Awful Harvest Toll in Wanstead Collision
A special express train and two heavy freights collided near Wanstead Ontario killing 38 people and injuring many as zero weather hampered rescue. The Grand Trunk wreck prompted a list of dead and wounded with crews praised for battling fire and aiding victims amid a blizzard.
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Grand Trunk
London
Ont
Wanstead
J. J. Gillies
Sarnia
Larence
Waterford
F. S. Freeman
Oil Springs
Jeffrey
Clem Rodley
Port Huron
C. B. Burwell
Guy Depencir
LaCrosse
Wis
J. H. Brock
Bracefield
J. J. Cuthbertson
Cuthbertson
Flossie Cuthbertson
Port Muron
Samuel Cummings
Lottie Lynch
Annie Sinclair
Detriot
W. H. Cole
Flint
Mich
Alex Stewart
Wingham
Dr. Harvey
Chicago
Russel Quinn
John Bird
Frank Baker
W. Gott
Margaret Gott
Presley
N. W. Morse
Beatrice Geddes
Deevans
Prescott
J. H. Stewart
Oshkosh
Wisconsin
James Raine
Woodstock
H. P. Lawrence
Watford
Grand Unk
Legal Battle Over Muscatine Gas and Light Franchise
City attorney filed answer to Citizens' Railway and Light versus Muscatine. denies franchise validity, exposes inflated bonds and stock, questions plant value, and alleges misused funds. Defendants claim rates were just and ordinances lawful under state law. owners allegedly failed to appear before council.
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Arthur Hoffman
St. Louis
Citizens’ Railway and Light Company
City of Muscatine
Muscatine
Treasury
Roach & Giesler
I. W. Prior
Martin A. Devitt
Masc*ine
People’s Light & Power Co
Citizens’ Railway & Light Company
City of
Citizen's Railway and Light Company
Ite
Citizen's Railway
Tona Dunlap Sick Today In Sudden Pleurisy Attack
Tona Dunlap is reported ill with a sudden pleurisy attack. The notice notes her health setback and ongoing medical attention.
Dunlap trial halted by illness delays proceedings
Aledo Illinois December 27 Journal Special Service reports Miss Tona Dunlap fell ill with pleurisy Friday night during the Dunlap murder trial. If she recovers the defense cross examination showed non intimate friendship with Miss Dool and the case moves to rebuttal.
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Aledo
Journal Special Service
Dunlap
Tona Dunlap
C. W. Carter
Miss Dool
Miss Dunlap
Miss Doo
Felix
Young Woman's Society
Dool
Brothers Cold The Princess Archduke Joseph Chastised
A terse royal note records disciplinary action involving Archduke Joseph and the Princess in a domestic dispute. The report names no additional parties or dates and emphasizes official censure over details.
Princess Louise of Saxony in stormy Geneva scene
In Geneva on December 27 Princess Louise of Saxony clashed with her brother Archduke Joseph over her escape with a French tutor. Joseph attempted to strike the tutor, and Louise shielded her lover. A later clash occurred with Archduke Leopold Ferdinand, who travels with Louise and says he is content to be a private citizen.
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Geneva
Louise of Saxony
Archduke Joseph
Joseph
Archduke Leopold Ferdinand
Louise
Dresden
Leopold
Democratic Banquet Set for Jackson Day in Davenport
Scott county democrats invite fellow Democrats from the Second district to a Jackson Day banquet at Turner hall in Davenport on January 8. Judge Wade is expected to attend, and the event will mark celebration of his victory.
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Scott County
Davenport
Turner Hall
Wade
Wreck on Missouri Pacific near Dodson kills one injures eleven
A Missouri Pacific wreck near Dodson Missouri last night left E T Martin dead and eleven people injured. The incident occurred late last night with responders rushing to the scene for aid.
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Missouri Pacific
Germany Accepts Hague Tribunal as Venezuelan Dispute Arbitrator
Berlin reports Germany agrees to the Hague tribunal as arbitrator in the Venezuelan dispute. In Washington officials deny U S participation in a preliminary arbitration protocol with Venezuela and say Roosevelt declines to act as arbitrator in spirit as well as in letter. It is unclear if the blockade will continue during talks.
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London
Berlin
Germany
Hague Tribunal
Washington
State Department
Venezuela
Roosevelt
Woman Injured in Kitchen Range Explosion at Belmond
Mrs. W. P. Rose crans wife of a prominent merchant sustained serious injuries in a Belmond kitchen blast. A frozen water pipe within the range caused steam to explode, wrecking the stove and damaging the room. she suffered broken arm and leg and facial and hand lacerations.
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Belmond
W. P. Rosecrans
Dogs Aid Capture Robber in Parkersburg Post Office Heist
H Yordy and bloodhounds from Waterloo chased and nabbed Cooney Cottner in Parkersburg after a post office robbery. Cottner carried stamps and cash totaling 1150 dollars as the seized evidence and proceeds.
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Waterloo
Cooney Cottner
Parkersburg
H. Yordy
Beauty as a Thorn in One Woman and Another
A pithy reflection on beauty showing how its appeal can harm one woman while benefiting another, highlighting subjective standards and envy in social dynamics.
Get Out More Coal
Wilkesbarre reports coal mine workers increased to about sixty percent of normal, yet many breaker and driver boys are absent. Output for today will be not more than forty percent of normal with no relief expected until after New Year.
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Wilkesbarre
Fiance Weds Another as Threats Arise in Cedar Rapids
Dr. A B Beller of Garrison arrived in Cedar Rapids and is said to threaten Miss Hill, his former fiancée who married a Colorado dentist on Christmas. Dynamite was found near her home and threatening letters have circulated by mail for some time.
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Miss Dunlap
Miss Doo
Frank Owens
James Roberts
Bessie Dunlap
Cedar Rapids
A. B. Beller
Garrison
Miss Hill
Colorado
Hill
Carpenter killed after slipping under train in Clinton
Louis Moore of Council Bluffs, a carpenter for the Northwestern railway, was killed in Clinton while trying to board a west bound train home. He slipped on ice and fell beneath the car, dying within minutes at the scene.
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Clinton
Louis Moore
Council Bluffs
Northwestern Railway Company
Iowa Weather Indications Show Snow Flurries and Warmth
Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday with probable light snow flurries in Iowa. Temperatures expected to rise as forecast from Chicago on December 27.
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Chicago
Iowa
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Death City
Ade
Alexander Stewart
Petrolea
Franchine Tilegal
Christian Winters
Seevers & Seevers
Down
Citizens’ Railway & Licht Company
City Net
Hes
Fendant
Fense
S. A. Cleaver
Burlington
Mrs. Cleaver
Tona
Mrs. Dunlap
Brotherscolds
Democratic
Jackson
E. T. Martin
W. J. Rosencrans
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