Irish Convention Debates War and Unity Struggles
Delegates in Dublin meet in a national convention to “recreate the Irish party” amid anti British sentiment. John Dillon denounces the South Africa war as a capitalist plot and cites Boer brutalities. William O’Brien seeks Healy’s exclusion to preserve unity. Father Mc Neece’s amendment is rejected. The convention adjourns after heated exchanges.
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Dublin
United Irish League
John Redmond
House of Commons
John Dillon
South Africa
Port Lclizabeth
Dilion
Dillon
Afrikander Bund
William O’brien
Timothy M. Healy
Healy
Harrington
Timothy Harrington
Father McNeece
O'Brien
Milner rejects Afrikander resolutions in cape talks
London reports Milner disapproves the Afrikander congress resolutions and will forward them to the British government. The dispatch notes DeWet and Knox in action, while arbitration with England is declined by the Dutch government amid war estimates debates. The Transvaal junta denies any communication from Emperor Nicholas to Kruger.
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Cape Town
Alfred Milner
Cape Colony
Afrikander Congress
Congress
London
Christiania
Henrik Ibsen
Aorebladet
South Africa
DeWet
Knox
England
Transvaal
Hague
Nicholas
Kruger
Ghostly Fingers Return to Stockton Haunted House
The Stockton neighborhood reports persistent ghostly activity at the former Geo A Mische residence. The Jeffries family vacated after mysterious footsteps knocking and unseen hands in the upstairs room. Some link the haunting to the former owner who died recently and a prior fire in the house.
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Stockton
Banquo
Jeffries
A. E. Jeffries
Jeff
Mrs. Ormsby
Mrs. Ricker
Mrs. Jeffries
Geo. A. Mische
Exposition Express to Buffalo via Lehigh Valley
Train schedule note mentions leaving at 8:00 P M from an origin and arriving in Buffalo via the Lehigh Valley Railroad. The fragment hints at the Exposition Express and sleeping cars.
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Buffalo
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Exposition Express
Wlururions
Lawson's New Stock Farm Worth One Million Revealed
Boston December 12. Thomas W Lawson plans a new stock farm in Scituate on the south shore. When completed it will be valued around one million dollars, making it the most valuable farm project in America.
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Thomas W. Lawson
America
Boston
Scituate
South Shore
Investor consolidates five farms into a single unit
He has bought five farms and will consolidate them with improvements and buildings valued around 350000 dollars. The remaining wealth will be in the horses he owns and will acquire. Surveyors will start tomorrow to lay out the consolidated farm.
One Man Burned in Santa Fe Train Collision
A rear-end collision between two Santa Fe freight trains near Olathe Kansas killed Noble Thomas of Emporia and injured several others. The stock train rear-ended by a berth-bound freight caught fire. Thomas died in the caboose and his father was badly mangled. Conductor Nicholson helped warn and evacuate. a waycar burned along with a wheat car, and the wreck was cleared within hours.
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Topeka
Kan
Santa Fe
Olathe
Noble Thomas
Emporia
Kansas City
C. Nicholson
Western Reserve Trust buys Elgin to Cleveland rail line
The Elgin City Carpenterville and Aurora Electric railway line sold to Western Reserve Trust Co of Cleveland Ohio. Purchase completed at Chicago 100 Washington St. Capital stock 500000 dollars. price 110 on the dollar. Line to extend along Fox river valley as a feeder for Chicago Metropolitan LI lines.
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Elgin
Ill
Elgin City
Carpenterville
Aurora
Western Reserve Trust Company
Cleveland
L. J. Wolf
Chicago, Wheaton
Chicago Electric
Washington Street
Chicago
Fox River Valley
Chicago Metropolitan
Joliet Bank Employee Appointed National Examiner
Jessie A. Doolittle, longtime receiving and paying teller at First National Bank Joliet, named one of six national bank examiners by Comptroller Dawes. He will leave January 1 for Washington to start his duties. In Springfield, Judge Creighton set a mandamus hearing for December 20 on the Chicago teachers’ petition to compel the state board of equalization to assess franchises.
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Joliet
Joliet, Lis
Jessie A. Doolittle
First National Bank
United States
Dawes
Doolittle
Washington
Springfield
Tus
Creighton
Sangamon Circuit Court
Chicago
State Board of Equalization
Black Diamond Express Leaves Buffalo for New York
The Black Diamond Express departs Buffalo at noon via the Lehigh Valley Railroad heading to New York. It offers a la carte dining car service and luxurious parlor and day coaches.
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Buffalo
Lehigh Valley Railroad
New York
Hand Reading by Dr Mandeville Draws Crowds
Public interest grows as Dr Mandeville offers palm readings detailing life events from love to business success. He claims to have read nearly 19 000 hands across European nobility and famous Americans, with reduced rates from three dollars to one. Office listed at 409 E Fifth St, second building from Mulberry, north side.
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Dr. Mandeville
Europe
Fifth St
Mulberry
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Terous
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Tacoma
Wash
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Ferris
The
Black Diamond Express
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Dr. Mandeville, M. S
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Destiny
Muscatine
Hessing
E. C. Peto
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Second St
Remington Typewriter
Tae
W. H. Leibbrand
Ladies’ and Gentlemen
F. Giesenhaus
Sears & Bete Zo
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Maccabee Hall
George
Lucinda, Bartlett
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Washburn
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Henry H. Fack
J. W. Hawn
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Mary EF. Pecx
Fraternal Aid Association
Bloomington
Q. T. Howard
Pres
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Bankers’ Union OF the World
Electa
C.E S
L. E. Gresiar
Emma Manlove
Morgridge
Norton G. O. Morgridge
W. S. Norton
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West Fourth Street
Iowa
Thos. Brown
Second Street
Uscatine
Own
J. W. McKee
A Thompson
Thompson
Old's
Iowa Ave
Carskaddar
D. Carskaddan & Burk
Counselo
Muscatine, Lowari Sescatne A. Onceover
West Sec
T. R. Fitzgerald
Hershey State Bank
Corner A. Avenue and
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Titus Titus
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Jayne & Hoffman
Laws Avenue
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Rich May Richman
Money Loan
West Second Street
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H. J. Dean
Cook, Musser &Co
West Third Street
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