storms
St Louis readers are cautioned by Srl R Hicks weather prophet about a January of blizzards and heavy storms. He predicts a major cold wave from the Northwest between January 3 and 7, then a regular storm period January 10 to 18 with seismic shocks within sixty hours of January 18 and more storms.
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St. Louis
Srl R. Hicks
Hicks
Texas
Plan Amazon Explorations Launches From Boston
Boston reels with plans for a five year expedition to map southern Amazon tributaries between the fourth and tenth parallels. George M Boynton oversees the venture with a Gloucester vessel named Discovery sailing from Pernambuco next July. Brazil and the Royal Geographical Society of London back the voyage.
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Boston
Amazon River
George M. Boynton
Pernambuco
Discovery
South America
Amazon
Royal Geographical Society of London
Roosevelt after Turkeys on Green Mountain hunt
President Roosevelt left Pine Knot at noon Sunday with Dick McDaniel for a wild turkey hunt on Green Mountain, scene of his December conquest. Saturday’s hunt yielded no success due to a stiff wind preventing close approach to the flock.
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Charlottsville
Dick” McDaniel
Roosevelt
Pine Knot
Green Mountain
Debutante Miss Mary Astor Paul Holds Grand Ball
Miss Mary Astor Paul, daughter of James A. Paul Jr., debuted at Horticultural Hall in a spectacle costing around $100,000. Flowers totaled $35,000 and 500 large butterflies from Brazil, Peru and India were released at 11 pm to cap the lavish event.
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Philadelphia
Mary Astor Paul
James A. Paul, Jr
Drexel
Horticultural Hall
Paul
Brazil
Peru
India
Paris actresses order luxury 250 ton submarine
Parisian actress Mlle Jeanne Laulier of the Varieties Theater orders a 250-ton submarine from a Holland factory in America. The $200,000 vessel will be lavishly fitted with rosewood furniture and pink silk for excursions along the French coast.
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Paris
Mlle
Eva Lavalliere
Jeanne Laulier
The
Varieties Theater
Holland
America
Jap Spies in Portland Map Plot Revealed
Portland Mayor Harry K. Lane told the National Guard Association that Japanese agents obtained accurate maps of Portland, detailing every roadway into the city and water supply pipelines.
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Portland
Ore
Harry K. Lane
The
National Guard Association
Indiana Man Knifes Wife's Lover
Seymour, Indiana man Henry Wieneke 31 is at City Hospital in critical condition after a stabbing by William Crane 31 of Seymour. Wieneke says Crane carried out the act as punishment for Wieneke's affair with Crane's wife under unwritten law.
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St. Louis, Mo
Henry Wieneke
Seymour
Ind
City Hospital
William Crane
Wieneke
Crane
Diet and the Truthful Lie In Medical Journal View
A London cable claims habitual liars have scientific basis for deception. A medical journal supposedly excuses mendacity by indigestion. It argues children with spontaneous fibbing suffer acute dyspepsia and older people who misstate need only a diet change to tell the truth.
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London
Big Oil Strike Reported in Jennings Louisiana
In Noble Company's well No. 1, about a quarter mile southwest of the proven field, oil began spouting high in the air. Experts estimate the well is producing at least 5000 barrels per day amid excitement as another pool is struck at the field.
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Jennings
Noble Company
Duke of Westminster Party Loots Cholmondeley Castle
The Duke of Westminster led a house party that descended on Cholmondeley Castle in Cheshire and looted valuables as a Yuletide joke. The theft included gems and relics totaling several thousand dollars.
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London
Duke of Westminister
Cholmondeley Castle
Marquis of Cholomondeley
Cheshire
Discovery of Ancient Monastery Near Tim Gad
Albert Ballu reports under his supervision that researchers excavating the ruined city of Tim gad have uncovered a large monastery spanning 11 000 square yards. The site surrounds a Christian basilica and includes four chapels a cloister with preserved cells and a Christian burying ground.
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Algiers
Albert Ballu
Timgad
Princess Meshtshirski Linked to Moscow Bombing Case
Report from Moscow identifies the mysterious girl revolutionist as Princess Meshtshirski wife of a noble scion who vanished from her home on December 4. The princess reportedly married unhappily and is connected to the attack on General Herschelman the Moscow governor's carriage.
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St. Petersburg
Moscow
Herschelman
Meshtshirski
Tragic Love Tragedy in Abington Ends With Double Death
In Abington Massachusetts Miss Edith Mashley 18 died from a gunshot fired by her lover Samuel H Stetson 24 who then killed himself He shot after she urged him to give her up The incident occurred shortly before his suicide and the woman reportedly told him to end the relationship.
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Abington
Mass
Edith Mashley
Samuel H. Stetson
Led Dance Opens Torresdale Barn Dance in Fifteen Years
In Philadelphia Mrs. Edward Morrell led the grand march with head coach William Deering to open the Torresdale Christmas barn dance, a feature of the season for fifteen years.
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Philadelphia
William Deering
Edward Morrell
Man Carries $60,000 on Undershirt in Queensway Tale
A New York Special reports a man in Queensborough walking daily with $60,000 in bills pinned to his undershirt. He has worn the money since the October financial upset, avoiding banks and investments.
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New York
Queensborough
Minister Loses His Voice in Indict
Warsaw Ind Special The Rev A H Green pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal church at Etna Green has lost his voice due to overtaxing the vocal cords.
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Warsaw
Ind
A. H. Green
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Etna Green
This County
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